September 1, 1958

September 1, 1958

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MANAGEMENT

Fewer May Share Helicopter’s Future

By Craig Lewis9 min

AIR TRANSPORT

Modified 707 Starts Panam Cargo Runs

By Glenn Garrison8 min

MANAGEMENT

Soviet Missile Submarine Threat Detailed

By Cecil Brownlow8 min

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MANAGEMENT

Fewer May Share Helicopter’s Future

Ft. Worth—As helicopter companies mature and look toward a more stable and orderly future, there is growing belief that the coming years will bring more business, but that fewer companies will share it. With turbine power coming into broad use in the largest generation of helicopters, prospects for market expansion seem brighter than ever.

By Craig Lewis9 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Modified 707 Starts Panam Cargo Runs

New York—Pan American World Airways’ first jet airliner, equipped with three important modifications not installed on its prototype, arrived at Idlewild last week to begin a dress rehearsal for the inauguration of America’s jet age.

By Glenn Garrison8 min

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MANAGEMENT

Soviet Missile Submarine Threat Detailed

Congressional scientific panel proposes radical steps to provide an adequate defense against submarines.

By Cecil Brownlow8 min

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Today’s Alloys Adequate for Missile Skins

Columbus, Ohio—Lack of temperature-resistant airframe materials is not hamstringing U.S. missile development. Moreover, present materials will be used extensively in at least one more generation of missiles. These are two of the conclusions in a newly issued Battalle Memorial institute memorandum on “Material Usage for Missile Airframe Skins.”

By Michael Yaffee6 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Satellite Radiation Sweeper Proposed

Amsterdam, Holland—Further confirmation of a strong belt of radiation in space, first detected by U. S. and Russian satellites, dominated the Ninth Congress of the International Astronautical Federation here last week and one of the most provocative proposals ever presented at an IAF meeting was that of Dr. S. Fred Singer to use satellite space sweepers to clean out such a region.

By David A. Anderton6 min

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MANAGEMENT

Congress Concludes Major Aviation Year

By Katherine Johnsen6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Anti-collision Device Tests Promising

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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AVIONICS

Low-noise Tube May Boost Radar Range

Chicago—Remarkably low-noise, highgain vacuum tube for amplifying VHF, UHF and microwave frequencies, which employs a fundamentally new principle, has been developed here by Zenith Radio Corp. scientists. The new device, called a Fast-wave Transverse-field Parametric Amplifier, or Quadrupole Amplifier, holds promise of a major boost in sensitivity of radarradio receivers.

By Philip J. Klass5 min

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MANAGEMENT

Washington Roundup

Congress turned down the aircraft industry’s request for the right to appeal U. S. Tax Court decisions on profit determinations to the U. S Court of Appeals (AW Aug. 4, p. 27) in extending the renegotiation law to next July. Reasons given by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation were:

By Washington staff4 min

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MANAGEMENT

Soviet Academy Oversees R&d Effort

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