April 7, 1952

April 7, 1952

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$14 Billion Asked for Aircraft and Missiles

Headline News

Eagle Gets First Royal Navy Jets

By Nat McKitterick3 min

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2 New F-84fs

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Headline News

$14 Billion Asked for Aircraft and Missiles

1953 budget testimony reveals missiles trend. And AF would buy 7,573 planes, Navy 3,000.
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Headline News

Eagle Gets First Royal Navy Jets

New British carrier in shakedown cruise with Vickers Attacker squadron; Sea Hawks coming later.

By Nat McKitterick3 min

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Headline News

2 New F-84fs

Fighter-bomber, photo recon types scheduled. Six .50-cal. guns and 24 rockets arm fighter.
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Caa Funds Cut

Proposed budget slashed $18.8 million in House. Navigation and airport funds trimmed most.
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Non-aviation People in Caa, Phoebe Says

Charging that “non-aviation people are taking over control of the Civil Aeronautics Administration,” America’s first licensed woman transport pilot, Phoebe Omlie, has resigned from the CAA. She was special assistant to the CAA Office of Aviation Development.
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Wilson Declares Jet Production Is Rising

Retiring Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson told his swan-song press conference in Washington that defense production is “really rolling” now and that the U. S. is fast overtaking Russia in quantity of war materials. “In quality, in my opinion, we Have overtaken them,” he said.
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Headline News

Australian Sabre to Get New Avon

Melbourne, Australia—Some plans for the Australian-built Sabre have undergone yet another change and it is now revealed that it will have a more advanced Rolls-Royce Avon engine than originally planned. With the new engine the top speed of the plane should be at about 720 mph.
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Raf Now Has Two Canberra Squadrons

London—The Royal Air Force has unveiled its first two jet bomber squadrons. No. 101, famed for its attacks on the German rocket research station at Peenemunde during the last war, is operating English Electric Canberra B. Mk. 2s which seat three.
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Equipment

Paa's Tourist Cabin, De Luxe Cockpit

DC-6B for ocean coach converts to luxury plane. But fully instrumented cockpit stays the same.

By Scott H. Reiniger9 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

New Data Released on Fairey Gannet

Low maintenance time and twin-engine reliability keynote Double Mamba-powered anti-sub craft. Royal Navy’s policy is to switch to jet types and thus cut gasoline storage hazards on carriers.

By DAA5 min

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