July 30, 1962

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

McDonnell Gearing Effort to Handle Tripled Order for F4h

St. Louis—McDonnell Aircraft Corp. is expanding its production base to meet tripled demand for the F4H-1 Phantom 2 high performance fighter as a result of acquiring a new customer. The Air Force will spend more than twice as much in Fiscal 1963 for the F4H as the Navy, for which it was originally developed.

By Larry Booda14 min

FINANCIAL

Airlines File Officers’ Salaries, Bonuses and Expenses with Cab

Washington—Following is a list of airline officers’ salaries, bonuses and indirect compensation, expenses and stock holdings for the year ending Dec. 31, 1961, as reported to the CAB: Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.—A. B. Shea, president, $3,004 expenses; E. Balluder, vice president; E. Farrell, vice president; n. Campbell, vice president and general manager, $27,400 salary, $5,000 bonus and indirect compensation, $8,432 expenses; T. J. Kirkland, vice president, $27,400 salary, $4,500 bonus and indirect compensation, $2,928 expenses ; E. H. Clifton. vice president and comptroller, $26,250 salary, $1,112 expenses; A. J. Phelan, vice president and comptroller, $16,500 salary, $1,500 bonus and indirect compensation, $3,145 expenses; C. S. Collins, vice president.

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Dassault Rolls Out Balzac, Speeds Tests

Paris —France’s Dassault Balzac VTOL testbed, a converted Mirage 3C fighter with a total of eight Rolls-Royce RB.108 lift-thrust turbojets installed in the fuselage, is scheduled to begin tethered flight tests sometime this week. The transonic Balzac was rolled out last week as forerunner of the larger Mirage 3V Mach 2-plus interceptor.

By Cecil Brownlow7 min

AVIONICS

Autopilot Incorporates Dual Stabilization

Phoenix, Ariz.—Adaptive, automatic flight control system, fabricated with high-density welded packaging techniques to permit use of dual stabilization for each flight axis without adding excessive weight and size, is being developed here by the Sperry Phoenix Co.

By Barry Miller7 min

Letters

Your editorial on “The New Arsenal Concept” (AW July 9, p. 13) really hits home— is timely. How about following it by a recital of some of the classic “blobs” of World War 2 for which the arsenals were clearly responsible, to wit: 1. The opposition to microwave radar, as exemplified by the Rad. Lab.

EDITORIAL

Expanding the Airline Market

A variety of airline commentators have developed a new “conventional wisdom” for the airline paradox. It is claimed that the failure of traffic growth to keep up with capacity is essentially a failure of marketing. This general line of argument takes a variety of forms.

AVIONICS

Faa Stresses Proximity Warning Systems

Washington —Federal Aviation Agency, increasing its emphasis on airborne proximity warning indicators, expects to fund the development of one or more such systems during the current year. This action stems from recent tests indicating the feasibility of a cooperative-type infrared proximity warning system, simulation tests which confirm the value of a proximity warning indication, the availability of increased funds and criticism by the airlines.

By Philip J. Klass5 min

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