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xvi US airline traffic, domestic, only 0 5 per cent up in first nine months of 1971 compared with equivalent 1970 period, 754 US Air National Guard, 138th Attack Sqn, New York ANG, Cessna A-37B of (photo), 380; Wisconsin ANG, KC-97L of (photo), 917 US Air Transport Association, president says airlines would have made profit in 1970 if wage and salary increases had followed inflation in economy, 316; says effectiveness of anti-hijack screening methods has been demonstrated, 317; calls on Govt to abandon plans to launch four communications satellites, 675 US ARMY: Beechcraft U-21F, accepts delivery of (photo), 449 Orders 400 additional OH-58A Kiowa light observa tion helicopters, 262; Uttas helicopter, GE awarded engine contract, 958 Missile Command, new anti-tank missile for, 142; test-fires missile with all-plastics airframe (photo), 938 Spartan ABM, US Atomic Energy Commission detonates test model warhead for, 752 Tow missiles, Hughes Aircraft Co awarded contract for, 917 Uttas (Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System). General Electric T700-GE-700 engine details released, 1019 US Atomic Energy Commission, detonates five- megaton test model warhead for Spartan ABM, 752 US Aviation Distributors and Manufacturers Associ ation (ADMA), forecasts more than half-a-million Private pilots in US by 1980, 324 US certificated route carriers, profits up for first nine months of 1971, 927 US defence appropriations, Congress expected to pass military appropriations for Fiscal 1972, 951-952 US Department of Defence: close air-support roles for US armed forces, decides to proceed with one new helicopter and two new fighter programmes for, 36; see also Close Air Support, 100-102 US Department of Justice: Opposes proposed American Airlines—Western Airlines merger, 395 US Department of Transportation, approves adoption of route-facilities surcharge by lata Airlines, 278; opposition to airline mergers resulting in abnormally large carriers, 382; Secretary presents transport policy document to Congress, 500; sends to Congress proposed legislation to provide for regulation o rates, fares and charges in transport between US and foreign nations, 842; appoints Dr A. J. Grobecker to head high-altitude climatic-assessment programme, 1001 US Government, legal action against travel agencies, 964 US International Transportation Exhibition, invitation to manufacturers of Concorde and Tiu-144 to exhibit, 676 US Marine Corps, Harrier evaluation by, 228; KC-130F of (photo), 839 US National Transportation Safety Board, recom mends to FAA installation of aft-engine-out warning device in Cessna aircraft with fore-and-aft twin-engine configuration, 322; recommends to FAA that Twin Comanches without counter-rotating pro pellers should have modifications to improve low- speed qualities, 400; to investigate source of cabin contamination in Universal Airlines DC-8, 422; recommends FAA to define student pilot training areas, 892 US Naval Missile Centre, RPV (remotely piloted vehicle) trials conducted by, 34 US Naval Research Laboratory, Solrad 10 scientific satellite launched from Wallops Island by Nasa, 185 US NAVY: F-4J Phantom, all-black (photo), 875 F-14 Tomcat, flight-test programme described, with photograph, 68-69; call to cancel contract for, 102; reported to have dropped plans to buy, 230; Sen W. Proxmire seeks cancellation of the pro gramme, 451; illustrated feature on, 702-704; fourth pre-production F-14A (photo), 874 Harpoon all-weather anti-ship missile system, McDonnell Douglas selected as prime contractor for, 35-36 Lamps programme, additional financing received by Kaman to proceed with second batch of conversions, and first two SH-2D Seasprites for (photo), 379 Polaris and Poseidon submarines, possible successors to be found to, 380 Ship Systems Command exercises contract option to buy six more AN/SPS-58 Westinghouse radars, 141 USS Intrepid, McDonnell Douglas A-4C of VA-45 from (photo), 588 US Senate, approves spending on Safeguard and F-14, 665 US Senate Armed Services Committee, hears scientist's evidence on "weapons cost explosion", 986 US-USSR, agreement expected on terms of convention on liability for damage caused by space objects, 33; meeting on co-operative space rescue system, 491 USSR, resuming negotiations with West Germany on civil aviation agreement, 564; formal signature of agreement to establish direct air services with West Germany, 791; fails to agree with Japan on trans- Siberian frequencies, 925; increased co-operation with Sweden on air-safety matters, 1000 USSR Academy of Sciences, launches new flagship for deep-space tracking fleet, 185; co-operation agree ment with Esro, 710; agreement with France for space research co-operation, 710 USSR Air Force, review of, 261-262; MiG-21s of in France, 450; Marshal Koutakhov of in Mirage III (photo), 490 USSR missile build-up (Defence report), 664 USSR MISSILES: SS-9, first test of fractional orbital bombardment system for nearly 12 months launched by, 307 INDEX USSR SPACE ACTIVITIES: Cosmos series of satellites, 250-400 (illustrated feature article on), 29-32; Cosmos 433, 307: Cosmos 444-451 eight-satellite launch, 667; Cosmos 459, 461 and 462, low orbit interception capability, 1021 Deep-space tracking and research ship Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, description and photos, 1049 Intercosmos 5, launched, 985 Luna 18 launched, 382; crashes on to Sea of Fertility, 454 Luna 19, placed in orbit around the Moon, 556: report of launch of, 591; several orbital manoeuvres performed by, 625; primary mission of, 711; orbit changed, 985 Lunokhod, controllers succeed in exacting full lunar day of mobility from, 33; completes ninth lunar day, 184: exhibition photo of, 184; completed tenth lunar day of operation, 343; shut down ai end of 11 th lunar day, 492; completes mission, 595; nothing said about since shut-down, 625; statistics of mission, 667 Mars probes, continue to perform normally, 231; Mars 2 and 3 take en route measurements of solar wind, 414; absence of "down-link" signals from, 592; no arrival date yet given for, 878; Mars 2 and 3 should have joined Mariner 9 in Mars orbit, 948; Mars 3 landing on Mars, report, 984; landing details, 1021; Mars 3 surface operations, report. 1048 Meteor 9 weather satellite launched, 185 Molniya communications satellite, 18th launched. 231; antenna of Earth station used in conjunction with system (photo), 455 Molniya-2 launched, report on, 882 Salyut cosmonauts exceed previous space flight duration record, 33; Salyut had completed 1490 revolutions of earth by July 20, 185; manoeuvred into 89-6min orbit, 231; manoeuvred into higher orbit, 343; mission ended, spacecraft destroyed, 628 Soviet Academy of Science to discuss with Nasa possibility of Apollo-Salyut docking operations, 33 Soyuz 11, report on accident, 38; further report, with photos and obituaries, 67; death of crew members attributed to sudden deoressurisation, 74; photo of, showing hatches 75; preliminary results from flight. 105; statement by committee of enquiry into, 145; twin docked Soyuz (photo). 184 Venus probe (photo), 184 Vertikal-2, second of new series of large sounding rockets launched, 414 USSR sports aviation championships, results for 1971, 468 USSR supersonic strategic bomber ("Backfire"), US reports decision to proceed with, 553 UTA (Union des Transports Aeriens), financial report on, 565; to provide operational assistance to Air Ceylon, 601; agreement with Air France to extend services to USA and Vancouver, 890 v Vacuum Thermal Processes Ltd, launched as sub sidiary company by Wentgate Engineers Ltd, 741 Van Dusen Air, buys inventory of PAC Airwork, 779 Van Dusen Aircraft Supplies Co, appointed sole distributor for Radair avionics equipment, 608; launches new differential cylinder pressure tester, report and photo, 741; introduce avionics tester for general use, 907 Venezuelan Government, approach Canadian Govern ment to discuss possible purchase of CF-5s, 229; orders 13 Mirage IIIEs and two Mirage IIIDs, 840 Vermer, G. T. Chapman appointed general sales manager, 659; D. Welsh appointed quality assurance manager, 682; P. Durdin appointed engineering manager, timers and controls, 1017 Venus, Soviet scientists report on at General Assembly of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 667 VFW-Fokker, to integrate helicopter development programme with MBB and Dornier, 76: financial report on, 222 VFW-Fokker VAK 191B, due to fly on August 15 (Sensor), 75; first of three makes maiden flight, 458; photo, 459; plans for "productionised" version of 191B (Sensor), 957; VAK I91B programme, 1050 VFW-Fokker 614, report on preparations to fly (with photo), 41-42; due to make maiden flight, 75; first flight of, photos, 108; report on and air-to-air photo. 111: second and third being assembled (photo), 421; West German Govt increases financing of, 494; encouraging results of initial flight tests, 498; technical description, with cutaway drawing, 725-732; approaching a critical stage in development programme (Sensor), 883; second rolled out, 957 VHF Supplies Ltd, correct address, 922 Victaulic Co, pipe points manufactured by enable REs to develop high-speed system of supplying RAF forward airfields with fuel, report and photo, 447 Vietnam, USAF B-52s have bombed targets inside southern half of DMZ, 339: new offensive in, 450 Vinten, W., Ltd, J. B. MacKirdy appointed to board. 872 Vokes Ltd, Air Division of, awarded Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd Industrial and Marine Division contract for air filtration equipment for Olympus gas gen erators, 1017 Vought Helicopter, to expand US and Canadian dealership for Aerospatiale Alouette II and III, 503 V/Stol, Air League symposia on, 561, 720 and 888 V/Stol and Military (illustrated feature on), 287-297 V/Stol Symposium, Canadian, J. D. Eastham of Garrett Corp says larger types will be fitted with high bypass-ratio geared turbofans, 396 Vtol or Stol (illustrated feature article), 480-484 w Wallis Wa-116T, achieves lift-to-weight record of 3.14: 1, 504 Wallis WA-120 gyroplane, photo, 930 Wansborough-White & Co, publish new system for position plotting by VOR. 1005 W & H Conveyor Systems, awarded PanAm contract for installation of 1-J-mile-long conveyor system, 485 Wassmer Aviation, to carry out study with Aerospatiale on possibility of using plastics on industrial scale in light aircraft construction, 892; planning to introduce new version of the WA.50, designated WA.53, 930 Wassmer WA-51 Pacific, Flight assessment of, 430 Wayne Kerr, transferring sales department and instrument laboratories to Tolworth, 251; illustrated brochure describes non-contacting transducer equipments, 779 Welding Institute, The, "Improving welded product design**, subject of conference, 251 Wentgate Engineers Ltd, win R-R Bristol Engine Division order for vacuum furnace, 409; launch subsidiary company. Vacuum Thermal Processes Ltd, 741 Western Airlines, orders three 727-200s, 420; orders four DC-10s. 556 Western Airlines, reports first October profit since 1967, 925 West German Aircraft Industry, illustrated feature on, 211-212; further illustrated feature, 213-221 West German Air Force, Chief of Air Staff visits RAF, 237; photo, 304; to receive 175 F-4E(F)s under US-West German agreement, 415 West German Army, Staff recommendation for procurement of Tow approved, 262; Bell UH-1D of (photo), 262 West German Defence Minister, presentation of Hot, Milan and Tow guided missiles made to, 952 West German Defence Ministry, procurement depart ment, new rules for allocation of contracts to industry, 1050 West German Education and Science Ministry, proposes 1972 space budget of DM666.1 million, 744 West German Govt, White Paper on security of the Federal Republic and development of the armed forces, 1051 West German Ministry of Transport, appoints flight- schedule co-ordinator, 114 West German Navy, F-104G of (photo), 186; first of two development Sea King Mk 4s for (photo), 230 West Germany, requirement for air-superiority fighter, met by F-4E (F) Phantom, 140-141; resuming negotiations with Soviet Union on civil aviation agreement, 564; formal signature of agreement to establish direct air services between Soviet Union and. 791 Westinghouse Aerospace and Electronics Systems Division, awarded USAF Systems Command contract for improved radar systems for North America, 182 Westinghouse Electric Corp, subcontract awarded to for work on B-1A, 938 Westinghouse fire-control radar, shipped to Japan for installation in F-4E (photo), 548 Westland-Aerospatiale SA.341 Gazelle, first production, photo, 346 Westland-Aerospatiale Lynx, second due to fly on August 20 (Sensor), 75; second makes first flight, photo. 587 Westland Commando, high-capacity army support helicopter, being offered, 108 Westland Helicopters, closing Hayes factory, 346 Westland Sea King Mk 4, first of two development for West German Navy (Dhoto), 230 Westward Airways (Lands End) Ltd, applies to ATLB for Islander service between St Just and the Scilties, 400 Wheeler, Air Cdre A., ambition to produce flying machine for young people of 10-12, 171 Wilcox Electric Inc, K. M. Miller named President, R. E. Wolin v-p marketing, J. Katona v-p manu facturing and D. R. Egloff v-p finance, 182 Woodgate Aviation, receives DTI aoproval to provide PPL instrument rating courses, 568 World Airliner Census for 1971, 646-655 World Airways, financial report on, 10 announces appointment of 3. Hayhoe as director of Corporate Aviation for Oakland maintenance base of, 117 Wren, E. A. ('Chris*), cartoons by, 715 and 1051 X X.3 technology satellite (Prospero). launched, 744; photo of launch by Black Arrow, 745; illustrated description, 777-778 X.4 technology sa tellite, to be built bv Hawker Siddeley Dynamics, 744 y Yakovlev Yak-40, to be on view at F/tefc/'-sponsored Business and Light Aviation Show, 4; president of Mid-American Distributors says interested in supplying if US certificate can be obtained, 275; air-to-air photos of, 423; General Air orders two, 495; possible UK sales of, 500; production line photo, 559; descriptive feature on, with cutaway drawing, 639-642 Yemeni Airlines, routes on which expected to use Il-62s, 1000 Youth fares, claimed as descriminatory in action against eight airlines in Manhattan FDC, 317 YS-11, two sold to Indonesian state petroleum develop ment corporation, 353 YX, see Japanese Aircraft Industry Council z Zadar Cup, see under Aerobatics Zambia, reports that BAC Rapier missile being deployed in, 747 Zamrud (AOA Zamrud Aviation Corp), DC-3 of (photo), 1001 Printed in Great Britain by Index Printers. 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