CABLE TO DIRECTOR FROM [DELETED] RE COMPLETED SHORT THIRTY MINUTE FLIGHT, TAKE

Created: 5/9/1962

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RYBAT OXCART TO COL DEERLX PAR ANCOsKY KlfER COL NELSON SENDS IN LIEU OF

COMPLETED SHORT THIRTY MINUTE FLIGHT THIS MORNING, NORMAL WITH WATER UTILIZED. LEFT AFTERBURNER BLEW OUT SHORTLY AFTER GEAR RETRACTION FOLLOWING TAKE -OFF. THIS WAS CAUSED BY FACTERY LIGHT FUEL LOAD WAS ABOARD AND MANUAL SELECTION OF NUMBER THREE TANK FOR POSITIVE FUEL FEED WAS NOT MADE, CONFIGURATION SELECTED APPARENTLY DID NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FUEL FLOW TO SUSTAIN BURNER OPERATION. THERE IS NO APPARENT MALFUNCTION IN ANT SYSTEM OR COMPONENT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE BLOWOUT. AFTERBURNERS WERE RE-LIGHTED LATER IN FLICirr WITH NO PROBLEM. MAXIMUM ALTITUDE REACHED WAS THIRTY THOUSAND. MAX IAS. MAX MACH WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT TWO. TANK VENTING PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE PRIMARILY ONE OF INSTRUMENTATION RATHER THAN THE VENTING SYSTEM ITSELF. FURTHER INVE-

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STIGATION SHOULD CLEAR UP THIS POINT. DESCENT AND LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL. MINOR BRAKE PROBLEM WAS ENCOUNTERED THAT WILL BE CLEARED UP PRIOR TO NEXT FLIGHT BY ADDITION OF BRAKE ADJUSTERS OR NEW BRAKE ASSEMBLIES. TOMORROWS SCHEDULE UNCERTAIN AT THE MOMENT. ANOTHER FLIGHT TOMORROW BEING CONTEMPLATED. WILL ADVISE.

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