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Project 5.2 - In-Flight Partichtion of a B-52 - lst Lt. F.L. Williams
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this test was to determine the delivery capability
of the B~52 aircraft,
INSTRUMENTATION
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Instrumentation of the B-52 for tne (CHEROKEE) shot
consisted of 316 oscillograph channels whichPacorded measurements from
strain-gage bridges, accelerometers, thermocouples, pressure transducers,
calorimeters, roll and pitch gyros, radiometers, and control position
transducers,
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In addition, 16 cameras recorded photo-recorder instruments,
wing deflection, cloud coverage, and fireball rise and growth.
ATRORAFT POSITION _IN SPACE
True Heading
Conditions at
Time Zero
Conditions Prior to
Time of Gust Arrival
(degrees)
Slant Distance*
(feet)
Velocity (fps)
TAS
Ground
283
46,800
794
T72
277
89,200
822
800
*Slant Distance from aircraft to Burst Center
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