January 1, 1951

January 1, 1951

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Headline News

Allison Gets Heavy T-40 Orders

By Alexander McSurely8 min

Headline News

Senators Ask Why Stall Full Mobilization

By Katherine Johnsen7 min

Headline News

Evaluation: Bombs Over Korea

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Headline News

Allison Gets Heavy T-40 Orders

Navy contracts totaling more than 300 of the double turboprops gives engine wide lead over competitors.

By Alexander McSurely8 min

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Headline News

Senators Ask Why Stall Full Mobilization

Is there a war emergency? That’s what members of the Senate Appropriations Committee are sarcastically asking after listening to testimony of military leaders from Secretary of Defense George Marshall down the line. The situation boils down to this: The Joint Chiefs of Staff have set a new “target date” of 1952.

By Katherine Johnsen7 min

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Headline News

Evaluation: Bombs Over Korea

Arsenals and rail centers hit by heavy raids in attempts to knock out enemy’s war-making power.
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Headline News

B-36 Firing

Lt. Gen. Curtis LeMay’s Strategic Air Command, ordered to “war footing” several months ago, is rapidly nearing that status as is shown in the accompanying pictures. As Convair B-36D bombers move from modification lines at San Diego they are taxied to the gun butt on Lindbergh Field’s west side for cannon firing tests.
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Headline News

New Use for Stratofreighter Aerial Tanker

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Aeronautical Engineering

Problems Faced in Designing Famed X-l

Boldness, enthusiasm, unprejudicial imagination were needed, says Bell Aircraft engineer.

By J. van Lonkhyzen11 min

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Avionics

Problems of Submerged Antennas

London—The external cleanness of modern aircraft is marred generally by only one set of equipment—antennas. They protrude from the fuselage; they string from fin to fuselage; they trail down and aft. And they cause drag. Now, drag is unavoidable, but reducible. And when it comes to improving the overall performance of an aircraft, every little bit helps.
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Air Transport

Faith Grows in Approach Couplers

RTCA feels 100-ft. minimums are now possible with present automatic equipment, but will airlines buy it?
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Equipment

Pneumatics Powers New Plane Systems

Belleville, N. J.—When will the first practical U. S. all-pneumatic aircraft be built? A military ship should be flying by 1955, engineers of Walter Kidde & Co., Inc., predict, and commercial operators will not be long to follow. Pneumatics is being rediscovered as a means of actuating aircraft auxiliary systems, they say.

By George L. Christian5 min

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Financial

Carriers Entering Familiar Phase

Near-mobilization tempo foreshadows high-capacity, compact carrier operations attained in World War II.

By Selig Altschul4 min

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