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March 20, 1968
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Aviation DAILY     

747 ROLLOUT ON SCHEDULE, BOEING SAYS

About 20,000 Boeing Co. employes [[employees]] are working on the 747 program as the Seattle aerospace firm points toward rollout of the first superjet from the Everett, Wash., final assembly plant in October.  Malcolm T. Stamper, v.p. and manager of the Everett branch of the Boeing Commercial Airplane division, told the DAILY that 747 facilities are on or ahead of schedule and within cost estimates.  Stamper also said he is confident the first superjet will be rolled out on the schedule set about two years ago.

"We're on schedule in engineering to meet October rollout," Stamper said.  Our subcontractors' present performance will support the rollout schedule.  And I am confident we will make the rollout in October and the first flight in December."

Final assembly of the huge superjet will begin in June, Stamper said.  Boeing plans to produce the 747s at a rate of seven a month by March, 1970, and 8 1/2 a month, peak rate, by the spring of 1971. Twenty-six airlines have announced acquisition plans for 150 superjets so far, but Boeing expects a production run of more than 400 of the $20 million airplanes over the life of the program.

Stamper said he is confident Boeing will certificate its Model 747 for operation at a gross takeoff weight of 710,000 lbs. by June, 1970, a year earlier than planned at one time. The superjet was to have been certificated late in 1969 at its original design gross weight of 680,000 lbs., recertificated 695,000 lbs. by mid-1970 and reach the 710,000 lb. figure in June, 1971. However, improved delivery schedules for the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3 engines for the superjet will permit earlier certification at the higher weight.

Boeing also is studying the Pratt & Whitney decision to offer water injection with its JT9D engine to determine what impact the "wet" engine would have on the performance of the 747.  Boeing expects to be able to offer definite proposals concerning the application of the "wet" engine to the 747 to airline customers sometime in the spring.
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CONGRESSIONAL BILLS

(Monday) H.R. 16002--amends section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to continue the existing status of interest in industrial development bonds. Tom Bevill (D-Ala.), Ways and Means Committee.  H.R. 16023--authorizes and fosters joint rates for international transportation of property, to facilitate the transportation of such property.  Harley O. Staggers (D-W. Va.) Commerce Committee. H.R. 16024--extends for one year the act of Sept. 30, 1965 relating to high-speed ground transportation.  Staggers, Commerce. H.R. 16028--amends the Communications Act of 1934 to amend the renewal requirement for licenses in the safety and special radio services.  Robert O. Tiernan (D-R.I.) Commerce. H. Con. Res. 706, H. Con. Res. 710, H. Con. Res. 713--expresses the sense of Congress that the tax-exempt status of interest on industrial development bonds should not be removed by administrative action.  John J. Flynt, Jr. (D-Ga.), Russell Long (D-La.), Jamie L. Whitten (D-Miss.), Ways and Means.
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FAA PROPOSES TO AMEND RULES ON PARACHUTES

FAA may revise its rules governing packing, maintenance, alteration and classification of parachutes and qualifications of parachute riggers, the agency said in an advance notice of proposed rulemaking.  The new rules would be adapted to the needs of sport parachuting, as well as more traditional emergency use of parachutes. FAA will accept comments on the subject, notice 68-7, docket 8759, until June 12.
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UNITED AIR LINES has named Edward J. McCusker publicity representative for northern Ohio.