September 12, 1983

September 12, 1983

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Attack on Korean 747

U.s. Says Soviets Knew Korean Air Lines 747 Was Commercial Flight

By Clarence A. Robinson10 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Car Designers Refine Aerodynamics for Efficiency

By Jay C. Lowndes8 min

Attack on Korean 747

U. S. Intercepts Soviet Fighter Transmissions

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Attack on Korean 747

U.s. Says Soviets Knew Korean Air Lines 747 Was Commercial Flight

‘Hard evidence’ refutes Soviet claim that downed 747 was mistaken for RC-135; direct ties to Kremlin sought

By Clarence A. Robinson10 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Car Designers Refine Aerodynamics for Efficiency

Detroit—Automobile manufacturers are refining in the wind tunnel candidate automobile shapes developed by designers seeking aesthetic appeal and engineers seeking aerodynamic and component packaging efficiency. Successful concepts are improving the fuel efficiency of production automobiles.

By Jay C. Lowndes8 min

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Attack on Korean 747

U. S. Intercepts Soviet Fighter Transmissions

U. S. representative to the United Nations, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, presented the following transcript of three Soviet interceptor pilots' transmissions to their ground control stations before the United Nations Security Council on Sept. 6 as evidence of the Soviet Union's downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
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Space Technology

Night Shuttle Descent Offers New Data

By Craig Covault6 min

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Avionics

Navy Evaluates Pictorial Cockpit Display

Buffalo, N. Y.—Experimental integrated cockpit display concept, designed to enhance pilot performance in solid instrument meteorological conditions with a pictorial flight path guidance presentation, has completed initial flight evaluations in the first stage of a projected five-year Navy program.

By Kenneth J. Stein6 min

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Air Transport

Europe Sees Traffic Turnaround

International Air Transport Assn. figures for July show profit, passenger traffic improvements; capacity remains stable

By Michael Feazel6 min

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Air Transport

Competition in Florida Disperses Profits

By Eugene Kozicharow6 min

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Attack on Korean 747

Icao Studying Its Rules on Interceptions

Washington—Soviet Union’s admission that one of its military aircraft attacked and destroyed a Korean Air Lines transport has raised issues on the adequacy of international standards and procedures governing aircraft interception, search and rescue and post-crash investigation.

By James Ott6 min

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Attack on Korean 747

Pilots Weighing Ban on Soviet Service

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Air Transport

Coast Airlines Hike Capacity, Soften Market

By Anne Randolph6 min

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