January 28, 1957

January 28, 1957

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Report Shows Soviet Interest in Space

AVIONICS

Avionic Consumers Union Proposed

By Philip J. Klass8 min

British Procurement, Accounting Flayed

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Report Shows Soviet Interest in Space

Robot tanks equipped as mobile laboratories with television cameras and telemetering instrumentation have been proposed as a first step in the exploration of the Moon by Soviet scientist Yu. S. Khlebtsevich. To place one of these tank-labs on the Moon would only require a rocket of several hundred tons gross weight, says Khlebtsevich, and the possibility of orbital refueling would reduce that figure to the order of 100 tons.
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AVIONICS

Avionic Consumers Union Proposed

By Philip J. Klass8 min

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British Procurement, Accounting Flayed

House of Commons Select Committee assails aircraft industry for waste and failure in blistering report.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Cougar Doubles as Fighter-trainer

Bethpage, L. I., N. Y.—Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. is optimistic about the chances of its F9E-8T to get top billing as an advanced fighter trainer for Naval Air Training Command. The case for the two-seat Cougar is based on the Grumman claim that it more closely parallels the handling and performance of upcoming Navy fighters than does its chief competitor, the Lockheed T2V.

By Russell Hawkes7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Largest Intercity Copter Operation Grows

Sabena helicopters will carry 75,000 passengers this year; feed traffic to airline’s long haul service.

By Alpheus W. Jessup6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Boac Proposes New Navigation Plan

London—British Overseas Airways Corp. hopes to persuade scheduled airlines to adopt a uniform track guidance system for jet transports flying the North Atlantic. BOAC’s proposal, backed by data compiled from a series of transatlantic “paper” flights with DC-7Cs and Comet IIIs, would replace the present system of pressure-pattern flying, which the airline feels will be unsuited for jets.

By L. L. Doty6 min

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Letters

Credit to NACA I was interested to note the photographs of siliconized molybdenum prisms in a ramjet flameholder in the article on molybdenum by Russell Hawkes (Aviation Week, December 10, 1956). This molybdenum was used in combustion research in which I participated at the NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland and credit is due the NACA for this experimental application.
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EQUIPMENT

Old-type Shaft Seal Adapts to Jets

New York—An old bellows type shaft seal, which has been giving faithful service for the past nine years on Curtiss-Wright Turbo Compound reciprocating engines, is expanding to applications on turboprop and turbojet powerplants and high rpm. airborne accessories.

By George L. Christian5 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Seamaster Tooling Nearly Complete

Proof of steadfast Navy backing for Martin P6M SeaMaster program is completion of the jet powered flying boat’s tooling. R. Hoe & Co., Bronx, N. Y., is just now winding up its $2 million plus contribution to SeaMaster production tooling.
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FINANCIAL

Navy Contracts

Following is a list of unclassified contracts of $25,000 and over as released by Navy Contracting Offices: AVIATION SUPPLY OFFICE, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia 11, Pa. The Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co.. 3781 East 77th St., Cleveland 5, Ohio, strut assys (383/2110-1907 X 7/1/53) 8 ea, $44,761.
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