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190 - SOFIA Part 2, The Flights
Guests: Jochen Eislöffel, Maria Kapala, Robert Peterson, Nick Veronico, Charlie Kaminski, Randy Grashuis, Steven Laney, Ace Beall, Chris Farinha, Ken Bower, Bill Vacca, Bill Wohler, Christopher Trinh, Oliver Zeile, Christian Fischer Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Tim Jurik, Stefaan Rillaert
SOFIA is an airborne observatory, a Boeing 747SP modified to carry a 2.7m infrared telescope in the back of the fuselage. In late October 2015, I had the opportunity to fly on SOFIA during science missions 248 and 249. This episode captures these two flights. The episode is a mix between interviews with scientists and aircrew, recordings from the intercom system and some narration by me. The list of guests can be seen above.
I suggest you listen to Episode 189, SOFIA Part 1 first, if you have not done so, because it explains the details. There is also a video that contains lots of photos about the flights. This episode is 7 hours in length, so the download may take a while.
Introduction 0:00:30
Jochen Eislöffel - Scientist 00:05:32
Schmidt Plate | Palomar Observatory
Maria Kapala - Scientist 00:29:22
Andromeda Galaxy | H.E.S.S. site in Namibia
Robert Peterson - Safety Briefing/Egress Training 00:46:27
NASA Public Use Aircraft Operations
Nick Veronico - On-Plane Safety Briefing 00:57:15
Charlie Kaminski - Flight Briefing - Flight 1 01:03:00
Randy Grashuis - Flight Briefing - Flight 2 01:21:49
Engine Startup, Taxi, Takefoff, Departure, Climb 01:26:59
Steven Laney, Safety Tech, Lead Mechanic 01:59:44
Ace Beall, Pilot 02:06:01
NASA Armstrong | International Standard Atmosphere | FADEC | Autothrottle | NASA Dryden/Johnson | C-141
Chris Farinha, Flight Engineer 02:21:64
GE Test Bed | Engine bleed air | Leading edge device | ForeFlight | Coffin Corner | High speed stall in swept wing | Lockheed Electra | C-130 | Evergreen aviation (note the (ex)owner of the company founded a museum near Portland Oregon that houses among other things the Spruce Goose and an SR-71) | Evergreen Supertanker
Ken Bower, Flight Planner 02:44:56
NASA Ames
Charlie Kaminski - Mission Director 3:13:02
Cryogenics | Cryogenics on SOFIA | South Pole Infrared Explorer (SPIREX) | Cosmic microwave background | Altazimuth mount | Flight plan | Cosmic ray
Bill Vacca - Lead scientist pipeline and DCS 3:29:28
SOFIA Data Cycle System (DCS) | Data reduction | Overview of the SOFIA Data Processing System | The Challenge of Data Reduction for Multiple Instruments on SOFIA | Dither | FITS file format | Error bar | Chop-nod | Interactive Data Language
Bill Wohler - Interface software engineer 3:44:35
Bill Wohler | SOFIA Mission Control Subsystem Software | Interface Control Document (ICD) | KOSMA | Kepler spacecraft | Kepler Data Analysis Tools | Kepler Data Processing Handbook
Fifi Handover Intercom 4:03:05
Christopher Trinh - Astronomer 4:12:42
Christopher Trinh | SOFIA Instruments | Star formation | Planetary nebula
Oliver Zeile - Telescope Engineer 4:35:30
Oliver Zeile | Infrared telescope | SOFIA telescope | Characteristics of the SOFIA telescope | Fibre optic gyroscope | Guiding a Telescope | SOFIA Guider Cameras | Star catalogue
Christian Fischer - Instrument Engineer 5:41:50
Far Infrared Field-Imaging Line Spectrometer (FIFI-LS)
Landing 5:48:49
Visual flight rules (VFR) | Instrument landing system (ILS)
Science and flight reports 6:21:10
General aviation
Jochen Eislöffel - Scientist 6:26:18
Jochen Eislöffel
Maria Kapala - Scientist 6:30:39
Maria Kapala
End of the show and Domingo 6:35:20
Domingo's Mexican & Seafood Restaurant
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Guests: Jochen Eislöffel, Maria Kapala, Robert Peterson, Nick Veronico, Charlie Kaminski, Randy Grashuis, Steven Laney, Ace Beall, Chris Farinha, Ken Bower, Bill Vacca, Bill Wohler, Christopher Trinh, Oliver Zeile, Christian Fischer Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Tim Jurik, Stefaan Rillaert
SOFIA is an airborne observatory, a Boeing 747SP modified to carry a 2.7m infrared telescope in the back of the fuselage. In late October 2015, I had the opportunity to fly on SOFIA during science missions 248 and 249. This episode captures these two flights. The episode is a mix between interviews with scientists and aircrew, recordings from the intercom system and some narration by me. The list of guests can be seen above.
I suggest you listen to Episode 189, SOFIA Part 1 first, if you have not done so, because it explains the details. There is also a video that contains lots of photos about the flights. This episode is 7 hours in length, so the download may take a while.
Introduction 0:00:30
Jochen Eislöffel - Scientist 00:05:32
Schmidt Plate | Palomar Observatory
Maria Kapala - Scientist 00:29:22
Andromeda Galaxy | H.E.S.S. site in Namibia
Robert Peterson - Safety Briefing/Egress Training 00:46:27
NASA Public Use Aircraft Operations
Nick Veronico - On-Plane Safety Briefing 00:57:15
Charlie Kaminski - Flight Briefing - Flight 1 01:03:00
Randy Grashuis - Flight Briefing - Flight 2 01:21:49
Engine Startup, Taxi, Takefoff, Departure, Climb 01:26:59
Steven Laney, Safety Tech, Lead Mechanic 01:59:44
Ace Beall, Pilot 02:06:01
NASA Armstrong | International Standard Atmosphere | FADEC | Autothrottle | NASA Dryden/Johnson | C-141
Chris Farinha, Flight Engineer 02:21:64
GE Test Bed | Engine bleed air | Leading edge device | ForeFlight | Coffin Corner | High speed stall in swept wing | Lockheed Electra | C-130 | Evergreen aviation (note the (ex)owner of the company founded a museum near Portland Oregon that houses among other things the Spruce Goose and an SR-71) | Evergreen Supertanker
Ken Bower, Flight Planner 02:44:56
NASA Ames
Charlie Kaminski - Mission Director 3:13:02
Cryogenics | Cryogenics on SOFIA | South Pole Infrared Explorer (SPIREX) | Cosmic microwave background | Altazimuth mount | Flight plan | Cosmic ray
Bill Vacca - Lead scientist pipeline and DCS 3:29:28
SOFIA Data Cycle System (DCS) | Data reduction | Overview of the SOFIA Data Processing System | The Challenge of Data Reduction for Multiple Instruments on SOFIA | Dither | FITS file format | Error bar | Chop-nod | Interactive Data Language
Bill Wohler - Interface software engineer 3:44:35
Bill Wohler | SOFIA Mission Control Subsystem Software | Interface Control Document (ICD) | KOSMA | Kepler spacecraft | Kepler Data Analysis Tools | Kepler Data Processing Handbook
Fifi Handover Intercom 4:03:05
Christopher Trinh - Astronomer 4:12:42
Christopher Trinh | SOFIA Instruments | Star formation | Planetary nebula
Oliver Zeile - Telescope Engineer 4:35:30
Oliver Zeile | Infrared telescope | SOFIA telescope | Characteristics of the SOFIA telescope | Fibre optic gyroscope | Guiding a Telescope | SOFIA Guider Cameras | Star catalogue
Christian Fischer - Instrument Engineer 5:41:50
Far Infrared Field-Imaging Line Spectrometer (FIFI-LS)
Landing 5:48:49
Visual flight rules (VFR) | Instrument landing system (ILS)
Science and flight reports 6:21:10
General aviation
Jochen Eislöffel - Scientist 6:26:18
Jochen Eislöffel
Maria Kapala - Scientist 6:30:39
Maria Kapala
End of the show and Domingo 6:35:20
Domingo's Mexican & Seafood Restaurant
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