air filter boxes, one located on top of the aircraft's cabin, just back
of the pilot's seat, and the other under the nose of the aircraft,
The
filter boxes were removed by pulling a lanyard attached to locking pins,
The lanyards were secured to the aircraft fuselage during flight and
were handy to ground crews,
The drone unit personnel built a special
rig with which to Lift the top filter box from the aircraft.
The bottom
filter holder was allowed to drop to the ground when the lanyard was
pulled,
Atomic Enerey Commission personnel then dragged the boxes some
fifty feet away from the aircraft where they were disassembled to get at
the paper, All the operation’, with the exception of actually taking the
filter papers out of the holders and putting them into a lead sampler
container, were done by hand and personnel who handled these boxes wore
cotton gloves,
Tongs were used to actually get the filter papers off the
holders and into the containers.”
Some Special Problems,
During Operation SANDSTONE, radiochemical
experiments with drones held a high priority.
However, the "beeper®
pilots aboard the B-17 control aircraft had to have light to properly
place these samplers in the cloud.
On the other hand, a minimm of light
was necessary at the moment of detonation to accommodate yet another:
important scientific experiment and compromise was needed.”
While still
at Eglin Air Force Base, the drone unit began flying missions to determine
more precise light changes at altitude
and at ground level, just as dawn
approached, 57
After arrival to the islands, the drone unit began flying missions
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