November 26, 1962

November 26, 1962

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AVIONICS

Spasur Net Giving Vital Norad Coverage

By Philip J. Klass14 min

AVIONICS

Jpl Centralizing Space Mission Facilities

By Barry Miller9 min

MANAGEMENT

Usaf Project Seeks Inventory Control

By Ward Wright6 min

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AVIONICS

Spasur Net Giving Vital Norad Coverage

Dahlgren, Va.—Naval Space Surveillance System (Navspasur) has developed from a jerry-built experiment into a vital operational element in the North American Air Defense Command’s Space Detection and Tracking System, (Spadats) in less than four years.

By Philip J. Klass14 min

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AVIONICS

Jpl Centralizing Space Mission Facilities

Pasadena, Calif.—Centralized facility for simultaneously conducting more than one spacecraft mission will go into operation here early in 1964 as Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepares for the complex task of handling a heavier, overlapping schedule of planetary and lunar space shots.

By Barry Miller9 min

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MANAGEMENT

Usaf Project Seeks Inventory Control

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio—Project MINT, an intensive Air Force Logistics Command effort to reduce a 2-million-item inventory growing by 300-400 items daily, has entered its initial phase with a comprehensive screening of federal stock and manufacturers’ parts numbers to weed out duplicate items.

By Ward Wright6 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Arms, Supplies Airlift to India Accelerated

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Foreign Flag Shifts Stall U.s. Air Policy

Changing composition of competition, particularly in Europe and South America, delay firm position.

By L. L. Doty6 min

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MANAGEMENT

Who's Where

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Skybolt Hydraulics Function Successfully

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AIR TRANSPORT

Early Selection of Heliport Sites Urged

Hartford—Continued rise of property values and urban development make it advisable for cities to act promptly in establishing heliport sites to meet the helicopter’s growing importance to public transportation, delegates to a one-day conference here were told.

By James R. Ashlock5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Tag Airlines Gets High Dove Utilization

Detroit—TAG Airlines, an air taxi now flying 30 week-day scheduled flights between Detroit and Cleveland with nine-passenger de Havilland Dove aircraft, sees its operations as a needed "third level of service” between major points for business passengers.

By Ward Wright5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Boeing to Roll Out 727 Tomorrow; First Aircraft Will Go to United

By David A. Anderton5 min

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