March 4, 1974

March 4, 1974

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Aeronautical Engineering

Vfw-614 Seeks to Ease Pilot Transition

By Herbert J. Coleman11 min

Safety

Board in Massachusetts Reports on Logan Accident

Avionics

Mobile Usaf Radar Now in Production

By Kenneth J. Stein8 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Vfw-614 Seeks to Ease Pilot Transition

Bremen, Germany—Series of aerodynamic improvements to the VFW-614 short-haul jet transport, now facing a crucial year that will determine its world sales posture, has made the aircraft an uncomplicated vehicle that should pose no problems in pilot transition.

By Herbert J. Coleman11 min

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Safety

Board in Massachusetts Reports on Logan Accident

At about 11:08 a. m. EDT, on July 31, 1973, Delta Air Lines Flight 723, a DC-931, N975NE, crashed while making an instrument approach on Runway 4R at the Boston-Logan Airport. The airplane struck a stone seawall 4,250 ft. short of the glideslope touchdown point, 150 ft. to the right of the centerline extended and 225 ft. below the electronically defined and prescribed glide path.
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Avionics

Mobile Usaf Radar Now in Production

Bedford, Mass.—Recent award of an $18.3-million contract for production of seven USAF/Raytheon AN/TPN-19 transportable landing control central systems culminates an exhaustive test program that successfully bridged a major transition in procurement philosophy.

By Kenneth J. Stein8 min

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Air Transport

British to Initiate Shuttle Service

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Aeronautical Engineering

Aim-7f Testing Pushed to Provide F-15 Armament

Washington—Defense Dept. is pressing to complete the second phase of initial operational test and evaluation of the Raytheon AIM-7F Sparrow air-to-air missile by mid-May in time for a June Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council, which could recommend full-scale production for the missile.

By Clarence A. Robinson6 min

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Special Report: Aerospace Materials Shortages

Widespread Scarcities Haunting Industry

Oil embargo aggravated existing shortages and lengthened lead-times; no improvement seen in the foreseeable future
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Air Transport

Domestic Fare Confusion Mounts

Carriers file diverse proposals, but CAB still must choose between a temporary surcharge or permanent flat increases

By Laurence Doty5 min

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Space Technology

Sl-4 Further Enriches Skylab Data Trove

Houston—Operational phase of the Skylab program has ended with the recent completion of the 84-day SL-4 mission, but the task of reaping full benefit from the vast amounts of data returned by the three flight crews is just beginning. Splashdown of the SL-4 crew Feb. 8 brought to a close nearly nine months of continuous operations with the Skylab orbital workshop cluster, which was launched May 14, 1973 (AW&ST May 21, 1973, p. 12).

By Donald E. Fink5 min

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Space Technology

Skylab Underscores Man's Adaptability

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth5 min

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Space Technology

Alternative Spacecraft Studied for Cometary Flyby Mission

Leading candidate for a comet flyby mission at the end of the decade continues to be a solar-electric-propulsion spacecraft, but an alternative is under study for using a hybrid of a German Helios and a U. S. Orbiting Solar Observatory. The alternative proposed by a Goddard Space Flight Center group calls for a pair of spacecraft bolted together at launch and separated for slow flybys through the coma and the tail of the comet Encke during its 1980 perihelion approach to the sun.
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