CABLE TO DIRECTOR FROM [DELETED] RE FLIGHT OBJECTIVE SHIFTED FROM HIGH SPEED SP

Created: 8/16/1962

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FLIGHT NUMBERLOWN THIS MORNINGUGUST, PILOT SHALK. FLIGHT OBJECTIVE SHIFTED FROM HIGH SPEED SPIKE CONTROL TEST INS TO STABILITY INVESTIGATIONS DUE TO HIGH ALTITUDE WEATHER PROBLEM. TTjIKARY AREAS INVESTIGATED HERE LONGITUDINAL AND DIRECTIONAL STABILITY AT BOTH SUB SONIC AND SUPERSONIC SPEEDS. POINTS CHECKED HERE AT ONE TENTH MACH NUMBER INCREMENTS FROM MACHO Ll. ALTITUDES VARIED FROMHOUSAND TOHOUSAND. NUMEROUS POINTSAINED AND FLIGHT CONSIDERED QUITE PRODUCTIVE. DATA MOT YET ANALYZED. CHUTE DEPLOYMENT NORMAL ON LANDING. POSSIBLE SIGHTING BY FLIGHTIRCRAFT FROM NELL IS BEING COORDINATED PER SO NN ALLY BY MYSELF WITH GENERAL HUBBARD. NTICIPATE NO PROBLEM. THISWILL BE DEVOTED TO TAXI TESTING OF IKODUCTIOM BRAKES. TOMORROW SILL BE HIGH SPEED SPIKE TESTS IN MORNING WITH AFTERNOON FLIGHT PLANNED WEATHER PERMITTING.

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