April 28, 1980

April 28, 1980

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Air Transport

Deregulation Boosts Reno Air Traffic

Business Flying

Forest Service Sets Fleet Modernization

By David M. North10 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Cp-140 Enters Canadian Patrol Fleet

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz9 min

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Air Transport

Deregulation Boosts Reno Air Traffic

Reno —Post-deregulation airline service through this gambling city’s international airport has fluctuated much like a bettor’s stakes at the gaming tables, but the city has come up a winner overall as the result of significant increases in air carrier operations.
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Business Flying

Forest Service Sets Fleet Modernization

Washington—U. S. Forest Service is attempting to modernize the fleet of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft it operates in varied missions. The aircraft, in part, at least, constitute a museum of aircraft dating to World War 2. The Forest Service, a branch of the Agriculture Dept., operates a total of 600 aircraft, a number exceeded in the U. S. only by the military services.

By David M. North10 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Cp-140 Enters Canadian Patrol Fleet

Burbank, Calif. —Introduction of the Lockheed CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft into the Canadian forces inventory will improve the country’s ability to monitor its vast ocean boundaries and thousands of miles of sparsely inhabited territory.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz9 min

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Hanover Air Show

Aerospace Technology Advances Displayed

Models of proposed European Combat Aircraft on display, along with new transports and general aviation aircraft
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Air Transport

U. S. Carriers in Transcontinental Battle

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Air Transport

Boeing Offers 747 Improvements

Advances to make wide-body aircraft more economical include updated powerplants and stretched upper deck

By Richard G. O’Lone7 min

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Space Technology

Shuttle Launch Delays’ Cost Impact Assessed

By Bruce A. Smith6 min

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Air Transport

Trunk Profits Scarce in First Quarter

By Michael Feazel5 min

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Avionics

Controller Numbers Keyed to Advances

Washington—Federal Aviation Administration’s timetable for introducing innovations in the air traffic control system and for making key decisions on whether to introduce still others to cope with projected traffic growth was disclosed in recent congressional testimony.

By Philip J. Klass5 min

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Space Technology

New Soviet Antisatellite Mission Boosts Backing for U. S. Tests

By Craig Covault5 min

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