UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

Statement of-

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Allen, William M., president, the Boeing Co. Box 3707, Seattle 24,

Wash., accompanied by Edward C. Wells, vice president, product

development; Robin Little, manager, market research, Airplane

Division, and C. E. Dillon, director of finance, Airplane Division...

Atwood, J. L., president, North American Aviation, Inc., 1700 East

Imperial Highway, El Segundo, Calif., accompanied by Lawrence

Greene.

Berner, T. Roland, president and chairman, Curtiss-Wright Corp.,

304 Valley Boulevard, Wood-Ridge, N.J., accompanied by J. P.

Grandfield, chief engineer, Wright Aeronautical Division, and

G. L. Albin...

Boyd, Hon. Alan S., Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board, Washing-
ton, D.C..

Brown, Dr. Harold, Director of Defense Research and Engineering,
Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., accompanied by
Thomas C. Muse, Director for Aeronautics, Defense Research and
Engineering.-

Burnard, E. Thomas, executive vice president, Airport Operators
Council, 1700 K Street NW., Washington, D.C.

Douglas, Donald W., Jr., president, Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., 3000

Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, Calif.

Flax, Dr. Alexander H., Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Research
and Development, Department of the Air Force, Washington,
D.C..

Gray, Harold E., executive vice president, Overseas Division, Pan
American World Airways, Inc., Pan American Building, New
York 17, N.Y., accompanied by Sanford B. Kauffman, vice presi-
dent, engineering

Gross, Courtlandt S., chairman, board of directors, Lockheed Air-

craft Corp., 2555 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, Calif., accom-

panied by A. Karl Kotchian, group vice president, Lockheed Air-

craft Corp.; Jerome F. McBrearty, vice president, Lockheed-

California Co., and William H. Statler, chief engineer for aircraft,

Lockheed-California Co..

Halaby, Hon. Najeeb E., Administrator, Federal Aviation Agency,

Washington, D.C., accompanied by Gordon M. Bain, Deputy Ad-

ministrator, Supersonic Transport Development; Nathaniel A.

Goodrich, General Counsel, and Frampton E. Ellis, Jr., Chief, Aero-

dynamics and Structures, Office of Supersonic Transport Develop

ment...

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Horner, H. M., chairman, United Aircraft Corp., 400 Main Street,
East Hartford 8, Conn., accompanied by Donald Jordan, assistant
chief, engineering, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division, and Arthur
E. Smith, vice president and general manager, Pratt & Whitney
Aircraft Division.

Keck, G. E., president, United Air Lines, Inc., O'Hare International
Airport, Box 8800, Chicago 66, Ill., accompanied by William C.
Mentzer, senior vice president, engineering and maintenance..
Martin, Hon. Clarence D., Under Secretary of Transportation, De-
partment of Commerce, Washington, D.C., accompanied by Dr.
J. Herbert Hollomon, Ássistant Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology...

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Parker, Jack S., vice president and group executive, aerospace and
defense group, General Electric Co., 570 Lexington Avenue, New
York 22, N.Y., accompanied by E. E. Hood and Gerhard Newmann,
general manager, Flight Propulsion Division..

Six, Robert F., president, Continental Air Lines, Inc., Los Angeles
International Airport, Los Angeles 9, Calif., accompanied by
James E. Colburn, director, flight engineering..
Smith, C. R., president, American Airlines, Inc., 633 Third Avenue,
New York 17, N.Y..

Stack, John, vice president and director of engineering, Republic
Aviation Corp., Conklin Street, Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y...
Tillinghast, Charles C., Jr., president, Trans World Airlines, Inc.,
380 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N.Y., accompanied by R. W.
Rummel, vice president, planning and research.-
Tipton, Stuart G., president, Air Transport Association of America,
1000 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, D.C., accompanied
by William Sewell, vice president, operations and engineering- -
Webb, Hon. James E., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, D.C., accompanied by Dr. Raymond
Bisplinghoff, Director, Office of Advanced Research and Tech-
nology, and Albert J. Evans, Acting Director of Aeronautical
Research, Office of Advanced Research and Technology-
Welsh, Edward C., Executive Secretary, National Aeronautics and
Space Council, Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.,
accompanied by Max Hunter...

Wiesner, Dr. Jerome B., Director, Office of Science and Technology,
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., accompanied by
Dr. Nicholas Golovin...

WITNESSES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1963

Hon. Alan S. Boyd, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board..
Hon. Najeeb E. Halaby, Administrator, Federal Aviation Agency; accom-
panied by Gordon M. Bain, Deputy Administrator, Supersonic Transport
Development; Nathaniel A. Goodrich, General Counsel and Frampton E.
Ellis, Jr., Chief, Aerodynamics and Structures, Office of Supersonic
Transport Development----

Hon. Najeeb E. Halaby, accompanied by Gordon M. Bain, Nathaniel A.
Goodrich, and Frampton E. Ellis, Jr.....

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1963

Hon. James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; accompanied by Dr. Raymond Bisplinghoff, Director,
Office of Advanced Research and Technology, and Albert J. Evans,
Acting Director of Aeronautical Research....

Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Director, Office of Science and Technology; accompanied by Dr. Nicholas Golovin..

Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary, National Aeronautics and Space
Council; accompanied by Max Hunter.

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Dr. Harold Brown, Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; accompanied by Thomas C. Muse, Director for Aeronautics__

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Dr. Alexander H. Flax, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Research and
Development.......

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Stuart G. Tipton, president, Air Transport Association of America; accompanied by William Sewell; vice president, operations and engineering---

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1963

C. R. Smith, president, American Airlines, Inc..
Robert F. Six, president, Continental Air Lines, Inc.; accompanied by
James E. Colburn, director, flight engineering--

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