March 29, 1982

March 29, 1982

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Aviation Week Pilot Report:

Advancing Blade Flight Data Gathered

By Donald E. Fink

Management

Defense Dept Lists Top 100 Contractors for Fiscal 1981

Management

Military Reform Caucus Seeks Targets

By Alton K. Marsh

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Aviation Week Pilot Report:

Advancing Blade Flight Data Gathered

Stratford, Conn. —Flight performance data gathered with the Sikorsky XH-59A advancing blade concept (ABC) helicopter is being used by the company to develop conceptual designs of advanced high-speed helicopters for a variety of military and civilian applications.

By Donald E. Fink

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Management

Defense Dept Lists Top 100 Contractors for Fiscal 1981

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Management

Military Reform Caucus Seeks Targets

By Alton K. Marsh

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Missile Engineering

USAF Presses Survivable MX Basing

By Clarence A. Robinson, Jr.

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Air Transport

Carriers Planning to Acquire 200 Aircraft

Expansion raises questions in current overcapacity situation that is spurring fare wars, cutting yields

By Michael Feazel

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Aeronautical Engineering

Coast Guard Reviews Aviation Needs

Washington—U.S. Coast Guard is reevaluating the operating fund requirements of its aviation functions under tight budget constraints to devise operating plans that cover the service’s missions and make full use of its aircraft assets.
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Air Transport

FAA Moves to Simplify, Update Aviation Regulations

By David M. North

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Shuttle Mission 3

Launch of Space Shuttle Tests New Options

Kennedy Space Center—Liftoff of Columbia piloted by astronauts Marine Col. Jack R. Lousma and USAF Col. C. Gordon Fullerton at 11 a. m. EST Mar. 22 took the crew and Johnson Space Center controllers through a more advanced ascent profile than that flown by the first two shuttle launches.
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Air Transport

Report Hits Commuter Technology Lag

By James Ott

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Air Transport

U. S.-Japan Negotiations Break Down

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