Day 9: Instrument Installation

Boy, have we been busy. These last days we have been calibrating our instruments and installing them on the aircraft. Below, Al is putting the last fasteners into the PSR/A (a scanning polarimetric radiometer, more info on our group website: http://cet.colorado.edu).



Next week Monday, the plane will be checked for weight balance and Wednesday the NASA crew will fly a "shakedown" flight (where a minimal crew takes the plane up to see if anything falls out, vibrates apart, or exhibits other undesirable behaviors). Next week Thursday will be our first science test flight out over Catalina Island.

These seats are ready for installation:



Before the end of the week, I'll take a short video tour inside the aircraft and showcase our suite of instruments.