+ 1970 News Releases (7.6 Mb PDF file) - NASA

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The gray and white four engine NASA aircraPt cruised along 1,500
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NASA _ianned S}aceer_ft Center pilot Jerry Cobb called over the
air'raft i_uterecm_ "Nine miles to the Judy K, somebody watch for the
b _±._" The airoraf_ fteg over t_e 35-foot boat, the instruments reckon'de!
Lhe iata a_d th:_ the a_c'eraft flew towards its next _arget_ ]00 m._:_s
q'h_ P!J_[,'i c_iz',,_'aft f', il_wo] till:: pattern i'_,r sev,_, ,tay,_: _'p_'er_t!, M
_i_'!',_'lI['_ t (_ f_vefl:[ Lockheed Electra NP3A, logged more than _] _X>O
:n:._esover the -Pacii'iecollecting data which m_y prove helpful in
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