Notes from the Field

Bangor, ME   10:00 p.m. From Rafael Rincon: I’m pretty busy tonight, even though it’s already late.  I’m in the hotel room after a long day, and I have had to bring the computer from the P3 to the room to do some trouble shooting tonight.   I’ll be working very late again, it looks like, but […]

Bangor, Maine   10:00 p.m. EDT   I’m Rafael Rincon, the principal investigator for DB-SAR, and I’m glad to tell you that things went very smoothly today.  It was a good start to what should be a great week in the field. I flew on the P3 last week and will be working this set of […]

Bangor, ME  6 p.m. EDT From Jon Ranson: We had a great day and gathered fantastic data.  It felt so good to be working and getting the data – finally.  Unfortunately, our flight only lasted three hours.  Then the Mission Manager, Martin Nowicki, came out of the cabin with a serious look on his face.  […]

Wallops Island, Virginia  6:00 p.m. EDT From Jon Ranson: I’m back at Wallop’s this evening after a quick trip back home.   Last evening we made the decision to not fly today, so the DBSAR RAID could be fixed.  I’m not an engineer, and couldn’t offer much to the RAID-fixing effort, so I had a little […]

Wallops Island, Virginia  5:30 p.m. From Jon Ranson: This morning started out just perfect for collecting data from the air.  It was a beautiful sunny day with good weather, and we did our best to take advantage of it.  We were up in the air early and take-off went well, without a hitch.  The check-out […]

Wallops Island, Virginia  9 p.m. EDT From Jon Ranson: It’s a beautiful evening here at Wallops Island!  I’m here to join our Eco-3D team, and I’m sure looking forward to starting our flight campaign tomorrow morning.  I’m really excited to be a part of the mission, and expect to have a good week gathering great […]