B-52: |
08,
calling 15 minutes to launch. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
Precool
is on, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
Pete. |
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Tower: |
Chase
4, you're outside .......... |
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Chase: |
Chase
4. |
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Chase: |
NASA
1, 811, you have chase 2 and 3 both on station, is that correct? |
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Chase: |
Chase
2, affirm. |
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NASA
1: |
And
Pete, NASA 1 will call 13 minutes in 1 minute. |
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Knight: |
Rog. |
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Chase: |
Bill,
do you already have chase 3 on station? |
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NASA
1: |
Standby
1, Fitz. Chase 3, NASA 1, are you on station? |
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Chase: |
Affirmative,
Chase 2 on station. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
Fitz, all the chases are where they should be. |
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Chase: |
OK,
I'll join with Chase 4. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger.
Why don't you fly right over the boundary of the SOA. |
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Chase: |
.......... |
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NASA
1: |
NASA
1 is calling 13 minutes now. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
Bill, you ready for a BCS check now? |
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NASA
1: |
Roger,
Pete. |
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Knight: |
OK,
both BCS's on and I am .......... |
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Dustin: |
Lube
oil 110. |
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Knight: |
OK,
John, #l off. And ready for #2. Cycling. |
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Chase: |
Flow,
flow, flow, flow, flow. |
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Knight: |
OK,
#l on. Bill, a master caution is blinking every time I turn on BCS system
but I can't figure out what it is. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
I meant to mention that to you, Pete. |
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Knight: |
OK.
Now #2 off, cycling #l. |
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Chase: |
Flow,
flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow. |
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Knight: |
OK,
both BCS's on .......... on. |
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Chase: |
Pete,
got a little residual coming out of the top of the wing. |
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Knight: |
OK. |
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Chase: |
OK,
lets leave it that way for a minute, there's still a little coming out
both wings. |
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Knight: |
OK,
switch is on. Roll, Yaw, BA coming up and coming out. OK, RAS is off. Precool
is coming off, and how's the roll look? |
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Chase: |
OK,
we still have some coming out of the top of both wings. |
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Knight: |
OK. |
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B-52: |
08,
11 minute warning. |
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Chase: |
Flow,
flow. It's stopped, its very light now. Looks like the left wing's stopped.
Just a little on the right, just leave it here. It will stop, Pete. |
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NASA
1: |
Vince
says that's fairly routine, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Roger. |
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NASA
1: |
And
did you get your precool off, Pete? |
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Knight: |
Precool's
off, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
we're about 30 seconds past 11 minutes. Check your hydraulic switch on
and we'll catch your Ely radio check, Pete. |
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Knight: |
OK,
hydraulics are on. And, I'm on radio, Bill, how do you read? |
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NASA
1: |
Loud
and clear. How do you read Edwards only 286.8? |
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Knight: |
4
square, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
Edwards
only 279.9. |
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Knight: |
I
didn't hear that too well, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
Pete, how do you read Ely 286.8? |
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Knight: |
5
square, Bill. And I got APU cooling switch normal. Both blowers are blowers
LN2. |
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NASA
1: |
Pete,
how do you read Ely only 279.9? |
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Knight: |
.......... |
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NASA
1: |
Rog. |
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B-52: |
9
minutes. |
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Knight: |
.......... |
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Chase: |
NASA
811, what's your position? |
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Chase: |
5
miles over Chase 4. |
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NASA
1: |
Pete,
how do you read 279.9, Ely only? Pete, how do you read simultaneous? NASA
1 here, Pete, how do you read simultaneous? |
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Knight: |
OK,
Bill, read you 5 square now. APU's? |
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NASA
1: |
Yeah,
go ahead, Pete. And, 08, start your turn. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
#2 coming on. |
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B-52: |
008
in the turn. |
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NASA
1: |
#1,
#2 looks good, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Generators
are reset. Engine reset. Hydraulic pressures look good. |
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Chase: |
#l
out here. |
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Knight: |
Flaps
coming down, John. |
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Chase: |
Yep,
starting down, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Flaps
coming up. |
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Chase: |
Flaps
coming up. |
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Knight: |
OK,
Bill, inertial gages look good. Attitudes look good. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
Pete. |
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B-52: |
About
7 minutes .......... Pete. |
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Knight: |
How
many minutes, Ted? |
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B-52: |
7
minutes, a half a minute ago. |
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Knight: |
Mixing
chambers -40, -45. a
+2°. b
is a degree needle left. Aux cabin pressure switch is on. Fire extinguisher
going to auto. Going ahead with the SAS check. |
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Dustin: |
Lube
oil 100. |
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B-52: |
6
minutes. |
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NASA
1: |
NASA
1, roger. |
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Chase: |
And
the weather's clear, NASA 1. |
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Knight: |
And
the SAS check looks good, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
Pete, confirm pressure cooling lever on. |
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Knight: |
Pressure
cooling is on. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger.
Everything looks good, Pete. |
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Knight: |
And
we're back on high, low, high. Roll BCS, John? |
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Chase: |
They
work, Pete. |
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Knight: |
OK,
stabilizer position. |
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NASA
1: |
Looks
good, Pete. And, 008, steepen your turn, please. |
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B-52: |
Roger,
steepening up. |
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Knight: |
X-15
oxygen 2,600, Bill. And I am on X-15 oxygen. |
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NASA
1: |
Mighty
fine, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Cabin
altitude is 36,000. |
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NASA
1: |
NASA
1 will call 4 minutes in about a minute and a half. |
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B-52: |
Call
out heading for 08. |
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NASA
1: |
Roll
out 203. |
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B-52: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
Radio
check, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
How
do you read, Pete, simultaneous? |
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Knight: |
Rog,
5 square. |
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NASA
1: |
Very
good. |
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B-52: |
08
steady now 203. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
looks good. About 4 1/2 minutes to launch now. |
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Knight: |
Did
you call 4 minutes, Bill? |
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NASA
1: |
I
will call when the time comes, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Say
again, Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
About
20 seconds until the magic 4. |
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Knight: |
You
will call 4 minutes, Bill? |
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NASA
1: |
That's
affirmative, Pete. 670, NASA 1 calling 4 minutes now. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
4 minutes now. Topoff complete. Going to pressurize. Takes her up to about
45, Bill. Going to jettison. Jettison check with the peroxide .......... |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
Pete. |
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Knight: |
All
3 switches in jettison. Intercom is off. We're on radio. MIT pointer vector
is MIT. |
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NASA
1: |
Did
you get precision attitudes back on? |
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Knight: |
Rog. |
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B-52: |
3
minutes. |
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Knight: |
OK,
we're back on precision attitudes. Tape is coming on. IFDS malfunction
is good. IFDS Gages are good. |
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NASA
1: |
008,
come 3° left. |
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B-52: |
Roger,
left 200. |
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Knight: |
APU
bearing temperatures are 40 and 40. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
Pete. |
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B-52: |
Heading
200 now. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
heading looks good. |
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B-52: |
2
minute warning. |
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Knight: |
OK
data on. Calibrate. IFDS altitude is on. Push to test ball nose. Ball nose
looks good. 1 1/2° a.
b
is 1° needle left. Window shades up. You'll call 1 minute, Bill? |
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NASA
1: |
That's
affirmative, Pete. How's your precision heading look, Pete? |
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Knight: |
Very
good. |
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NASA
1: |
And
NASA 1, calling 1 minute now. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
I got it, 1 minute now. |
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B-52: |
Master
switch on, rolling launch heading, 08. |
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Knight: |
Pump.
Prime. Igniter ready light. Precool. Igniter on. Pump's coming on. |
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NASA
1: |
Looks
good here, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Looks
good here. 3,2, 1, launch. |
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NASA
1: |
Check
your a.
Check your throttle. Check your heading. Standby for speed brakes. |
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Knight: |
Speed
brakes. |
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NASA
1: |
Check
your Q, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Q
is about 900. |
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NASA
1: |
Standby
for theta. Profile is good. Let's come 2° right, Pete. Profile is still
good. You're coming through 80,000 now. Profile's good, track is good.
through thousand now. Profile is .......... Standby for shutdown, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Shutdown,
Bill. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
speed brakes in, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Speed
brakes in. |
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NASA
1: |
a
zero. And we have you through 150. RAS on, Pete. |
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Knight: |
RAS
is on. |
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NASA
1: |
Profile
looks good, Pete. Real good. Profile is very good, Pete. You're going very
slightly high. We'll have an altitude call for you shortly. Have you over
the top at about 208, Pete. Check your attitudes. Very nice profile, Pete.
You'll be just a little long but its not going to be significant. You'll
be very slightly left of track but that's also insignificant. Nice profile,
Pete. Have you back through 180, Pete. Have you back through 170, Pete.
Check your a. |
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Knight: |
It's
coming up. |
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NASA
1: |
Very
good profile, Pete. You'll be just a little bit long. Pete, we have you
through 130. Check your G. RAS off. |
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Knight: |
RAS
off. |
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NASA
1: |
Good
head. Have you back through 100,000, Pete. Back through 90,000. Standby
for pushover and speed brakes, Pete. Have you inside 50 miles, Pete. Lets
get speed brakes out. You're at 4.4 and come right to a heading of 230,
Pete. |
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Knight: |
Full
speed brakes? |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
we have you at Mach 4. Full brake. Pete, we have you 10 north of Cuddeback.
Keep her coming around, heading 240. |
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NASA
1: |
Your
Hdot is very good, Pete. We have you almost abeam Cuddeback now at 70,000.
Your velocity is 3.3. Hdot is good. We have you at Mach 3, Pete. 20 miles
from Edwards. Your altitude is 65,000. Your energy looks good, your heading
looks good. You have Edwards in sight? |
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Knight: |
Rog,
I got it. Jerry, you want to jettison? |
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Chase: |
Roger,
Pete. |
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Knight: |
Say
again. |
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Chase: |
Go
ahead. |
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NASA
1: |
Have
you at 2.4 Mach number, Pete. 15 miles from Edwards. Will you turn engine
master off when you have time? |
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Knight: |
Engine
master off. |
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NASA
1: |
Have
you at Mach, 2 Pete. 60,000 feet. Still showing some speed brakes out.
You can bring them in as you desire. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
they're coming in now. |
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NASA
1: |
We
have you at 1.8 Mach number, Pete. About 55,000. You're still about 10
north of Edwards. 1.7 Mach number, Pete. |
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Knight: |
You
got me, Jerry? |
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Chase: |
I
got you, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Speed
brakes are closed. |
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NASA
1: |
You
can get your window shade down when you want it down. |
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Knight: |
Window
shade down, flaps. Temperatures look good. Landing SAS and the stick kicker. |
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NASA
1: |
Mighty
fine, Pete. We're showing you at 40,000 now. You're Mach number 1.5 by
our gages. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
how we going, Jerry? |
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Chase: |
OK,
I am a little bit ahead of you. Fitz is coming in behind you. |
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NASA
1: |
Have
you at 1.2 Mach number, Pete. Check your a. |
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Knight: |
a
8°. |
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NASA
1: |
Good
head, coming subsonic, Pete. Have you 2 or 3 miles north of the highway
about 38,000, Pete. Plenty of energy. |
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Knight: |
Rog
.......... |
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Chase: |
.......... |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
Pete, we have you abeam North Base about 33, 34,000. |
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Knight: |
Rog. |
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Chase: |
I
have 32, Pete. I got you 26. Fine 21. About 350 knots. 13,000. |
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Knight: |
OK,
coming around. |
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Chase: |
Brakes
are in now. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
we're leaving them in. |
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Chase: |
Coming
down. Nose gear down, extended, Pete. 10, 5, 3, 2, 1, you're down, Pete. |
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NASA
1: |
That
was a beauty, Pete. When you have time, let's go pressurize. |
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Knight: |
Gage
readings. Hydraulics are 32 and 32. APU tanks - 550. Fox is zero 1 and
2 is zero. Cabin source is 1900. APU source 23 and 400. APU bearing 60
and 60. Mixing chambers are -40 and -40. |