Spacelog Mercury 6

This is Friendship Seven. Going to fly-by-wire. I'm down to about 15 percent on manual.

Roger. You're going to use fly-by-wire for reentry and we recommend that you do the best you can to keep a zero angle during reentry. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

This is Friendship Seven. I'm on fly-by-wire, back it up with manual. Over.

Roger, understand.

Seven, this is Cape. The weather in the recovery area is excellent, 3-foot waves, only one-tenth cloud coverage, 10 miles visibility.

Roger. Friendship Seven.

Seven, this is Cape. Over.

Go ahead, Cape, you're ground, you are going out.

We recommend that you. …

This is Friendship Seven. I think the pack just let go.

This is Friendship Seven. A real fireball outside.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Over.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Over.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Do you receive? Over.

Hello, Cape. Friendship Seven. Do you receive? Over.

… How do you read? Over.

Loud and clear; how me?

Roger, reading you loud and clear. How are you doing?

Oh, pretty good.

Roger. Your impact point is within 1 mile of the up-range destroyer.

Roger.

… Over.

Roger.

This is Cape, estimating 04 50. Over.

Roger, 04 50.

Okay, we're through the peak g now.

Seven, this is Cape. What's your general condition? Are you feeling pretty well?

My condition is good, but that was a real fireball, boy.

I had great chunks of that retropack breaking off all the way through.

Very good; it did break off, is that correct?

Roger. Altimeter off the peg indicating 80,000.

Roger, reading you loud and clear.

Roger.

Roger, drogue came out at 30,000, at about a 90° yaw.

Roger, is the drogue holding all right?

Roger, the drogue looks good.

Roger.

Scope did not come out.

… check list.

Roger, pumping the scope out.