January 9, 1967

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Safety

Optical Illusion Cited as Cause of Collision

Trans World Airlines, Inc.. Flight 42. (TW 42), a Boeing 707, N748TW. and Eastern Airlines, Inc., Flight 853. (EA 853 ). a Lockheed 1049C, N6218C. were involved in a midair collision over the Carmel. N. Y„ VORTAC while en route to the New York City area at approximately 1619 EST, Dec. 4, 1965.

Avionics

Douglas Plans All-weather Landing Tests

Long Beach, Calif.-Douglas Aircraft Co. is taking major strides toward outfitting its commercial jet transports with the necessary capability for making approaches under ever-lowering conditions of ceiling and visibility. The company is nearing the end of a lengthy series of flight tests required by the Federal Aviation Agency for engineering certification of Category 2 configurations for the DC-8 Series 50 and 60 transports and the DC-9 Series 10 and 30 transports.

By Barry Miller7 min

Air Transport

Boeing Focuses on Range-payload Goal

Seattle-Further refinements of its winning Boeing 2707 supersonic transport design, including an attack on the major range-payload problem, will occupy the Boeing Co. supersonic transport team while waiting for the government to make the key decision on when or whether to proceed with prototype construction.

By Richard G. O'Lone6 min

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Optical Illusion Cited as Cause of Collision

Airpower Gives U. S. Edge in Vietnam War

By Cecil Brownlow18 min

Europe Acts to Combat Traffic Congestion

By L. L. Doty9 min

Optical Illusion Cited as Cause of Collision

Airpower Gives U. S. Edge in Vietnam War

By Cecil Brownlow18 min