June 10, 1974

June 10, 1974

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Aeronautical Engineering

Harrier In-flight Thrust Vectoring Honed

Management

Lockheed-textron Deal Calls for New Ante

By William H. Gregory9 min

Air Transport

Carriers Seek Toehold in Pipeline Boom

By Richard G. O’Lone8 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Harrier In-flight Thrust Vectoring Honed

Three years of test work and modification by Marine Corps eliminate most restrictions on combat maneuver techniques
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Management

Lockheed-textron Deal Calls for New Ante

Refinancing proposal conditioned on commitments by airlines, banks and industry as well as tax writeoff of L-1011 costs

By William H. Gregory9 min

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Air Transport

Carriers Seek Toehold in Pipeline Boom

By Richard G. O’Lone8 min

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Business Flying

Reading Show Upsets Gloomy Forecasts

Reading, Pa.—Brisk business and higher consumer interest were found by exhibitors at the 25th Reading Show despite earlier predictions of a cautious clientele wary of fuel prices and availability this fall. Every exhibitor polled by AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY during the early stages of the four-day event said the appearance of legitimate prospects for new aircraft, avionics and maintenance services exceeded earlier expectations.
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Avionics

Fiber Optics Technology Pushed

Wide assortment of civil and military aerospace programs seek to apply technology to advanced communications links

By Benjamin M. Elson7 min

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Air Transport

Subsidy Need Cited for Concorde Service

British Airways informs Dept, of Trade that the carrier would need $60 million to cover losses during first year

By Herbert J. Coleman6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Spain Banks on U. S. Sea Control Ship

Madrid—Spanish navy intends to begin construction of a sea control ship (SCS) next year if Congress approves the U. S. Navy’s request for funding for development of a similar ship. Spanish navy is relying on the SCS concept and a new generation of U. S.-developed vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft to provide the Spanish fleet with a fixed-wing air arm before the end of this decade.

By Robert R. Ropelewski5 min

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Contract Awarded for Shuttle Microwave Beam Landing Aid

Melville, N. Y.—Airborne avionics portion of a microwave scanning beam landing system for the space shuttle orbiter vehicle (AW&ST June 3, p. 12) will be built by AIL Div. of Cutler-Hammer under a letter contract awarded by Rockwell International, space shuttle prime contractor.

By Kenneth J. Stein5 min

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Editorial

A Dangerous Journey

President Richard Nixon’s journey to Moscow later this month is fraught with peril for the future of this nation. With many of his former White House aides trooping off to federal prisons for felonies committed on his behalf, another sizable group facing indictments and proceedings to impeach him already well under way in the House, President Nixon desperately needs some dramatic foreign triumph—real or imagined—to try to rescue his slipping grip on the presidency.

By Robert Hotz4 min

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Business Flying

Company Reports

VFW Fokker reports consolidated net income of DM 5.4 million ($2 million) for 1973 on sales of DM 1.43 billion ($558 million). This compares with 1972’s DM 5.4 million in net income on DM 1.24 billion in sales. Other company reports from abroad for 1973:
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