Helo October 4

 

Elder/Bosworth Date: 10/4/98
Pilot: Danielle Dube
Photo flight 27nm grid
interval 20 s (pulse duration=0.1 s, timing= 20 s) for box, interval switched to 3 sec for 1000' pass over camp
Film at end of roll when we landed, Video ~1/2 taped
Altitude 5000' for most of the flight box +- 50ft
Skies clear to cloudy Variable  Some low fog but could see through it.
-22C Light winds North
27nm
Lat. Long. Heading C B
SHIP 80o 08.00N 166o 16.00W 90     13.5nm
A 80o 08.00N 164o 57.2W 0    
B 80o 21.50N 164o 57.2W 270 27nm ship A
C 80o 21.50N 167o 34.8W 180   13.5nm
D 79o 54.5N 167o 34.8W 90  
E 79o 54.5N 167o 34.8W 0   13.5nm
SHIP 80o 08.00N 166o 16.00W D                  E
13.5nm
Flight at 5000ft.
100 knots
Sun and Broken clouds, most thin enough to see through vertically
Everything a bit pink due to clouds and low sun angle
Even the new ice is white with either snow or the fresher ones have frost flowers
Time Comments
15:35:26 35mm camera on, Manuvering over ship for heading
15:27:45 Start line to the East Video Shows 10minutes
Large Leads re-frozen been growing both in size and ice thickness
15:35:37 Start turn at A
15:36:20 End Turn at A Headwind
15:38:00 Low Overcast only the darker leads show through
15:41:00 Can not see through the clouds
15:44:00 Start turn at B,  26:30 on video camera
15:44:30 End turn at B
15:46:00 Occasional breaks in clouds through which you can see the major clouds
15:49:00 Clouds thinning approximately 3000ft
15:54:00 Clouds even thinner and lower approx 2000ft
15:56:00 Very thin low clouds
15:59:37 Start Turn C
16:00:00 End Turn C Basically clear, Some low clouds transparent Video 42:40
16:00:35 Speed and elevation corrected, tail wind
16:10:00 Back into low clouds Variable shaded surface
16:15:48 Start Turn D
16:16:20 End Turn D Video 58:30
16:17:00 Readjust heading and speed  18 ,knot tail wind and at an angle
16:19:00 Shearing in fresh lead
16:23:50 Start Turn E
16:24:30 End Turn Ehead wind 10knots
16:28:00 A bit high, Corrected had drifted up to 5200 since turn
16:32:00 Over ship
16:32:42 35mm off after start of decent
Video quit at 1:12:57
3second shots
Flight over ship at 1000ft 100 knots
On 16:34 off 16:36:15

 

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