photographs, although one had a bad timing error. This shot is the best documented in
the entire program.
Table 5.4 describes all cameras operated for cloud study projects, and the results
are plotted in Figure 5.4. All three curves are good to +2 percent for the first 2 minutes,
deteriorating thereafter to an estimated +7 percent at 10 minutes.
.
Twoofthe aircraft were moved out to the 75-to~100~mile range for this shot and
obtained good photographs to 15 to 20 minutes. Unfortunately no position data are available after 12 minutes for one ship, and the other plane used the camera with the timing
TABLE 5. 3
Film
EG&G
Number
‘“LML
24167
24168
24169
24170
125C
132B
*
FILMS EXPOSED, SHOT 4
Loca
Won
Nav.
Data
‘Comments
130B
RBSI6
5561
6615
5482
OK
OK
Fair
Poor
OK 3.7 minutes
Poor, not read
Camera jammed
Underesxposure, read 5.2
24171
ALD28
RBIG
OK
OK 7.5 minutes
24172
24173
24174
24150
24183
ALD33
ALDSL
ALD34
5615
5482
6562
HOW
NAN
.
.
24166
24157,
24162
24163
24164
24168
,
.
Fair
None
ox
HOW
NAN
PARRY
How
NAN
minutes
OK 11.4 minutes
Poor, not read
NG, not resd
OK 30 seconds
OK 36 seconds
Fogged
NG
Fair 40 minutes
Fogged
OK 3 minutes
NAN
OK 2 miaute
error. Thus no attempt has been made to obtain later-stage information by triangulation
methods.
5.6
SHOT 6
Cloud cover wag heavy at shot time. For a while, two planes saw tho nuclear cloud —
between layers of natural clouds. The photographs are of poor pictorial quality, but they
TABLE 6.4
FILMS EXPOSED, SHOT §
¥
Film
Number
24267
24264
24268
24270
24271
128C213282
13202
-125D
~ALDST
EG&G
LML
24272,
ALD35
24273 ALDAL
24274 «=ALDI6
24280
24253 °
24256
24257
24263
24264
24268
Loca-
Nay.
RBI6
856%
8615
482
RBIC
OK
OK
OK
AOC
OK.
OX 2.8 minutes
OK 5.1 minutes
OK 1.5 minutes
OK 3.4 minutes
OK 6.0 minutes
Fair
aoc
ox
OK 7.1 minutes
OK 15 minutes
Timing ? read 19 minutes
OK 36 seconds
OK 45 seconds
tion
Data
6615
8462
656%
HOw
NAN
-
HOW
"Comments
Fogged
NAN,
Fogged
NAN
Fogged
HOW
Pogged
NAN .
Fogyed
yleld surprisingly good measurements. The other two planes and all ground cameras were
obscured by clouds and obtained no pictures.
Table 5.5 summarizes the films.
One of the successful planes furnished good navigational data in close agreement with
the Air Operation Center (AOC) figures; the other plane disagreed drastically with AOC.
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