WINGTIP TANK SAMPLING SYSTEM
LOADING SLOT
VENT
VALVE
AIR FLOW
JET FUEL
AIR Scop
SS
FILTER PAPER
SAMPLING PROBE
BULKHEAD
TON CHAMBER
SAMPLING PANEL
ARC-3 RADIO
GAS SAMPLE SYSTEM
F-5 AUTO PILOT
=
JET FUEL
ARA-8 DF
CABIN PRESSURI ZATION
FILTER
PARTICLE SAMPLER
Figure 23.
F-84G sampler aircraft, CASTLE.
general requirements that were later formalized by the IVY/CAST
tific Director and approved by the laboratory.
A new emphasis
Scienn high-
altitude sampling was specified by the sampling project manager
such mis-
sions required an aircraft capable of operating at or about 55,@00 feet
(16.76 km) for at least one-half hour (Reference 29, p. 95).
was made in August 1953 to use the same 15
A
(one was lost during
aircraft that were used in IVY and two featherweight B-36 aircr
All the F-84G aircraft were rewired, fitted with new electr
ecision
VY)
F-84G
t.
ics, in-
cluding a new type gamma intensity rate meter, and ten were equi ped with
a new gas-sampling device called a "double-squeegee."
The remai
ing five
135
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