August 3, 1953

August 3, 1953

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Military Plane Production to Remain High

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New Bomb Bay

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Jal to Start Pacific Flights This Winter

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Military Plane Production to Remain High

Defense goals will stand against new Red threats. But additional cutbacks are forecast for 1955.
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New Bomb Bay

Jet bombers may be able to maintain high speeds while performing accurate bombing runs as a result of Glenn L. Martin Co.’s new rotary bomb-bay door development. The Martin XB-51 has been fitted with the new door to test what may be the answer to high-level, highspeed bombing.
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Jal to Start Pacific Flights This Winter

Japan Air Lines plans to start transpacific DC-6B service next winter in competition with Pan American, Northwest, Philippine and Canadian Pacific airlines. Transocean Air Lines crews will operate the flights. United Air Lines is concluding an agreement with JAL to handle food service and maintenance on West Coast end of Tokyo-San Francisco route.
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Wilson Wins Usaf Cutback Fight

Senate approves $5-billion cut, kills two amendments to restore a total of $450 million to 1954 budget.
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Nonskeds Gain Favor in Fight with Cab

Non-certificated airlines got increasing congressional support last month in their fight against the CAB policy of revoking their licenses for operating scheduled services. Speeches from the floor by Sens. John Sparkman, Wayne Adorse and Thomas Hennings and by Rep.
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Tiger-slick Merger Forecast for 1953

Merger of the two major U. S. allcargo airlines appears likely by the yearend, despite a month’s delay granted by Civil Aeronautics Board examiner FA. Merit Rule for CAB staff to file briefs. Flying Tiger Line-Slick Airways joint brief for their merger was filed last week.
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Riddle Reorganizes Top Management

New management last week moved in to revamp Riddle Airlines, airfreight carrier operating New York-San Juan and Miami-San Juan schedules. William R. Boyd, former president of Florida-based nonsked All-American Airways, brought in a new team to succeed short-term Riddle president Jean Helvey.
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Belt-drive Prop Ups Cessna Climb

Considerable reduction in engine noise and vibration and a noticeable improvement in performance of a Cessna 170 have been recorded by Cessna pilots during service testing of a V-belt propeller drive fitted to a 145-hp. Continental engine in the personal plane.
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First Martin B-57a Makes Initial Flight

Martin’s twin-jet B-57A night intruder bomber took to the air for 46 minutes July 20 on its first flight, Company officials called the flight “successful." Powered by two J65 Wright Sapphire engines built by Buick Division of General Motors Corp.
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Sayen Charges Some Pilots Flying 14 Hr.

Charging that some pilots of military contract carrier planes are flying as much as 14 hours without rest, Clarence N. Sayen, president of Air Line Pilots Assn., last week asked CAB to stop waiving its regulatorv limits on the contract carriers.
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