February 28, 1955

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Airlines Back Navy Cargo Fleet Reserve

Dozen carriers ask to lease 35 DC-6As, 10 DC-4s under experimental freight program started by Slick. Full-scale rental plan may be inaugurated after ACC studies problems of allocation, impact on tariffs.

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How Usaf Tests Planes in Arctic

Ladd AFB, Alaska—New USAF equipment ranging from a complete weapons system—the Martin B-57 twinjet bomber—to 10 types of wire and cable is spending the winter here, 100 miles from the Arctic Circle, under the watchful care of 36 specialists from Wright Air Development Center at Dayton.

By Claude Witze3 min

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Navy Plane Policy Cuts Field Changes

U. S. Navy has adopted a new aircraft procurement policy that delays full production and assignment of planes to the fleet until test work is completed and necessary assembly-line changes made. Called the “Murphy plan,” the program is similar to USAF’s earlier “Cook-Craigie” procurement policy (AVIATION WEEK Apr. 12, 1954, p. 13).

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Odm Grants Republic $3.1-million Writeoff

Republic Aviation Corp., Farmingdale, N. Y., has been granted a certificate of necessity of $3,150,000 with 55% allowed for accelerated tax amortization. Other recent certificates of necessity issued by the Office of Defense Mobilization include: George W. Kanarr and Charles B. Kanarr, trading as Kanarr Machine Specialities, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., aircraft parts, $27,000 certified with 55% allowed.

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Feeders Win Certificate Support

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

Airlines Back Navy Cargo Fleet Reserve

How Usaf Tests Planes in Arctic

By Claude Witze3 min

Feeders Win Certificate Support

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

Airlines Back Navy Cargo Fleet Reserve

How Usaf Tests Planes in Arctic

By Claude Witze3 min

Tigers Want 2nd-class Airfreight

Navy Plane Policy Cuts Field Changes

Magnuson Proposes New Subsidy Basis

Douglas Reports 1954 Was Best Profit Year

Rizley Opposes Cab Party-line Caucuses

Odm Grants Republic $3.1-million Writeoff

Western Electric Gets Radar Fence Contract

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Feeders Win Certificate Support

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

Airlines Back Navy Cargo Fleet Reserve

How Usaf Tests Planes in Arctic

By Claude Witze3 min

Aviation Week | February 28 1955 Table of Contents

Feeders Win Certificate Support

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

Airlines Back Navy Cargo Fleet Reserve

How Usaf Tests Planes in Arctic

By Claude Witze3 min

Tigers Want 2nd-class Airfreight

Navy Plane Policy Cuts Field Changes

Magnuson Proposes New Subsidy Basis

Douglas Reports 1954 Was Best Profit Year

Rizley Opposes Cab Party-line Caucuses

Odm Grants Republic $3.1-million Writeoff

Western Electric Gets Radar Fence Contract

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