April 3, 1967

April 3, 1967

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Avionics

Monitor Aids C-141 All-weather Landing

By Kenneth J. Stein13 min

Air Transport

Turbojet Aircraft 1966 Operations

Aeronautical Engineering

Lubricants Sought for Advanced Aircraft

By Michael L. Yaffee9 min

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Avionics

Monitor Aids C-141 All-weather Landing

Marietta, Ga.—All-weather landing system undergoing flight test on board two USAF/Lockheed C-141 testbed aircraft here will be installed on the Air Force’s entire C-141 fleet, including phased retrofitting, following Federal Aviation Agency and Air Force certification of the system, expected by early summer.

By Kenneth J. Stein13 min

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Air Transport

Turbojet Aircraft 1966 Operations

OPERATIONS—ALL SERVICES Revenue Miles (000) Revenue Hours Speed (M.P.H.) No. of Aircraft Daily Aircraft Util. Hours Miles Non-Revenue Miles Number (000) % of Revenue Fuel Per Hour (Gals) BOEING 707 Pan American-Psgr Pan American-Cargo
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Aeronautical Engineering

Lubricants Sought for Advanced Aircraft

Lubricating, hydraulic fluids for operation at Mach 3 and above are goals of NASA/Lewis hunt; inerted systems viewed favorably

By Michael L. Yaffee9 min

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Management

Politics Alter German Air Force Plans

U.S.-Soviet attempt to ease tensions affects West Germany’s equipment decisions; nation’s depressed air industry a factor

By Donald E. Fink8 min

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Space Technology

Alsep Array Cut for First Moon Missions

New York-Current plans for Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (Alsep) are that four of its seven experiments will be carried on the first two landings, with a different array under study for the landings which will follow. The four priority Alsep experiments are a lunar surface magnetometer, a passive seismometer, a solar wind spectrometer (AW&ST Feb. 27, p. 55) and a supra-thermal ion detector.

By Roderick D. Hibben7 min

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Cab Service Scrutiny Concerns Carriers

Board's focus on passenger complaints, proposed rule on denied boarding charges seen as threat to management prerogatives

By Harold D. Watkins6 min

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Air Force North Vietnam Effort Dependent on Thai Bases

Four Siamese fields sustain 80% of USAF strikes over north; Boeing B-52s to begin bombing missions from there this week

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

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Air Transport

Turboprop Aircraft 1966 Operations and Traffic Statistics

OPERATIONS —ALL SERVICES Revenue Miles (000) Revenue Hours Speed (mph.) No. of Aircraft Daily Aircraft Util. Hours Miles Non-Revenue Miles Number (000) % of Revenue Fuel Per Hour (Gals.) LOCKHEED HERCULES Alaska Delta Hercules Total CANADAIR CL-44 Flying Tiger Seaboard Airlift CL-44 Total
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Management

Several Design Studies Expected for Ax

Air Force might select 2 to 4 manufacturers for follow-on plans of proposed aircraft; program spurred by Army AH-56A

By C.M. Plattner6 min

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Avionics

New Avionic Products

Junction Diode MA-4860 and -4878 series of SchottkyBarrier junction diodes are closely matched for use as balanced modulators from low frequencies through the UHF range. The quads are designed to meet requirements for mixer and balanced modulator applications and for use in devices for broadband phase detector and controlled attenuator applications.
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