December 16, 1985

December 16, 1985

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AVIATION WEEK PILOT REPORT

Caproni Stresses Low Operating Cost, Aerobatic Performance of C22j Ventura

By David M. North9 min

STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE

European Industry Begins to Seek U. S. Sdi Contracts

By David A. Brown8 min

SPACE STATION

Final Space Station Configuration Nears Nasa, Contractor Approval

By Craig Covault6 min

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AVIATION WEEK PILOT REPORT

Caproni Stresses Low Operating Cost, Aerobatic Performance of C22j Ventura

North Philadelphia Airport—Light, twinjet C22J Ventura trainer designed and built by Italy’s Caproni is being marketed in the U. S. as a fully aerobatic aircraft to civilian pilots desiring an unusual aircraft with good performance and low operating costs.

By David M. North9 min

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STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE

European Industry Begins to Seek U. S. Sdi Contracts

By David A. Brown8 min

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SPACE STATION

Final Space Station Configuration Nears Nasa, Contractor Approval

By Craig Covault6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Europeans Draft Common Wide-body Specifications

By Michael Feazel5 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

British Aerospace Identifies 22-carrier Market Base for Advanced Turboprop

Manchester, England—British Aerospace has identified 22 air carriers it believes will form the core of a worldwide market for its advanced turboprop (ATP) transport in the next few years. The manufacturer believes there will be a total world market of 1,000-1,400 new turboprop aircraft by the end of the century and it expects the ATP, a derivative of the HS. 748, to capture at least 400 of these.

By David A. Brown5 min

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AVIATION WEEK PILOT REPORT

Agusta Adds Siai-marchetti, Caproni to U. S. Sales Effort

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AIR TRANSPORT

747/767 Pressure Bulkhead Tests Precede Suggested Safety Changes

By Richard G. O’Lone5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Ata Executives Foresee Structural Changes in Atc and Airport Funding

By James Ott4 min

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Editorial

Construction in Space

The relative ease with which space shuttle Mission 61-B astronauts assembled and disassembled truss elements of the type that may be used to construct the framework for the U. S./International Space Station was another prime demonstration that man can work effectively in the weightless environment of space when provided with properly designed tools, which do not necessarily have to be complex.

By DONALD E. FINK4 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Nasa Considers Further Tests of Space Construction Skills

Johnson Space Center—The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will follow the space construction activity carried out on Mission 61-B with other shuttle structural assembly demonstrations designed to reduce the risk of undertaking the actual space station buildup.

By Craig Covault4 min

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