From Dirk (ESA) – Carbonexp campaign Crete, Greece, 30 August

Flight planning with the pilot

Flight planning with the pilot

Today is ‘hard down day’ for the entire crew of the aircraft. This means nobody has access to the aircraft and the crew rest.

This gives us enough time to work on the actual flight plan for the first flight tomorrow.

The latest weather forecast looks promising – no clouds and calm wind conditions in the region.

We had to adopt some changes for the actual flight path over Turkey due to latest air traffic regulations which were communicated this morning. The ground measurements are all set up and we hope to be prepared as good as possible. We are keep our fingers crossed to get good data tomorrow.