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- p. 13 …Without their help a good deal of this story could never have
become known. The assistance…
- p. 44 …the CL-282; in fact, there may never have been
a formal decision as such. In…
- p. 74 …fly, Lockheed engineers had to solve
problems never before encountered. Among these problems was the
need…
- p. 84 …Flight tests continued, with the U-2 ascending to alti-
tudes never before attained in sustained…
- p. 102 …put aside for further thought
(which it never received), and Bissell's weather research cover re…
- p. 138 …Then in January 1960, the commander of Detachment B,
raised an important question that had never…
- p. 147 …Peninsula, because of bad weather and, therefore, never
entered Soviet airspace. A second attempt to photograph…
- p. 159 …Six of the men on board were
killed and the remaining 11 were never heard from…
- p. 160 …Although this new Berlin crisis never became as threatening
as the blockade of 1948-49, President…
- p. 165 …The Air Force never equipped its orig-
inal U-2s with the J75 engines."
Detachment C…
- p. 189 …Powers never made it past Sverdlovsk. Four and a half hours into
the mission, an SA…
- p. 208 …very
good reason, and such a situation never developed, in part because
satellite photography gradually began…
- p. 210 …Since this never happened, Francis Gary Powers' flight on I
May 1960 proved to be the…
- p. 223 …Responsibility for photo-
graphic coverage of Cuba remained with the Air Force; Agency pilots
never flew…
- p. 264 Sratrt.11/Qt2.1....31■1
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There was never another Agency…
- p. 290 …the OXCART aircraft for its own use. never adopted the laminated
vertical stabilizers.'4
THE OXCART…
- p. 294 …Scott employed concepts never be-
fore used in camera systems. These included the use of a…
- p. 298 …As it turned out, the J58 was
never used in a Navy aircraft.
OSA History. chap…
- p. 299 …This new delay was caused by leaking fuel tanks, a problem
that would never be solved…
- p. 313 …even
though the SKYLARK contingency plan was never put into effect.
Since U-2s continued to…
- p. 316 …Moreover, the Soviets never operated the radars in the tracking and
locktin modes, a fact that…
- p. 326 …collector of strategic intelligence, the
OXCART was never used for this purpose. Its brief deployment was…
- p. 328 …Yet, the President never went so far
as to eliminate the overflight program. As Commander in…
- p. 333 …its speed and altitude have never been equaled. The development of
this aircraft also led to…
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