Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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this, and I had l ooked down to find Cairo.
I
think we had had an Apollo Landmark or D- 6
type of thing,where we were supposed to
loolc down and just acquire the target, but not
actually track it or take any pictures.
When
we did come by, we could actually look down and
find the city of Cairo the first time we came
by.
Later I found the Cairo Airfiel d, and Ed
and I were discussing Cairo Airfield and
Alexandria Airfield.
We both had one in sight.
When I picked up the Cairo Airfield(I was told
to pick up the Cairo Airfield),it had all the
ingredients that I think is necessary.
I had
seen it beforE . I knew where it was with respect
to the local landmark.
The local l andmarks
were the Mediterranean on one side , the Red
Sea on the other side, the Suez Canal connecting
these two l arge bodies of water, and a river
leading f rom near the Suez Canal over toward
the city and the airfiel d.
Then. knowing the
position of the airfield with respect to these
landmarks ,since I
1d al ready seen it , I came in
over North Af rica along the Mediterranean Coast
with no pl atf orm on, just in Pulse Mode, no