May 13, 1974

May 13, 1974

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Management

UAC Growth Pegged to Market Shift

By William H. Gregory13 min

Space Technology

Scientists Trace Moon-Earth Similarities

Aeronautical Engineering

Upper-Surface-Blowing Cost Gains Cited

By Craig Covault9 min

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Management

UAC Growth Pegged to Market Shift

Acquisition of Essex International signals growing interest in commercial, rather than government, product development

By William H. Gregory13 min

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Space Technology

Scientists Trace Moon-Earth Similarities

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Aeronautical Engineering

Upper-Surface-Blowing Cost Gains Cited

Washington—Cost of modifying an existing engine to an augmentor jet flap configuration was a primary reason Lockheed-Georgia and Boeing recommended to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that its quiet short-haul research aircraft (QSRA) utilize upper surface blowing (AW&ST Apr. 22, p. 9).

By Craig Covault9 min

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Air Transport

Airlines Ponder Pricing Dilemma

Some carriers at London conference propose passing rising fuel and other costs to public, including business travelers

By Herbert J. Coleman8 min

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Avionics

Tactical Aircraft Elint System Proposed

Washington—Automatic computer-controlled electronic intelligence system, capable of detecting enemy radars, classifying them by type and determining their location and operating mode is being proposed for the USAF/Fairchild Republic A-10 attack aircraft.

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Mideast War Helps Kill F-14X Concept

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Business Flying

NASA Expands General Aviation Role

Wichita—Emphasis on noise and engine emission suppression, airfoil development and low-cost avionics technologies keynotes National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s steadily increasing general aviation research activities.

By Erwin J. Buiban6 min

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Management

Norden Strives to Balance Government/Aerospace and Commercial Products

Norwalk, Conn.—Norden’s millimeter-wave short-range transceiver for commercial data or voice transmission is one of the first products to emerge from United Aircraft Corp.’s diversification campaign into non-government or non-aerospace markets.
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Air Transport

Route Shifts Eyed to Aid Pan Am, TWA

Washington—Federal government aid sought by Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines in groping for solutions to their deteriorating financial postures now appears directed toward reshaping the North Atlantic route structure and the competitive concepts on which it was built.

By Laurence Doty5 min

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Air Transport

U.S. Scheduled Airline Operating Revenues and Expenses—Year 1973

(In Thousands of Dollars) Domestic Trunks American Braniff Continental Delta Eastern National Northwest Pan American Trans World United Western Domestic Trunk Total International American—L.A.D. American—Pacific Braniff Continental
May 61974 May 201974