November 18, 1974

November 18, 1974

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Aeronautical Engineering

J101 Keyed to Design-to-cost Approach

By Michael L. Yaffee12 min

Missile Engineering

Iran Bid May Spur Production of Condor

Business Flying

Beech to Increase Production Rate

By Erwin J. Bulban8 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

J101 Keyed to Design-to-cost Approach

Company set goals of low-cost, high thrust-weight performance, and utilization of advanced technology for Northrop F-17 engine

By Michael L. Yaffee12 min

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Missile Engineering

Iran Bid May Spur Production of Condor

Columbus, Ohio—Iran’s decision to procure the Navy/Rockwell International AGM53A Condor air-to-surface precision-guided standoff missile system and Israeli interest in procuring the weapon may nudge the Pentagon and Congress to approve funding for full-scale production in Fiscal 1976.
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Business Flying

Beech to Increase Production Rate

Wichita, Kans.—Record backlog, with orders continuing at a brisk pace, is spurring Beech Aircraft Corp. to increase its 1975 production rate and step up research and development of new models. Despite what company executives term as a “crisis of uncertainty” in the nation’s economic situation, they anticipate that Beech will tally approximately $250 million in business aircraft sales next year, compared with $210 million in 1974, which was a record year despite constraints imposed on deliveries because of strikes by two major engine suppliers, United Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., and Teledyne Continental.

By Erwin J. Bulban8 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Future Military Hydrofoil Efforts Clouded

Renton, Wash.—High costs are forcing a major review of the U. S. Navy’s hydrofoil program, threatening one base of a Boeing Co. multi-million-dollar diversification effort and whetting the company’s appetite for intemational defense sales of the military vessels.

By Benjamin M. Elson7 min

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Air Transport

Psa’s L-1011s Facing Short-haul Test

San Diego—Pacific Southwest Airlines’ introduction of the Lockheed L-1011 into the California commuter market is providing an unprecedented demonstration of widebody transport operations in a short-haul, high-frequency environment.

By Richard G. O’Lone7 min

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Avionics

Collision Warning/landing Aid Tested

Washington—Recent Federal Aviation Administration-sponsored flight tests have demonstrated that a synchronized version of its new discrete address beacon system (Synchro-DABS) can provide a low-cost, air-derived collision avoidance or proximity warning system in addition to its original transponder and data link functions.

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Missile Engineering

Missile-equipped Strike Cruiser Studied

Navy also considers new light carrier, plans greater role in fleet for offensive-weapon-armed combatant vessels

By Clarence A. Robinson6 min

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Air Transport

Iata Negotiators Still Unresolved on North Atlantic Fare Structure

By Laurence Doty6 min

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Air Transport

Airlines, Agents Study Reservations Net

By Kenneth J. Stein5 min

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Air Transport

U. S. Capacity Position Being Tested

Talks with the Dutch on KLM restrictions could foreshadow other U. S. efforts to ease strains on Pan American, TWA
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