March 10, 1975

March 10, 1975

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Safety

Ntsb Analyzes Pan Am Freighter Crash

Special Report: Israel Aerospace

Israeli Air Force Faces New Arab Arms

By Robert Hotz12 min

Avionics

B-1 Tests Shift to Defensive Systems

By Benjamin M. Elson7 min

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Safety

Ntsb Analyzes Pan Am Freighter Crash

At 0939 EST, Nov. 3, 1973, Pan American World Airways, Inc., Clipper Flight 160, a Boeing 707-321C (N458PA), crashed at Logan International Airport, Boston, Mass. The aircraft was destroyed and its three crewmembers were killed. About 30 min. after Clipper 160, a cargo flight, departed John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, the flightcrew reported smoke in the cockpit.
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Special Report: Israel Aerospace

Israeli Air Force Faces New Arab Arms

Tel Aviv—Israeli air force, decisively victorious in the last two Middle Eastern wars, faces a new challenge in maintaining its significant margin of superiority in the face of a new generation of Arab weapons supplied by the Soviet Union, France and England.’

By Robert Hotz12 min

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Avionics

B-1 Tests Shift to Defensive Systems

Seattle—System development laboratory here is nearing the end of its role in testing, evaluating and integrating offensive avionics for the USAF/Rockwell International B-1, and is preparing for a similar one in support of the advanced bomber’s defensive systems development.

By Benjamin M. Elson7 min

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Air Transport

Lockheed Weighs Three Options

Company studies possibilities of new partner, refinancing credit line or holding status quo after Textron deal fails

By Donald E. Fink7 min

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Israeli Aerospace

Inquiry Scores Top Israeli Command

Tel Aviv—Strong criticism of the Israeli Defense Force high command, army discipline, the state of the emergency mobilization reserve depots and field intelligence was contained in the final report of the Israeli Supreme Court investigation of the battles of containment during the first two weeks of the October, 1973, war.
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Air Transport

North Central Presses New Route Awards

New York—North Central Airlines wants to be one of the first to test avowals before Congress by the Civil Aeronautics Board that it will take a more liberal stance toward hearing applications for new route awards. North Central President Bernard Sweet predicted a year ago that the Board would loosen the strings on route cases, and it has filed or plans to refile either new or similar applications to a batch of its priority targets for expansion, coincident with the congressional testimony (AW&ST Feb. 24, p. 25).

By William H. Gregory6 min

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Company Reports

LTV Aerospace Corp. reports a net loss in 1974 of $839,000—after recognition of non-recurring net-of-tax charges of $11.4 million—on sales of $489 million. In 1973, earnings were $13.2 million from continuing operations on sales of $534.6 million.
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Air Transport

Limited Sst Use Gets Initial Approval

Washington—Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport should be permitted to operate in the U. S. even though it does not meet current noise regulations, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Environmental Protection agencies said last week.

By William A. Shumann5 min

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Avionics

Usaf Studying Proposals for Tactical Drone System

Air Force has begun evaluating proposals for systems definition and field demonstrations of its projected Tactical Expendable Drone System (TEDS). The drone system is intended for use in diluting the effectiveness of ground-based air defenses or saturating their sensors.

By Barry Miller5 min

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Israeli Aerospace

Israel Shifts Toward Long-range Fleet

Tel Aviv—Israeli navy is revising its strategy from coastal protection into a long-range fleet that can be self-maintained far from its home bases. Senior officers here stressed that the primary mission remains protection of the Israeli coast and its centers of population and industry, but that the concept of defense has expanded to include “an aggressive seekout of the enemy at his bases and his coasts.”

By Herbert J. Coleman5 min

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