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)


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    Title :

    Night Aerial Search for Aviators Downed at Sea (Optimum Search Procedures)


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    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    170 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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