February 20, 1961

February 20, 1961

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SAFETY

F-27 Crashes in Sea During Approach

MANAGEMENT

Army Expands Direct Industry Relations

By Larry Booda8 min

BUSINESS FLYING

Soviets Repair Glider Fortunes with A-l5

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SAFETY

F-27 Crashes in Sea During Approach

Following is the first part of a report to the Australian Minister of Civil Aviation on an inquiry into circumstances involving a crash of a Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F-27 Friendship turboprop transport. Killed in the crash were the crew of four and 25 passengers.
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MANAGEMENT

Army Expands Direct Industry Relations

By Larry Booda8 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Soviets Repair Glider Fortunes with A-l5

Russia’s intensive effort to rebuild its fortunes in international gliding competition shows signs of paying off. After a series of setbacks in the 1950s, the Soviets last year began making successful assaults on world gliding records.
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AVIONICS

Self-learning Machines to Use Artrons

Alexandria, Va.—An artificial neuron called Artron, which can be used to build machines that learn by experience, has been developed here by Melpar. The company will investigate the device’s characteristics and its applications to self-learning machines under two contracts recently awarded by USAF’s Wright Air Development Division.

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Soviets Launch Venus Probe From Orbit

Seven-ton Sputnik VIII is used as space platform; instrumented interplanetary vehicle weighs 1,418 lb.
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Hughes Unveils Lunar Landing Mockup

Pasadena, Calif.—National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Surveyor soft landing vehicle for lunar exploration (AW Jan. 30, p. 50), will make a dozen or more types of observation and will weigh only about 125 lb. as it touches down on the moon, according to scientists at California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and prime contractor, Hughes Aircraft Co.

By Russell Hawkes5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Off-season Atlantic Passengers Up 35%

New York—Transatlantic scheduled airlines, fighting to keep pace with vastly expanded seat capacities, increased their passenger traffic by 35% during the last three months of 1960 over the same period of the previous year. Capacity rose 53% for the quarter, however, and over-all passenger load factor dipped from 62% to 56%.

By Glenn Garrison5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Faa Is Studying Effects of Pilot Aging

Washington—Impact of turbojet aircraft operations on air safety has led the Federal Aviation Agency to establish a new medical research program designed to explore the effect of pilot aging on performance. Expected to result in more complex and exacting pilot physical examinations, the program’s primary objective is the early detection and diagnosis of accelerated aging processes which could affect a pilot’s proficiency, especially with the faster, more demanding turbine-powered aircraft.

By Robert H. Cook5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

White House Transpacific Review Likely

CAB appears certain to send route case to Kennedy; final decision would shed light on new air policy.

By L. L. Doty5 min

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EDITORIAL

The Stern Chase in Space

The seven-ton Sputnik VII and VIII payloads hurled into orbit and the Venus probe launched from the parking orbit of Sputnik VIII should serve notice that the Soviets do not intend to stagnate in the space race and that the stern chase we are now engaged in will not become less arduous with the passing of time.

By Robert Hotz5 min

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