September 20, 1976

September 20, 1976

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Strategic Shifts—3

Missile Defense Radar System Tests Set

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Grumman Vtol Aimed at Small-ship Use

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

Aviation Week Pilot Report

Westwind Shows Higher Performance

By David M. North10 min

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Strategic Shifts—3

Missile Defense Radar System Tests Set

New anti-ballistic missile terminal defense system will track ICBM targets from Kwajalein early next year

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Grumman Vtol Aimed at Small-ship Use

Washington—Grumman Aerospace Corp. is developing and testing vertical-short-takeoff-and-landing (V/STOL) aircraft designs to satisfy Navy requirements in the 1990s for operations from ships much smaller than today’s aircraft carriers.

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

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Aviation Week Pilot Report

Westwind Shows Higher Performance

Wilmington, Del.—Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind 1124 incorporates improved performance, mechanical reliability and accessibility, cabin and cockpit comfort, and instrumentation that make it a new aircraft, not readily comparable to its predecessors, the Rockwell 1121 and IAI’s 1123.

By David M. North10 min

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Avionics

Arts-2 Deliveries Expected in Early ’77

Washington—Long-delayed delivery of the first ARTS-2 automated radar terminal systems, expected by early next year, will enable controllers at more than 70 small-to-medium size civil and military airports to obtain critical aircraft altitude-identity information.

By Philip J. Klass9 min

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Air Transport

Carriers Eye Varied Financing Sources

By William H. Gregory9 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

New Fighters Dominate Flying Display

Farnborough—Clear skies and a dry runway for most of this year’s Farnborough air show set the stage for impressive short-takeoff-and-landing displays by a majority of participating aircraft and rare vertical maneuvering performances by the latest generation of military fighter aircraft.

By Robert R. Ropelewski8 min

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Space Technology

Viking Lander Sampler Arm Problem Believed Solved

Pasadena, Calif.—Viking controllers hope to have the surface sampler arm on the No. 2 lander fully operational again this week after diagnosing a problem that caused the lander’s computer to automatically shut down the arm after it delivered the first soil sample to the integrated biology instrument.

By Donald E. Fink5 min

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Business Flying

Nbaa Show Stresses New Technology

Denver—Turbine-powered business aircraft manufacturers are speeding the application of advanced technology to new models to maintain a competitive edge. Faced with the spectre of further fuel price increases, top priority is being given to improving business aircraft efficiency by optimizing aerodynamic and propulsion technology, thus reducing operating costs by stretching miles-per-gallon performance.

By Erwin J. Bulban5 min

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Editorial

Wasted Transatlantic Opportunities

. . . Our case is essentially this: regularly scheduled U. S. flag carriers stimulate foreign commerce. Nurture it. And bring it home. They open new trade relationships. They generate new business. They convenience passengers, shippers and—what we all started out carrying in our pioneer days—the mails.
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Space Technology

Shuttle Completed on Schedule

Palmdale, Calif.—Rockwell International final assembly team has completed the first space shuttle orbiter on schedule and is running the vehicle through the last phase of factory checks prior to starting full-scale integrated checkout procedures in November.
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