July 28, 1952

July 28, 1952

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Defense Dept. Calls Apb Plan Unrealistic

By Ben S. Lee12 min

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Kimball Calls for Ideas, Gets Them

By William J. Coughlin4 min

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Combat Alert

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Defense Dept. Calls Apb Plan Unrealistic

It would slow air power buildup, officials say. But AF, Navy must offer rebuttal by Aug. 6.

By Ben S. Lee12 min

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Kimball Calls for Ideas, Gets Them

Navy Secretary finds IAS members already delving in fields he stressed at West Coast summer meeting.

By William J. Coughlin4 min

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Combat Alert

Night alarm looked like real thing last April. It wasn’t—but we learned much from it.
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Air Bases

USAF gets only about half its 1953 request. Delay in getting work started is blamed.

By Katherine Johnsen3 min

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Buy These Planes and Engines:

Here in a nutshell are the sweeping recommendations for revised military plane and engine schedules spelled out to USAF and Navy by W. L. Campbell, acting chairman of Aircraft Production Board. He told the two Services the following actions are requested as a result of the Aircraft Production Board staff findings:
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Andb Now Studying Cockpit Visibility

The Air Navigation Development Board has launched a program to find better ways to measure and report airport weather conditions so pilots can know accurately in advance the distance they can expect to see from the cockpit during the final phases of an instrument approach.
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Steel Shortage Pinches Air Industry

Aircraft parts and components manufacturers’ production is beginning to be affected and will continue to deteriorate rapidly “as a direct result of the steel strike,” Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey, president of the Aircraft Industries Association, reported last week.
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Apb’s Authority

Aircraft Production Board Acting Chairman W. L. Campbell draws his authority for administration of U. S. aircraft programs from executive powers delegated to him by the Defense Production Administration, established by executive order of the President, Jan. 3, 1951.
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Hawker Siddeley Eyes Australia

Melbourne—Hawker Siddeley Group plans to extend manufacturing activities to Australia. The big British gas turbine engine and aircraft combine will first build a repair and maintenance plant probably in South Australia, to be followed by a facility for making long-range weapons. Contruction of jet engines and aircraft will depend on backing from the Australian government and on man-power supply.
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Mccone Offers Reply to Rep. O’konski

Former Air Secretary John McCone has offered to appear before the House Armed Services Committee to clear what he called “an attack on my integrity while in public office” by Rep. Alvin O’Konski. The offer went to committee chairman Carl Vinson with a copy of a letter to O’Konski asking the latter to correct the record.
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