TRIP REPORT - WATERTOWN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00011A001000020065-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: December 15, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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15 December 1955
SUBJDCT: Trip Report - ~fatertown
1. The undersigned visited the ~atertawn Strip and while there
contacted SACLII sad discussed several problems with them.
2. SACLU wants to have miaisu~a training standards established
for both the crews and the detachient. Tlur would like to see an
operations procedure established for the unit so that they may train
the unit and evalmate the detachmentta abilitjr to do the Sob.
3? expressed concern about the pe~oposed aextant~s
delivery wan s to t7,~ a minimum of tiro missions naintt the
sextant during the latter part of the training period.
who is concerned with the navigation training, wants information
relative to the operation of all photo navigation equipment to be
installed in the aircraft.
~. Cosipntsr requirements were discussed with
This officer was the Fro~ect Otticer in the Squadron at Turner AFB,
Georgia that service tested the Kollaman auto~aatic sextant, and as such
waa primaril~r sasociated with the aircraft performance. He has tlo~
both the Atlantic and Pacific in F84F. feels that
we need a Mach. 8 TA3 computer, a tiie and distance casxpater, and also
a how-gaea-it-curve in order to insure auccesstlal aircraft performance
prediction. The SACLtI Dstacha~ent is attempting to ca^g~ile the neces-
sary statistics tar predicting sircratL performance. Captain Meierdierck
suggests a TA3 Mach. 8 computer similar to the one present~jr tt~rniahsd
in the 263 squiprat tar the F81aF. This aompnter is made by Batori
and has proven ver~r aatistactor~.
5. The I~rcon people are to turlaiah information to correct our
photo-camera book lire at Headquarters on tt~ A-1 and A-2 ca~tignz~ation.
B & C contignration intora~ation will be tarnished at a later date.
b. SACLU xartts to know what progress r,ports this Headquarters
wants from then when the Dstach~oents begin their training.
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