November 1, 1965

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AIR TRANSPORT

Simplification, Stability Featured in Dc-9

Long Beach, Calif.—Douglas Aircraft Co.’s DC-9 twin-turbofan transport combines the jet aircraft’s typical quietness and comfort with an uncluttered cockpit gained through such features as fewer checklist items and advanced instrumentation.

By C. M. Plattner13 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Gemini 3,4 Underscore Man’s Space Role

Washington—Two adverse physiological effects, apparently caused by weightlessness, were revealed by experiments conducted on board Gemini 3 and 4, but neither appears to be a threat for presently planned manned space projects. The two effects are:

By Philip J. Klass10 min

AVIONICS

Inflight Engine-data Recording Evaluated

Program to evaluate the economic and operational benefits obtainable from in-flight maintenance-data recording, recently begun aboard an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727, holds important implications for both the airlines and for computer manufacturers.

AIR TRANSPORT

Bac 111-400 Reflects Pilot Suggestions

London—British Aircraft Corp. BAC 111 Series 400 twin-jet transport, now in advanced stages of development flying for its certificate of airworthiness, has characteristics that reflect intensive inputs from airline and test pilots in initial design and development.

By Herbert J. Coleman8 min

BUSINESS FLYING

Lear Liner Sales to Near 500 in Decade

Wichita, Kan.—Sales of the Model 40 Lear Liner are expected to total just under 500 aircraft during the next decade, according to William P. Lear, Sr., president of Lear Jet Corp. Lear said the figure includes both corporate and airline sales and amounts to about 60% of the total market for this class of aircraft.

By David A. Brown7 min

Microcircuits Add to Simulator Flexibility

Binghamton, N. Y.—Evolution of the digital flight simulator into a high-speed semiconductor microcircuit system has been accompanied by a paradoxical growth, rather than reduction, in over-all size. As the speed and flexibility of the central processor and its associated memories and input/output devices have increased, simulated functions have kept pace to a degree that probably would have reduced an analog machine to impossible complexity.

By Kenneth J. Stein7 min

AIR TRANSPORT

Cab Staff Predicts 10-year Traffic Gains

Washington—U. S. trunkline scheduled revenue passenger mileage is expected to increase 2-3 times during the next 10 years whether fares increase, decrease or remain at 1964 levels, according to the latest Civil Aeronautics Board staff traffic forecast.

AIR TRANSPORT

‘visit U.s.a.’ Fares Gain Among Trunks

Washington—Spread of “Visit the U. S. A.” promotional fares among the trunk carriers is slowly gathering headway despite their rather poor showing in the local service airline industry, which has had a similar fare since September, 1963.

By Ward Wright6 min

EQUIPMENT

Seat Pallet Van Is Developed for 727qc

San Jose, Calif.—A 55-ft.-long seat pallet van taking shape in the yard of FMC Corp.’s John Bean Div. plant here represents United Air Lines’ approach to ground-handling equipment needed to support the quick-change convertible passenger-cargo transport aircraft concept.

By Richard G. O’Lone5 min

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