August 24, 1981

August 24, 1981

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Safety

Spanish Cite Crew in Dan-air Accident

U. S. Aviation's Northern Frontier

Advances Expected at Usaf Surveillance Station

By Richard G. O’Lone10 min

Avionics

Adaptive Optics Evaluated as Laser Aid

By Philip J. Klass10 min

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Safety

Spanish Cite Crew in Dan-air Accident

The Spanish Accident Investigation Commission was informed of the disappearance of the aircraft at 1530 hr. on 25 Apr. 1980. The accident occurred in an uninhabited mountainous zone and in cloud, and it was therefore some hours before the debris was found.
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U. S. Aviation's Northern Frontier

Advances Expected at Usaf Surveillance Station

By Richard G. O’Lone10 min

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Avionics

Adaptive Optics Evaluated as Laser Aid

Washington—Adaptive optics can be used to compensate for atmospheric turbulence in some high-energy laser weapon applications but not for others, according to J. Richard Vyce, director of advanced program development at Itek’s Optical Systems Div., which is active in the field.

By Philip J. Klass10 min

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Management

Mx Basing Problem Unresolved

Multiple Protective Structure concept still remains alive as National Security Council continues weighing options

By David R. Griffiths8 min

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Management

Productivity Improves at Rolls-royce

By David A. Brown7 min

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Space Technology

Proposed Delay in Shuttle at Vandenberg Cut 50%

By Craig Covault6 min

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Space Technology

Voyager 2 Provides Key Data on Saturn

Los Angeles—Several key scientific experiments during Voyager 2’s fast-paced encounter with Saturn this week are intended to help answer some baffling questions that were raised nine months ago when the Voyager 1 spacecraft made a number of discoveries during its Saturn flyby.

By Bruce A. Smith6 min

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U. S. Air Controllers Strike

Planning Eased Problems at Los Angeles

By Susan Castledine5 min

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Air Transport

Major Carriers' Traffic Continues Slump in July

July traffic carried by ten major airlines continued its slump, declining another 6% from already depressed July, 1980, traffic figures (AW&ST Aug. 11, 1980, p. 30). The airlines blamed the continuing fall in traffic on capacity-cutting efforts by the airlines, increasing yields that are cutting into traffic, the general economy and the effects of a threatened air traffic controller strike that finally occurred Aug. 3.
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Missile Engineering

Neutron Warhead Keyed to Lance Use

Washington—Mating the enhanced radiation warhead and the Army/Vought Lance missile will be a relatively simple process that gives the corps commander a supersonic weapon with which he can stop massed armored columns at ranges up to 75 mi.

By David R. Griffiths5 min

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