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Created: 8/15/1962

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2 FLIGHT NUMBERLOWN MORNING OFUGUST WITH PILOT MR_ PARKS. TAKE-OFF0 LBS WITH CS2 PERCEMT MAC TOTAL TIME FLOWN ONE HOUR ANDINUTES. FLIGHT WAS COMPLETELY ROUTINE AND UNEVENTFUL AND CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF STRUCTURAL LOAD TEST WITH ROLLER COASTERS. MACH VARIEDOP ALTITUDE A7 THOUSAND. FLITE CARD WAS ACCOMPLISHED AS 3RIEFED. CHUTE DEPLOYED ON LANDING WAS NORMAL.

A SECOND FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED FOR AFTERNOON OF Ik AUGUST. FLIGHT ABORTED AT TAKE-OFF POSITION DUE TO LEFT SPIKE NOT FORWARD WARNING LIGHT COMING ON AND REMAINING ON. PRIOR TO TAXI SOME TROUBLE HAD ALSO OCCURED WITH LETT BYPASS DOOR LIGHT, BUT TROUBLE WAS RECTIFIED PRIOR TO TAXI*

FLjGKT NUMBERAS FLOWN THIS MORNING,UGUST WITH PILOT MR SHAULK DONNING PRESSURE SUIT, TOTAL TIME WAS AGAIN ONE HOUR ANDINUTES. PURPOSE OF FLIGHT HIGH SPPED, HIGH ALTITUDE WORK WITH

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SPIKE CONTROLS FUNCTIONING. AS IT DEVELOPED HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND LIMITED AIRSPACE ESSENTIALLY PREVENTED ATTAINING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH SPEEDS OR ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL AUTOMATIC SPIKE FUNCTIONING DATA. TAKE-OFF WEIGHT WAS0 IBS CC0 PERCENT MAC. AB TURNED OFF0 FEET TO CONSERVE FUEL, CLIMB0 IN MILITARY. AB'S STARTED BEGAN ACCELERATION0 FEETEAS, SPIKES MANUALLY FORWARD, BY PASS DOORS MANUALLY CLOSED. AMBIENT AIR TEMP NOTED ASOOTTER THAN STANDARD THROUGHOUT ACCELERATION* AT5 BY PASS DOORS WERE PLACED IN NORMAL OPEN EAS CLIMB0 FEET REACHING FROM37 SLIGHT ENGINE ROUGHNESS WAS NOTED, INDICATING PROBABLE NEED FOR SPIKE REPOSITIONING. AT ABOUT THIS POINT IN THE FLIGHT THE AVAILABLE AIR SPACE WAS ESSENTIALLY EXHAUSTED AND DECELLER ATION WAS STARTED BY CUTTING OFF AB. IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHUTTING OFF AB* PILOT SWITCHED TO AUTO ON SPIKES. HE COULD FEEL SPIKE POSITIONS CHANGE AND ABRUPTLY STOP AT DIFFERENT POSITION, INDICATING THAT REGULATORS ARE INDEED CAUSING SPIKE CHANGES. ACTUAL CHANGES THAT CC CURED NOT YET AVAILABLE FROM TEST DATA. AS DECELERATION CONTINUED, PILOT SELECTED BY PASS DOORS AUTOMATIC6 MACH AND COULD FEEL NO CHANGE OCCURINC. THIS WILL ALSO BE VERIFIED FROM TEST DATA. AT TRANSONIC SPEED PILOT RETURNED SPIKES TO MANUAL TORWARD AND DOORS TO MANUAL CLOSED. DESCENT AND LANDING ROUTINE,

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CHUTI DEPLOYED NORMAL. ECOND FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED POR THIS AFTER NOON WITH EMPHASIS ON FIN STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS. HIGH SPEED RUN SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY MORNING TO OBTAIN MORE DATA ON SPIKE FUNCTIONING IN AUTOMATIC. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE HOPED FOR.

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