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ni 0 1. Otural. York AcgOJIPlishe4
A ooDt'ereDCe vaa held on Ma7 l at MinDB&polia vith Mr.
0. C. V1naen of General Mills concerning the mazmtacture of
ball.oou b.r General MUla tor thia project. At the present tU.
tbia coapaD.J ca.nDOt supJ)l7 ua w1 th balloons until 1a...,.. clee.rance
ia obtained, bat it is hoped that arrange11enta ee.n be completed
in the De&1" future. The type ot balloona manufactured br <eneral
MUla aeeu to be well suited to the n.eda ot this proJect.
On Ka7 8 a trip waa •de to Lehlch Uni Terai t7, Bethlehea,
Pa. 1 to fl7 a cluster ot Mteorological be.l.loona caJ'I'1i:ac Vataoll
Laboratories equip88nt. ViDdl developed during launch1ng aZid the
'-lloou escal*f when the reetraininc lioes snapped wxler the
atrain, C&JT1iD& balloou aloft without pa7load.
Aa a ~eul t ot this incident, two conaluaiou were
dJ'&1nll lira._, that a DIY launohi.aa techniqu. waa oeededJ aeooad,
tbat uot.ber laUDChiDC ai te auat be selected ofteri.aa eouistent.l7
Gila viDda d11ri111 laUDOhinc. It wa decided to make the DeXt
nlcbu at J.l..,gordo, .., Maico, earl7 in JUlie.
Oil 1fa7 14 a conterence vas held at the Vulcan ProofiDC
Co., ill Brookl.J"A. I.I. to diacuaa the posaibilit7 ot this eoapaa;r
telti!ll TU'ioua tJP~a of fabric am ru. uaed in the -.nutacture
ef 'balloou. It vaa l.p'Md tba t tM coapaiQ' vould aka tbe desin4
testa vblll orderecl bT ua.
'na. h1cb poiDt ot the •nt.h• • act1T1 t1ea vaa tbe upartve
tw .U..pl'do Oil Jlq ,1, aal tM bal&DCe of the .,ntla vaa spent
1a .__~ration et equi~Jlt tor the n1pt.8 to be ada there.
lepa/tvl waa .ada troa Olaatea4 field, Middletown, Pa. ill a c-1.7
t.nillbe4 bJ tbe Vat808 Laboratories.
2. a..w, Prob1••
Ill ..-Nl, pron... r.atn t~w .... •• tbo .. d1acwa ... 1a
~ pJ"n1ou nport, ..,..171 ·tU detendnation ot the relatiw •rita
at 'f&ri.ou ballooa ru.. tal fabric• an.UabliJ the &DlllJii• of the
alUtude ooiiUol 4ni.cee to be WledJ am the ni&ht testi111 of the
eq1&1s-a\ M be UMd. ia prel.bdDa17 vork. All of theM probl_. an
..U\ tuUaer tliP"• u4 d.ell••I'J' ot equipMilt ordered betoJ"e
I01aUea .. '- attapte.t.
J•. !.'sl t.aUoMa
fte IJ'Mtlat b1Dd•r1DS taotor ill the prosre•• ot work ia tbe
1aek at nallable apace. The prefabricated build1nc to be tundahlll
lr tM Pft~ll\ lUider \1M tenaa of the colltract 1• aov 110re upa\17