April 9, 1951

April 9, 1951

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Top Profits

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Avionics Gets Own Aia Technical Group

By Alexander McSurely4 min

Headline News

Uac to Build Two New Plants

By William Kroger3 min

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Headline News

Top Profits

EAL reports its highest earnings; American leads the airlines.
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Headline News

Avionics Gets Own Aia Technical Group

Electrical and electronics subcommittee set up to handle standards and specs.

By Alexander McSurely4 min

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Uac to Build Two New Plants

Repeated signs that aviation is expanding toward a new and higher “normal” productive base were strengthened last week with United Aircraft Corp.’s announcement of its plans to construct two new plants at a total cost of about $20 million.

By William Kroger3 min

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Cf-100 Readied for Trans-atlantic Test

Following flight trials with large-sized wingtip tanks, one of the two Avro CF-100 prototype jet night fighters is being groomed at Malton Airport, near Toronto, Canada, for the first nonstop non-refueled jet fighter trans-Atlantic flight.
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Cab Sets Up New Code of Ethics

Civil Aeronautics Board has established a new code of ethics defining principles of conduct for itself, its staff and those who do business with it. Many of the code’s general principles are similar to those recently proposed by Senator Paul Douglas in an interview with AVIATION WEEK (Mar. 26 issue.)
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

A Look at Tomorrow’s Passenger Copters

British study group tells how rotary craft could dominate travel over routes in 50-300-mi. range.

By David A. Anderton12 min

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PRODUCTION

How to Up Your Tool Productivity

Engineers tell how to better performance, increase life and speed operations of industrial machines.
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SIDELIGHTS

Sidelights

Pilot ID Cards CAA says pilot identification cards will be mandatory by Sept. 1, with applications available in CAA field offices by Apr. 15. Forms must be completed in presence of a CAA official and will be forwarded to Washington by him. Airlines American’s president, C. R. Smith, has returned to the airline after two months’ duty as Air Force general advising Undersecretary John McCone on procurement.
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Army Copters

Ground forces hope new order pried out of USAF is only starter.

By Ben S. Lee5 min

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Four More Airlines Report ’50 Salaries

American Airlines—Reports as follows: President and director, C. R. Smith, salary, $50,000, and 4000 common shares (1949: $50,000, and 2000 common shares); vice-president and director, O. M. Mosier, $30,000, and 4500 common ($27,500 and 4500 common); vice-president, R. E. S. Deichler, $30,000 and 10 preferred ($27,500, 10 preferred and 100 common); vice-president, L. G. Fritz, $30,000 and 400 common ($27,500 and 400 common); vice-president and treasurer, Wm. J. Hogan, $30,000
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