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... field were obtained at dis­crete locations along the spacecraft during reentry. ''(NASA Proj Off)'' XB-70A, flown by NASA test pilot Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr. successfully reached 52,000-ft ... Edwards AFB to evaluate ILAF-exiter vane systems, air vehicle performance, and han­dling qualities. ''(XB-70 Proj Off)'' USAF announced lifting of three-week ban on F-111A flights but reim ...

... . Thomas O. Paine , former NASA Administrator. '' (Gordon, W News; 11/16/70)'' Three engine control assemblies were removed from XB-70 research aircraft on exhibition at Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB ... Center at Tullahoma, Tenn. Equipment would be on loan through June 1972. ''(AFSC Release 333.70)'' October 1970 October November 1970 November Nov 1 1970 1 Nov 2 1970 2 Nov ...

... , N.Y. Her. Trib., 4/13/66)'' USAF XB-70 No. 2 flew 20 min. at mach 3-longest to date-and reached 70,000-ft. maximum altitude in 1-hr. 49-min ... be market for about 30 terminals in the next two to three years and about 70 to 80 in the next ten years, and said that at least seven nations were ...

... been assigned to program. Pilots, Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr., and Donald L. Mallick, were former XB-70 pilots for NASA. ''(FRC Release 9/10)'' Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL engineers had completed preliminary ... , craft was designed to draw electricity from four radioisotope thermoelectric generators. '' (Wilford, NYT, 5/24/70)'' Technical progress made through space program was described by Dale D. Myers , NASA Associate Administrator ...

... 36 major launches with 34 successes. Of 29 NASA missions, 22 were successes. DOD orbited 70 payloads in 43 launches. U.S.S.R. launched 43 payloads and France, one. Highlighting ... 6.33). NASA-USAF flight research investigating sonic booms got underway in six flights with XB-70 aircraft; research for the U.S. supersonic transport program continued. M2-F2 lifting-body vehicle ...

... took place at Calverton, N.Y. ''(Gen. Dynamics Corp, Release; NYT, 7/26/65, 38M)'' XB-70 A research bomber reached a speed of 1,870 mph and 68,000-ft, altitude ... ., 500,000-lb, aircraft, expected to reach its design maximums of 2,000 mph and 70,000 ft.-altitude on its next flight, flew over Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and ...

... out stability and control of handling qualities, by-pass airflow calibration, and nose ramp flutter. ''( XB-70 Proj Off)'' Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC awarded contract extensions--$149,914 to Bendix Corp ...

... ,200 ft, by NASA's Joseph A. Walker (who had since died in crash of XB-70 No. 2 and F-104 aircraft) -had been set by X-15 . Two crash landings ... and relatively unsophisticated attack that the Communist Chinese might be capable of by the mid-70s, DOD announcement said. ''(DOD Release 1088-67)'' Fog-dispersal methods would be tested by World ...

U.S.S.R. would continue intensive exploration of space in 1966-70 period, Soviet Academy of Sciences president Mstislav V. Keldysh reported to general meeting of Academy. ... , landings, and subsonic flight and back for supersonic cruise. ''(Lockheed Release)'' June 8 loss of XB-70 experimental aircraft would delay NASA-DOD SST research program for two or three months, Hal ...

... and evaluated wind tunnel models of the two proposed SST designs. NASA continued using USAF XB-70 aircraft for research in flight problems of SST and large supersonic aircraft in general, Feasibility ...

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