October 13, 1952

October 13, 1952

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Off-shore Buying Team Near Decision

By Robert B. Hotz7 min

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U. S. Sets Jet Liner Sights High

By F. Lee Moore5 min

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Western Granted Route Extension

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Off-shore Buying Team Near Decision

Pentagon awaits report of industry-AF group. Nod is seen for Swift, Mystere 4, Fiat G.80

By Robert B. Hotz7 min

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U. S. Sets Jet Liner Sights High

ATA specs call for a transport with twice today’s speed at no more operating cost; stress is on safety.

By F. Lee Moore5 min

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Western Granted Route Extension

Civil Aeronautics Board has granted Western Air Lines a route extension from Salt Lake City to Rapid City to allow the company a direct Minneapolis-Los Angeles service—a privilege that was sold by the same airline five years ago. CAB’s 4-to-l decision caused a stir in the industry because the Board previously has favored interchange over route extension to bring one-plane through-service to new areas.
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Canadair Favored to Build Britannia

Another big production job may be just around the corner for Canadair Ltd., busy segment of the Canadian aircraft industry. The Royal Canadian Air Force has been culling through aircraft prospects to replace its Merlin-powered North Star long-range transports and naval reconnaissance Lancasters.
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Naa Sells T-28b Trainer to Navy

North American Aviation has sold a more powerful version of its tricycle-gear T-28 trainer to the Navy in a quantity production order. Designated the T-28B, the new version is powered by a Wright R1820 engine with 1,425-hp. rating, instead of the Wright 1300 rated at 800 hp. used in the Air Force T-28 A. A three-blade Hamilton Standard aluminum propeller replaces the hollow-steel Aeroproducts two-blader used on the T-28 A but prop diameter remains substantially the same, as do most overall dimensions.
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Af Reveals High-altitude Pressure Suit

B-52 test pilots in the above photographs show for the first time a new type emergency pressure suit recently announced by the Air Force. In designing the T-l high-altitude suit, the Air Development Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, had the advantage of a three-year preliminary study made by a group at the University of Southern California.
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N. Y. Copter Service Starts This Week

Metropolitan New York’s first scheduled helicopter air mail and parcel post service (AM-III) is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Oct. 15 when a New York Airways’ Sikorsky S-55 takes off from the carrier’s base at LaGuardia Field to shuttle its Post Office Department cargo between LaGuardia, Newark and Idlewild International Airports.
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Shoulder Harness Saves Three Pilots

Shoulder harness saved the lives of three crop duster pilots whose planes crashed and burned in recent months, according to reports which have been compiled by the National Fire Protection Assn. Circumstances of the accidents point up the extra protection provided by the shoulder harness:
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Mobilizer Seeking Campbell Successor

Defense Mobilizer Henry H. Fowler last week was weighing the problem of picking a successor to William L. Campbell, chief of Defense Production Administration’s Office of Production and head of DPA’s Aircraft Production Board, who resigns effective Nov. 1.
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Ham Standard Checks Hollow Prop Cracks

Two recent incidents involving Hamilton Standard hollow steel propellers have caused the manufacturer to review inspection and maintenance procedures of the airlines to make sure that they are adequate and conform to Ham Standard’s recommendations and service bulletins.
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