December 29, 1952

December 29, 1952

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How Much Air Power for Japan?

By R. P. (Pepper) Martin6 min

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Services Blueprint Dual-Economy Plants

By Robert Hotz5 min

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Wright Memorial Observances

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How Much Air Power for Japan?

USAF says Japan should have independent air force of jet interceptors; Army wants tactical group.

By R. P. (Pepper) Martin6 min

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Services Blueprint Dual-Economy Plants

U. S. Air Force will request funds in its fiscal 1954 budget to begin financing a program to provide the aircraft industry with special high-volume machine tools and production equipment in excess of its current requirements. This request is part of a joint USAF-Navy Bureau of Aeronautics program known as PAIP—Production Acceleration Insurance Program.

By Robert Hotz5 min

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Wright Memorial Observances

Truman presents trophies; urges continued air power buildup; ASA wants more research and planning.
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Tiger Stock Sales Reported to SEC

Sale of 8,200 common and 2,300 preferred shares of Flying Tiger Lines stock by three of the company’s directors is reported in a Security and Exchange Commission survey of transactions by firm officials and major stockholders. The sales were by:
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Talbott Named AF Secretary

But there still is much speculation on who will be in lower echelons of the Defense Department under GOP.
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CAA Says Radar Needs ‘Saucer’ Filter

Similarity between radar targets produced on scopes by helicopters and atmospheric temperature inversions may require a new radar accessory enabling air traffic controllers to spot the difference, a Civil Aeronautics Administration report says.
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Air Labor Contracts Due for Change

Escalator clauses in the North American, Douglas, United Aircraft and other aviation manufacturers’ labor contracts will be revised by February because the Bureau of Labor Statistics is putting out a new cost-of-living index. Most escalator contracts are tied to the present BLS index and call for revision under a new index.
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Four Generals Probe C-124 Crash

USAF assigned four generals, including its top-making safety men, to head a full-scale probe into the cause of the crash of a Douglas C-124A Globemaster II shortly after takeoff from Larson AFB, Wash., Dec. 20, with loss of 86 military personnel.
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Ford Gets Contract Increase for J57s

Air Force recently increased by $20 million its contract with the Ford Aircraft Engine Division for manufacture of Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engines. The increase boosts to $97 million total funds allocated for jet production at Ford’s Chicago plant.
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Faucett Anniversary

Lima, Peru—Thirty years ago Elmer J. Faucett made the first flight from Peru’s Pacific Coast over the Andes to the Amazon Basin in a borrowed Curtiss Oriole. Up to the end of 1951 his airline, Cia de Aviacion Faucett, had carried 684,679 passengers, 82,465,040 lb. of cargo and 3,033,545 lb. of mail.
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