ATM OIB Sitrep 7/26/2017
Today we were hoping for a chance at one last flight, but as it turns out the weather was not looking good here in Thule for landing back here later at the end of the
Month: July 2017
ATM OIB Sitrep 7/25/2017
Today we managed to pull off two flights – the first being “Greeley North” and the second being “Convergence West 2”. The weather for both flights was basically perfect, so yet again we had another
ATM OIB Sitrep 7/24/2017
After a weekend of no flights, we continued operations today with the flight titled “Russell Forty”. I’ve attached the flight plan to this email along with a couple of photos of sea ice. The weather
ATM OIB Sitrep 7/19/2017
Today we flew the “Hiawatha Lakes” mission today, which was a relatively short flight with the aim of flying over some melt ponds to obtain laser and imagery data with the goal of determining pond
ATM OIB Sitrep 7/18/2017
Today we successfully flew the “West Central” sea ice mission. Weather was not on our side, but with the limited time we have up here, the decision was made to give it a go and
OIB ATM 2017 Summer Sitrep 7/17/2017
We’ve begun our Summer deployment up here in Thule, which is a mostly new experience for us – we’re not usually in Thule this time of year! We are flying on the NASA Falcon N524NA