APPENDIX I.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON OPERATING CONDITIONS AND DATA
Latitude 9945'N - 11°15'N
Height range 130' (within mapping area)
880! (within area covered by APR)
Terrain Flat or gently undulating, occasional steeper
Slopes away from river.
Vegetation 3395 bare
30% scrub covered
35% very light forest
2% medium or dense forest
Cameras Wild 6" Aviogon RC5 and RC8
Flying heights Runs 1 - 17 (mapping cover) 20,500!
(photographic runs) Tie run N1 20,500!
Tie run 1 9, 000!
Tie runs 2 and 3 9, 500!
Trig identification runs -usually 7,500!
* (Existing cover notflown ) Control strips 10 - 25 5, 000!
Epic OS ue jon ! Control strips 26 - 30 3, 300!
(controlling APR lines. ) *Control strips prefixed "A" 3, 000!
*Control strips at Yelwa 3, 000!
Datum point runs at various heights
Flying heights Runs 2/3 and 3/4 7, 800!
(APR runs) Runs 4/5 - 7/8 8, 500!
Runs 8/9 and 9/10 10, 000!
Runs PR15,15/16, 16/17 6,400!
Runs PRN3 6, 400!
Operating dates (APR runs) 8/10/59 - 27/10/59
Operating times (APR runs) 0800 - 1200 GMT (increased turbulence
and formation of cumulus in afternoons)
APR lines usedfor control 2/3 - 9/10
15/16 and 16/17
PR15, PRN3
APR tape speed 11" per minute, constant
Mileage of APR runs used
for control c.1700 miles
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