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Created: 5/8/1962

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ONE HOUR ANDINUTE FLIGHTY HIS MORNING. WATER UTILIZED FOR TAKE-OFF. CLIM3 IN AFTER BURNER TO TWENTY THOUSAND, CLIMB CONTINUED IN MILITARY OPERATION AAS ESSENTIALLY CONFINED TO MAX ALTITUDE0 AND NAX MACH OF. ORTION OF TIME AT ALTITUDE SPENT ON ADDITIONAL STA3ILITY AUGMENTATION INVESTIGATIONS. MAXINUM INDICATED AIRSPEED ON FLIGHTNOTS. NGES ASSOCIATED WITH GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION WERE NOTED As NEGLIGIBLE. G WIND UP TURN WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT TEN THOUSAND MSL,EGREEAS, FUEL TOTAL0 POUNDS. NOTHING UNUSUAL NOTED DURING TURN. FINAL APPROACH SPEED. TOUCHDOWNK APPEARED NORMAL. PILOT ACCOMPLISHED SOME DEGREE OF AERODYNAMIC BRAKING DURING LANDING ROLL. IT APPEARS THAT CONSIDERABLE BENEFIT MAY BE

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DERIVED FROM THIS TECHNIQUE. FURTHER EXPERIMENTING IS EXPECTED TO

ESTABLISH THE OPTIMUM ANGLE FOR THIS TECHNIQUE AND THE BEST AIRSPEED

FOR LOWERING NOSE GEAR TO RUNWAY. PLANNING EARLY MORNING FLIGHT

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