September 26, 1966

September 26, 1966

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AVIONICS

Atc Staff Training with Alpha-numerics

By Kenneth J. Stein10 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Launch Set for Gravity-gradient Vehicle

By Roderick D. Hibben9 min

BUSINESS FLYING

Piper Aims Navajo at Medium Twin Field

By David A. Brown9 min

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AVIONICS

Atc Staff Training with Alpha-numerics

Islip, N. Y.-Addition of alpha-numeric altitude/identity tags on nine radar bright displays at New York Air Route Traffic Control Center here dramatizes the steadily expanding role of avionics in helping to provide enhanced air traffic control services.

By Kenneth J. Stein10 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Launch Set for Gravity-gradient Vehicle

Silver Spring, Md.-Attempt to demonstrate gravity-gradient stabilization for synchronous orbiting satellites will be made early next year with the launching of the Dept. of Defense gravity experiments (Dodge) satellite. It will be put into a circular, equatorial, nearly synchronous orbit at an altitude of 21,000 mi. with a 22.26-hr. period.

By Roderick D. Hibben9 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Piper Aims Navajo at Medium Twin Field

White Plains, N. Y.-Piper Aircraft Corp., the last of the major business aircraft manufacturers to enter the rapidly growing market for medium-sized twinengine aircraft, is pinning its sales hopes on the unusually good combination of large size, low price and high performance embodied in its PA-31 Navajo.

By David A. Brown9 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Planning Eases Firm’s Air Unit Founding

White Plains, N. Y.-Combustion Engineering, Inc., with careful advance planning, formed its corporate aviation department from scratch in late 1964. It currently is providing more than 600 hr. transportation per year for officers and customers of the power equipment firm.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Ge Boosts Thrust in Phase 3 Sst Engine

Increase of 30% in airflow capability helps raise rating to 63,200 lb.; growth to 75,000 lb. possible.

By Michael L. Yaffee7 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Pilots See Value in Turbulence Simulation

Johnsville, Pa.-Federal Aviation Agency’s dynamic simulation study here of jet transport stability characteristics during severe turbulence has been completed by 64 pilots without any losses of control occurring. With increasing emphasis placed on advanced simulators and the need for additional instruction in swept-wing aerodynamic theory in airline pilot training programs, the study could have a major influence on revisions to airline pilot training programs (AW&ST Aug. 1, p. 42).

By B. K. Thomas7 min

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

British Missile Industry Shows Strength

Farnborough-British missile industry appears vigorous despite the uncertainty hovering over the future of the British aerospace industry. Two large divisions —Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and British Aircraft Corp.’s Stevenage Guided Weapons Div.—are working at nearcapacity and Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd., is doing well with its Tigercat/ Seacat low-level anti-aircraft missile.

By Warren C. Wetmore7 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Attack Angle Device Seen Aid to Piloting

Charlottesville, Va.-New flight instrument, which combines presentation of angle of attack and Mach buffet boundaries, points the way for improved piloting techniques in corporate jet aircraft. The instrument was developed by the Specialties Div. of Teledyne, Inc.
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BUSINESS FLYING

Italian Pd-808 Handles Like Light Twin

London-First Italian executive jet transport, the Piaggio-Douglas PD-808, now nearing certification and directly aimed at the lucrative U.S. jet market, is a sturdy aircraft with handling characteristics comparable to light conventional twins.

By Herbert J. Coleman7 min

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MANAGEMENT

Tactical Aircraft Production Boost Urged

Pike hits Air Force emphasis on missiles, bombers, sophistication; criticizes delay in order for COIN.

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

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