Apr 30 1966
From The Space Library
Test pilots saved one of two U.S. $500 million XB-70 research aircraft during test flight from Edwards AFB by short circuiting two terminals with a paper clamp. When a jammed door prevented hydraulic extension of nose landing gear, Col. Joseph Cotton (USAF), co-pilot with North American Aviation, Inc.'s chief test pilot, Alvin S. White, removed paper clamp from his brief case and touched it to two pin terminals in a small relay unit, following instructions radioed by NAA ground engineers. Gear extended, and although main gear burst into flame as 185-ft., delta-winged aircraft landed, NAA reported damage was light. (Wash. Post, 5/3/66, A l; NYT, 5/4/66, 23)
President Johnson issued Executive Order 11277 designating International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (Intelsat) as an organization "entitled to enjoy, from and after August 20, 1964, all of the privileges, exemptions, and immunities provide 8" by Section 4(a)" of . . ." the International Organizations Immunities Act. (Text, Pres. Doc., 5/9/66,600)
LUNA X completed 218th orbit of moon after a total of 120 radio communications periods, Tass announced. Equipment was functioning normally, and radio link was said to be stable. (Tass, 4/30/66)
GISS marked fifth anniversary with lecture by Dr. Harold C. Urey, prof. of chemistry at large, Univ. of California, La Jolla. Reception preceding lecture had honored Dr. Urey's 73rd birthday on April 28. (Goddard News, 5/30/66, 8)
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