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... were being developed by the spacecraft contractors, Rockwell International and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. —North American Aviation, Inc. , at that time, and Grumman. They were coming along very slow, and they asked for some ... differences between working with Grumman and working with North American? '''Haines:''' Oh, yes, they were different. Grumman, their entire history had been working with Navy aircraft. They were very good engineers. They had less ...

... the airplanes at that time, the engines were not what we have now. They were very low-thrust engines, and our thrust rate ratios on those aircraft were very marginal, like 1.01 ... six of us, and we went to LTV Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. —we went to Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation —we went to McDonnell Douglas Corporation , we went to North American Rockwell Corporation , we ...

... into aeronautical engineering…and so that's how I started that. So I went through University of Rhode Island and got my degree there. …I had a job offer from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. and another one from NACA national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field. So this is how I got tied into Langley Field, Virginia. So the job at Grumman ...

... , the final decision, the main thing was that we went out for another competition and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation won the deal. Early on it was decided (they were still in good graces ... the theory of stability and control of aircraft. I introduced, for the first time in the department, a course in automatic control theory. Electrical engineering had one and I had to do ...

... we—you're going to like this one—we won a major contract with Hughes Aircraft Company to build the environmental simulation facilities for Surveyor, which was one of the first ... meetings there. One day at Rockwell International Corporation and another day at— '''Butler:''' Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation ? '''Calio:''' Grumman. Thank you. Grumman and Rockwell people were on the board as well. So that's where ...

... career in aircraft flight test when I was graduating from Northeastern University in Boston, and interviewed with a number of aerospace companies. IBM and GE General Electric were not, but Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp ... Sputnik. It was a dramatic start, although I just told you about my career with engineering and aircraft. Aircraft electronics is what I was thinking about. So then NASA was formed, and I ...

... /22/67, A4)'' USN F-111B fighter aircraft crashed on takeoff in test flight at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.'s Calverton, N.Y., flight test center. Both Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman pilots were killed. Adapted for use by ... and overruled military leaders' objections to selection of General Dynamics Corp. for construction of the aircraft. Crash was first for USN test model, which had been stripped to remove excess weight ...

... aeronautical engineering. It was a tough, tough course. Finished that in two years, then was sent to Princeton University for a master's degree in aeronautical engineering in stability and control of aircraft ... the lunar module got very hot and heavy. I spent a lot of time at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. Bethpage in New York while they were building the lunar modules, and we actually ...

... thought it would be a great job. Shortly afterwards, the companies, the aircraft companies, came to the school recruiting, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in particular, North American Aviation, Inc. , and suddenly the class ... Phase A, which was won, I guess, in 1968, the company had to beat out Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, and McDonnell Douglas Corporation and Boeing Airplane Company were entries into the contracts, so ...

... . Doc., 2/21/66, 221; NYT, 2/16/66, 54)’’ NASA converted its contract with Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. for development of Lunar Excursion Module ( Lunar Excursion Module LEM ) from cost-plus-fixed ... -fee. Under new four-year contract, which would bring total cost to $1.42 billion, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman would deliver 15 flight articles -four more than in previous contract -10 test articles, and ...

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