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Created: 2/21/1963

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U ADE FLTNE3OR ONE HOUR AND TWENTY-THREE MINUTES. IP SCHALK, PILOT SKUAS. PURPOSE, AIR REFUEL CHECKOUT SXLIAR. GROSSGERCENT.RY CONTACTS, TOTALINUTES REFUELING TIME. VISUAL RENDEZVOUS HAMPERED CONSIDERABLY EY EXCESSIVE REFLECTIONS ON INSIDE WINDSCREENS AND CANOPIES. REFLECTIONS ALSO CAUSED SOME DIFFICULTY DURING CONTACTS* FLAT BLACK PAINT INSIDE CANOPY AND WINDSCREEN STRUCTURE AREAS, PLUS VISION-SPLITTER SHOULD CORRECT MOST OF THIS.

2. BOTH PILOTS REFUELED WITH SEAT BOTTOMED WHICH PROVIDED GOOD VISION OF TANKER THRU FRONT WINDSCREENS. MR. SCHALX PARTICULARLY COMMENTED ON THE IMPROVEMENT TO REFUELING VISIBILITY THE ADJUSTABLE SEAT AFFORDED. SLIGHT SAS OSCILLATIONS IN ROLL AXIS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTICEABLE IN PAST SEVERAL FLIGHTS ON THISID NOT MATERIALLY AFFECT CONTROL DURING REFUELING,

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