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Long Tom was a 'cheap' sounding rocket used to aid in the
development of the Woomera Range instrumentation in preparation
for the later Black Knight program. It was later used to study
the upper atmosphere. Sixteen (16) launches (see notes below)
were made from 1957 to 1966. The Long Tom launch vehicle was
built from spare Mayfly motors which were clustered in a group
of three which constituted the first stage. A further Mayfly was
used as the motor in the second stage. Each stage was stabilized
by 3 fins. The overall length was 8.2 m with a second stage
diameter of 23 cm. - Jason Wentworth had the following
comment(s) - 16 launches? pg 207 "The Australians" book Sept
1966 shows photo of LT17.