February 6, 1950

February 6, 1950

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Headline News

Chances Dim for Transport Prototype Bill

Headline News

Impounded Funds Rile Congress

Headline News

Aircraft Employment Declining

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Headline News

Chances Dim for Transport Prototype Bill

Budget Bureau rejects AF proposal and weakens prospects for ACC civil plan.
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Headline News

Impounded Funds Rile Congress

Support grows for tacking mandatory provisions onto funds earmarked for vital military and naval programs.
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Headline News

Aircraft Employment Declining

Greatest losses will come in airframe plants, and on West Coast; engine and parts plants may see rise.
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Avionics

Dme Is Top Navigational Need

By 1962, nearly $50 million worth of distance measuring equipment will be bought in phase of avionic program.

By Robert McLarren11 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

More Briefs From Ias Sessions

These digests continue AVIATION WEEK’S presentation of subjects discussed at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences in New York, fan. 23-26. Other summaries appeared last week. METEOROLOGY Seeding Increases the Probability of Rainfall in New Mexico—Irving Langmuir, General Electric Research Laboratory.
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Editorial

Subversive Employes and the Bell Decision

The phase of the Bell Aircraft Corp. strike settlement concerning subversive employes deserves wider publicity. Its importance extends beyond the aircraft industry. It closely affects every company working on classified government projects.

By Robert H. Wood4 min

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Financial

Manufacturers’ Shares Stronger

Douglas and Lockheed show greatest percentage gain from 1948 year-end to close of business in 1949.

By Selig Altschul4 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Wright Aero Pushes Ramjet Study

New test installation keyed to existing air and steam facilities to cut cost; constructed in one year.
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Air Transport

Further Lightplane Use in Doubt

CAB is bearish on any more authorization for scheduled short-haul carrier operations, pending more data.
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1950... Our Industrial Machine Is Running Down

In his recent Economic Report to Congress President Truman chalked up a constructive advance in his economic reasoning. He pointed out that if we are going to attain the worth-while goal of a $300 billion national income in the next five years, we must equip ourselves with more and better industrial tools.
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