April 2, 1951

April 2, 1951

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Headline News

Funds Cut Threatens All-weather Program

Headline News

Hughes Boat Being Prepared for New Flight

By Ben S. Lee8 min

Headline News

Center Aims to Make Air Travel Safest

By Alexander McSurely5 min

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Headline News

Funds Cut Threatens All-weather Program

Military and CAA asking that ANDB’s 1952 budget be slashed by $5.3 million.
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Headline News

Hughes Boat Being Prepared for New Flight

The world’s largest airplane, Howard Hughes’ eight-engined flying boat, which hasn’t flown for three and a half years, is now being groomed for new flight tests scheduled to start in May. West Coast sources say the big plane has been hangared on Terminal Island, Long Beach Harbor, Calif., behind locked doors under a top-secret status imposed by Hughes for approximately a year.

By Ben S. Lee8 min

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Headline News

Center Aims to Make Air Travel Safest

Guggenheim group calls together civil and military aviation officials to coordinate safety research.

By Alexander McSurely5 min

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Headline News

Gaps in Aviation Safety Research . . .

Survey by the Aviation Safety Center at Cornell University indicates that despite more than 600 research projects on aviation safety now being carried on by various research agencies, there are gaps to be filled by additional work in the following areas: SERVICE TESTING TO IMPROVE THE RELIAbility of aircraft accessories and equipment, particularly electrical and electronic accessories, at a center or two or more coordinated centers, serving all aircraft manufacturers.
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EQUIPMENT

Engine Analyzers Gain Wider Acceptance

Past record makes them so necessary that military is specifying the devices for all new four-engine planes.

By George L. Christian8 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

J-35 Points Up New Thrust Achievements

Allison’s new model going into production sets stage for stiff competition in 10,000-lb. thrust class.

By Irving Stone6 min

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PRODUCTION

Hot Dimpling Widens Metal Use

Improvements in methods of preparing flush riveting encourages new applications of high-strength alloys.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Cab Now Wants Ocean Coach

New policy statement calls for low-fare trans-Atlantic scheduled service in the summer of 1952.
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FINANCIAL

Components Firms Share Air Boom

Bendix Aviation and Thompson Products reports show increases for 1950 in total sales and profit.
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EDITORIAL

Now You See Them; Now You Don’t

You may recall the single-handed battle AVIATION WEEK put up to strip the mystery from Air Force negotiated contracts and who got them. After a long campaign, we persuaded Air Secretary Symington to let us print them. Then when Korea exploded, the lists were suppressed again.
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