Commander Valentina gets her turn to fly the route from Kravass to KSC, the same that Jeb flew but at a higher altitude of 4km to see how performance differs as a result
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purchase order is in! We get the 1st & 3rd new Civvies off the line next month. 2nd & 4th will be training aircraft for the new instructors
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Jeb has left for Umbarg to hop an airship to Kravass to relieve Val & continue training the new Civvie flight instructors over the next 2wk
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Val will be coming back on Wednesday after accepting delivery of our second new Civvie, following Jeb's route but at 4km instead of 2km
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two new Civvies off the line these past two weeks. One is ours Val flies home tomorrow, the other & 4th next wk is for instructor training
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Val is flying home today, Progenitor team analyzing data from static fire yesterday & KerBalloon team prepping for joint mission tomorrow
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stormy weather moving through, we hear things are clear up at Kravass though, hopefully will remain so to allow Val to fly home at 4km ASL
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Val has bid Jeb & the trainees farewell for now, is getting set to pre-flight. Looking forward to her first Xcountry travel in an airplane
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weather reports continue to be good, she should be able to cruise at 4km most if not all the way - still a bit cloudy around our area
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Val is on her way home, Jeb stepped outside the barracks to snap a photo of her departing from Rwy19. Training Civvie parked on tarmac
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11min into her flight Val is already leveling off @ 4km, where the temp is currently 18°F. She's wearing layers & cockpit heater is on
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Val has dropped below the horizon, direct comms lost until she approaches Umbarg. It warmed up to 23°F 😛 Mittens will keep her hands comfy
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Umbarg has Val's signal, she reports the ride has been smooth & has kept to 4km +/- 5m, because of course she has to beat Jeb's +/- 10m
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we now have a direct connection to Val as she passes over Umbarg & begins to slow and descend from 4km to prep for landing on Rwy27
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entering the pattern a bit high @ 1.1km Val is on downwind leg & will run her approach out long to make sure she can slow down, now @ 79m/s
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Val has turned base @ 500m ASL traveling now only 52m/s w/flaps to 2, 10km out from KSC over the water. Rescue launch on standby, as always
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lined up on final, flaps full, 40m/s 8km out - flight control has cleared her to land, winds 248 @ 5-6kts so she'll have a head-on approach
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welcome home, Val - and our 2nd new Civvie! Bob ran out to the runway from the HAB to grab a pic of her landing, touching down at only 36m/s
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Civvie is heading into the HAB to get external cams mounted. All 3 will rotate through missions & 2 can now be deployed simultaneously
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Val has been debriefed, looks like she handled the final southern leg better than Jeb, but Jeb was more on course the final two legs home
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C7 says they'll have a report for us to include in our Ops Summary on Friday on how the two Xcountry flights performed against each other
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alright here we go - all the ops from this past week + exciting details on a newly-captured asteroid, get it here: bit.ly/OpsSummary5-22…
