July 27, 1964

July 27, 1964

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SAFETY

Ice Accretion Blamed in Viscount Crash

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Wagner W-18 Will Use High Lift Devices

By Harold D. Watkins13 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Apollo Service Module Engine Beginning Pre-qualification

By C. M. Plattner9 min

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SAFETY

Ice Accretion Blamed in Viscount Crash

Continental Air Lines Flight 290, a Viscount 812, N242V, a regularly scheduled flight from Midland, Tex., crashed at the Kansas City Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Mo., at 2244 CST., Jan. 29, 1963. All the occupants, three crew members and five passengers, received fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and subsequent fire.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Wagner W-18 Will Use High Lift Devices

San Diego, Calif.—Wagner Aircraft Co.’s proposal for a DC-3 replacement is a twin-engine turboprop aircraft incorporating a combined suction and blowing boundary layer control system for wings and tail surfaces. The company savs its airplane would have exceptionally low direct operating costs.

By Harold D. Watkins13 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Apollo Service Module Engine Beginning Pre-qualification

Sacramento—Aerojet-General Corp. has virtually completed development testing of the Apollo spacecraft’s service module engine and is moving into the pre-qualification phase, expected to be finished by the end of this year. The company also has delivered to North American the first engine for use in Apollo systems integration tests at White Sands late next month.

By C. M. Plattner9 min

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AVIONICS

British All-weather Landing Goal May Be Too Severe, Data Shows

Washington-New data indicates that the reliability objective suggested by the British Air Registration Board for all-weather landings, which has prompted British aircraft companies to adopt a philosophy of using tripleredundancy (three-channel) avionics equipment, may be unduly severe and that dual-channel avionics would suffice.

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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MANAGEMENT

U. S. Negotiator Says Russians Lead in Medium-range Missiles

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AVIONICS

Military Transponder Plans Implemented

Los Angeles—Defense Dept. and the three military services are starting to implement plans for equipping military aircraft with radar transponder beacons having identification and altitude reporting capability compatible with Federal Aviation Agency air traffic control plans (AW Jan. 20, p. 51; Jan. 27, p. 90).
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MANAGEMENT

Recreation Allowance Review Is Sought

House unit leader seeks clarification of ASPRs on charging employe morale costs to the government.

By George C. Wilson5 min

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MANAGEMENT

Republicans Plan Vietnam Visit to Stir Coin as Political Issue

Washington—Several Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee plan to make a hotter political issue of the Navy’s counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft program next month when they visit Vietnam to determine if aircraft currently used there are adequate for the mission.

By Donald E. Fink5 min

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AVIONICS

Aerospace Uses Seen for Ear Microphone

Van Nuys, Calif.—A radio transmitter-receiver designed to be tucked away in a human ear and sensitive enough to pick up the voice signals spoken by the wearer and transmit them over short distances is being developed here by Spacelabs, Inc., for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

By Barry Miller5 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

RCA Delivers Snap 10a Power Modules

Harrison, N. J.—Radio Corp. of America’s Direct Energy Conversion Dept, here has produced and delivered flight-qualified Snap 10A thermoelectric generator modules under its contract with Atomics International Div. of North American Aviation.

By Michael L. Yaffee5 min

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