McKay: |
Precool
switch off. RAS auto cutoff .at on. |
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B-52: |
10
minutes now. Heading 042°. |
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McKay: |
APU
cooling switch normal. Both blowers BLN2 Pressure cooling coming on now.
Reading 45 on inertial altitude........... 26° a.
Cabin source 3350. |
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B-52: |
9
minutes. |
|
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McKay: |
Helium
shutoff valve on. #1 hydraulic temp is +50, #2 is -10. Data on. #2 APU
coming on now. Reading 670? |
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NASA
1: |
We're
reading you. |
|
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McKay: |
Pressures
coming on. |
|
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NASA
1: |
Start
your turn at 8 minutes. |
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B-52: |
Roger. |
|
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McKay: |
Hydraulic
pressures on the line. Engine reset. |
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B-52: |
8
minutes, starting turn. |
|
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McKay: |
Pressure
check, electric check, OK. Controls and flaps. Flap circuit breakers in. |
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NASA
1: |
Engine
reset? |
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Chase: |
OK
on the flaps. Flaps are up. |
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McKay: |
OK,
reset. Data off. Reading .......... -40 on #1 & #2 .......... |
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B-52: |
7
minutes. |
|
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McKay: |
Rog,
platform to internal. Fire ext auto. Alt SAS armed. |
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NASA
1: |
Confirm
aux cabin press switch on? |
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McKay: |
It
is on. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Give
us your chamber pressures. Mixing chamber pressure. |
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|
McKay: |
-40
on #1 and #2. Going to the SAS check. |
|
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B-52: |
6
minutes. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Increase
your rate of turn some. |
|
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B-52: |
Rog,
tightening it up. |
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McKay: |
OK,
got the SAS check, switch to 6-6-8 settings. |
|
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B-52: |
5
minutes to launch. |
|
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McKay: |
Hor.
stab position on. Select X-15 O2, reading 2550. Cabin altitude is
35,500. Ventral is armed. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Read
us your a
and b. |
|
|
McKay: |
3°
left on b
and 3° on a. |
|
|
B-52: |
4
minutes. |
|
|
McKay: |
Data
coming on. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Lets
make that 5 minutes now. |
|
|
McKay: |
5
minutes, roger. Data on. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
You
can go ahead and pressurize, we just want to make the time 5 minutes. |
|
|
McKay: |
Going
to pressurize. Tank pressures coming up. 4800 on ammonia and LOX. 2 jettison.
switches to jettison. Data off. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Make
your heading 206. |
|
|
B-52: |
206
and 4 minutes now. |
|
|
McKay: |
Intercom
switch off. How do you read X-15 radio? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Reading
you 0K, Jack. |
|
|
McKay: |
Inertial
altitude is 4600. Velocity is about 9. Attitudes OK. APU bearing temps
are -40 on #l and -50 on #2. |
|
|
Butchart: |
Don't
know what the doppler's going to do to us, its been in memory the last
15 or 20 seconds of turn here. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
What's
your APU bearing temp? |
|
|
B-52: |
3
minutes. |
|
|
McKay: |
Roger,
APU bearings were on the + side. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
You're
not in memory now, are you, Butch? |
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|
Butch: |
It
hasn't gone out of memory. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Go
to forced memory. |
|
|
B-52: |
2
minutes. |
|
|
McKay: |
Data
on. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Request
that last call be 2 - 30 minutes to launch. |
|
|
McKay: |
..........
Ball nose, push to test. |
|
|
B-52: |
2
minutes now. |
|
|
McKay: |
Reading
2° on a
and 2 1/2° sideslip. Cine camera to pulse. Head bumper. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Tape
to 15. |
|
|
McKay: |
Rog. |
|
|
B-52: |
1
minute. |
|
|
McKay: |
Prime
switch prime. Igniter ready light. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Heading
212. |
|
|
McKay: |
Precool. |
|
|
Chase: |
Looks
good. |
|
|
McKay: |
LOX
pump bearing +10. Igniter idle. Pump. Pressures coming up. Launch
light on. 3-2-1 drop. |
|
|
Chase: |
Looks
good, pull her up. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
590
on chamber pressure. 15 seconds. Come right 2° on heading at 24 seconds.
30 seconds. |
|
|
McKay: |
Speed
brakes. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
38
seconds. Retract your speed brakes a tad, we've got 30° and if you
can, correct 2° right, we'd like it. |
|
|
McKay: |
Pushover. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
We
still want 20° speed brakes. Altitude, profile is good. 0K. Little
more speed brake and little more right turn. That's good. You're going
high and we're approaching 80 seconds. |
|
|
McKay: |
Shutdown
......... |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Stay
in your right turn. Close your speed brakes. About 120,000. Correct your
heading to the right, add 5°. Pick up your theta, you have an
entry to make. Right over Hidden Hills. |
|
|
McKay: |
400.
Little yaw. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Hear
you fine. Have you drifting still to the left of course, want to make a
right turn of about 10°. |
|
|
McKay: |
Roger. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
And
recommended inbound heading at this point is 230. |
|
|
McKay: |
Little
yaw there (?) Went upon roll, piped out (?) How's my theta? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Says
zero here, and you're level at 70,000 and 3-1/2 Mach number, coming up
on 3 Sisters. |
|
|
McKay: |
Speed
brakes. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Have
you at 2.9 Mach number about 10 west of 3 Sisters. |
|
|
McKay: |
RAS
mode off. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
RAS
check? Are you able to do a RAS check? |
|
|
McKay: |
Roger,
getting it, Joe. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Mach
2 and 55,000. Test mode landing. |
|
|
McKay: |
Test
mode to land. Just got some music in the background here. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
I
don't know, that might be the cheering in Brisbane or someplace. |
|
|
McKay: |
OK,
brakes in. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Have
you 1.3 Mach number and 10 north of North Base at 48,000. |
|
|
McKay: |
What's
the altitude? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Coming
up on 45 now. |
|
|
McKay: |
OK,
RAS coming off. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
You
an pull around tighter in your turn. |
|
|
McKay: |
OK,
I'm reading 52. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
We're
showing 42. Master switch off and jettison at your desire. |
|
|
McKay: |
Going
to jettison. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
0K,
and RAS off. Flap and squat circuit breakers in. |
|
|
Chase
4: |
Tally
Ho! |
|
|
McKay: |
Rog. |
|
|
Chase: |
You're
jettisoning, Jack. |
|
|
McKay: |
Little
speed brake. |
|
|
Chase: |
Jettison
stopped. |
|
|
McKay: |
Understand
jettison stopped. Got me, Danny? |
|
|
Chase: |
A-OK,
215. |
|
|
McKay: |
OK,
I'm reading 29 on inertial right now. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
How
about your pressure? |
|
|
McKay: |
Going
to pressurize. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
I
mean your pressure altimeter? |
|
|
McKay: |
Coming
up on 10 now. |
|
|
Chase: |
10,000. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
We
show a little speed brake. |
|
|
McKay: |
Just
a tad, coming in. Flaps. |
|
|
Chase: |
Flaps
coming down. Gear coming down. 10, 5, '2. Your nose wheel looks cocked,
straighten down. |
|
|
McKay: |
Looks
like I saw some rubber flying there! |
|
|
Chase: |
Your
nose wheel was cocked to the right, about 20°. |
|
|
McKay: |
OK.
Looked like a good one to me! OK, I think we lost the nose wheel there,
Joe. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
OK,
you're in good shape though? |
|
|
McKay: |
Roger.
I kept the canopy on this time, incidentally. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Shutdown
#1 APU now and expedite your postflight checks. |
|
|
McKay: |
#1
APU is out. Pressure on #1 is 3450. Peroxide tank pressure's holding at
550. APU bearing temp is +30 on each one. Mixing chambers are -38 on #1
and -40 on #2. Helium source pressures are #1, 60, and #2, 50. APU source
#l is 1850, #2 is 2500 Cabin source is 1500. 3 axis ball reading, heading
200°. Reading about 500 fps climb and 800 on velocity, 2600 on inertial.
X-15 oxygen pressure is 1500. |