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:;:lee 17 ':'ues. Got Chantz a Jeep to use on Station 3. '·lent out to //J made final checks -
';hantz stayed there. '·1oodruff and I 1-1ent to Station 1 and made final checks there. '·!oodruff
:.:rove me to 3tation 2 and then "ent tack to 1. ·r-2 rocket went up at about 1015~mGot Brush
reco:::ding - 1 trace &. P.ubicon at 2. ·.;oodruff r;ot EST & Rubicon at 1 -though had interfer-
ence 'Nith other group. Chantz got GR 3 & Rubicon record at fl3. Back to :20Q about 12. Rub-
icon & EST recordinr:s not yet developed.
:-:ec 1 R '·led, Chantz and I went out to Sta J and got all equipment together and back to camp
acout 1 - went in borrowed weapon carrier. '.:oody and Jeff 7owler took other weapon carrier
::1~d collected all equipment from Sites 1 and 2. Packed all equipnent at north hanger and
loaded it into truck, ~•hich was ther: put on plane. Got data fro:n I -2 firings from Fri tchard':
office. left Alamogordo about 730 pm in C-54 and went to El Faso Biggs Field.
I'ec 10 "hurs. 'tlent down to :<;1 Faso this morning and then across to Juarez. Back to ::Jiggs
cield about 230 pm. S-_54 left El Paso 400 pm , landed in Patterson ~ield, Dayton, Ohio 110ar.
Dec 20 "'ri. Left Dayton about 9 am & arrived ir: Olmsted Field near Harrisburg, Pa about
noon. lt Carroll and Clowry drove us down to Pa RR station. Got 150 out of Harrisburg and
arrived in Newark 6 pm. '::aught train to Asbury Park.
Dec 21 Sat. Chantz went down to Oakhurst: and developed 3 Rubicon recordings from White Sands
and EST recording at 3ite r 1. Site !!1 recording poor, possibly NG. Looked over recordings
octained at Oakhurst on bonbing run of 19 Dec.
Dec 22 Sun. Cut to Peoples this evening in f.~arlsboro.
Dec 23 r~on. Oakhurst. ~-Torked on Alamogordo and Flight 13. Had flight # 14 this pm. - 24
bombs starting at 2 pm. Ran CR-3, Brush and Rubicon at lab. Woodruff went out to Farmingdal•
with van and Rubicon but results NG. No shots apparent on recordings.
Dec 24 Tues. Oakhurst. Closed down about 1130. Worked on Flight# 14 and work from NYU.
Jtarted Stepan off on extension of Aug 8 flight. Into NYC Pr·: and caught 1045 sleeper to NI'iY
Dec 28 Sat. Cold NE winds and storms all day. Unable to get roads cleared out. Cancelled
reservations for this evening to NYC.
Dec 29 Sun. Caught 805 sleeper to NYC this evening.
Dec JO f·'on.Arrived NYC about 915 am - caught 1040 out of Penn Sta, arrived Asbury Park
about 1 pm. '{orked on Alamogordo results. Went over work with l"~cCurdy who proposed new
type instrument and wants authority to go ahead with it.
Dec 31 Tues. Oakhurst. Flight .¥ 15 this morning at 1040 - 1105. '·Toody went out to Farmingdal
and recorded on Rubicon drum. Recorded also on Rubicon drum T-9- Brush and GRJ-T-8. 3et up
sonobuoy 1000 ft * west of T-8-0. Times Square tonight.
1947
Jan 1 Wed Asbury Park. Snowstorm pm
Jan 2 Thurs. Oakhurst. Worked with V on flights 12,. 13 andJpart of 14. Got Alamogordo
results together. Conference this pm with Colonel Duffy and showed him my results with
H~g5~rf~do~~Ur~t~~f{gg ·with 1f on Flights 14 and 15 and started NYU data of Sept 12.
Stepanoff on extension of August 9 results. Conference pm: Dr. Ewing, Spilhaus, Dr Ference
of Evans, Duffy. Discussed Evans pro~am and' air'flight and Alaomgordo results. Made arr-
angements for cooperation with Evans in coming tests.
Jan 4 Sat. At Oakhurst about 3 hours. Finished getting velocities for Sept 17 flight and
started work on data of Oct 4 cruise.
Jan 6 r-:on. Oakhurst. Finished '/eloci ty data for Oct 4 and Oct 16 from NYU meteorological
studies. Stepanoff finished Aug 9 data and started on# 1 of Sept 12. }:oved into new build-
ing next to T-8-0 today.
Jan 7 Tues. Oakhurst. '.rivian worked up ray paths, time and distance for Vel #2 of Sept 12.
Started on Aug 8 data to get Stepan off's figures together for study above 15 kms. ;-Tent
scouting for location of sono buoy west of Oakhurst Arm about 3000 ft. Chantz and l<loodruff
on calitration of Alamogordo instruments and fixing up of equipment for field uses.
Jan 8 /led. Oakhurst. ~-lorked on Aug 8 cruise, making final calculations for sky wave. ., on
'Tel ifJ, Sept 12 cruise. '.voody and I went over to high ridge 2900 ft west of Oakhurst with
sonobuoy which worked into GRJ.
Jan 9 Thurs. Oakhurst. ~·lor ked on sky wa·Te data. Vi vi an and Stepan off on Sept 12 ray paths.
Flight# 16 at 1200 to 1220 pm. No noticeable results. Used sonobuoy at 160' hill back of
labs. ·
Jan 10 Fri. Oakhurst. Into ~·Iatson Labs at 9 to take supervisor's test. Trak01-rski, Peoples anc
I went to Camp Evans and discussed results of ''2 rocket recordings informally. Flight #17
this PM 1600 to 1620. '!orked on sky wave lata