Lt Rebert C. Teumann The otjective cf this project is to measure the blast, gust and thermal effects of a nuclear detonation of en in-flight P-47E aircraft. With the recorted data, the criteria and method used in the P-47=E weapon Delivery Uandbook may be verrified or corrected. In addition, the pro- dest will provide basic research data for the design criteria of future NSAP aireraft, TSTRIMTNT ATION °F Two hunired seventy three date channels were avatleble on this shot Lo ricerd bending shear and torsicn in the wing and horizontsl stabilizer Shirmtal inpets to the atreraft, thermally induced strein, temperature Mevgiremonts, and cverpresseure, Trtcor to shot participation, 97.1 percent Te were operating eatisfcctorily. There hes been no newly Tne P-47P was flying at an atsclute altitude of 22,000 feet, a specd of Mach O,€7 and on a heading of 360° at both Ty and Tg» The eircraft was offect 49,070 feet to the right from a rath directly over the target. At Ty the shot wes ahead and to the left of the aircraft such that the horizontal range was zero, 25,000 feet short of a point directly abeam cf ground At shock arrival, the eircraft was directly abeam of ground zero and exactly tangential to the impinging shock wave. Therral The temperature rise was insignificant due to the limiting side loads COPleo/ DOE LANL RG — Lu-