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NOTES ON MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON AIRCRAFT AND FOG FLYING RESEARCH

The committee met in room 2055, Munitions Buildin [[Building]] Washington, at 10 a.m., January 25, 1927, the following members being present:

Admiral H.I. Cone, CHAIRMAN |  
The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc.

Mr. Myman J. Briggs | Bureau of Standards

Dr. John H. Dellinger | Bureau of Standards

Dr. Eugene C. Crittendon | Bureau of Standards

Dr. Francis W. Dunmore | Bureau of Standards

Lieutenant M.F. Schoeffel | Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy

Lieutenant F.W. Reichelderfer | Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy

Mr. D. B. Colyer | Air Mail, Post Office Department

Captain Walter F. Kraus, Secretary | Air corps, War Department Aeronautics Branch

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"(c) Use of Captive Balloon.

"Several members if the Committee expressed doubt as to the practicability of this method of field localization. Definite recommendations, however, were not made, due to the absence of Mr. Jones of the Department of Commerce, at whose suggestion this method has been given consideration."