Measurements were made on winter days at Washington of the brightness of the sky and of Navy gray and white surfaces illuminated by a 4 kilowatt searchlight. From the measurements it is estimated that to make the shadow areas of surfaces of an airplane aloft approach the sky in brightness.


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    Title :

    Report on Airplane Camouflage. Preliminary Report on Reduction of Visibility by Artificial Illumination


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1936


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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