Flight plan: Alt B1
Takeoff at 0800 local
Landed ~ 1430 local
Drops Requested: 32
Drops deployed: 32
Issues: 1 drop no winds
After a very long maintenance day and a very patient Matt and Jason all four launcher springs have been replaced.
The launcher required several assembly builds as parts would get stuck and jam because everything was not aligned or did
not stay aligned as it was reassembled and installed. We tried to finish the three heater cables once the launcher
was installed but before the storage bin was replaced and even with the group effort we ran out of time due to crew
duty limits and not wanting to delay today's flight too late. The consensus was to fly today and tomorrow and I will
finish the heater cables on Wednesday.
Today's flight went very well. Thirty-two out of thirty-two sondes left the aircraft, no fast falls and one sonde no winds for most
of the drop.