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1970
1970 - 0008.PDF
vni INDEX Lloyd International Airways, Boeing 707 lease con firmed, 220; first 707-320 goes into service, 770 Lockheed Aircraft Corp, no dividend, 215; autoclave (photo), 220; loan appeal to DoD. 366; announces "extraordinary steps" programme, background details, 412; Singapore base set up, 450; S-3A wind-tunnel model (photo), 451; new Hercules (HC-130N), 573; Cheyenne and S-3A programmes, US Govt view on, 704; annual meeting reported, 838; urged to seek financial assistance, 906 Lockheed Aircraft Corp/Boeing Co, space shuttle concept (artist's impression), 249 Lockheed C-5A, wing-crack statement, 170; "defects listed after Govt investigation", 248; flight test progress, 318; cold-weather trials (photo), 446 Lockheed TriStar, on schedule, 7 Lockheed TriStar, further Rotax equipment order, 107 Lockheed TriStar, skin forming technique (photo), 226; landing-gear testing (photo), 329; assembly progress (photos), 353 Lockheed TriStar, growth details, 141; Govt unlikely to fund new version (Sensor), 413; takes shape (photo), 544; aft section of pressure cabin lowered into position (photo), 659; first wing section arrives at Palmdale (photo), 839; has wings fitted (photo), 955 Lockheed TriStar Intercontinental, TWA and Air Canada want go-ahead (Sensor), 2 Lockheed L500, compatibility with C-5A (Sensor), 287 Lockheed 1011, see under Lockheed TriStar Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, gunship role for?, 31; improved version, 1023 Lockheed-Georgia Co, reaction to C-5A Galaxy "de fects" report, 604a Lockheed Hercules, -30 version go-ahead, Saturn order three, 5 Lockheed Missiles and Space Co, YO-3A "quiet aircraft" development, 605 Loganair, plans for first scheduled service to Shetlands, 661 London Air Centre, plans for abandoned, 875. London School of Flying, Cherokees sold, 186 London Terminal Area, air traffic dilemma (illus), 145 London TMA, and light aircraft (feature on Rule 22), 658-659 London's third airport. Foulness has ATC advantages, 5; Foulness most expensive, cost details, 175; advantages "may never be put before Roskill com mission", 752 London's third airport, see also under Roskill Com mission Loughborough University of Technology, light-aircraft enthusiasts weekend (report), 740 Lovell, Cdr James, to retire from astronaut duties, 315 Lucking, A. J. (author), 358; 1038-9 Lufthansa, management changes, 74; traffic up in 1969, 110; administrative HQ moves, 325; first Boeing 747 delivered, 417; Jens-Michael Hubrich takes up post as manager for UK and Eire, 655; operating through service from US West coast to Frankfurt for 747 cargo containers, in association with American Airlines, 1032 Lufthansa/Aerolineas Argentinas pool agreement, 419 Lufthansa, see also under ATLAS consortium Luton airspace inquiry, SRZ and SRA recommended (Sensor), 175; further details (Sensor), 287; SRZ and SRA introduced (map), 419 Lytag carpet at Southend (photo), 129 LTU Caravelle 10R at Bordeaux-Merignac (photo), 324 m McDonnell Douglas Corp, Apollo Workshop contracts, 32; Douglas division, five key executive appointments announced in, 838, Results for 1969, 226; Space shuttle team chosen, 282; Space station power, studies for, 68 McDonnell Douglas DC-10, first forward-fuselage section arrives by Super Guppy (photo), 140; fuselage mating, 147; design improvements, 178; main landing gear (photo), 226; Air Afrique orders, 287; maintenance manual deliveries, 329; on final-assembly line (photo), 413; first under construction (photo), 581; first -10 waiting for roll-out (Sensor), 985 McDonnell Douglas F-15 contract awarded, 34; the F-15 programme, 56; artists' impressions, 71; unit cost (Sensor), 71; compared to MiG-23 (drgs), 171 McDonnell Douglas Skyhawk, latest version, brief details (photo), 3; A-4M flies, 704; taking off (photo), 711 Mack Trucks, Lear Jet 24B bought, 332 Maersk Air Fokker F.27 crash near Rome, 42 Majendie, A. M. A., death of (photo), 175 Malaysia, defence of in 1975 (Exercise Bersatu Padu report) and RMAF S-61A-4 at work in (photo), 903; *s growing air arm (illustrated feature article), 1041- 1043 Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, BOAC Boeing 707 lease negotiations, 219; B-N Islander for (photo), 295; orders nine Fokker-VFW F.27 Series 500s, 614: to inaugurate Singapore-KL-Colombo-Madras service, 729; to inaugurate London service on November I, 882 Mallard communication system, further BAC contracts, 353 Malta, Government holds out against new increased fares requested by BEA, 654 Malta Rubber Ltd, appointment, 405 Man-Powered Flights, history of being written D. A. Reay. 1001 Marconi Co, The AD670 moving map display demon strated to airlines, 458; aeronautical division's Air New Zealand order for Doppler, 528; EA77 systems ordered by Mintech for RN, Army and RAF Pumas and Gazelles, 568; aeronautical division's £+ million contract for installation of AD370s for Jugoslav Air Force, 632; pictorial navigation display described and illustrated, 860-861 Marconi-Elliott Avionic Systems Ltd, appointments, 129 Marconi Radar Systems, Imperial Iranian Air Force defence radar contract with, 948 Mars, Phobos moonletB photographed by Mariner 7, 901-902 Marshall, Lt-Cdr Peter, awarded Air Force Cross, 279 Marshall of Cambridge, aircraft maintenance at (photo), 1012 Marshall Spaceflight Centre, briefing at on proposed high-energy astronomy observatory project, 749 Martinair Holland turnover and passenger increases, 614 Masefield, Peter (author), 44 Maverick missile, first launch (photo), 65; first pro grammed missile (photo), 210 Mediator, CRT or crystal ball?. 455 Mercury Truck and Tractor Co Ltd, celebrates golden jubilee year, 963 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm HFB 600, favourite in V/STOL competition, development cost (Sensors), 253 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm/Nord Type 462, brief details, 31 Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm, selected by Boeing to join space shuttle team, 748 Mexican Air Force, Beech Musketeers ordered, 149 MFI (Malmo Flygindustrie), ski-«quipped MFI-15 (photo), 534 Middle East, weapons supply implications, 102; aircraft and missile supplies to Israel, Libya and Egypt, 534 Middleton, Peter (author), 269: 911-912; The 747: Consumer report, 1002 Midwest Airlines of Winnipeg, buys Argosies from BEA, 727 Mikoyan MiG-23, compared to F-15 (drgs), 171 Mil, Mikhail, death of, 216 Miles Aviation & Transport (R&D) Ltd, appointments, 154 Military Aircraft (illustrated feature), 921-938 Military Air Traffic Zones become permanent, 423 Ministry of Defence, UK, Service Intelligence appoint ment, 288 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, selected to build DC-10 tail cone and actuators, 920 Modern Air Transport, HFB 320 Hansa bought, 149; inaugurates Hansa Jet air taxi service, 916 Mooney Aircraft Corp, light twin developed, 43; Ted Smith Aircraft bought, 295; not taken on more staff in Texas to cope with Aerostar production, 621 Morane-Saulnier 230, Sprightly old Frenchman (illus article), 59 Morganite Modmor Ltd, carbon-fibre contract, 138 Mount Cook Airlines, M. L. Corner appointed assistant general manager, 655 Moving map display, John Hargrave's struggle for recognition as inventor (feature article), 863-864 Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MRCA), opportunities for partners to withdraw (Sensor), 2; total R&D cost, left-wing Labour opposition and GAF in-service date (Sensor), 35; Parliamentary questions, 216; Leader, 285; cost not available, 367; premiers agree on go-ahead (Sensor), 413; submission for photo graphic requirements on by Zeiss and Williamson, 539; competitors for, 573; West Germany drops single- seat version, 578; illustrated feature article on, 664-667; Dr W. Stewart appointed Director-General within Mintech, 712; described by Lord Beswick in the Lords, 747; requests for tenders for avionics system expected (Sensor), 1027 n Nadieco Ltd, appoints Richard H. Reed v-p of operations, 1040 Narco DME-70, brief details (photo), 118; CLC-60 Freeflight Courseline Computer introduced (news- item and photos), 587 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION: Ames Research Centre to modify DHC Buffalo with R-R Speys, 584 Apollo Applications Programme designated Skylab. 532 Apollo II Moon rock samples presented to UK Prime Minister, 608 Apollo 12 finds lunar magnetic field, 32; Moon-rock distribution, Britain's share, 314; micro-organism in Surveyor 3 camera returned to Earth by crew, 978; lunar rock returned by crew found to be chemically unique, 978 Apollo 13 vehicle and spacecraft moved to launch pad (photo), 32; brief preliminary details, crew photos, 67; provisional timetable (with photo of Fred Haise), 533; astronauts Lovell and Haise (photo), 608; leaves for the Moon, 610; near- disaster (report and pictures), 650; accident report, 707; review board set up, 748; damaged service module (photo), 749; accident report, 978 Apollo 15 crew named, 608 Apollo programme, effects of budget cut-backs, 101 Apollo Workshop, contracts for McDonnell Douglas, 32; von Braun inspects airlock (photo), 133 Armstrong, Neil A., to be Deputy Associate Adminis trator for Aeronautics at Office of Advanced Research and Technology, Washington, 1055 Atmosphere Explorer satellite contracts, 207 Centaur, contract for improved version, 32 Crawler transporter receives RAC trophy, 68 Earth and ocean programme, scientists submit report on benefits of initiating, 978 Explorer 1 re-enters atmosphere, 645 Laser communication contract, 250 Manned Space Flight Office appointment. 207 Mariner 6 and 7, information sent by, 902 Mars, manned flight to (illus article), 361 Mercury-Mariner under way, 364 Moon-landings, first results from (photo), 66; Moon, possibility of cancelling two voyages to being discussed, 1056 Myers, Dale L>,, replaces George Mueller, 134 Nimbus 3 tracking by Elk, 532; Nimbus 4 in orbit. 789 OAO-2 investigates comet, 207; further project details, 250 OGO-5 discovers cloud of hydrogen gas around comet Bennett, 790. Pioneer Jupitir probes, project details, 133; TRW contract (artist's impression), 315 Saturn V performance details, 32 Schedule for 1970, 68 SERT-2 launched, 283; details (drg), 314; reaches half way. 947 Shuttle vehicle, orbital supply (artist's impression), 156; announces space shuttle contractors, 874; tests of Northrop HL-10 in support of shuttle work to begin, 947; two firms selected for final negoti ations for Phase B studies for, 1019: scale model of airlifted by Skycrane, 1055; danger of "over ambitious plans" for, 1055 Stol research, to decide whether to continue broad-based, or to devslop specific Stol configuration, 769 Tektite research at Ames Centre (illus), 100 Tiros M launched (photo), 207; details, 250 Viking put back to 1975, 207 von Braun, Dr Wernher, appointed Deputy Associate Administrator, planning. 250 Wing-tip vortices, experiments to investigate (photos). 917 YF-12A of (photo), 906 National Airlines, London-Miami inaugural delayed, 7; president optimistic for US industry, 42; London- Miami service to begin, 912 National Industrial Space Committee, appointment. 353 National Vliegtuigbeheer, brief details, 264 Nato, nuclear retaliation detailed in Statement on Defence, 401; Zenda radar described, 534; satellite built for launched from Cape Kennedy, 607 Navigation and Communications, special issue, February 26 Neal, Molly (author). 119, 381, 880 Netherlands Astronautical Satellites, further details given, 134 New York Airways, new insignia and new helicopters (illustrated feature), 888 New Zealand Air Services Licensing Authority, appoint ment, 112 New Zealand, gliding championships (photo), 260 Nigeria, report on air war, 317 Nigerian airlift, details (photos), 144; ends, 175 Nipper, re-engined version expected (Sensor), 139 Noise, Icao agreement on definition and cost, 38; certification level, clarification of British legislation on, 956; supervision of level for Heathrow night departures, 956; special feature on—articles on aero-engine noise (M. J. T. Smith), the sonic boom (G. M. Lilley), muffing Concorde (E. H. Burgess), Heathrow's monitoring techniques (P. Middleton) and noise and the pilot (Mainliner), 964-973 Noise-abatement procedures, a fresh look at (graph), HI Nordair, air-taxi and charter company, formed in Finland, 730 Nord-Aviation, see also under SNIAS Nord-Aviation/Sud/Sereb merger completed, 72 North American Rockwell Corp, J. L. Atwood retires as president, succeeded by Robert Anderson, 528: Columbus Div rolls out first OV-10 Bronco for West Germany, 579; orbiter shuttle proposed by (drawing), 901; awarded USAF B-1A contract (news item and artist's impression), 950; negotiations with Nasa completed for supply of four command and service modules for Skylab programme, 1056 North Atlantic, charter-traffic growth phenomenal in 1969 (Sensor), 175 Northeast Airlines, Lockheed TriStar cancellation likely, 220 Northern Executive Aviation to add Islander to fleet, 550 Northrop Corp, to licence-build Ferranti Isis range, 266; HL-10 lifting-body research vehicle, tests in support of NASA work on space shuttle. 947 Notams, BoT to circulate all (Sensor), 35 OBITUARIES: Leonard "Tiny" Marshall, 460; R. A. Pigeon, deputy managing director, Dan-Air Services 543; Dr J. L. Grumbridge, BEA, 582; Air Marshal Sir R. Atcherley, 651; F. R. Hounsfield, 703; J. F. Bardolph, 741; J. B. Griffiths, 917; K. J Ayres, 951; George Henry Clark, 1006; Lord Thurso (previously Sir Archibald Sinclair), 1027; Sam E. Hoare, 1032; George C. D. Russell, 1040 Olympic Airways, Boeing 727/Indian Air Force Con" stellation airmtss near Heathrow, 70; Chief Inspector of Accidents to investigate, 110; new YS-11 (photo)- 987 Oman, Sultanate of, operations in (Parliamentary references to), 648 Omega Flightmaster watch available (photo), 46 ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales) wind tunnel tests on 13ft, 4m diameter rotor for Snias (photo), 632 Overseas National Airways, cargo unit formed, appoint ment. 74; cruise ships "in balance", 765 Pacific Airmotive Corp, PAC-1 dropped, 375 Pacific Southwest Airlines, illustrated feature on by A. J. Lucking. 1038-1039 Pacific Western Airlines, Lockheed Hercules delivered, 179; Argosy leased. 417
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