Mar 1 1964
From The Space Library
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D.-Ga.), Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, said in CBS network interview that the U.S. had developed 11 or 12 of the A-11 2,000-mph experimental jet. He said the A-11 had been "put through all kinds of tests," and tests were continuing. The prototype was nearly ready for USAF acceptance. President Johnson had disclosed the A-11's existence at press conference the previous day. (Raymond, NYT, 3/2/64, 1; AP, Wash. Post, 3/2/64, A 1 )
At Oklahoma City, where FAA was conducting sonic boom tests in preparation for future supersonic transport flights, complaints about the booms were outnumbered by supporters of the program. After one month of tests, Mayor Jack S. Wilkes said his mail was 5-to-1 in favor of testing. Some 2,100 claims for damages had been filed with FAA, but an FAA spokesman said there had "been no proof yet of damage directly attributable to the sonic booms." Testing would continue five more months. (Janson, NYT, 3/2/64, 12)
Frederic A. Louden, 66, former aeronautical engineer at Navy Bureau of Aeronautics until retirement in 1957, died after long illness. Louden was former head of the Bureau's special research liaison office for NACA and a former member of NASA'S Committee on Aerodynamics. (Wash. Post, 3/3/64)
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