2 3-3, for transportation between Parry and Eniwetok, a regular shuttle overating between & 6 and 1630 was established. Axperience proved that~teieares generally adequate to serve the legitimate requirements of TG 7.1 users, There was a minimum of atuse of this service. Later in the operation ,the L-20 sched le was maintained on an "as needed" basis«-<migettes due to the lack of passen ers for regularly scheduled heamay fli hts. -Pf-«-persen > Su een Seo, 2s ee ee a eee the-L-20waesetup for nin -ea-aceercanceWith thescteduie, ‘ Special L-20 flights for operational missions to islam:s with suitable airstrivs were arraiced by J-3 as necessary. This supplement to the heli- conter service was especially valuatle during April and iiay (the pre- . Cactus to Koa period) when the demands for transportation were heaviest. Subsequent to Koa, such fli-hts frequently were not feasible because the up-island runways were covered with cetris following the barge shots. Special L-20 transportation for »ersonnel of s itatle military or. equivalent civilian rank arriving on iiATS or Reflector flights was first arran ed bv Je3, but it soon ceveloped that t is task was easier for the Jel Representative on Eniwetok Island to do since he had early access to the passen’er nanifest, During te onerat.onal »eriod at Eniwetok, an average of six (6) L-20 ; were assi ned, althoubh loss of one in an accident in April and a-signment of ‘another to Bikini in June reduced the number‘available-atanytime to five (S). With rTO in-comnission nate, three (3) aircraft were normally operational with a maximum of four (4) flyable half the cays of a month. He19ts anc He2l's: Eecause of their greater payload capacity, He2l's were used to maine tain scheduled interetsland airlift thru the entire operation at Enivetok. }. “> A. The H-19's were used for special missions to islands unsuitalle for H=21 “gegantines anc for vhoto missions because they were more stable platforms sip PAGE . FP (Mo