Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)Another good (but not great) day, and homeward bound…After four flights on Saturday, Pilatus had a tailwheel issue that kept us grounded for the rest of that evening. However, on Sunday…Apr 19, 2016Apr 19, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)Pilatus Flies!After making the decision to extend the campaign by a couple of days, the team was optimistic and ready to go this morning. We woke up to…Apr 17, 2016Apr 17, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)Extended!The last two days have been spent agonizing over whether to extend the campaign or not. I’ll be very honest and say that the first two…Apr 16, 2016Apr 16, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)Decisions ahead…Winds were howling again and we were under a blizzard warning starting at around noon today. This is supposed to keep up through tomorrow…Apr 14, 2016Apr 14, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)A brief window of opportunity…Yesterday we set out for the AMF-3 prepared to stay for the entire day and into the evening, just in case the forecast drop in winds came…Apr 13, 2016Apr 13, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)A day in the camp…Today has been forecast to be a bad one for quite some time, and so far it’s living up to expectations. Since there was no chance of…Apr 11, 2016Apr 11, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)Half way point…We arrived on the north slope a week ago, and now have one week until we likely head home. Some campaigns go very quickly — this is…Apr 10, 2016Apr 10, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)Notes from the field…Another interesting day at Oliktok — one day I would love to have a few of the (seemingly) boring, go-through-the-motions days that we seem…Apr 8, 2016Apr 8, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)DataHawks are flying!The weather continues to be nasty up here. This morning at breakfast, the winds looked ever-so-slightly better, so we decided we would put…Apr 8, 2016Apr 8, 2016
Published inUnmanned Aircraft on the North Slope of Alaska (part 2)Aerosol Measurements! (sort of)…I didn’t provide a blog entry yesterday — I wish I could say that was because the weather broke and we had a fantastic day of flying, but I…Apr 6, 2016Apr 6, 2016
