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Balloon: Launches, 1965-1987

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Scope and Contents

(43) Flight no. 92-PT balloon launch, November 13, 1965; (163) Balloon launch (Explorer Scout), scientists, groups, balloon, radar, January 20, 1966; (192) Ozone balloon launch, February 1966; (297B) Composite of balloon launch, several balloons, Tiny Tim on ground, April 15, 1966; (438B) Flight 245-PT, Raven Vista dome balloon, launch, recovery, August 26, 1966; (641B) Balloon launch test using Stonehenge Technique, High Altitude Particle Physics Experiment I [HAPPE I], June 19, 1967; (682B) Balloon launch, ground shot with three men holding, September 12, 1967; (794B) 1784 balloon launch, negative date: May 15, 1968; (885BC) 10.6 balloon launch and Tiny Tim (picture used in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics article, September 1968, by Morris), NCAR Photographics Lab date: December 19, 1968; (918B) Balloon launch, March 14, 1969; (946BC) Balloon launch, May 6, 1969; (961B) Balloon launch, enlargement of Tiny Tim, May 29, 1969; (963B) Balloon launch, launch date unknown, copy, NCAR Photographics Lab date: May 29, 1969; (1086B) French balloon launch facility at Toulouse, France [CNES], copy negatives, May 6, 1970; (1230B) Balloon launch field equipment, Naval Research Laboratory, June 4, 1971; (1307BC) Balloon launch, one interneg, January 10, 1972; (1892B) Balloon launch (copies), Sig Stenlund, June 5, 1973; (2064B) Balloon launch, double balloon, October 26, 1973; (3220C) Balloon launch, October 31, 1975; (4200B) Copy, drawing of balloon launch for Graphics, September 8, 1977; (6857B) Leroy Heidt balloon launch for Staff Notes, August 7, 1986; (7129BC) Composite of Cloud I balloon launch, chase team, and July 2, 1987 tornado, Convection Initiation and Downburst Experiment [CINDE], copy, July 24, 1987.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-1987

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Please note that the photographic negatives and slides in this collection are stored off-site, and advance notice is needed for access to these materials.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 150 Linear Feet

Full Extent

From the Collection: 6 Terabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository