November 5, 1951

November 5, 1951

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Swiss Arms Firm Invades U.s. Market

By Ben S. Lee4 min

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U.s. Checks Up on Jet Airlines

Headline News

What Tory Win Means to British Air Power

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Swiss Arms Firm Invades U.s. Market

American subsidiary of Oerlikon, headed by Lt. Gen. K. B. Wolfe, eyes explosives and missiles first. But manufacture of machine tools, electronics, and especially aircraft armament, is planned. It adds up to an integrated research, development and production company along European lines.

By Ben S. Lee4 min

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U.s. Checks Up on Jet Airlines

Survey shows foreign development ‘excellent’ but looks to home producers for better models.
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What Tory Win Means to British Air Power

British aircraft design genius, typified by such new rising stars as the Hawker P.1067 sweptwing interceptor and the Vickers Valiant four-jet bomber, has* always been bright. But British production, as Aviation Week has reported, suffers from shortages in labor, materials, housing, and—perhaps above allmoney.
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Af Yields on Army Plane Weight

Procurement limits are listed; ground forces will press for increased numbers of heavier aircraft.
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Panels Meeting on Labor Issues

Hearings started last week on issues behind the strikes at Douglas Aircraft Co., Long Beach plant, and Wright Aeronautical Corp., at Wood-Ridge and Garfield, N. J. Meanwhile both plants had employes back at work pending settlement. Wage Stabilization Board, to which President Truman certified the disputes for recommendations Oct. 12, set up two outside panels to hear the contentions of the companies and locals of the United Auto Workers-ClO.
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Level Mileage Pay in Ual-pilot Pact

United Air Lines and its pilots have signed a wage contract paying co-pilots up to $306 more a month, senior pilots up to $131 more, all retroactive to 14 months ago. This settlement comes after two years of bargaining and an 11-day strike in June.
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Jury Indicts Two in AMC Deals

Dayton—Federal grand jury indictments returned here recently indicate that Air Force contractors involved in procurement irregularities may face prosecution as well as contract cancelation. A former contractor and a Procurement division buyer were named on five counts each, which may set a pattern for future treatment of similar cases.
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Junior Jet

Fairchild engine division’s new YJ-44 jet for USAE and Navy gives 1,000-lb. thrust, weighs 325 lb., with accessories. Length is 6 ft., diameter 22 in. Design was begun more than three years ago, and qualification tests completed early in 1950. Unit’s power rating and general configuration indicate it is expendable.
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Temco Speeds C-54s

Temco gave Air Force delivery ten days ahead of time of the first C-54 to be overhauled in its entirety at the new Majors Field Overhaul Base, Greenville, Tex.
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Plug Refinements Up Engine Reliability

Champion conference is shown latest improvements and also hears debate on portable analyzers. Use of hexagon steel stock and new methods of making gaskets saves tons of critical materials.
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