April 3, 1950

April 3, 1950

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Headline News

Airlines’ Mobilization-day Role in Dispute

By Charles L. Adams9 min

Headline News

Turboprop Is Step Before Jets

By Alexander McSurely8 min

Headline News

Agca Radar Clears Way for Jets

By Ben S. Lee6 min

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Headline News

Airlines’ Mobilization-day Role in Dispute

Carriers and military argue over details of emergency planning.

By Charles L. Adams9 min

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Headline News

Turboprop Is Step Before Jets

Convair data indicates economic value of turboprop versions of existing transports as intermediate step.

By Alexander McSurely8 min

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Headline News

Agca Radar Clears Way for Jets

New automatic landing approach system handles six planes at once; gives rapid all-weather operation.

By Ben S. Lee6 min

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PRODUCTION

Air Force Bid Information

Air Materiel Command Procurement Division makes available to AVIATION WEEK the latest bid awards, shown on this page. Requests for further information should be addressed to Contracting Officer, AMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, attention: MCPPSX72.
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Air Transport

Propeller Planes Still Competitive

Engineer says turboprop DC-6 would match Comet speed and altitude, and still get greater range.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Sweepback Effect on Box Beam Stresses

Tests at NACA disclose major consequences only on inboard portion. Accurate theory developed.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Proposals for Lightplane Stability

NACA experiments on simple way to center controls, avoiding job of lessening control system friction.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Engineers View Flight Propulsion Future

Advantages of various powerplant systems weighed; propeller, icing, rocket burning factors examined.
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Aviation Sales & Service

Copters Effective in Insect War

Bell Model 47Ds widely used in agriculture; over 15 million lb. of chemicals were applied in 1949.
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NEWS SIDELIGHTS

News Sidelights

Now that CAA is getting more and more omniranges into use, instrument approach procedures are being established for them. Also being completed is a program to standardize the “cone” over VOR (very high frequency omnirange) stations to provide a radio fix for positions reported and holding patterns.
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