March 2, 1970

March 2, 1970

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Safety

Crews, a Tc Cited in Mid-air Crash

Business Flying

Hoover’s Aerobatics a Key Factor in Shrike Sales Increase

By C. M. Plattner9 min

Air Transport

Thieves Thriving at Bustling Heathrow

By Herbert J. Coleman8 min

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Safety

Crews, a Tc Cited in Mid-air Crash

Investigators find pilots of Cessna 150F and DC-9 as well as controller, traffic methods contributed to St. Louis accident
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Business Flying

Hoover’s Aerobatics a Key Factor in Shrike Sales Increase

Los Angeles-Aerobatic demonstrations flown by North American Rockwell pilot Robert A. Hoover in an Aero Commander Shrike sparked more than 50 orders for the aircraft last year, a company official said. R. N. Robinson, president of North American Rockwell’s General Aviation Division, believes Hoover’s demonstrations are responsible for at least 50% of the 105 Shrike orders written during 1969 (see box p. 44).

By C. M. Plattner9 min

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Air Transport

Thieves Thriving at Bustling Heathrow

London-Losses due to day and night criminal activity of professional and amateur thieves reached a record $2 million at Heathrow Airport last year, the British Airports Authority said. Of this, only $606,000 has been recovered. Airport authorities said the largest amount of losses comes through thefts from mailbags and passenger baggage, and some of these are never reported, sending the dollar losses even higher.

By Herbert J. Coleman8 min

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Air Transport

Saboteurs Hit Twice in One Day

Explosions on Swissair, Austrian aircraft underscore inability of international organizations to protect vulnerable transports

By Richard F. Coburn7 min

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Air Transport

U.s. Airline Operations and Traffic-year 1969

DOMESTIC TRUNKS American 277,188 18,089 15,709,031 29,697,995 868 56.7 107.1 52.9 2,013,640 Bra niff 68,078 5,476 3,169,240 6,527,945 579 46.6 95 9 48.5 389,172 Continental 68,499 4,177 3,354,125 6,705,135 803 49.0 97.9 50.0 372,498
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Management

U.s. Defense Spending May Grow

Continued increase in Soviet offensive strength, growth of Chinese missile force may push U.S. defense budget up
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Air Transport

Twa Blending Sales Drive, 747 Service

Los Angeles-Trans World Airlines is meshing new promotional programs with the introduction of its Boeing 747 transport service in an effort to fatten its thirdplace share of the heavily competititve transcontinental market and to maintain its pressure on Pan American World Airways across the North Atlantic.

By Harold D. Watkins6 min

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Management

Japan Nears Aerospace Decisions

Government action nears on commercial transport and engine development efforts that will bear strongly on industry future

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

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Avionics

Digital Scan Used in Fiat TV Display

Los Angeles-Flat panel television display that uses an unusual technique for digitally scanning an electron beam as a substitute for conventional cathode ray tube electron beam scanning is being developed by Northrop Corp.’s Electronics Div.

By Barry Miller6 min

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Management

Abm Request Faces Opposition in Senate

By Donald C. Winston5 min

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