January 1, 1962

January 1, 1962

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SAFETY

Alouette 2 Has Power Loss Over Water

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Automatic Landings Performed in Tf-102

By William S. Reed10 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Transit System Slated to Serve as Routine Navigation Aid By October

By Russell Hawkes7 min

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SAFETY

Alouette 2 Has Power Loss Over Water

An Alouette 2 helicopter, N 526, owned and operated by Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., crashed in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 25 miles south-southwest of Cameron, La., in the early afternoon of Dec. 2, 1958.* The pilot and the three passengers received fatal injuries.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Automatic Landings Performed in Tf-102

Palmdale, Calif.—Automatic approach and landing system developed by North American Aviation’s Autonetics Division has completed contractor flight testing in a Convair TF-102A. After further Air Force evaluation the APN-114 system will undergo Federal Aviation Ágency flight tests.

By William S. Reed10 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Transit System Slated to Serve as Routine Navigation Aid By October

Pt. Mugu, Calif. —Navy is about to establish the command which will operate the Transit satellite system as a routine navigation aid and the system will be available for use by ships and aircraft probably by October of this year. Command is known as the Naval Astronautic Service Group and will be formed mainly from Pacific Missile Range personnel who are now planning and implementing the operational system and are currently working in the Transit research and development program.

By Russell Hawkes7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Israeli Domestic Line Maintains Profits

Tel Aviv—Arkia, Israel’s small but robust domestic airline with only 330 unduplicated route miles to call its own, is keeping pace with its international counterpart, El Al, in the number of passengers carried, showing a profit and busily seeking new equipment as replacements for its aging fleet of Douglas DC-3s.

By Cecil Brownlow7 min

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AVIONICS

Prototype 433l Weather Station in Use

Westover AFB, Mass. — Prototype station for Air Force’s 433L Weather Observing and Forecasting System is integrating elements of its advanced equipment and techniques on a test basis with routine daily weather operations at this Strategic Air Command base.

By James D. Hendricks7 min

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AVIONICS

Lower Minimums Goal of Collins System

Cedar Rapids, Iowa—Improved flight director system incorporating a number of advances aimed at lowering safe jet transport minimums will be announced soon by Collins Radio Co. With similar objectives, Collins also is flight testing a number of improvements for its AP-101 and AP-103 autopilots.

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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Letters

Airline Motivation As a regular subscriber of your excellent magazine, I found your editorial on the Eastern air shuttle in your Dec. 4 issue quite interesting. I feel that in your enthusiastic effort to approve of this concept you omitted certain facts and obvious conclusions.
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MANAGEMENT

Nasa Contracts

Recent contracts and research grants of $50,000 or more awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: HEADQUARTERS, Washington, D. C.: Military Air Transport Service, Scott AFB, I11.—$50,000 to furnish worldwide air transport services.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Future of Warsaw Convention in Doubt

International air law system periled by fight over accident liability limit; U. S. may denounce treaty.

By L. L. Doty5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Lower Fares Proposed for North Atlantic

By L. L. Doty5 min

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