Today we drove out to Point Barrow, and here is what we saw (there was a rumor to this effect).
Photo credit to Prof. Tim Starn.
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Videos from the flight to Utqiagvik
Greetings! So, yesterday was an amazing flight, beautiful clear skies, light winds, perfect for views of the Brooks Range in Alaska! See the video post below, followed by one of me and Brian Stirm enjoying the fantastic ride!
“Wish you were here!”
Shep
This evening, Feb. 15, our instruments for the science flights arrived of Northern Air Cargo, via Mike Caseley and Seajet Express. Thanks Mike!
Tomorrow we will start installations into ALAR and maybe do a test flight! Stay tuned!
Shep
Brief Valentines Day post
Good evening!
Brian and I had a very long and successful day of flying, about 850nm, from Whitehorse, to Utqiagvik, where we arrive after 6 days of flying and not flying at all, at ~4:00 local time.
We will sleep well tonight!
See below pics of ALAR arriving at the hangar, and then in the hangar, with N2UW, the Wyoming King Air. Science will start soon!
I have great videos from the flights today, but I will work on them later…
In flight to Whitehorse
Flight from Ft. Nelson to Whitehorse, Yukon Terr.
Hi!
Well, this is just the experience of a lifetime!
Today, Brian Stirm and I flew from Ft. Nelson to Whitehorse, and today (only today, so far…) the weather was great!!
See the two videos attached!
Tomorrow, Fairbanks and Utqiagvik??
Chinook winds
Yesterday, we flew from Regina to Edmonton. Very strong headwinds all the way. And it was Warm!. It was +7C in Edmonton, in February, with winds from the northwest. Ice and snow melting everywhere! With NW winds? How does that work?
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_wind
Here is a short video to give you a feel for the inside of the airplane:
ALAR travel update, Feb. 11, 2022
Greetings!
Brian Stirm (the ALAR A&P mechanic and superstar engineer) and I left for Utqiagvik, AK, in the Airborne Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (ALAR) on Tuesday, Feb. 8. Below is a pic of ALAR in flight, she’s a beauty, right? I think this is our final route, shown below,as the next legs are the only options. We are currently at CYYE, Ft. Nelson, BC. Headed to Whitehorse next, but it is all IFR on the way and icing in the clouds, so that means today is a day for local exercise in beautiful Ft. Nelson! The weather for tomorrow is better at Whitehorse, and hopefully we will make it to Fairbanks. We have had high headwinds all the way, and have been flying 500-1000’agl the entire way, where the winds are lower, and turbulence much greater. Getting bounced around a lot the past 2 days. Hopefully the instruments (HAIDI) don’t mind! Average ground speed has been 105-110 kts, i.e., very slow. Stay tuned!
There is a CHACHA website that Sara Lance (UALBANY) maintains, see:https://research.asrc.albany.edu/facstaff/lance/CHACHA/
