January 28, 1952

January 28, 1952

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Headline News

Budget Asks $14 Billion for Air Contracts

By Katherine Johnsen6 min

Headline News

Funds Asked for Jet Liner Tests

Headline News

What Truman Wants for Air Power

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Headline News

Budget Asks $14 Billion for Air Contracts

Aviation procurement is $1 billion under last year. But money left from ’52 will push spending higher.

By Katherine Johnsen6 min

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Headline News

Funds Asked for Jet Liner Tests

CAA Prototype Committee wants to study Avro, F3D and B-45 for possible carrier development.
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Headline News

What Truman Wants for Air Power

The President’s budget for the 1953 fiscal year, starting July 1, 1952, earmarks new funds for air power—exclusive of money to liquidate prior contract obligations—as follows, with comparisons with previous years: Air Force Aircraft, parts, equipment procurement Guided missile procurement ......
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Engineering the Cutlass Afterburner

Unit has come far since 1948 flight in F6U-1. But engineers had to lick many combustion problems.
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AIR TRANSPORT

President Calls for Airline Subsidy Cut

Drastic slashes also are planned in airways, airport programs expenditures for fiscal 1953. And users of federal facilities will be expected to pay their ‘fair share’ of cost in ‘near future.’

By F. Lee Moore4 min

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PRODUCTION

All America Helps Build the B-36

Convair itself manufactures most of the bomber, but production also involves many subs and suppliers.

By Irving Stone3 min

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NACA Reports

Naca Reports

Heat Transfer to Bodies in a High-Speed Rarefied-Gas Stream (TN 2438) -By Jackson R. Stalder, Glen Goodwin and Marcus O. Creager One of the largest areas for exploration in the field of aerodynamics is that of heat transfer to bodies in a high-speed rarefied-gas stream such as occurs for a missile flying at high altitudes and speeds.
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Shortlines

Avianca reports it carried 620,000 passengers in 1951, up 7% from 1950 . . . says affiliate, Lansa, reports a similar gain. British Overseas Airways is finalizing commercial arrangements for the first scheduled jet Comet service; it will be in Africa, starting about April.
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PRODUCTION

Metal Honeycomb Replaces Ribs, Stringers

Northrop lessens weight in control surfaces. New method gives high strength weight ratio.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Nea Crash Cause Is Mystery

Many airline pilots are reported shying away from use of radar monitoring and traffic control the last two weeks because they heard erroneous newspaper and wire reports that a radar failure figured in the recent Northeast Airlines water crash at LaGuardia airport.
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