VIII
70 aircraft missions were cancelled, many of them because of requirements,
This happened frequently during the later weeks of the test series.”
Chart:
Schedule for Operation PLUMBEOB
Shot
Date
BOLTEMAN
28 May 1957
Type.
FRANKLIN
2 June 1957
LASSEN
S June 1957
WILSON
18 June 1957
PRISCILEA
|
*
2), June 1957
7
500-foot
tower
300-foot
tower
500 feet
balloon
1,700 feet
balloon
,
700 feet
1 Jaly 1957
Surface
HOOD
5 July 1957
1,000 feet
15 July 1957
JOHN
19 July 1957
18,000 feet
altitude
KEPLER
2 July 1957
500-foot
OWENS
25 July 1957
PASCAL A
26 July 1957
STOKES
7 August 1957
Not sampled
;
balloon
DIABLO
~
~
balloon
COULOMB A
:
Remarks
500-foot
_
tower
of) .
So
Launched
from P-89J
tower
500 feet
balloon |
Well
Not sampled
1,000 feet
balloon
*See Appendix II for number of samples taken on each shot,
SWEH~2-003),
APWL/HO
1s