January 23, 1961

January 23, 1961

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Kennedy Group Criticizes Space Effort

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Stol Caribou Calls for Special Handling

By Larry Booda15 min

MANAGEMENT

Nasa Budget Cautious on Man-in-space

By Edward H. Kolcum10 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Kennedy Group Criticizes Space Effort

A special task force headed by the new White House science adviser, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, has made a study of U. S. space and missile efforts for President John F. Kennedy. Because it is expected to become a blueprint for the new administration’s revisions of both programs (AW Jan. 16, p. 26), AVIATION WEEK is printing the entire report and its recommendations.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Stol Caribou Calls for Special Handling

Ft. Rucker, Ala.—De Havilland AC-1 Caribou is a simple, rugged twin-engine transport which is light on the controls and honest in its responses—but its STOL capability calling for flight unusually close to a low stall speed holds some surprises for pilots used to flying higher performance aircraft from long runways.

By Larry Booda15 min

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MANAGEMENT

Nasa Budget Cautious on Man-in-space

Washington—Congress was asked last week to appropriate $1.17 billion for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration program which puts heavy emphasis on booster and communications satellite development, but reflects a newly cautious attitude toward second-generation manned spacecraft.

By Edward H. Kolcum10 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Crash Spurs Further Bird Ingestion Study

Boston, Mass.—Crash last Oct. 4 of an Eastern Air Lines Lockheed Electra into Boston harbor will lead to a study of the flight safety effects of multiple bird strikes, according to a Federal Aviation Agency witness at a recent Civil Aeronautics Board hearing here (AW Jan. 16, p. 38).

By Glenn Garrison8 min

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MANAGEMENT

Defense Budget of $41.8 Billion Asked

Eisenhower plan calls for $532 million increase; Kennedy’s amendments expected in next few months.

By Larry Booda8 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Budget Urges Campaign to Reduce Subsidy

Effort proposed to cut cost of poor traffic stops; fare increases asked to offset higher fuel taxes.

By Robert H. Cook7 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Military Studies Ground Effect Vehicle

Detroit—Construction of first useable, practical ground-effect machine (GEM) for a military mission could start this year with funding available for Fiscal 1962 appropriations. GEM progress during the past two years has been rapid enough to justify design studies and component procurement leading to an amphibious support machine, said Lt. Col. J. L. Wosser, USMC, at the 1961 Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress here.

By David A. Anderton7 min

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AVIONICS

Agree Program Reveals Failure Causes

Philadelphia—Air Force and industry experience indicates that the tough new AGREE reliability procedures are a very effective mechanism for rooting out basic causes of unreliability, both in the equipment and within industry itself.

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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AVIONICS

Microelectronics Studies Gain Support

Los Angeles—The armed services plan to fund a number of development programs in microelectronics early this spring in a new round of support for promising techniques which, they hope, will yield small, reliable and low-power components and circuit functions for future avionic systems.

By Barry Miller7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Ardc Preparing Report Stressing Need for Military Space Program

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