September 27, 1976

September 27, 1976

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Avionics

Arpa Net Aids Command, Control Tests

By Philip J. Klass13 min

Space Technology

Viking Successes Spur Rover Mission

By Donald E. Fink9 min

Air Transport

Air New England Asks Certificate Shift

By Laurence Doty8 min

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Avionics

Arpa Net Aids Command, Control Tests

Washington—Military users for the first time will be able to try new command and control concepts before the purchase of a costly system using a testbed being readied by the Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Navy. The new command and control testbed will use a network of widely dispersed computers, originally assembled several years ago to enable many individual users to pool and share costly data processing resources.

By Philip J. Klass13 min

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Space Technology

Viking Successes Spur Rover Mission

Pasadena, Calif.—Successful landing of two Viking spacecraft on the Martian surface is stimulating renewed interest in a Viking 3 mission to Mars using spare flight-qualified hardware with the lander vehicle modified to give it a roving capability.

By Donald E. Fink9 min

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Air Transport

Air New England Asks Certificate Shift

By Laurence Doty8 min

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Space Technology

Martian Water, Gas Findings Analyzed

Pasadena, Calif.—Project Viking scientists have made two important discoveries that will enable them to trace more accurately the evolution of the Martian atmosphere and to explain the source of large floods that once flowed over the surface of Mars.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Damaged Jal 747 to Reenter Service

Seattle—Boeing 747 severely damaged when it slid off an icy taxiway at Anchorage International Airport has been returned to Japan Air Lines after a $21-million recovery and repair job—the most extensive in aviation history. The aircraft was test-flown Aug. 29 by a Boeing crew and again by a JAL crew Sept. 3, after which it was returned to Japan for painting and interior installation.

By Richard G. O’Lone7 min

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Air Transport

Senate Offered New Reform Measure

Aviation unit chairman’s proposals take middle ground between very moderate CAB approach and earlier, more radical versions

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth6 min

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Space Technology

Orbiter 101 in Final Systems Checks

Palmdale, Calif.—Space shuttle Orbiter 101, the first in a fleet of five reusable vehicles planned for the U. S. space transportation system, is undergoing final systems checks following its formal rollout here Sept. 17 at Rockwell International’s final assembly facility.

By Donald E. Fink6 min

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Editorial

Action Against Hijacking

To draw the lesson of Entebbe, maybe this attitude of Israel’s can serve as a turning point in the enlightened world’s approach to the forces of darkness? Maybe we are all ready to cooperate in the common battle? And at this point, I am going to suggest a new plan of action, the main points of which are: To amend the 1971 Montreal treaty of suppression of illegal acts against the security of civil aviation and extend its scope to cover attacks on passengers and crewmembers from the moment they arrive at the gates of an airport, and up to the moment they depart from it.
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Air Transport

Views Diverge on Significance of Cab Advanced Charter Rule

Washington—Air travel industry is looking for signs of new trends in Civil Aeronautics Board thinking as a result of the agency’s decision on advance booking charters, which stressed marketing over basic economic principles. Observers here who believe they have detected a marked switch in Board policy are countered by an equal number who warn that this liberal attitude is directed only toward charter operations and may not necessarily spread to scheduled services.
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Air Transport

Israel Refining Hostage Rescue Tactics

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