IDEALIST DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY AND PROGRESS (1 OCTOBER 1967 - 31 DECEMBER 1967)

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2000
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: December 31, 1967
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY AND PROGRESS
(1 October 1967 - 31 December 1967)
The number two U-2R aircraft. had its first flight
during this time period, 29 December 1967.
A U-2R technical meeting was held at Lockheed on
9 November. The outstanding propulsion system oriented
problem involved insufficient cooling of the engine oil
by the air/oil cooler. Recent modifications to the air
flow passages to the air/oil cooler and addition of an
engine supplied fuel/oil cooler scorn to provide oil
tempera Lures to the engine which are below max allowable,
even at high altitude flight conditions.
A. During this period a proposal was received from
25X1A5a2 for delivery of six rotating optical bar
panoramic cameras that would provide the U-2R with a
25X1DOc reconnaissance capability of
25X1DOc convergent stereo coverage at ground resolution of
25X1DOc Action was taken to coordinate Agency and
S F requirements for such a system and to request t funding
for the procurement.
B. Photography obtained in a controlled test program
was processed normally and by a Bimat process to evaluate
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resolution capabilities of Bimat processing for the
purpose of establishing advantages of a field Bimat
processing system. Evaluation is currently underway.
C. Design improvements were completed and
incorporated in serial number 1 T-35 tracker viewing
station. Retro-fit of S/N 2, 3, and 4 will be completed
in January and February 1968.
A. U-2C Program
1. Q-445 Seat Kit Improvements: An ECP was
requested from LAC during this period, for
improved quick disconnects, oxygen system and
for sleeping bag packed cushions.
2. Nomex Coveralls: Have been ordered and are
in production for all IDEALIST pilots.
B. U-2R Program
1. S-1010 Pilots Protective Assembly: The
prototype PPA was completed and evaluated during
October 1967. Initial evaluations were performed
25X1A9a by in the ARO of Buffalo Altitude
Chamber. The results which are the subjec-L of a
-3'Leviously distributed report, were very satisfactory.
A cockpit evaluation of the prototype PPA was conducted
during November, with satisfactory results. The PPA
was demonstrated to IDEALIST pilots at Detachment G
during November and was well received. The S-1010
PPA final design was approved and production of PPA's
for project pilots began in late November, with the
first 2 PPA's to be ready for fitting in February 1968.
2. Support Equipment: AGE and test equipment for the
S-1010 PPA has.all been delivered to Detachment G
during this period.
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3. Training: Life Support personnel at Detachment
G received two weeks of AGE and test equipment
training by ARO of Buffalo during this quarter.
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OPERATIONAL SUMMARY AND STATUS
(1 October 1967-31 December 1967)
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1. oVT?RFT,IGI1T SUMMARY
I . O A .i4 II4 %l II-.'. in 1,;-" i 4m Wilt I ' I',wii 41iirI ii!; I II,+
clu:Lr?Li:i? Of VY 68. An additional five were scheduled but
were subsequently cancelled for lack of ~ approval or
deteriorating weather.
Mission C327C was flown on 13 December from
by This mission was
flown approximately
This was the second
operational mission utilizing the "H" camera. The weather
was CAT I (5% cloud cover) and photographic interpretability
were rated fair. Two of the targets covered were good, 37
were fair and 22 poor.
II. GENERAL
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Article 385, was scheduled to depart from Edwards to
25X1A6a on 7 November but was delayed two months due
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to wing modification requirements.
2. One U-2 was deployed to Cecil NAS,
Florida on 6 December in support of the U. S. Navy in
obtaining photographic coverage of targets on the South
East coast of the U.S., the Southern Border of the U. S.
and the West coast of the U. S.
consisted of four scheduled missions in
which Project Headquarters simulated Detachment "G"
deployment to a forward operating base for the purpose
of conducting photographic missions.
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Three missions were flown which included 25 targets
from Southern California to Florida and all'of the East
coast targets. Eight targets were missed because of
weather (two were priority two and the remaining six
were priority three). All priority one targets were
covered.
The last mission covering the targets on the `Vest
coast is to be flown in January.
3. Four RED DOT missions were successfully flown
in October. These are film evaluation missions.
25X1A2g 4. There were 16 missions flown
25X1A2g in this quarter. These flights were conducted to
evaluate special ECM equipment performance and possible
interference with other EWS equipment aboard the aircraft.
25X1A6a A complete system checkout of Article 385 prior to ferry
to This check had to be reaccomplished upon
return of Article from LAC after completing wind mod-
ification. This included Systems 6A, 913, 12C, 13C,
O/S Mark III and related tie-in functions.
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25X1A2g flights were scheduled to fly out of
Edwards on December 5, 7y, 12 and 14. The first two
days of flight test were satisfactory, however;
System 20 was damaged on landing on 7 December when
the right wing dropped due to gusting cross winds.
25X1A2g This damage resulted in delaying the remaining
25X1A2g flights for approximately two months.
6. As a result of win- cracks discovered on SAC
U-2 aircraft; all project U-2's were -rounded on
6 November. Subsequently an ultrasonic inspection
was completed by LAC team to determine the status of
all project U-2 aircraft. This inspection revealed
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that Articles 355, 349 and 359 had flaws and were
scheduled for modification at LAC. Article.359 was
released for flight with the following restrictions:
1. Maximum load factor must be reduced by 25`Jo.
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2. Article 359 not to be used in training of
3. Article to be inspected regularly for wing
cracks after 25 hours of flight and at 50
hour intervals thereafter.
Article 383 at was inspected by a LAC team
and released for ig n 15 November with a reinspection
after 25 hours and at 50 hour intervals thereafter.
Approximately five weeks per article is required to
complete the wing modification at LAC. Two articles
have been completed with one article presently under-
going modification at LAC. The remaining articles are
programmed to be completed in the next quarter.
7. have completed all ground training
and the initial flight training consisting of fifteen missions
in the U-2. Both iiijilij have returned to -
8. U-2R. The first flight for U-2R aircraft number two
(NS09X) was flown on 29 December for a period of one hour
and twenty three minutes. The first flight profile was
completed as planned.
U-2R aircraft number one has completed twee t:y ('I i ;:ih t
with n It)(:iI ncckniniIn[ed i'1yin; t.iIII(