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Robert A Champine American Pilot Test Pilot. .

Personal: Male.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Test Pilot (NASA). Inactive

Flights on the XS-1 # 2.

Champine Chronology

23 November 1948 - XS-1 Flight 97. NACA flight 20. Pilot familiarization. Check on handling qualities and pressure distribution.

29 November 1948 - XS-1 Flight 98. NACA flight 21. Check on handling qualities and pressure distribution. Mach 0.88.
30 November 1948 - XS-1 Flight 99. NACA flight 22. Check on handling qualities and pressure distribution.
2 December 1948 - XS-1 Flight 101. NACA flight 23. Check on handling qualities and pressure distribution. Plane exceeded mach 1 briefly.
6 May 1949 - XS-1 Flight 113. NACA flight 24. Check on airplane instrumentation. Mach 0.88 at 12200 m.
13 May 1949 - XS-1 Flight 114. NACA flight 25. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Mach 0.91.
27 May 1949 - XS-1 Flight 115. NACA flight 26. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Mach 0.91. Stabilizer found more effective than the elevator during pull-ups at mach 0.91.
16 June 1949 - XS-1 Flight 116. NACA flight 27. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Rolls and pull-ups around mach 0.91.
23 June 1949 - XS-1 Flight 117. NACA flight 28. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Rolls, pull-ups, check of stabilizer effectiveness.
11 July 1949 - XS-1 Flight 118. NACA flight 29. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Rolls, pull-ups, check of stabilizer effectiveness. Mach 0.91. Number 2 cylinder failed to fire.
19 July 1949 - XS-1 Flight 119. NACA flight 30. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Rolls, pull-ups, check of stabilizer effectiveness. Mach 0.91. Number 2 cylinder failed to fire.
27 July 1949 - XS-1 Flight 121. NACA flight 31. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Rolls, pull-ups, check of stabilizer effectiveness.
4 August 1949 - XS-1 Flight 122. NACA flight 32. Spanwise pressure distribution, stability and control. Rolls, pull-ups, check of stabilizer effectiveness.
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