Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965

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e:x:actly the same.
You get a. good whack and then you sit
there and vibra.te ba.ck a.nd forth for a little bit.
6.14 2X Checklist
Borman
2,000 foot checklist we accomplished with no problem. About
this time, at 2,000 feet, I heard Air Boss calling and we
started communicating with Air Boss.
I saw him flying around
while we were still on the chute. Houston came throU8h
a.bout this time and wanted to lmow if we had a. main chute.
I'd ca.lled a.11 these things off, but I guess th.at the com­
xmmica.tions-maybe the Auto Cats weren't working or some­
thing.
Lovell
Air Boss should have called back a.nd said•••
Borman
But I called back and confirmed main chute.
6.15 Landing
Borman
We hit the water with a. pretty good thud, and your window
went under water, didn't it? Jim's window went under watero
We hit in a drift. We were drifting to the right rear, and
there was a 14 knot wind, and when we hit the sp&eecra.ft
rolled to the right, and your window went under the W&ter,
and mine eticy-ed up. Nothing serious tho'U8h,.
Lo-vell
Nothi.ng serious.
6.16 Postlanding Checklist
Borman
We extended the .RF antenna. to get e. test for them &nd went
on HF-DF; I hope that somebody heard it. But they had