OXCART - CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OUTLINE OF AIRCRAFT #121 AND 122 DURING AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000500130073-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: August 30, 1963
• Content Type: MFR

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Aircraft #121
Repair fuel tank leak and inlet modification
Inlet modification
Inlet modification
Inlet modifications - reinstalling engines
Engine installation completed
Ground run - both engines damaged compressor honeycomb
Engines removed - engine damage internal, not FOD
Reconfigure anti-FOD screens to improve protection
Reconfigure anti-FOD screens, engines installed
Prepare for ground-runs and run at idle
Ground runs - revised longer procedure for anti-FOD
Ground runs completed - correct instrumentation trouble
Flight #76: Aircraft roughness investigation
Engines removed due cracked afterburner liners
Engines installed - correct inlet control trouble
Ground runs and pre-flight
Right hand inlet control replaced
Airframe hydraulic pump replaced
Flight #77: Adverse weather precluded high Mach
Flight cancelled - wind conditions
Fuel tank leak repair and pre-flight
Flight #78: Aircraft roughness investigation
Correct instrumentation trouble
Investigating engine compressor honeycomb
Engines removed due compressor honeycomb problem
Wait modified engines - being airlifted today
Wait engines - scheduled to arrive today
Aircraft #122
Structural repair - due aborted take-off 19 July
Structural repair
Structural repair - reinstalling engines
Structural repair
Structural repair
Structural repair
Structural repair
Structural repair
Structural repair
Prepare for ground runs
Ground runs - longer procedure for anti-FOD
Ground runs completed - correct inlet spike malfunction
Flight #19: Heat soak @ Mach 2.2
Routine maintenance and instrumentation
Flight #20: Heat soak and inlet investigation
Routine maintenance and pre-flight
Flight #21: Nose gear lock malfunction - aborted
Correct nose gear malfunction and fuel tank leak
Fuel tank repair
Flight #22: Heat soak
Right engine removed - trim malfunction
Engine removal completed
Engine installed - prepare for ground run
Engine removal due compressor honeycomb problem
Engines removed - honeycomb problem
Wait modified engines - being airlifted today
Wait engines - scheduled to arrive today
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