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enter &@ small segment extending from the stem,
This was approximately
an hour and 0 minutes after detonation,
and his wing
man turned and flew toward the cloud stem for about 15 minutes before
. they made contact.
The cloud was apparently go massive that, although
the B-36 control aircraft appeared very close, it was actually about
100 miles from the cloud.
was in for a busy time,
When he reached the cloud, —
First, the sampler pilots had to fly the F-8
on instruments . Then there were three radiatio instruments to read,
remembering critical information to be entered m the report sheet
and at the same time read off to Dr, Plank in the control aircraft,
Also, each sampler pilot carried a stop watch to time his stay in
radiation over one roentgen in intensity.
was impressed with the color,
the cockpit.
Inside the cloud
”
It cast a dull red glow over
His radiac instruments all "hit the peg.*
The hand on
the integron, which showed the rate at which radioactivity was being
accumlated ", , . went around like the sweep second hand on a watch
« « » and I had thought it would barely move!"
reported,
With "everything on the peg” and the red glow like the inside of a
red hot furnace,
cloud,
‘made a 90-degree turn and left the
He had spent about five minutes in radiation over one
roentgen intensity,
He reported to Dr. Plank, collected his wing
men, and headed for the B-29 control aircraft for refueling, then
returned to Kwajalein,
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