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Three black widow P-61 night fighters silhouetted against a thunderhead prior toseparating and penetrating the thunderstorm at three different levels formeteorological readings. These planes were an intrinsic part of The Thunderstorm Project, the classic first large-scale experiment to study atmosphericphenomena. In: Weatherwise, Vol. 1, No. 3, June 1948, cover.