N3 DURATIONINUTES. GROSSBS. .ERCENT. PILOT BILL PARKS.
TO HIGH GROSSEW TAKE-OFF PROCEDURE WASWERE RUN TOERCENT PRIOR TO BRAKE RELEASE. RPMPERCENT ANDIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER BRAKE RELEASE. WAS SLOW AND LIFT-OFF WAS MADENOTS0 FEET.
IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO TAKE-OFFNOTS BUT THIS WAS
LIMB SCHEDULEEAS AIRCRAFT CLIMBED0 FEET WHERE IT HUNG INREGIME FOR CONSIDERABLE TIME. INUTES AFTERPOINT WAS REACHED AND THE TURN WAS INITIATED. AT THIS POINT OVER HALF THE FUEL WAS EXPENDED.
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AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROCEDURE TURN AIRCRAFT WAS0EAS AND0 LBS OF FUEL REMAINING. RETURNING TO BASE AIRCRAFT HELDEAS AND30 FT. AT THIS POINT RPI1 WAS DECREASEDERCENTERCENT AND LEFT ENGINE STALLED. AB'S WERE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN* THROTTLES THEN ADVANCED TO MILITARY AND THE STALL CLEARED. BOTHERE THEN RELIT AND AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED BACKHERE BOTH ENGINES STALLED. BOTH AB'S THEN SHUT DOWN AND POWER MAINTAINED AT MILITARY. AT THIS POINT HE WASINUTES FROMANDBS OF FUEL REMAINING, LANDING WAS THEN MADE, DEPLOYING CHUTE IMMEDIATELY ON TOUCHDOWN AND AIRCRAFT COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPEDT IF BRAKES WERE APPLIED.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULL AFTERBURNING FORINUTES0 FT ITM PLUS THE RATHER EXTENSIVE PROCEDURE TURN. FUEL USED ON RETURN AT HIGHAS ONLYHAT USED ON THE WAY OUT DURING CLIMB AT HIGH GROSS VEIGHT.
NO FURTHER SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME.
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