The 1961 Aerospace Year Book

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JME 1981
·. ·AEROSPACE YEAR BOOK ·
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THE 1961
AEROSPACE BOOK
YEAR
FORTY-SECOND NNUAL EDITION
Offic ia I Pu bl icati on of the Aerospace d u s~ries Association· of Am e rica, In c.
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Published by AMERICAN AVIATION PUBLICATIONS, INC.
1001 Vermont Avenue, Washington 5, D. C.
7}~ There's a new look at Ryan- the look of a company that has pioneered in
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~ the aircraft and missile eras _and is r:ow gea reel for_ the challe~ging_ clema~cls
of the Space Age. Fast-movmg, flexible, staffed w1th men skilled m solvmg
Vll.I.Eroblems·beyond the usual- Ryan's two divisions and three subsidiaries comple
ment each other in achieving breakthroughs in the new technologies of the Space
Age. From Doppler navigation systems to multi-stage space probes to fresh
@Q[ L[E concepts in data handling and electronic communications- Ryan continues to
demonstrate its capabilities in the most advanced fields of design, development
and fabrication. New contracts, calling for years of design and development u·orh.
[E have created many job opportuni
ties at Ryan for career engineers
u•ith abilities bPyond the usual.
A division of Ryan Aeronautical Company, Ryan
Electronics develops and manufactures electronic
systems for aircraft, missiles, ships, and space
systems. With plants at Kearny Mesa, San Diego
(Engineering Center) and Torrance, Calif. (Pro
duction Center), Ryan Electronics is recognized
as the world leader in C-W Doppler navigation.
The Division's programs are making significant
contributions toward solution of lunar landings,
terminal guidance, gravitation control, and ECM.
Aerolab Development Company, located at
Pasadena, California, is a subsidiary of Ryan
Aeronautical Company. Aerolab has developed
more space probes and rocket-powered research
models, including the Mercury Capsule model,
which have been fired, than any other firm in
the United States. Aerolab is a science team with
quick reaction capabilities, and with special tal
ents for solving advanced problems in Spaci.
....
A subsidiary of Ryan Aeronautical Company, Ryan
• • Transdata, Inc. (San Diego) is developing meth·
•• \ ods for· the automatic conversion of information
•• ) to a form that will enable industrial and gov
• ernment executives and military commanders to
•• make rapid, accurate decisions. Related applica·
••
•• tions include air traffic control, military com·
•• mand control and surveillance logistics control,
and command control of space vehicles.
Ryan Communications, Inc., • subsidiary of Ryan
Aeronautical Company, Is located at Canoga Park,
California. Under development here are solutions
to specialized communications problems of the
military, government and industry. Fields include
high-, very high-, and ultra-high frequency and
microwave transmiHing and receiving equipment,
methods of coding modulation and multiplexing,
and space-aided communications. ·
As an experienced systems manager, Ryan
San Diego can integrate and focus the special
capabilities of all company units on the problems
of missiles, drones and space vehicles. Ryan's
rich background as a pioneer in the development
of systems, such as the most widely used jet
powered, recoverable drone and the first jet VTOL
research aircraft, extends over three decades.
Long before the Space Age dawned, Ryan was
developing capabilities to meet its challenge.
RYAN
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AERONAUTICAL COMPANY
Tomorrow's Technology ... Today!
AEROSPACE YEAR BOOK
imagination has ·
no beginning ...
no end ...
Today's astonishing progress in electronics is
no accident-for the field has attracted the
kind of imaginative people who have always
set the bench mar-ks for man's progress.
Hughes was built by people like these. They
are pr-epared to cut away old t·estraints; to
plunge ahead to new discover-y; to build and
pmve the "impossible_" In just ten years they
/)ave made Hughes one of America's leading
pr-oducers of advanced electr-onics.
Crt!al•ng o new world with ELECTRONICS
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HUGHES
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Hughes Aircraft Company,
Culver City, El Segundo, .Fulle.rton, Newport Beach,
Malibu, Los Anoeles, Calrfornra; Tucson, Arizona
AEROSPACE YEAR BOOK 3

Extremely high temperature ma
terial problems encountered on re
entry into earth's atmosphere are
studied with the aid of a plasma
jet capable of 30,000°F.
Basic effects of elevated tempera
tures on various materials are
viewed and photographed with the
hot stage microscope.
CAPABILITY
is spelled
- r-e-s-e-a-r-c-h
In technology and facility, Vickers continually matches your needs
New fluid power and hot gas systems for aerospace vehicles still in the idea
stages are being developed at Vickers. Techniques for converting basic energy
into precisely controlled power are continuously being sought by experienced
teams of research specialists utilizing the finest scientific equipment.
Creative application of the sciences of hydrodynamics, aerothermodynamics,
heat transfer, metallurgy and chemistry have been productively blended with
Vickers vast experience in the instrumentation and control fields. ·
The principal effort of Vickers applied research is now concentrated in
three areas: I. advanced systems and components for attitude controls,
2. secondary rocket nozzle injection and 3. hot gas servo actuation. In addition,
continuous refinements are being made to the high performance Vickers hy Advanced type of primary and emer
draulic pumps and motors. gency fluid power supply sy~tem de~el­
oped and built by Vickers be1_ng readied
The experienc.ed Vickers Application Engineer in your area will welcome for feasibility test in an environmental
the opportunity to fill you in on additional details. In the meantime , write or chamber.
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call for Bulletin A-6002.
AERO HYDRAULICS DIVISION
VICKERS INCORPORATED
division of
DETROIT 32, MICHIGAN SPERRY RAND
TORR-ANCE, CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
PROGRAMMED POWER IN: FLUID TRANSFER . •
POWER TRANSMISSION • ENERGY CONVERSION
Analyses of fluids, propellants and spe
cial coolants for electronic equipment is
carried out in completely equipped chem
istry laboratory.
Analog computer (shown) and solid
state Univac digital computer give
Vickers the important edge in solving
complex engineering problems.
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1961 AEROSPACE YEARBOOK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
26 AEROSPACE EVENTS
WAYNE W. PARRISH
Publisher
72 THE INDUSTRY
LEONARD A. EISERER
74 Airframe,· Engine, and Missile Manufacturers
General Man.ager
168 Systems and Components Manufacturers
FRE9 HUNTER
Editorial Director
208 MILITARY AVIATION
JAMES J. HAGGERTY, JR. 209 Department of Defense
Executive Director
2 11 Air Force
MARION E. GRAM80W
Managing Editor 215 Army
WILLIAM H. MARTIN 216 Navy
Ar,t Director
220 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
BACIL G'UIEEY
Asst. i!rt Direc.tor. 232 CIVIL AVIATION
233 The Airlines • < '
264 Helicopters
266 General Aviation
268 GOVERNMENT AND AVIATION
288 AIRCRAFT IN PRODUCTION
397 ENGINES IN PRODUCTION
41 8 MiSSILES
442 1960 DAY BY DAY CHRONOLOGY
446 UNITED STATES CHRONOLOGY
4 70 OFFICIAL RECORDS
472 INDEX
Copyright 1961 by American Aviation Publications, Inc.
:Jacket 9esign: J()"E PNU!Iifi!S
SPACE GLIDER. Artist's concept shows Dyna-Soar
manned space glider perched atop modified Titan ICBM
for launching. In space, the glider and booster would
separate, leaving Dyna-Soar vehicle in piloted, near-orbital
flight. Pilot could later glide to conventional landing at a
selected base. Dyna-Soar is being developed by the U. S.
Air Force in cooperation with NASA, with Boeing as prime
contractor for both the system and the glider.
MINUTEMAN, the U.S.'s first solid-fuel inter
continental ballistic missile, is shown blasting from
underground silo in tethered firing test. These
firings were so uniformly successful that test pro
gram was cut almost in half. M·inuteman, which
will be fired from special trains as well as from
silos, will have 6000 mile range. Boeing is weapon
system integrator of U.S. Air Force Minuteman.
FLYING COUSINS. Boeing 707 and 720 jetliners fly the
long-range and intermediate-range air routes of the world.
This transportation network is completed by helicopters
built by Boeing's Vertol Division, which link major ter
minals with local airports and center-city heliports. Vertol
helicopters are flown by U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy ... by
commercial carriers and armed services in many countries.
AERIAL MISSILE LAUNCHER. Boeing B-52G is U.S.
Air Force's most versatile, longest-range weapon system.
The B-52G carries supersonic missiles for in-flight launching
toward targets hundreds of miles away as well as a nuclear
bomb load. On a single retaliatory mission, each B-52G
could strike several targets thousands of miles apart.
BOEING
8 AEROSPACE YEAR BOOK
fNGINfS
- CONTINENTAL AIRGRAFI
FIRST CHOICE
26
MODELS-55 TO 310 HORSEPOWER
IN UTILITY MODEL
A65.......... HP RPM CYL WT* OCTANE
C90 ..... , .... : : : :·: : 65 2300 4 172 73
PLANE POWER 0-200-A ............ o9o5 2575 4 188 80/87
0-300-D ........ ... _1 2750 4 190 80/87
G0-300-C, D .... .. _145 2700 6 267 80/87
E185 ............... _175 3200 6 309 80/87
E225 ............. .. _205 2600 6 326 80/87
225 2650 6 363 80/87
0-470-G .......... ..
240 2600 6 432 91/96
0-470-J, ............ 225
2550 6 380 80/87
0-470-K, L. ........ _
230 2600 6 404 80/87
0-470-M ............
240 2600 6 410 91/96
10-470-C, G ........ 250
2600 6 430 91/96
10-470-D, E, F, L, M.260
2625 6 428 100/130
10-470-H ............ 260
2625· 6 431 100/130
10-470-J, K ......... 225
2600 6 402 80/87
10-470-N ............ 260
2625 6 423 100/130
TSI0-470-B ........ 260
2600 6 465 100/130
GI0-470-A ...... ... 310
3400 6 455 100/130
*All weights approximate
Behind t~e growmg use of airplanes as tools of business and
industry IS the fact that in company after company they are
more than paying their way. As the pioneer in utility aircraft
power,_C ontinental Motors takes understandable pride i~ its ro~e
as engme source for the leading planes of.this type. It 1s _Conti
nental's sincere belief that the performance of these engines
their power, economy and dependability as proven in thousan~s
of hours of flying every year - has been a major facto.r In
businessmen's acceptance of those aircraft-a factor destmed
to assure their ever-widening use,
AIRCRAFT ENGINE DIVISION
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
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