DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT - 31 OCTOBER 1963

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500140122-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 122
• Publication Date: October 31, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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31 October 1963
RANDUM FOR: Deputy DirectIt. (Science and Technology)
SUBJECT : Daily Activity Report - 31 October 1963
1. ARGON Mission.9059A: Camera system normaland vehicl e
condition good through evolution 13.
3. Alerted
rage of the Chine ? Missile Test Range. Take-off scheduled at
I Gl-NO-GO decision to be made at 1400E
This is a pressing COMOR requirement to photograph a reported
the pad at the missile site.
4. BRASS KNOB: No flights were made on 30 October 1963.
sion 3763 is scheduled for take-off 31/0530E. It is due back 31/1300E.
Normal film load. This mission is approved for launch.
5. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE: U-2 No. 342 returned to Edwards
AFB with the I 12A. camera. The aircraft was delivered to LAC to remove
the camera for inspection at the factory at Lexington, Massachusetts. Air-
craft 34Z will return to Edwards AFB today.
6. OXCART Status Report:
a. Five flights were scheduled for 30 October, but only
throe took place.
NRO review(s) completed.
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b. Aircraft #122 made flight #33 for a duration
The purpose was to determine aircraft performance
right spike set one and one-half inches ahead of
schedule. The maximum speed reached was 2.4
Mach and the maximum altitude was 66.000 feet. A sligh
hydraulic pressure fluctuation at 2.1 Mach indicated right
engine spike instability and inlet roughness developed at 2.42
Mach but the engines did not stall. Upon landing, the drag
chute failed to deploy and approximately 2.000 f.et of overrun
were used.
c. Aircraft #125 made flight #28 for a duration of 31 Min
ate*. The purpose was Agency Pilot Training MissIon 93. The
maximum speed reached was 2.06 Mach and the maximum al-
titude was 64. 100 feet. Luring climb the INS was searching
for the course requiring a 10-20 degree bank back to the course
in the Auto Nay mode. The left spike started hammering at
1.6 Meth and stopped havonArring when the spike was manually
actuated to place it in the forward position. A pilot observation
is that the IFF and INS mode switch cannot be reached while
the pilot is in the suit.
d. Aircraft I 127 made flight #10 for a duration of one hour.
The purpose was a functional flight check after the left engine
was changed. The maxi/tura speed reached was 1.6 Mach and
the maximum altitude was 46.800 feet. The engines had to be
trimmed on take-off and climb to stay within the exhaust gas
temperature (EGT) limits. There was a possible fuel leak or
loss dug to a leaking fuel dump valve.
e. Aircraft 1124 and #126 did not fly as scheduled for the
wing reasons:
(1) Aircraft 1124 aborted its flight because
engin, fuel shut-off valve closed without being actuated.
(2) it craft #126 engine pre-flight ground
were not mpieted.
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f. Aircraft. 122 241,
for flights OA 31 October.
US. 127 and
129 are
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aircraft as of 30 October.
for the ata
7. OTHER:
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a. Messrs. Parangosky.
are visiting
Perkin-Elmer and Usk on 31 October
and astman
Kodak on
1 November regarding a D'D/341cT
proposed research program.
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. Contracts, OSA, is visiting
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contract
Liscussions.
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Aircraft Systems Division. 'BA.
iting Pratt It WhitneyWest Palm Beach, nor da,
her and 1 November to review the statue of the
engine development program.
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