December 2, 1968

December 2, 1968

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Air Transport

Quiet Engine Search Focuses on Nacelles

By Michael L. Yaffee16 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Pakistan Air Force Built Around Mig-19

Management

Defense Department Lists Leading 100 Contractors for Fiscal 1968

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Air Transport

Quiet Engine Search Focuses on Nacelles

Acoustical treatment viewed as least costly means of reducing noise; retrofit of four-engine jet seen requiring $545,500

By Michael L. Yaffee16 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Pakistan Air Force Built Around Mig-19

Peshawar, Pakistan—Pakistan Air Force (PAF), isolated from western arms suppliers after the 1965 war with India, has developed into a strike force centered around Chinese-built Soviet MiG-19 fighters that have achieved a high degree of operational reliability in recent service.
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Management

Defense Department Lists Leading 100 Contractors for Fiscal 1968

Rank Companies Thousands of Dollars Percent of U. S. Total Cumulative Percent of U. S. Total U. S. Total Total, 100 Companies and their subsidiaries General Dynamics Corp. Dynatronics Inc. Stromberg Carlson Corp. United Electric Coal Co.
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Avionics

Category 3 Capability Planned for Dc-10

McDonnell Douglas airbus’ four-channel system to operate as two dual-channel fail-passive units for approach, landing

By Barry Miller10 min

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Air Transport

New Carrier Stimulating Static Economy

Jet service expected to form base for thriving tourist industry as Air Micronesia makes strong start in Pacific Trust Territory

By Richard G. O’Lone9 min

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Air War in Vietnam

North Viet Air Threat Increases

Bomb halt permits repositioning of bombers and fighter forces, makes renewed attacks dangerous, menaces troops in south

By Cecil Brownlow5 min

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Management

French Face New Aerospace Budget Cuts

By Donald E. Fink5 min

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Air Transport

Instruments of Ditched Jal Dc-8 Studied

San Francisco—Investigators were focusing on cockpit instruments last week as they attempted to determine why a Japan Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 dropped into San Francisco Bay about 3 mi. short of the runway. The Federal Aviation Administration also confirmed that the precision approach radar (PAR), which could alert controllers that an approaching aircraft is too low or too high, had been decommissioned and removed from San Francisco International Airport 16 months ago.
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Space Technology

Soviets Admit Zond 6 Manned Capability

By Donald C. Winston5 min

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Editorial

Tomorrow's Space Benefits

The three-man workshop which will orbit the earth, now under development in the Apollo Applications Program, will be a space station utilizing equipment developed in the Apollo program. It will provide accommodations for three people and their equipment for several months in orbit.
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