December 1, 1980

December 1, 1980

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Air Transport

Growth Slackening in Transpacific Markets

Air Transport

New Certifications Pose FAA Challenge

By Richard G. O’Lone

Management

Defense Science Board Urges Multiyear Contracts

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Air Transport

Growth Slackening in Transpacific Markets

Despite high load factors, rising fuel costs depress yields and profits elude carriers on long, thin routes
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Air Transport

New Certifications Pose FAA Challenge

Seattle—Federal Aviation Administration here is launched upon one of the major challenges of its career—the near-simultaneous certification of two new airline transports in a highly charged and often hostile atmosphere created by widespread criticism of its past performances.

By Richard G. O’Lone

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Management

Defense Science Board Urges Multiyear Contracts

Washington—Defense Dept. Science Board task force on industrial responsiveness is recommending that the Pentagon move to special multiyear procurement contracts to stabilize aerospace industry production and reduce systems costs.

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Advanced Missile Development

Air-to-Air Missile Testing Scheduled

By David R. Griffiths

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Aviation Week Pilot Report

Workload for Pilot Reduced in SH-60B

Stratford, Conn.—Navy/Sikorsky SH60B Seahawk helicopter, the airborne portion of Navy’s Lamps Mk. 3 antisubmarine warfare system, offers a combination of automation, performance and crisp handling qualities that should reduce the workload on pilots flying operational missions from their small shipboard platforms, especially under bad weather conditions.

By Donald E. Fink

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Aeronautical Engineering

J79 for F-16 Offers Extra Thrust in Afterburner

Evendale, Ohio—Newest General Electric J79 afterburning turbojet engine—the J79GE-17X—developed for the General Dynamics F-16/79 export fighter features an enhanced thrust mode that enables the pilot to select an extra several hundred pounds of thrust during maximum afterburner operation throughout most of the engine’s operational envelope.

By Jerry Mayfieid

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Space Technology

Centaur Studied for Shuttle Use

Inertial upper stage cost overruns force NASA to weigh adaptation of older vehicle for planetary mission role

By Craig Covault

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Space Technology

SBS Satellite to Become Operational

Satellite Business Systems (SBS) spacecraft—forerunner of a new commercial communications system and the first of a new generation of satellites developed by Hughes Aircraft Co.—is scheduled to begin operational service early next year.
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Space Technology

Otrag Locates Rocket Testing On Libyan Site

By Eugene Kozicharow

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Aeronautical Engineering

Studies Show Lift Coefficient Tripling

By Jay C. Lowndes

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