May 5, 1952

May 5, 1952

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New Light Shed on AMC Decentralization

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AF Fund Cuts

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Sapphire Tested At 8,300 lb. Thrust

By Nat McKitterick

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New Light Shed on AMC Decentralization

Dayton, O.—The most fundamental change in Air Force procurement procedures in Air Materiel Command history is being worked out at WrightPatterson Air Force Base here. The huge centralized buying and distribution structure is slowly and tenderly being disassembled for reasons only now coming to light.
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AF Fund Cuts

Warnings that the proposed congressional cuts in Air Force appropriations would cause a further serious slowdown in rebuilding U.S. air power came from high defense officials last week and were re-echoed in testimony before the Senate Preparedness Committee.
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Sapphire Tested At 8,300 lb. Thrust

London—The Armstrong Siddelev Sapphire jet AS. Sa 6 has been typetested to 8,300 lb. static thrust, which the company claims makes it the most powerful type-tested jet in the world. The engine was tested continuously for 150 hr. under Ministry of Supply supervision and then stripped down for official scrutiny.

By Nat McKitterick

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High, Quiet, Easy on the Nerves

One day very soon people in the United States are going to ask why the British have been allowed to get away with the first jet airliner and put it into service before an American design has even left the drawing boards. Frankly, their surprise at this somewhat unusual turn of events could not be much greater than that felt by many people in England, and no amount of talk about subsidies and un-economics can explain the facts away.

By Wing Cmdr. Maurice Smith

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‘Sitdown’ Airmen May Be Dismissed

Pentagon observers last week predicted the 14 Air Force reservists who refused to fly will ultimately be ordered dismissed from the service, without prejudice, by USAF headquarters. Two of the 14 already have been tried by military courts at their bases and sentenced to dishonorable discharge, pending appeal to USAF headquarters.
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Closing Hurt Newark, PNYA Head Says

Closing of Newark Airport to commercial traffic since Feb. 11 following three crashes into nearby Elizabeth, N. J., has resulted in definite financial hardships for local business firms and has pointed up the dependence of the industrial community and citizenry on close-in air terminal facilities, Port of New York Authority Chairman Floward S. Cullman claims.
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Slick Asks Mail

Slick Airways last week applied to Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to carry air mail and air express not only at a “nonsubsidy” rate, but at a rate much lower than the 45 cents a tonmile set by CAB for American, United, Eastern and TWA.
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Navy Accepts British Carrier Catapult

Navy has accepted a British-developed steam-operated highspeed catapult which will enable U.S. carriers to hurl planes into the air downwind or alongside a dock. Nicknamed the “steam slingshot,” the new catapult (AVIATION WEEK Mar. 24, p. 32) was tested for Navy by the British carrier HMS Perseus at the Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, at Norfolk and at sea early this year.
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Cause of Near-Crash Revealed to Pilots

Cause of the recent near-crash of a United Air Lines DC-3 taking off from Mills Field, Calif., was improper loading of passengers and cargo too far aft in the plane, CAB Investigator Earl Mitchell has reported to a West Coast pilots’ meeting.
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Aro Tells Its Story to Congress

Sverdrup and Parcel says project comprised 40% of firm’s 1951 work, accounted for 15% of its profits.
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