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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1971)
HE BATTALION Wednesday, June 2, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 5 r h tests will 1* lie American ill, mathemat' physics. CLEF testing libility of tit ling and Test participates ii lacement Pro. ts own crefi •ough depart- Aero engineers design specialized aircraft for fledgling countries Three versions of a rugged, low ing nations have been designed Conceived within limitations of cost aircraft for use in develop- by Texas A&M student teams. a proposal request for an aero space engineering course, the planes would fly cargo or pas sengers in nations undergoing rapid industrial development. “Development of such special ized aircraft would give the U. S. aerospace industry substantial long range markets and provide technological advances to nations seeking better transportation sys tems,” said Dr. Charles A. Roden- berger aero engineering professor, in the proposal request. Three nine-student teams head ed by Dale Painter of Houston, John Richardson of San Antonio and Richard Rynearson of Deca tur made feasibility and economic analyses in model countries be fore designing the airplanes. They also worked out financial esti mates for the systems, including development of relatively low cost landing strips. Market analysis included identi fying possible passengers and pro. ducts for transportation, develop ment of routes and numbers of flights per day and payload per flight. Aircraft performance required a 1,600-mile full load range, a 600 mile-per-hour cruise speed, land and takeoff on a 6,000-foot long sea-level runway and 295 feet per minute rate of climb. A four-man panel composed of engineers from Boeing, LTV and General Dynamics judged team oral presentations and “awarded the contract” to Painter’s team. The team’s solution was the “Burro,” a twin turboprop-power ed nose-loading craft of 73-foot length and 97-foot wingspan. Cost per plane for 1,000 transport and passenger versions would be $1.1 million, with $315.52 per hour operating expense at U. S. labor costs. Sea-level runway needs were computed to be a 115-foot wide concrete strip 66 inches thick at the touchdown area sloping up to 33 inches at runout. The cost of 15 airfields and 500 planes was figured at less than $623 million. “Most important,” the team said, “is that using air transport to develop remote areas of a country, such • Brp~' cheaper than transportation sysc Painter’s team calc^i. wiiat a two-lane paved road system connecting the points on their proposed Brazilian system would cost $16 billion, not including yearly maintenance nor gasoline and repairs stations along the highways. The winning team was com posed of Painter, Joe Bierman of Allentown, Pa.; Paul Busch, Beau mont; George Cataldo, New Fair- field, Conn.; Tom Gailey, Ord, Neb.; Jordan Gary, Dallas; Mike Harrison, Burleson; David Hayek, Corpus Christi, and Gary Sharon, Palestine. AUDEN CORN ki-c ftvir f^oiL .. ^ . Ai® Oft DRINKS _. T _ TCWS UCT SCXMc 0<wi f-%. wwye cm qql FLOUR 4/C 8PINRCH yews uCr w. -ja mupnrt cMmo on St-uo frtj. OELRTlN ” PlNERPPlf COT 8TAMF>8 J M- tte,- I0M;- ow e availal- prices. large as 'West cost* he sa® 1 fcrGncB ^ ;han sev« is usual tt says. ;able itc® most eco ! orangti' awberrit 1 ;oes, W 2, carrofe , radish WE GIVE OPCCM stamps-...a ORCCM STAMPS [ wvl WHOM n 'lot, UMRBERN1S 3^00^ IDMfllDSflUCE ,MjL FRUIT COGlHffll ‘'■ r A SsOOi s r 8& _ fop Rwirf/ pwdocl , M$aei> it> ^ rsaM ^ aBmuwhS'S a 10' poDes ^ 10 ^ ^ 10c Cfliv 25c ffiSH 1 '* 2k «r”g 25c % 56c v/flNCHMP PORKSBERNS 1&C BRBYFOOP M 1UC mmrptKK nii. 07 SALMON W 87C ObCOt'NT HfflctH ( iiM'j n<ct 88 PtOTtN V 9HRMP00 Ta MfPUlMC 401 iae Mr, ± t nn 2UNWL0T10M T- CRNIWDUPES s 3 « 88* G01DMI»*88 ORANGES 2.% 88 f MELONS ea.39c MINE hd.19c wmwH md „ r>rXi v/iMf pinic A (\Ci l 1DMRTDES m imdos^qo^ W'iT SWEET PER9 303 05 CHOiCC Mpu 0^ JkCHUCK ROAST ‘e 30 MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 8 A. M. TO 8 P. M. SUNDAY 9 A. M. TO 6 P. M. RANCH SIYLE SrtRK V 4)84 SHOULDER R0RST « 604 OUR ROORL BROIL STEAKS *8 88 < BOSTON ROIL R0RST <0 88 4 SHOULDER SWISS STEAK lb. 78c 80NELES9 GLUB STERKS « L 1.18 RIB S1ERKS v 981 SHORT RIBS BRISKET STEW MERT BONELESS 81EW MERE U6 CHOICE fftlS $wr ppmm sliced BACON sw/irr PP0fAiPs\ CANNED HAM 1 51W em GROUND BfEf ^ 9B^ U.S.D.A.—GRADE ‘A* FRYERS »»* i k 29« V 381 88L KM ^ 0ROUMD OHUCK mu 4. Ol^-UP FRYERS ^ t 35' DRINK REFRESHING SPRITE - TAB - FRESCA or BUDWEISER 6 PACK CAN 99 BEER northern 3 an PflPUtlDWUS'^w DINNERS 3o 4 WM-&oe t'ft 4urii£ pizzas w 591 BeSer brSid w 3 lows . 89c 3lk t 1.12 DOUBLE Sm^REEKl WtTH *250 OR MORB •PURCHASE (slow’. THREE C|REftT51bl2E5 TD 5&f2v45. \bq SETTER No. 23 4309 TEXAS AVENUE No. 36 3516 TEXAS AVENUE No. 37 200 E. 24TH. STREET BPVRKi i ^Prnoti, TE)(p § KT-S STAMPS OrjEEfM -STAM PS^.vj WE GIVE