Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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McDivitt
all the way back.
So, I ran ou~ of air with
the g~n ani I reported this to Jim.
I didn ' t
attempt to take al}Y p-Lotures while I was
aotually maneuvering with the gun.
The
techniq·.1e th;,.t I used with the gun W3.S tne
te:.!h.aiq 1e ~hat we developed on the air- bearing
platform.
I kept my left hand out to the side,
and the gun as close to my cente::- of grcrrity
as I could.
I think l;hat the training I had ,)n
the air- bearing tables was very representative ,
especially in yaw and pitch.
I felt quite
confident with the g.m in yaw a:u pitch, but I
f elt a little l ess confident in roll .
I f elt
that I would have to use too mich of my fuel .
I f elt that it wo~ld be a little more difficult
to control and. I didn ' t ,,,ant to use my fuel
to take out my roll combination with the yaw.
We divided our plan so tha.t I would havd a part
of it on the ma.YJ.euver and a part of it on the
tether.
I don't know how far along we were
whP.n the gun ran out .
Right on schedule when the gun ran out .
We
planned f ollr minutes for the gun port ion of it.
We were just abQut on schedule .
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