March 4, 1963

March 4, 1963

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

E-2a Compatible with Carrier Operations

By Larry Booda12 min

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Tfx Board Selected Boeing Four Times

By George C. Wilson12 min

BUSINESS FLYING

Jet Commander Purchase Plan Detailed

By David A. Brown11 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

E-2a Compatible with Carrier Operations

Andrews AFB, Md.—Complex electronics package installed in the Grumman E-2A Hawkeye aircraft costs twice as much as the twin-turboprop airframe. This is the price the Navy is willing to pay to provide its aircraft carrier force with an airborne early warning capability combined with fully automatic intercept control over the sea and areas of limited ground conflict.

By Larry Booda12 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Tfx Board Selected Boeing Four Times

Senate probe told Defense officials reversed selection unit in picking General Dynamics-Grumman team.

By George C. Wilson12 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Jet Commander Purchase Plan Detailed

Norman, Okla.—Performance parameters guaranteed for the Model 1121 Jet Commander by Aero Commander, Inc., appear to be conservative by as much as 5% on the basis of data from preliminary flight testing. Initial tests ended last month, company officials said.

By David A. Brown11 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Helios to Relay More Accurate Solar Data

Philadelphia—Second-generation Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO)—known as the Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory, or Helios—will be designed to have a pointing accuracy of 5 sec. of arc and 70% over-all system reliability, according to A. J. Cervenka, AOSO project manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

By Warren C. Wetmore11 min

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AVIONICS

N-on-p Solar Cells Gaining Wider Use

Los Angeles—Most U.S. earth satellites will be switching over to more radiation resistant types of solar cells during the coming year as a consequence of the enhanced high-energy radiation belt revealed after last summer’s Johnston Island nuclear explosion (AW Sept. 17, p. 32) and recent tests conducted by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration.

By Barry Miller9 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Congress Seen Key to Military Space Role

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U. S. Airline Operations and Traffic Statistics—1962

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AIR TRANSPORT

Emerging Nations’ Short-haul Needs Cited

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Nasarr Problems Hampering F-104g

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Mariner Reveals 800f Venus Temperature

By Edward H. Kolcum5 min

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