Knight: |
Precool
is off, Jack. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger,
Pete. |
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B-52: |
10
minutes. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
APU
cooling switches to normal. Both blowers to blowers and LN2. Pressure cooling
coming on. |
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B-52: |
51°,
Pete. |
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Knight: |
Rog,
51°, I got it. Inertial gages 45,000. About 700 fps. Zero H dot. Cabin
source is 3300. |
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Russel: |
I'm
reading 610 fps. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
I'm
only about 210 indicated, 28. |
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B-52: |
9
minute warning. |
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Knight: |
Helium
shutoff valve open. Lox valve is open. Ready, to start the APUs, clear
to start #2? |
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
#2
coming on. Got hydraulics, clear to start #l, Jack? |
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NASA
1: |
Ready
to start, Pete. |
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Knight: |
#l
coming up. OK, hydraulic checks OK. Electrical power is all right. Generators
are on the line. Controls and flaps. Circuit breakers are in. Don, are
you ready for the controls? |
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Chase: |
Roger. |
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B-52: |
8
minutes. |
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Knight: |
Flaps
coming down. |
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NASA
1: |
Start
your turn, Joe. |
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B-52: |
Going. |
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Chase: |
Flaps
coming down. |
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Knight: |
Flaps
coming up. |
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Chase: |
Flaps
coming up. |
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Knight: |
Mixing
chambers are -30 and -40. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
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Knight: |
a
is 1-1/2°, beta is 1 needle width left. Got 2° a
now. |
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NASA
1: |
OK,
Pete, how do you read NASA 1? |
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Knight: |
Rog,
5 square, Jack. How me? |
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NASA
1: |
5
square. |
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Knight: |
OK. |
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Chase: |
Everything
looks good Pete. |
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Knight: |
OK. |
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B-52: |
7
minute warning. |
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Knight: |
Aux
cabin pressure switch is on. Coming to internal. Fire extinguisher to auto.
Alternate SAS is off. |
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NASA
1: |
Rog,
Pete. |
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Russel: |
Lube
oil temp 95. |
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Knight: |
OK,
and I'm going ahead with the SAS check. |
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NASA
1: |
Go
ahead. Pete, give us APU bearing temps. |
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Knight: |
100
and about 40. |
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NASA
1: |
Thank
you. |
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B-52: |
6
minutes. |
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NASA
1: |
Understand
6 minutes. |
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Knight: |
SAS
check is complete. Everything looks good. I'm on hi-lo-hi. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger. |
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Chase: |
Everything
out here looks good. |
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Knight: |
Thank
you. ASAS is armed. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger,
Pete. 008, shallow your turn just a little. |
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B-52: |
Rog,
at 5 minutes. |
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NASA
1: |
5
minutes. |
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Knight: |
X-15
pressure is 2600. I'm on X-15 oxygen. Cabin altitude is 36,000. |
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Russel: |
Hold
for a second on this topoff. |
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Knight: |
OK. |
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NASA
1: |
008,
roll out to 232 and we'll call 4 minutes. |
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B-52: |
Making
it 232. |
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Russel: |
Topoff
is good, shutoff now, Pete. |
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Knight: |
OK,
thank you, Jack. |
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NASA
1: |
4
minutes now. |
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Knight: |
OK.
Topoff is complete. Going to pressurize. Tank pressures are up, 50 pounds.
Are you ready for a jettison check? |
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Chase: |
Affirm.
Looks good. |
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Knight: |
Back
to pressurize. All 3 switches are in jettison. Jettison complete. Intercom
coming off. How do you read on the radio, Jack? |
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NASA
1: |
Read
you 5 square. 008, come 2° right. |
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B-52: |
2°
right. |
|
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Russel: |
Stable
platform in specs. |
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Knight: |
Looks
good here. 25,000, velocity is about 600, little low. |
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B-52: |
3
minutes. |
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Knight: |
APU
bearing is 100 and about 75 there, Jack. |
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NASA
1: |
Thank
you, Pete. |
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..........
: |
.......... |
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Knight: |
Say
again? |
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..........
: |
We're
airborne again and .......... into position. |
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NASA
1: |
Please
stay off the air. |
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B-52: |
2
minutes. |
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Knight: |
OK,
ball nose test. |
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Russel: |
Doppler
velocity is 676. |
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Knight: |
Ball
nose looks good. |
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NASA
1: |
008,
come 2° right. |
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B-52: |
Got
it. .......... |
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NASA
1: |
Standby
for 1 minute, Pete. |
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Knight: |
Did
you call 1 minute, Jack? |
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NASA
1: |
1
minute now, Pete. |
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|
Knight: |
OK.
Beta is on. Launch heading. Calibrate. Precool and igniter idle. Igniter
ready light is on. |
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B-52: |
On
heading. |
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NASA
1: |
Tape
on, Pete? |
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Knight: |
Rog.
Pump looks good. It looks good here. |
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|
NASA
1: |
Looks
good here, let's go, Pete. |
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|
Knight: |
What
did he say, Joe? |
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B-52: |
He
said go! |
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Knight: |
3,
2, 1, launch. |
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NASA
1: |
Good
light, Pete. |
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|
Knight: |
OK,
I'm not reading you, but it all looks good here. |
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|
B-52: |
You
got a good light. |
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NASA
1: |
Heading
is good. |
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B-52: |
Heading
is good. |
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NASA
1: |
Standby
for theta. Heading is good. Profile is looking good. |
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B-52: |
Heading
is good, profile is good. |
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NASA
1: |
Standby
for pushover. |
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B-52: |
Standby
for pushover. |
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Knight: |
Jack,
I'm not reading you at all. Joe, will you relay a little bit. |
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NASA
1: |
Roger,
check your zero "G," Pete. |
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B-52: |
Check
your zero "G." He's reading you, Pete. |
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NASA
1: |
On
profile, on heading. How do you read, Pete? |
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Knight: |
5
square now, Jack. |
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|
NASA
1: |
Standby
for your shutdown. |
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|
Knight: |
Rog.
Shutdown. |
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|
NASA
1: |
45
was good, Pete. Have you just a little left of heading, you're looking
good. We have you peaking very good. About 43 on velocity, Pete. Have you
coming back down very nicely now. You're on heading, on profile. About
4.2. Beautiful. Mach 4. |
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|
Knight: |
Speed
brakes coming out. |
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NASA
1: |
Standby
for your speed brakes out. |
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|
Knight: |
Rog. |
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|
NASA
1: |
Just
a little high on profile, but you're looking good. You may have a little
excess energy. |
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|
Knight: |
OK,
I've got no H dot. |
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|
NASA
1: |
Understand
no H dot, Roger. About 3.8 Mach. |
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|
Knight: |
3.8? |
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NASA
1: |
3.7
now. |
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|
Knight: |
OK.
Speed brakes coming out. |
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NASA
1: |
Keep
your brakes out a little longer, Pete. |
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|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
There's
Cuddeback. 3.5. You've got plenty of energy, Pete, do you have the field? |
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|
Knight: |
Negative,
not yet. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Coming
down. There's 80,000 and 3.3. Mach 3 and check your yaw ASAS. About 2.8.
Do you have the field? |
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Knight: |
OK,
speed brakes coming in. |
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|
NASA
1: |
2.6.
Window open. |
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|
Knight: |
Say
again? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
About
2.5 on the Mach. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
We
have you right over North Base, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Say
again the position, Jack? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Right
over North Base. |
|
|
Knight: |
OK. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Start
your turn now, Pete. 60,000 at 2.2, You can bring your brakes in, Bring
it on around, |
|
|
Knight: |
How's
this time, Jack? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
About
2.1. |
|
|
Knight: |
I've
got the field now and the window is open. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger.
Keep it turning, Pete, and remember 23 is OK for landing. 1.7 on the Mach. |
|
|
Knight: |
Say
again? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
1.6
on the Mach. You're directly over Rosamond Dry Lake. |
|
|
Knight: |
OK. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Are
you reading us any better? |
|
|
Knight: |
Little
better. Altitude? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
47
on the altitude. |
|
|
Knight: |
OK. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
1.2.
Check your angle of attack, you'll be coming subsonic. |
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|
Knight: |
I'm
already coming subsonic. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger.
Go to pressure altimeter. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog.
When you get time, you can extend your alternate pitot. |
|
|
Knight: |
All
pitot heads out. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Chase,
when you're in position, we can have him go to jettison. |
|
|
Chase: |
OK,
I just picked him up. |
|
|
Knight: |
Ready
for jettison? |
|
|
Chase: |
Yes. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Save
peroxide, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Say
again? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Save
peroxide. Pete, you're 35,000 on the south tip of the lake. You can take
it into either one of them. |
|
|
Knight: |
I'm
looking good here. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Roger. |
|
|
Knight: |
Altitude
Mike? |
|
|
Chase: |
28. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog.
Speed brake. |
|
|
Chase: |
Got
about 240. |
|
|
Knight: |
Altitude
Mike? |
|
|
Chase: |
22.
Look real good. |
|
|
Knight: |
OK,
I got 320, 340. |
|
|
Chase: |
340. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Your
speed brakes are still out. |
|
|
Knight: |
Say
again? |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Your
brakes are still out. |
|
|
Knight: |
I
got them. |
|
|
Chase: |
Circuit
breakers .............. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Check
your flap and squat circuit breakers, Pete. Ramjet armed, engine master
off. |
|
|
Knight: |
Rog. |
|
|
..........
: |
...... |
|
|
Knight: |
OK,
I got 310 and 330. Little brake. 320, 350. |
|
|
Chase: |
7,000
and 320. Going through 6 and 320. Standby for ramjet, I'll call you. |
|
|
Knight: |
OK. |
|
|
Chase: |
Punch
it. Came off OK. |
|
|
Knight: |
Flaps. |
|
|
Chase: |
Down.
Gear, 5 feet, 3, 2, set her down. Good one. |
|
|
NASA
1: |
Nice
flight, Pete. |
|
|
Knight: |
Ball
nose is 166°. Inertial height 12,000. Climb zero. X-15 oxygen pressure
2000. Hydraulic good. H2O2 tank pressure good. APU bearings, +80 and +80.
Fox zero, #1 and #2 1600. APU source 28. Cabin source 19. |