Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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2.1
Lif t Off Cues
Cooper
Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
Cooper
FtE>ENTI L
2.0
POWERED FLIGHT
Okay, lift- off cues , CAP COM .
CAP CO~ didn ' t come
into the act until later .
Stoney counted us down
thru ignition and lift-off and then CAP COM picked
us up at l ift- off.
Motion is an excellent clue .
There ' s doubt in your mind when you ljft- off.
You
know, the second you lift- off that yot.' ve lifted.
Vibration was very low.
It had dropped out almost completely a.t lift-off,
felt that shaking was very l i ght.
There was very little vibrati on at all .
Okay,
vibration, very l ow.
Noise I thought, was quite
low.
I was particularl y aware of the noises of goi ng
through the max Q regionar y thing.
Oh , t his is
lift-off again .
I thought the noises were very
well at l iftoff .
You know the engines were
running from the outside before, you know, and man
they really make a racket, but from where you are
it's pretty quite.
You know there running.
You
can here them, there's no doubt about that , but .. .
Okay, on visual I don ' t . . . .
We had a very cl ear
day.
There weren't even any clouds in sight on
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IDENTI~