Flight Day Schedule & Calendar of Events
Special Events Calendar: Nothing currently
Flight Calendar:
July 1, 2021 = HAR210701, Myton, UT with drone shadow flight.
July 20-31, 2021 = HAR1107xx, AtmoSniffer and MSA Test Flight with drone shadow, exact date TBD
August 2021 = No Flight Week this year. Too much work for post-COVID class prep.
Typical Flight Day Schedules for Stratospheric Flights:
Typical “single-flight” (2-day) agenda:
Day 1:
9:00 a.m. Prep equipment for loading
10:00 a.m. Load the HARBOR trailer
10:30 a.m. Leave WSU and drive to the flight region lodgings. Meals will
be obtained en route and at the final destination as appropriate.
11:30 a.m. Lunch in Heber City
2:30 p.m. Arrive at either the Duchesne Airport or our lodgings. Start
equipment prep and trailer unloading.
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Continue flight prep.
Day 2:
6:00 a.m. wake up call and breakfast.
7:00 a.m. Head to flight operations location and start flight prep.
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Launch
11:30 to 12:30 a.m. Landing and recovery mission.
1:00 p.m. Team lunch
2:30 p.m. Return to base and begin data analysis and trailer loading of
equipment for return home.
4:00 p.m. Base operations complete and trailer loaded start return trip
to Ogden.
5:30 p.m. Lunch in Heber City.
8:00 p.m. Return to WSU. Unload the trailer and store all flight
equipment. Return the trailer to the trailer yard.
9:00 p.m. Mission complete.
Typical “multi-flight” (multi-day) agenda:
Day 1:
9:00 a.m. Prep equipment for loading
10:00 a.m. Load the HARBOR trailer
10:30 a.m. Leave WSU and drive to the flight region lodgings. Meals will
be obtained en route and at the final destination as appropriate.
11:30 a.m. Lunch in Heber City
2:30 p.m. Arrive at either the Duchesne Airport or our lodgings. Start
equipment prep and trailer unloading.
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Continue flight prep.
Days 2 to N:
6:00 a.m. wake up call and breakfast.
7:00 a.m. Head to flight operations location and start flight prep.
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Launch
11:30 to 12:30 a.m. Landing and recovery mission.
1:00 p.m. Team lunch
2:30 p.m. Return to base and begin data analysis and equipment prep for
the next day’s flight.
Day N:
Same as above, except at the end of lunch we return to base to pack up
gear.
4:00 p.m. Base operations complete and trailer loaded start return trip
to Ogden.
5:30 p.m. Lunch in Heber City.
8:00 p.m. Return to WSU. Unload the trailer and store all flight
equipment. Return the trailer to the trailer yard.
9:00 p.m. Mission complete.