April 21, 1952

April 21, 1952

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AMC Decentralizes Wright Field Buying

By Byron C. Dempsey7 min

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Safety Decision Reversed by CAB

By Alexander McSurely4 min

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Power Failure Blamed in Crash

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AMC Decentralizes Wright Field Buying

Complete airframes and engines stay at Dayton. But most contracts to he let at AF depots.

By Byron C. Dempsey7 min

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Safety Decision Reversed by CAB

CAA unit had decided automatic feathering was not a consideration in one-engine-out performance.

By Alexander McSurely4 min

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Power Failure Blamed in Crash

PanAm pilot says two engines quit; crash at sea kills 52in fifth U.S. carrier accident this year.
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S-55 Cracks Up

LAA loses big new copter when tail rotor fails. Carrier asks higher mail rate to offset loss.
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AF Captain Charged With Irregularities

Filing of three charges in a court martial action against a former Air Materiel Command contracting officer was the highlight of three separate actions in recent developments on alleged Air Force procurement irregularities. Capt. Jerry Mitchell, Jr., 31, Dayton, will face a military tribunal at a future date on charges of gross negligence, recklessness in performance of duty and accepting gratuities.
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Steel Formula Won’t Upset Aircraft Wages

The 17½-cent hourly wage increase recommended by Wage Stabilization Board for the steel industry won’t be reflected in higher union demands in aircraft right away. Many aircraft companies already have made settlements covering all or part of the increase suggested for steel workers.
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Tiptanks to Increase R7V-2 Range

The now familiar wingtip fuel tank has been adapted as a range stretcher for large transports by Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Big 600-gal. tiptanks are now being flight-tested on the prototype Super Connie before installation on two Navy R7V-2s.
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YB-52 Makes First Flight at Seattle

The Air Force’s eight-jet YB-52 Stratofortress bomber last week made its first flight of 2 hr. 51 min., taking off from Boeing Field, Seattle, and landing at Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Wash. Although the air base is only 180 airline miles away, Boeing Test Pilot A. M. (Tex) Johnson did “a lot of circling around,” in the test hop.
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Fairchild Modifies Navy R4Q Packet

A modified Fairchild Navy R4Q Packet has completed a 19-flight structural testing program flown from Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent, Md. Tests were described by the manufacturer as more rugged than any presently known requirements for cargo-type aircraft.
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Future Navy Air Role Shaped in Korea

Day-in-day-out operation of Banshees off carriers prove worth of that plane and value of sea-borne jet types.

By A. W. Jessup14 min

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