Douglas lands 1.5 million QUESTOL jetliner contract
NASA awarded Douglas Aircraft Co. a 1.5 million contract to design a quiet short takeoff and landing jetliner, with Douglas Long Beach division building two prototypes. Grumman and Lockheed each secured six month design studies. The QUESTOL aims for turbofan lift, city-center flights, and reduced airport noise.
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Douglas Aircraf Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Long Beach
McDonnell Douglas
Grumismman Aerospace Corp
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Avere
NASA
Apollo 16 crew touts craft as best of moon series
NASA reports Apollo 16 crew led by John Young and Charles Duke praise the command and lunar module as the best two spacecraft to date with smoother test performance and minimal hardware problems. Mattingly comments on budget risks, while all three prepare for March 17 launch to explore Descartes highlands with three moonwalks and orbiting captain.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Charles Duke
Lunar
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Duke
Crater
Descartes
Young
Air Force
Mattingly
Apollo 15 Crew and Ryan to Receive Wright Memorial Honors
Apollo 15 commander David R. Scott and lunar module pilot James B. Irwin join Alfred Worden in receiving Kitty Hawk memorial awards at the ninth annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet in Beverly Hills. Aviation pioneer T Claude Ryan, founder of Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, is also honored. Worden completed 36 lunar orbits while Scott and Irwin logged 67 hours on the moon during the mission. Ryan, early Air Corps pilot, started Ryan Flying Co and linked Los Angeles to San Diego air service in 1925, and built Lindberghs Spirit of St Louis plane. Banquet chair is Arle H. Patty of McDonnell Douglas Astronautics.
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Charles Lindbergh
David R. Seatt
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
T. Claude Ryan
Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical
Ryan
Army Air Corps
Ryan Flying Co
San Diego
Los Angeles
Lindbergh
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Robert EB. Hage
Canada
By E. Glen Johnson
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Ing
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Beverly Hilton Hotel
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Patty
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics
Huntington Beach
Suede
Aed
May Co
South Bay
Hawthorne
Artesia
May
Buena Park la Palma
South Coast Plaza
Bristol
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