May 31, 1954

May 31, 1954

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Reds’ Surprise: 15,000-lb.-thrust Jets

By Robert Hotz5 min

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Report Scores Offshore Program

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Commerce Lifts Airport Aid Block

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Reds’ Surprise: 15,000-lb.-thrust Jets

Big axial-flow engines indicate that Soviet gas turbine development program may be ahead of U. S., Britain. But observers say airframe design appears lagging, with new bombers definitely in the subsonic range.

By Robert Hotz5 min

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Report Scores Offshore Program

Senators also say American aid has turned European plane plants into ‘formidable competitors’ of U. S. firms.
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Commerce Lifts Airport Aid Block

An Administration request of approximately $30 million for fiscal 1955 airport aid does not hinge on enactment of legislation increasing the Commerce Department’s control over the allocation of funds. Earlier apprehension that the Administration would make airport aid contingent upon the new allocation authority was removed by the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation, Charles Dearing, in testimony before the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
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Missiles Get Top Usaf Priority

Intercontinental weapon development may be shifted to a special project similar to the Manhattan District.

By Claude O. Witze5 min

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New Bell Copter

Wing-shaped fuselage transport under study. Design has two wingtip rotors, seats 20-50.
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Board Hearings End on 8-hr. Crew Rule

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Bridges Withdraws 'rate War’ Legislation

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June 18 Deadline Set for C-46 Comments

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Senate Restores Cut in Naca Budget

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Civil Aircraft Backlog Drops 7%

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