May 19, 1975

May 19, 1975

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Safety

Board Sifts Crash of Commuter Transport

Avionics

Omega System Accumulates Test Data

By Kenneth J. Stein10 min

Air Transport

Aviation Policy-making Obscure

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth10 min

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Safety

Board Sifts Crash of Commuter Transport

About 1905 EST on Jan. 6, 1974, Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317, an Air East, Inc., Beechcraft 99A, crashed while making an instrument approach to Runway 33 at the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, Johnstown, Pa. Of the 15 passengers and two crewmembers on board, 11 passengers and the captain were killed in the crash.
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Avionics

Omega System Accumulates Test Data

By Kenneth J. Stein10 min

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Air Transport

Aviation Policy-making Obscure

White House ad hoc approach, with virtually unlimited appeal to President, puzzles industry, frustrates government staff

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth10 min

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Missile Engineering

Army Presses Sam-d Flight Tests

Washington—Army expects to complete in 1975 its 16-shot proof-of-principle tests to demonstrate the capability of Raytheon’s SAM-D surface-to-air missile system’s guidance at White Sands Missile Range, N. M. The service has fired two fully-guided SAM-D missiles against drone targets and scored intercepts. A third launch against drones flying in formation is scheduled this week. A single SAM-D missile is to be fired and guided to intercept one of the targets.

By Clarence A. Robinson8 min

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Management

Lockheed Negotiates New Finance Plan

Burbank, Calif.—U. S. government Emergency Loan Guarantee Board was scheduled to pass judgment late last week on a new two-phase refinancing plan Lockheed Aircraft Corp. has negotiated with its banking group to ease the company’s interest burden and improve its equity situation.

By Donald E. Fink7 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Usaf, P&w Set Fixes for F100 Turbine

By Clarence A. Robinson7 min

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Air Transport

Iata Air Fare Base Formula Gains

Concern over complex plan for calculating international fares dwindles as U.K. pound and U.S. dollar skid in money markets

By Laurence Doty6 min

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Air Transport

Lockheed Details ‘flying Wing’ Concept

Hartford, Conn.—Lockheed Georgia Co.’s concept of a huge six-turbofan, cargo-carrying flying wing would reduce direct operating costs to as little as 1.5 cents per ton.-mi. and carry a 550,000-lb. payload over a distance of 5,000 naut. mi., according to a presentation given here during the recent Society of Automotive Engineers Air Transportation Meeting.

By Warren C. Wetmore6 min

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Space Technology

Explorer 53 Seeks Improved X-ray Data

By William H. Gregory5 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Italians Develop Dual-engine Trainer

By Laurence Doty5 min

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