Accession Number:

AD0774966

Title:

SKYHOOK Churchill 1973.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept. Jan-Dec 73,

Corporate Author:

RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC SIOUX FALLS S DAK FLIGHT OPERATIONS DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Pappas,Tom
• White,Paul S.

Report Date:

1974-01-18

Pagination or Media Count:

117.0

Abstract:

The program was funded to conduct balloon field operations from Fort Churchill, Manitoba and from Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. The contract also called for the delivery of three balloons to be used in the program. Raven provided a field crew, suspension and rigging hardware, aircraft and helicopter tracking, parachutes, balloon telemetry and control instrumentation, electronic tracking, and reports and documentation as necessary. This report describes individual flights, equipment used, flight data, and various program information. Author

Descriptors:

• *Atmospheric sounding
• *Stratosphere
• *Meteorological balloons
• Balloon equipment
• Launching
• Tracking
• Telemeter systems
• Control systems
• Flight testing

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE