Month: October 2016

All, Today we successfully flew “Hull Land 02” with some weather along the eastern portion of the lines (clouds), but areas that we were primarily interested in we clear.  We had no issues with instruments,

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All- Today we completed “Hull Land 01” successfully with an added bonus of collecting high altitude data during portions of the transit.  We had no instrument issues and the whole day went really well.  We

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All,   Today we will attempt “Sea Ice – Seelye Loop”.  If weather holds out, we hope for a 10am takeoff.   -Rob

All,  We successfully completed “Sea Ice – Seelye Loop” today and got good data for most of the day.  There were occasional cloud banks that caused us to fly lower than usual, but we expected

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All, Today we’re flying rather close to the south pole – “Pole Hole 88 West”. I’ve attached a picture of our prep room in the airport, where you can see some of us in reflective

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All, Today we successfully flew “Pole Hole 88 West” with mostly clear weather along the data line along with an added bonus of some high altitude data during the transit portions (a lot of the

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All,  We successfully flew “Recovery Channel 01” with pretty much perfect weather for the duration of the data collection portions of the flight.  Tomorrow we will attempt another flight, which means we will all meet

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All- Today we will attempt “Foundation-Support 05”.  We are planning for a 9:30AM door-close with a 10AM takeoff. Rob   Foundation_Support_5.pdf

All, Today we successfully flew “Foundation-Support 05” amid clear weather (and very long transit).  We collected data over all of the flight lines with 100% coverage and clear skies. We will attempt another (hopefully more

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