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From his first term in the Congress in 1963, Representative John W. Wydler (Republican 

 of New York), second from left, took a strong and active interest in aircraft noise research, 

 including numerous field trips to NASA's Langley Research Center, as shown here. 



aeronautics on the same level as manned space flight and other as- 

 sociate administrators, the subcommittee wanted to know. On May 3, 

 1967, NASA responded halfway in elevating Harper to become Deputy 

 Associate Administrator of Aeronautics. Finally, on January 14, 1972, 

 the subcommittee was victorious when NASA named Roy P. Jackson 

 the first Associate Administrator of Aeronautics and Space Technology. 

 The Hechler subcommittee then celebrated by taking on the new name 

 of "Subcommittee on Aeronautics and Space Technology." 



The subcommittee took the offensive again in 1967 on behalf of 

 aeronautics. Concerned that there was insufficient leadership within 

 NASA on behalf of aeronautics, the subcommittee called as witnesses 

 Dr. Donald F. Hornig, Director of the Office of Science and Tech- 

 nology and Special Assistant to the President for Science and Tech- 

 nology; Secretary of Transportation Alan S. Boyd; and FAA Adminis- 

 trator Gen. William F. McKee. These three witnesses provided an 

 excellent sounding board for the committee's objective. In its 1967 

 committee report, the following observation was made: 



