Setting the scene for 1980:

• MUAC: In-house development of Short Term Conflict Alert was brought on-line. The system gives controllers a two minute warning of potential separation infringements.
• Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer.
• The Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) was apparently shot down.
• Björn Borg wins his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title.
• The United States Air Force reveals it has a stealth plane.
• Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
• Government of Poland legalizes Solidarity trade union
• Ronald Reagan defeats incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter by a wide margin.
• Mark David Chapman murders former Beatle John Lennon.
• Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.

	1980 - Issue 1 Output Guild Activities Intercom Fuel Economy The Modern Airliner Stripless Systems STCA The Hoop's Column
	1980 - Issue 2 Output President's Message Beer Call ECC '80 IFATCA '80 The Hoop's Column Expedite Clearance
	1980 - Issue 3 Output President's Message Guild Activities Intercom Tower of Babble The Great Practice Crash Controller Survey In Flight Refuelling The Hoop's Column