Month: March 2018

The P3 aircraft is at Wallops island VA finishing the maintenance needed for OIB to resume science missions. Some additional aircraft maintenance is needed, so the schedule is now for the NASA P3 to transit

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Well, the best laid plans………… no OIB mission today.   As we climbed out of Thule enroute to the Arctic Ocean to head across to Fairbanks, we developed a fuel leak on engine #1.  After

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OIB opened the 2018 Arctic deployment with a successful sea ice “Zig Zag East” mission today. We had some clouds for the first few minutes of the easternmost data line, and some minor ATM start

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NASA 426 arrived at Thule at 1425 local after a smooth transit from Wallops island VA.   The OIB team will spend tomorrow getting some rest, setting up data ground stations, organizing weather briefings, and

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Preparations for the OIB Spring 2018 P3 Arctic deployment are being completed.    The ATM lidar and DMS camera calibration mission was flown Wednesday in clear weather but with some windy and turbulent conditions. Following

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