December 8, 1975

December 8, 1975

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Safety

Pilot Inexperience Cited in FAA Crash

Special Reports: SALT Debate Broadens

Kissinger Deliberately Concealing SALT Violations, Zumwalt Claims

By Clarence A. Robinson12 min

Avionics

USAF, Army Studying Contract Changes

By Philip J. Klass8 min

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Safety

Pilot Inexperience Cited in FAA Crash

About 1435 EDT, Mar. 27, 1975, a Federal Aviation Administration Douglas DC-3 crashed during takeoff on the DuBois-Jefferson County Airport, DuBois, Pa. The three cockpit occupants and one passenger were injured seriously. The other seven cabin occupants sustained minor injuries.
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Special Reports: SALT Debate Broadens

Kissinger Deliberately Concealing SALT Violations, Zumwalt Claims

By Clarence A. Robinson12 min

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Avionics

USAF, Army Studying Contract Changes

By Philip J. Klass8 min

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Space Technology

Synchronous Satellite Offers 24 Channels

Princeton, N. J.—New geostationary satellite being readied for launch late this week from Kennedy Space Center implements unusual design features with innovative materials to provide high communications capacity within strict weight limitations.

By Kenneth J. Stein8 min

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Space Technology

Seasat Faces Multiple Sensor Challenges

Sunnyvale, Calif.—Key technological challenge of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Seasat-A ocean dynamics satellite is to provide for the simultaneous operation of the spacecraft’s varied electronic sensors, a Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. official said here.

By Benjamin M. Elson8 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Modification Kits Developed for DC-10

Long Beach, Calif.—McDonnell Douglas has started shipping cabin floor and vent modification kits to airlines operating DC-10 transports, which must be retrofitted to comply with new wide-body decompression regulations issued earlier this year by the Federal Aviation Administration.

By Donald E. Fink8 min

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Air Transport

Japanese Airlines Fighting Recession

By William H. Gregory7 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Lockheed Wins Canadian LRPA Contract

By Donald E. Fink7 min

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Special Report: Aerospace Taps Arctic Resources—4

Naval Lab Furthers Civil, Military Goals

Pt. Barrow, Alaska—Aerospace technology ranging from earth satellites to piston transports is being utilized here to probe the mysteries of the Arctic and answer questions vital to the nation’s defense and economic well-being. Role of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) here, 330 mi. north of the Arctic Circle, is becoming increasingly critical with emergence of the Arctic as a gigantic naval arena as well as a storehouse of energy resources in amounts that could go far toward easing the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries stranglehold on the world.

By Richard G. O’Lone6 min

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Special Reports: SALT Debate Broadens

Anti-Satellite Laser Use Suspected

Soviets may be testing ground-based lasers to blind sensors on early warning satellites that detect ballistic missile launches

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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