February 19 1951 | Aviation Week

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Negotiated Contracts

Awards totaling $19,854,924 are contained in the Air Force list of negotiated contracts for the week ended Feb. 2. The major awards were to Loewy Construction Co., Inc., New York (nearly $11 million for die forging and extrusion presses), and Mystic Adhesive Products div. of Chicago Show Printing Co., Chicago (slightly over $1 million for adhesive cloth tape).

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Headline News

Russians Can Make Good Planes

UN victories over Korea laid to our pilot rather than aircraft superiority; MiG-15 rated high.

By Alpheus W. Jessup5 min

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Headline News

Auto Makers Get More Engine Business

Nine license pacts already signed or near completion.

By Alexander McSurely5 min

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Headline News

Flying Saucers

Ballooney, not baloney, says magazine article based on ONR report.

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Headline News

Ogm Report

Huge outlays are now scheduled for guided missiles procurement.

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Headline News

F-89 Scorpion’s Deadly Sting

Carrying elaborate airborne radars capable of making possible interceptions of enemy aircraft in the foulest weather, the two-place Northrop F-89A Scorpion is powered by two Allison J-35-A-21s (fitted with afterburners) giving about 6000-lb. thrust each.

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Aeronautical Engineering

More Briefs From Ias Sessions

An Impulse-Momentum Method for Calculating Landing Gear Impact Conditions in Unsymmetrical Landings—R. T. Yntema and B. Milwitsky, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, NACA. A brief review of the landing process is made, and the importance of the unsymmetrical landing condition is considered.

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EQUIPMENT

Eal Curing Engine, Injection Ills

Close attention to details, surgical cleanliness are factors in reducing power plant failures.

By George L. Christian8 min

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PRODUCTION

Mobilization Stirs Up Wasps’ Nest

P&W’s rapid restoration of Southington plant shows speed it can apply in switch to all-out production.

By Irving Stone6 min

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Air Transport

Delta Joins Dc-3 Conversion Trend

Delta Air Lines joins the procession of DC-3 fleet owners who have started raising passenger capacity and modernizing cabin layout (AVIATION WEEK Dec. 25, 1950). Delta is converting its passenger fleet of 18 DC-3s to 25-seat density. Delta is also operating its DC-3 fleet under the new Part 42 Civil Air Regulation, raising gross landing weight by 800 lb. to 25,200 lb., instead of the 24,400-lb. gross landing weight allowed in transport category waiver.

February 19, 1951

February 19, 1951

Negotiated Contracts

Russians Can Make Good Planes

By Alpheus W. Jessup5 min

Auto Makers Get More Engine Business

By Alexander McSurely5 min

Negotiated Contracts

Russians Can Make Good Planes

By Alpheus W. Jessup5 min

Auto Makers Get More Engine Business

By Alexander McSurely5 min

Flying Saucers

Ogm Report

F-89 Scorpion’s Deadly Sting

More Briefs From Ias Sessions

Eal Curing Engine, Injection Ills

By George L. Christian8 min

Mobilization Stirs Up Wasps’ Nest

By Irving Stone6 min

Delta Joins Dc-3 Conversion Trend

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Negotiated Contracts

Russians Can Make Good Planes

By Alpheus W. Jessup5 min

Auto Makers Get More Engine Business

By Alexander McSurely5 min

Aviation Week | February 19 1951 Table of Contents

Negotiated Contracts

Russians Can Make Good Planes

By Alpheus W. Jessup5 min

Auto Makers Get More Engine Business

By Alexander McSurely5 min

Flying Saucers

Ogm Report

F-89 Scorpion’s Deadly Sting

More Briefs From Ias Sessions

Eal Curing Engine, Injection Ills

By George L. Christian8 min

Mobilization Stirs Up Wasps’ Nest

By Irving Stone6 min

Delta Joins Dc-3 Conversion Trend

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