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... , and again I was put in the best division there. It was called PARD, Pilotless Aircraft Research Division. We had the exciting opportunities to launch vehicles, to test different configurations, and ... of the most dynamic men I've ever met. He was vice president of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation at the time. He dropped dead suddenly. And his wife, who is a charming ... of the work in house, and I think this is before we had McDAC McDonnell Aircraft Corporation on board. I have an interesting story to tell you about that. McDonnell-Douglas, I ...

... any—you headed the team that evaluated the contractor proposals for Mercury. Why was McDonnell Aircraft Corporation chosen? Why was their proposal taken? '''Donlan:''' Well, the source selection weighs all the factors ... a lunar orbit rendezvous but on lunar landing. They had a contract with Chance-Vought Aircraft Corporation people at the time; and one of their people down there worked on a similar ...

... inception. The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation at Burbank, Calif., is the manufacturer of the aircraft. The aircraft engine, the J-58, Was designed and built by the Pratt & Whitney Division, United Aircraft Corporation. The experimental fire control and air-to-air missile system for the A-11 was developed by the Hughes Aircraft Company. "In view of the continuing ...

... . I was a test pilot, went through test pilot training. Flew a number of aircraft in the aircraft carrier environment, including the F-14 Tomcat. I was the project test pilot for ... aviator, and we were both on the USS /Lake Champlain/, learning to land airplanes on aircraft carriers. But anyhow, in order to try to learn more about space sickness, they generated ... would go into the Space Shuttle to accept these satellites once they were snared. Hughes Aircraft Corporation had to develop the procedures where, by firing the small amounts of fuel ahead of ...

First glide flight of AAFNACA XS-1 rocket research airplane (No. 1 of the original three Bell X-1 X-1 's built), by Jack Woolams, Bell Aircraft test pilot, at Pinecastle Army Air Base, Fla.

First of three XS-1 (later Bell X-1 X-1 ) rocket research airplanes moved from Bell Aircraft 's Niagara Falls plant to Muroc, Calif.

... and development. Initial contracts for rocket research aircraft development let by the AAF for the XS-1 with Bell Aircraft and by the Navy with Douglas Aircraft for the D-558-I , with National ... at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Lewis Laboratory. Capable of accommodating full-scale supersonic aircraft engines, it was the first of its size to have a flexible-wall test section ...

... : Employed as a civilian by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from 1960 to 1966, he worked initially as a flight test engineer on the Navy's P3A aircraft. In 1963, Brand graduated from the ... in helicopters, 746 hours in spacecraft, and checkout in more than 30 types of military aircraft. Spaceflight Experience NASA EXPERIENCE: One of the 19 pilot astronauts selected by NASA in April ...

... , respectively. Experience After Tani received his Bachelor's degree from MIT, he worked at Hughes Aircraft Corporation in El Segundo, California, as a Design Engineer in the Space and Communications group. In ... Newman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the Experimental Psychology department. In 1988, Tani joined Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) in Dulles, Virginia, initially as a Senior Structures Engineer and then as the Mission ...

... officially declared operational and taken over by the Strategic Air Command, at Vandenberg AFB . McDonnell Aircraft Corporation reported to NASA the results of several company-funded studies of follow-on experiments using ... to a speed of 36,000 feet per second as it reentered the atmosphere. '' McDonnell Aircraft Corporation , Project Mercury Capsules, Follow On Experiments, Engineering Report 6919 (September 1, 1959), p. 6.0 ...

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