Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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you can use to stabilize the pin when you insert
it. And when I say the holes through which you
insert the pins are unsatisfactory, I 'm referring
to holes through a cylindr i cal shaft that is
hollow inside so t hat you not only have t o find
the hole to put it in on one side, but you have
to work it around and find the hole that it goes
through on the other side. I don ' t believe that's
satisfactory.
I don't think the opening into the
hole is supposed to be beveled and they weren 't
beveled on my seat and they weren't beveled on
Jim ' s seat , either. I t hink a beveled hole is a
hole that is bigger on the outside than it is on
the inside. I don' t believe there is much dif­
ference between the outside and the inside of the
holes for the drogue pins. I had a difficult
time putting my own in. I put Jim's pins in. It
took me awhile, but I put them in. I never did
get one of mine in satisfactorily at this time ,
so I think we should do something better with
the drogue pins. In addition I couldn' t even see
the hole.
You had an easier time putting my pin in t han you
had putt ing your own pin in.
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