February 19, 1973

February 19, 1973

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Air Transport

Transatlantic Fare Deadlock Unresolved

By William H. Gregory17 min

Air Transport

Western Aims at Cost Curbs, New Routes

By Harold D. Watkins13 min

Special Report: Fuel Air Explosives

Services Ready Joint Development Plan

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

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Air Transport

Transatlantic Fare Deadlock Unresolved

Stopgap measures seek to avoid having no legal fare between U. S. and Europe, add breathing room for negotiating issues

By William H. Gregory17 min

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Air Transport

Western Aims at Cost Curbs, New Routes

Los Angeles—New marketing-oriented management team at Western Airlines will emphasize improved cost control and route expansion as it plans to guide the small trunk carrier once again on a solo course, following Civil Aeronautics Board disapproval last July of its proposed merger with American Airlines (AW&ST Aug. 7, 1972, p. 25).

By Harold D. Watkins13 min

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Special Report: Fuel Air Explosives

Services Ready Joint Development Plan

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

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Avionics

Fps-85 Radar Expands to Cover Slbms

Eglin AFB, Fla.—Mission of the USAF Aerospace Defense Command’s giant AN/FPS-85 phased-array radar will be expanded by mid-1974 to provide early warning of submarine-launched ballistic missiles fired from the Caribbean area, in addition to its present function of detecting and tracking objects in space.

By Philip J. Klass11 min

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Air Transport

Dc-10 Stage-length Flexibility Stressed

Long Beach, Calif.—DC-10 Twin wide-body transport design McDonnell Douglas has developed from its DC-10 trijet has a maximum range of 2,300 mi., which will cover 90% of the major city pairs in the U. S. and all medium-range routes in Europe, including Stockholm to the Middle East and North Africa.

By Donald E. Fink7 min

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Air Transport

Airlines Plan to Remove Coach Lounges

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Air Transport

U. S. Study of Sst Impact to Be Aided By Concorde

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Management

Europeans Facing Shaved Profit Margins

Foreign aerospace industry unsettled by dollar devaluation; airlines brace for new attack on already shaky fare setup
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Missile Engineering

Shock Test Device Helps Harden Icbms

Seattle—Machine with a 6-million-lb. wallop will help Boeing Co. engineers here evaluate an improved misssile suspension system designed to protect emplaced USAF Minuteman 3 missiles more effectively against nuclear attack. At Vandenberg AFB, Calif., a similar shock test facility, also built and operated by Boeing, is being used to study the shock isolation capability of a new launcher equipment room floor.

By Benjamin M. Elson6 min

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Air Transport

Dollar Devaluation May Widen Rate Rift

By Laurence Doty5 min

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