Apr 14 1963

From The Space Library

British-French' supersonic transport, to be in commercial service by 1970, was described in joint statement by the two developing companies British Aircraft Corp. and Sud-Aviation of France. Problem of sonic boom greatly influenced design of the mach 2.2 airliner, named "Concorde." "By adopting special operational techniques and by not flying at. supersonic speeds below certain altitudes, disturbance can be reduced to a mini- mum." Airfield noise was "expected to be little more than that from current subsonic jets." (NYT 4/14/63)

Reported that Marshal Nikolai I. Krylov, commander of Moscow military district, had been appointed Chief of Soviet Rocket Forces, replacing Marshal Sergei S. Biryuzov, recently named Chief of Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. (AP, NYT, 4/16/63)

Report by Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia Univ., for National Security Industrial Association, was made public, the report examining statutes covering Federal compensation for deaths, injuries, and property losses caused by defense and space­ related accidents. Research found victims of accidents arising from AEC activities were almost completely protected under exist­ing laws, but that this was not the case for non and NASA pro­grams. Accidents in these programs would probably be infre­quent but might be "catastrophic," report said. Entitled "Finan­cial Protection Against Risks of Major Harm in Government Programs," study was prepared under general direction of John M. Kernochan, Director of the Fund. (NYT, 4/15/63)

Apr 15 1963