Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965

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words, you're flying opposite. You're flying your
needle to. In other words, you're flyir.g back
course ILS on lateral and you're flying a standard
ILS on the glide slope--front course IL~,.
The
cross-range needle was showing off to the right,
which indicated that we needed to bank Jeft, which
is exactly right , That's just exactly right. We
hit 10 miles short. We never did get the cross­
range--cross-range was coming in--cross--range did
move in on us. Down-range, I don't believe, ever
really moved.
Cross-range did move in ~1ome on us,
and that's when I went back to the nominal.
I
thought, well, we're past the time to rEiverse bank
angle. Maybe I ought to roll right. So, I rolled
over to the right side and said, no, by golly, I'm
still going to follow the cross- range. At least
it's giving us the proper indications, l believe.
So, I rolled back in to the left bank, ,rhich was
smart because we still hit slightly to the right.
Were we off to the north or the south, Pete?
I had
it all figured out one time.
I don't really know Gordo.
I didn ' t pa;i, any atten­
tion to the cross-range needle.
Anyway, the way I had it figured out here the other