November 22, 1982

November 22, 1982

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Safety

Safety Board Issues Recommendations

Management

Intelsat Studies Monopoly Alternatives

By Jay C. Lowndes

Aviation Week Pilot Report:

Armed S-76 Helicopter Provides Low Vibration, Good Stability

By David A. Brown

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Safety

Safety Board Issues Recommendations

Crash Dynamics and Injury Analyses—The witness observations, the examination of damage to the vehicles struck by the aircraft and the examination of the recovered aircraft wreckage were used to reconstruct the aircraft’s impact sequence and to analyze the nature of the loads experienced by the aircraft structure and passengers.
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Management

Intelsat Studies Monopoly Alternatives

Washington—Increased investment in communications satellite networks potentially competitive with the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is prompting Intelsat to examine alternatives to maintaining its monopoly approach to international satellite telecommunications service.

By Jay C. Lowndes

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Aviation Week Pilot Report:

Armed S-76 Helicopter Provides Low Vibration, Good Stability

Farnborough, England—Sikorsky S-76 Mk. 2 Plus, armed version of the utility and light transport helicopter being produced by Sikorsky Aircraft Div. of United Technologies Corp., is a responsive and maneuverable helicopter that benefits from low vibration levels, which give it good gun-platform stability.

By David A. Brown

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Special Report: MX

President Gets Defense Dept MX Basing Options, Recommendation

Reagan expected to make decision, forwarding his plan to Congress ahead of Dec. 1 deadline; considers three choices

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Space Technology

French, Soviets Weigh Venus Mission

Paris—France and the Soviet Union have begun initial considerations of a major new Venus exploration mission in the late 1980s that could include multiple source observations using orbiters, landers and balloons. The mission, as envisioned, would be on a larger scale than the Soviet and U. S. Venus missions conducted so far or those that are planned for the near future.
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Business Flying

Helicopter Performance Gains Sought

By Erwin J. Bulban

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Shuttle Mission 5

Columbia Reentry Tests Low-Mach Characteristics

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Avionics

Computer-Aided Engineering Use Gains

China Lake, Calif.—Ten naval research and development laboratories are installing new computer-aided engineering and documentation systems (CAEDOS) that are expected to improve laboratory productivity and shorten development or modification cycle of air-to-air and air-tosurface missiles, antisubmarine warfare systems and antiaircraft surface-to-air missiles.

By William B. Scott

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Shuttle Mission 5

Crosswind Touchdown Dropped As Prerequisite

By Bruce A. Smith

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Air Transport

IATA Moves to Curb lllegal Discounts

By Michael Feazel

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