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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00980R000300060028-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: December 22, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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1.~FLIG HT NO 48, ARTICLE 1001, FLOWN MONDAY 21 DEC 1964
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3. DURATION: 0:55 HRS, TOTAL TIME 57:,45 HRS.
4. MAX SPEED REACHED: 3.15 M -MAX ALT 73,000 FT
5. TIME FROM 0.9 M TO 1.2 M APPROX 4 MIN
6. TIME FROM 1.2 M TO 2.0 M: APPROX 5 MIN
7. TIME ABOVE 2.0 M: 0:20 HRS THIS FLIGHT. TOTAL 6:11 HRS
8. TIME ABOVE 2.6 M: 0:15 MRS THIS FLIGHT. TOTAL 1-012 MRS
9. TIME ABOVE 2.8 N: 0:10 HRS THIS FLIGHT. TOTAL 0:40 MRS
10. TIME ABOVE 3.0 M: 0:05 MRS THIS FLIGHT. TOTAL 0:18 MRS
11. T.O. WEIGHT 115,600 LBS, C.G. 22.3 PERCENT
12. CONFIGURATION: SAME AS FOR FLT 47 EXCEPT RH CIT SYSTEM
COMPONENTS CHANGED AND BOTH SYSTEMS RECALIBRATED TO COR-
RECT PROBLEMS OF FLT 4x1.
USAF review(s)
completed.
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13. OBJECTIVES: PERFORMANCE ACCELERATION TO MAX MACH NO. YAW
AND PITCH STABILITY EVAUATION UP TO 2.6 M. INS CHECK
FOLLOWING FAST ALIGN SET-UP.
14. TAKEOFF AND CLIMB-OUT WERE UNEVENTFUL. TAKEOFF WAS MADE TO
THE WEST, FOLLOWED BY TURN AROUND AND CLIMBING ACCELERATION TO THE
EAST AS ON PREVIOUS YLIGHT.
15. TRANS-SONIC ACCELERATION APPEARED QUITE GOOD TO THE PILOT,
AS DID THE REST nr THE ACCELERATION.
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16. CLIMB =CHEDULE FOLLOWED WAS SAME AS THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT.
17. INLE" OPERATION SMOOTH THROUGHOUT ENTIRE ACCELERATION. SOME
MINOR UNSTI.TS AT 1.9 M - 1.8 M ON DECEL.
18. 3`-40 DEGREE BANK TURN STARTED AT 2.2 M, APPROX. SAME LOCATION
AS ON PREVIOUS FLIGHT. 3.1 M REACHED BY ROLE-OUT.
19. SMALL YAW OSCILLATION, DAMPED, OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN
2.98 M PAD 3.02 M, SIMILIAR TO LAST F1..IGHT. NOT CONSIDERED A PROBLEM.
20. ACCELERATION TERMINATED. AT 3.15 MACH WHEN LIMIT CIT REACHED
2$,5r10 LBS FUEL REMAINING AT THIS POINT.
21. CIT?S EX'{IBITED TEN DEGREE C SPREAD AT LOW SPEEDS, INCREASING
:O 35 DEGREE SEPARATION AT PEAK MACH. THIS SAME AS ON PRE-
VIOUS FLIGHT, SINCE EXTENSIVE CORRECTIVE WORK HAD BEEN DONE ON
THE GROUND SPICE THE LAST FLIGHT TO ASSURE SYSTEM ACCURACY, IT 1S
EVIDENT THAT SOME CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH FLIGHT OPERATION IS
FEEDING ERRJR INTO SYSTEMS. WHATEVER THE CONDITION, IT NOT
ONLY CAUSED THE TWO SYSTEMS TO READ DIFFERENTLY, BUT BOTH TO
READ HIGH. TOP PRIORITY EFFORT IS BEING APPLIED TO CORRECT THE
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22. YAW AND PITCH STABILITY CHECKS OBTAINED IN THE DECEL FROM
2.6 M DOWN TO 1.4 M.
23. AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE HOLD MODE CHECKED AT 400.KEAS, 58,800 FT.
EXHIBITED FAIRLY CONSTANT PITCH OSCILLATION WITH 2?3 SECOND PERIOD.
24. INS HAD BEEN ALIGNED AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE FLIGHT AND ZURNED
OFF EXCEPT FOR STANDBY HEAT. AIRCREW CONDUCTED FAST ALIGN AFTER
ENGINE START. RESULTS QUITE GOOD: 8-9 N.MI. TERMINAL ERROR AFTER
80 MINUTES IN NAV MODE.
25. DRAG CHUTE OPERATION SATISFACTORY ON LANDING. CORRECTIVE
ACTION NOTED IN TWX ON LAST FLIGHT APPEARED TO BE EFFECTIVE.
26. PHOTO PANEL TEST RECORDS NOT AVAILABLE AFTER APPROX. 0.9 M
IN THE ACCEL. FILM TAKE-UP SPRING FAILED, JAMMING CAMERA.
27, PLANNING FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO CIT SYSTEM PROBLEM BE-
FORE NEXT FLITE. ALSO MUST CHANGE SEALS IN RH ENGINE TEB TANK
FILL VALVE. CONSIDERING CORRECTING BOTHERSOME LEAKS IN
NOS 1 AND 3 TANKS. WILL RESUME FLYING TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK.
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