October 25, 1948

October 25, 1948

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HEADLINE NEWS

Caa and Pilots Split on Lighting

By Robert Hotz7 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Navy Air Arm Debate Flares at Clinic

By Alexander McSurely5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

2-0-2 Report

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HEADLINE NEWS

Caa and Pilots Split on Lighting

Argument over approach aids, once thought settled, flares again as federal agency promotes own system.

By Robert Hotz7 min

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HEADLINE NEWS

Navy Air Arm Debate Flares at Clinic

Charge that Navy tries to usurp AF job gets sharp official retort from admiral.

By Alexander McSurely5 min

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HEADLINE NEWS

2-0-2 Report

CAB experts blame Winona crash on structural failure of left wing.
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HEADLINE NEWS

Air Force Cancels F-87 Contract

First change comes in 1949 USAF allocation schedule; other revisions expected in procurement program.
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HEADLINE NEWS

Berlin Speedup

U. S., U. K. lifts are merged; traffic pattern changes now in effect.
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HEADLINE NEWS

Excessive Fire Losses Blamed on Management

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HEADLINE NEWS

Hiller Helicopter Gets Certificate

Fourth approved type certificate ever awarded a commercial helicopter has been granted by the Civil Aeronautics Administration to 23-year-old Stanley Hiller’s United Helicopters, Inc., for its Hiller 360 utility rotocraft. United is the first company in the west and the third in the nation to get a helicopter ATC.
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HEADLINE NEWS

Successful Flight By Xf-85

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ENGINEERING

New Way to Gage Hovering Performance

Correction factors for root and tip lift losses offer accurate means for estimating copter flight results.

By Paul H. Stanley6 min

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FINANCIAL

National Case Has Repercussions

Speculation on whether airline network overhaul is brewing follows CAB dismemberment proposal.

By Selig Altschul5 min

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