October 23, 1950

October 23, 1950

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Headline News

Assault Transport Order Goes to Chase

By Ben S. Lee7 min

Headline News

Iata Meeting

Headline News

Design for a Supersonic Flying Boat?

By Alexander McSurely4 min

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Headline News

Assault Transport Order Goes to Chase

With both its entries in the competition winners, company moving to larger plant

By Ben S. Lee7 min

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Headline News

Iata Meeting

San Francisco convention is organization’s first in the United States.
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Headline News

Design for a Supersonic Flying Boat?

Years of research has put Convair in position to go ahead with prototype as soon as Navy gives signal.

By Alexander McSurely4 min

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Headline News

Lockheed Shows First Super-constellation

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. apparently has decided its future course in transport aircraft: Now the Super-Constellation, first with compound engines, then with turboprop power; next a pure jet transport. There will be no Lockheed transport designed especially for turboprops, at least according to present thinking.
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Air Transport

Flying a ‘bug’ Instead of a Beam

Newly developed Pictorial Computer traces course on map to make navigation easier and more certain.

By F. Lee Moore11 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Why We Still Need the Propeller

Detailed analysis of turboprop and turbojet propulsion factors explains why prop should not be discarded.

By Ivan H. Driggs8 min

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New Aviation Products

A line of lightweight, high-performing gear boxes has been made commercially available for the first time by Link Aviation, Inc. Up to now, these precision devices have been used exclusively in the latesttype training equipment produced by Link for the Air Force.
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Equipment

Disconnect Makes Flights Safer

PanAm to install Stratos units which permit safe operation of engine despite generator failure.

By Scott Reiniger5 min

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Financial

McDonnell Splits Common, 2-for-1

Stock dividend, encouraging broader ownership base, may foreshadow try for listing on national exchange.

By Selig Altschul5 min

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AF Invitations

Af Invitations

Bids openings are 20-30 days after approximate issue dates shown in the following bid proposals. Bid sets containing specifications for items to be procured will be sent to qualified applicants who state bid invitation number. One bid set will be available for examination without obligation by prospective bidders, after bid publication date, at each of the seven AMC procurement field offices.
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