April 27, 1953

April 27, 1953

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Flying a Jet Bomber in ‘combat’

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Cab Adopts Airliner Cockpit Standard

By Alexander McSurely5 min

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New Chase Carrier Makes Debut

By Henry Lefer4 min

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Flying a Jet Bomber in ‘combat’

RAF Bomber Command Base, Lincolnshire—The first requirement for passengers going on a Canberra bombing sortie is to pass a stiff physical. My lungs, heart, blood pressure and ears were checked and I spent one-and-a-half hours in a decompression chamber going up to 37,000 ft. simulated altitude.
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Cab Adopts Airliner Cockpit Standard

Regulation for new-type transports is patterned from proposals of aviation industry and the military. New airworthiness requirements also call for means of indicating reversed propeller pitch to pilots.

By Alexander McSurely5 min

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New Chase Carrier Makes Debut

By Henry Lefer4 min

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Cornell Center Sets Up Targets

Progress in expanding aviation safety research has reached a point where there no longer are any serious gaps in fields being attacked by researchers, the third annual survey of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center at Cornell University reports.

By AMcS4 min

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Bell Demonstrates New Model 47g

Synchronized elevator and hydraulic control boost added to improve craft’s flight characteristics.
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Let Investors Share Air Profits: Damon

Just about everyone connected with air transport except the investors is reaping benefits of aviation progress, Ralph S. Damon, president of Trans World Airlines, says. And if government policies that hold down airline profits do not change, the carriers will be hampered when they try to buy new, better equipment.
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B-47 Workout

Stratojet, aided by jet stream, hits 794 mph. Bombs from 40,000 ft. during 1,000-hr. trial.
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United Air Lines Plans Giant Loading Dock

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Boeing Lists Salaries of Top Executives

Boeing Airplane Co. paid its president, William M. Allen, $86,940 in salary and incentive compensation during 1952, the company has reported to Securities & Exchange Commission. Boeing paid all its directors and officers $493,165 during 1952.
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Ansett Fits Jets to Dc-3 Fleet

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