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RTICLEADE FLT1OURS AND IS MINUTES. GROSSGERCENT. PILOT BOB GILLILAND, MAXIMUNEAS0 FEET. MAXIMUM0 FEET. PURPOSE OF FLT INS, TYPE II PAYLOAD, AND ADF TESTS.
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FOCUS OF THE CAMERA TO CALIBRATE THE CAMERA TO THE OPTIMUM FOCAL LENGTH.
AKEOFF WAS MADE IN AB FOLLOWEDLIMB TODIRECTLY OVER THE BASE. FROM HERE THE ARTICLE MADEPASSNORTH, RETURNED GOING SOUTH, AND
ONCE MORE GOING NORTH. AT THISUN WAS MADE OVER THE TRIANGULAR INS COURSE BETWEEN AUSTIN, ELY, AND CURRENT. DURING THIS PHASE THE AUTO-NAVIGATION MODE WAS TRIED BUT WAS TOO DIFFICULT
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to use to get on course however once the article was put on course manually this mode worked fine. this was then followed by three
RUNS OVER THE TARGETSNORTH AND SOUTH.
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE INS SHOWED NO ERROR AT ELY, AUSTIN, CURRENT, AND OVER EARTH BUT WASILES ON DISTANCE TO GO AT {READILES, SHOULD
NEW ADF ANTENNA WAS TRIED AND PILOT WAS ABLE TO HOMEON EARTHILES OUT, HOWEVER THE FREQUENCIES SEEN
TO BE OFF. IN TRYING TO TUNE ELY HE* GOT RENO WITH EXCELLENT DIRECTION INDICATION. FREQUENCY OF EARTH WAS OFF ALSO.
WILL DO NIGHT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS
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BUT IT LOOKS MORE LIKELY IT WILL BES SCHEDULED TO FLY TYPE III AND INSS SCHEDULED FOR TRAINING FLT TOMORROW
AS NOT AS YET BEEN RECEIVED BY LAC FOR IN STALL AT ION INO IT ISILL BE READY FOR FLT BEFORERARCH.
S STILL DOWN FORNSTALLATION.
RRIVED LATE LAST NIGHTARND HASACCORDING TO INSPECTION RECORDS THERE ISFINAL ASSEMBLY AND TEST
TO BE DONE ON THE ACFTHAS BEEN THE CASE ON ALL
AGE THREE
ACFT DELIVERED TO DATE EXCEPT.SNDITTLE WORSE. ESTIMATE FOUR WEEKS OFTEST REMAINS PLUS THE FLT TEST CREWS' FINAL TESTS,RUN UPS, ETC. FOR AM ESTIMATED TOTAL OFBEFORE FLT READY. THESE ESTIMATES BASED ON PASTFIRST 5
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