October 14, 1985

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SAFETY

Ntsb Recommends Training Program Following 1984 Wind-shear Accident

It is difficult to attribute the effective cockpit communication and interaction of UA Flight 663's flight crew to a single cause, since multiple factors were involved. All three crewmembers are close in age. The captain and second officer each accumulated over 12,000 hr. of flight time while the first officer had over 8,000 hr.

REVAMPED FACILITY

Space Station Redesigned for Larger Structural Area

Washington—The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is reconfiguring the U. S. space station to a new design in order to provide a better zero-gravity plat-form for materials processing and to provide more structure on which to mount experiments, telescopes and upper-stage hardware operating on the $8-billion facility.

By Craig Covault8 min

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AVIONICS

Usaf, Army Plan Icnia Flight Testing By 1987

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio—U. S. Air Force and Army expect to begin flight testing by late 1987 brassboard models of an integrated avionics system that could provide, at significantly reduced size, weight and cost, a range of functions currently performed by a multitude of individual transmitters and receivers in U. S. tactical aircraft.

By Robert R. Ropelewski6 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Aerojet Techsystems Develops Hypersonic Aircraft Engine

Sacramento, Calif.—Aerojet TechSystems Co. is developing its Airturboramjet engine as the propulsion technology for hypersonic transatmospheric vehicles, and believes that the engine could be ready for a flight demonstration within four years.

By John T. Merrifield6 min

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Space Technology

General Electric Refining Criteria for Orbiting Space Platforms

Valley Forge, Pa.—Design of orbiting space platforms at General Electric Co. Space Systems Div. is focusing on definition studies of spacecraft size and configuration, according to company officials. Decisions on platform sizing and propulsion options will be made at the end of October.

By Stanley W. Kandebo6 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Nasa Control Laws Boost F-14 High Angle-of-attack Performance

Los Angeles—Evaluation of NASA-developed control laws that improve high angle-of-attack handling of the Navy/Grumman F-14 fighter has recently been completed by Navy and NASA pilots at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, located at Edwards AFB, Calif.

By Michael A. Dornheim5 min

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October 14, 1985

Ntsb Recommends Training Program Following 1984 Wind-shear Accident

Ntsb Releases Voice Recorder Transcript of Delta L-1011 Accident