December 10, 1951

December 10, 1951

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Army Sets New Plans to Operate Aircraft

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Financial Crisis Hits Martin

By Ben S. Lee5 min

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Civil Air Equipment Needs Cited

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Army Sets New Plans to Operate Aircraft

So far, ground forces and AF agree only on plane operations; procurement roles still uncertain. But with weight limitation on its buying removed, Army now can firm up plans for what it needs. And high on its list of desirable types is a small, fast, plane to kill off enemy observation craft.
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Financial Crisis Hits Martin

Shortage of working capital sends company in search of new money from either government or private sources.

By Ben S. Lee5 min

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Civil Air Equipment Needs Cited

ADMA conference urges non-air carriers to show their ‘essentiality’ in the defense picture.
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Air Force Reveals Beech T-36 Details

First details disclosed on the new Beech T-36 advanced trainer-transport, which will be built both by Beech and Canadair, Ltd., show that USAF has moved considerably forward in requirements and performance from the little Twin Beech advanced trainer and utility cargo plane of World War II, most commonly designated AT-7 and UC-45.
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Noise Killer

Aero Sonic test slated in N. Y. area next month. Muffler to go on C-46’s P&W R-2800 engines.
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Air Coach Snag

Airline heads opposed to CAB expansion policy. But nonsked advocates were not at session.
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British Launch New Delta-wing Fighter

London—The world’s first twin-jet delta-wing fighter—the Gloster GA5— blasted off its home runway at Moreton Valence Nov. 26 for an initial flight of 35 min. The new delta, powered by a brace of Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojets, is an all-weather day and night fighter built to the same specifications as the recent de Havilland 110 (AVIATION WEEK Oct. 15, p. 9).
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Contract Hearings to Start in Capital

Public hearings on “favoritism, kickbacks, and possible fraud” in the letting of contracts at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will be held in Washington, D. C. by the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee on Dec. 19, 20, and 21, according to a “reasonably firm” decision of the group, headed by Sen. Lyndon Johnson.
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Ocean Fare Pact

A trans-Atlantic roundtrip coach fare of $417 during the offseason from November through March was agreed upon last week by North Atlantic Traffic Conference of the International Air Transport Assn, meeting in Nice, France. The April - through - October coach fare will be $270 one-way, $486 roundtrip.
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30 Areas List Plant Dispersal Programs

More than 30 U. S. local industrial areas, including many important aircraft centers have started their own plant dispersal programs in response to National Security Resources Board appeals. The broad outlines of planning for national industrial dispersal still remain essentially the same as in the original NSRB program announcement (AVIATION WEEK Sept. 3 p. 14). The plan still calls for dispersal of new industry and expanding industry—not for moving established industry.
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