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List of X-1E flights
This is a list of flights made in the Bell X-1E airplane.
X-1E pilots
X-1E flights
Vehicle
Flight #
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Date
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Pilot
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Aircraft
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Agency
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Velocity
-Mach-
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Altitude
- m -
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Comments
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| X-1E #1
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December 12, 1955
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 1
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?
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?
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Pilot familiarization. Glide flight. Low speed evaluation.
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| X-1E #2
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December 15, 1955
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 2
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?
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?
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First powered flight. Engine ran overpressure, overspeeds with two automatic shutdowns. Pilot shutdown engine.
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| X-1E #3
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April 3, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 3
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0.85
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9,150
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Cylinder 1 did not fire. Damping characteristics good.
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| X-1E #4
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April 30, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 4
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?
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?
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Turbopump didn't start. No engine start.
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| X-1E #5
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May 11, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 5
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0.84
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?
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Turns from mach 0.69 to 0.84. Control pulses.
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| X-1E #6
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June 7, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 6
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1.55
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13,725
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Longitudinal, lateral trim changes in transonic region bothersome to pilot..
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| X-1E #7
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June 18, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 7
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1.74
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18,300
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Damaged while landing.
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| X-1E #8
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July 26, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 8
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?
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?
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Subsonic flight. Cylinders 3 and 4 didn't fire.
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| X-1E #9
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August 31, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 9
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2.0
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18,300
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Sideslips, pulses, rolls.
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| X-1E #10
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September 14, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 10
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2.1
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18,910
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Stabilizer, rudder, aileron pulses.
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| X-1E #11
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September 20, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 11
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?
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?
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Brief engine power. Engine malfunction. Flight aborted.
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| X-1E #12
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October 3, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 12
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?
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?
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Engine fired for only 60 seconds. Flight aborted. Engine and turbopump replaced.
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| X-1E #13
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November 20, 1956
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 13
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?
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?
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Engine did not start due to lack of manifold pressure.
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| X-1E #14
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April 25, 1957
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 14
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1.71
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20,435
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Aileron, rudder pulses.
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| X-1E #15
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May 15, 1957
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 15
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1.5
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22,265
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Aileron pulses, rolls, sideslips, wind-up turns. Aircraft was severely damaged on landing.
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| X-1E #16
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September 19, 1957
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 16
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?
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?
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Planned velocity not achieved due to loss of power during pushover from climb.
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| X-1E #17
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October 8, 1957
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 17
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2.24
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?
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Highest speed attained by X-1E.
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| X-1E #18
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May 14, 1958
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 18
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?
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21,350
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First flight with ventral fins. Longitudinal, lateral stability, control maneuvers tests. Engine air start at altitude.
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| X-1E #19
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June 10, 1958
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 19
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?
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?
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Flight aborted. Only 1 engine cylinder fired. Aircraft damaged on landing.
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| X-1E #20
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September 10, 1958
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 20
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?
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?
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Stability, control tests with ventral fins.
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| X-1E #21
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September 17, 1958
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Joseph Walker
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46-063
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NACA 21
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?
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?
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Stability, control tests with ventral fins. New stabilizer bell crank allowed greater stabilizer travel.
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| X-1E #22
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September 19, 1958
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John McKay
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46-063
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NACA 22
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?
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?
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Pilot familiarization.
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| X-1E #23
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September 30, 1958
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John McKay
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46-063
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NACA 23
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?
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?
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Tests of low-speed stability and control.
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| X-1E #24
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October 16, 1958
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John McKay
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46-063
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NACA 24
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?
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?
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First flight of modified engine with increased chamber pressure. Flight shortened due to overcast obscuring view of
lakebed.
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| X-1E #25
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October 28, 1958
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John McKay
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46-063
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NACA 25
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?
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?
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Good data obtained on new elevated chamber pressure, stability and control.
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| X-1E #26
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November 6, 1958
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John McKay
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46-063
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NACA 26
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?
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?
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Low-altitude and low-mach investigation of new U-Deta fuel. Last flight. Aircraft grounded due to significant crack in the fuel tank wall.
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See also
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