The Adak sun., May 26, 1958, Image 1

About The Adak sun. (Adak, Alaska) 1955-1976

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Monday 26, May 1958 j
VOL. Ill No. 21
U.S. NAVAL STATION
I' RECORD RAWINSONDE
! ORSERVATION MADE
i AT ADAK
;
; The Navy Weather Service Office per
sonnel at the Naval Station,Adak, Alaska
were congratulated by Captain John A.
Horton, Jr;, USN, Commanding Officer,for
'their outstanding achievement in a RAWI
N^ONDE observation in connection with
scheduled operations and participation
in the International Geophysical Year
program.
VOTE j
VOTING INFORMATION:
As an aid to the Service Personnel on
[this base the ADAK SUN,will run a series I
of articles, pretaining to individual j
state regulations and etc.
The freedom to vote is a previliage j
!we have that not to many other countries j
lean boost to„
It’s true not too many elections have j
been won by one vote, so why not take I
the attitude, "why should I vote, mine j
won't countl" Well it will.
Absentee ballots, are in some cases j
lan outstanding factor,to determine which I
:way the tide of the election will turn, j
Information posters are posted throu- j
|gh-out the passage ways of the Bering i
|Bldg., in front of the galley, and other j
inoteable places* \
The points to remember and clearly j
understand are; I
Before you can Register or Vote you j
Imust be eligible under the laws of your j
ihome state.
How does the service man become re- j
jgistered?
Understand the procedure for absentee j
jvoting *
For Information and details, see your j
voting officer. -
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."i3ND-595T Navy-DPPO 13ND B^em., Wn.
During a routine scheduled RAWINSONDE
observation on 15 April 1958, the ballo
on borne flight instrument was tracked
by the ground measuring device(an AN/GMD
i-lA) to the ultimate altitude of 152,822
[feet (about 29 miles). This was the max
imum computed height to which the instr
ument could be tracked as it reached the
[pressure level of one millibar (the top
Revel of the adiabatic chart) and the
[lowest calibration, of the flight instru
ment. According to Lieutenant Commander
Ljames W. Ten Brink, USN, Naval Station
,Adak, Aerological Officer,it is believed
(that this is the first time in which th
is has been accomplished by any activity
jin the RAWINSONDE observation program,
jin average sounding usually terminates
between 70,000 and 100,000 feet due to
i (con’t on page 3)