August 16, 1976

August 16, 1976

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Air Transport

Concorde Stresses Time, Service

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth18 min

Safety

Ntsb Cites Refueling Mixup in Midair

Space Technology

Mars Scrutiny Enters New Phase

By Donald E. Fink14 min

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Air Transport

Concorde Stresses Time, Service

Air France, British Airways schedule Concorde at Washington for the benefit of travelers’ connections with U. S. flights

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth18 min

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Safety

Ntsb Cites Refueling Mixup in Midair

Air Refueling Route-316. The Airman’s Information Manual (AIM) Part 4, dated October, 1974, describes the Military Aerial Refueling Track as follows: Military aircraft conduct refueling operations throughout the continental U. S. normally between 12,000 ft. msl. and FL 330 on an IFR flight plan at assigned altitude(s).
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Space Technology

Mars Scrutiny Enters New Phase

Viking 2 begins Mars orbit and surveys possible landing sites, No. 1 lander continues photography and search for life forms

By Donald E. Fink14 min

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Air Transport

Deregulation Termed Financing Threat

New York-Threat of deregulation hanging over the U. S. airline industry is “perhaps the most serious roadblock” to the carriers’ securing the estimated $10 billion in external financing required through 1985 for equipment acquisition and debt repayment, according to Frederick W. Bradley, Jr., a vice president of Citibank.

By Warren C. Wetmore12 min

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Space Technology

Longer-range Planetary Plans Sought

Washington—Scientific requirements for a new class of planetary spacecraft that can effectively research discoveries by previous reconnaissance missions are forcing U. S. planetary mission officials to reevaluate the designs of future vehicles that will be sent to the inner and outer planets.

By Craig Covault11 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Caseless Gun Seen 300% More Effective

Bethpage, N. Y.—Study performed here by the Grumman Aerospace Corp. for the Naval Weapons Center strongly indicates that a caseless, 25 mm. liquid propellant (LP) gun would prove a highly efficient and effective air-to-air weapon for advanced aircraft with a 300% or better increase in kill probability than the standard 20 mm. gun now being used in air-superiority fighters.

By Michael L. Yaffee7 min

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Avionics

Civil Needs Spur Technological Advances

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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Air Transport

Airline Planning Blunts Hurricane Impact

Washington—Airline contingency plans functioned smoothly last week during Hurricane Belle, although each airline operating on the East Coast reacted differently to the conditions. Some airlines canceled operations completely in the New York area, while others canceled flights into certain airports and others kept flying for most of the evening of Aug. 9.

By David M. North5 min

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Space Technology

Usaf, Boeing Completing Shuttle Ius Negotiations

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Editorial

New Systems Acquisition Approach

... I’d like to discuss some of the major new initiatives we are taking within the Defense Dept. to streamline the way we manage our acquisition business. This overall effort has two objectives: first, to lower our unit costs, so we can buy enough equipment with the resources provided; and, secondly, to make doing business with us a more sought-after objective of the private sector, so as to broaden our industrial base, for both greater competition and increased “surge” capacity.
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