Bibliografía: al final de cada artículo Notas: al pie de texto HEADLINE NEWS Russian Service Module threatens station plan / Craig Covault. p.20 Shuttle rescue eyed for Chinese satellite / Craig Covault. p.21 Atlentis, Mir avance space opertaions / Craig Covault. p.22 Ku transponder shortfall prompts AsiaSat claim. p.23 Instruments coming alive on Adeos-1 Earth-scanner / Michael Mecham. p.26 Congress orders outside review of missile threat / Joseph C Anselmo. p.27 Brassboard demos ABL beam control / Michael A Dornheim. p.29 Navy desing may trigger JSF export derivative / David A Fulghum. p.30 Eurocopter seeks recovery in a weak market / Pierre Sparaco. p.31 General Electric test forward swept fan technology / Stanley W Kandebo. p.32 AIR TRANSPORT Fuel prices fail to ground soaring airline profits / Anthony Velocci. p.33 TWA crash probers study fuel tank blast / James T McKenna. p.36 Raytheon wins STARS contract / Edward H Phillips. p.38 FedEx, McDonell Douglas agree on DC-10 uograde / Bruce A Smith. p.39 British Airways sets streamlining goals for 2000 / John D Morrocco. p.41 Air France picks its spots in Asia / Michael Mecham. p.42 Beijing to be firts Chinese ACI member / Michael Mecham. p.43 737 - 400s get safety systems. p.43 America West tackles operational problems / Bruce A Smith. p.44 LATIN AMERICA AIRPORTS AND ATC Diverse needs drive Latin privatization / James T McKenna. p.46 Lack of consenses, funding stalls ATC upgrades / James T McKenna. p.47 Raytheon tostart work on Amazon project / James T McKenna. p.50 CITATION 10 PILOT REPORT Censsa Citation 10 offers speed mission flexibility / David M North. p.52 SPACE TECHNOLOGY NK-33s to power Kistler K-1s / William B Scott. p.57 Iridium nears first launch. p.57 AVIONICS Compact Lidars search for air pollution / Paul Proctor. p.59