On 20 November in response to a request from AFSWC, Al Graves sent a letter
to Mr. Hertford with info for ALO and AFSWC on sampler aircraft.
He stated
that both Livermore and LASL had looked at the requirements and agreed that Cu
six operational B57 aircraft including a controller are required per shot.
With the assumptions that provision should be made for sampling two shots on
each of the two successive days and that the possibility exists that operations
requiring such samp | ings may be conducted simultaneously at two geographically
distinct locations, the understanding is that all of this is equivalent to a
request for 24 aircraft, of which 10 have the high altitude capability of
the B57Ds.
LASL is procuring sufficient wing tanks to equip 24 aircraft plus
one set of spares.
Also on 20 November, Ba tzel of Livermore makes the
Livermore sampling requirements known as a requirement for B57 aircraft on
all shots proposed by Livermore at a 13 November meeting and on the projected
Hawaiian open sea operation.
The gas sampling equipment should include
"squeegee" compressors (not engine compressors) on all aircraft and LRL-
designed isokinetic flow wing probes used in Hardtack | on Bs Cs and Es.
Ds should have fuselage probes.
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