Sep 28 1964
From The Space Library
X-15 No. 3 flown by Capt. Joseph H. Engle (SAF) to 97,000-ft altitude and 3,820-mph speed (mach 5.69) from Edwards AFB, Calif. During the flight, a new protective coating on underside of plane's tail was tested for aerodynamic heating, for possible future application in X-15 No. 2. (NASA X-15 Proj. Off.; AP, Wash. Post, 9/29/64; M&R, 10/5/64, 11)
NASA instituted revised patent waivers and related procurement regulations in accordance with the late President Kennedy's directive for a more uniform patent policy among Federal agencies. New regulations gave contractors greater chance to obtain patent rights to their commercially applicable inventions made in the course of work on Government contracts. Announced Aug. 21, the new regulations were expected to accelerate contractors' efforts to identify and report technological advances, thus enhancing technology utilization from the space program. (NASA Release 64-209; Av. Wk., 10/5/64, 26)
USAF launched four-stage Athena re-entry test rocket from Green River, Utah, for a partially successful flight. Flight was aborted automatically before third-stage ignition because of an inverter malfunction. (M&R, 10/5/64, 11)
DOD announced $1,245,601 contract award to B. B. McCormick and Sons, Inc., for road work at Merritt Island Launch Area, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA. The NASA-funded contract was awarded by Army Corps of Engineers. (DOD Release 699-64)
Sen. William Proxmire (D.-Wis.) spoke on the Senate floor on general aviation ("all aviation activity except the airlines and the military") "Three observations about general aviation are worth sharing. "General aviation has greatly expanded our horizons for recreation, commerce, and government for a relatively small but potent and influential number of people. It can do so for many more. "General aviation has sharply increased the pace of business and political competition. By reducing the unproductive travel time of costly personnel, the airplane, particularly in general aviation, has acted as a labor creator rather than as a labor saver. By making it possible to do more things, the airplane has forced people to do more things to keep ahead of the competition. "General aviation in the rest of the world suffers under an oppressive load of regulatory restriction to so great an extent that it barely exists. We must guard against burdening U.S. general aviation with similar controls producing the same result." (CR, 9/28/64, 22241-43)
U.S.S.R. was believed to be using over-the-horizon radar similar to type that U.S. was installing (Sept 17) . Aviation Week & Space Technology reported U.S.S.R. claimed that the basic technique in over-the-horizon radar-back-scattering of high-frequency radio waves from the ionosphere-was first discovered by Soviet Prof. Nikolai Kabanov and Soviets termed it "Kabanov Effect." (Av. Wk., 9/28/64, 19)
USN launched its first submarine equipped with Polaris A-3 missiles, the U.S.S. Daniel Webster, from Charleston, S.C. (Sehlstedt, NYT, , 9/29/64)
Office of Naval Research was studying submarine-based antisatellite missile system, according to Aviation Week & Space Technology. System would use Polaris fleet ballistic missile to supplement existing Army and Air Force weapons. (Av. Wk., 9/28/64, 18)
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