November 10, 1952

November 10, 1952

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Paa Comet Certification Battle Looms

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Distributors See 1953 Pipers

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Twin-turbine Copter Studied By Doman

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Paa Comet Certification Battle Looms

Acceptance of British standards to be sought. But CAA hasn’t set jet carrier requirements.
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Distributors See 1953 Pipers

Piper Aircraft Corp. distributors will gather at Lock Haven, Pa., for their annual meeting Nov. 11 and 12 to map the 1953 sales campaign. After it is over they will take with them approximately 60 new Pacer and Tri-Pacer demonstrators to show the customers at home.
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Twin-turbine Copter Studied By Doman

A twin-turbine-powered copter, projected to meet the expanding market for rotary-wing aircraft in inter-airport and airport-to-city transportation, is under development study at Doman Helicopters, Inc., Danbury, Conn. Availability will be dependent on certification of the powerplant—the 200shp.
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Local Airports Await U. S. Funds

Local communities are ready to finance their share of a $ 300-million airport development program, but are marking time because there are no federal matching funds. Civil Aeronautics Administration estimates that localities and states have already authorized $75 to $80 million for airports and would be prepared to put up a total of $150 million if they could obtain matching funds.
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Air Industry Use of Titanium Booms

Expansion of titanium use in U. S. airframe manufacturing and design and in guided missile development continues moving far ahead of the infant metal industry’s ability to supply demands. Newest spark plug to ignite the aircraft industry’s interest in titanium’s unusual capabilities was the recent speech by Brig.
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Airlines Set Plans for M-day Fleet

The airlines have finally agreed on how many planes each should assign to the Air Force in the initial stage of wartime mobilization. But the quarrel goes on over how they shall divide up the majority of planes—those that stay on commercial operation.
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EQUIPMENT

Plug Problems Analyzed By Conference

Specialists at Champion meeting find that ignition systems become more reliable; but still see bugs. Agree on worth of analyzers; split on value of TCP, use of two different plugs in same engine.

By George L. Christian20 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Exclusive Report on M. D. 452 Mystere

In the sweptwing Mk. 2, the French have one of the five best jet fighters now in production. This is the finding of Aviation Week’s engineering editor after first-hand study of the plane.

By David A. Anderton12 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Switch to Coach May Alter Plane Design

DC-6, Connie unsuitable for five-abreast seating. Ticket-credit plans may be offered passengers.

By Lee Moore9 min

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AVIONICS

Novel Connectors Aid Miniaturization

Tiny GE Novacon units may remove the last obstacle to automatic-factory assembly of printed circuits.

By Philip Klass6 min

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