Turin, Italy—Second prototype of the Fiat G.91 light ground attack fighter is nearing the flight test stage at the company’s nearby South Caselle test center. With Fiat’s tough shakedown and flight test program behind it, the little plane will be flown to the French Air Force’s test center at Bretignv in July for its final hurdle: competitive evaluation by a team of NATO pilots against the French Dassault Etendard VI and the Breguet Taon.

Quehanna, Pa.—High mass flow has been substituted for high turbine inlet temperature in Curtiss-Wright’s new TJ38 commercial turbojet. This 12,500 lb. thrust engine was developed jointly by C-W’s Wright Aeronautical Div., Wood-Ridge, N. J. and Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton, England, from the latter’s Olympus engine.

Kansas City—Four-point program to aid Trans World Airlines in surmounting its current financial difficulties was outlined here by TWA President Carter L. Burgess before a gathering of aviation writers at the carrier’s new $25 million overhaul base.

Following is a list of unclassified contracts for $25,000 and over as released bv Air Force Contracting Offices: AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ARDC, Washington 25, D. C. New York University, Washington Square, N. Y., N. Y., research and reports in the field of elasticity, (AF 49(638)-161), job, $46,895.