June 16, 1975

June 16, 1975

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Aeronautical Engineering

Aerospace Lagging on Campuses

By Warren C. Wetmore21 min

Safety

Bomb Tests in Ionian Sea Crash Detailed

Paris Air Show

Future of Paris Air Show Flying Displays Clouded By Stiff Restrictions, Nationalism

By William H. Gregory13 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Aerospace Lagging on Campuses

Cambridge, Mass.—Steep decline in undergraduate aerospace engineering enrollments caused by the industry depression of the early 1970s has resulted in the abolition or merger of aerospace departments at a number of U. S. universities, and those that remain independent are scrambling to find students.

By Warren C. Wetmore21 min

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Safety

Bomb Tests in Ionian Sea Crash Detailed

Performance: A comparative study was made of Flight 841’s pitchup as described by the witnesses aboard Pan Am 110 and the performance capability and flight control characteristics of the Boeing 707. The study was based on an aircraft gross weight of 200,000 lb., a cg. at 27.5% MAC and an initial cruise at Mach 0.82 at 28,000 ft. pressure altitude.
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Paris Air Show

Future of Paris Air Show Flying Displays Clouded By Stiff Restrictions, Nationalism

Paris—High-performance aircraft flying at the Paris air show is facing a tenuous future after an eruption of French self-interest compounded a restricted operating envelope for safety and noise reasons. One incident when the USAF/General Dynamics F-16 fighter was ordered to halt its demonstration and land and another restricting the acrobatic performance of Rockwell International test pilot Robert Hoover directly involved Serge Dassault, son of the founder of the Dassault aerospace group and head of Electronique Marcel Dassault.

By William H. Gregory13 min

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Business Flying

U. S. Expands Utility Twin-engine Buys

By Craig Covault11 min

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Energy

Aerospace Faces New R&d Challenges

Washington—Energy research and development and resultant production could prove a challenging advanced technology and highly rewarding market for the aerospace industry. But it means that aerospace company representatives must meet new contacts and travel in untrodden areas.

By Michael L. Yaffee11 min

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Paris Air Show

U. S. Technology Dominates Paris Show

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Air Transport

Most Airlines Call ‘no-frills’ Diversionary

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth7 min

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Management

Tighter Foreign Sales Controls Studied

Washington—Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee is asking the Defense Dept. to examine the possibility of more rigorous controls on foreign military sales to prevent a recurrence of the situation where Northrop Corp. allegedly paid bribes of $450,000 to two Saudi Arabian air force generals to influence that nation’s purchase of F-5 aircraft support.

By William A. Shumann6 min

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Avionics

Advanced Electro-optics Demand Grows

Paris—Growing European military emphasis on the application of advanced electro-optical techniques in solving the challenges of nighttime surveillance, accurate weapons delivery, missile launch warning and infrared/optical counter-measures was evident at the Paris air show.

By Barry Miller6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

F-16 Team Forming in Europe

General Dynamics forming consortium system program office in Belgium to oversee joint production of lightweigh fighter

By Herbert J. Coleman6 min

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