July 26, 1954

July 26, 1954

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C-119 Score: ‘nearly Perfect’

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Af to Increase New Orders for Aircraft

By G. J. McAllister5 min

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Boac to Buy U.s. Stratocruisers

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C-119 Score: ‘nearly Perfect’

Handful of Fairchild Boxcars, aided by C-47s, starred in epic holdout, flying supplies into ‘suicide pocket.’
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Af to Increase New Orders for Aircraft

$1 billion to be obligated within next four months. Big chunk to go for new NAA F-100 contracts.

By G. J. McAllister5 min

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Boac to Buy U.s. Stratocruisers

British airline negotiates for UAL, PAA 377s and Qantas 749 Connies to replace Comet 1 fleet.
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Boeing 707 Starts Flight Test Program

Seattle—Boeing Airplane Co.’s big 707 jet tanker-transport prototype climbed steeply off the runway at Renton Airport in a dramatic start of its first flight July 15. One hour and 24 minutes later, pilot A. M. (Tex) Johnston and co-pilot R. L. (Dix) Loesch brought the yellow-and-brown craft in for a routine landing at nearby Boeing Field before a crowd of employes headed by president William M. Allen.

By David Anderton3 min

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Victor Crash

Horizontal stabilizer rips off RAF bomber in flight. Accident raises doubts on high-placed tailplane.
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Paa Asks New Rates to Aid Air Securities

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Feeder Outlook

Permanent certificates win approval in House. Senate will take action soon on similar measure.
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Hughes Reveals Top Management Staffs

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$22-million Airport Aid Voted By House

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Committee Approves Af Building Projects

The $834-million Air Force construction program approved by House Appropriations Committee for fiscal 1955 provides for the Air Force Academy, new strategic and tactical air bases and more than $75 million for expansion of two of USAF’s major research and development centers—Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tenn., and Edwards AFB, Calif.
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