Date: Apr 05, 2001

Mission: ER-2 Ferry flight from San Antonio to Dryden.  MAS noise assessment.

Mission Objectives
Ferry ER-2 back to Dryden.  Assess MAS performance by overflying clear water for NEdT.

Flight Summary

Take-off was at 1545 UTC.  ER-2 landed at 2015 UTC.

ER-2 flew from Kelly AFB westward across NM (multilayer), northern AZ (multilayer), into NV (P/C) towards L. Tahoe (clear) where an east to west line was flown across the Lake.  Then proceeded on to SFO and flew along the CA central valley towards Edwards AFB.

Highlights

Clear scenes over Lake Tahoe.

Instrument Status

• Modis Airborne Simulator (MAS): Operated. Presumed Good Data.
• Scanner High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (SHIS): Scan mode.  Presumed Good Data.
• VIS video camera: Operated.  Presumed Good video collected.
• RC-10 Camera: Not operated.