June 26, 1950

June 26, 1950

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Headline News

Pod Plane—solution to Cargo Problems?

Headline News

Escort Fighter Evaluation Begins

By Ben Lee4 min

Headline News

Bell Ups Load, Cuts Price of 47d1

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Headline News

Pod Plane—solution to Cargo Problems?

Detachable fuselage promises revision of military and commercial freight handling.
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Headline News

Escort Fighter Evaluation Begins

McDonnell F-88, Lockheed F-90, North American F-93 in Muroc competition. Prize: 150-300 plane order.

By Ben Lee4 min

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Headline News

Bell Ups Load, Cuts Price of 47d1

Bell Aircraft Corp. last week offered prospects an improved, more useful 178-hp. Model 47D1 helicopter at a lower price. By substituting steel rail skids for the usual wheels (photo, page 7), Bell has added nearly 40 lb. to the copter’s useful load (from 820 lb. to 859 lb.), and shaved the price from $23,500 to $21,950.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Challenge for Transport Plane Designers

Sir Frederick Handley Page urges alternatives to costly, lengthened runways in Louis Bleriot lecture at Paris.

By David A. Anderton9 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Scheduled Lines Take Coach Lead

They fly far more low-rate traffic than the nonskeds, but now have another worry : Is it making money ?

By Charles Adams6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Rotor Tell-tale Aids Blind Flight

Bell Aircraft study shows fuselage attitude misleading in helicopter instrument flight at less than 40 mph.
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FINANCIAL

Why No Action on Mergers?

CAB favors airline combines, but has no compulsory power. And its regulations make agreements difficult.

By Selig Altschul5 min

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EQUIPMENT

Edo’s Electronic Efforts Pay Off

Newly-formed division accounts for a large proportion of business as float development continues.
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ENGINEERING FORUM

How Flashing Lights Affect Flight Safety

CAA is considering a regulation to require ALL aircraft to be equipped with flashing navigation lights for night flying. At present this is required on airline planes only. The move is an attempt to reduce the collision hazard existing on many crowded airways.
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C-w Leads Air Force May Contracts

Curtiss-Wright Corp. divisions got one-quarter of the $24-million Air Force contracts over $100,000 awarded in May. The propeller division got $4,658,783 for propeller assemblies and parts for B-36 and C-121 aircraft; Wright Aeronautical Corp.
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