Chases: Baker

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Walker (Replaced by another chase)

Drop 9:39 over Rosamond
 

Chase:	Got a little blowout in back, and fire, Scott - like shutdown.
Crossfield:	Got a fire warning. How much fire have I got?
Chase:	Doesn't look like too much. A little back by the rear of the engine.
Crossfield:	Prime off. Going to jettison.
Chase:	I don't see fire now.
Crossfield:	Am I jettisoning?
Chase:	You are jettisoning.
Crossfield:	Going to land on Rosamond.
Chase:	You have plenty of room. We're at 32,000. Still jettisoning. See no indication of fire.
Crossfield:	Felt the explosion incidentally, whatever it was. Good indication on hydraulics. I have good control. Lost the roll damper on launch. I still have a fire warning light. Fire warning light just went out.
Chase:	We're at 27,000. Jettison is still full blast. Sam, are the lake winds the same?
Crossfield:	When I hit the center of Rosamond, I'm going to make roughly a 360, land to the east on Rosamond.
Chase:	Still jettisoning. We're almost to the east edge now. 25,000
Crossfield:	Almost where?
Chase:	Pardon me - to the edge of the lake.
Crossfield:	To the edge of Rosamond?
Chase:	Right. The first edge you would hit.
Crossfield:	Lost the roll damper again. When I put a little roll in I lost it!
Chase:	You're still jettisoning, but it's showing signs of giving out.
Crossfield:	Where did this fire come from - the bottom, the top or out of barrel?
Chase:	This was at the bottom engine - now 21,000 and we're not quite over the edge of Rosamond - you can make it all right - just remember the wind is going to blow you away. up. Is he OK, Bob? Yes, looks OK. Nothing going on
Crossfield:	OK, Buddy. I'm sorry I'm going to miss those couple of data points coming in here, Johnson.
Chase:	OK, I think you can turn now, Scott, on your high key.
Crossfield:	I'm crossing at 270. See that road down there. That's where I want to come in. That I think is about the best part of the Lake. Looks like somebody has been working on it, doesn't it?
Chase:	OK, your jettison is just about complete, Scott.
Crossfield:	I'll be heavy this time, so I may make just a little faster descent than we're used to.
Chase:	OK, don't forget to arm your ventral
Crossfield:	Ventral is armed.
Chase:	OK, cut your tanks.
Crossfield:	Tanks are going to pressurize. All through jettisoning. Sources are off.
Chase:	We're now at 12,000 feet. Come on around. 250 indicated. Now coming at 9000. Remind you of the ventral. Passing 6000. Scott, as far as I am concerned, I think we can safely jettison the ventral any time now.
Crossfield:	Ventral coming off now.
Chase:	.......... switch.
Crossfield:	Ventral off.
Chase:	It's off. The ventral is off.
Crossfield:	Roger. Here come the flaps.
Chase:	.......... Main gear, nose gear 30, 20, 10, 5. Think we got a structural bend behind the cockpit. Scott, you seem to be rolling true. QC, he is in the middle of the dry lake at Rosamond.
Q.C.:	Any problems?
Chase:	Stand by, we'll check for you, QC. The helicopter is about to pick him up.
Q.C.:	Is he OK, Bob?
Chase:	Yes, looks OK. Nothing going on.
Q.C.:	What happened behind the cockpit?
Chase:	.......... He has opened the canopy.
Q.C.:	Roger. The airplane still intact there?

Discussion re Scott opening the canopy and says he looks OK.