December 10, 1962

December 10, 1962

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MANAGEMENT

Moss Attacks Government News Control

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

727 Designed for Low Approach Speeds

By David A. Anderton12 min

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Tests Show 250-mph. Helicopters Feasible

By Erwin J. Bulban8 min

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MANAGEMENT

Moss Attacks Government News Control

Newspapermen across the nation have been in a state of editorial shock in recent weeks because of attempts by federal officials to manage news about government activities, particularly activities surrounding the Cuban crisis. There have been critical editorials in dozens of newspapers.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

727 Designed for Low Approach Speeds

Renton, Wash.—Prime engineering design goal of the Boeing 727 medium-range jet transport program was to obtain lower approach speeds for bad-weather conditions. Ability to operate the airplane in and out of small fields and to fly short to medium stage lengths economically were two other requirements that influenced the design.

By David A. Anderton12 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Tests Show 250-mph. Helicopters Feasible

Ft. Worth, Tex.—High-speed capabilities of helicopters are being demonstrated here in flight tests with a modified Bell UH-1B Iroquois which has been used to confirm that 200-mph. rotary wing aircraft are feasible now. Speeds of 225-250 mph. should be possible in the near future utilizing existing state-of-the-art technology, Bell engineers feel.

By Erwin J. Bulban8 min

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AVIONICS

Report Sees Semiconductor Dominance

Menlo Park, Calif.—Semiconductor microcircuits and hybrid devices using semiconductor substrates are predicted to be the dominant types of microcircuitry in use in avionic equipment by the end of this decade. These micro-circuits will continue to be made and supplied by semiconductor component manufacturers, not by equipment makers, as is widely believed.

By Barry Miller7 min

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Letters

Your Nov. 12 edition of Aviation Week has an excellent pictorial coverage of Vietnamese training for anti-guerilla warfare, however, your captions are a little misleading. For example, the T-28s on p. 92 do not have USAF markings. They are, in fact, marked with Vietnamese insignia.
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Administration to Ask $6 Billion for Nasa

By Edward H. Kolcum5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Five Airlines Claim Industry Is ‘healthy’

Joint statement reverses earlier stand; move seen as attempt to block merger plans of American, Eastern.

By L. L. Doty5 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Urgent Coin Aircraft Program Planned

Bids will be asked by Jan. 1; $100,000 glass-fiber counter-insurgency vehicle would have turboprops.

By Larry Booda5 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

U. S., Ussr Approve Joint Space Tasks

New York—U. S. and Soviet governments have formally approved three joint programs for the peaceful uses of outer space. Programs grew out of bilateral talks between Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, deputy administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and A. A. Blagonravoy, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, held in Geneva, Switzerland last June.

By Ward Wright5 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Usaf Halts Saint Work; Shifts to Gemini

By Philip J. Klass4 min

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