Interference No. 102,755
information had not been available earlier
in the proceeding. [Paper No. 40, at 5.]
DeYoung's accompanying affidavit reads in pertinent part as
follows (NR 501):
2. In the course of fact finding relative to
this interference, I have become aware that
Elizabeth Harasek, Esq. and Garrett
DeVlieg, both employees of Boeing
Corporation, engaged in a telephone
conference with Hal Smith of Northrup
Corporation of Dayton, Ohio, on July 20,
1992, and were advised by Mr. Smith that
the concept of applying and/or inhibiting
selected portions of the brakes on an
aircraft when the aircraft speed was below
a predetermined threshold level was
practiced at least as early as the mid-
1960's in conjunction with the XB-70
program at Edwards Air Force Base in
California.
3. After I obtained the information set forth
in paragraph 2, above, I questioned the
accuracy of Mr. Smith's recollection and,
based upon conversations that I then had
with other personnel at ABSC, I formed the
opinion that the brake modification
undertaken on the XB-70 aircraft may have
dealt with pressure regulation on the
brakes, or may have dealt with selective
inhibiting and enabling of the brakes at
lower speeds.
4. In an attempt to further explore this
matter, we sought documents under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) relative
to the brake control system on the XB-70
aircraft. While we have obtained some
documentation relative to the development
of the brake control system on that
aircraft, other documentation which is
known to exist has still not been released
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