June 22, 1964

June 22, 1964

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Subscale Motors to Verify 260-in. Design

By C. M. Plattner12 min

MANAGEMENT

Air Force Weighs Ultimate Cost System

By William H. Gregory12 min

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Hughes Xv-9a to Verify Hot Cycle System in Flight Tests

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Subscale Motors to Verify 260-in. Design

Sacramento—First live firings in Aerojet-General’s large solid-propellant feasibility demonstration program will be conducted this month with separate tests of two 44-in.-dia. subscale motors here to verify design details of the 260in.-dia. motor.

By C. M. Plattner12 min

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MANAGEMENT

Air Force Weighs Ultimate Cost System

By William H. Gregory12 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Hughes Xv-9a to Verify Hot Cycle System in Flight Tests

Culver City, Calif.—Hughes XV-9A research helicopter, which will fly for the first time next October, is designed to provide flight test verification of the hot cycle system concept in which the rotor is driven by exhaust gases expelled at the blade tips.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Modified Helio U-5 Proposed for Coin

New York—Helio Model 1320, a counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft design optimized for an armed reconnaissance role, relies heavily on already developed components of previous Helio Aircraft Corp. designs plus the company’s experience as a short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft producer.

By David A. Brown7 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Turboprop Use Pushed for Canadian North

Downsview, Ont.—De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is engaged in a major program to put the turbine engine into the Canadian north country despite misgivings on the part of some bush aircraft operators there. Work is under way here on two turboprop bush aircraft, the DHC-2 Mk.

By David A. Brown7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Swiss Charter Carrier Reflects Continuing Growth,pushes Equipment Expansion Plans

Basle—Swiss charter company, Balair A. G., is continuing its rapid growth rate maintained since its post-war re-establishment in January, 1953, and this year it anticipates further progress in its over-all operations. The company also is pushing ahead with its planned equipment expansion and modernization program to cater to the increasing demand for its longdistance charter services—particularly to Africa and the Far East—as well as for short to medium-range flights to a wide range of popular resorts within Europe.

By Edith Walford6 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Xc-142a Expected to Define Military Role for V/stols

Dallas—Rollout by Ling-TemcoVought here last week of the first of five four-engine XC-142A transports indicates that the U. S. is moving into a significant phase of V/STOL development expected to pace the way for an eventual major production program of a family of this category of aircraft.

By Erwin J. Bulban6 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Usaf Seeks Re-entry Configuration Data

Unmanned, hypersonic, ablative lifting re-entry configuration, designated Space Vehicle 5 (SV-5), will be the cornerstone of the Spacecraft Technology and Advanced Re-entry Test (Start) program initiated by USAF’s Space Systems Div.

By Irving Stone6 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Hybrids Studied for Lunar Landing Engine

New York—National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s lunar landing engine program will give hybrid rocket motors their first chance to move beyond the research stage and prove their worth. The program, which will be funded by the Office of Advanced Research and Technology and is under the technical cognizance of Manned Spacecraft Center, will attempt to determine principally whether a hybrid rocket motor can achieve high propellant utilization with arbitrary throttling and at the same time outperform other types of rocket motors now under development for the same mission.

By Michael L. Yaffee6 min

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MANAGEMENT

Ranger Management Compromise Sought

By William J. Normyle5 min

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