Navy tests have demonstrated that the helmet of a Naval aviator downed and afloat at night can be sighted from a searchlight-equipped rescue helicopter if the helmet is covered with a retrodirective reflecting material. The new H2(HU2K) rescue helicopter is equipped with an electricallycontrolled spotlight for night sea-search; this report speci fies the optimum procedures. A newly marketed, improved reflecting material produces a 10-fold increase in area search-rate and a greater probability of detection when white caps are present. Optimum procedures for using the new material are specified by this report. (Author)
Night Aerial Search for Aviators Downed at Sea (Optimum Search Procedures)
1964
170 pages
Report
No indication
English
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