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Project 21.2 - Sampling ~ R. Patzel
The Air Force Special Weapons Center supplied five B-57, one of which
acted as control plane.
B-57 aircreft were used instead of F-84Gs due to
the operating altitude.
Aircraft
502
500
495
£96
504
Time after shot
Hours
Alt. Collected
Thousand Feet
Fission
One Wine
Pilot Radiation mr
1.45 - 2.30
45 = 16.8
11.2 x 1049
2,828
1.45
2.40
3.00
2,50
19.7
52 = 53
49 - 50.5
LB —— 19.5
9.7x10'?
14.5 x 10°?
12.6x 107°
13.8x10'?
3,002
3,275
—2, 550
2,308
The cloud op
~
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1.55
3.15
3.50
3,30
Nj
‘ohawk) topped at 65,000 feet.
The base of the cloud
was obscured by lower cloud cover,
The semple size collected on this device was very good.
A sufficient
amount of fissions were collected to make all measurements necessary, and the
success of this project can be attributed to the cooveration and interest
shown by the Air Force personnel,
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