November 10, 1969

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Air Transport

U.s. Offers ‘updated’ Approach on Liability

Controversial new approach to airline liability in international air passenger transportation has been offered by the U.S. government to update the much criticized Warsaw Convention. The U.S. proposal is expected to form the major basis for discussion of the Legal Committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which is scheduled to convene next February on the passenger injury and death liability question.

By Harold D. Watkins7 min

Avionics

American Plans Self-service Ticketer Test

Los Gatos, Calif.—Willingness of the experienced air traveler to use self-service ticketing machines will be tested by American Airlines at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months starting in January. Results of the test are expected to have a strong influence on plans for the expansion of airport ticket sales facilities in the decades ahead.

By Benjamin M. Elson7 min

Air Transport

Executive Jet Aviation Begins Efforts to Find New Financing

Washington—Executive Jet Aviation has begun efforts to obtain new financing following a Civil Aeronautics Board order that the Penn Central Railroad divest itself of all interest and control in the aviation company. Divestment of the railroad’s interest, estimated to be worth as much as $24 million, must be completed by Mar. 1, 1971.

By James P. Woolsey6 min

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Space Factory Planned for 1970s

By Michael L. Yaffee13 min

Fatigue Failure Cited on S-61l