eye eee cme emeroe oe | a QPRRA'NIONS* ORDER_NO OBSERVER AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PROOEDIRES ©. : coe HEADQUARTERS . TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL _ APO 187, c/o Postmster ~ - San Francisco, California’ 7 April 1954, 1800M°- - 1,° MISSION: ; ‘To monitor the arrival of official observers and project participants who will visit Eniwetok during the ‘CASTIE operation, . na b. To integrate and properly position the observer‘aircraft, call sign VIKING, into CASTIE Operations, providing also for the departure of these aircraft from the operational area to the point of. next intended Janding outside Pacific Proving Ground area, 2s RESPONSIBILITIES: . a. Official observers and project participants will be assisted | ee in accordance: with ‘the provisions of Task Group 7.4 Headquarters|Office: Instructions, Number 900-1, dated '20 February 19546 | “be > a / oe wf . 2 a ° rR Test ‘Aireraft ‘Unit wall (1) - oO . ao . Briefings for official observers ani particspante4 are out).ined 7 _ in Annex x (Briefings). . c, oo * 2 7 . \ Brief the observer airérarh‘connander. ‘to ‘pie DD Form. 175 at least twelve-hours prior toscheduled.“take-off : for the observer mission, (2) : A hy a s : te Integrate the observer ‘aircraft: into Antex nt| hineratt a Mission ExecutionChart). . - d. VIKING Atreraft Comanier wills oe OT Q) Attend vip briefings; SS, ary tt me ~ 4a) Establi.sh and swintein route,altitude, and orbit petterns ee and comply with instructions received from the AC and © a eu z Clowes 3. "FROOEDURES: ne a. The official observer-‘aircraft, callsigh1VIKING7 Pa 3, ete., “ will take off as scheduled in Annex "C" (Aircraft Mission Execution Chart), - and climb to the altitude prescribed in Appendix 2, ‘Annex D (H-Hour Bir- ~craft Flight -Plans), ona course of 489°... VIKING pilots will call DIRTY | FACE on VHF Channel "C", . DIRTY FACEwill check all modes of IFF, and HF. -air-ground Circuit J-410‘while VIKING aircraft are proceeding to. their H-. . “hours positions as designated in Appendix.1, Annex/D (Aircraft H-Hour Positioning Chart),. ' Aircraft will fly the 160°sourse for. fifty. (50) XM, » = then establish a. direct éourse for'a position sixty (60) NM fron Ground” -: "Zero, along an outbound true bearing of 22g° from Ground Zero to enter and _maintain prescribed orbit patterns .at this point, DIRTY FACEwill,Anstrue control - VIKING aircraft ‘to contact the.CIo3 PONDER am) for Petenea : . . on VHF Channel. nee - “Mode aa mask’cROUP Teh OPRS - ORDER ‘NO. 5-54 ANNEX Q. =: 25s cece diibalinds Gs id. ae wks