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Jan 30 Thurs, Plotted up angle of azimuth against angle of descent for ··-2 recordings.
Set aside this work for bombing rlins, ',.J'orked on Flight 18 with '.7i vi an. Started Eileen
on calculations uith Aug 8 and 9 data, reworking calculations doe before. C:hecked picks
on Flight 18 - they appear to be sky waves though angle of descent is not regular.
Jan 31 Fri Oakhurst. ~orked with Eileen on Aug 8 calculations. Finished up for both direct
and reflected possibilities. :vent over Flight 19 records. ?ound that all of these are sky
Ha•:es.
feb 1 Sat. Left A.P. for Philly on 940 bus, arrived at ~1arions apt about 1. :\ayne back from
Hork about 5. After dinner we 'Went out to Newtown and stayed overnight.
Feb 2 Sun. Drove up to Sparta NJ with !~arion and Wayne. Saw Dorothy, Joe and family. Nelson
Steenland & family living there with them. Saw >Iorzels pm. Ed Douglas in tonight for few
n:inutes. Joe took me over to Dover & caught 9.58 train, then 1120 out of Penn Station,
~7ewark. Arrived AP about 1230
Feb 3 Mon Oakhurst. Peoples in Washington regarding balloon ascention in June, Made plans
for flight 20 which was made this pm 1)00 to 1320 in conjunction with instruments in blimp.
Route just south of east, no results. ~orked on sky waves from Flights 18-19.
Feb 4-5-6, Tues, Wed, Thurs. Oakhurst. Checked over all sky wave picks on Flights 19 - 19.
Went over Loran data and plotted up to get accurate plane speed, Plotted T - X curve using
these figures. Worked up Oakhurst corrcetions for elevations and replotted all values for
velocity - Flights 18 - 19. Received Gutenberg letter in which he had worked out Aug 8,9
data. Went over this method and worked over thae data again. Unique solution not obtainable.
Went over possible experiments in 'Hellos' balloon ~une with Peoples.
Feb 7 Fri Oakhurst • .-Worked on 23, 24 Jan T-X curves. V files 2),24 Jan forms, started on
NYU data. Eileen worked on least squares-Va , then on Gutenberg's method applied to Aug 9
data.
Feb 8 Sat Oakhurst. Worked on V-2 rocket information 23 Jan. Used meteorological informatior
for 2 explosions. Tried to get V at height of eiplosions but seems too low.
Feb 9 Sun Asbury Park - worked on calculations of flights, setup? and calculations for
rockets.
Feb 10 Y.on Oakhurst. Worked over Alamogordo Radar Hueco stations for 23 Jan 1947 records
and made plot of V-2 rocket D - H using all radar data. 1'1'ent over all equipment to go to
Alamogordo. Made plans for departure Thurs. Set up 8 sec galv in T-9. Vivian checked
velocity from caps with temperatures and continued on Oct 22-23, Flights 12-lJ, Cruises,
NYU data. Eileen in pm - worked on formulas ofc.seismib refraction using straight line for
line - Aug 8 - 9. Finished this and went back to least square solutions of Jan 23 -24 data.
Feb 11 Tues Cakhurst. Flight 21 scheduled for 8 tonight postponed until tomorrow. Worked on
Oct 22 data with sky waves to Highland Lights. Went over all records. Have 2? consecutive
shots to H. L. Oliva left by train tonight for Alamogordo. ~" · · 1 ' t ·.
Feb 12 Wed Oakhurst. Vivian & Eileen worked on temperatures and winds Oct 22 & 23 and worked
up ray paths f9r sky waves to Highland Lights. All equipment for Alamogordo asseabled and
loaded on trucks for Watson Labs this pm. Flight 21 at midnight tonight. McCurdy, Chantz,
Woodruff, Ball, Hom?, Rigny present. Dropped 20 bombs 1200 to 1237. No signals received,
either sky or direct waves.
Feb 13 Thurs. Got special instruments for 1 cycle from McCurdy this ~. Drove up to Newark
in staff car- Chantz & myself. Loaded B-25 this pm but could not get all equiprrent on.-left
5 reels and box of equipment ? • Left Newark about JJO, stopped in r-:iddletown, Pa -
Olmsted Field for 1 1/2 hrs to eat and gas plane, then left and landed at Godman Field out- ,,
side Fort Knox, Louisville, Ky. Stayed at Officers Club tonight.
~eb 14 ~ri Left Louisvilleabout 930 am. Stopped at Tinker Field, Ok City for eats and refuel
then to Alamogordo, Arrived Alamogordo 4)0 pm - contacted Watson Lab and got truck. Unloaded
all equipment from B-25 & took part of it to North hanger. 3-25 cre•r:lt Yosher, Lt Alberts,
Sgt ? Oliva arrived Alamo. by train this ~
Feb 15 Sat. Moved eqpt from north hanger across runway to stowage building. Checked T-21s on
GR ~. Checked galvanometers, etc
?eb 16 Sun Alamogordo.Out to Tower and Dona sites & surveyed in instrument locations - 5 to
be station(ed) in shape. Ran out field wire at Dona station.
Feb 17 Mon Alamogordo. Went out to Tower site and set up Springnether and GRJ equipment.
Rubicon 500 ft from GR3. Took trial recordings on both equipments
Feb 18 Tues Alamogordo. Went out to Dona Site this morning. Set up GR8 then Phil took truck
and went over to GR1 Tower tsite. WACtcornoral shot offtabou~ 215 but with little slipstream.
Recorded at vona out Ph1~ a Tower si e naver saw rocKe • Walted at Dona until 6 pm. Phil hae