Last night, we finished our check out flight on the SOFIA. There were some problems, and lessons learned all around, but we are confident for tonight’sflight that we’re as ready as we can be.
The flight crew practiced hitting our timing marks by introducing small maneuvers into the timing legs to adjust time where needed. The first one ended up with us hitting the mark several minutes off. Then they decided to go for the “aggressive” maneuvering plan. This second one hit our projected timing mark almost dead on according to the flight crew. So they’re having a lot of fun, but I’m definitely taking some airsickness meds tonight. Things got a little wobbly there for a moment during the aggressive maneuvering... ;-)
The flight crew practiced hitting our timing marks by introducing small maneuvers into the timing legs to adjust time where needed. The first one ended up with us hitting the mark several minutes off. Then they decided to go for the “aggressive” maneuvering plan. This second one hit our projected timing mark almost dead on according to the flight crew. So they’re having a lot of fun, but I’m definitely taking some airsickness meds tonight. Things got a little wobbly there for a moment during the aggressive maneuvering... ;-)
SOFIA preparing for Twilight Check Flight Takeoff:
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