List of Figures (cont'd)
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Fig. 22. Polyethylene balloon weights........................................... 18
Fig. 23. Balloon weights for various fabric weights.......................... 18
Fig. 24. Free lift of balloons vs. rate of rise............................... 19
Fig. 25. General Mills twenty-foot balloon billowing in a 5-
knot wind................................................................. 23
Fig. 26. Heavy elliptical shot bag............................................ 23
Fig. 27. Aluminum "cannon" in position........................................ 24
Fig. 28. Plan view of balloon launching layout............................... 25
Fig. 29. Balloon shapes during launching...................................... 25
Fig. 30. General Mills twenty-foot balloon in flight........................ 26
APPENDIX I
Fig. 31. Train Assembly, flight 5, (meteorological cluster)................. 36
Fig. 32. Trajectory, flight 5.................................................. 36
Fig. 33. Height-time curve, flight 5......................................... 36
Fig. 34. Trajectory, flight 6................................................. 36
Fig. 35. Height-time curve, flight 6.......................................... 36
Fig. 36. Train assembly, flight 7, (meteorological cluster)................ 36
Fig. 37. Trajectory, flight 7................................................. 36
Fig. 38. Height-time curve, flight 7.......................................... 36
Fig. 39. Train assembly, flight 8, (General Mills Cluster).................. 36
Fig. 40. Trajectory, flight 8................................................. 36
Fig. 41. Height-time curve, flight 8.......................................... 36
Fig. 42. Train assembly, flight 10........................................... 36
Fig. 43. Height-time curve, flight 10......................................... 36
Fig. 44. Train assembly, flight 11........................................... 36
Fig. 45. Trajectory and height-time curve, flight 11........................ 36
Fig. 46. Train assembly, flight 12............................................ 36
Fig. 47. Height-time curve, flight 12......................................... 36