March 16, 1953

March 16, 1953

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Headline News

Boom for Trans-atlantic Aircoach Travel

By Lee Moore8 min

Headline News

Radar Breaks Bad-weather Jams

By Robert Hotz6 min

Headline News

Raf Buildup

By Nat McKitterick3 min

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Headline News

Boom for Trans-atlantic Aircoach Travel

Half-million passengers expected during 1953. Tours and Europe coach service new attractions.

By Lee Moore8 min

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Headline News

Radar Breaks Bad-weather Jams

Radar traffic control at Washington National Airport has developed techniques offering a major improvement in maintaining airline schedules during instrument weather. As a result of 18 months’ preliminary experimenting and six months of full radar traffic control, the following results have been achieved:

By Robert Hotz6 min

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Raf Buildup

British budget indicates air rearmament delay. But first Swift squadron will be formed by June.

By Nat McKitterick3 min

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Headline News

Allies Get Look at Intact Mig

No radical new equipment found on 3-year-old model flown into Denmark; engine is a copy of early Nene.
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Headline News

Aircraft Backlog: $17.6 Billion

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C-119 Fuselage, Tail Sections Beefed Up

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Headline News

French Announce Mach 1.5 Interceptor

Paris—A French supersonic interceptor of novel design made its first test flight from the Melun-Villaroche airfield near Paris Mar. 2. The S. O. 9000 Trident, built by the nationalized company SNCASO, is the first French plane designed to exceed the speed of sound in horizontal flight.

By Ross Hazeltine2 min

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Headline News

Buaer Considering Alternates for J40

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Lightplane Shoulder Harnesses Urged

Voluntary action of U. S. private aircraft manufacturers to provide for shoulder harnesses in all airplanes built after July 1 has been requested by the Cornell Committee for Transportation Safety Research. The committee includes specialist engineers from Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., the Cornell Medical College Crash Injury Research and Cornell-Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center, New York City, and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Buffalo.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Plan for Broadening Jet Engine Design

Engineer proposes multi-purpose turbine powerplants, adaptable to military planes and civil jet liners.

By IS11 min

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