04/15/96

The T-39, DC-8 and ER-2 flew a coordinated mission over the CART site, with the DC-8 and T-39 sampling each others exhaust plume while the ER-2 flew a racetrack pattern above them. The T-39 measured the DC-8 plume at distances from 0.8km-8.0km. The DC-8 reported that the tropopause was too warm for contrail formation, however, the T-39 observed short lived contrails (1km-2km) from commercial aircraft at 32kft west of the CART site. Clear skies/low level cumulus was reported by all three aircraft.

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Flight Reports

ER-2
DC-8
T-39

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