November 5, 1962

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SAFETY

Disabled Lights Cited in Alaska Dc-6 Crash

An Alaska Airlines, Inc., Douglas DC-6A, N 6118C, Flight CKA 779 of July 20, 1961, was a contract cargo flight from Travis AFB, Calif., to Tachikawa, Japan. At 0211, Bering Standard Time, on July 21, 1961, during the approach to a landing at Shemya, Alaska, an en route refueling stop, after descending through minimum weather conditions under the guidance of GCA,1 the aircraft crashed and burned approximately 200 ft.

AVIONICS

Minuteman Guidance Built for Long Life

Anaheim, Calif.—Minuteman concept of an ICBM continuously on alert status for several years in an unattended underground silo and capable of launch less than a minute after authorization has sharply altered the traditional difference between inertial systems designed for ballistic missile use and cruise-type systems intended for aircraft and submarine navigation.

By Philip J. Klass11 min

AIR TRANSPORT

Pilots Voice Auto-landing Requirements

Amsterdam—Manufacturers of automatic landing equipment learned here that the toughest customer may not be the airlines, but the pilot who pushes the system buttons. In a two-day meeting sponsored by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations, manufacturers of U. S. and British automatic landing systems, heard, in no uncertain terms, that:

By Herbert J. Coleman7 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Weather Forecasting Aids Noise Control

Rapid increase in size of rocket boosters during the past few years, and the resultant increase in the noise level generated by static firings and launches of these rockets has made the prediction and control of sound generation an important phase of missile development.

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Usaf Planning Advanced Icbm Studies

Los Angeles—Comprehensive review of ballistic missile concepts which might make new types of ICBMs available for deployment in the 1968-74 period—or at least advance present strategic missile thinking—will begin early next year with a USAF Ballistic Systems Division multi-million-dollar study effort (AW Oct. 15, p. 29).

By Barry Miller6 min

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Letters

We are very much interested in your kind words on the editorial page of your Oct. 1 issue concerning the Mobile Lounges at the Dulles Airport, especially since kind words on these huge “taxis” have been so notably few. Your extremely fair evaluation of these controversial vehicles is, therefore, deeply appreciated both by Chrysler and by Budd.

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