November 19, 1951

November 19, 1951

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Better Planes Needed to Match Migs

By Alpheus W. Jessup3 min

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Paa Vs Twa

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Four Honored for Safety Work

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Better Planes Needed to Match Migs

Tokyo—Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USAF Chief of Staff, left Far East Air Force headquarters last week carrying a firm conviction that the Air Force concept of its role in American defense is sound and has not been changed by its experience in the Korean war.

By Alpheus W. Jessup3 min

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Paa Vs Twa

The cold war between Pan American and TWA over how low to price the proposed trans-Atlantic air coach service blazed into hostilities last week as the Nov. 27 international airline conference at Nice, France, drew near. • TWA announced that the U. S. government had instructed the American carriers to settle for a $477 roundtrip fare New York-London.
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Four Honored for Safety Work

Flight Safety Foundation awards donated by AVIATION WEEK go to Gill, Cutrell, Calvert and Gunn.
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There's a Quick-change Ad for Every Job

The AD-5, latest model in the venerable Douglas Skyraider series, takes on its broad wings the responsibilities formerly carried by all the preceding specialized versions. Outwardly looking much like the earlier AD-l through AD-4, the new plane has been re-engineered to incorporate a “universal chassis,” which can be rapidly modified in the field by using any of a number of packaged conversion kits supplied with the craft to take on more than a dozen duties ranging from day-and-night attack bombing to serving as a troop carrier combat assault transport.
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U.s. Jet Liners

A government-sponsored program of jet air transport development is expected to get underway at an early date in an effort to offset the two-year advantage which the British now hold in the field. Report that federal funds would be used came from associates of Delos Rentzel, who resigned last week as Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation.
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Atomic Reactor for $1 Million

New North American Aviation development places research within budget limits of many institutions.
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British Complete Tour of U. S. Plants

A weary delegation of British aviation industrialists has completed a month’s flying tour of the major U. S. aircraft and engine plants and several important military installations and research facilities. The British tourists, under joint sponsorship of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors and the U. S.
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Martin Loss Totals Over $17.9 Million

Glenn L. Martin Co. reports net loss of $17,969,369, of which $17.5 is estimated deficit in commercial production, for nine months ended Sept. 30. Company blames a number of factors for the loss—war in Korea, design changes, delivery delays and labor costs.
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Berlin Airlift Chief Assigned to Amc

Announcement that Maj. William H. Tunner, Deputy Commander of MATS, had been reassigned as deputy commanding general of the Air Materiel Command indicates that AMC is due for a general administrative reorganization. Tunner, who commanded the joint USAF-RAF Berlin airlift in 1948 and 1949, is best known in the Air Force for his ability as an organizer and administrator.
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Neville Takes Over Armed Services Post

Leslie E. Neville Leslie E. Neville, the recently appointed director of the new Armed Services Technical Intelligence Agency, is organizing the various information collecting services of the military departments into a coordinated service for engineers and scientists of all three of the departments and their contractors.
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