November 4, 1974

November 4, 1974

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Air Transport

Advances Sought in Passenger Handling

By Kenneth J. Stein15 min

Air Transport

Concorde Completes Tour of Americas

By Donald E. Fink10 min

Avionics

Laser Target Designator in Production

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Air Transport

Advances Sought in Passenger Handling

Airline officials, busily putting on line large numbers of computer-based passenger processing systems incorporating automatic ticket and boarding-pass printers, are keeping a careful eye on changing long-range perspectives now emerging.

By Kenneth J. Stein15 min

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Air Transport

Concorde Completes Tour of Americas

By Donald E. Fink10 min

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Avionics

Laser Target Designator in Production

Deliveries of new USAF Pave Spike system set for June; increased accuracy of laser-guided ordnance expected

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Air Transport

Iata Seeking New Atlantic Fare Package

Reconvened conference to aim for prices competitive with those that supplementals will charge this summer

By Laurence Doty7 min

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Business Flying

Faa to Ask Emergency Beacon Exemption

Need for additional inspection of locator transmitters required on general aviation aircraft cited by agency
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Editorial

Cost and Performance

Design-to-cost is . . . working well for us. The real question is whether present approaches are enough. Good as these are—and they are getting better every day—I have nevertheless been driven to the personal conclusion that all the extensive measures already outlined are simply not sufficient to solve our cost/performance problem.
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Space Technology

Mars Lander Proof Vehicle Passes Tests

Washington—Viking Mars lander proof-flight spacecraft with systems identical to those in the two Martin Marietta vehicles that will explore the Martian surface in 1976 has successfully completed critical Mars surface simulation tests.

By Craig Covault6 min

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Management

Cml to Push Multi-point Satcom Service

By Katherine Johnsen6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Japan Pushes Export of Flying Boats

More than 30 foreign governments have queried Japan’s Shin Meiwa Industry on the US-1 amphibious rescue version of its PS-1 short takeoff and landing anti-submarine flying boat, the prototype of which was rolled out in Kobe recently. Five nations—including the People’s Republic of China—have sent engineering delegations to inspect the aircraft.
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Aeronautical Engineering

European Industry Underscores Capacity

Consideration of U. S. fighter in current competition cited as having ‘grave consequences’ on future defense, economics

By Robert R. Ropelewski5 min

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