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... for management of the LM program including design, development, and fabrication of the vehicle by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., LM prime contractor; (3) Col. Maynard E. White (USAF, Ret.), former Deputy Chief of ... news conference. Known as the European Airbus Project, plan called for a 300-passenger twin-engine aircraft with a 1,931-km (1,200-mi) to 2,253-km (1400-mi) range ...

... comfortably before the end of the decade.” C. R. Able, group vice president of Douglas Aircraft Co.’s Missile and Space Systems Div., outlined to the group plan for converting empty ... duplicate function of USAF’s Manned Orbiting Laboratory ( Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL ). Douglas Aircraft Co., McDonnell Aircraft Corp., and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. each had $50,000 NASA contracts to study use of booster cases ...

... time, but he became an admiral. We, as a team, went around the main contractors, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. , Long Island, Bethpage New York , Downey, of course, Rockwell, North American at the time ... I sent you a copy—after the mission and the safe return of the crew, Grumman builder of the lunar module sent an invoice to North American for towing the spacecraft ... the Moon? '''Ewart:''' No way. Laughter You get involved in what you're doing, and aircraft was my thing at that time. I just hadn't a concept for space. We ...

... to receive award for her record-setting solo flight around the world in a single engine aircraft, was unable to attend ceremony. ''(PD, 10/16/67, 1436-7; AP, NYT, 10/14 ... were obtained. Rocket and payload performed satisfactorily. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' NASA announced it had asked Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. to deliver second Lunar Module (LM-2) in unmanned configuration, changing earlier plan for ...

... is a very picturesque village, there were three aircraft companies: Fairey Aviation, that made most of the… naval aircraft, for the British, similar aircraft to what Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island, New York did ... flight test engineer, just as the AVRO Arrow, that's the CF-105, was coming on line for flight tests. I was allocated the second and third aircraft as my charge aircraft for ...

... . In advanced training, you were selected to become the pilot of single engine aircraft (fighters and attack aircraft) or multiengine patrol aircraft . In my case, I asked for fighters and got fighters. Then we ... weren't the only people doing that. Test pilots at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. and at North American Aviation, Inc. and McDonnell Aircraft Corp. also were doing similar kinds of things that contribute to ...

... for a $23.5 million con­tract from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. to provide a radar subsystem for Project Apollo 's Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) . Grumman is prime NASA contractor for building the LEM ... ­tract extension, to study possible use of a satellite as a navigation aid for advanced aircraft such as the supersonic transport. ''(M&R, 12/9/63,9)'' December 1963 December Dec ...

... of the plumbing system had been sent back to the plant of the main contractor, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, N.Y. The plumbing leaks had virtually eliminated any chance of launching this ... communications networks, control centers, recovery support elements, and scientific and technical experimental equipment. Thus, systems engineering had had to be all inclusive in providing for logical development of flight hardware, successful ...

... ., 5/12/65)'' NASA announced award of $15 million contract to Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. to build an additional Orbiting Astronomical Observatory , Grumman already was building three Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO spacecraft under a ... noise comparison results were reported by FRC engineers Carol S. Tanner and Norman J. McLeod at Aircraft Operating Problems Committee meeting at LaRC , During takeoffs both aircraft reached maximum noise level in the ...

... maneuvering systems and for launch vehicle ullage and attitude control systems. Designated C-1, the engine would be powered by storable hypergolic liquid propellants. ''(NASA Release 65-322; Marshall Space Flight ... ,000 employees and officials of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp, warned Grumman to reduce contract proposals sharply if it expected to gain a share of future defense contracts. McNamara said Grumman's proposals for construction of ...

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