EDITOR'S COLUMN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005517533
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: June 1, 1990

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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Status: [STAT]
Document Date: 01 Jun 90 Category: [CAT]
Report Type: JPRS Report Report Date:
Report Number: JPRS-UAC-90-010 UDC Number:
Author(s): Col V. Anuchin, editor in chief of AVIATSIYA I
KOSMONAVTIKA: "Editor's Column " ]
Headline: Editor's Column
Source Line: 90SVO038B Moscow AVIATSIYA I KOSMONAVTIKA in Russian No
6, Jun 90 (signed to press 29 Apr 90) p 5
Subslug: [Message to the readers by Col V. Anuchin, editor in chief
of AVIATSIYA I KOSMONAVTIKA: "Editor's Column"]
FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE:
1. [Message to the readers by Col V. Anuchin, editor in chief of
AVIATSIYA I KOSMONAVTIKA: "Editor's Column " ]
2. [Text] Dear Readers! AVIATSIYA I KOSMONAVTIKA is presently
experiencing a turning point. The editorial staff is faced with an
important, difficult task: how to restructure our work in such a
manner that the magazine becomes a friend, adviser and defender for
those who serve in the Air Force and for --those n es n
aviation.
3. We are fully aware of the fact that AVIATSIYA I KOSMONAVTIKA as
it was in 1988 and 1989 was far from fully satisfying the interests
of the aviation professionals among its subscribers. The time has
come to make a change in direction. What the magazine is to become
depends in large measure on you, valued readers, on your suggestions
and recommendations. We therefore urge you to take a few minutes and
present your view: what would you like to see this magazine become?
4. We feel that in the present situation we must conduct a detailed
discussion of radical restructuring of the system of training used by
Air Force units and subunits, since in our opinion the old approaches
to its organization have not only totally outlived their usefulness
but have even become an impediment on the road toward the heights of
military expertise. The staff awaits constructive suggestions from
pilots and navigators, engineers and technicians, scientists and
teachers, rear services and communications specialist personnel.
5. A no less critical item on the agenda is problems pertaining to
ensuring flight safety. The existing principle of finding the guilty
parties rather than the causes of air mishaps not only fails to help
reduce the accident rate but, on the contrary, further aggravates the
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situation with falsifications, lies, and insincerity, which attend
accident investigation. In connection with this, this magazine
intends to wage a determined campaign to gain legal recognition of a
pilot's right to make a mistake, and to scrap the archaic stereotype
used in evaluating the quality of flying performance. As things stand
at present, however, a pilot is already culpable by virtue of the
fact that he has taken the controls of a fixed-wing or rotary-wing
aircraft!
6. As we see it, this magazine should carry an extensive discussion
and debate on how the work of political agencies and party
organizations can be restructured in a beneficial manner. What
functions should they perform? What structure should they have? Many
questions have accumulated, but at present few sensible answers are
being received from.the political workers.
7. We feel that one of our principal obligations is to wage an
uncompromising campaign to increase the social and legal protection
of aviation personnel against despotism by their superiors, against
disorganization, unwarranted restrictions and unnecessary
simplifications in combat training, etc.
8. In responding to reader requests, AVIATSIYA I KOSMONAVTIKA will
discuss on a regular basis little-known pages from the history of.
Soviet and foreign aviation: combat operations- on--the--Khalkhin-Go-----
River, in the Soviet-Finnish War, in Korea, etc. Materials being
readied for publication deal with various types of aircraft,
including those which for various reasons never entered regular
production. Information on modern foreign aircraft. This magazine
will be a one-of-a-kind source of information on the space program,
on unidentified flying objects, and on puzzling phenomena.
9. We need your support today, esteemed readers, more than ever
before: your advice, active cooperation, constructive criticism and,
particularly, your subscription, for this magazine has practically no
newsstand distribution. While counting on your understanding, we in
turn pledge to help you in every way possible and to live up to your
expectations. Our strength lies in solidarity and mutual assistance.
10. COPYRIGHT: " Aviatsiya i kosmonavtika", 1990.