_________________________________________________________________________

FLIGHT LIST

Case studies of the CAT warning algorithm will be performed on data selected from the flights listed below.

The following information is listed for each flight (where that information is available):

Column 1:  Flight number within the mission

Column 2:  Flight date, entered in the YYMMDD format.

Column 3:  Flight duration, entered as kiloseconds (from near take-off to landing).

Column 4:  CAT intensity is entered as a number, according to the following code:
    5 = Severe
    4 = moderate/Severe
    3 = Moderate
    2 = Light/Moderate
    1 = Light
    0 = Smooth
The flights having "?" entries will be assigned a CAT intensity category after I conduct an analysis correlating pilot-reported intensity with accelerometer characteristics.  Some flights have more extensive pilot reports of CAT than given below.

Column 5:  The first location is for the take-off airport, and if a second location is given (i.e., CA/HI) the second one is for the destination airport.   For long flights the direction for the farthest point is indicated by a compass direction (i.e., CA/ne = from CA to the northeast, and return).  Local flights are designated with "l" (i.e, CA/l). Some location abbreviations:
                    CA = Califonia (Ames Research Center)
                    HI = Hawaii (Barber's Point Naval Air Station)
                    AK = Alaska (Fairbanks)
                    NR = Norway (Stavanger)
                    IC = Iceland (Reykjavik)
                    NZ = New Zealand (Christchurch)
                    FJ = Fiji (Nandi)
                    AU = Australia (Darwin)
                    WUS = Western US (when a large region of the West is covered)
                    PA = Punta Arenas, Chile
                    Wal = Wallops Island, VA
                    ME = Maine (Bangor)
                    KS = Kansas (Salinas)
                    TH = Tahiti
                    Can = Canada
                    MB = Melbourne, Australia
                    TV = Townsville, Australia
                    Ok = Okinawa Island
                    IR = Ireland (Killarney)
                    Az = Azores
                    EI = Easter Island
                    NP = North Pole

Column 6:  Pilot-reported CAT descriptions; they are verbatim records of what the pilot stated during the post-flight pilot debrief, PD.  For the DC-8 flights if an MTP operator was aboard (which was the case for all but the AVSAR mission) entries are taken from the flight notes, FN, of the MTP operator.  For occasions when neither a pilot report , or an MTP operator report, are available, I will use the MTP accelerometer data to assign a CAT intensity.  This requires use of an empirical relationhip between cases with subjective intensity reports and objectively measured accelerometer PkPk (peak-to-peak vertical accelerometer reading range during a 15-second observing cycle).
 

1) STEP (ER2)                     14 flights, 75.6 hours

       "Stratospheric/Tropospheric Exchange Project"
        Darwin, Australia

        #    DATE     DUR'N   CAT    LOC'N    CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]       Max

         1    870108    18.5      ?     AU     (No rcd of pilot debrief, PD)
         2    870110    27.7      ?       "       (No rcd of pilot debrief, PD)
         3    870113    16.2      1       "       V little CAT
         4    870116    19.8      1       "       CAT in ci constant (rumble); CAT in clr nr T-strm
         5    870118    21.5      2       "       No CAT above 60 kft, 45-50 kft v. turb
         6    870122    20.2      1       "       Lt CAT ~70% of 1st leg
         7    870123    19.5      ?       "       (No rcd of pilot debrief, PD)
         8    870129    12.4      2       "       V turb; rapid lg T changes
         9    870131    22.1      2       "       V turb all Z
       10    870202    13.8      2       "       Attempt to climb out of turb 01:04
       11    870203    23.2      ?       "       (No rcd of pilot debrief, PD)
       12    870208    17.2      ?       "       (No rcd of pilot debrief, PD)
       13    870210    21.7      ?       "       (No rcd of pilot debrief, PD)
       14    870212    18.4      ?       "       (No rcd of pilot debrief, PD)

2) AAOE (ER2)                     18 flights, 109.9 hours

    "Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment"
    Punta Arenas, Chile

        #    DATE     DUR'N  CAT  LOC'N        CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]       Max

         1    870612      9.0     ?  CA          (Test flt)
         2    870615    21.6     2  WUS       CAT FL400, lt/mod 45-47 kft
         3    870812    28.0     ?  Ferry#1    (Ferry flt, no rcd of PD)
         4    870814    27.5     ?  Ferry#2    (Ferry to Punta Arenas, Chile)
         5    870817    19.8     0  PA/s        No CAT
         6    870818    21.2     0  PA/s        No turb
         7    870823    24.8     0  PA/s        No CAT
         8    870828    24.9     1  PA/s        Lt CAT at S end
         9    870830    24.6     0  PA/s        No CAT
       10    870902    25.4     ?  PA/s        (No rcd pf PD)
       11    870904    24.0     0  PA/s        FL & T osc's at S end
       12    870909    21.3     0  PA/s        (No mention of CAT in PD)
       13    870916    25.1     ?  PA/s        (No rcd pf PD)
       14    870920    26.0     ?  PA/s        (No rcd pf PD)
       15    870921    25.0     ?  PA/s        (No mention of CAT in PD)
       16    870922    23.3     0  PA/s        No CAT
       17    870929      5.2     ?  Ferry#1    (No rcd pf PD)
       18    871001    19.0     ?  Ferry#2    (No rcd pf PD)

3) AASE (ER2)                     19 flights, 124.5 hours

    "Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition"
     Stavanger, Norway

        #    DATE     DUR'N   CAT  LOC'N        CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]         Max

         1    881015    28.0     5  CA/Can    CAT most of flt, esp N of border, severe.
         2    881017    21.0     0  CA/MO     Smooth
         3    881229    20.9     ?  CA/Wal    (No rcd of PD)
         4    881231    27.3     ?  Wal/NR   (No rcd of PD)
         5    890103    18.9     0  NR          (No mention of CAT in PD)
         6    890106    20.3     1  NR           Lt mid-flt, some at ends
         7    890107    16.6     1  NR          V little turb, lt mid-course, some at end
         8    890112    25.5     1  NR           Lt CAT; wave effect
         9    890119    25.0     ?  NR           (No rcd of PD)
       10    890120    25.9     3  NR           CAT at 67N; moderate at N end
       11    890124    25.4     1  NR           No CAT; occasional lt
       12    890125    24.2     1  NR           CAT < dscnt 1420-1440
       13    890130    26.4     0  NR           No CAT
       14    890207    22.1     ?  NR           (No rcd of PD)
       15    890208    25.9     1  NR           Patches lt CAT couple places; not long
       16    890209    22.7     1  NR           Some CAT, insignificant
       17    890210    23.5     1  NR           Lt CAT; N Iceland worse
       18    890220    27.4     ?  NR/Wal    (No rcd of PD)
       19    890221    21.2     ?  Wal/CA    (No rcd of PD)

4) AASE II (ER2)                     30 flights, 182.6 hours

    "Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition - II"
     Bangor, Maine

        #    DATE     DUR'N   CAT  LOC'N        CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]        Max

         1    910820      7.2     3  CA            Heavy CAT climbing throu 50 kft
         2    910822    21.6     0   "               No CAT, occasional jolt
         3    910823    21.6     1   "               CAT over mtns, lt; short-lived
         4    910917      7.0     1   "               Patches of lt CAT, very few
         5    910919      7.0     0                   V smooth; CAT only on dscnt
         6    911004    18.0     1  CA/AK      Some CAT nr islands, not much
         7    911006    23.9     0  AK            No CAT
         8    911008    28.6     0   "                CAT, none
         9    911010    12.1     0   "                1 little bump
       10    911012    21.6     1   "                3 lt CAT; v lt nr N Pole
       11    911014    24.2     3   "                Moderate CAT ~200 mi E Anchorage
       12    911102    23.1     3  CA/ME      Rough air fr UT to NY; lt, sometimes mod
       13    911208    14.3     0  ME             No tyrb, v lt
       14    911212    26.7     2   "                Lt/mod chop in dip, infrequent
       15    911214    27.8     1   "                Turb over St Lawrence, lt/v lt
       16    920104    27.8     0   "                Turb < lt
       17    920106    29.1     ?   "                (No rcd of PD)
       18    920108    24.2     0   "                V, v lt intermittent turb
       19    920112    26.7     0   "                V lt turb over Cape Cod
       20    920116    27.0     0   "                V little turb, on climbout only
       21    920120    27.5     0   "                No CAT
       22    920213    29.2     1   "                Lt chop > starting MMS maneuvers
       23    920215     6.9     ?   "                (No rcd of PD)
       24    920217    29.2     0   "                No CAT
       25    920222    28.2     1   "                Lt CAT, const < 2 hrs, lt chop on rtn
       26    920315    28.1     ?   "                (No rcd of PD)
       27    920318    28.2     2   "                Lt/mod during ascnt 50-60 kft
       28    920320    26.0     1   "                Lt CAT during MMS maneuvers
       29    920322    27.6     1   "                Lt CAT where predicted
       30    920326      7.0     ?  ME/CA      (No rcd of PD)

5) AASE II (DC8)                     18 flights, 135.1 hours

    "Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition - II"
     Fairbanks, Alaska; Stavanger, Norway; Bangor, Maine
     (Numbers in CAT max column are PkPk accelerometer values [centi-g units]; just temporary)

         #   DATE     DUR'N   CAT  LOC'N        CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]      Max
         1    920108     2.5      ?    CA
         2    920111     5.0      ?    WUS
         3    920114    22.7     ?    CA/AK
         4    920116     3.6      ?    AK/NR
         5    920119    35.3     ?    NR/ME
         6    920122     4.0      ?    ME
         7    920123    35.3     ?    ME/CA
         8    920128    37.0     ?    CA/TH
         9    920212    34.0    41   CA/AK     CAT 50.95 ks, 31 kft, brief
       10    920214    35.5    20    AK/NR     CAT 53.5 ks 39 kft
       11    920217    30.9    11    NR/ME     CAT 50.0 ks 35 kft
       12    920220    34.3    27    ME           CAT 70 ks 33 kft
       13    920222    34.5    15    ME/CA     CAT 51 ks 35 kft, level
       14    920310    34.1    22    CA/AK     CAT 3 occasions, 30, 20, 39 kft
       15    920312    33.7    11    AK/NR     Mod CAT during spiral roll ascnt
       16    920314    34.7    22    NR/NP     CAT patch during dscnt
       17    920318    33.8    18    NR/ME     CAT 22 ks 31 kft < dscnt
       18    920320    35.6    46    ME/CA     CAT 56.5 ks 38 kft; 63.3 ks
 

6) ASHOE (ER2)                     46 flights, 282.6 hours

    "Airborne Southern Hemisphere Experiment"
     Christchurch, New Zealand

         #   DATE     DUR'N   CAT  LOC'N        CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]      Max

         1    931021      7.9     ?  CA          (No mention CAT in PD)
         2    931022    27.4     5  CA/Can    Lots of CAT; severe, const 10m
         3    931025    28.5     0  CA/Pac    Smooth (W Baja)
         4    940121      3.6     0  CA          No CAT
         5    940202      7.6     1  CA          < lt CAT
         6    940204    28.9     1  CA/Can    Lt CAT
         7    940214      8.5     1  CA          Lt on climb, smooth later
         8    940218    28.4     1  CA          Bouncy & choppy, lt CAT
         9    940219      7.2     1  CA          Lt CAT, jolteed A/C causing MMS ...
       10    940314      5.7     0  CA          Smooth, no CAT
       11    940318    19.9     0  CA          No CAT during cruise
       12    940320      9.0     0  HI           Smooth, no CAT
       13    940321    27.7     4  HI           Read gd turb 10m > TO; mod turb dive
       14    940322    18.3     1  HI           Lt CAT dip
       15    940327    26.5     ?  HI/FJ       (No rcd of PD)
       16    940329    16.6     0  FJ/NZ      No CAT, real smooth
       17    940330    28.2     0  NZ          No CAT
       18    940403    28.1     0   "             Hardly any turb
       19    940405    28.5     0   "             No CAT of significance
       20    940408    28.6     0   "             V little CAT
       21    940413    28.1     1   "             Lt CAT lower/mid 40s to 55 kft
       22    940415    10.7     1   "             Some CAT asc, not rtn
       23    940523    11.2     1   "             Lt CAT S end of island
       24    940524    27.8     1   "             Lt CAT during dip
       25    940528    28.7     3   "             Mod CAT & lt/mod & lt...
       26    940601    28.3     1   "             Patches lt CAT
       27    940603    28.3     1   "             Max CAT lt chop, occasional
       28    940605    28.1     1   "             A few pockets of lt CAT
       29    940608     4.5     3    "             Moderate CAT 15-20 kft, some...
       30    940728    28.4     0   "             Smooth
       31    940730    28.5     0   "             V lt CAT
       32    940801    27.8     1   "             Lt CAT during asc
       33    940806    28.7     0   "             No CAT
       34    940808    29.4     1   "             Lt chop TO-25 kft; < dsc (lt)
       35    940810      7.2     0   "             No CAT
       36    941008    13.4     1   "             Lt CAT asc & dsc
       37    941010    28.8     1   "             CAT asc FL390
       38    941013    29.6     1   "             Lt CAT FL530-555, & 637...
       39    941016    28.3     1   "             Lt CAT 0245, ~ 2 m
       40    941020    28.6     0   "             Smooth
       41    941022    24.7     ?  NZ/FJ     (No rcd of PD)
       42    941024    29.0     1  FJ/HI      Occasional CAT, lt
       43    941026    25.1     0  HI           V little, lt during dip
       44    941029    28.4     1  HI           Lt CAT, occasional; CAT over T-storm
       45    941102    22.3     ?  HI/CA     (No rcd of PD)
       46    941104    28.4     ?  CA/Can   (No rcd of PD)

7) STRAT (ER2)                     46 flights, 228.3 hours

    "Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport"
     California; Barber's Point, Hawaii

         #   DATE     DUR'N   CAT  LOC'N        CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]      Max

         1    950503      6.2     ?  CA           (No mention of CAT in PD)
         2    950508    29.2     ?  CA/Can    (No rcd of PD; CAT in dip)
         3    950511    29.4     1  CA/Pac    CAT lt here & there
         4    950512      7.0     0  CA          None
         5    950515    20.7     3  CA          Lt/mod <39N; lt FL610; mod FL260;...
         6    950516    11.4     0  CA          No CAT to speak of
         7    950517    17.3     2  CA          CAT on FL640 & 450 (lt/mod?)
         8    950518      8.0     1  CA          Lt CAT at 40 kft
         9    950520      7.8     ?  CA          (No rcd of PD)
       10    951020      7.8     0  CA          Smooth
       11    951024    28.6     1  CA          Lt CAT patches N 54 (coast of Can)
       12    951026    18.2     1  CA          Lt CAT 2028-31
       13    951031    15.3     ?  CA          (No rcd of PD)
       14    951102    22.0     1  CA/HI     Lt CAT FL350-530
       15    951105    28.2     0  HI/s         No turb
       16    951107    15.8     0  HI/w        Smooth
       17    951109    21.7     ?  HI/CA     (No rcd of PD)
       18    960126      5.1     ?  CA          (No rcd of PD)
       19    960129    17.8     1  CA         Lt CAT S end FL490
       20    960201    28.2     3  CA/Can   Mod CAT mid-30s on climb; smooth elsewhere
       21    960202    17.0     1  CA          Lt CAT FL 350
       22    960208      9.8     ?  HI/l         (No rcd of PD)
       23    960212    10.6     ?  HI/w       (No rcd of PD)
       24    960213    28.3     0  HI/s         A little bump 2 or 3 times during cruise
       25    960215    21.5     ?  HI/CA     (No rcd of PD)
       26    960718      7.8     0  CA          No CAT
       27    960722    28.4     1  CA/Can   Lt CAT 1605-1605.5, 1733-1734...
       28    960725    18.7     ?  CA          (No rcd of PD)
       29    960730    21.8     ?  CA/HI     (No rcd of PD)
       30    960801    28.0     0  HI/s         Smooth
       31    960803    20.6     0  HI/l         V lt CAT FL550 1924
       32    960805      4.0     0  HI/l         V lt CAT
       33    960807      9.4     1  HI/w       Occasional lt chop 49 kft
       34    960808    21.2     0  HI/s         No CAT
       35    960810    21.3     ?  HI/CA     (No rcd of PD)
       36    960918      6.7     ?  CA/l        (No rcd of PD)
       37    960921    17.1     ?  CA/e       (No rcd of PD)
       38    961204      6.2     3  CA/l        Mod CAT dsc mid 30s, 5 kft thick
       39    961206    22.8     ?  CA/HI     (No rcd of PD)
       40    961208    16.5     0  HI/lw       Smooth; couple bumps, but...
       41    961209    12.7     1  HI/l          Lt chop FL370; mone elsewhere
       42    961211    29.2     1  HI/s         Lt CAT; some CAT on climbout
       43    961213    20.5     0  HI/CA     No CAT
       44    961216    27.7     ?  CA/Can   (No rcd of PD)
       45    961218    29.2     ?  CA/nnw   (No rcd of PD)
       46    961219    19.0     ?  CA/l         (No rcd of PD)

8) AVSAR (DC8)                     10 flights, 57.8 hours

    "Aviation Synthetic Aperture Radar"
     California; Michigan
     (Numbers in CAT max column are PkPk accelerometer values [centi-g units]; just temporary)

         #   DATE     DUR'N   CAT  LOC'N        CAT DESC'N
           YYMMDD     [ks]      Max

        1    950628    15.7     ?   CA           (No Flight Notes; unfunded data collection)
        2    950630    24.7     ?   CA
        3    950710    17.8   15   CA/MI
        4    950712    11.5     5   MI
        5    950714    21.2     7   MI
        6    950722    17.1     5   CA
        7    950726    16.7     4   CA
        8    950728    26.8     9   CA/Pac     Adiabatic turb
        9    950731    29.2     7   CA/Can
      10    950801    27.3     4   CA/WA

9) TOTE/VOTE (DC8)                     20 flights, 141.7 hours

    "Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment/Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment"
     Fairbanks, Alaska; Iceland; Barbers Point, Hawaii

         1    951203    12.2     0   CA/l         V lt turb
         2    951206    17.5     1   CA/ne       Lots of lt CAT
         3    951208    21.5     1   CA/AK     Lt CAT
         4    951209    35.6     0   AK/ne      V lt CAT; nibbles
         5    951211    23.4     2   CA/HI      Lt/mod; twice
         6    951213    27.6     1   HI/n         Lt CAT
         7    951215    27.8     0   HI/s         Nibbles
         8    951218    27.9     0   HI/w        V smooth
         9    951220    28.5     0   HI/s         V lt
       10    951222    26.6     3   HI/CA      Mod CAT 0958
       11    960120    12.4     ?   CA/se      (No mention of CAT in FN)
       12    960124    28.8     ?   CA/AK
       13    960128    28.9     1  AK/np       Lt
       14    960130    29.1     3  AK/e         Mod 0300, mod 0332
       15    960201    23.5     1  AK/IC       Lt
       16    960204    23.4     0  IC/AK       None
       17    960208    29.3     4  AK/HI       V strong 1500, mod 1235 3min
       18    960213    26.1     1  HI/s           Lt
       19    960217    34.5     3  HI/s           Mod 1055 thunderstorm below
       20    960219    25.4     1  HI/CA       CAT

10) SUCCESS (DC8)                     18 flights, 100.0 hours

    "Subsonic Aircraft Contrail and Cloud Effects Special Study"
     Salinas, Kansas

         1    960413    18.6     ?  CA/KS     (No mention CAT in FN)
         2    960415    12.1     ?  KS/l         (No mention CAT in FN)
         3    960416    20.4     ?  KS/l         (No mention CAT in FN)
         4    960418    14.3     ?  KS/l         (No mention CAT in FN)
         5    960420    23.4     ?  KS/l         (No mention CAT in FN)
         6    960421    26.7     ?  KS/l         (No rcd of FN)
         7    960424    26.4     ?  KS/l         (No rcd of FN)
         8    960427    24.0     ?  KS/l         (No rcd of FN)
         9    960429    16.9     ?  KS/l         (No rcd of FN)
       10    960430    23.7     ?  KS/sw      (No rcd of FN)
       11    960502    22.7     ?  KS/nw      (No mention CAT in FN)
       12    960503    19.1     ?  KS/l         Vomit flight
       13    960504    18.0     ?  KS/l         (No rcd of FN)
       14    960507    20.7     ?  KS/nw     (No mention CAT in FN)
       15    960508    15.9     1  KS/n        Lt CAT 1936
       16    960510    19.3     ?  KS/CA    (No mention CAT in FN)
       17    960512    21.0     ?  CA/l        (No rcd of FN)
       18    960515    16.7     ?  CA/n       (No rcd of FN)

11) MACAWS (DC8)                     17 flights, 93.9 hours

    "Multi-center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor"
     Western USA

         1    960531    13.0    ?    CA/s        (No Flight Notes; unfunded data collection)
         2    960602    14.4    ?    CA/s
         3    960605    27.7    ?    CA/s
         4    960606    25.6    ?    CA/l
         5    960607    25.9    ?    CA/l
         6    960610    21.6    ?    CA/n
         7    960612    22.0    ?    CA/AK
         8    960613    15.1    ?    AK/l
         9    960614    16.2    ?    AK/s
       10    960615    25.6    ?    AK/TX
       11    960622    22.7    ?    TX/ne
       12    960624    23.7    ?    TX/e
       13    960625    25.2    ?    TX/se
       14    960626    19.1    ?    TX/l
       15    960627    15.5    ?    TX/CA
       16    960630    13.3    ?    CA/w
       17    960701    11.5    ?    CA/sw

12) PEM Tropics B (DC8)                     29 flights, 199.6 hours

    "Pacific Exploratory Mission in the Tropics - B"
     Eastern Pacific

         1    960818    13.1    ?    CA/w        (No Flight Notes; unfunded data collection)
         2    960830    13.3    ?    CA/HI
         3    960831    33.8    ?    HI/TH
         4    960903    30.9    ?    TH/ne
         5    960905    26.6    ?    TH/s
         6    960907    22.0    ?    TH/EI
         7    960910    26.3    ?    EI/n
         8    960911    27.4    ?    EI/s
         9    960914    22.3    ?    EI/TH
       10    960916    21.2    ?    TH/ne
       11    960918    34.9    ?    TH/NZ
       12    960921    36.4    ?    NZ/s
       13    960923    28.1    ?    NZ/FJ
       14    960926    34.9    ?    FJ/nw
       15    960928    27.7    ?    FJ/n
       16    961001    28.1    ?    FJ/n
       17    961003    22.7    ?    FJ/TH
       18    961005    22.3    ?    TH/CA
       19    961018    15.8    ?    CA/l
       20    961022    17.3    ?    CA/se
       21    961029    27.4    ?    CA/HI
       22    961030    18.0    ?    HI/l
       23    961101    34.9    ?    HI/NZ
       24    961103    10.8    ?    NZ/l
       25    961104    22.0    ?    NZ/l
       26    961107    26.3    ?    NZ/MB
       27    961110    27.0    ?    MB/nw
       28    961112    20.9    ?    MB/TV
       29    961113    26.3    ?    TV/Ok

14) POLARIS (ER2)                    31 flights, 183.4 hours

    "Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region in Summer"
     Fairbanks, Alaska; Barber's Point, Hawaii

         1    970416      7.2     0  CA/l          Smooth
         2    970422    26.6     0  CA/s         No CAT; lt chop occasionally
         3    970424    21.1     ?  CA/AK     (No rcd PD)
         4    970426    28.8     0  AK/NP      No CAT; v lt associated w dt~5
         5    970430    23.4     0  AK/ew      No CAT
         6    970502    27.1     0  AK/e         Lt CAT (auto-pilot induced)
         7    970506    23.8     0  AK/ne       No CAT
         8    970509    22.2     0  AK/l          Smooth
         9    970511    17.5     1  AK/l          Lt CAT N end 290 leg, S end 350
       10    970513    24.0     0  AK/ne       No CAT
       11    970515    19.3     ?  AK/CA     (No rcd PD)
       12    970623    18.5     0  CA/AK      No CAT
       13    970626    27.8     0  AK/n,se     No CAT
       14    970629    24.7     1  AK/se       Lt CAT bottom 1st dip
       15    970630    16.6     0  AK/l          No CAT
       16    970704    29.1     0  AK/se       Periodically brief v lt CAT
       17    970707    28.3     1  AK/NP     Lt chop dscnt
       18    970710    20.8     2  AK/l         Lt/mod; lt chop FL510, 410...
       19    970712    20.8     ?  AK/CA     (No rcd PD)
       20    970828      3.2     ?  CA/l         (No rcd PD)
       21    970902    19.1     ?  CA/AK     (No rcd PD)
       22    970908    27.8     1  AK/nne     Lt CAT climb
       23    970910     6.0      ?  AK/l         (No rcd PD)
       24    970911    15.1     ?  AK/l         (No rcd PD)
       25    970914    23.2     0  AK/l         V lt, a little bit
       26    970915     7.7      0  AK/l         No CAT
       27    970918    28.4     0  AK/NP     No CAT
       28    970919    25.8     ?  AK/l         No rcd PD)
       29    970921    26.8     ?  AK/HI      No rcd PD)
       30    970923    28.7     0  HI/s          No CAT
       31    970925    20.9     ?  HI/CA      No rcd PD)

13) SONEX (DC8)                     16 flights, 111.0 hours

    "SASS Ozone and Nitrogen Oxide Experiment"
     Bangor, Maine; Killarney, Ireland; Azores

         1    971007    19.7     0    CA/w        No mention in flt log
         2    971009    21.7     0    CA/nw          "
         3    971013    26.7     1    CA/ME     Lt chop; lt chop 370
         4    971015    22.2     0    ME/IR       No mention
         5    971018    20.7     0    IR/lw             "
         6    971020    27.4     3    IR/s            Mod CAT, cloud tops, 8.8 km
         7    971023    26.8     0    IR/ln           No mention
         8    971025    27.1     0    IR/lne             "
         9    971028    26.3     0    IR/Az             "
       10    971029    27.6     0    Az/s               "
       11    971031    27.3     0    Az/ME           "
       12    971103    25.6     1    ME/ne        Lt 8.8 km nr axis jet
       13    971105    25.4     1    ME/l           Lt 4.6 km; lt 6.4 km; 9.4, 10.3, 10.7, 11.3 km
       14    971109    23.5     0    ME/ne        No mention
       15    971110    23.2     1    ME/w         Lt 8.7 km
       16    971112    28.5     1    ME/CA      Lt 9.4 km
 

The 13 missions listed above provide a total of 332 flights and 2026 flight hours.  The breakdown by aircraft platform is 204 ER-2 flights (1186.9 hours), and 128 DC-8 flights (839.1 hours).

____________________________________________________________________

This site opened:  June 21, 2000.  Last Update: July 2, 2000