April 8, 1991

April 8, 1991

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Soviets Launch Largest Earth Resources Satellite on Modified Salyut Platform

By CRAIG COVAULT6 min

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Upgraded Titan 4 Solid Rocket Motor Destroyed During First Full-scale Test

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT,MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM5 min

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Piper Blames Pilot Error and Weather for Malibu Aircraft’s Inflight Breakups

By EDWARD H. KOLCUM4 min

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Soviets Launch Largest Earth Resources Satellite on Modified Salyut Platform

By CRAIG COVAULT6 min

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Upgraded Titan 4 Solid Rocket Motor Destroyed During First Full-scale Test

EDWARDS AFB, CALIF. A development prototype of an upgraded Titan 4 solid rocket motor was destroyed during a static firing here last week, causing significant damage to a test stand recently refurbished after a previous fire last fall.

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT,MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM5 min

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Piper Blames Pilot Error and Weather for Malibu Aircraft’s Inflight Breakups

By EDWARD H. KOLCUM4 min

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District Court Upholds Continental Lease Pacts

NEW YORK Continental Airlines will have to pay overdue aircraft lease payments or risk having the aircraft repossessed, according to a ruling by the U. S. District Court in Philadelphia. Continental had sought to suspend payments on leases for 108 aircraft by claiming that Section 1110 of the U. S. Bankruptcy Code did not apply to sale-leaseback arrangements.

By NICHOLAS C. KERNSTOCK3 min

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Trapeze Gives F-117 Ability to Carry Variety of Weapons

NELLIS AFB Air Force/Lockheed F-117 stealth attack aircraft returning home from the gulf war arrived here to a public ceremony on Apr. 1. The aircraft opened their bomb bays and lowered their weapon trapezes, revealing an aspect of the F-117 that had not been seen clearly in public before.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM3 min

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Paris Air Show Increases Exhibit Space, But Some Major Companies Bow Out

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ3 min

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Piaggio to Market P180 Factory-direct After Terminating Sales Pact with Amr

By EDWARD H. PHILLIPS2 min

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Several Engine Makers Express Interest in Supplying F/a-18 E/f Powerplant

NEW YORK General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and General Motors’ Allison Gas Turbine Div. moved closer to becoming competitors to power the proposed F/A-18E/F aircraft after each formally notified the Navy last week they are interested in the program.
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Grumman Cutting Jobs as Business Shrinks

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Prototype of Starstreak-equipped Avenger Set for First Test Firing This Summer

WASHINGTON Prototype work has been completed on integration of the Shorts Brothers Starstreak missile with the Boeing Avenger fire unit, and the first test of the integrated system is scheduled for early this summer. The Avenger air defense system, which Boeing Defense & Aerospace Group produces for the U. S. Army, currently carries eight infrared-guided Stinger missiles in a turret mounted on a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV).
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