Categories: Military / Defense

Project Skyhook, Balloons Developed by General Mills in the 1940s and 1950s

Background

Skyhook balloons were high-altitude balloons developed by Otto C. Winzen and General Mills, Inc. They were used by the United States Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the late 1940s and 1950s for atmospheric research, especially for constant-level meteorological observations at very high altitudes. Instruments like the Cherenkov detector were first used on Skyhook balloons.

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Project Skyhook,  31 August 1962 [41 Pages, 11MB]

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This post was published on November 18, 2020 12:10 am

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