January 5, 1981

January 5, 1981

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Space Technology

Pad Rollout Initiates New Shuttle Tests

By Craig Covault

Aeronautical Engineering

Tests Find C-5 Capable Of Off-Runway Operation

By David R. Griffiths

Air Transport

Carriers Reduce Florida Service

By Michael Feazel

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Space Technology

Pad Rollout Initiates New Shuttle Tests

Rollout of the first space shuttle to launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) starts a series of tests on the vehicle that has managers weighing the benefits of previous manned flight experience and hindsight against the unknowns of readying a vehicle designed and operated unlike any previous spacecraft or booster.

By Craig Covault

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Aeronautical Engineering

Tests Find C-5 Capable Of Off-Runway Operation

By David R. Griffiths

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Air Transport

Carriers Reduce Florida Service

Trans World, United, Ozark pull back from last year’s aggressive entry in market, citing disappointing traffic

By Michael Feazel

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Air Transport

Air France Decision Stirs A310 Configuration Debate

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

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Management

Mt. St. Helens Observations Providing Science Data

San Francisco—Aerial photographs and observations made during initial moments of the Mt. St. Helens eruption provided information of critical importance in determining the sequence of events that triggered the blast, scientists here have been told.

By Richard G. O’Lone

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Space Technology

Fuse Failure Curbs Solar Max Vehicle

By Craig Covault

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Air Transport

A310 Wing Fabrication Being Automated

By David A. Brown

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Avionics

Weather Report System Aimed at Smaller Airports

Holtsville, N. Y. — Automatic digital weather reporting system, developed by Cardion Electronics for installation at smaller state, municipal or private airports, can provide a synthesized voice output of local surface weather data for transmission directly to nearby aircraft.

By Kenneth J. Stein

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Missile Engineering

MX Environmental Impact Report Draws Criticism

Draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the MX missile system has drawn strong initial criticism from some state and federal officials who said the document is inadequate in its coverage of certain key impacts and potential solutions to those problems.

By Bruce A. Smith

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Editorial

Laurels for 1980

Here are the people nominated by the editors of AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY for significant contributions to aerospace in 1980: Peter Fichtmuller, managing director of the tri-national Panavia multirole combat aircraft program, for piloting the program through financial and production shoals to the point where it is back on delivery schedule.

By William H. Gregory

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