December 14, 1953

December 14, 1953

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Viscounts Lure Opposition Traffic

By Nat McKitterick5 min

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Piper Readies Apache Sales Push

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Civil Aviation Faces Budget Slash in ’55

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Viscounts Lure Opposition Traffic

London—Vickers turboprop Viscount has made a strong competitive and financial record during its first six months of operations with British European Airways: • The turbine-powered transport won nearly 17% of competitors’ traffic on four main BEA routes in Europe between Apr.

By Nat McKitterick5 min

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Piper Readies Apache Sales Push

Executive pilots soon will get a look at new all-metal four-placer costing about $35,000 fully equipped.
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Civil Aviation Faces Budget Slash in ’55

The federal government will spend about $20 million less on service and subsidy to civil aviation next year than the $220-million level of the current fiscal year, if Congress goes along with recommendations of the President and Commerce Department next month.
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Caa Denies Plan to Reduce Regions

Plans for a further reduction of one of Civil Aeronautics Administration’s present four regions are denied emphatically by Administrator Fred B. Lee. Consolidation of the Kansas City, Mo., and Ft. Worth, Tex., regional offices were discussed during budget talks, Lee indicates.
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Caa Hampers Plane Development: Loening

Designers and operators should be given a “completely free hand” in aircraft development and government certificates of airworthiness could be eliminated “right now” with little ill effect, aviation pioneer and consultant Grover Loening says.
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Army Calls Copter Top Freight Vehicle

Helicopters promise to develop into the nation’s top freight vehicle—both commercial and military, forecasts Army’s air transport chief. But Col. William B. Bunker told the recent fifth annual Air Cargo Day of the American Societv of Mechanical Engineers that copter builders must find ways to cut maintenance costs and improve designs from a functional standpoint.
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Military Air Spending Tops Forecast Ceiling

Obligation of funds for military aircraft and related procurement continued to lag during October, but expenditures are at a higher rate than official predictions. Here are highlights of the fiscal picture on Navy and Air Force funds (AVIATION WEEK NOV. 9, p. 17) for aircraft and related procurement:
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Plane Repairs Return Top Fixed-base Profit

Facilities for major aircraft repairs are the single most important factor in profitable fixed-base operations, a survey by New York State’s Bureau of Aviation indicates. This branch of service is “practically ignored” by the operators who report unprofitable business, the study says.
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Caa to Investigate Lightplane Accidents

Accidents involving small aircraft weighing less than 12,500 lb. will be investigated officially by Civil Aeronautics Administration beginning Jan. 1. Civil Aeronautics Board ordered the lightplane probes, formally putting on record work that CAA has been doing as a matter of expediency.
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Argentina Designs Flying-wing Freighter

A four-engine, all-metal flying-wing cargo transport is one of eight civil and military aircraft projects included in Argentina’s second five-year plan, an official government news agency reports. The transport will have a capacity of eight to 10 tons and will be powered by domestically designed and manufactured engines, according to this source.
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