September 20, 1993

September 20, 1993

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ALLISON BUYOUT SPURS CONSOLIDATION

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI,STANLEY W. KANDEBO5 min

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PANEL TO SCRUTINIZE C-17 WING LOADS TEST

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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BA PLANS TO BOOST WINTER SEAT CAPACITY

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN5 min

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ALLISON BUYOUT SPURS CONSOLIDATION

NEW YORK General Motors Corp.'s 18-month search for a buyer for Allison Gas Turbine Div. is over; a group of Allison executives and the New York investment banking firm of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., are expected to become the new owners.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI,STANLEY W. KANDEBO5 min

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PANEL TO SCRUTINIZE C-17 WING LOADS TEST

WASHINGTON U.S. Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall has reconvened an independent panel of experts to determine whether a redesigned C-17 wing undergoing structural loads tests failed before or after it met design specifications.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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BA PLANS TO BOOST WINTER SEAT CAPACITY

British Airways bucks winter trend, as most international carriers are cutting back flights and seats to previous off-peak levels

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN5 min

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DISCOVERY CREW TESTS HUBBLE REPAIR TOOLS

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Astronauts Carl E. Walz and James H. Newman spent nearly 7 hr. in Discovery's payload bay, most of it working smoothly through tests of procedures and tools critical to the upcoming Hubble Space Telescope repair mission.

By JAMES T. MCKENNA5 min

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SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL BOOKS PROTON LAUNCHES

By JEFFREY L. LENOROVITZ4 min

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TITAN 4 PROBE FOCUSES ON SRM PROPELLANT

By BRUCE A. SMITH4 min

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AIRLINE LABOR TENSIONS GROW

WASHINGTON NEW YORK The tensions that flared last week between American Airlines Chairman Robert L. Crandall and the company pilots' union over strategies for survival are signs of a labor-management conflict looming across the U. S. industry.

By JAMES OTT,PAUL CONSTANCE4 min

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CONTINENTAL TURNS TO SHORT-HAUL ROUTES

COCOA BEACH, FLA. Continental Airlines next month will begin testing whether expanded high-frequency, low-fare, point-to-point service can help it compete with Southwest Airlines and gain an edge over American Airlines, Delta and USAir.

By JAMES T. MCKENNA4 min

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DC-X MAKES SECOND FLIGHT

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N. M. The McDonnell Douglas DC-X experimental rocket has made a successful second flight here, demonstrating that it can be reused. A third flight is planned for the end of this month, and project officials want to perform a dozen flights by year-end, including a pair with only a three-day turnaround.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM3 min

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PROTON GROUP SIGNS PAPUA SERVICES PACT

By MICHAEL MECHAM3 min

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