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A remote control plane, but no child’s play
The Global Hawk Pacific (GloPac) mission is the first science use of NASA’s new unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The Global Hawk is a unique robotic plane that can fly for more than 30 hours at a time,...
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Where’s the coffee?
Sent by GloPac co-project scientist Paul Newman on March 8: Greetings from the sunny California desert! After getting up at 4 AM in Maryland, taking a 6-hour flight to Los Angeles, and then driving...
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Not blowin in the wind
From Paul Newman, GloPac co-project scientist: We were planning a test flight of the Global Hawk for Wednesday (March 10), but unfortunately the wind speeds are forecast to be too strong (with gusts...
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Up
From Paul Newman, GloPac co-project scientist: A flight day with the Global Hawk flight day starts very early and runs very late. For a 7 AM takeoff, the plane must be pulled out to a concrete pad...
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Gypsy Camp
From Paul Newman, co-project scientist: All of the GloPac instrument teams have now arrived at Dryden Flight Research Center, and our integration of instruments onto the Global Hawk UAS continues....
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All we need is just a little patience
From Paul Newman, mission co-project scientist: There is an old Latin quote: “Maxima omnium virtutum est patientia.” Or “patience is the greatest virtue.” When it comes to mounting science instruments...
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Progress
From Paul Newman, mission co-project scientist: We have had some success in bolting our instruments onto the Global Hawk. We just completed installing the NOAA ozone instrument, led by Laurel Watts,...
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The answer is blowing in the wind
From Paul Newman, co-project scientist for GloPac: We’re making tremendous progress on installation of the instruments onto the Global Hawk, and we’re almost done cleaning up the myriad of issues....
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From Paul Newman, GloPac co-project scientist: One of the instruments being flown on the Global Hawk is the Airborne Compact Atmospheric Mapper. ACAM is about the size of a microwave oven, and it is...
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First Test Flight
From GloPac co-mission scientist Paul Newman: It was a tense moment on Friday morning, April 2. The Global Hawk was poised on the end of the runway, with the crew chief behind it in a pick-up truck...
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