•,? plane news I” Vol. 30, No. 3, Bethpage, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1971 (S 4. The beginning a’ — ,, ‘ . :. and the end; in between — smasningI. success Right on the button! Right on time! • ,• Kitty Hawk splashed down ‘in light Pacific seas at 4:05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Tuesday—very close to its primary recovery vessel, the U.S.S. r Now Orleans. The pin-point accuracy of the splashdown and the speedy recovery of the three Apollo 14 astro nauts capped a dramatic flight that was a cliff hanger at times but resulted in a brilliant mission. It was “a smashing success!” That’s the way Spacecraft Commander Alan • / Shepard Jr. expressed it during the world’s first out- kn 4— in-space “press conference” the day before splash down. Re and his two crew members—Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell and Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa—might now be thinking of even headier language than “smashing success.” And so might others. That it was, indeed, a success seems incontest able. Take the lunar walks, and the one that almost got to the rim of Cone Crater. Did “almost” mean a marred mission? Evidently not, for as scientists re maFkod while the astronauts were in space and on their way home, the rocks and lunar material col meted by the moonwalkers near Cone Crater are probably of the same basic type as those at the rim. So it’s likely that the scientists will be able to judge whether our satellite has been around for about four and a half billion years. Success had its trying moments, though. (Continued on page 6) ‘1 -- -. ‘k &&a. I J- F* :3: I r N ___ Corporate Training goes commercial — offers services to outside agencies Last Monday, February 8, Grumman welcomed its first students to a newly organized vocational school in Plant 38. As explained by Art Gilmore, director of Training & Development for Grumman, the move is a logical one in that Grumman already has the faculty and the equipment for training and upgrading its own men and women. Grummanites will continue to have first claim on the training facilities, but to “take up the slack,” the new Grumman Aerospace Training Center in Plant 38 will now offer, in the daytime, for a fee, these basic industrial courses for non-college-bound applicants: Open to public. Director of Training & Development, • milling machine operation Art Gilmore. explains a new sheet metal technique to (L to R) Michael J. Petro, Nassau deputy • lathe operation Commerce commissioner; Robert Kinkead. direcfor. New York State Department of Commerce; Gilbert C. Hanse, mayor of Babylon • essentials of digital computers Village; Vice President Jack Rettaliata. • electronics shop methods and cable fabrication “We have been licensed by the New York State older, more experienced workers. Our training is The Center is in Plant 38 on New South Road, Education Department to teach these courses,” said oriented to help a person get into a specific job with Hicksville, just north of the Servo Building. Phone Gilmore, “and we anticipate referrals, under the Man high industrial standards.” number is (516) LR 5-3823. Gilmore forecasts an up power Development Training Act, from the State Em The Center offers no guarantee of a job, but its swing in industrial manufacturing on Long Island “fol ployment Service. Also, some small companies have in personnel will offer vocational guidance and aptitude lowing the Long Island Expressway out eastward” in dicated an interest in having us upgrade their em tests and will work closely with the State Employment the latter half of 1971, and he sees good prospects for ployees in these or similar skills, or in training young Office in Hicksville. Tuition for these concentrated the technically inclined to find job openings people just out of high school in Nassau to come aboard alongside eight-hours-a-day courses ranges from $220 to $520. and Suffolk Counties. Set up department for ‘measurements’ JJIJD]fIE Bob Fitzpatrick, director of Quality of events Control, announced recently the estab Notice of events for period Feb. 26 . March 12 lishment of a central department L7. to di should reach Plane News by Thurs., Feb. 18. rect and control all Corporate calibra Amer. Soc. for Metals: Wed., March 10, Holiday tion and measurement standards Inn, activi Plainview, cocktails 5:30 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m., ties. This new department, Measure mtg. 8 p.m., LI. Chap. Dr. A. Hershaft, Grumman, ment Standards, will insure the tech on ‘md. Pollution Control.” Sustaining Members Nite. mcal adequacy of measurement activ R. Mailer, Ext. 7351. ity, operate supporting laboratories, Chess Club: Tues., 5 p.m., PIt. 3 Cafe, tournament, games. control the recall of equipment, and be Alex konnikow, Ext. 7592. responsible for programming its work Coin Club: Wed., 12:05-12:50, PIt. 25 Vendor Conf. load and controlling its budget. Rms. Ken Hale, Ext. 1936. Frank Heuther is manager, and Ex-Servicemen’s Club; First Mon. of month, 7:30 Frank Sciacchitano is assistant man p.m., PIt. 28 Audit., exec. & gen. mtg. Al Kor dula, Ext. 87259. ager. Both report to Fitzpatrick. The Measurement Standards Department in Human Factors Soc.: Sat., Feb. 20, 9-4:30 p.m., Met. chap., cludes the following calibration Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge, Clark, func I N. J., Exit 135, Garden State Pkwy., tions, and, in brackets, $6.50 md. the departments /L. lunch & coffee. Bell lele. Labs Staff on Human they were formerly located in: Instru Factors in Business Info. Sys.” Jerry Fox, Ext. mentation Calibration & Repair (Prod 9431. uct Manufacturing); Measurement Huntington Toastmasters Club: Mon., Feb. 22, 8 p.m., Sciences (Product Engineering); Lab Allstate Bldg., Melville, lxt fI. Conf. Rm., inter nat’l., educational. T. Campbell, Ext. 3157. oratory Sciences (Flight Acceptance); Guests. High school guidance people, small company representatives, town Optical Metrology (Manufacturing En and state officials attended open house to learn about intensive courses to be Inst. Soc. of Amer.: Wed., Feb. 24, 8 p.m., Fran gineering); Linear Metrology & Calibra open to the public. Don Warner. aircraft skills instructor CL). explains training. cesco’s Rest.. Hempstead Tpke., Bethpage. Leon Weymouth of BLH on tion Management (Quality Control). (Photos by Fred Annet’te) “Stress Strain Measure ments.” John Herba, Ext. 2275. Rod & Gun Cub: Wed., Feb. 24, John’s Oasis, Hazel Baker heads for Capital to serve on Government commission St., 8 p.m., gen. membership mtg. Walter Schiil inger, Ext. 57.617. At the request of Perkins McGuire, Accounting Standards, “Should Cost,” or revision or repeal of laws covering Ski Club: Wed., Feb. chairman of the Commission on Govern Renegotiation, and “Truth in Negotia Government procurement. 17, 8:30 p.m., Holiday Manor, ment Procurement, President Hicksville Rd., Bethpage. Lee Badaiamenti, Ext. Lew Evans tion.” The group is one of 13 under the A graduate of Brown University, Bak 2171. has assigned Rick Baker, assistant direc Commission’s wing. er joined the Company in 1955. His tor of Contracts, to work full-time with The Commission was established by responsibilities Stamp Club lBethpage): First 3 Weds, of month, 5 include policy formula p.m., the Commission for six to nine months. Congress PIt. 30 Cafe, swapping, circuit bk. sales, to examine policy, statutes, and tion, direction, and management of Con auctions. Marty Baker Harow, Ext. 9172. will work in Washington, D.C., regulations dealing with Federal pro tracts Department personnel on Depart Wgt. Watchers: in a cost and pricing group that will be curement with a view to making rec ment of Defense, and National Aeron Every Tues., 4:45-6:45 p.m., PIt. 28 Audit. Mimi Ackerman, WW lecturer, Grummanites studying such matters as Uniform Cost ommendations to Congress on enactment autics and Space Administration. & immed. fams. Lee Badalamenti, Ext. 2171. 2 GRUMMAN, February 12, 1971 Outline plans for Space Shuttle in 2-day session with NASA “They were impressed,” is the way lowest total program cost, and fewest Fred Raymes put it following a two-day operational restrictions. Company stud review of the Space Shuttle program ies see a 10-year program life as un with a National Aeronautics and Space realistic, and therefore, a longer pro Administration team headed by Dr. Max gram life makes the most sense. The Faget of Houston, director of Engineer two-stage vehicle is planned for a life ing and Development. expectancy similar to that of an air Raymes, assistant director and study craft. manager on the Shuttle team in Grum Also considered was a so-called stage- man, points out the importance of the and-a-half concept (a single orbiter effort: It could mean as much as $4-$5 with expendable rocket engines or billion; getting a good chunk of that tanks). Although this thrust-augmented funding will help the Company to play system was judged as most “cost effec a meaningful role in the space business. tive,” assuming that only economic fac “We have to come through with this tors are involved, it was not accepted one,” he says. for four reasons: relatively high cost The two other competitors for the per flight, operational restrictions caused Shuttle are McDonnell Douglas and by jettisoning of expendables, need for a North American Rockwell. And Presi Shuttle talk. Tom Kelly, NASA’s Dr. Max Faget, and Fred Raymes (L to R) listen second launch site, and practical inabil the dent Lew Evans has thrown down very attentively to a Grumman presentation on how best to develop a Space Shuttle. ity to grow to a fully reusable system. gauntlet: “Grumman/Boeing intends to (Photo by Harry Prodromides) The original Space Shuttle study ob win.” jectives were to: There are about 50 Grummanites on • Define alternative space shuttle board to make sure that that’s the way from other companies—to develop the for the booster.