Project #2003-303 BAMEX

NRL P-3 Orion

RAF Daily Activity Sheet


Project Name:  BAMEX Flight Date:   20 June 2003
Aircraft:  NRL P-3 Project #:  303 Flight Hour Allocation:  135
Location:  St. Louis, MO PI:  Davis, et al. Duration:  20 May - 6 July 2003
Pilot:   ADS:  Nicoll PM:   Baeuerle / Schanot

Research Flight #:  RF10 Flight Hrs:   Project Total:  
Data Start Time:  23:19:19 UTC Data End Time:  06:33:57 UTC

IRU Performance:   IRU Serial #:   432
Departure Coordinates (BLV):   LAT:  N  38° 32.8' LON:  W  89° 48.6'
Time in NAV:  23:45 UTC
Destination Coordinates (BLV):   LAT:  N  38° 32.8' LON:  W  89° 48.6'
Destination Readout:   LAT:  N  38° 33.0' LON:  W  89° 48.7'
Time OFF:  06:33 UTC
LAT Error LON Error Nav TimeTHDG Dest. LAT ERROR
N 0.2' W 0.1' 6.80 hr  N/A   N  38° 32.8' 0.03 nmi/hr

Technician Notes:

INS failure during taxi or just before; realigned to new coordinates supplied by pilots while holding on taxiway; came back on.
Server (cirque) crash at 00:52:50; locked up; cycled cirque power and rebooted
Restarted WINDS and DISCWIN; running again at 01:00:36
No other problem


Project Manager Notes:

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