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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00980R000300060095-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 95
• Publication Date: December 4, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. ARTICLE 122 MADE FLIGHT 82 O.N;
THIS IS THE SECOND FLIGHT THIS ARTICL
THIS .DA'Z'E, TAKEOFF .1348
FOR 1 HOUR 43 MINUTES. PURPOSE OP. rLIGHTS: 1, CHECK REFUELING
SYSTEM. 2. ACCELERATE 0,9 TO 3,2.,. ACH~ WITH. FULL FUEL. 3.
CHECK INLETS AND ENGINES AT 3.2 MAC}!. 4.. OBTAIN REFUELING.
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PHOTOS. GROSS WEIGHT 82,100, CGo 21,PERCENT, TAKEOFF DISTANCE
4800 FEET, TAKEOFF SPEED 210 KIEAS.' WIND 300/12, TEMPERATURE
50 DEGREES. MAXIMUM SPEED 3.2 MACH,.MAXIMUM-ALTITUDE- 80,500,
TIME OVER 50,000 FEET 35 MINUTES, TIMES OVER 2.0 MACH 30 MINUTES,
TIME OVER 2.6 MACH 20 MINUTES, TIME OVER. 3,G1 Mr~CH 0 MINUTES, TIME
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AT 3.2 MACH 6 MINUTES,
2. TRIMMED-BOTH ENGINES MANUALLY, LEFT 805 DEGREES, RIGHT
795 DEGREES. SPIKES ALTO, AFT BY-PASS MANUALLY CLOSED. TAKEOFF
AND CLIMB TO TANKER NORMAL. JOINED WITH TANKER, COULD ONLY TAKE
ON 50,000 LBS INDICATED WHILE DESCENDING TO 249000 FEET WHERE
DISCONNECTED AT MINIMUM ALTITUDE FOR TANKER CLEARANCE. ACCELERATED
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AT 400 KEAS. PILOT NOTED ACCELERATION POOR, IFF INOPERATIVE.
PILOT WAS ON TOP OF OVERCAST FOR MAJORITY OF FLIGHT, ACCELERATED
FROM 2.1 MACH TO 3,2 MACH IN TURN., MODERATE AIRFRAME RCUGHNESS
FROM 2.5 MACH TO 3,2 MACH ABOVE 3,0 MACH THE LEFT AFT BY-PASS
DOORS CLOSED. THE RIGHT AFT BY-PASS DOORS WERE WANDERING BETWEEN
OPEN AND CLOSED, AT 3,2 MACH THE K7--AS VARIED 410 TO 420 THE OIL
TEMPERATURE REMAINED A3O'VF 35 - 40 PSI DURING 3.2 MACH FLIGHT. FUEL
FLOW AT 3.2 MACH 80900a FEET WAS 15,000 POUND PER HOUR PER ENGINE.
THE VOR WAS OPERATING ERRATICALLY?A'r 3.2. PILOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED
LAKE MEAD. REMAINED AT 3?2 MACH FOR 6 MINUTES, RPM BOTH ENGINES
STEADY AT 7100. PILOT NOTED TDI OSCILLATING PLUS OR MINUS .04 WITH
NO AIRFRAME ACCELERATION. WITH IFF9 OMNI INOPERATIVE PILOT CALLED
FOR VHF DF.WHICH CONFIRMED POSITION, FIELD WAS 0,8 OVERCAST.
DUMPED FUEL. LANDING AND CHUTE NORMAL.
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