Skyhook Churchill 1970.

Abstract

The program was funded for a period of forty-five days in the field at Fort Churchill, Manitoba. Raven provided a field crew, suspension and rigging hardware, aircraft and helicopter tracking as well as gondola recovery, parachutes, balloon telemetry and control instrumentation, down-range tracking station, and reports and documentation as necessary. Of the nineteen balloons used, sixteen were successful flights. The report describes individual flights, equipment used, flight data, and various program summary information. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 28, 1970
Accession Number
AD0718371

Entities

People

  • Charles H. Cravaack
  • Thomas Pappas

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Communication Equipment
  • Helicopters
  • Instrumentation
  • Manitoba
  • Parachutes
  • Recovery
  • Rescue Equipment
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Stations
  • Telemetry
  • Tracking Stations
  • Vehicle Equipment
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
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  • Technical Research and Report Writing.