12 minutes to launch
 

McKay:	#2 off, #1 pitch, roll. #1 BCS is on, data off.
NASA 1:	Thank you.
Russel:	Doppler to normal.
NASA 1:	008, did you call launch pressure?
B-52:	Affirmative, launch pressure check OK.
NASA 1:	Jack, all the lake winds are essentially calm, altimeter 3005.
McKay:	Rog.
Russel:	Doppler back to normal.
B-52:	11 minutes.
McKay:	11 minutes. Data off. RAS auto cutoff is off.
NASA 1:	008, start your turn right at 7 minutes.
B-52:	Roger, understand 7 minutes, time to turn. l0 minutes. 349 heading.
McKay:	10 minutes. APU cooling switch normal. Both blowers BLN2. Pressure cooling coming on. Inertial altitude is 45,000. OK on velocity. Zero .......... and the attitudes look good.
NASA 1:	Thank you, Jack.
Russel:	B-52 reading 760 inertial velocity.
McKay:	Roger and cabin source is 3500. APU source #l is 3100 and #2 is 3250.
NASA 1:	Thank you, Jack. 008, did you miss 9 minutes?
McKay:	Was that 9 minutes? Helium shutoff valve on. Roger. Hydraulic temperatures are - #1 is -50 and #2 is -50. OK. Data coming on.
NASA 1:	Russell, go forced memory for the turn.
McKay:	APU's coming on. 8 minutes, Roger. #1 coming on, pressure is coming up.
NASA 1:	Looks good here, Jack.
McKay:	Roger. Reset generators. Engine reset. Hydraulic pressures, #1 is 3350 and #2 is 3450. Electrical power checks out. Mixing chambers are -45 on #1 and #2. Data off.
NASA 1:	Thank you.
Russel:	X-15 power off.
B-52:	7 minutes, 008 starting turn.
NASA 1:	Understand 7 minutes.
McKay:	Flaps.
Chase:	Didn't see the flaps, Jack, did you actuate them?
McKay:	OK, coming out again.
Chase:	OK, I see them now.
McKay:	Coming in.
Chase:	All OK.
McKay:	Roger.
Russel:	Lube oil temp 90°.
NASA 1:	Understand 90°. Tighten the turn, 008.
B-52:	Roger.
McKay:	Aux cabin pressure switch is on. Going to internal.
B-52:	6 minutes. Roger.
McKay:	Fire extinguisher auto. Alternate SAS is armed. Going to do my SAS check.
NASA 1:	OK, Jack.
McKay:	Going to monitor. OK, got a yaw and roll. Alt SAS light is off. Switch off. Reengage. Alt SAS switch is off and going to work. Give a yaw, roll and pitch.
B-52:	5 minutes.
McKay:	Reengage and 5 minutes. Alternate SAS switch is armed.
NASA 1:	Thank you.
McKay:	Got 6-4-8 on the SAS gains. Roger. Horizontal stabilizer is zero. X-15 oxygen.
Russel:	Platform in specs.
NASA 1:	Thank you, Jack.
McKay:	Reading is 2200. Cabin altitude is 35,000.
Russel:	Ready for topoff complete, Jack?
McKay:	Affirm.
Russel:	Topoff is complete.
B-52:	4 minutes.
McKay:	Topoff is complete at 4 minutes. Data on - calibrate. Pressures coming up. Roger. The jettison switches are in jettison. We will not jettison..
NASA 1:	Roger.
McKay:	And the pressure switch normal. Data off. Intercom switch coming off. Roger.
NASA 1:	Give you a radio check. How do you read me, Jack?
McKay:	5 square, how me?
NASA 1:	Roger, confirm interphone switch is on.
McKay:	Interphone switch is off, .........
NASA 1:	Loud and clear, Jack. Peroxide jettison switch stop.
B-52:	3 minutes.
McKay:	3 minutes. .......... attitude. Inertials are 750 and 45,000.
Russel:	52 .......... doppler.
NASA 1:	Heading looks good, what's your time?
B-52:	2 minutes and 30 seconds now.
NASA 1:	Roger.
McKay:	APU bearing temperature is +80.
B-52:	Jack, we want to check X-15 oxygen is off?
McKay:	That's affirmative.
B-52:	2 minutes to launch.
McKay:	2 minutes and data off. And the alt SAS switch is off. Push to test ball nose. Cine camera to pulse. And head bumper.
NASA 1:	Confirm ASAS light off, ASAS armed and what's your a and b?
McKay:	b is 1/2° right and a is reading 1° nose up. And the pressures are all looking good.
NASA 1:	Right, Jack.
B-52:	1 minute.
McKay:	1 minute, going to prime. Got igniter ready light.
B-52:	40 seconds.
McKay:	4O seconds, precool. And my pump bearing is a +12, correction -6.
NASA 1:	Roger. Igniter idle switch?
McKay:	Igniter idle is on. Ready to launch light switch coming on. 10 seconds, pump idle. Ready to launch, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Launch.
Chase:	It's a good light, Jack.
McKay:	Rog.
NASA 1:	Jack, you're low on thrust - want to give us a chamber reading?
Chase:	..........
McKay:	Got 12°.
NASA 1:	Chamber pressure?
McKay:	Tank pressures are 50.
NASA 1:	Give it again, Jack. Push your throttle up, Jack, and give us chamber pressure.
McKay:	We got a chamber pressure of 200.
NASA 1:	Roger, you got full throttle?
McKay:	Affirm. Everything is.............
NASA 1:	You're running at 30%, Jack.
McKay:	30%.
NASA 1:	That's what it looks like here.
McKay:	How are we doing, Bob?
NASA 1:	Roger, Jack, you're going by Mud Lake. It looks like a landing at Mud Lake.
McKay:	Shutting down. Roger.
NASA 1:	Go to jettison and land at Mud Lake. Start your left turn and look for the lake, you're right opposite it at about 10 miles.
McKay:	OK, going to jettison.
Chase:	Roger, I see jettison. You have ..........
McKay:	Not very much.
Chase:	.......... He is going to land at Mud Lake, Helicopter.
NASA 1:	Jack, have you at 50,000 about 10 miles south now.
McKay:	Speed is 330.
Chase:	Roger, still jettisoning.
McKay:	OK, indicating about 1.1. 13° angle of attack.
NASA 1:	Looks real good, Jack.
Chase:	..........
McKay:	Rog.
NASA 1:	Have you about 75.
McKay:	OK, subsonic and I'm getting a little dive brakes at 30,000 feet, indicating about 320. .......... angle of attack on that vibration.
H-21:	What's your heading, Jack?
McKay:	I'm pressurizing. Set up for a landing due east.
NASA 1:	Understand to the east?
McKay:	Due east.
NASA 1:	OK. Have the lake in site?
McKay:	And the dive brakes are in.
H-21:	Got a red light here, Bob.
Chase:	OK, thanks. How much brakes you got, Jack?
McKay:	I'm indicating about 270. Coming up on about 22,000.
Chase:	..........
McKay:	Standby, 1,000 right.
Chase:	Rog. Winds ........a little tiny bit of wind from south and a little bit east.
McKay:	I said pressurize, Bob.
NASA 1:	Chase 1, do you read NASA 1?
Chase 3:	NASA 1, this is chase 3, go ahead.
NASA 1:	Chase 3, we can read chase 1. Would you have him give us a comment?
Chase 3:	Chase 1, would you give NASA a comment please, they can read you.
NASA 1:	Partially, something about the nose gear, say again on the nose gear.
Chase 3:	Rog, NASA, this is chase 3, the nose gear came off and airplane rolled over. That's the only word they have yet.
NASA 1:	Rog, thank you.
B-52:	Made .......... the nose gear came off, he rolled. The rescue is there now trying to blow the ammonia away. Helicopter chase says he is still in the airplane.
NASA 1:	Roger. How is your fuel, Jack?
Jack:	I'm down to 3,000 ..........
Chase 1:	Helicopter, Chase 1.
H-21:	Roger, right side up ..........
NASA 1:	Understand the pilot is moving. Eddy Tower, have you been reading the transmissions?
Tower:	NASA 1, roger.
NASA 1:	Roger, the X-15 will not be coming back here to land.
Chase:	There's a .......... getting the pilot out now. He appears to be conscious.
NASA 1:	Roger, understand. Will standby.
Chase 1:	We got the pilot out of the airplane a ......
NASA 1:	Rog, understand. 008, this is NASA 1.
B-52:	Go ahead, NASA 1, 08.
NASA 1:	Roger, would you try to contact 132.
B-52:	Roger.
NASA 1:	Get his position.
B-52:	Landing .......... in the stretcher.
.......... :	008, we have the pilot aboard and they are going to .............
NASA 1:	Roger, understand, thank you.
B-52:	008 will standby for a ...........
.......... :	We have a relay here. He is conscious and they are trying to get his suit off him to make a further determination, but he is conscious.
NASA 1:	Roger, understand, thank you.
H-21:	132 is airborne heading towards Edwards.
.......... :	They say they are still taking the suit off him, he is conscious, he seems to have some internal pain. Of course they are not sure to what extent, he does not seem to appear to be in terribly bad shape though.
NASA 1:	Roger, understand. Roger, would you relay to 132 that we have clearance for him to go through restricted area 2505 below 20,000 feet.