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Project 9.1 - TechnicalPNotography - Lt Col Jack G. James
All three Carter aircraft participated on this event.
was repositioned to 50 nautical miles West of GZ.
Carter ITI
Carter I was
positioned at 70 nautical miles East of GZ and Carter II 70 nautical
miles South of GZ.
Due to hsavy cloud cover in vicinity of Carter I
orbit this aircraft started his first racetrack pattern at 26,000
feet altituie.
Carter II and III flew the mission at 20,900 feet.
High cirrus at approximately 40,900 feet obstructed view of the cloud
for all three aircraft.
Photography from both East and West positions
was satisfactory for only the first three to four minutes,
Carter II
in the South orbit accomplished two 15 minute patterns with good
results on early rate of rise and probable data cn height of the cloud
base at 15 minutes plus tip to tip spread of the cloud at plus 30°
minutes,
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