Helo August 7

 

Flight protocol for helicopter flight no. 11
HE and BL on the flight
Photo flight #11 - large grid
interval 21 s (pulse duration=0.1 s, timing= 20 s) for box, interval switched to 2 sec for 2000' pass over camp
Kt 19 sampling rate 1 Hz
Altitude 6000' for most of the flight box dropping to between 4000' and 5000'  in the middle to go under some clouds.
Skies mostly clear but some clouds to be avoided (note lower altitudes below)
On flight Bonnie and Hajo
GPS: Lat. Long. Heading
SHIP 78o 29.0N 158o 49.5W
A 78o 29.0N 157o 42.0W 90
B 78o 42.5N 157o 42.0W 0
C 78o 42.5N 159o 59.0W 270
D 78o 15.5N 159o 59.0W 180
E 78o 15.5N 158o 49.5W 90
Date: 8/7/94
Time: 14:34-15:39
Time Position & Altitude (feet) Speed, kt Comments Digital image
nm to go along indiv. leg (Tele/Wide angle)
2:34:40 Ship 6000 116 Above ship start of leg Ship-A 1 (W)
2:36:45 9 114 2 (T, 1st/MY ice)
2:38:04 6.7 118 3 (T, puddle-free ice)
2:39:34 3.7 120 4 (T, ridge)
2:41:05 0 start of turn
2:41:49 A, 12.0 144 end turn
2:43:08 9 146 5 (W, cracks/ridge), 6 (T, cracks/ridge)
2:44:18 6.4 142 7 (T, puddle-free ice), 8 (T)
2:45:47 2.5 143
2:46:38 0 start of turn
2:47:30 B, 25.5 119 end of turn 9 (intermed. T/W, puddle-free/puddled ice)
2:48:21 24.2 111 10 (FY ponds)
2:50:03 20.9 114
2:52:15 16.7 118 start of low cloud deck
2:55:00 11.4 116 cloud cover thickens
2:58:50 4.1 114 11 (T)
3:00:06 0 start of turn
3:01:30 4000 12 (T, puddle-free ice)
3:01:54 4000 start of second turn
3:02:30 C 4000 87 end of turn
3:03:18 4500 88
3:04:00 23.4 4500 90 13 (T, low puddle coverage)
3:06:50 18.9 4700 94 14, 15 (T, adjacent field of view, low & high puddle coverage)
3:09:07 15.3 4700 98 16 (T, blue/meandering ponds)
3:11:00 12.6 4700 98 start of large lead 17 (T, puddle-free ice)
3:13:00 9.2 4500 94 18 (T, cracks), 19 (T,  cracks, blue/green ponds)
3:14:25 6.9 4500 95 20 (T, floating bottoms)
3:16:47 3.1 4700 96 21 (T, disintegrating ice)
3:18:32 6000 start of turn
3:19:17 D, 13.6 6000 113 end of turn
3:21:00 10.2 6000 121
3:23:00 6.2 6000 120 clear and cloud-free
3:24:03 4 6000 119 22 (T, thin ice)
3:25:45 start of turn
3:26:28 E, 12.5 146 end of turn
3:28:00 8.4 143
3:30:00 4.2 133
3:31:00 1.6 137
3:31:49 0 134 back at ship
3:33 - 3:38 2000 low altitude overflight of EM and SE line 1 23-31
3:39:48 25 end of flight
Notes:
Ridges still obvious, ponds on ridges still azure, but ridges only sparsely ponded
nilas on leads
floe boundaries had few ponds

 

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