November 9, 1970

November 9, 1970

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Avionics

Usaf Widens Unmanned Aircraft Effort

By Barry Miller15 min

Management

Bypassed Airline Hub Flourishing

By Zack Strickland10 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Navy Combines Engine Test Units

By Michael L. Yaffee9 min

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Avionics

Usaf Widens Unmanned Aircraft Effort

Unmanned aircraft will play an increasingly prominent part in future U.S. strategic and tactical military thinking, stimulated by Air Force’s success in recent years with photo reconnaissance drones in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, South Korea, Okinawa and elsewhere.

By Barry Miller15 min

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Management

Bypassed Airline Hub Flourishing

Houston’s Hobby Airport thrives on general aviation after air carriers move to new Houston Intercontinental

By Zack Strickland10 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Navy Combines Engine Test Units

Major test center located in Trenton will have capability of handling engines with takeoff thrusts up to 40,000 lb.

By Michael L. Yaffee9 min

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Business Flying

Falcon F Offers Improved Utility

Better short-field performance allows users to operate new Dassault model to broader spectrum of airports

By Charles E. Schneider8 min

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Air Transport

Power Fight Snarls Air Leadership

State, Transportation Depts. vie for international control; CAB purging staff, while Safety Board, FAA wrangling

By Laurence Doty6 min

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Business Flying

Business Jet Micro Autopilot Developed

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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Air Transport

Management Record May Sway Fare Case

By Harold D. Watkins5 min

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Space Technology

British Reject Post-apollo Participation

Brussels-European space leaders are studying the possibility of participating in the U.S. shuttle/space station program without Britain, which refused at last week’s European Space Conference (ESC) meeting to join in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s post-Apollo effort.

By Donald E. Fink5 min

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Air Transport

American, Western in Merger Agreement

American Airlines and Western Airlines joined a throng of companies signing merger agreements prior to an accounting change deadline last week, but a long series of approval hurdles lies ahead. American’s board will meet Nov. 18 to consider the agreement and Western’s Nov. 20.

By William H. Gregory5 min

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Space Technology

Space Science Projects Funding Sought

By Katherine Johnsen4 min

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