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Stone Canyon San Andreas earthquake lines, second flight. This was also the second flight of the day. The Rosamond calibration lines in this plan are vestigial, since they were already successfully collected on the morning/early afternoon flight 17126. Radar operation was nearly perfect with the exception of one line. A radar malfunction occurred on the last line planned, SanAnd_14003. Either at the line beginning or midway through the line, the channel 2 (V-receive) readback of rangelines was inflated to an unreasonable amplitude on the time domain plot. At the end of the line, the DAC rlogin messages confirmed different byte lengths for the channel 1 and channel 2 science files. Suspect an ADC synchronization issue. Pilots elected not to refly the line, since its length and position meant that doing so would have added almost an hour to the flight, pushing against the airfield closing time of 10:00 pm. Flight duration was 4 hours and 17 minutes. The DGPS archive for this flight is DGPS_369.tar.gz. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Take off from KPMD, (34.6291666666667, -118.084444444444) Time to first PRE Waypoint: 21 - 31 min | approx distance traveled: 282 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 36 3.66 W 120 23.52 | NAV1 N 36 11.45 | | 31903PRE W 120 31.77 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV2 N 36 59.28 | | 31903POS W 121 23.11 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 30 - 45 min | approx distance traveled: 399 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 37 2.80 W 120 30.65 | NAV3 N 36 56.22 | | 23019PRE W 120 40.48 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV4 N 36 9.25 | | 23019POS W 121 49.29 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 45 - 65 min | approx distance traveled: 597 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 35 47.97 W 121 58.81 | NAV5 N 35 54.59 | | 05020PRE W 121 49.16 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV6 N 36 41.08 | | 05020POS W 120 40.16 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 57 - 82 min | approx distance traveled: 758 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 37 10.66 W 120 38.77 | NAV7 N 37 4.07 | | 23021PRE W 120 48.62 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV8 N 36 17.10 | | 23021POS W 121 57.55 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 71 - 101 min | approx distance traveled: 937 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 35 54.95 W 122 8.35 | NAV9 N 36 1.57 | | 05022PRE W 121 58.69 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV10 N 36 49.78 | | 05022POS W 120 46.98 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 83 - 118 min | approx distance traveled: 1105 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 37 19.37 W 120 45.61 | NAV11 N 37 12.79 | | 23023PRE W 120 55.48 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV12 N 36 24.06 | | 23023POS W 122 7.07 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 97 - 137 min | approx distance traveled: 1289 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 36 2.81 W 122 16.64 | NAV13 N 36 9.43 | | 05024PRE W 122 6.96 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV14 N 36 57.63 | | 05024POS W 120 55.13 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 110 - 155 min | approx distance traveled: 1456 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 36 58.21 W 120 10.45 | NAV15 N 36 58.21 | | 27017PRE W 120 23.26 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV16 N 36 58.21 | | 27017POS W 121 45.39 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 123 - 173 min | approx distance traveled: 1625 km ============================================================================== Epicenter E-W line LEAD N 36 28.99 W 122 11.95 | NAV17 N 36 28.99 | | 09016PRE W 121 59.23 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV18 N 36 28.99 | | 09016POS W 120 17.46 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 138 - 193 min | approx distance traveled: 1835 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 36 39.19 W 119 49.28 | NAV19 N 36 39.19 | | 27016PRE W 120 2.03 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV20 N 36 39.19 | | 27016POS W 121 50.53 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 153 - 213 min | approx distance traveled: 2026 km ============================================================================== LEAD N 36 56.57 W 121 47.28 | NAV21 N 36 48.71 | | 14003PRE W 121 39.04 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAV22 N 35 31.78 | | 14003POS W 120 20.25 | 41000 ft GPS | 339<430 kts <741 ============================================================================== Time elapsed: 169 - 234 min | approx distance traveled: 2236 km ============================================================================== Landing at KPMD, 34.629167 -118.084444 Total flight time: 186 - 266 min | Total approx distance: 2464 km ==============================================================================