April 21, 1975

April 21, 1975

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Safety

Board Details Engine Overspeed Accident

Space Technology

Lasers Investigated for Space Propulsion

By Michael L. Yaffee10 min

Air Transport

Staff Lack May Blunt Security Extension

By Charles E. Schneider9 min

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Safety

Board Details Engine Overspeed Accident

On Nov. 3, 1973, National Airlines, Inc., Flight 27 was operating as a scheduled passenger flight between Miami, Fla., and San Francisco, Calif., with intermediate stops at New Orleans, La., Houston, Tex., and Las Vegas, Nev. About 1640 MST, while the aircraft was cruising at 39,000 ft. 65 naut. mi. southwest of Albuquerque, N. M., the No. 3 engine fan assembly disintegrated and its fragments penetrated the fuselage, the Nos. 1 and 2 engine nacelles, and the right wing area.
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Space Technology

Lasers Investigated for Space Propulsion

NASA’s Lewis center seeking to determine feasibility, potential of lasers for propulsion, power generation

By Michael L. Yaffee10 min

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Air Transport

Staff Lack May Blunt Security Extension

Plan to require foreign airlines serving the U. S. to meet U. S. standards at departure points may be unenforceable

By Charles E. Schneider9 min

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Missile Engineering

U. S. Pushes Expanded Abm Data Base

Washington—U. S. is developing and testing a variety of advanced anti-ballistic missile defense sensors to provide a data base that could be employed in updating the present Safeguard or Site Defense systems within constraints of the permanent ABM treaty.

By Clarence A. Robinson9 min

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Management

Aircraft Pollution Studies Shift to Arctic

Climatic Impact Assessment Program efforts also will include effects of solar storms in increasing nitrogen oxide supply
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Avionics

General-purpose Computers Emerging

Honeywell study for USAF’s SAMSO leads to new marketing approach that could spur defense, space sales competition

By Benjamin M. Elson7 min

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Air Transport

Faa Official Testifies to Gap in Arts-3 Altitude Alert Area

Washington—Altitude alerting system planned for air traffic control radar to warn controllers that aircraft are below safe altitudes will not work inside a 5-mi. radius of the airport, a senior Federal Aviation Administration official testified last week.
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Avionics

U. S. in Minority on Slow Inmarsat Pace

Washington—U. S.’ skeptical and go-slow position toward the establishment of a global commercial maritime satellite communications system faces the opposition of a majority of nations favoring decisive action at the international plenipotentiary conference in London Apr. 23-May 9.

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

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Editorial

The Case for Cruise Missiles

As a major alternative approach to penetration of formidable Soviet air defenses, including tens of surveillance radars, hundreds of ground radars and thousands of interceptors and SAMs, we are continuing development of the strategic cruise missile.
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Air Transport

Port Authority Position Clouds Concorde Operations to Kennedy

Washington—Route-proving flights of the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport to the U. S. will not begin until mid-summer at the earliest. Whether the Concorde will be permitted to operate out of New York’s Kennedy International Airport is still in doubt.

By William A. Shumann4 min

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