December 31, 1951

December 31, 1951

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Headline News

Nato to Get Little Air Help From Britain

By Nat McKitterick6 min

Headline News

Air Armament Trend Is to Cannon

By Ben S. Lee6 min

Headline News

Production Czar

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Headline News

Nato to Get Little Air Help From Britain

• Churchill pledge : We’ll get on as fast as we can. • But new plane production is still off until 1954.

By Nat McKitterick6 min

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Headline News

Air Armament Trend Is to Cannon

But battle of rapid-fire vs. heavier caliber still rages; look to air-to-air missiles as aircraft weapons for future.

By Ben S. Lee6 min

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Headline News

Production Czar

Clay Bedford given plenty of over-all authority. But he is expected to tackle bottlenecks singly.
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Headline News

Aircraft Sales

95% of industry effort in 1951 military production. Volume of 15 top firms $2.8 million; profits down.
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EQUIPMENT

How Twa Beat Disaster at Overhaul Base

By working around the clock, crews saved equipment, airline maintained 85.1% of schedules during flood.

By George L. Christian8 min

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EQUIPMENT

New Methods Double Pump Life

Detroit conference also hears details of other new air transport hydraulic developments.

By Scott H. Reiniger8 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Rush to Coaches Opens New Travel Era

CAB and IATA backing expands low fare services. Travelers, manufacturers, rails to feel effects.
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PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

Bristol Freighter And...blackburn and Genaral Gal 60

The Royal Air Force’s long-ailing Transport Command may soon get a needed transfusion in the form of orders for two British freighters: Blackburn and General Aircraft GAL 60, four-engined behemoth currently undergoing flight trials for the Air Ministry.

By David A. Anderton7 min

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EDITORIAL

Lots Safer on Trains?

In reference to your editorial, “Let’s Keep This Straight,” on Dec. 3: Aviation has no monopoly on safety advertising, either. Of late you seem to have become hypersensitive about railroad advertising. On many highways I see billboards advertising a leading railroad, saying “Tired? Next time travel in comfort and safetytravel by train."

By Robert H. Wood5 min

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FINANCIAL

Local Service Lines Come of Age

Growth and financial strength indicate success of CAB ‘experiment,’ but continued mail support is needed.

By Selig Altschul5 min

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