Aug 2 1974
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
Dr. Dudley G. McConnell was appointed Assistant Associate Administrator for Applications by Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator. Dr. Fletcher also announced the promotion of Dr. Harriett G. Jenkins to succeed Dr. McConnell as Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity. Dr. Jenkins had been Dr. McConnell's deputy since February. The appointments would be effective 12 Aug. Dr. McConnell had spent 12 yrs in laboratory research at Lewis Research Center before coming to NASA Hq. in 1969. In his new position, he would be responsible for developing a coordinated planning capability and a system analysis function for the agency's space applications program.
Before joining NASA in Feb. Dr. Jenkins had been educational consultant for the Response to Educational Needs Project of the Anacostia District of Columbia schools. (NASA Release 74-217)
The Aeronautical Satellite (Aerosat) Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Paris by Acting Director General Roy Gibson of the European Space Research Organization and Canadian Ambassador Leo Cadieux. U.S. Federal Aviation Administrator Alexander P. Butterfield had signed the Memorandum 9 May. The joint Aerosat program would test, evaluate, and demonstrate the system in preparation for a world- wide operational system of air traffic control in the mid-1980s. The first of two geostationary satellites over the Atlantic Ocean was to be launched in 1977. (ESRO Release, 1 Aug 74; FAA Satellite Div, interview, 21 July 75)
The last of 130 new solid-state instrument landing systems were being delivered to Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration facilities worldwide. The Air Force Systems Command said the new ILS, "one of the most significant improvements to aircraft landing equipment in 20 years," would become the primary landing approach system at Air Force bases in two years, permitting instrument landings under weather conditions of 30-m vertical and 365-m horizontal visibility. (AFSC Release OIP 136.74)
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