May 29, 1972

May 29, 1972

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Air Transport

Twa Sees Marketing Spurred By L-1011

By Harold D. Watkins10 min

Business Flying

Beech Moves to Complete King Air Line

By Charles E. Schneider9 min

Avionics

Next-generation Satcom in Test

By Benjamin M. Elson8 min

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Air Transport

Twa Sees Marketing Spurred By L-1011

New York—Trans World Airlines is counting on the Lockheed L-1011 to accelerate the marketing momentum that its management believes it has achieved since the introduction of Ambassador Service in November, 1970 (AW&ST Feb. 7, p. 26). The wide-bodied trijet will be folded in with the company’s basic Ambassador marketing and promotion endeavors when it is introduced in commercial service in mid-June, but it will be singled out as providing a step forward in the level of service and comfort.

By Harold D. Watkins10 min

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Business Flying

Beech Moves to Complete King Air Line

E90 joins more powerful engines to C90 airframe to boost performance, hold down cost; design is based on dealer requests

By Charles E. Schneider9 min

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Avionics

Next-generation Satcom in Test

Developmental satellite, built by 15-member international group explores technologies on the ground for the 1976-1985 period

By Benjamin M. Elson8 min

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Air Transport

Transpacific Cargo Market Burgeoning

By William S. Hieronymus8 min

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Air Transport

Charter Role Linked to Traffic

Expected summer peak record will provide statistical evidence on need for laws to redefine scheduled, supplemental services

By Laurence Doty6 min

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Space Technology

Joint Space Plans Confirmed at Summit

Washington—Summit meeting of President Nixon and Soviet leaders in Moscow last week confirmed plans for U. S. and Russian spacemen to fly the world’s first joint manned orbital mission in June, 1975, as reported earlier by AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY (Feb. 7. p. 12).

By Zack Strickland5 min

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Air Transport

Gear on Dc-10 Being Modified to Soften Impacts on Landing

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Air Transport

Carriers Girding for Stiff Battle in Hawaiian Market

Los Angeles—Competition in the unprofitable but rapidly growing Hawaiian air travel market will intensify this summer as carriers increase seat capacity, add new service features or develop new tours. The four major participants in the market—United Air Lines, Pan American World Airways, Western Airlines and Continental Airlines—see substantial growth in the coming summer months, the peak travel period for this market.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Sst with Anti-symmetric Wing Studied

San Francisco—Government and industry researchers are investigating an anti-symmetric wing-fuselage aircraft arrangement—a radical change in geometry that could provide a less advanced but more efficient and environmentally acceptable supersonic transport.

By Richard G. O’Lone4 min

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Space Technology

Laser Unit Developed for Land Surveying

Land surveying techniques, virtually unchanged for hundreds of years, are suddenly riding full speed into the space age on a beam of light—the laser. Consequently, boundaries of rugged woodlands and mountainous areas can now be laid out with a degree of accuracy and ease of labor never before available to the civil engineer.

By Zack Strickland4 min

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