August 25, 1980

August 25, 1980

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Aviation Week Pilot Report

Navy Spin Training Heightens Confidence, Pilot Safety

By David M. North

Missile Engineering

X-Ray System Inspects Rocket Motors on Trident

By Benjamin M. Elson

Air Transport

European Airlines Face Decline

By Eugene Kozicharow

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Aviation Week Pilot Report

Navy Spin Training Heightens Confidence, Pilot Safety

By David M. North

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Missile Engineering

X-Ray System Inspects Rocket Motors on Trident

By Benjamin M. Elson

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Air Transport

European Airlines Face Decline

Economic slump, high fuel costs and load factor decrease combine to cause projection of minus growth for year

By Eugene Kozicharow

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Space Technology

In-Orbit Tile Repair Plans Developed

Denver—Three types of tile repair materials and a small work station are being developed to provide space shuttle astronauts with the capability of repairing possible damage to the orbiter’s thermal protection system ranging from chips or cracks in the black tile coating to the loss of sections of tiles.

By Bruce A. Smith

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Missile Engineering

NATO Weapons Family Begun

Memorandum of understanding gives medium-range missile development to U. S., short-range counterpart to Europeans

By David R. Griffiths

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Air Transport

Fall Fare Structure Could Spur Stability

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Air Transport

Slot Allocation Clouded by New Policy

By Michael Feazel

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Air Transport

FAA Task Force Analyzes Oakland Outage Problems

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Editorial

The Election Platforms

. . . The Carter Administration’s neglect of America’s defense posture in the face of overwhelming evidence of a threatening military buildup is without parallel since the 1930s. The scope and magnitude of the growth of Soviet military power threatens American interest at every level, from the nuclear threat to our survival, to our ability to protect the lives and property of American citizens abroad.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Two-Place A-10 Procurement Proposed

Farmingdale, N. Y. —Fairchild Republic has proposed the Air Force procure 30 of a new two-place, combat-ready trainer version of the A-10 close-air-support aircraft in place of half of the buy of 60 A-10As currently planned for Fiscal 1981.

By Jerry Mayfield

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