May 27, 1963

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Cooper’s Precise Piloting of Faith 7 Cited

Cape Canaveral—USAF Maj. Gordon Cooper’s 22-orbit Mercury Atlas-9 mission was flown so precisely that the pilot did not omit a single item on his checklist, project officials said at the first public postflight briefing here. The briefing included Cooper’s own summary report on the flight of his Faith 7 capsule (AW May 20, p. 26).

By George Alexander10 min

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Usaf, Army Air Roles Evolving Slowly

Washington—Zigzag line of demarcation is being drawn, role-by-role and mission-by-mission, to define the primary areas of aviation responsibility between the Air Force and Army. What both services had hoped would be a quick, clear action similar to the 1956 Key West agreement has turned into a prolonged, competitive proof and test period (AW Jan. 14, p. 26).

By Larry Booda8 min

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Vj-101c Effort Is Directed to Possible Mach 2 Version

Manching, Germany—First hovering flight of Europe’s newest vertical takeoff and landing strike fighter, the West German EWR-Sud VJ-101C, is the culmination of a design and development program started four years ago when Bölkow, Heinkel and Messerschmitt pooled a design team to form Entwicklungsring-Sud (EWR).

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Instability Absent in Recent F-l Engine Test Series

Los Angeles—Combustion instability problems experienced in development of Rocketdyne’s F-l 1.5-million-lb. thrust, liquid-fueled rocket engine continue to pose the most serious obstacle in preparing it for preliminary flight rating tests (PFRT) late this year.

By C. M. Plattner6 min

MANAGEMENT

Congressional Questions Remain Unanswered on Ge Support Award

Washington — Disagreement within National Aeronautics and Space Administration over selection of the General Electric Co. to provide test support and housekeeping services at the Mississippi Test Facility apparently has been resolved.

By Alfred P. Alibrando6 min

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