Oct 11 1974
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Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
A modified Piper Seneca aircraft completed the first test flight of a new general-aviation wing, the GAW-1 developed at Langley Research Center. A derivative of the supercritical airfoil, also developed at LaRC, the new wing showed potential for lift increases up to 30%. The lift-to-drag ratio was increased about 50%. In addition to the low-speed airfoil, the new wing design had a 25% reduction in area, tapered planform, full-span Fowler flaps, and spoilers for roll control instead of conventional ailerons. (Mgr, NASA Gen Aviation Tech Off, interview, 25 July 74; NASA Release 74-227)
A NASA design study for the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's modular integrated utility system (MIUS) program had revealed the MIUS design could save 33% over conventional practices in providing utility services to a 648-living-unit garden apartment complex in Houston, Johnson Space Center reported. JSC had reported this result and similar savings from other studies at a recent two-day conference on technology transfer in Houston. (JSC Roundup, 11 Oct 74)
President Ford signed into law the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-438) , abolishing the Atomic Energy Commission and establishing in its place three new Federal entities: the Energy Research and Development Administration, the. Energy Resources Council, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The President also signed Executive Order 11841, activating the Energy Resources Council and appointing the Secretary of the Interior its Chairman. P.L. 93-438 was to become effective not later than 120 days after signature. (PD, 14 Oct 74,1271-3; CR, 8 Oct 74, H10134)
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