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SUBJECTI WEEKLY ACTIVITY FOR OXCARTEEK3
FOUR FLIGHTS EACH OkTftTRCRAFT NUMBERIRCRAFTASHED AND WAS DESTROYED ON LAST FLIGHT WHEN
NO RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHED THI6 PERIOD. SINCE NO REPORT VAS SUBMITTED LAST PERIOD, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NINE FLIGHTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT PERIOD. THIS HADE TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS TOOURSINUTES. TOTAL NUMBER FLIGHTS TO DATE. DURING PREVIOUS PERIOD, ONE FLIGHT VAS HADE ON AIRCRAFT, AND
. UNFORTUNATELY,
BAILED OUT ON FINAL LEG OF INERT 1AL NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO BAILOUT NOW BEING INVESTIGATEDORMAL ACCIDENT BOARD. ALLtX TERMINATED AT AT CLOSE OF WORK DAYAY TO ALLOW PERSONNEL LONG WEEKEND IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY.
AIRCRAFTADE ONE FLIGHT IN PREVIOUS PERIOD TO EXTEND SPEED ALTITUDE ENVELOPE. MAXIMUM SPEED ATTAINED2 MACH,
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WHERE ACCELERATION TERMINATED DUE TO POPPED SHOCK IN INLETINVESTIGATION REVEALED ATTITUDE SENSOR FOR INLETHOOKED UP IMPROPERLY, WHICH RESULTED IN SCHEDULE SHIFT ON THIS VAf CAUSE FOR SHOCK POPPINQ AT INLETINSTRUMENTATION DIFFICULTIES DELAYED FURTHERCCIDENT OCCURRED, GROUNDING ALLSPEED ALTITUDE ENVELOPE EXTENSION EFFORTS WILL BE HADEAS IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO FLY
PREFLIGHT GROUND RUNS ACCOM PL ISHED ON AIRCRAFTHIS PERIOD AFTER COMPLETING ALL MODIFICATIONS AND NACELLE CLEANING REQUIRED TO PREVENT ENGINE FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE. GROUND RUNS COMPLETED WITH NO SIGN OF COMPRESSOR FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT NOW READY FOR FLIGHT WHEN FLYINGO BE RESUMED.
FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE PREVENTIVE MODIFICATIONS AND NACELLE CLEANING ARE APPROXIMATELYERCENT COMPLETE ON AIRCRAFTNDERCENT ON AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFTS NOW READY TO HAVE THE ENGINES INSTALLED AND WILL BE READY FOR FLIGHT IN FORTHCOMING PERIOD. BI^Lsfl TELEMETRY PACKAGE HAS BEEN FITTED IN AIRCRAFT NUMBERND SHOULD BE READY FOR HIGH ANGLE PASSES SHORTLY AFTER INITIAL FLIGHTS. AIRCRAFTS NOT SCHEDULED TO FLY FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK.
AIRCRAFTS BEING ASSEMBLED AND CHECKED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD FUNCTIONAL TEST PROCEDURES. IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO FINISH ASSEMBLY, WORK NACELLE MODIFICATIONS AND SCREENS TO PREVENT ENGINE FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE, CHECK OUT FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONDUCT MANY FUNCTIONAL TEST PROCEDURES PRIOR TO FIRST
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REQUIRED TO PREPARE THE AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT.
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