Brief description of proposed Government experiments; Navy will cooperate with Weather Bureau in furnishing planes and men; 12 trips, each 20,000 ft. into air for purpose of recording conditions; while planes are functioning, similar exercises being performed at 14 kite stations and number of balloon stations; automatically recording barometers, thermometers, wind gages, and other instruments; Vought Corsairs used for tests; two conditions recorded.


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    Title :

    To conduct experiments in making weather observations from planes


    Additional title:

    Aviation


    Published in:

    Aviation ; 24 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1928


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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