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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00980R000300060013-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 30, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. ARTICLE 130 MADE FLIGHT 63,E -SORTIE 3?T-64-653 ON 29 DEC 64.
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29 DEGREES5 MIND CALMS NIA,' PEED 2..95: JI A , MAX ALTITUDE 83J1
FEET, TINE OVER 2.0 MACH THIS FLIGHT 3 ' 1:I~IUTES, TIME OVER 2.6
MACH THIS FLIGHT 25 MINUTES, TIME OVER 208 MACH THIS FLIGHT 20
MINUTES. TOTAL AIRCRAFT TIME 83:54. ,PURPOSE: DATA COLLECTION.
CONa^ I.GURATI.ONz 2.9. Q BAY AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: TRACKER CAMERA.
2. SUMMARY: NORMAL TAKEOFF AND CLIMB. SLIGHT INLET ROUGHNESS
AT 2.4 MACH. DURING 2.9 MACH AND 80, 000 FT AD OCCURRED ON LEFT
ENGINE, FOLLOWED AD ON RIGHT. RESTART COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED
UNTIL 2.45 MACH AND. AT 60, 000 FEET. AFTER RESTART ESTABLISHED
ACCELERATION BACK TO 2.9 MACH NO PROBLEM.. ON STARTING DESCENT
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TAKEOFF AT 1135 H04HS, LANDING AT 1305 HOURS FOR
ONE }SOUR AND 30 MINUTES. MISSION SUCCESS:ULe GROSS WEIGHT
1179000 POUNDS, C.G. 20.3 PER CENT, T:A.KE(FF DISTANCE 7000 FEET,
TAKEOFF SPEED 219 KNOTS, PRESSURE ALTIT'UBE 4380 FEET, TEMPERATURE
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