July 22, 1957

July 22, 1957

View Full Issue Table of Contents

Picture Credits

EDITORIAL

Soviet Jet Transport Progress

EDITORIAL

New Crusader Record

By Robert Hotz

View Full Issue
More Features
1819

Picture Credits

107—Sovfoto; 102, 115—Russell Melchor.
2021
EDITORIAL

Soviet Jet Transport Progress

2021
EDITORIAL

New Crusader Record

By Robert Hotz

2223
MANAGEMENT

WHO'S WHERE

2223
MANAGEMENT

INDUSTRY OBSERVER

2425
MANAGEMENT

Washington Roundup

As a House subcommittee began public hearings last week on aircraft engine manufacturers’ profits and procurement policies, Chairman F. Edward Hebert (D.-La.) charged that Defense Department had “coerced” Air Force into helping “bail out” the Studebaker-Packard Corp. by switching contract overhaul of J47 engines from General Electric Co. to Studebaker-Packard.

By Washington staff

2627
MANAGEMENT

Soviets Display New Turbine Transports

USSR moves nearer emergence as major competitor; shows four new turbine planes, says fifth is on way.

By Robert Hotz

2829
MANAGEMENT

British Claim Supersonic P.1B Exceeds 1,132 mph. Speed Record

Wharton, England—English Electric demonstrated its supersonic P.l fighter last week, announcing at the same time that the first P.1B had exceeded the existing world speed record. The company declined to state the exact speed but it is believed to be in excess of 1,200 mph.
2829
MISSILE ENGINEERING

'Farside’ Aims at 4,000-mi. Altitude

Washington—Before the year’s end, a large rocket will be launched from a balloon high over Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific in an attempt to attain a peak altitude of 4,000 mi., a distance roughly equivalent to the earth’s radius. The launching will be the first firing in Project Farside (AW Dec. 3, p. 27), a research program sponsored by Air Research and Development Command aimed at uncovering secrets of natural phenomena in the far reaches of space surrounding the earth.
3031
MANAGEMENT

Afterburner Pushes F8U-1P to Trans-U. S. Speed Mark

New York—Navy successfully proved the feasibility of using afterburner power during the major portion of a tactical mission last week by flying a Chance Vought F8U-1P Crusader nonstop from California to New York at an average speed of Mach 1.1.

By Erwin J. Bulban

July 151957 July 291957