30 June 1961 - The Black Vault

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, 9 max1lnu:n speed was in the low supersonic ra...J.ge. and c l.imb perfol'rr. a:1ce was comparable to modern f1.ghtel"s. Test pilots noted the coekplt '-/as confo
l OO program and engine pa~ts fa1led at an unacceptable rate. }~4 ~ngtne overspeed \'laS also cor.:.zr.on, and one engine--S/N 230150--was d'estroyed Nhen the compressor bIeN apart during n sudden uncontrolledo ....e'rspeed. 45 Aircraft US{\F siN 58 ..1197 ';~as severely damaged by the engine explosion" however, this aircraft \'Ias not a Category II Systems Evaluation test airplane. Analysis of com - pressor parts byG'eperal EleetriG ind.icated the engine reached over 130peroent speed before destruc tion occurred. Cause of 0 verspeed ~; asbe11evedto be contaminat1on lodging in the ene;inc main fuel contt~o15. Over 60 percent of the maintenance SUPPOl't \'lent for pOltler plant 50 hour 1..11speotlon and unscheduled engine maintenance. Near the end of' the test program. only 25 maintenance ma.nhoUJ"G {'iere requl:-ed per flying hour. Thl::.; \'fas such a clgnlf'1cant improvement over the program average that test pernonnel rccommended increasing the airframe inspection interval to 100 ho~r~ oil test aircraft. to be used in Category III testinB. ll6 T-}8A Category II Stab1lity and Control Test::; Stability and control tests of the T-38A Here performed by the AFFTC on contractor maintained a1rcraft which \'.'ere u3ed conflurrently by the contractor 1n Category I tests. The Cat-::[;()~'y II etab111ty and control test program began on 22 February il~d \';as completed 16 December 1960 at Ed!;lapds AFB. Tcs t a1rc raft L~ 1\ • I bid. p. 32. }j ,.. .J. Ibid, p . 33 . 46. rOid, p. 75.
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Spink, Barry L Civ USAF AETC AFHRAJ
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, , ·::'i~,:~~'rg~~' DECLASSIFIED
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AUT H 0 R I Z A T ION ThiS ~terial
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of prototype and ne;'1 production e
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• • Co s t of OpeLa tlon ~ 1952
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- APPENprCES: A Sununary of AFF'X A
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(I 11 Charts: Page Cor:1.manders to
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" -, :- SUPPGE'rIHG 'l'Ar:, Hq A..
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Fag.:: r I 8 Dec 1949 I.: Feb 1951
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Page 26 Hay 1958 1 Jul 1958 17 Oc t
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t ·~ ~~ .jor· y,obert 11 . Io/hit
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1 Ghapter 1 HIS'roRY OF ASSIGHED UJ
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3 The XP-81 and xp-84 arr1ved at Mu
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5 Wing crashed during a test f11ght
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7 defunct 2159th Experimental Wing,
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9 Approval of the tofaster Plan si
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I 11 Mea.nwhlle, units were moving
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13 the 6S15th Armanent and Elec tro
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Growth and expansion affected Cente
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17 General Cooper was assigned to
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J In SU Dl i .t s hould be noted t
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23. 6510th USAF Hospital 'flas disc
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ltetircr.lents '{a.s,ter ::;'C!':t'
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.'.. education.al asnlgnment and re
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Aircraft Inventor; Ninety-one aircr
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Branch inspection of all other J79-
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and development of the Qyna-Soar f1
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I ~ . Also, the AF?TC D1rec tora te
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I on vehicles undergoing flight tes
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40 An Aerospace Research Pilot Cour
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I : { Funds \....ere denied f'or de
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filS?? a 44 Chapter 3 THE AIR FORCE
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:1 wFiiil 46 U co~~erc1al jet aircr
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I 52 Solid Rocket captive Test Fa,
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;;.iJ ,..I • support of industry"
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