tests,
The GEORGE and FOX drones, first two through the cloud, were
especially "hot."
The ABLE test sampling mission proved to be a success,
time samples weretaken from an atomic bomb cloud.
For the first
Also, for the first
time, four~motored drone aircraft had been flown without a safety pilot
aboard.
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Sampling BAKER. BAKER Shot came on 25 July 1946,
During the
intervening time, thedrone aircraft unit kept busy for an additional
decided that two of the B-17 drones, FOX and GEORGE, would be directly
over the BAKER detonation,
This called for extremely accurate flying to
position the aircraft and the unit flew daily missions over Bikini or
Eniwetok preparing for the mission.
A.radio beacon on the target ship
aided the drone controllers in positioning. ©
On the morning of 25 July 196, jeep radio equipment launched these
two drones which were taken over by their drone control aircraft and flown
to an area west of the target ship, with Boro Island as the reference point
for making their run on the target.
While waiting for the shot to go off,
drones FOX and GEORGE underwent two practice passes across the target
ship.
The radio beacon on the target was of great aid in placing the
aircraft. >=
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Seconds before BAKER Shot, drones FOX and GEORGE startedtheir live
runs over the target ship.
FOX drone flew at 6,000 feet altitude and
GEORGE drone was at 16,000 feet.
On board GEORGE was a television
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