March 29, 1965

March 29, 1965

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Mercury Data Aids Apollo Checkout Gear

By George Alexander12 min

AIR TRANSPORT

Lockheed Sst Wing and Forward Fuselage Design Altered

By C. M. Plattner11 min

SPECIAL REPORTS ON U.S., SOVIET SPACE DEVELOPMENTS

U.s. Manned Space Effort to Accelerate Following Gemini 3 Success

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Mercury Data Aids Apollo Checkout Gear

Daytona Beach, Fla.—Difficulties in testing the Mercury space capsule provided National Aeronautics and Space Administration with knowledge that has been applied in development of acceptance checkout equipment (ACE) for the Apollo spacecraft.

By George Alexander12 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Lockheed Sst Wing and Forward Fuselage Design Altered

Burbank, Calif.—Lockheed-California Co. has modified the forward fuselage and wing of its double-delta supersonic transport design to improve cruise efficiency, and is considering other changes, such as reduction in cruise speed from Mach 3 to Mach 2.7 to trim basic aircraft weight.

By C. M. Plattner11 min

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SPECIAL REPORTS ON U.S., SOVIET SPACE DEVELOPMENTS

U.s. Manned Space Effort to Accelerate Following Gemini 3 Success

Grissom, Young demonstrate capability to maneuver, control re-entry and change orbital plane in flight.
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MANAGEMENT

Uaw Expected to Stress Job Security

New York—Six broad issues will be pressed by the United Auto Workers in the 1965 round of aerospace industry contract negotiations, but job security appears to be high on the list. UAW Vice President Leonard Woodcock laid particular stress on this problem, stemming from blue collar layoffs in the aerospace industry, in a talk to industry planners here at the second Defense Dept. briefing sponsored with the National Security Industrial Assn. (AW&ST Mar. 8, p. 16).

By William H. Gregory10 min

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SPECIAL REPORTS ON U.S., SOVIET SPACE DEVELOPMENTS

Problems with Voskhod 2 Flight Cancel

Washington—Russians progressed late into the launch countdown of a second manned spacecraft that was to attempt rendezvous and docking with Voskhod 2, but canceled the mission when the spacecraft carrying Col. Pavel Belyayev and Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov encountered difficulties during the 12th or 13th orbit.
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AVIONICS

Laser Altimeter May Aid Photo Mapping

Mountain View, Calif.—Continuous wave gas laser altimeter has demonstrated sufficiently large accuracy and resolution performance margins over radar to make possible fundamental advances in airborne photographic mapping and aerial line profiling, recently completed flight tests indicate.

By Barry Miller7 min

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AVIONICS

C-scan Goal Is 8x4 Mi. Approach Window

New York—Aircraft carrier landing system being developed for the Navy by Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Deer Park, N. Y., under a $529,000 contract is designed to provide an all-weather carrier approach window 8 mi. wide and 4 mi. high at 20 mi. range.

By Kenneth J. Stein6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Stability Sought for Supplemental Carriers

CAB bureau cites competitive stimulus, recommends certification, broader scope for charter operations.

By Richard G. O’Lone6 min

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EDITORIAL

Triple Space Launch

Last week saw a notable U. S. triple launch in space. The Gemini program began its manned space flight phase auspiciously; the Ranger lunar photo probe program closed with a spectacular success, and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, new chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, hurled himself into orbit as a dynamic advocate of this nation’s space effort.

By Robert Hotz4 min

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SPECIAL REPORTS ON U.S., SOVIET SPACE DEVELOPMENTS

Humphrey Vows Dynamic Space Support

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