DATE

ACTIVITY

LOCATION

June 29, 1966

Test Flight by Schweizer Aircraft Corp., Ser. No. 38

Elmira NY

July 12, 1966

Purchase by Explorer Research Corporation (ERC)

(Wallace, Scribner, Kuettner for ERC)

Springville VT

June-Sept 1967

Instrumentation Test Flights

Fitchburg MA

Oct-Dec 1967

CAT Studies in Wave Conditions

Mt Washington NH

Aug-Oct 1968

Ozone Measurements

Boulder CO

Feb 25, 1969

Ownership Transfer from ERC to ESSA with NCAR to Operate

July-Nov 1969

Occasional Test Flights

Boulder Area

Feb 2, 1970

Over Gross Operations Permitted (120 lbs. added)

Feb-Mar 1970

Colorado Lee Wave Experiment

Boulder Area

July 1970

Cumulus Studies (Checks for NHRE)

Boulder/NE Colo

Jan-Feb 1971

NCAR Wave Cloud Studies

Boulder Area

March 1971

Cannon Particle Camera Installed

Boulder Area

Apr-May 1971

Check Flights, Wave Flights and Instrument Tests

Boulder Area

June-Aug 1971

Research Flights in National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE)

NE Colorado

Mar-April 1972

Instrumentation Test Flights

Boulder Area

June-Aug 1972

Research Flights in NHRE

NE Colorado

June 23. 1972

Severe Turbulence Encounter:  +20 up to --20 m/s down almost instantly

near Kimball NE

Mar-May 1973

Instrumentation Test Flights

Boulder Area

Jun-Aug 1973

Research Flights in NHRE

NE Colorado

Aug-Sept 1973

South Park Area Cumulus Exp. (SPACE) with CSU

South Park CO

Sept 11 1973

Damaged in Fire in Lake County Airport-A Protest of Weather Modification

Leadville CO

Early 1974

Sailplane Left Wing Rebuilt by Beagles Aircraft

Greely CO

Spring 1974

Test Flights and Instrumentation Test Flights

Boulder Area

June -Aug 1974

Research Flights in NHRE

NE Colorado

Aug 1974

Joint Cumulus Sailplane Project with CSU

Leadville/So. Park 

Spring 1975

Instrumentation Test Flights

Boulder Area

July-Aug 1975

High Cooperative Cumulus Project (HICCUP) with CSU     NHRE Cloud Seeding Flights.

Leadville/So. Park

Apr-May 1976

Instrumentation Test Flights

Boulder Area

June-July 1976

Research Flights in NHRE

NE Colorado

July–Aug 1977

South Park Area Cumulus Experiments (SPACE)

Leadville/So. Park

June-July 1978

NCAR/NHRE First Echo Studies in CuCg

NE Colorado

Spring 1979 

Instrumentation Test Flights

Boulder Area

July-Aug 1979

Microphysics Studies in Thunderstorm Research International Project (TRIP)

Socorro NM

Fall 1980-May 81  

Occasional Test Flights

Boulder Area

May-Aug 1981

Flights during Coop. Convective Precip. Exp. (CCOPE)

Miles City, MT

July-Aug 1984

Electrification & Precipitation Studies in TRIP

Socorro NM

Summer 85-86 

Test Flights for 2D Image/Particle Charge Instrument

Boulder Area

July-Aug 1987

Particle image and charge studies in small thunderstorms; Spirals to 39,900 ft pressure altitude, an Explorer Record

Near Socorro NM

Aug 1989

Transfer of Explorer Ownership from NOAA to NCAR

Boulder CO

July-Aug 1991

Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (CaPE)

Kennedy Space Center FL

Sept 1994

Flights for IMAX Movie “Stormchasers”

Boulder/NE CO

Summer 1995

Studies of Early Electrification

NE Colorado

Date?? 2002

Explorer Donated to Soaring Society of Boulder

Nov 29, 2012

Forced Out-Landing with Severe Damage to Explorer near Gold Hill CO

near Gold Hill CO