September 10, 1951

September 10, 1951

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Not Enough Steel, Say Af and Industry

By William Kroger6 min

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Flexibility Seen as Air Power Key

By Alpheus W. Jessup6 min

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Eal-pilot Pact Based on Mileage

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Headline News

Not Enough Steel, Say Af and Industry

But NPA officials claim that structural allotments meet ‘most urgent’ demands.

By William Kroger6 min

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Flexibility Seen as Air Power Key

Claim is made that B-29 tactical bombing, properly applied, would provide effective results.

By Alpheus W. Jessup6 min

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Eal-pilot Pact Based on Mileage

Revolutionary agreement marks ALPA’s first success in attempt to break away from hourly pay formula.
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Wolfinbarger Named to Air Support Unit

Maj. Gen. W. B. Wolfinbarger has been named Air Force representative on the Joint Tactical Air Support Board at Pope AFB, Ft. Bragg, N. C. He will act as chairman of the board. This is the outgrowth of an Army plan to establish a joint airborne test center which would be responsible for development of requirements for tactical aircraft, airborne equipment and tactics and techniques for support of ground troops.
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Naca Test Program Slashed By Congress

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ 1952 program for new construction on test facilities has been cut 50% by Congress. NACA requested $13,300,000 for new projects for the ’52 fiscal year, which started July 1. The budget approved by Congress and signed by the President allows only $6,650,000.
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Details of Douglas Skyrocket’s New Record Flight

Recent flight of the Douglas Skyrocket piloted by Bill Bridgeman shattered every existing altitude record for occupied aircraft or balloons, the Navy has announced. Navy refused to give exact altitude attained but it is generally believed to have been 77,500 feet—over 14 miles.
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See Supersonic Jet Delta Flying Boat

Research and design details of a new flying boat configuration, blending aerodynamic and hydrodynamic refinements, were disclosed last week by Ernest R. Stout, assistant to Convair’s chief engineer, in a paper presented before the joint conference of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and the Royal Aeronautical Society, at Brighton, England.
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Battle Seen on Control of Nal

A stockholders’ contest for control of National Airlines appears likely at the company’s scheduled annual meeting Sept. 27. The insurgents are led by William K. Jacobs, Jr., now a director of the company but removed from the proposed management slate.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

How Ge Tested Ramjet for Helicopters

Data gathered proves important in light of increasing interest.
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EQUIPMENT

Vpi Joins Fight Against Rust

Anti-corrosion powder reaches market after extensive airline tests point to savings in time and money.

By Scott H. Reiniger7 min

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