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. oe 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. >= ao 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 10 AFWUHO SWEH~2-003h