Things are coming along quite well. So far, no problems with the aircraft or the data, just a few issues with air traffic control permissions. We have not yet gotten permission to fly above Dominica at the low altitudes that we'd like. The first research flight yesterday was flown above 7,000 ft on the high-level legs, about 2,000 ft higher than planned. Weather looks good for a flight tomorrow, so pending ATC(air traffic control) permissions, we may fly! And, not only that, I will be the "assistant" in the back! I'm very excited. I'll get to learn how to use the touch screen which instantaneously plots, or reports data, and help with some of the instrument monitoring. I'll talk all about it tomorrow. :)
We've made a lot of progress on flight analysis. My "quick looks" for the flight legs and plots have been coming along nicely, along with Justin's entire data matrix. When we get the data from the possible flight tomorrow, we'll see just how long it will take to complete the "quick look" data set and see if it is actually quick. Tomorrow should be a pretty calm day, one with little to no clouds upstream...Friday, if we fly, is looking to be a lot more disturbed.
And, since I can't leave a post with no photo, enjoy the view from our porch!
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