Captain Jebediah takes the Civvie equipped with the Atmospheric Fluid Spectro-Variometer out on a beautiful day to satisfy two contracts over Site X-SKK and Sector LMDS
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get the rundown on the current status of KSC, the next Mk4 launches and Monolith investigations - bit.ly/OpsSummary7-17…
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KSA will be offline tomorrow while our sysadmins perform a full diagnostic on our servers after this past week of replacing hardware
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coming back online Tuesday, we will have a KerBalloon mission to bit.ly/Sector_QKRM & a Genesis mission scheduled for Thursday
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Jeb & Val are working with C7 to plan Thurs Civvie mission, atmo samples taken over bit.ly/Sector_LMDS & bit.ly/Site_X-SKK
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Civvie flight today looks iffy, low clouds blot out the sky and we're hearing rumbling to the west. Note to all staff: bring your rain gear!
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happy 43rd b-day to Old Man bit.ly/CrewRoster-Jeb! He might end up not having to work today, tho he admits he'd love to be in the cockpit
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Jeb is standing down from flight readiness - for lunch. But really for the day cycle it looks like. Been raining since shortly after sunrise
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Jeb is gearing back up for flight even tho weather still looks iffy. Until we have satellites to tell us for sure we must always be ready!
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we planned 1hr flight time for Jeb's mission and since he's not off the ground yet we will have to scrub for today, try again in the morrow
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weather is looking much better for Civvie flight today, rain stopped yesterday. Only concerns at this time are wind & cloud ceiling
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Cpt Jeb is out to hop aboard for preflight, trusting that Cdr Val has found no issues on the walkaround inspection. Cloud decks up at 5km
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preflight complete, Jeb has engine start & taxi/takeoff clearance from Rwy27. Winds are 310 @ 8-10kts, no gusts tho makes takeoff possible
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good departure, Jeb will stay low (250-500m AGL) flying rwy hdg to bit.ly/Sector_LMDS then climbing thru the sector up to 4.5km
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passing the cliff face of Skyspire climbing thru 3.5km, Jeb is about a wingspan away - Flight is reminding him to be wary of updrafts
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Jeb is @ 4.5km, off to his next waypoint (bit.ly/Site_X-SKK) & we are downlinking the data he gathered to free up some storage space
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after spiraling down over Site X-SKK, Jeb says he's on his last circle before heading back to KSC, seen off in the distance in this photo
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setting up for pattern entry, Jeb is pumping fuel back into the tail tank, which was empty for easier level flying this short flight
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touching down @ 43m/s, a few bounces later Jeb is now taxiing back in, says aircraft still handled great w/o fuel in tail the whole flight
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Jeb debriefed after lunch, both contractors satisfied with data. Also a look from 1km ASL down at the Monolith scar during his downwind leg
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everyone happy to be able to run ops again, tho still more repair/cleanup to be done. Recap! bit.ly/OpsSummary7-24…
