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Figure 69. Minutely detailed, exploded-view drawing prepared in 1945 shows the workings of the ballast and ordnance-dropping mechanism. (A 37180D) 52
|£ V. WET-CELL BATTERY DEMOLITION CHARGE SUSPENSION BRIDLE ^METAL POSTS ANEROIDS IN BOX TWO 32-FT. FUSES FOR EACH DROP ACTION. BURNING TIME: 94 MIN. -BAKELITE ALUMINUM PLATE RING ALUMINUM RING DIRECTION OF BURN 2 MIN., 49 SEC. WIRED TO COMMON ON LOWER RING WIRED TO NO. 9 CLIP ON BAKELITE PLATE WIRED TO NO. 36 CLIP ON BAKELITE PLATE -WIRED TO MASTER ANEROID SINGLE RELEASE UNIT ONE "T" BAR. TWO BLOWOUT PLUGS CENTER MAIN BOMB RELEASE Figure 70. Automatic altitude-control device 53
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Number 9 SMITHSONIAN ANNALS OF FLIG
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SERIAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSON
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Foreword Mr. Mikesh has compiled th
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Meteorologists James F. Andrews and
Page 10 and 11: Origin and Development The Unexpect
Page 12 and 13: Figure 4. A faulty ballast-dropping
Page 14 and 15: project cannot actually be determin
Page 16 and 17: SENDAI OSHIMA SHIO-NO-MISAKA Figure
Page 18 and 19: Figure 7. Imperial Japanese Navy's
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Page 34 and 35: Figure 27. Wind catches a recovered
Page 36 and 37: United States Military Counter/meas
Page 38 and 39: Figure 30. A Lockheed P-38 Lightnin
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Page 44 and 45: Figure 38. Fighter-aircraft gun-cam
Page 46 and 47: Conclusion The "something big" refe
Page 48 and 49: APPENDIXES Detailed Description of
Page 50 and 51: The degradation of the cellulose to
Page 52 and 53: Figure 44. Timing fuses. (A72-872)
Page 54 and 55: lost altitude. In order to prolong
Page 56 and 57: Figure 53. Aneroid board showing co
Page 58 and 59: Figure 63. Main power supply was a
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Page 66 and 67: Ballast Metering Device A schematic
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Page 70 and 71: Paper balloons: Chugai Kako K.K. Ko
Page 72 and 73: SUSPENSION CURTAIN. 19 SCREW ANCHOR
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Page 91 and 92: Bibliography Arakawa, H. Basic Prin
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