Thunderstorm Project
Photo Gallery
Thunderstorm Project Historical Marker
Aircraft Operations: P61Cs and Gliders
P-61 Squadron during the Ohio Phase of the Project
Squadron F Pilots of the P-61s
Sailplane Pilots and Pratt-Read Aircraft Used in the Project
P-61 Landing Incident
Hail Damaged P-61 Nose Cone
Glider in a Cumulus Field
Members of the Soaring Society of America (Glider Pilots)
Glider over Florida
Instrument Camera for P-61
Custom Built Aircraft Recording Equipment
F-15A, a Modified P-61 which was used in the Thunderstorm Project
P-61 Temperature Sensor
P-61 Nose Radar
Equipment Area on P-61
P-61 Squadron in Flight
Surface and Upper Air Observations
Setting up Surface Observing Station
Tracking Antenna for SCR-658 Radiosonde
Checking one of the Anemometers
Taking Instrument Shelter Readings
Changing the Trace Charts
SCR-658 Rawin Antenna
Time-Lapse Cloud Camera Platform
SCR-584 Radar Tracking Van
Radar Storm Depiction
Rawinsonde Launch
Personnel and Other Images
Ferguson Hall (L) Lt. Col. Lewis Meng (C) Dr. Horace Byers (R)
A Few of the Project Participants
1946 Project Area in Florida
1947 Project Area in Ohio
Thunderstorm Structure - Cumulus Stage
Thunderstorm Structure - Mature Stage
Thunderstorm Structure - Dissipating Stage
"The Thunderstorm" Title Page of Project Summary
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created by
Susan T. Beckwith
last update: 18 October 2001