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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00980R000300060087-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 87
• Publication Date: December 5, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

DIRECTOR
TOR: 0214Z 05 DEC 64
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TAKE OFF AT 1224 HOURS FOR 38 MINUTES. GRI}?SS WEIGHT: 77,500 LBS,
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1. ARTICLE 129 MADE FLIGHT 7.7. ON 4; DEC 64.
C. G. 22 PERCENT, TAKE OFF DISTANCE 4300 FEET: TAKE OFF SPEED 210 KTS,
PRESSURE ALTITUDE 4200 FEET, TEMPERATURE 43 :DEGREES, WIND CALM,
MAXIMUM SPEED .91 MACH, MAXIMUM ALTITUDE 53,000 FEET, TIME OVER 2.0
MACH THIS FLIGHT NA, TOTAL AIRCRAFT TIME: 75:04. PURPOSE: LIGHT
WEIGHT TAKE OFF WITH REFUELING TO FULL TO OBTAIN ACCELERATION DATA
USING 450 KEAS TO 2.5 MACH AND 400. KEAS FROM 2.5 TO 3.15 MACH.
CONFIGURATION: STANDARD.
2. THE TAKE OFF AND CLIMB WERE NORMAL. WHAT APPEARED TO BE A
NORMAL CONTACT WAS OADE WITH THE TANKER. ALL INDICATOR LIGHTS WORKED
NORMALLY BUT THE ARTICLE WOULD NOT TAKE FUEL. SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO TAKE FUEL BEFORE THE MISSION WAS ABORTED.
DESCENT, LANDING AND CHUTE OPERATION, WERE NORMAL.
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