August 24, 1953

August 24, 1953

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Big Copters May Replace Dc-3s By ’59

By Alexander McSurely6 min

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Usaf Bases Get $268 Million

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Ag-1 Crashes, Pilot Walks Away

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Big Copters May Replace Dc-3s By ’59

New airline trend is toward acceptance of rotary-wing aircraft as the shorthaul, inter-city transport. And the commercial air bus development is keyed to the S-56 and XH-16 as possible prototypes.

By Alexander McSurely6 min

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Usaf Bases Get $268 Million

Congress has authorized $489 million for new military construction, giving the largest slice of $268 million to the Air Force. Army got $134 million; Navy received $87 million, of which the largest allocation is $47.8 million for aviation facilities.
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Ag-1 Crashes, Pilot Walks Away

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Af Orders Super Connie Radar Pickets

Burbank, Calif.—First official disclosure that USAF plans to supplement its continental defenses with “flying radar stations” comes this week with Lockheed Aircraft Corp.’s announcement of an Air Force production contract for high-altitude RC-121C picket planes, a military version of the Super Constellation transport.

By William Coughlin4 min

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Air Force Cuts AMC Facilities

Economy move kills all air procurement districts and three regional offices, consolidates Olmsted AFB.
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Air Associates Stock Sales Total 15,500

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German Calls U. S. Aircraft ‘overbred’

Development costs on North American F-86 Sabre jet were “about five times more than necessary,” in the opinion of Prof. Kurt Tank, former technical director of the German Focke-Wulfe firm who has worked for the Argentine government since World War II.
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Beech Names Three to Engineering Posts

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EQUIPMENT

New Oil De-aerator Speeds Arctic Starts

UAP system eliminates lubricant foaming. It also cuts preheat time, controls dilution.

By George L. Christian9 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Ad-5 Converts From Bomber to Transport

Navy takes delivery this month on multiplex Skyraider produced on assembly lines patterned after Detroit.

By William J. Coughlin7 min

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