December 15, 1952

December 15, 1952

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Usaf to Buy 20,000 Planes in 3 Years

By Robert Hotz5 min

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Outlook on Gop Air Appointees

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Korea Air Fight

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Usaf to Buy 20,000 Planes in 3 Years

Fiscal 1954 budget to ask for 3,500 aircraft in addition to available funds for 17,000. Production peak of 800 planes a month expected by next spring; this will taper to 300 a month in ’56.

By Robert Hotz5 min

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Outlook on Gop Air Appointees

Washington guessing but finds few firm answers; Harold Talbott may be new AF Secretary.
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Korea Air Fight

Red air targets becoming scarce, Vandenberg says. Communist pilots hide at Manchurian bases.
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Cessna Opens 1953 Sales Drive

Wichita—A new version of Cessna Aircraft Co.’s best selling airplane of 1952, the four-place Model 170, is headlining the company’s “Golden Year” sales program for 1953, commemorating the 50th anniversary of powered heavier-than-air flight.

By Alexander McSurely3 min

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Anti-sub Copter

First test flight of Bell XHSL-1 expected Jan. 1. Sub-hunter will operate off Navy cruisers.
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Rockets Push Xf-91 Past Mach 1

First supersonic rocket-powered flight by a U. S. combat-type plane has been made by the Republic XF-91, Mundy I. Peale, Republic Aviation Corp. president, announced last week. A Reaction Motors engine with four rocket motors of 1,500 lb. thrust each, supplied a total of 6,000 lb. thrust to add to approximately 8,000 lb. thrust from the plane’s General Electric J47 turbojet engine with afterburner.
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Truman Promotes 25 Usaf Officers

Eight USAF officers received temporary promotions to major general and 17 colonels were advanced to the temporary rank of brigadier general by President Truman last week. The new major generals are: Albert Boyd, commander of the Wright Air Development Center; Leigh Wade, one of the original ’round-the-world Army pilots and now Air Attache in Brazil; Delinar T. Spivey, commander, Japan Air Defense Force; John K. Gerhardt, deputy director of Air Staff Operations; Garland E. Blair, commander, AACS, MATS headquarters; Charles E. Landon, director of Statistical Services, USAF headquarters; Lee B. Washburn, director of Installations, Air Staff; James McCormack, Jr., deputy commander ARDC.
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Austerity Again Hits British Air Industry

London—British plane makers lost a big cushion of indicated forward buying last week with the announcement of extensive economies in Britain’s air rearmament. The government tried to put a good face on the whole thing by talking of accent on quality rather than quantity —better defense for the same or less money (AVIATION WEEK NOV. 24, p. 15).

By Nat McKitterick2 min

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L-5 Autopilot Gets Nod for Dc-6 A, B

The Lear L-5 automatic pilot and approach coupler have received CAA certification for use on Douglas DC-6A and DC-6B following recent tests on a Slick Airways DC-6 A at Los Angeles. The L-5 is a commercial version of the Lear F-5 autopilot used on the North American F-86D and the Republic F-84G.
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Group Will Study Avionics Reliability

Important appointments to emphasize study of reliability of electronic equipment have been made by the Defense Dept. Among these Lewis M. Clement of the Crosley division, Avco Manufacturing Corp., Cincinnati, has been named chairman of the recently formed Advisorv Group on Reliability of Electronic Equipment and Frederick J. Given, Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, and Stuart L. Bailey, radio engineer, Washington, D. C., were named as members of the group.
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