A flight by Commander Valentina to gather & transmit science from various biomes in the region of KSC as well as fulfill the first contract assigned to the Genesis Program
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C7 engineers say they're satisfied w/ data, but Wernher has gotten approval for one last flight to collect some additional science readings
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Flight has given Jeb his taxi & takeoff clearance, he will fly out west to the mountains and attempt to transmit back science data gathered
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Flight has recalled Jeb after xmit testing failed. Engine alternator could not keep up with power demands for the antenna & no batts onboard
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inventory audit also complete, 21 Mini Battery Packs went unused for one reason or another. Surplus is earmarked for '17 Civvie science xmit
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that's it! We're out! Everyone enjoy the holiday, see you next year! Before you go though, here's a 2017 preview: bit.ly/OpsSummary12-1…
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the Genesis Program has been offered its first contract! Probodobodyne requests an aerial crew report. We'll have more details if signed
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we had another contract offer also, but it was too far out over the Kerblantic for us to deem it safe for single-engine aircraft operations
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everyone has been spending all day getting back up to speed from where they left off at the end of Dec, rdy to hit ground running tomorrow!
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it's Val's turn to rotate back into the pilot seat & will be taking the Civvie up tomorrow after 2nd sunrise for some science data gathering
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C7 engineers are currently stuffing all 21 spare batteries from unused KerBalloon missions into the tail of the Civvie for data xmit power
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today's flight by Val will include the first contract for the Genesis Program, signed yesterday. Details here: bit.ly/GenesisPR1
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Cdr Val is getting suited up in the ready room while the Civvie gets tugged out of the hangar for its science flight today after 2nd sunrise
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flight plan for today calls for another slow climb to Civvie's 4.5km service ceiling so Val can transmit science data from various biomes
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weather report: currently 6-10kts wind out of the east, calming later in the day cycle. Rather than wait, Val will takeoff from turf Rwy09
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Val's breifing has been completed, she's heading from launch control over to the HAB to do her walk around and preflight routine
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engine start! Still a bit of preflight left but then Val will get her clearance to taxi into position, prob takeoff clearance at same time
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rdy for takeoff, Val has taxiied out about 1km west of the Rwy09 apron for more room before running into water in case of a takeoff abort
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Val is heading west to Valentina's Flux location after a perfect takeoff & steep turn to the north to stay over land & out of KSC airspace
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passing thru 1km, climbing @ 3-4m/s full power, mission scientists expect Val to get some new instrument readings over Highlands in ~10min
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approaching 2.5km over the Highlands Val has successfully xmitted back science data! Has also logged her contracted observational report
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data signal has been lost as Val travels out of range towards the West Shore Desert. Comms link maintained though thru Umbarg ground station
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through 3.5km now, climb rate has fallen to 1-2 m/s as Val continues towards the desert, she still has ~30km to travel, speed is 70m/s
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Val has collected & stored data from her desert flyover to xmit when she's back in range of KSC. Turning about to head for the Western Mtns
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all nominal as Val heads back east, says she's much better prepared for the cold this time w/hand & feet warmers. It's only ~30°F up there!
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Val says this long flight has really helped her understand Civvie's handling, has learned the light rudder touch needed to maintain heading
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we've received Val's desert and mountain data transmissions and she's now heading back to KSC, gladly descending from 4.3km for warmer air
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Val has descended to 1.5km & is 10km SW from KSC setting up for her pattern entry. Wind calm, has opted for familiar approach to land Rwy09
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"hot shot pilots", grumbles Flight Director Lanalye as Val flies just 50m over 1km KSC airspace floor before continuing her descent to land
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Val is struggling to line up on short final, Bill & Bob say she scraped just a dozen meters or so over that last hill that caught Jeb
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Lanalye says Flight came *this close* to ordering a go-around, Val floated more than halfway down the runway before finally touching down
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Civvie has been parked, Val heading to debrief. Total flight time 1:16:51 & distance 322km, breaking both her past bit.ly/KSARecords
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in addition, bit.ly/CrewRoster-Val also has a new distance record ribbon for traveling >100km overland from KSC. 133.75km to be exact
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Probodobodyne happy with their data, first Civvie contract a success! We have 37% of our batteries left for future contract flights
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once battery power is used up the Civvie prototype will be flown to Kravass City & retired at the Air History Museum, likely by homegirl Val
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Bill & Bob were both busy earlier but finally one of them had a chance to get some imgs off the Civvie external cams imgur.com/a/Mm1gL
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not a bad first week to kick off 2017! 🙂 Get some more information on what went down this past week via bit.ly/OpsSummary1-2-…
