August 3, 1964

August 3, 1964

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AIR TRANSPORT

Boom Restrictions May Swell Sst Costs

BUSINESS FLYING

Pby Water Bombers Battle Forest Fires in Quebec

By David A. Brown9 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Ranger 7 Completes Early Mission Tests

By Harold D. Watkins7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Boom Restrictions May Swell Sst Costs

Washington—Airline industry sources analyzing the sonic boom problem in supersonic transport operations are becoming concerned that restrictions to minimize the boom may adversely affect the cost-control aspects of the aircraft. Studies by groups like the Hughes Aircraft Co.
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BUSINESS FLYING

Pby Water Bombers Battle Forest Fires in Quebec

Quebec—Province of Quebec is using a fleet of seven modified Convair PBY flying boats, plus forestry patrol aircraft and automatic data processing equipment, in an effort to significantly reduce forest fire losses in the province’s 378,132 sq. mi. of wooded land this year, despite the driest spring in three decades.

By David A. Brown9 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Ranger 7 Completes Early Mission Tests

Pasadena, Calif—Ranger 7 passed through the critical mid-course maneuver phase of its lunar trajectory successfully last week and headed for impact on the moon. Restrained optimism was the tenor of comment at National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory here.

By Harold D. Watkins7 min

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AVIONICS

Avionics Changes Included in Tiros Wheel

Princeton, N. J.—First Tiros wheelconfiguration weather satellite, an experimental version scheduled for October launch, incorporates several avionics changes designed to improve camera programing and advance dynamic attitude and spin control capabilities, while increasing picture storage capacity The 300-lb wheel will be launched into a near-polar orbit from Cape Kennedy, using an improved X-258 third stage of the Thor-Delta launch vehicle to yaw the payload from a 32-deg.

By Kenneth J. Stein7 min

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MANAGEMENT

Nasa Task May Boost Ramjet Efforts

By Michael L. Yaffee6 min

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MANAGEMENT

Usaf Plans Civilian Pilot Training Role

By Erwin J. Bulban6 min

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SAFETY

Rocket Ejection Improvement Need Cited

Need for markedly improving rocketassisted crew ejection systems, both in performance and reliability of equipment, is indicated in a study of U. S. Air Force experience with current equipment. A survey of a period from October, 1958, through December, 1963, involving 107 rocket-assist crew ejections from USAF aircraft, indicated that 26 of these, or almost one-quarter, resulted in fatalities, with another 19 resulting in major injuries and 17 receiving some minor injuries.

By Erwin J. Bulban6 min

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AVIONICS

473l to Aid in Worldwide Usaf Control

Glendale, Calif.—First portion of the data processing system which will become the heart of the Air Force Headquarters command and control system recently passed its initial acceptance tests here and is scheduled for installation in the Pentagon shortly.

By Barry Miller5 min

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EDITORIAL

The All-purpose Aircraft

Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara has been searching with limited success for an all-purpose aircraft during the three and a half years of his Pentagon stewardship. But it remained for President Lyndon B. Johnson to discover the perfect all-purpose aircraft that can meet technical and political requirements with equal ease.

By Robert Hotz5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Court to Review Cab Ruling on Control of Twa By Hughes

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