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... that they were doing at that time. They were proposing to build a supersonic jet aircraft. This was in ’62. Just as Boeing was getting started, Richard M. Nixon ? canceled the ... 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 ... talk to Gilruth about this after they’d received Textron’s, which is now Bell Aircraft Corporation , proposal, or vice versa, I’m not sure. Textron, I guess, owns Bell. But ...

... 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 ... American Rockwell, there was a good job done by Rocketdyne and all the people at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. that did the lunar module. They made that. That was all pretty well ...

... of working at the Flight Research Division or the Pilotless Aircraft Research Division PARD . They gave me my choice. The Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, which was PARD, was headed by a division ... , 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 ...

... 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 ... 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 ...

... /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 ... 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 ...

... 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 ... 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 remember ...

... ., 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 ... . 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 ...

... review of source selection and award of major subcontract by NASA and its prime contractor, Grumman Aircraft Engi­neering Corp., for development of landing and rendezvous radar equip­ment for Apollo lunar ... . military com­mand announced. Recovered aircraft revealed that pilots lost control of aircraft because tube of sealant normally used to seal fuel tanks was left loose in aircraft, hardened during low-temperature flight ...

... Princeton University for a master's degree in aeronautical engineering in stability and control of aircraft, and was very, very fortunate to have the opportunity to study with, I guess, the man who has been called the father of the study of aircraft stability and control. His name was Cortland D. Perkins. The books that he has written ... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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