July 11, 1955

July 11, 1955

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

French Impress with New Jet Engines

By William A. Waterton12 min

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Leduc 0.21 Puts Ramjet in Spotlight

By David A. Anderton8 min

EQUIPMENT

New Power Packages for Missiles

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

French Impress with New Jet Engines

Paris—Postwar French development in engines closely parallels the situation with regard to aircraft. The long years of research and prototyping seem ready to pay off in production. That is the feeling of foreign observers at the 21st international Salon de l’Aeronautique at the Le Bourget Aerodrome.

By William A. Waterton12 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Leduc 0.21 Puts Ramjet in Spotlight

Next step in the development of this series is the 0.22, a sweptwing interceptor powered by a single Snecma Atar turbojet in the center of the hollow fuselage, surrounded by the concentric rings of ramjet burners. For Leduc, this will be a high point in an almost single-handed effort to make the ramjet a practical airplane powerplant instead of a scientific curiosity.

By David A. Anderton8 min

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EQUIPMENT

New Power Packages for Missiles

A new line of guided missile accessories is in pilot or prototype production in the shops of a newcomer in the field—American Machine & Foundry Co.’s Turbo Engineering department. The organization was set up by AMF to specialize in research and development of compact, high-output combustion devices, hot air turbomachinery and other equipment related to guided missile accessory power supplies.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Cab Orders North American Grounded

Board revokes Letters of Registration for four irregular carriers, charges violations, ‘mockery.’

By Craig Lewis5 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Ames Unitary Tunnel Nearly Complete

Already, Ames administrators have had preliminary discussions with representatives of several aircraft companies for tests projected for both aircraft and missiles. Initial Tests Some of these aircraft and missiles are in existence, others are still on the drawing board.

By Irving Stone5 min

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EQUIPMENT

New Aviation Products

Two new thin-package aircraft linear actuators, the 434 and 435, have been designed to operate in the 0-7,000-lb. load range. They complement a 413, initial model in the series. Typical envelope sizes for the 413, 434 and 435 series, respectively are: 1.8x3.7 in., 2.6x4.9 in., and 3x5 in.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Caa Told to Speed Radar Traffic Control

Washington D. C.—Strong pressure to spur Civil Aeronautics Administration into discharging its legal responsibility to develop a radar air traffic control system adequate to handle the rapidly increasing military and civil aircraft load was generated by the Air Coordinating Committee last week.
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EDITORIAL

Kidding the Public on Russian Airpower

The latest Russian air show over Moscow (see page 13) is the second formal display of five new types of long range jet bombers and high speed jet fighters in a few months. This air show in honor of Red Air Force Day was held at Tushino Airport near Moscow in an atmosphere not far removed from the great Western airpower exhibits at Le Bourget, Farnborough and our own traveling National Aircraft Show to be held this year at Philadelphia.

By Robert Hotz5 min

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PRODUCTION

New Sintered-wire Porous Metal Shows Promise for Aviation Use

Los Angeles—A new porous metal shows promising possibilities for aviation applications such as high-temperature wall cooling, filtration and boundary layer control. Known as Poroloy, the material is a sintered-wire porous metal.

By Irving Stone4 min

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Letters

‘Cone of Confusion’ The writer has read with much interest the informative article by Commander H. H. Ward III published in your issue of May 30th (“Phase Shift Cleans Up ADF ‘Confusion’,” p. 73). His suggestions for cleaning up the so-called “cone of confusion” in ADFs are timely and helpful.
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