OXCART FLIGHT TEST AND CONFIGURATION CONTROL BOARD MEETING OF 10 MAY 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68B00724R000100060020-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: May 17, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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Board Meeting of 10 May 1966.
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1. On l4 May 3986 a meeting of the ARTers a observers
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meeting Configuration General Board
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in attendance were as follows:
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a. presented a procedure for maintaining
a standard configuration Control Chart at Headquarters. The
procedure was accepted as presented.
b. I I also presented a proposed Fleet Configura-
tion Chart. was agreed to use this chart for all future
Board discussions on this subject. The chart will be expanded
to include SCP atatis, 08A funds available, NBC funds approval,
status of Service Bulletins and aircraft incorporation,
engineering delays, etc., of items approved by the Board.
c. The decision whether or not to install the increased
capacity environmental system in all aircraft which will
require four months lead time was deferred pending the
acquisition of more data. This subject will be discussed
at a future meeting.
4. Consideration for installing the increased electrical
capacity system in all Detachment aircraft will be withheld
until December 1966. Hopefully data on the Axial Gear Drive
(AGD) system will then be available. The decision to delay
was based on an estimated threat requirement three years from
now. Lockheed will forward to Headquarters reliability and
other data associated with a busy tie incorporation.
e. I Iwill prepare a projected monthly plan
each week o con emplated work on each Detachment aircraft
with appropriate ZMA's.
f. ARC_6O flight testing will continue on Detachment
aircraft. Five additional flights are scheduled with the
first to have been flown on 12 May.
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g. Approval was granted for new cockpit panels for all
aircraft including aircraft #121 and #124. All 330 INS
units will be modified to be ccapatlble with the new cockpit
instruments .
h. Two previously proposed INS mode, i.e., the emergency
cross course capability and the variable fix reject with time
will not be implemented. The mod displaying the amount of
update fix will be installed and flight tested in aircraft #124.
This will require approximately 3-4 flights. After completion
of the test program in aircraft #124, the Board will decide
whether or not to install the mod in one Detachment aircraft
for high and fast testing.
i. The INS will not be given the capability of is-air
alignment since this would require a new airborne computer.
However, Lockheed will investigate paralleling the power
stages of the #3 and #4 inverter and running both inverters
off of the same frequency source. This would prevent the loss
of regulated a.c. power to the INS in the event of one inverter
power stage failure. It was noted that if the increased
capacity electrical system is eventually approved, the problem
is essentially eliminated since both the left and right
generating systems may be paralled through a bus tie.
J. Further testing to develop a rendezvous capability
using the LF AD? system will be deferred while LAC continues
to work to improve the LF ADF antenna on the A-12 to have a
better capability against a ground station. An improved
antenna will be installed on aircraft #122 now in major mod.
3. Miscellaneous
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presented a list of items which are
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scheduled for ig testing in aircraft #121 and #122. An
estimated monthly time frame for testing these items was also
presented. (See attachment).
b. General Ledford emphasized that all concerned must
be more specific with regard to the details of the flight test
program in order that his comptroller can justify the OXCART
budget requests. The General also emphasized the transition
of primary technical support responsibility for the Detachment
aircraft from D/TIC to D/Material.
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d, noted above. fight flying tests will be
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30 May with LAC, an the pilot. A temporary
re-start sw c s on installed tor these tests. All
approved night flying sods are installed in all Detachment
aircraft, but the Detachment is waiting for a more satisfactory
design of a re-start switch for their aircraft.
e. LAC advised that the drift sight cursor knob can be
installed on the drift sight and that this installation is
satisfactory to the Detachment pilots.
g. LAC is investigating the feasibility of aft transfer
of fuel into tank #b to keep the cg. aft for BLACK SEIELD
missions. It was pointed out that currently the aircraft
are flying with a c.g, position of 24%-25% and 30 - 410 of
trim. This is resulting in approximately 5% degradation of
range factor.
Lion of another operational aircraft
for installation was deferred by General
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4,5 - OXC/OSA
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10 - CD/OSA
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