CABLE TO DIRECTOR FROM [DELETED] RE PURPOSE OF FLIGHT: TYPE III PAYLOAD, INS AN

Created: 3/22/1963

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NO NIGHT ACTION

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|a ADE2 RSIN. GROSS0 LBS, CGERCENT. MAXIMUMEAS, MAXIMUM0 FT. PILOT BOB GILL!LAND. PURPOSE OF FLIGHT: TYPE III PAYLOAD, INS AND ADF TESTS.

2. SIXTEEN CAMERA RUNS WERE MADE ON

MAGNETIC HEADINGEGREES FOLLOWING APPARENTLY WORKED SATISFACTORILY.

3. ERSONNEL WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE PRE-FLIGHT SINCE SYSTEM WOULD NOT NULL ON ALIGNMENT, HOWEVER SYSTEM WAS RUN THROUGHOUT FLIGHT AND WORKED FAIRLY WELL. POSITION WAS STORED

3 TIMES OVERPHOTO RUNS AND EACH TIME WAS WITHIN 1

MILE. FOLLOWING PHOTOODIFIED INS COURSE WAS RUN ON AUTO-NAV TO CALIENTE THENOINT BEYOND CURRENT ANDTH TO EARTH. SYSTEM WASILES AT CALIENTE AND CURRENTILES AT EARTH AND OVER

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LANDING VAS HADE2 KNOT TAILWIND. CHUTE DEPLOYMENT WAS GOOD AND AIRCRAFT TURNED OFF AT TAXIWAY.

ADF WAS CHECKED THROUGHOUT FLIGHT AND WOULDN'T HOME ON ANYTHING.

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