June 28, 1976

June 28, 1976

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Safety

Ntsb Studies 727 Crash at New York

Management

U. S. Mulls Nato Standardization Moves

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

Space Technology

Ussr Planetary Missions Awaiting Evaluation

By Craig Covault8 min

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Safety

Ntsb Studies 727 Crash at New York

Synopsis About 1605 EDT on June 24, 1975, Eastern Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 727-225, crashed into the approach lights to runway 22L at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, N. Y. The aircraft was on an ILS approach to the runway through a very strong thunderstorm that was located astride the ILS localizer course.
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Management

U. S. Mulls Nato Standardization Moves

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

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Space Technology

Ussr Planetary Missions Awaiting Evaluation

By Craig Covault8 min

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Space Technology

Viking Lander Readied for Descent

Martian surface pictures transmitted by spacecraft increase controllers’ confidence in meeting July 4 landing date

By Donald E. Fink7 min

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Avionics

Technique Pinpoints Aircraft on Airports

Promising new technique for accurately determining the position of aircraft on the airport surface, which utilizes existing aircraft radar transponders, has been successfully demonstrated by the Bendix Communications Div. The tests of experimental hardware were conducted recently by the Federal Aviation Administration at its National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC) at Atlantic City.

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Air Transport

Reform to Get Legislative Boost

Chairman of key Senate unit plans introduction of broad proposal to revise regulatory control of carriers by CAB

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth7 min

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Management

Panel Disputes U. S.-soviet Arms Parity

Washington—Parity in U. S.-Soviet Union Military balance is rapidly disappearing as U. S. strategic military posture remains static while the Soviet Union has forged ahead in strategic weaponry, according to a consensus of U. S. defense experts.

By Eugene Kozicharow6 min

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Air Transport

Bilingual Issue Crimps Canadian Service

By Warren C. Wetmore5 min

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Editorial

Ominous Soviet Trends

Beneath the eddies of the current congressional controversy over the significance of certain Soviet weapon systems lie some clear and incontrovertably ominous trends that show where Soviet military power is going and offer some solid clues as to its ultimate goals.

By Robert Hotz4 min

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Air Transport

Suit Settled as Eastern Leases 9 Dc-9 Transports

By William H. Gregory4 min

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