Date: Mar 15, 2001

Mission: Ferry ER-2 with instrumentation to San Antonio, TX for TX-2001 field program.

Mission Objectives

Test MAS instrument and get ER-2 aircraft to San Antonio in readiness for TX-2001.

Flight Summary

Take-off was at 1710 UTC.  ER-2 landed at 1948 UTC.

ER-2 flew from Dryden where skis were cloudy through AZ and NM into TX with mostly clear skies the whole way.

Highlights

The ER-2 made it to San Antonio on schedule.

Instrument Status

• Modis Airborne Simulator (MAS): Operated. Port 3 very noisy.
• Scanner High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (SHIS): Not on plane.
• VIS video camera: Operated.  Good video collected.
• RC-10 Camera: Operated with 12 inch lens.