07 Oct 03

07 October 2003 Status at The Aquatic Hillcrest

Headline: 120 hour test In Progress

Team dumped data at 1334 GMT, the 48 hour point in the 120 hour test. No deliveries were received today.

Herr Barz arrived just before noon in the hailstorm descending on The Aquatic Hillcrest. We had a good talk, and after lunch, Frank Mahoney faxed us his countersignature on the loan agreements letter from BWB, per Herr Barz's requests. We then met and discussed plans for the completion of the tests. If the 120 hour test continues to run, we have arranged to work all weekend with Olaf Bohla, who is representing the GAF, to complete tests that can be completed with the radar not running. Then we plan to complete the final flight tests on Monday, and begin meetings Tuesday through Thursday to complete the testing and paperwork and BWB will turn the radar over to the Material Command.

We performed a dry run of a flight test with Captain Haan, which was successful.

We will dry run Friday's Flight Test this morning. Captain Haan will communicate with the air traffic control and determine the flight we should observe. Then we will dry run the flight test procedure.

We returned to the radome to find the radar running normally. We took data and went up to meet with our customers in the office. Herr Barz will arrive sometime this morning.

Punchlists:

Remaining Items to Perform at Radome:

Word 1 of the Platform Control Word is indicating an intermittent fault in the 1st LO. The word is 040210 Octal and we are also seeing a red LO fault light on the A10 PE.
Cable label application (when the correct labels arrive from Syracuse)
Replace GFCI (when it arrives from Syracuse) - Bill

Need to obtain locally in Germany:

Silicone spray lubricant

Needed from Syracuse:

Item(s)	Requested	DHL Air Waybill	Picked Up	Elapsed Days	Status
Torque Wrench	18 September	9453134390	9/25 01:48	18+	in Frankfurt Customs at EGL 9/30
Kor-Lite Batteries	18 September	9453134412	9/25 01:47	18+	in Frankfurt Customs at EGL 9/30
????	15 September	9453134401	9/25 01:49	21+	in Frankfurt Customs at EGL 10/6
GFCI	15 September	9453134401	9/25 01:49	21+	Terry Moselle ordering 10/2
RF Switch	18 September	???	???	???	???
Control Transmit, not anything we ordered - wrong part	18 September	9453134434	9/26 17:14	18	Delivered 6 Oct.
2nd LO Generator (11A19A6)	24 September	EGL	given to EGL in Frankfurt 24 September	9+	Received Syr 3 Oct
50A Circuit Breaker	27 September			6+	Terry Moselle ordering 10/2
3 Row Receivers	30 September		given to EGL in Frankfurt 30 September	3+	shipped to US 30 September via EGL
1 Noise Detector	30 September		given to EGL in Frankfurt 30 September	3+	shipped to US 30 September via EGL
Maxtor ProDrive disk drive for the RES	29 September			4+	Terry Moselle ordering 10/2
Software to port binary files Vax - Laptop	04 October				Todd Mobley shipping 08 Oct
Oil Sensor Part number 114840961	07 October
Oil Sensor Part number 614810091	07.October

Link to Record Run Status

Photos from today:

Captain Haan checks and explains flight test dry run results with Brad and Olaf.

Brad really misses the sunny Syracuse weather.

Olaf and Ron review online status of testing at The Aquatic Hillcrest.