Skyhook Churchill 1971.

The program was funded to conduct balloon field operations from Fort Churchill, Manitoba and at other sites as designated. A field crew, suspension and rigging hardware, aircraft and helicopter tracking, parachutes, balloon telemetry and control instrumentation, electronic tracking, and reports and...

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Main Authors: Pappas,Thomas, White ,Paul S.
Other Authors: RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC SIOUX FALLS S DAK
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
Meteorology
(*ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING
*STRATOSPHERE)
(*METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS
PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING))
BALLOON EQUIPMENT
LAUNCHING
TRACKING
TELEMETER SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CORDAGE
FLIGHT TESTING
PARACHUTES
PAYLOAD
MANITOBA
SOUTH DAKOTA
*SKYHOOK PROGRAM
Fort Churchill
Churchill
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0732483
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0732483
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Summary:The program was funded to conduct balloon field operations from Fort Churchill, Manitoba and at other sites as designated. A field crew, suspension and rigging hardware, aircraft and helicopter tracking, parachutes, balloon telemetry and control instrumentation, electronic tracking, and reports and documentation were provided as necessary. Thirteen launches were performed at Fort Churchill, one at Dauphin, Manitoba, and one at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Of these fifteen flights, two were aborted on the ground and one failed during ascent. This report describes individual flights, equipment used, flight data, and various program information. (Author)

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