CONCERT

Contrail and Cirrus Experiment

Homepage for the CONCERT Falcon campaigns in 2008 and 2011
  

CONCERT 2011 schedule

29 August -2 September 2011

Instrument integration on the Falcon in Oberpfaffenhofen

5 September - 23 September

Scientific flight operation period for CONCERT  contrail flights from Oberpfaffenhofen (EDMO)

26 September - 29 September

Scientific flight operation period for CONCERT  volcano flights from Oberpfaffenhofen (EDMO)  to Etna/Stromboli (Italy)

30 September 2011

Instrument dismounting and end of the campaign

News & updates

 
 
11 October 2011
 
10:00-12:00 Quicklook meeting Etna/Stromboli flight 29.9./30.9.2011
 

10 October 2011

 
10:00-12:00 Quicklook meeting Stratospheric flight 22.9.2011/Persistent contrail flights 24.9./27.9.

 

4 October 2011
 
7:00-11:00 instrument dismounting

11:30 CONCERT end of the campaign lunch IPA 009

30 September 2011

 
Etna/Stromboli flight

6:00 LT power on the Falcon

8:00 LT  take off meeting Stromboli (8:00-9:00) and Etna (9:00-11:00)

11:15 LT landing Catania

13:00 LT take off Catania

15:00 LT landing OP

 start instrument dismounting

 

29 September 2011

Etna flight

3:00 LT power on the Falcon

10:00 LT roll out

11:00 LT take off

14:30 LT  visit Etna - landing Catania

28 September 2011

10:00 lc Met Briefing
16:00 lc Meeting, alternate flight planning Etna,

27 September 2011

5:30 lc Hangar open

8:15 lc roll out

9:00 lc take off

10:00-11:30 lc TRA Weser

12:15 lc landing

26 September 2011

10:00 LC Met Briefing

24 September 2011

7:15 LC Power on the Falcon

11:00 roll out

11:45 take off

15:00 landing OP

till 17:00 Power on the Falcon

 

23 September 2011

9:00 LC Met Briefing

15:00 Quicklook Meeting

22 September 2011

5:00 LC Power on the Falcon

8:15 roll out

9:00 take off

11:15 landing Bergen

12:15 take off Bergen

14:30 landing OP

21 September 2011

10:00  LT Met briefing

20 September 2011

10:00  LT Met briefing

15:00 LT Quicklook Meeting for double flight 16.9. time scaling in sec UT since midnight

19 September 2011

7:00 LT refuel thereafter power on the Falcon

10:00 Met briefing

12:15 LT roll out - postponed due to severe weather

14:00 LT flight cancelled due to severe weather conditions

 Operators:

Scheibe, Kaufmann, Dahlkötter

18 September 2011

day off

17 September 2011

8:00  Hangar open

16 September 2011

7:00 LT power on the Falcon

10:00 Met briefing

11:15 LT roll out
12:15 LT take off
13:30 LT in target area contrail chasing
15:15 LT landing /refuel
16:30 LT back in target area  contrail in cirrus
19:45 LT landing
Operators:
Scheibe
Kaufmann
Dahlkötter

ATC Karlsruhe: Jurkat

Scope:
Contrail chasing TRA Meck Pom

15 September

10:00 Met briefing

14 September

10:00 Met briefing

13 September

9:00 Met briefing

12 September

13:00 Met briefing and Quicklook meeting flight 7/9/2011

11 September day off

10 September day off

9 September

9:00 LT power on the Falcon

11:00 LT Met Briefing room 009

13:30 LT roll out

14:30 LT flight cancelled due to breakdown of the engine control unit

8 September

9:00 LT Briefing room 009

7 September

4:00  LT power on the Falcon

7:00 LT roll out

8:20  LT take off (Dresden)

9:50  LT return

11:00 Met briefing in 009

6 September

9:00 LT Met briefing room 009

5 September

8:00 LT Aircraft Inspection

thereafter power on the Falcon

10:00 LT Met Briefing room 009

flight cancelled

14:30 LT hangar safety instruction in the hangar

2 September

9:00 LT Briefing room 009

11:00 LT EMV test

29 August - 2 September 2011

Instrument integration on the Falcon in Oberpfaffenhofen

5 September - 29 September

Scientific flight operation period for CONCERT  flights from Oberpfaffenhofen (EDMO)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCERT 2008

25 November 2008

End of the campaign

11 lt Quicklook meeting for the flight on 20 Nov 08 in the small seminar room

21 November 2008

Instrument removal

13 lt Quicklook meeting in the big seminar room for the 2 CONTRAILS flight and the A388 flight on 19 Nov 08

20 November 2008

Persistent contrails flight

6:00 LT power on the Falcon

9:30 LT  roll out

10:30  LT take off

14:00  LT landing

Dinner at the restaurant Widmann in Gilching

19 November 2008

2 CONTRAILS flight

3:30 LT power on the Falcon

6 LT roll out

7 LT take off

11 LT refueling  Fuhlsbüttel

12 LT take off  Fuhlsbüttel

14:20 LT Landing OBI

14:30 Flight debriefing in the Hangar

18 November 2008

16:30LT Flight planning meeting for the 2 CONTRAILS flight and Quicklook meeting for the flight on 17 November 2008

17 November 2008

07:00LT Power on the Falcon

11:00LT Roll out

12:00LT Take off Oberpfaffenhofen EDMO

Science flight to Finkenwerder with rendez vous and contrail chasing LH 492 (A340-300)

14:15LT Landing Finkenwerder refueling

15:40LT Take off Finkenwerder, EDHI

Science flight to Oberpfaffenhofen with rendez vous and contrail chasing LH 452 & LH458 (A340-600)

18:05LT Landing OBI

16 November 2008

Exchange of the Falcon engine

15 November 2008

Exchange of the Falcon engine

14 November 2008

14 lt 2 CONTRAIL meeting

Exchange of the Falcon engine

12 November 2008

Hangar open from 7:00-18:00 lt

16 lt Quicklook meeting flight 28 10 08

11 November 2008

Hangar open from 7:00-18:00 lt

07:00 Power on the Falcon

09:30 roll out

10:45 take off

11:00 landing - Engine defect

16:00 lt Quicklook meeting flight 7.11.08

10 November 2008

Hangar open from 7:00-18:00 lt

12:30 lt big seminar room CONCERT 2 CONTRAILS flight strategy meeting

18:00 lt Flight planning

instrument preparation in the hangar

8/9 November 2008

Days off /flight planning for next week

Hangar closed

7 November 2008

Hangar open from 7:00-17:00 lt

EMV test

11 lt: test flight in contrails  and cirrus clouds

6 November 2008

Hangar open from 7:00-20:00 lt

Instrument integration

17 lt flight planning meeting

5 November 2008

Instrument mounting

no flight planning meeting

4 November 2008

Instrument mounting (Aerosol racks, NOy pump, IT-MS, particle probes and seats)

16:00 lt quicklook meeting for the stratosphere and aircraft emissions flight on 31.10.08

19:00 Campaign dinner at the Braustüberl at Schloss Seefeld

http://www.braeustueberl-seefeld.de/index.htm

3 November 2008

Instrument dismounting (IT-MS, NOy pump, and seats)

16:00 lt quicklook meeting for the contrail flight on 2.11.08

2 November 2008

14:30-17:45 lt Contrail chasing and cold cirrus flight

Hangar open from 10:00 - 19:00 lt

1 November 2008

no flight

Hangar open from 7:00 - 14:00 lt

31 October 2008

9:00-17:30 lt double flight: stratospheric intrusion and aircraft emissions

18:30 lt short met briefing and flight planning

Hangar open from 5:00 - 18:30 lt

30 October 2008

no flight

13 lt MPL meeting for the certification of instruments on the HALO

17 lt Quicklook meeting for the first 3 flights

Hangar open from 7:00 - 16:30 lt

29 October 2008

Presence of a TV producing a documentation on contrail cirrus

9:50-13:30 lt Falcon flight:  contrail chasing

8:35 lt Falcon roll out

4:30 Hangar open

28 October 2008

18 lt met briefing and flight planning

12:00-16:00 lt Falcon flight:  stratospheric intrusion and cirrus

10:45 lt Falcon roll out

6:30 Hangar open

27 October 2008

18 lt met briefing and flight planning

14:30-17:00 lt Falcon test flight

13:30 lt Falcon roll out

9 lt final aircraft inspection

7:15 start operation in the hangar

25-26 October 2008

Weekend off

24 October 2008

10 lt: EMV test in the hangar.

16 lt: Met briefing, introduction and flight planning in the seminar room

Operation in the Hangar from 6:30 to 20 lt

23 October 2008

Integration of the HCl/HNO3 ms racks, mounting of the inlets, cabeling of the inlets.

Operation in the Hangar from 7:30 to 18 lt.

22 October 2008

13:00 lt: PN&CPI rack integration in the Falcon, integration of the CPI  in the belly pod, cabling

7:30 lt: Integration of the particle probes in the wing pods

Operation in the Hangar from 7:30 to 18 lt.

21 October 2008

10:00 lt: Safety instruction for the operation in the hangar by Roman Koch

Integration of the particle probes

20 October 2008

13 lt: Instrument integration of the aerosol mass spectrometer, the particle instruments and the NOy, O3 and CO racks.

8:30 lt: Test flight of the Falcon from 8:30 to 10 lt.

19 October 2008

The Falcon had two successful flights during the LUAMI campaign on 17 and 18 October. The LIDAR has been dismounted and the Falcon is ready for instrument integration for the CONCERT campaign on Monday, 20 October 2008.

17 October 2008

12 lt: The Falcon has arrived in Oberpfaffenhofen and will be prepared for operation this afternoon.

9 lt: The Falcon is expected back in Oberpfaffenhofen today at 12 lt. Two LIDAR flights will be performed on 17 and 18 October. The LIDAR will be dismounted on Sunday, 19 October.

Integration for the CONCERT campaign will start on Monday morning, 20 October 2008.

16 October 2008

Falcon transfer to Oberpfaffenhofen has been delayed to Friday morning due to a battery damage.

The Falcon will leave Basel and is expected back at Oberpfaffenhofen at 17:45 lt.

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