December 1, 1952

December 1, 1952

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Supersonic Plane to Use Hydro-ski Gear

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Af Plans $15-million F-89 Fix

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Boeing Jet Liner

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Supersonic Plane to Use Hydro-ski Gear

A revolutionary new landing gear that will enable high-speed fighter aircraft to operate from water, grass, ice and snow has been developed as a result of a joint military-civil research program. The new type gear is known as a hydro-ski.
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Af Plans $15-million F-89 Fix

Heavier wing-attach fittings are ordered to combat "aeroelastic problem”; Gilpatric issues statement.
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Boeing Jet Liner

Boeing Airplane Co. has started cutting metal on a few parts of its jet transport prototype, slated to fly in mid-1954. By scheduling production before any competitor, yet keeping its design and performance a secret from customers, Boeing is trying a hiddenball play on Douglas and Lockheed.
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Speed Record

A U. S. jet fighter officially has flown faster than 700 mph. for the first time in two measured speed trials which are expected to be confirmed as an international record. The record, made Nov. 19, will be certified to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale as 699.9 mph.—the average of four high-speed runs over a measured 3-km. course.
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United to Cut Coach Seating for ‘safety’

United Air Lines President W. A. Patterson last week swung a verbal haymaker at the aircoach business which he had long previously opposed by an announcement in which he called aircoach (high-density) seating a “safety hazard.” United has decided, he said, to reduce its DC-4 aircoach seating capacity from 66 to 54.
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Fsf Safety Clinic Covers Wide Range

Hamilton, Bermuda—Flight safety problems and interests—ranging from specific new gadgets designed to make airplanes safer, to overall considerations of designing for greater flight safety—drew more than 100 industry and government specialists on aviation from five countries here last week for the fourth annual Flight Safety Foundation Seminar conducted by Jerome Lederer, executive FSF director.

By Alexander McSurely2 min

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Flight Safety Award Winners

Four awards for "achievement in safer utilization in aircraft” were presented at Bermuda last week at the Flight Safety Foundation Air Safety Seminar. They went to: • Republic Aviation Corp., for early establishment of a Design Safety Department, headed by William Stieglitz.
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New O’konski Blast at Kaiser Contract

A demand that Air Force Secretary Thomas Finletter immediately cancel all military aircraft production contracts that have been awarded to the Kaiser-Frazer Corp. has been made by Rep. Alvin E. O’Konski. The latest of O’Konski’s blasts against Kaiser-Frazer’s aircraft contracts was made in a telegram to Secretary Finletter after the Air Force had revealed the prices being paid to Kaiser-Frazer and Fairchild for production of the same aircraft—the C-119 military transport (AVIATION WEEK NOV. 24, p. 20).
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Nya to Extend Mail Services

New York Airways, certificated mail, parcel post and passenger copter service, plans to inaugurate air mail service Dec. 8 on the north segment of its approved AM-111 route which covers Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, White Plains, N. Y.; Greenwich, Stamford, South Norwalk and Bridgeport, Conn., and Pleasantville, Tarrytown and Yonkers to La Guardia Airport, N. Y.
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Centerline Lights Get Big Icao Vote

International standardization on the single-row centerline type of airport approach lighting appeared assured last week with agreement of technical representatives at the International Civil Aviation Organization at Montreal, who voted without an opposing voice, to accept this tvpe of lighting.
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