Boschaero\Naval Research Lab Daily Report
8-13-03
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Amey brought her children to the Maryland Airport day care facility. |
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When Amey asked Jack to baby sit, so she could be present for the entire mission. Jack replied "I'll baby sit if they are house broken". |
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Jim calls the FAA and gets the secret handshake for the morning mission flight. |
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NRL starts training staff early in life. |
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Mike, Jerry and Erik begin setting up the ground station. |
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Mark is standing by for the morning mission. |
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The ground station is set up and ready. |
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This is Gil. He and his father Jack run this wonderful airport. |
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The ground crew waves us off, on the first data collect of the day. Also, you can see the leading edge slats on the upper wing pop out. At slow speeds the Antonov' wing gets larger and provides extra lift. |
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Shortly after take-off the flight crew powers up the racks. |
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This is (2W5) from 1500 feet. The visibility stinks. Fortunately for everyone, we are not flying optics so the visibility is no factor. |
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After returning to Maryland Airport, having lunch, refueling the airplane and flying into the Restricted Area, we are now on our second data collect flight of the day. The target is on the pier. |
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A close up of the ground crew, from 5000 feet. |
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What flight line? Another beauty of the An-2 is the tight turning radius. |
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By 8:15 p.m. everyone is ready for this day to end. |
NEXT DAY
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