May 3, 1971

May 3, 1971

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Avionics

Lasers Aid Delivery of Weapons

By Barry Miller

Aeronautical Engineering

C-5A Category 2 Test Finish Near

By Robert R. Ropelewski

Air Transport

Stocks Boom Despite Earnings Dip

By William H. Gregory

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Avionics

Lasers Aid Delivery of Weapons

U.S. armed forces find laser-guided weapons make old measures of accuracy obsolete, but some officials question higher costs

By Barry Miller

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Aeronautical Engineering

C-5A Category 2 Test Finish Near

Several performance specifications exceeded but wing cracks, other failures cause flight restrictions and extension of testing

By Robert R. Ropelewski

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Air Transport

Stocks Boom Despite Earnings Dip

Fare increase helps trigger rise of airline stocks, but analysts divided on long-range earnings potential

By William H. Gregory

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Aeronautical Engineering

Mirage G8 Prototype Testing to Begin

Saint Cloud, France—Avions Marcel Dassault’s Mirage G8 variable-geometry prototype was due to make its maiden flight last week, resuming a flight test development program that was interrupted earlier this year when the Mirage G first-generation prototype crashed.

By Donald E. Fink

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Space Technology

Salyut Boosts Self to Higher Orbit

Soviet Salyut unmanned satellite was raised to a 167 x 162-mi. orbit last week, extending its expected orbital life at least through mid-June and preparing the way for additional rendezvous, docking and crew-transfer experiments by manned Soyuz spacecraft later this month (AW&ST Apr. 26, p. 22).
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Air Transport

Faint Hopes of U.S. Supersonic Transport Restart Haunt Boeing Termination Efforts

Massive effort to dismantle, pack, label and store the fruits of the billion-dollar, decade-long program to build a U.S. supersonic transport is well under way in Seattle, but the packers have been told to keep the pieces handy in case someone wants to put them together again.

By Richard G. O' Lone

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Air Transport

Volpe Pledges Aviation Tax Fund Integrity

By Charles E. Schneider

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Air Transport

Japan Mapping Advanced Transport Pians

By Donald E. Fink

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Space Technology

First Launch of Mariner Orbiter Set May 7, Second for May 17

By Zack Strickland

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Air Transport

Eastern Seeking Family Fare Approval

By Richard S. Kahn

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