June 24, 1963

June 24, 1963

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

X-21 Tests Laminar Flow Control Theory

By C. M. Plattner18 min

AVIONICS

Usaf Electronics Technology Lab Plans Extensive Bionics Studies

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Flying Demonstrations Cap Paris Air Show

By Herbert J. Coleman9 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

X-21 Tests Laminar Flow Control Theory

Los Angeles—Feasibility of designing a laminar flow control (LFC) system into an aircraft wing has been borne out by initial test flights of the Northrop X-21A and the company’s Norair Div. is studying possible applications of the system.

By C. M. Plattner18 min

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AVIONICS

Usaf Electronics Technology Lab Plans Extensive Bionics Studies

Dayton—List of engineering-bionics projects currently planned for the next several years and a summary of current programs under way were reported here by Lt. Col. L. M. Butsch, chief of bionics and computer branch in USAF’s Electronics Technology Laboratory, during the recent National Aerospace Electronics Conference.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Flying Demonstrations Cap Paris Air Show

Paris—World aviation, with the significant exception of the Soviet Union, staged 16 brilliant hours of flight demonstrations in the closing weekend of the Paris Air Show, with technical interest centered on vertical and short takeoff and landing aircraft.

By Herbert J. Coleman9 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

French Seek to Extend Aviation Markets

Paris—French government is requesting substantial 1963 budget increases to maintain the current export and internal market impetus within the nation’s aviation industry until a planned long-range 1964-70 development support program can be initiated next year.

By Cecil Brownlow8 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

San Francisco Airport Expansion Started

San Francisco—San Francisco International Airport, located only 12 mi. from the heart of the city, is exploiting its geographical advantage and financial success in a construction program designed to double its capacity by the end of this year.

By Robert H. Cook7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Mars Exploration Seen Delayed to 1980s

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BUSINESS FLYING

Sipa Seeks Military Orders for Antilope

Paris—SIPA 251 Antilope, a rugged, high performance, turbine-powered lightplane, will go into limited production soon with the builders—Societe Industrielle Pour l’Aeronautique—pushing hard for military orders in France and abroad.

By Herbert J. Coleman7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

New Soviet Rendezvous Attempt, Eight-day Flight Expected in 1963

Washington—U. S. space officials expect the Soviet Union to attempt at least one more dual manned space flight this year with twin mission goals of orbital rendezvous and extension of flight time to eight days or more. Consensus of U. S. space officials is that the Soviet Union scored a great propaganda and technical triumph in the simultaneous flights of Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, but failed to accomplish the mission goals of rendezvous and an eight-day flight.

By Alfred P. Alibrando6 min

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Letters

The recently published comments of Mr. Albert W. Blackburn (AW May 27, p. 32) regarding the choice of a TFX contractor, contain misinterpretations of fact about honeycomb construction so serious that we must reply to them in the interests of our industry and of the aerospace firms which use our products.
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Vostok 5 May Have Separated Too Early

Washington—Indications are strong that premature separation of Vostok 5 spacecraft from its rocket booster upset Soviet plans for a space rendezvous last week with Vostok 6 and its female cosmonaut. There is good reason to believe that the Soviets already had given up any hope of rendezvous at the time that Vostok 6 was placed in orbit, since the timing of its launch was such as to nearly rule out an orbital meeting.

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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