Here it is Sunday night, almost 10 pm local and most of the station has gone to bed. Their wild and crazy day off has come to an end and they are getting ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow has the potential to be a crazy day. Why? Because there are two LC-130 flights scheduled for tomorrow. That's right folks, the ANG has started flying again. All of our gear has been palletized and scheduled for the first flight, call sign Skier 11. They are scheduled for an off deck from Kanger at 08:15 and an arrival time of 10:15. I might even be awake by then. Our schedule has allowed me to wake up around 11 am and wonder over to the Green House by noon to catch a hot meal. From what I have been hearing from the Station Manager, we might have our second flight by then, Skier 12. We will just have to wait and see.
Last night Ryan and I "Rocked the Green Beam" again and managed to find a couple of light leaks in the system. Once we took care of the largest leak, our sensitivity went up by about 5x. We can hardly wait for the new gear tomorrow, it should allow us to go increase our sensitivity by 2 orders of magnitude. What that means is we will have a polarized lidar with the sensitivity of a regular aerosol lidar. This will be impressive. From what we have been seeing with the old equipment, which is impressive, we might be moving into a new realm that hasn't been seen before. We can only hope.
It is good to be here and see this type of improvement in the system. More tomorrow after the two Skier flights.
He is Risen.
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