November 15, 1965

November 15, 1965

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AVIONICS

Computer Aid to Traffic Control Expands

By Philip J. Klass9 min

AIR TRANSPORT

Failure Snarls Air Traffic in Northeast

By Joseph W. Carter8 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

First Spacecraft/lem Adapter Delivered

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AVIONICS

Computer Aid to Traffic Control Expands

By Philip J. Klass9 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Failure Snarls Air Traffic in Northeast

By Joseph W. Carter8 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

First Spacecraft/lem Adapter Delivered

Tulsa, Okla.—Apollo spacecraft/lunar excursion module (LEM) adapter No. 11 now is in the jigs at North American Aviation’s Space and Information Systems Div. here. The division has delivered the first spacecraft/LEM adapter (SLA) which will be flown on the Saturn 1B/Apollo mission from Cape Kennedy in January.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

C-5a Award Spurs New Cx-6a Interest

Dayton—Decision on a prime contractor for development of the C-5A heavy logistics aircraft is providing new impetus within the Air Force and industry for initiation of an active program for USAF’s proposed CX-6A 10-ton payload V/STOL transport.

By Cecil Brownlow8 min

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AVIONICS

737 Autopilot Exploits Avionics Advances

Phoenix, Ariz.—Several new concepts in commercial jet transport automatic pilot design will find application in the autopilot planned for the Boeing 737 short-range transport. Slated to go into operation late in the decade, the system is being heralded as a next generation in commercial autopilots.

By Barry Miller7 min

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MANAGEMENT

Aerojet Expands Into Commercial Market

Sacramento, Calif.—Recognition of the gulf between performing big government-funded development programs and marketing commercial products is a basic philosophy of Aerometrics, a division of Aerojet-General Corp. formed recently to capitalize on the parent firm’s advances in aerospace technology.

By Richard G. O’Lone7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

S-1c for First Moon Flight to Be Accepted in June, 1968

Wichita, Kan.—Saturn 1C-7 first stage of the Saturn 5 vehicle that will launch three U. S. astronauts to the moon in 1969, is scheduled to be accepted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at Cape Kennedy on June 17, 1968. The Saturn 5/S-1C program summary Plan 8, approved last month by NASA, is the most recent manufacturing outline revision by which the Boeing Co. is producing the S-1C and integrating the entire Saturn 5 system.

By William J. Normyle6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Braniff Overhauls Services, Appearance

Aircraft and ground facility paint schemes altered; increased Mexican, South American traffic sought.

By Erwin J. Bulban6 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Nasa Emphasizes Apollo Simplification

Houston—National Aeronautics and Space Administration now is driving to simplify Apollo spacecraft systems, subsystems and components. The agency has embarked on an educational program with one goal: stop the mushrooming tendency to build elements that are more complex and do more than is necessary.

By Edward H. Kolcum6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Blackout Spurs Faa Airport Design Role

Agency re-examines its policies to see if it can force cities to install on-site emergency power generators.

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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