May 19, 1952

May 19, 1952

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Cab Proposes Jet Transport Subsidy Plan

By F. Lee Moore5 min

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Trainer-x

By Ben S. Lee4 min

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Safer Air Travel Outlook Bright

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Cab Proposes Jet Transport Subsidy Plan

Spurred by British operation of jet transports already in competition with U.S. flag airlines, CAB Chairman Donald Nyrop last week proposed a new plan to subsidize any U.S. aircraft manufacturer who will design and build 15 jet transports.

By F. Lee Moore5 min

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Trainer-x

USAF wants all-purpose training plane now. And later it will need Mach 1-plus trainers.

By Ben S. Lee4 min

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Safer Air Travel Outlook Bright

Guggenheim Center says greatest need today is large investments in ground facilities, airline equipment.
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Piasecki Discloses Yh-21 Details

Piasecki Helicopter Corp. disclosed last week that its new YH-21 WorkHorse helicopter is capable of operations with an overload gross weight of more than 14,000 lb. and has “substantially greater” load-carrying capabilities than any other helicopter now in use by the military.
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New Air Defense System Details

San Francisco—Western Air Defense Force’s new multiple corridor aircraft identification system, placed in permanent operation last March, is reported to have reduced jet interceptor scrambles in that area by 75%. The new system, called “Perma-Porpoise,” places responsibility of proper identification of aircraft incoming to San Francisco from Hawaii on the planes’ crews instead of Air Force.
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Here Are Usaf's Sluggers: Convair Yb-60 and Boeing Yb-52

With initiation of flight test programs of the Convair YB-60 (above) and the Boeing YB-52 Stratofortress (facing page), USAF has announced that general exterior details of its new jet-powered heavyweight global sluggers no longer are classified and has released these unretouched views taken from various angles.
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Af Pilots Test Britain’s Planes

London—Gen. Albert Boyd, senior USAF test pilot and vice chief of Wright Field Air Development Center, spent last week looking over Britain’s best in highspeed aircraft. Gen. Boyd, with Lt. Col. Richard Johnson, present holder of the world’s speed record, and Col. Fred Ascani, chief of Wright Field’s Bomber Flight Test Section, flew comparison trials of the Hawker Hunter, the de Havilland DH-110 all-weather fighter and an AF F-86.
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Airspace Control Bill Introduced

Legislation giving the federal government exclusive jurisdiction over the continental airspace, including authority to condemn obstructions over 500 ft. tall, has been introduced by Sen. Edwin Johnson, chairman of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
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C-w Head Calls for New Industry Policy

A study on “the financing of air power” compiled for and released by Curtiss-Wright Corp. shows need for a “national policy for the aircraft industry,” says Roy T. Hurley, C-W chairman and president. “Strength of our Air Force,” Hurley said in a foreword, “depends upon the strength of our industry,” and a policy is needed which will have as its objectives “production of aircraft at reduced cost, in the quantities desired and within the time limits imposed by national security.”
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Australia Seeks Air Base Equipment

Melbourne—Approval to purchase substantial quantities of foreign-made equipment vitally needed in air base construction and expansion has been granted by the Australian Government, with early orders sought. Orders have already been granted for 12 Lockheed P2V-5 Neptunes, and a like number of D-H Vampire T. Mk. 11 two-seat trainers.
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