June 18, 1973

June 18, 1973

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Avionics

'Next Decade’ Avionics Shown at Paris

By Barry Miller

Air Transport

Equipment Sales Pushed in Paris Flights

By William H. Gregory

Avionics

USAF Near Choice on Space Relay Laser

By Benjamin M. Elson

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Avionics

'Next Decade’ Avionics Shown at Paris

Paris—Airborne avionics equipment that will be contending for the international military export market over the next decade highlighted avionics activity at the recent Paris air show. This American and West European equipment included new attack radars, specially designed for simplified maintainability by lower skill level personnel, inertial navigators and displays.

By Barry Miller

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Air Transport

Equipment Sales Pushed in Paris Flights

Paris—Flying at the Paris air show this year broadened from customer demonstrations of corporate and utility aircraft and helicopters into the transport spectrum—including a trip by the Concorde for airline customers with airline-style meal service at Mach 2.

By William H. Gregory

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Avionics

USAF Near Choice on Space Relay Laser

San Francisco—Choice this summer of a contractor for further development of a space laser communication system for USAF will be based on the forthcoming evaluation of competing laboratory systems built by Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. and McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co.

By Benjamin M. Elson

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Business Flying

FAA Hit on Light Aircraft Certification

By Charles E. Schneider

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Air Transport

Paris Demonstrators Face Question of Where Real Commercial Markets Exist

Paris—Demonstration flying of transport aircraft at the Paris air show attracted much attention, but it was only the tip of the iceberg of the marketing effort that rippled through the hospitality chalets and exhibit stands at Le Bourget Airport.
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Space Technology

Skylab Proving Man Can Work in Space

Houston—Ability of man to adapt to long-term weightlessness in space and successfully carry out a large burden of scheduled and unscheduled tasks is being proved by Skylab astronauts as they near completion of the first flight of the experimental earth-orbiting science laboratory.

By Erwin J. Bulban

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Air Transport

Sales to Mideast Bolster U. S. Exports

By Herbert J. Coleman

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Business Flying

Show Format Spurs Mixed Reaction

By Charles E. Schneider

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personal business

The college misfit: What’s the best course for parents?

The college malcontent and dropout are so prevalent as to be almost as much in evidence as the smiling June graduate. Examples can be culled from somebody’s family experience on nearly every block in suburbia, and rare is the patio party that features no tale of the young guy or gal who can’t make a go of it on campus.
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personal business

Job strategy ’73: Reaching for the brass ring

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