VIII
70 aircraft missions were cancelled, many of them because of requirements,
This happened frequently during the later weeks of the test series.”
Chart:

Schedule for Operation PLUMBEOB

Shot

Date

BOLTEMAN

28 May 1957

Type.

FRANKLIN

2 June 1957

LASSEN

S June 1957

WILSON

18 June 1957

PRISCILEA

|

*

2), June 1957

7

500-foot

tower

300-foot

tower

500 feet
balloon

1,700 feet
balloon

,

700 feet

1 Jaly 1957

Surface

HOOD

5 July 1957

1,000 feet

15 July 1957

JOHN

19 July 1957

18,000 feet
altitude

KEPLER

2 July 1957

500-foot

OWENS

25 July 1957

PASCAL A

26 July 1957

STOKES

7 August 1957

Not sampled

;

balloon

DIABLO

~

~

balloon

COULOMB A

:

Remarks

500-foot

_

tower

of) .

So
Launched
from P-89J

tower

500 feet

balloon |

Well

Not sampled

1,000 feet
balloon

*See Appendix II for number of samples taken on each shot,

SWEH~2-003),

APWL/HO

1s

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