February 16, 1953

February 16, 1953

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Usaf Tightens Japanese Air Defenses

By R. P. (Pepper) Martin11 min

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Gop Defense Setup Nears Completion

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Spares Study

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Headline News

Usaf Tightens Japanese Air Defenses

Buildup of combat planes, bases and radar network gives our forces muscle to stop Red air violations. And Air Force is revealed prepared to drop A-bombs on Communist bases immediately, if orders are issued.

By R. P. (Pepper) Martin11 min

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Gop Defense Setup Nears Completion

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Spares Study

Economies in AF spares set up by special group. Savings by 'guinea pig’ program: $53 million.
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Lightplane Sales

Six companies delivered 3,058 aircraft in '52. Industry records first upswing since 1946 boom.
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Prop Reversal Probed in Crash

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Perfect Safety Year for Skeds

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Increased Stress on Safe Design Urged

Failures cannot always be prevented, so engineers should try to minimize their effects in advance. Do this by designing 'intended failure points' to limit location, extent of damage, Littlewood says.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Ias Summaries

Papers on rocket propulsion and aerodynamics presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences are summarized on the following pages. The summaries continue a series begun two weeks ago on the IAS meeting.
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FINANCIAL

Trusts Show Big Shift to Aircraft

An AVIATION WEEK study of aviation and general-type trust portfolios for 1952 reveals: Major shift to aircraft manufacturing shares. Liquidation of air transport securities. National—The most interesting account is presented by National Aviation Corp., the largest and most successful of the specialized aviation funds.

By Selig Altschul5 min

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AVIONICS

Lear Damper Steadies F-86d

Lear, Inc. has announced a new lightweight yaw damper of novel design that prevents “dutch roll” or “snaking” of North American Aviation’s F-86D interceptor during highspeed, high-altitude flight. The 5.2-lb. damper does a job that might have required an additional hundred pounds of airframe weight if NAA engineers had chosen to provide the needed damping by aerodynamic means.

By Philip Klass5 min

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