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11 March 195%

Tho data mentioned in the introjuctory paragranh of

this letter injicete that the BRAVO sampling mission was very —
successfile It is my belief thet the degres to which such missions
ere effective reflects the degrees to which Air Foree operational
probless ani the selentific problems imposed by the cloud ere
mitually understsoi snd reconeflled. It {8 notevorthy that your

operations were flexible encugh to evoid conpromise of the sampling

mission throuth a period of temporary loss of-your surfsece
control fucilities.
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There would oppsar to be fey creas in which fumroverent can

be made. Eoms of these have been mentioned above xn ara
sumarized as followst

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Complete defrosting modifiestions in E®~ end

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“ring in Sniffers at en eltitude above cirrus clowd .

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Maintain interim trefninz of sannling pilots on

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“Triunsier control of the we2G to the PRM ct

enroute and in tia leecl shot erete

speciel instruments end equipment between choise
an eerlier tince

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