March 24, 1975

March 24, 1975

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Safety

Ntsb Details Hazardous Materials Tests

Avionics

Gao Hits Awacs Vulnerability to Ecm

By Philip J. Klass9 min

Management

F1e Buy Urged for ‘european Unity’

By Robert R. Ropelewski9 min

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Safety

Ntsb Details Hazardous Materials Tests

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Avionics

Gao Hits Awacs Vulnerability to Ecm

But agency report admits belief in system’s potential to improve USAF management of tactical air operations

By Philip J. Klass9 min

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Management

F1e Buy Urged for ‘european Unity’

Istres, France—Determined French effort to capture the European fighter replacement market with the Dassault-Breguet Mirage F1E (F1/M53) is leaning heavily on political arguments for a united Europe as the hour of decision approaches for defense officials of Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Norway.

By Robert R. Ropelewski9 min

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Air Transport

Faa Effectiveness on Atc Challenged

Washington—Ability and willingness of the Federal Aviation Administration to manage and regulate the nation’s air traffic control system effectively was challenged frequently during the closing days of the public inquiry into the Dec. 1, 1974, crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 514 near Dulles Airport.

By Charles E. Schneider8 min

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Management

Usaf Manned Bomber Need Challenged

By Clarence A. Robinson7 min

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Air Transport

Airport, Airway Plan Hits Opposition From Congress

By William A. Shumann6 min

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Israeli Aerospace—2

New Soviet Weapons Unveiled in Mideast

Tel Aviv—Soviet Union has developed a new generation of armored weapons designed for swift offensive blitzkrieg-type thrusts through battlefields contaminated by nuclear or chemical warfare. This is evident from a detailed examination of a large array of new Soviet-manufactured weapons captured by the Israeli Defense Forces from the Egyptian and Syrian armies during the October, 1973, war.

By Robert Hotz6 min

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Space Technology

Third Flyby of Mercury Yields New Data

By Donald E. Fink5 min

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Management

British Detail Defense Spending Cuts

By Herbert J. Coleman5 min

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Air Transport

Atlantic Fare Plan in ‘jeopardy’

European airline group warns State Dept. IATA package may collapse through U. S. failure to set charter floor

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth5 min

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