Aviation Week — October 19 1964
80
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Aircraft Follow Hurricane From Genesis
Miami—Aircraft of the Weather Bureau’s Research Flight Facility here found and tracked Hurricane Hilda from its embryonic stage as an easterly pressure wave to its maturity as a tropical storm that eventually lashed the Louisiana coast.
By George Alexander11 min
64
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
New Concepts Sought for Aging Hardware
Hurlburt Field, Fla.—Air Force’s Special Air Warfare Center here is seeking new concepts to mate with aging hardware in hopes of obtaining maximum effectiveness and the immediate response times required for remote area counter-insurgency or brush-fire-type conflicts.
By Cecil Brownlow10 min
54
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
Yf-12a Performance in F-108 Category
Los Angeles—Performance envelope of the Lockheed YF-12A prototype interceptor (AW&ST Oct. 5, p. 16) is an improvement but nevertheless in the same category as that projected for the North American F-108 long-range interceptor. F-108 development was canceled by Defense Dept, in September, 1959, because advanced interceptors were considered by the Eisenhower Administration as not vital to future national defense of the country at that time.
By C. M. Plattner9 min
74
SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Flexible Space Station Evolving at Langley
By Edward H. Kolcum7 min
36
SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Soviet Success Spurs U.s. Space Review
Washington—Soviet demonstration of an Apollo-class vehicle system for a variety of potential space programs has touched off a re-assessment of U. S. Air Force plans for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) that would not begin flight tests for another 3-4 years.
By William J. Normyle6 min
92
AVIONICS
Pilot, Autopilot Share Approach Duties
Washington—Best solution to the hotly debated question of whether the human pilot or the autopilot should control an aircraft during an instrument approach and landing may be to let both of them handle the job simultaneously. This is one of the significant findings to emerge from an extensive flight test program conducted at USAF’s Instrument Pilot Instructor School under the financial sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Agency.
By Philip J. Klass6 min
38
AIR TRANSPORT
Cab Nears Economy Fares Case Decision
Settlement of issue will determine whether trunk carriers may continue top rates on busiest routes.
By Richard G. O’Lone6 min
26
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
F-111a Program Posts Several Aeronautical and Political Firsts
Ft. Worth—Air Force F-111A (TFX), which was rolled out of the General Dynamics hangar here last week and will fly in December, already has established a number of aeronautical and political firsts. Most important from the viewpoint of Tactical Air Command, which will fly it, the F111A is designed to provide an effective all-weather capability.
By George C. Wilson6 min
30
SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Lem Design Weight Rises Despite Efforts at Curtailment
By Michael L. Yaffee5 min
38
AIR TRANSPORT
Major Fare Changes Seen Unlikely to Follow Iata Traffic Session
Athens—Opening sessions of the International Air Transport Assn. traffic conference here indicate that the general fare structure will remain substantially the same and that government interference which touched off fare cuts on the North Atlantic last year may block any change in north and central Pacific fares next year.