January 4, 1965

January 4, 1965

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Twa Official Examines Sst Economics

SAFETY

Shooting Determined Cause in F-27 Crash

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Nasa Studies Advanced Version of Pioneer Solar Probe

By Roderick D. Hibben13 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Twa Official Examines Sst Economics

The following technical address, entitled “An Airline Looks at SSTs,” was presented recently to the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers by R. W. Rummel, vice president for planning and research at Trans World Airlines.
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SAFETY

Shooting Determined Cause in F-27 Crash

A Pacific Air Lines, Inc., Fairchild F-27, N2770R, operating as Flight 773, crashed near San Ramon, Calif., at approximately 0649, May 7, 1964, while en route from Reno, Nev., to San Francisco, Calif. None of the 44 occupants aboard, including the three crew members and 41 passengers, survived the crash.
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Nasa Studies Advanced Version of Pioneer Solar Probe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Ames Research Center is continuing studies of an advanced version of the present Pioneer solar probe (AW&ST Jan. 27, p. 69) for launch during 1968-70, although funding for a 1966-67 start in hardware development is lacking.

By Roderick D. Hibben13 min

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MANAGEMENT

Helicopters, Fixed-wing Aircraft Supplying Flood-bound Areas in West

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AVIONICS

Autopilot Gains as Lower Minimum Choice

Washington—The autopilot-coupled approach is emerging as the preferred airline technique for achieving Category 2 lower weather minimums during the coming year, at least among major carriers. The reason is that the autopilot-coupled approach is believed to be the only one suitable for still lower Category 3 minimums which are the ultimate objective.

By Philip J. Klass10 min

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MANAGEMENT

Rating System Gives Planning Priorities

Washington—Numerical priority ratings for U. S. hot- and cold-war needs in technology, produced by a new long-range planning technique known as “Pattern”, are likely to prove both surprising and controversial. Pattern, an acronym for Planning Assistance Through Technical Evaluation of Relevance Numbers, was developed by Honeywell at its own expense in an attempt to find a more scientific approach to long-range planning in the aero-space and defense business.

By Philip J. Klass9 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Cavity Injection Explored for Hypersonic Cooling Use

Princeton, N. J.—Research at Princeton University’s Gas Dynamics Laboratory could lead to a method of reducing the transfer of heat to hypersonic bodies that would be useful in advanced, maneuvering aerospace vehicles and future missile re-entry vehicles.

By Michael L. Yaffee7 min

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MANAGEMENT

Basic Defense, Space Efforts to Continue

Johnson to push established goals but will press to hold Fiscal 1966 defense budget below $50 billion.

By George C. Wilson7 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Twin Otter Boosts Hot Climate Capability

Downsview, Ont.—Increased engine power will be installed in the de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL transport under development here in an effort to boost its hot weather capability and improve chances of off-the-shelf sales to the military.

By David A. Brown6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Domestic Trunks Near ‘reasonable Return’

Boyd calls 1964 ‘heartening year,’ predicts profits should at least double those registered for 1963.

By Richard G. O’Lone5 min

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