September 28, 1953

September 28, 1953

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Engine Cuts Save Af Half Billion

By Richard Balentine6 min

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Navy Unveils Automatic Factory

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Fugitive Mig Heads for U.s. Test Center

By A. W. Jessup4 min

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Engine Cuts Save Af Half Billion

Reductions result from longer life of turbojets and an oversupply of powerplants in Air Force stockpiles.

By Richard Balentine6 min

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Navy Unveils Automatic Factory

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Fugitive Mig Heads for U.s. Test Center

AF races to wring out Russia’s top combat jet. Delivery is first break in three-year search.

By A. W. Jessup4 min

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Security Scuttles Jet Pod Debate

Avro’s answer to Boeing arguments on engine mounts is withheld from Anglo-American air conference.

By David A. Anderton3 min

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Don’t Sell Piston Power Short

Another round of reciprocating engine airliners will precede turboprop era in U. S., C-W president predicts.
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Hughes Blowup

Six top officials quit in protest of owner policies. Talbott intervenes but fails to halt walkout.
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Jet Crash Angers Van Nuys Residents

Los Angeles—Crash of a Lockheed T-33 jet trainer into a Los Angeles suburb recently brought demands for closing of the Van Nuys, Calif., Airport and an end to jet flights over congested Southern California areas. The angry public reaction to the crash was reminiscent of that stirred up by commercial airline crashes in Elizabeth, N. J., the winter before last.
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S & W Officers Buy 3,300 Stock Shares

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Post Office Starts Airmail Experiment

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Nal Official Denies Comet Negotiations

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