“The Sun”32 pages
- p. 43 …to the sun for only a few days. The
plasticizers and antioxidants in the neoprene would…
- p. 205 …ashes after exposure to the sun for only a few days. The balloon material and radar…
- p. 221 …to the sun.
Q: Is this the neoprene type or the •••
A: That's the neoprene…
- p. 230 …such as
the balloon material degraded, and maybe fused in the hot sun?
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A: I…
- p. 282 …We worked in the old Sun newspaper building in downtown Baltimore.
Q: They had intelligence personnel…
- p. 465 …the values of superheat ob-
tained by the gas when the balloon is in the sun…
- p. 484 …Superheat and Its Effects
The effect of the heatin~ of lifting gas by the sun's…
- p. 489 …Since the effect of the sun in heating the lifting gas decreases
the effect of different…
- p. 524 …when the ex-
ternal temperature was measured, since no adequate protection from
the sun was available…
- p. 525 …Daytime flights had the added advantage or heating from the sun.
The temperature of the lifting…
- p. 541 …in the aneroid
val~e as intermittent clouds shut off' the sun, and (3) the overcompensation…
- p. 547 …stmset, and the
balloon took on superheat whioh was lost_when the sun went down. ntis…
- p. 558 …the transmitter was not insulated, and there was no heat to be gained
.from the sun…
- p. 570 …Since the sun had set between the third and
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- p. 579 during the sunset descent (caused when the superheated helium lost the sun's
heating ei'i…
- p. 591 …that seen earlier with the balloon gas being warmed by the sun to acquire
a superheat…
- p. 666 …the changing buoyancy of the balloon as cloud
masses intermittently shielded it from the sun's…
- p. 736 …the
subst;q.uent descent, superheating of the balloons by
the nsmg sun would cause the…
- p. 739 …Flight termination was usually due to deteriora-
tion of the balloon caused by the sun.
In…
- p. 740 …the ambient tem-
perature after the sun had risen.
The automatic ballast valve operates. when the…
- p. 801 …April 14 Sun. Down to lab this am with Joe looking for G9A files. Jim Peoples…
- p. 802 …Discussed with Crane possibilities of getting sound through the ground part
of the ocean sound channel…
- p. 803 …Over to Jim and Rowes tonight and to Euzzards Bay bowling,
l'ay 5 Sun. L…
- p. 806 …Stayed at Amarillo -
at Clinton Hotel
Jan 19 Sun Left Amarillo about 1130 CST
IC.ent…
- p. 808 …Correlated between the ~ower and Dona
sites for se·reral sources. 'o!orked total travel times…
- p. 810 …April 6 Sun. Checked clocks. Cleaned out hanger and emptied trash out at East White Sands…
- p. 811 …April 20 Sun. Worked on plans for bombing runs and V2 monitoring.
April 21 Mon. Alamogordo…
- p. 812 …All equipment loaded on plane this pm.
~ay J-4 Sat, Sun. Left Alamogordo about 9…
- p. 815 …29 June (Sun) NYU personnel and some of Watson Lab men working today with equipment in…
- p. 816 …July 1a Sun. to cabins in Ohio just out of Springfield.
July 1 Mon. To cabins…
- p. 852 …4C.~~~ies• .tJi~J.tl~e ..•
a 'telemeteririg ·device to indicate· the rate of ballast flow…
- p. 861 …a sun-
set.
(3) By adding altitude control equipment, it is possible
to maintain the balloon…
l'ligllt 5& Released trom Alamogordo, New Mexico, 051 T liST, June 5, 1947
Recovered at Roswell, New Mexico
In this flight, a 65-pound load was lifted with a linear array of 28
350-g~ rubber balloons. By attaching the balloons at 20-toot intervals
along the load line, a total length ot apout 600 teet was required. 1'he
train ia shown in Figure 1. For altitude control, three lifting balloons
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.g?_-LifTER BALLOONS
LJi -'""" '"'"'· ~" .,_.
TOTAL LF:NGTH 0,.8ALLOON TRAIN SIS'
(L!:U U.f"TE: R.S)
aoG+TE:$T NYLON LINE.
HAND tiRAIDf:D L08.JT £ R T\o/INC
~STIIAND 100e T~.~' NYLO ~
0---CANNON T')CUT or,-LAUNCHING LINE I.
·-._--.SILK PARACHUTC.
'"'-- 72.Q.R .. ~IOiONDt: 'WITH HE:AV f DUTY
8AT'I'ERIE$ ~ND tS ORDINAT !:' 'HUMIDIT ,·
.J ·...--- PAy UAll (1~10 'W T.) I<I!:S;ITOR.
~ -- !!A~LOON TO BURN O:cf" AT 45CCO'.
14' • --FIII~LO)N TO BUR" o~fAT41.00Q'.
--HALF' F':LLP:DBALLOON TOLlUii:IOfF'AT
4-rJf.J'JO'
--- li PO:NT PAE.S~URE. .~'vJI"T'.:H F'"')R .:J BJ.Li_()ON&
.\NDML!..J..~T
--· iAH)B-ILLUT 1111 PLASTIC TUBE~, TOTAL o.-
S!O·)Jm B.t.LLAST,DRQI'PI!:D rtl THE F'OL,LO\ofiNG
INCREMENTS'
500 3• AT'.:li,OOO'
~,,. AT 'I.'K)OO'
TOO,_ AT '1.7,000'
7 00,_ AT 13,000'
\
TOO.,,. AT 14000'
roo, .. " T 1~ooa (1!
T00,. "'-T "000' it
l'u.STIC Rf:Sf:R'IOIR ANll DRIBBLER S£ T A
'-------------....-. . 4~00'
Figure l a Train, Flight 5
were cut tree at 35,000 teet, and the remaining load was weighted to balance
at that point. Aa a precaution against over-buoyanoy 11 three more balloon•
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