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Notes on the’ developmental rocket firings and tests are outlined in
Appendix A.

Details of the firings on Koa and Walnut, which have been

given in Sections 2,3,2 and 2.3.3, are not repeated.

2.3.6 Aircraft Samples,

The B-57D aircraft used for the cloud

sampling work were under the control of a LASL representative.

The

person responsible for these collections communicated with the aircraft

by normal voice radio from the Air Operation Center on Site Fred,

The

fallout samples were taken by WB-50 aircraft controlled by an NRDL

representative.

They were directed from the Air Weather Central on

Site Elmer using CW radio communication,

The transmitters used by

the Air Weather Central operated on a long wave length, thereby making
it possible to maintain radio contact with the WB-50's at long ranges and
low altitudes,
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Estimated coordinates for each sampling position on the height line
flights were furnished by the Fallout Prediction Unit (FOPU).

The initial

4 hour position prediction was based solely on the wind data available at
shot time, but contacts made by the sampling aircraft, plus additional
wind data, assisted in preparing the later estimates.

Interchange of in-

formation between FOPU and the Air Weather Central was mz2intained

throughout the sampling flights,

The FOPU predictions were generally quite accurate with respect to

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