March 23, 1981

March 23, 1981

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Business Flying/Aviation Week Pilot Report

Gulfstream 3 Adds Range, Performance

By David M. North13 min

Air Transport

Caribbean Market Shows Revival Signs

By Laurence Doty10 min

Missile Engineering

Mx Basing Study Draws Fire From Congress

By Clarence A. Robinson8 min

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Business Flying/Aviation Week Pilot Report

Gulfstream 3 Adds Range, Performance

Savannah—Gulfstream American’s Gulfstream 3 incorporates a number of features of its predecessor, the Gulfstream 2, but offers operators a large-cabin corporate aircraft with higher performance and longer range than the earlier aircraft.

By David M. North13 min

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Air Transport

Caribbean Market Shows Revival Signs

By Laurence Doty10 min

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Missile Engineering

Mx Basing Study Draws Fire From Congress

Leaders express anger over Administration decision to conduct new evaluation of valley cluster system

By Clarence A. Robinson8 min

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Energy

Utilities Turn to Advanced Windmills

Seattle—Huge and advanced versions of the time-honored windmill are rising in the western U. S. as utility companies begin to utilize aerospace technology to harness wind power in an effort to reduce the nation’s dependence on oil for generating electric power.

By Richard G. O’Lone7 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Expedited Effort Expected for Bomber

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Air Transport

U. S. Plans to Reevaluate Procompetition Policy Use

By James Ott7 min

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Missile Engineering

Leftist Opposition Grows to Nato Nuclear Force

By Eugene Kozicharow6 min

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Safety

Costs Pivotal to Antimisting Fuel Use

By Jay C. Lowndes6 min

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Business Flying/Aviation Week Pilot Report

Reworked Wing, Cleaner Nose Aid Gulfstream Performance

Savannah—Design features of Gulfstream American’s new Gulfstream 3, including reworked wing, winglets and an aerodynamically cleaner fuselage nose, have assured the new business jet 80-85% of the performance that would have been gained by the use of an advanced wing design on the earlier proposed aircraft, at less than half the research and development costs.
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Missile Engineering

Salt 2 Treaty Considered Vital to U. S. Shelter System

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