April 26, 1982

April 26, 1982

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Aviation Week Pilot Report

F-15 Fighter Abilities Evaluated

By Robert R. Ropelewski21 min

Business Flying

Nasa Studies Business Aircraft Avionics

By Benjamin M. Elson18 min

Space Technology

Third Shuttle Mission Being Assessed

By Craig Covault14 min

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Aviation Week Pilot Report

F-15 Fighter Abilities Evaluated

Eglin AFB, Fla.—Significantly enhanced air-to-ground capabilities of the Air Force/McDonnell Douglas F-15 fighter with little apparent loss in its air-to-air capabilities are being demonstrated here in contractor-funded flight tests aimed at establishing the F-15’s credentials as an effective dual-role fighter/interdiction aircraft.

By Robert R. Ropelewski21 min

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Business Flying

Nasa Studies Business Aircraft Avionics

Moffett Field, Calif.—National Aeronautics and Space Administration is evaluating an approach to digital avionics that offers versatile, highly integrated general aviation cockpits with many of the features now being incorporated into new-generation commercial transports.

By Benjamin M. Elson18 min

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Space Technology

Third Shuttle Mission Being Assessed

Johnson Space Center—Challenging approach and landing flown by space shuttle Mission 3 astronauts Marine Col. Jack R. Lousma and USAF Col. C. Gordon Fullerton has emphasized the need to explore the Sperry Flight Systems autoland and low-speed flight control system characteristics of the orbiter vehicle.

By Craig Covault14 min

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Avionics

Automation Keyed to Core Technology

Washington—Automation of single-seat fighter aircraft should use flight trajectory and attitude control as the core technology upon which to build later integration, according to a research panel of the National Academy of Sciences.

By Jay C. Lowndes10 min

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Business Flying

Grumman Adapts Hu-16s to Civil Transport Role

St. Augustine, Fla.—Grumman St. Augustine Corp. is acquiring 57 Grumman HU-16 Albatross military amphibians to convert into civil passenger and cargo transports in a move to market reworked commercial versions of this aircraft that first flew in 1947.

By Edward H. Kolcum8 min

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Air Transport

Traffic Guides Japanese Plans

Recent downturn sparks caution at Japan Air Lines as TOA, All Nippon set sights on expansion to foreign destinations

By James Ott8 min

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Avionics

Pilot Feedback, Test Data Shaped F/a-18a Software

St. Louis—Development of effective tactical computational software for the Navy/McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet strike fighter was accomplished through a multiphase iterative design effort that stressed responsiveness to test results and pilot feedback at each stage.

By Kenneth J. Stein7 min

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Space Technology

Homes Posing Vandenberg Constraints

Los Angeles—Development of a residential area southeast of Vandenberg AFB, Calif., could jeopardize Air Force space activities if launches of Defense Dept. spacecraft were delayed due to concern for the safety of persons and property, according to an environmental impact statement supplement for space shuttle launch and recovery facilities at the base.

By Bruce A. Smith6 min

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Space Technology

Canadian Satellite to Use New Delta Launch Vehicle

Cape Canaveral—Liftoff of Canada’s Telesat F communications satellite in July will utilize the latest version of the NASA/McDonnell Douglas Delta launch vehicle and will be the first launch from the refurbished Pad 17B here as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration moves to increase payload weight and schedule flexibility in the Delta system.
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Air Transport

Braniff Presses Route Lease Effort

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