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ACFT NUMBER THREE FLEW FLIGHT NUMBER SIXTEEN FORNOV. PILOT EASTHAN. TAXEOFF
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WITH GROSS0 POUNDS AND CG
5 PERCENT. AB TAKEOFF AND AB CLIMB0 FEET. MILITARY CLIMB0 FEETEAS. CRUISED. FIRST INS CHECK POINT WAS N. E. CORNER OF GUPPY, APPROPRIATE DATA RECORDED. DIALED IN POINT NUMBER THREE ON INS AND STORED POSITION. MADE NUMBER TWO PACKAGE RUN GRADUALLY
INCREASED ALTITUDE0 FEET AND REDUCED SPEED TOAND SLOWLY RETURNED0 FEETNOTS. WAS HOME PLATE. RETURNEDDRIFTSIGHT WORKED
GOOD. MADE PHOTO RUN, PILOT OPERATED FOCUS DRIVE BUTTON. PILOT THEN MADE SPEED AND POWER RUN0 FEETEAS AND RECORDED VARIOUS DATA.
NEXT, HADE THREE CAMERA PASSES FOCUS DRIVE BUTTON
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DEPRESSED AFTER EACH RUN AND APPROPRIATE DATA CALLED OUT INTO RECORDER. BADE SECOND SPEED AND POWEREPEAT OF FIRST.
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PHOTOGRAPHED TARGETS STILL0
FEETTS. STORED INS POSITION OVER CHECK POINT. HADE THREE ADDITIONAL CAMERA RUNS OVER OK TARGET. STORED INS POSITION AND HEADED FOR SWORD. INS HEADING NEEDLE WAS POINTING SOUTH OF DESIRED POINT. PILOT ESTIMATES FIVE TO TEN MILES SOUTH AND HE CORRECTED IN VISUALLY. THIS NUMBER SIX INS CHECK
POINT. FIX AND STORED INS POSITION. NEKT POINT
NEEDLE POINT TO LEFT (THIS MEANS IN BOTH CASES NEEDLE POINTED
SOUTH OF DESIRED PATH). PILOT VISUALLY CORRECTED OVER f
MADE FOURTH SPEED AND POWER RUN. HEADED FOR SWORD, NEEDLE AGAIN POINTING SOUTH, PILOT VISUALLY CORRECTED OVER POINT AND STORED POSITION. HEADED FOR HOME BASE. LET DOWN AND MADE THREE THEODOLITE RUNS DOWN RUNWAY. TRANSFERRED SOME INTERNAL FUEL FORWARD FOR BETTER CG AND LANDED. GOOD CHUTE. BUSY FLIGHT.
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