FLIGHT 1 NOTES:
14:36:10 Takeoff.
14:38:00 Out of the boundary layer turbulence at 1080 m.
14:41:19 Drove tape on replicator about 25 frames to ensure travel (no formvar applied).
14:42:17 Running cloudscope with the lamp full on. 1/10000 shutter.
14:45:00 Took photos of low clouds, and cirrus above.
14:45:30 In water cloud as indicated by cloud scope. Cleaned the window of the cloudscope.
14:46:46 Above the stratiform lower clouds.
14:48:48 Took photos of cloudscope and replicator through a window on the right of the aircraft.
14:49:18 Drove tape on replicator a few frames to ensure transport, no formvar.
14:50:02 Blanked cloudscope screen for a few seconds.
14:51:00 Took 2 more photos out left wing, of cirrus.
14:52:21 Cloudscope tip temperature -11.8 C.
14:53:00 8347 m altitude, 336 mb.
14:54:20 Cirrus photo out left window of tube of cloud, and a fall streak.
14:57:00 Took a photo in the cabin of the replicator station and the crew.
14:58:30 2 photos looking at the back of the cabin.
14:59:45 Drove the replicator, no formvar.
15:00:00 9890 m, 268 mb, -38.7 C, -26.3 cloudscope tip temperature.
15:02:00 Took a photo looking up.
15:02:58 Replicator on, filmspeed 1.
15:04:26 Pump on for replicator.
15:05:45 Out of cirrus.
15:06:17 Back in cirrus. Cloudscope observed a pristine column.
15:07:04 Replicator film thickness to 74%.
15:07:33 Event marker on replicator.
15:08:11 Replicator film thickness to 70%.
15:08:35 Cloudscope showing lots of small crystals.
15:10:10 Out of cirrus.
15:10:41 Film thickness to 68%.
15:11:23 Small crystals.
15:11:11 Cloudscope index mark.
15:12:09 Filmspeed 1 replicator.
15:12:33 Replicator film vcr now recording.
15:12:52 11,260 m, -50.9 C, 217.25 mb.
15:14:37 Temperature out on cloudscope (Note: This is expected for the current temperature device on the scope.)
15:15:00 11,263 m, small crystals observed on the cloudscope.
15:15:29 72% film thickness reading on the replicator.
15:16:19 75% film thickness reading on the replicator, occasional small crystals observed on cloud scope.
15:17:15 11,258 m, out of cirrus.
15:19:07 Event marker replicator.
15:20:04 Top of cirrus, 11,254 m, -50.84 C. Index mark on cloudscope.
15:21:11 Flush replicator for 10 sec.
15:22:05 Flush replicator for 10 sec.
15:22:31 Filmspeed 2 on replicator, 10.976 km.
15:23:24 84% film thickness setting replicator.
15:24:00 Event marker on replicator.
15:24:37 Cirrus photos out left window.
15:25:50 Event marker replicator.
15:26:32 Film thickness to 75% on replicator.
15:27:40 Event marker on replicator, possibly 2.
15:30:02 Filmspeed 3, large crystals.
15:30:30 (approximate) filmspeed 2 on replicator.
15:31:07 Filmspeed 1, out of cirrrus at 10,363 m.
15:31:45 Event marker on replicator.
15:32:00 Left wing in cloud, right wing not.
15:33:00 Replicator filmspeed 2, frame number 24,509.
15:35:22 Filmspeed 1, out of cloud.
15:36:19 Event marker on replicator.
15:36:39 Photo out left window of fallstreak.
15:38:00 Halo very strong (22 deg.) 10,049 m, -40 C.
15:39:21 Climbing up, patchy cirrus.
15:40:47 In cirrus.
15:40:50 Event marker, replicator.
15:42:10 Filmspeed 2 on replicator.
15:42:45 Replicator off, 30307 frame number. Slight jam of transport, near end of supply film.
15:44:36 Replicator on after drive applied. Filmspeed 1.
15:45:48 Small crystals, 11,127 m, 221 mb, -49 C.
15:46:30 Event marker replicator.
15:47:13 Replicator auto off. Out of cirrus.
15:48:25 Replicator on, 11,239 m, 218 mb.
15:48:29 Small crystals. Event marker light blinked twice, spontaneously.
15:50:04 32,450 frame count. In cirrus, 10,970 m.
15:52:06 Replicator out of film, 32,858 frame number.
15:57:47 Cloudscope rather noisy images.
15:58:09 Nice column on cloudscope. 70 microns.
16:02:00 Under our own contrail.
16:04:20 22 deg. halo out left wing, at 10,368 m altitude.
16:08:55 22 deg. halo.
16:11:30 Shower of small crystals on cloudscope.
16:16:16 Small crystals on cloud scope, 10,901 m, -47 C.
16:18:29 Cirrus photos. Small fall streak. 230 mb.
16:21:32 Photos of thick and thin cirrus.
16:22:20 Photo of contrail. Going up to penetrate contrail.
16:23:01 In our own contrail?
16:25:32 Photo of contrail.
16:26:00 Photo of crew - calibration photo.
16:27:00 In contrail again. -32.9 C on cloudscope. -43 C outside.
16:29:43 3 more photos of distance cloud scene.
16:30:21 Fall streak photo.
16:31:01 Took a photo of an aircraft below (Lear??)
16:36:34 Cloudscope of out tape. Returning to base.
16:39:05 Replicator power off.
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