July 27, 1981

July 27, 1981

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Safety

Ntsb Cites Weather Data in Accident

Management

Exim to Eliminate Credit for Older Transports

By Paul Mann10 min

Space Technology

Twin Explorers to Gather Data at Low, High Altitude

By Craig Covault10 min

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Safety

Ntsb Cites Weather Data in Accident

The safety board is concerned with the deficiencies in the Minneapolis ARTCC performance in this accident, since many of the short-comings had been discovered in the investigation of the Apr. 4, 1977, Southern Airways DC-9-31 accident in New Hope, Ga., and were the subject of several safety board safety recommendations.
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Management

Exim to Eliminate Credit for Older Transports

Bank also plans higher interest rates but ends moratorium on approvals for new applications for financing of exports

By Paul Mann10 min

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Space Technology

Twin Explorers to Gather Data at Low, High Altitude

Greenbelt, Md.—Twin spacecraft Dynamics Explorer mission scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., this week will research interactions between the Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere in both high and low altitude regions where previously unstudied phenomena occur.

By Craig Covault10 min

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Space Technology

Orbiter Experiment Program Expanded

By Edward H. Kolcum8 min

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Avionics

Foreign Defense Investment Restrictions Studied

By Eugene Kozicharow7 min

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Management

Pentagon Urges Competition on Missile

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Air Transport

Majors Behind in Productivity

Smaller airlines more than double larger carriers by one measure, outstrip or nearly match them in two others

By Michael Feazel7 min

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Space Technology

Nasa Head Backs Space Station Focus

Washington—Recommendation that the U. S. pursue development of a large, permanently manned space station as the next primary focus of its space program will be made to President Reagan by James M. Beggs, new administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

By Craig Covault7 min

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Management

New Service to Aid Sales Overseas

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Space Technology

Landsat Extension to Rest on Private Sector Support

By Alton K. Marsh6 min

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