September 17, 1951

September 17, 1951

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New Developments Seen at Sbac Display

By David A. Anderton4 min

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Senate Pushes Build-up for Air Power

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Lockheed Plans New Jet Center

By Thomas L. Self3 min

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New Developments Seen at Sbac Display

AVIATION WEEK'S on-the-spot observer at the 12th annual SBAC display at Farnborough, England, last week was staff writer David A. Anderton. The show opened Tuesday, Sept. 11. Here is his first report:

By David A. Anderton4 min

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Senate Pushes Build-up for Air Power

Two-thirds of $5-billion emergency fund would go to AF, one-third to Naval air.
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Lockheed Plans New Jet Center

Company, hemmed in at Van Nuys, will move all final assembly and flight testing of jets to Palmdale.

By Thomas L. Self3 min

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Swiss Show Anti-aircraft Guided Missile System

The Swiss firm of Oerlikon, famed for its armament developments, has produced and displayed publicly a new weapon—a complete anti-aircraft missile system. In what probably was the first such showing anywhere, the Oerlikon Machine Tool Works, Buehrle & Co., of Zurich, early this month exhibited a missile and its control system at the Swiss National Air Display, Dubendorf Air Base, Zurich.
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Services to Buy 800 Helicopters

The helicopter, which has effectively proved its military and rescue usefulness in Korea will be a key vehicle in U. S. military operations from here on. This year the services launch their first major helicopter procurement program. They will spend over $200 million to purchase some 800 rotorcraft.
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Atomic Plane Seen Flying By 1954-56

USAF announcement of award of a development contract to Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. to build the first U. S. airplane to be powered by an atomic engine has confirmed the AVIATION WEEK forecast of last March 5, the Consolidated Vultee was likely to have the edge among U. S. manufacturers to build this airplane.
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Contracts Set Under Air Mobilization Plan

Air Force will soon sign contracts with the airlines paying them to modify their four-engined planes to be ready to meet overseas requirements of the military on 48-hour notice. This is disclosed in the final Civil Aviation Mobilization Plan of the National Security Resources Board, released by Commerce Undersecretary Delos Rentzel last week.
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J-42 Overhaul Time Set at 1,000 Hours

Overhaul time for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft’s J-42 jet engine has been boosted to 1,000 hr. About two years ago the engine started at 150 hr., later clumbed to 500 hr. Authorized by the Navy, the 1,000-hr. period is the highest specified for turbojets in any branch of the military services, and puts the J-42 in a category comparable to P&WA’s piston engine overhaul level (800 hr. for the R-4360, 1,400 hr. for the R-2800 and R-2000).
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Meeting to Study Ignition Problems

A host of aircraft ignition problems will be studied by the country’s leading airline engineers and maintenance exports at Champion Spark Plug’s Aircraft Spark Plug and Ignition Conference to be held Oct. 2, 3 and 4 at Toledo. The meeting will feature several papers by various firms, and question-andanswer sessions.
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Lockheed Backlog Passes $1 Billion

Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Calif., now has a backlog of over one and one-quarter billion dollars. According to an interim report issued by the corporation, unfilled orders and letters of intent total $1,245,600,000. During the first half of this year, President Robert E. Gross revealed, Lockheed’s sales came to $98,054,000, compared with $84,479,117 for the same period last year.
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