December 3, 1951

December 3, 1951

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Headline News

New Facts on Jet Combat Worry Allies

By Alpheus W. Jessup,Nat McKitterick,Ben S. Lee9 min

Headline News

New Attack Opens on Production Logjams

By Alexander McSurely6 min

Headline News

Sparkman Pleads for Nonsked Coaches

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Headline News

New Facts on Jet Combat Worry Allies

The Lockheed F-80 still is considered to be the best ground-attack jet in Korea. There is considerable belief here that development of an airplane along the proved lines of the F-80 is the answer to the interdiction-close support requirement.

By Alpheus W. Jessup,Nat McKitterick,Ben S. Lee9 min

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New Attack Opens on Production Logjams

Direct action to crack the aircraft engine machine tool bottleneck for the five principal jet engine makers—Pratt & Whitney, Allison, General Electric, Curtiss-Wright and Westinghouse—was taken under Aircraft Production Board leadership in Washington last week.

By Alexander McSurely6 min

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Sparkman Pleads for Nonsked Coaches

Senate Small Business Committee Chairman John Sparkman has branded as “a paradox” the CAB transcontinental coach decision announced recently after Congress recessed. Sparkman wrote CAB Chairman Donald Nyrop: “It portrays the growth of air coach with commendable eloquence . . . and then rejects an application which would further that growth.”
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Headline News

F-89d Scorpion Carries Wingtip Stings

Rocket armament carried in wingtipmounted streamlined containers is the startling feature of Northrop’s latest version of the Scorpion, the F-89D. Coupled with the offensive punch of the rockets is the avionic brain which aims and fires them automatically.
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Headline News

Truce Won’t Alter U. S. Air Planning

A truce in Korea would have no effect on USAF and Naval air expansion programs, AVIATION WEEK has learned. Said Air Force Secretary Thomas K. Finletter, “One hears statements of doubt as to whether or not we of the United States will have the wisdom to build and maintain a force of this kind— that we will be subject to fluctuations in opinion as a result of some temporary improvement in the international scene, such as successful conclusions of the Korean war.”
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Headline News

Arb Certification of Comet Is Near

Hight tests for certification of the de Havilland jet Comet by the British Air Registration Board have been completed, R. E. Hardingham, chief executive of the ARB, told AVIATION WEEK. A total of over 1,300 hr. of flying tests, including all tropical trials, have been completed and the ARB is in a position to issue technical certification immediately for the Comet for passenger operation as soon as the paperwork is completed, Hardingham disclosed during a visit at the British Embassy in Washington.
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PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

Giant Machines for Highspeed Designs

Burbank—A mighty fabrication facility projected to keep pace with airframe design for a minimum of 15 years is rapidly being pushed to completion by Lockheed Aircraft Corp. This Lockheed “Hall of Giants,” spreading over an area of approximately 150x350-ft., houses a special battery of manufacturing “heavies,” unusually large by present-day airframe industry standards.

By Irving Stone11 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Airline ‘trouble’ Rate Shows Improvement

Parts, labor shortages hit maintenance. But despite complaints, operations record is good.

By F. Lee Moore6 min

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PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

Research Limit

Saturation reached in collegiate air studies. And faculty shortages rule out expansion.

By John I. Mattill6 min

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PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

Heat on Cv De-ices the Corsair

Navy rush job is typical of emergencies industry meets daily; company did work in 2½ months.
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