October 11, 1976

October 11, 1976

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Safety

Ntsb Reports on Jal Runway Accident

Aeronautical Engineering

Yc-14 Nearing Joint Test Force Trials

By Donald E. Fink10 min

Special Report: U. S., USSR Strategic Weapons Shifts

New Missile Defense Systems Studied

By Kenneth J. Stein10 min

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Safety

Ntsb Reports on Jal Runway Accident

About 2055 Alaska standard time, Dec. 16, 1975, Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd., Flight 422, slid off the north side of the east-west taxiway of Anchorage International Airport while taxiing out for a takeoff on Runway 6R. The aircraft weathercocked about 70 deg. to the left and slid backward down a snow-covered embankment with an average slope of — 13 deg.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Yc-14 Nearing Joint Test Force Trials

Los Angeles—Initial flight tests with the No. 1 prototype of Boeing Co’s. YC-14 entry in the USAF advanced medium STOL transport (AMST) program have shown the aircraft has conventional flight characteristics that exceed predictions based on ground simulation runs, according to Boeing flight test officials.

By Donald E. Fink10 min

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Special Report: U. S., USSR Strategic Weapons Shifts

New Missile Defense Systems Studied

Huntsville, Ala.—Multi-faceted research effort here is developing advanced data processing and associated sensor techniques that promise to fulfill stringent operational requirements of future ballistic missile defense systems.

By Kenneth J. Stein10 min

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Avionics

Frequency Standard Orbital Tests Set

Washington—Navigation technology satellite NTS-2, designed to test advanced atomic and crystal frequency standards for possible future use in spacecraft for the NavStar global positioning system, now is scheduled for launch by March.

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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Space Technology

Viking ‘digs’ Delivering New Samples for Analysis

Pasadena, Calif.—New series of digging operations with the Viking 2 sampler arm delivered Martian soil to the biology and X-ray fluorescence experiments last week, but mission controllers failed in their first attempt to dislodge a rock with the arm and expose protected soil for a second organic analysis in the gas chromatograph mass spectrometer.

By Donald E. Fink6 min

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Management

Adjournment Delays Vote on Turkey Defense Pact

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

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Business Flying

Engine Firm Extends Market Penetration

Denver—Significant gains in business aircraft-related product sales are predicted by officials of Garrett Corp. this year and next as the company continues to expand its penetration of this market. The company believes that 1976 sales of its business aircraft products will tally approximately 30% of its estimated total volume of about $680 million this year, a 46% gain over last year’s ratio to gross sales, which totaled $630 million.

By Erwin J. Bulban5 min

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Editorial

He Strategic Alternatives

#x2026; The United States has a choice of three clear-cut alternatives in selecting a strategic posture—superiority, equivalence or inferiority. Each carries its own distinctive set of benefits, risks, opportunities, costs and force structure.
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Air Transport

Air Midwest Granted Certificate

Board also gives carrier subsidy authorization with amount to be determined later, denies broad policy shift indicated

By Laurence Doty5 min

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Air Transport

Airport Decision Faces Court Challenge

By David M. North5 min

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