January 13, 1986

January 13, 1986

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SAFETY

Ntsb Cites Poor Communications By Pilots in California Midair Collision

MANAGEMENT

Former United Technologies Ceo Cites Federai Contracting Bureaucracy

By William H. Gregory13 min

DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT

Reagan Seeks Defense Growth Despite Balanced Budget Law

By Paul Mann8 min

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SAFETY

Ntsb Cites Poor Communications By Pilots in California Midair Collision

About 1117:38 PDT, on Aug. 24, 1984, Wings West Airlines Flight 628, a Beech C-99 (N6399U), and Aesthetec, Inc., Rockwell Commander 112TC, N112SM, collided in midair near San Luis Obispo, Calif. The weather at the time of the collision was clear.
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MANAGEMENT

Former United Technologies Ceo Cites Federai Contracting Bureaucracy

By William H. Gregory13 min

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DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT

Reagan Seeks Defense Growth Despite Balanced Budget Law

By Paul Mann8 min

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Space Technology

Multiple Delays Postpone Columbia Shuttle Launch

By Craig Covault7 min

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Management

British Defense Secretary Resigns Over Westland Issue

By David A. Brown7 min

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STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE

Experts Claim Battle Management Paramount to Missile Defense

By Robert R. Ropelewski7 min

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MANAGEMENT

Panel Hears Testimony on Faults of Five-year Defense Planning

By James K. Gordon6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Narrow-body Aircraft Direct Expenses Third Quarter 1985

BOEING 727-200 American Airlines United Air Lines Delta Air Lines Eastern Airlines Continental Western Airlines Northwest Airlines Trans World Airlines Piedmont Pan Am World Airways Republic Braniff Alaska USAir Southwest BOEING 737
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AIR TRANSPORT

Extended-range A310-300 Service Begins at Swissair

Zurich—Swissair has begun service with its first extended-range Airbus Industrie A310-300 transports, which the carrier will use on medium and longer-haul routes to Africa and the Middle East where it needs flexibility in tailoring capacity and frequency to market needs.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz5 min

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Management

European Helicopter Program Lags By One Year

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz5 min

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