SAFETY
Fire Cause Is Mystery in Viscount Crash
SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Planning Gap Delays Saturn Development
AIR TRANSPORT
Continental Shapes Pacific Growth Aims
ByWilliam H. Gregory10 min
108109SAFETY
Fire Cause Is Mystery in Viscount Crash
A United Air Lines, Inc., Vickers Viscount 745D, N7405, Flight 823, crashed 24 mi. northeast of Parrottsville, Tenn., at 1815 EST, July 9, 1964. Thirty-four passengers and the four crewmembers died in the crash. One passenger died of injuries following a free fall from the aircraft before the crash.
5859SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Planning Gap Delays Saturn Development
The second question cannot be answered until the first has been, and the first is dependent upon the next major goal to be set for the U. S. space program. The latter, in turn, is heavily and adversely influenced by the costs of the Vietnam war and the war’s demands upon key resources.
4445AIR TRANSPORT
Continental Shapes Pacific Growth Aims
ByWilliam H. Gregory10 min
8283SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Family of Small Engines Planned for Space
Denville, N. J.—Reaction Motors Div. of Thiokol Chemical Corp. has developed a new radiation/regeneratively cooled rocket engine from which it hopes to establish a whole family of chemical space engines running from 2 to 200 lb. in thrust for a variety of satellite and re-entry vehicle applications.ByMichael L. Yaffee9 min
4041Strike Economic, Social Impact Deepens
Washington—Economic and social impact of the International Assn, of Machinists’ strike against five major U. S. airlines intensified last week as the labor impasse neared the end of its fourth week. Pressure from the precincts was spurring the efforts of President Johnson and Congress to reach a compromise on legislation that would end the politically thorny airline strike, which began July 8 when 35,400 IAM members walked out at Eastern, National, Northwest, Trans World and United.
9697AVIONICS
Small Two-axis Sensor Has Multiple Uses
Family of unusually small, two-axis angular rate sensors which have demonstrated sufficiently high performance for a number of aerospace control and stabilization applications is evolving from six years of research and development. The new rate sensors, called dual-axis rate transducers (Dart), are simple gimballess devices made up of very few parts and only one moving part.ByBarry Miller6 min
126127Letters
Inflight Entertainment The present dilemma of the domestic and international airlines regarding inflight entertainment would be quickly resolved if they would stop to consider that “inflight entertainment” is not synonymous with “inflight motion pictures.”
4243AIR TRANSPORT
Trunks Set Revenue Record in First Half
Washington—The nation’s 11 domestic trunk airlines, facing erratic financial fortunes in the third quarter of this year due to the International Assn, of Machinists strike against five of the carriers (see p. 40), continued their generally record-setting pace in the first six months of this year, based on initial reports.ByHarold D. Watkins5 min
2627MANAGEMENT
Comsat Reveals $110-million Plan for Mid-1970s Domestic System
Washington—Communications Satellite Corp. is ready to establish a $ 110-million common carrier domestic communications satellite system that could be in full operation by mid-1970. It would be the first operational domestic communications satellite system in the West.ByKatherine Johnsen5 min
2021EDITORIAL
