June 7, 1965

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AIR TRANSPORT

General Electric Designs Sst Powerplant for Afterburner Operation

By Engine rated at 50,000 lb. thrust, Mach 2.7 cruise; firm leaning heavily on experience from J93 program.,Michael L. Yaffee,1 more...11 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

General Electric Designs Sst Powerplant for Afterburner Operation

Evcndale, Ohio—General Electric Co. has designed a 50,000-lb.-thrust class turbojet engine with an afterburner for the supersonic transport competition. The engine, designated the GE4/J5, is in the component development stage at the company’s Flight Propulsion Div. here.

By Engine rated at 50,000 lb. thrust, Mach 2.7 cruise; firm leaning heavily on experience from J93 program.,Michael L. Yaffee,1 more...11 min

MANAGEMENT

Air Mobility Boosts Army Effectiveness

Washington—Cost/effectiveness studies of the 11th Air Assault Div.—soon to be renamed the 1st Cavalry Div. (Airmobile)—indicate that a unit of this type is more effective than a standard Army division in carrying out current Army missions.

THE WAR IN VIETNAM—SPECIAL REPORTS

Aircraft Availability Averages Over 80%

Saigon—Availability rate of U. S. Air Force, Army and Vietnamese Air Force aircraft in South Vietnam is averaging above 80% despite the inherent difficulties of a lengthy supply line, make-shift maintenance facilities and the necessity of occasionally earn ing out repairs under Viet Cong fire.

By Cecil Brownlow8 min

BUSINESS FLYING

Stability Augmentation Featured in Hiller’s L4 Helicopters

New York—Hiller Aircraft Co.’s stability-augmented UH-12L4 helicopter series—another entry in a growing field of rotary-wing executive transports—is expected to fulfill a number of mission requirements calling for helicopter performance, while also providing stability comparable to a conventional aircraft.

By David A. Brown6 min

AVIONICS

Page to Market Economy Comsat Station

Taylors Island, Md.—Communications satellite ground station designed for nations with limited avionic capabilities, as well as other civil and military users, will be marketed by Page Communications Engineers, Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Corp.

By Roderick D. Hibben6 min

THE WAR IN VIETNAM—SPECIAL REPORTS

Vnaf Seeks Means to Train Own Pilots

Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam—Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky, commander of the spawning Vietnamese Air Force, is pressing the U. S. to provide facilities and aircraft that would permit him to train his prospective fighter and helicopter pilots in South Vietnam.

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Gemini-4 Paves Way for Bolder Program

Houston—Despite the failure to make a successful rendezvous, the U. S. manned space flight program took a significant step last week with the Gemini4 mission when USAF Maj. Edward H. White completed a 20-min. extravehicular excursion—almost double the time planned.

EDITORIAL

The Problem in Vietnam

(The following analysis of the current U.S. problem in Vietnam was written by Cecil Brownlow, national editor of AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY, who recently returned from six weeks of on-the-spot combat reporting in South Vietnam and Thailand (AW&ST Apr. 26, p. 21).

AVIONICS

Digital Microcircuits Create Design Shift

Washington—Semiconductor microcircuitry is creating a significant, largely unanticipated, shift in avionic equipment design, which may see digital techniques making heavy inroads in communications and other fields where analog technology had a near-monopoly.

By Philip J. Klass5 min

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