August 8, 1966

August 8, 1966

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SAFETY

Fire Cause Is Mystery in Viscount Crash

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Planning Gap Delays Saturn Development

AIR TRANSPORT

Continental Shapes Pacific Growth Aims

By William H. Gregory10 min

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SAFETY

Fire Cause Is Mystery in Viscount Crash

A United Air Lines, Inc., Vickers Viscount 745D, N7405, Flight 823, crashed 24 mi. northeast of Parrottsville, Tenn., at 1815 EST, July 9, 1964. Thirty-four passengers and the four crewmembers died in the crash. One passenger died of injuries following a free fall from the aircraft before the crash.
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Planning Gap Delays Saturn Development

The second question cannot be answered until the first has been, and the first is dependent upon the next major goal to be set for the U. S. space program. The latter, in turn, is heavily and adversely influenced by the costs of the Vietnam war and the war’s demands upon key resources.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Continental Shapes Pacific Growth Aims

By William H. Gregory10 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Family of Small Engines Planned for Space

Denville, N. J.—Reaction Motors Div. of Thiokol Chemical Corp. has developed a new radiation/regeneratively cooled rocket engine from which it hopes to establish a whole family of chemical space engines running from 2 to 200 lb. in thrust for a variety of satellite and re-entry vehicle applications.

By Michael L. Yaffee9 min

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Strike Economic, Social Impact Deepens

Washington—Economic and social impact of the International Assn, of Machinists’ strike against five major U. S. airlines intensified last week as the labor impasse neared the end of its fourth week. Pressure from the precincts was spurring the efforts of President Johnson and Congress to reach a compromise on legislation that would end the politically thorny airline strike, which began July 8 when 35,400 IAM members walked out at Eastern, National, Northwest, Trans World and United.
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AVIONICS

Small Two-axis Sensor Has Multiple Uses

Family of unusually small, two-axis angular rate sensors which have demonstrated sufficiently high performance for a number of aerospace control and stabilization applications is evolving from six years of research and development. The new rate sensors, called dual-axis rate transducers (Dart), are simple gimballess devices made up of very few parts and only one moving part.

By Barry Miller6 min

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Letters

Inflight Entertainment The present dilemma of the domestic and international airlines regarding inflight entertainment would be quickly resolved if they would stop to consider that “inflight entertainment” is not synonymous with “inflight motion pictures.”
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AIR TRANSPORT

Trunks Set Revenue Record in First Half

Washington—The nation’s 11 domestic trunk airlines, facing erratic financial fortunes in the third quarter of this year due to the International Assn, of Machinists strike against five of the carriers (see p. 40), continued their generally record-setting pace in the first six months of this year, based on initial reports.

By Harold D. Watkins5 min

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MANAGEMENT

Comsat Reveals $110-million Plan for Mid-1970s Domestic System

Washington—Communications Satellite Corp. is ready to establish a $ 110-million common carrier domestic communications satellite system that could be in full operation by mid-1970. It would be the first operational domestic communications satellite system in the West.

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

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EDITORIAL

Second-generation Spacecraft

Much discussion and controversy exists regarding recoverable and reusable boosters in spacecraft systems; but they will become a reality in the future. For the future major daily space operational ventures, we must not incur the waste of the throw-away missile concepts now employed in our space systems.
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