October 4, 1965

October 4, 1965

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SAFETY

Technique Cited in Ifr Go-around Mishap

AIR TRANSPORT

Northwest Thrives on Uncommon Policies

By William H. Gregory11 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Planners Alter Lunar Orbiter Trajectory

By Donald E. Fink8 min

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SAFETY

Technique Cited in Ifr Go-around Mishap

Western Air Lines, Inc., Flight 221, a Douglas DC-6B, N93131, struck the runway with the Nos. 1 and 2 propellers while executing a go-around following an instrument approach to Runway 25L at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, Calif., at 2341 PST, on Dec. 17, 1963.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Northwest Thrives on Uncommon Policies

St. Paul, Minn.—Different but not necessarily radical approaches to scheduling, utilization, maintenance and cargo service are ingredients of the management philosophy at Northwest Airlines that stresses austerity in capital expenses and flexibility in operations.

By William H. Gregory11 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Planners Alter Lunar Orbiter Trajectory

Hampton, Va.—Lunar orbiter mission planners, concerned about the vehicle’s response to the moon’s gravitational field, have decided to put the spacecraft into a highly elliptical holding orbit instead of a medium altitude circular one before dropping it to its lower operational altitude.

By Donald E. Fink8 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Military Spey Version Reflects New Policy at Rolls-royce

London—Rolls-Royce, Ltd., now tooling up for quantity production of the military version of its Spey bypass turbofan engine for the McDonnell F-4 Phantom 2 strike fighter, is preparing for a significant advance in its military business by the late 1960s.

By Herbert J. Coleman8 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

New Aerospace Products

Model 42115 cryogenic refrigerator is designed to cool infrared devices, parametric amplifiers and lasers. In addition, it can be used for cryopumping, hydrogen and neon liquefaction and recondensation of cryogenic fluids, according to the manufacturer.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Lower Family Fares Generate New Traffic

By Ward Wright6 min

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MANAGEMENT

Turks Want F-4 to Meet Mig-21 Threat

U. S. plan to equip units with Northrop F-5 disputed; USAF contends aircraft’s capabilities misunderstood.

By George C. Wilson5 min

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AVIONICS

Rf Probe Finds Intermittent Connections

Honeywell will soon market the first device designed to detect avionic faults which are the most difficult to isolate—intermittent bad connections in components, equipment and interconnecting cables. The device, called a radio frequency (RF) probe, has demonstrated its ability to screen incipient failures in components as well as its value on the flight line in finding poor connections in aircraft cabling which otherwise are extremely difficult to locate.

By Philip J. Klass5 min

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Letters

I noted with interest your photograph on the lower portion of p. 88 (AW&ST Aug. 23) showing two variations of Russian jet pilot pressure suits. While I cannot claim to be a super expert in respect to pressurized flight suits, I have had formal training in their use and have worn them frequently in our space research operations.
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EDITORIAL

A Healthy Industry

For a patient that was diagnosed as suffering from chronic anemia as recently as a year ago by many doctors of economics, the aerospace industry has been exhibiting remarkable symptoms of financial health and technical vigor. We do not pretend to understand the occult processes by which classical economists attempt to forecast for the aerospace industry.

By Robert Hotz4 min

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