Author Topic: All pigs fully fuelled and ready to fly?  (Read 2878 times)

librarian

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All pigs fully fuelled and ready to fly?
« on: 26 July, 2013, 10:01:00 pm »
i am ready, its only a bike ride not a mission to the moon

Quote from: NASA
Eagle, Loughton.  If you read, you're GO for powered descent.
Eagle, this is Moffat. They just gave you a GO for powered descent.
Moffat, Loughton. We've lost them on twitter again. Would you please - We recommend they R@T and retweet.
Eagle, you read Moffat?
Roger. We read you.
Okay.
Eagle, Loughton. We read you now. You're GO for PDI. Over.
Roger. Understand. Dinotte control circuit breakers - closed?  Flip-flop hub to fixed.
Eagle, Loughton. Your alignment is GO on the Edge 810.  On my mark, 3 30 until cake.
Roger.
Mark.

[...]

Stand by, Looking good to us. You're still looking good at 3, coming up 3 minutes.
... real good .... about on.
Our. position checks downrange show us to be a little over distance.
Roger. Copy.
Cadence has gone about 2 RPM greater ...
... ought to be ... Stand by.
Altitude ...... it's going to stop.
Eagle, Loughton. You are GO to continue - -
... closed ... GO ... at 4 minutes.
Roger. You are GO - You are GO to continue powered descent. You are GO to continue powered descent.
Roger.
And, Eagle, Loughton. We've got gravel. You're still looking good.

[...]

64km
We copy.
Eagle, you're looking great. Coming up 9 minutes.
Manual attitude control is good.
Roger. Copy.
Eagle, Loughton. You're GO for Edinburgh control. Over.
Roger. Understand. GO for control. 3000 metres. GARMIN ALARM.
Copy.
Rebooting.
Rebooting.
Roger. Garmin alarm. We're GO. Same type. We're GO.
2000 metres. 2000 metres. Into Lasswade, L @T.
Eagle, looking great. You're GO.
900 metres, SO @ TL
1500 metres, 1st exit @ RB.
500 metres, 2nd exit @ RB.
...forward.
We're pegged on horizontal velocity.
900 metres, SO @ TL
60 seconds.
Light's on.
200 metres.  Kicking up some dust.
100 metres.  Faint shadow.
Forward. Forward. Drifting to the right a little. Okay
30 seconds
Forward drift?
Yes.
Okay.
CONTACT LIGHT.
Okay.  Pedals unclipped.
MODE CONTROL - both AUTO. LEGS COMMAND OVERRIDE - WALK. BICYCLE - DISMOUNT.
810 is off.
We copy you down, Eagle.
Loughton, Edinburgh Base here.
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
Roger, Edinburgh. We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to serve cake. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.
Thank you.
You're looking good here.
Okay. We're going to be busy for a minute...