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CIA-RDP89B00980R000300070060-9
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RIPPUB
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4
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December 15, 2016
Document Release Date:
September 16, 2003
Sequence Number:
60
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Publication Date:
November 16, 1962
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DISTRIBUTION
WITH ABSOLUTE NEED TO KNOW.
25X1 2.
3. ENGINE NUMBER
TEST STAND TIME
204 205
SAME 01:04 FSW NBR 64 NO
T IME
TOTAL TEST STAND TIME 09x45
TIME INSTALLED 00:00
TOTAL TIME INSTALLED 00:00
FLIGHT TIME 00:00
TOTAL FLIGHT TIME 00:00
TOTAL TIME 09:45
A/B TIME 000.00
TOTAL A!B TIME 00':24
TIME 900 DEGREES PLUS 00:07
TOTAL TIME 900 DEGREES PLUS 01:52
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4. TIME STATUS CON 201 SANE AS PREVICUS. 206 ARRIVED 14 NOV.
205 'S'INE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 16 NOV. 204 MADE TEST STAND RUN 14
AND 15 NOVy NOW IN PROCESS OF REMOVAL FRON STAND.
5 ARTICLE NBR 121 MADE GO NBR 47. QN 15 NOV ON 'ARTICLE
TYPE TEST. SCHEDULED FOR GO NBR 49 ON 16 NOV.
Q..ENG PROBLEM' ,S. ARTICLE MAKING GO NBR . 48 AS OF WRITING, SAME
STABILITY"* DURATION 00:45. MAX ALTITUDE 48M, MAX MACH 1.651
6. ARTICLE NBR 123 MADE TAXI TEST. 15. NOV. SCHEDULED FOR HATCH
GO 17 NOV. LOCAL TIME AS OF WRITING 1500.
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201OZ 15 Nov 62
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,DIRECTOR
ACTING
1. AIRCRAFT NUMBER ONE MADE FLIGHT NUMBER FORTY=SEVEN ON
15 NOV. TAKEOFF AT 085 7 HOURS AREA TIME FOR FORTY-FIVE MINUTES.
25X1 PILOT IN SUIT. PURPOSE INVESTIGATE DYNAMIC STABILITY,
STRUCTURAL LOADS AND TO INCREASE DRAG CHUTE OPENING SPEED.
GROSS WEIGHT 90,000 POUNDS, CG AT 22.2. PERCENT MAC. FULL AB
TAKEOFF WITH CLIMB AT 350 KEGS. TO 26, O00 FEET. FULL AB
CLIMB CONTINUED TO 40,000 FEET HOLDING .90 MACH NUMBER.
ACCELERAT ION AT 40s,00(4 IN FULL AB WAS MADE TO 1.2 MACH
NUMBER WHERE PILOT TURNED PITCH DAMPERS OFF9 PERFORMED
PITCH PULSE. PITCH DAMPERS TURNED ON, YAW AND ROLL DAMPERS
TURNED OFF9 PERFORMED YAW PULSE. ROLL DAMPERS TURNED ON
AND ANOTHER YAW PULSE PERFORMED. ALL DAMPERS ON, PERFORMED
ROLLER-COASTER ACHIEVING 2 G, ZERO G, BACK TO 1 G. THIS
COMPLETE CYCLE WAS RE'EATED AT 1.3, 1.4, 1.5., 1.6 MACH NUMBERS.
NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS NOTED. DESCENDED TO DOWNWIND, TOUCHDOWN MADE
FASTER THAN NORMAL AT 16 DEPLOYED DRAG C} UTE IMMEI,,ATELY.
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OPENING SHOCK FELT BY PILOT AT 153 KNOTS, CHUTE HELD OKAY.
2. AFTERNOON FLIGHT 15 NOV 62 IS PLANNED FOR AIRCRAFT NUM-
BER. ONE REPEATING SOME OF ABOVE STABILITY AND STRUCTURAL
POINTS AND ADDING A CYCLE AT 1.7 MACH NUMBER. CHUTE OPENING
SPEED WILL BE INCREASED ON LANDING.
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