October 6, 1952

October 6, 1952

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Headline News

De Havilland Reveals Comet 3 Details

By Robert B. Hotz,Nat McKitterick6 min

Headline News

Sas Polar Plans Spur U. S. Action

Headline News

Politics and Af

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

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Headline News

De Havilland Reveals Comet 3 Details

New jet carrier’s range is set at 3,000 mi. First production models scheduled for 1956.

By Robert B. Hotz,Nat McKitterick6 min

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Headline News

Sas Polar Plans Spur U. S. Action

The Scandinavian Airlines move to open a West Coast-Europe service via the North Pole may galvanize Civil Aeronautics Board into scheduling a a “trans-polar investigation” case to consider applications of U. S. carriers. At least two U. S. airlines will soon ask CAB for routes to compete with Scandinavian plans for polar flights, Washington observers predict.
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Headline News

Politics and Af

Air power drops back as issue in campaign. Eisenhower urges cut in cost, not in strength.

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

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Headline News

Af Orders C-130 Into Production

Lockheed to build turboprop transport at Marietta; prototype still is months away from first flight.

By Alexander McSurely4 min

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Headline News

Rotodyne Meets Bea Specs

Famborough, England—First details of the Rotodyne—convertiplane proposal by Fairey Aviation Co. Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex—show it to be a strong contender for the prize of British European Airways helicopter competition. Meeting BEA’s passenger-copter specs, the Rotodyne is designed to carry 13,000 lb. useful load at a cruising speed of 175 knots, half again as fast as the current world’s record for helicopters.

By DAA2 min

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EQUIPMENT

Hal Plays Dual Role in Hawaii

Whether shipping people or things, air transport is rapidly taking place of steamships in the Islands.

By George L. Christian9 min

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Avionics

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Houston tells role in letter to Aviation Week. Says design was OK before RCA took over.

By Philip Klass9 min

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PRODUCTION

Lockheed Uses ‘ounce of Prevention’

Lab checks equipment as it is received. Step bars defective units from getting in planes.

By Irving Stone7 min

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Fast Writeoffs

Accelerated tax amortization for manufacturers expanding their defense facilities is granted by the government in the form of certificates of necessity. In the following list of recent certificates, company name is given, followed by product or service, cost of construction deemed necessary for defense expansion, and the percentage of the expansion cost allowed for fast write-off.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Japanese Carriers Bid for Pacific Routes

JAL and JIWA are major contenders for service. Both have impressive financial backing.

By F. Lee Moore7 min

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