May 30, 1955

May 30, 1955

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Management

White Outlines Soviet Technical Gains

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Scientists Clear Wind Tunnel Throats

By David A. Anderton6 min

AVIONICS

Phase Shift Cleans Up Adf ‘confusion’

By Lt. Cmdr. H. H. Ward6 min

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Management

White Outlines Soviet Technical Gains

“… Our main problem today is to maintain a position of strength. Much of our strength must be military. Our defense establishment must fulfill a twofold need. “First, we must have the forces to meet and beat an attack if one should come today.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Scientists Clear Wind Tunnel Throats

The bag of transonic tunnel testing tricks has not yet been completely emptied. Two variations on the basic theme of the ventilated throat, invented and pioneered by scientists at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, have improved current operations with a pair of transonic wind tunnels: At Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, a perforated throat reduces the interference of shock waves reflected from the tunnel walls, permits the use of larger test models to give more accurate test results.

By David A. Anderton6 min

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AVIONICS

Phase Shift Cleans Up Adf ‘confusion’

By Lt. Cmdr. H. H. Ward6 min

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FINANCIAL

Aircraft Industry and Investors Find Convertible Bonds Attractive

Convertible bonds today enjoy wide investment popularity and to a great extent have replaced the offering of common stock in the industrial field. Now, the aircraft builders, having improved their investment and speculative acceptance, may find it advantageous to use this vehicle for their financing purposes.

By Selig Altschul6 min

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PRODUCTION

Casting Gives Way to Sheet Metal in Some Aircraft Applications

By George L. Christian5 min

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FINANCIAL

Sec Lists Aviation Transactions

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WHAT’S NEW

What’s New

Telling the Market Automatic Electrolytic Shaping with Electronic Control gives cost savings of standard grinders fitted with automatic equipment, Anocut Engineering Co., 531 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago 6, Ill. … Damping Devices—Past, Present, Future, includes load-velocity charts for measuring performance, Gabriel Co., Dept. 1G, 1148 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 15, Ohio.
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EDITORIAL

Evasions in the Defense Department

The Washington press corps and the American people to whom they report have been given another sorry demonstration of the careless, inaccurate and evasive manner in which the Department of Defense publicly handles matters of life and death concern to every citizen.

By Robert Hotz5 min

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Management

Aviation Week Story Spurs Debate on U. S., Red Airpower Positions

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AIR TRANSPORT

President Accepts Cab Alaska Ruling

Eisenhower asks Board to increase Pacific Northern, Alaska Airlines certificates from three to five years.
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