December 15, 1980

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Aviation Week Pilot Report

Corsair Designed to Ease Shift From Piston Power

Wichita—Cessna Aircraft’s newest entry into the smaller turboprop aircraft market, the Corsair, offers operators a highperformance 6-8 place aircraft and marks the establishment of Cessna’s new Prop Jet Div. The Model 425 Corsair joins the larger Model 441 Conquest turboprop in Cessna’s line of turboprop aircraft, and Cessna officials predict the two aircraft will capture approximately 20% of the fast-growing turboprop market in 1981.

By David M. North13 min

Air Transport

Transcontinental Fare War Yields Light Traffic Gain

Entry of Eastern Airlines into transcontinental markets June 1 and the resulting fare wars generated only modest traffic increases and cut significantly into the amount of traffic carried by Trans World and United airlines. American Airlines, the largest carrier in the New York-Los Angeles and New York-San Francisco markets, managed to increase its share in the Los Angeles market despite Eastern’s entry and to keep the loss to a minimum in the San Francisco market, according to June-September figures compiled by AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY.

By Michael Feazel9 min

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Avionics

Signal Processing Technology Advances

San Francisco—Signal processing technology that has been emerging from the development laboratory in recent years is ready to play a significant role in advanced signal collection and other wideband systems, according to specialists responsible for developing the technology and moving it into operational use at GTE Products Corp.

By Benjamin M. Elson7 min

Air Transport

Airborne Heightens Competitive Effort

Wilmington, Ohio—Airborne Express is counting on the acquisition of McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft (AW&ST NOV. 3, p. 41) and several new marketing initiatives to pull it out of the shadow of the larger of the small package competitors like Federal Express Corp.

By Michael Feazel7 min

Tornado Tested In Low-Level Flights in Wales

Xv-15 Tilt-rotor Aircraft Applications Under Study

Moffett Field, Calif.—Ambitious plans for the nation’s tilt-rotor research aircraft involve exploration of a wide variety of potential civil and military applications — including shipboard operations next year —as well as equipping the two XV-15s with advanced rotors and control systems.

By Richard G. O’Lone6 min

Air Transport

Cp Air Head Rues Canada's Deregulation

San Francisco —Deregulation is a twoedged sword that is capable of drawing airline blood in Canada as well as the U.S., a top official of CP Air believes. Ian A. Gray, president and chief executive officer of Canada’s second largest airline, said here recently that deregulation in his country has resulted in too many airlines “all charging after 25 million people—and not all of them fly.”

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