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Project 5,8 - In-Flight Participation of the A3D-) Aircraft - LCOR P.S, Harvard
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this test was to

nvestigate the A3D-] aircraft

capability for the delivery of

nuclear weapons by the measurement

and correlation of the in-flight effects of a nuclear detonation,
LNSTRUMENTATION
Instrumentation of the A3D-1 eircraft consisted of 96 oscillograph
recording channels, one photo recorder, four GSAP cameras, and three dosimeters.
The data recorded included temperature rise, thermal input, rate of thermal
input, overpressure, gust loading, aircraft response, engine response, and
gamma radiation.

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POSITION
The A3D~]1 aircraft was flying at an absolute altitude of 26,000 feet,
heading 276°T in a tail-on position at H + 0,

Slant range to ground zero

at H + 0 was 36,780 feet, (aircraft TAS 830 fps) aircraft position at time

of shock arrival

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on & heading of

276°T at 25,500 feet absolute altitude.

RESULTS

Thermal:

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Overpropssure:
Garma:

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Approximately 0.001 roentgena of radiation was received in the

cockpit of the A3D-1 aircraft,

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