November 17, 1958

November 17, 1958

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BUSINESS FLYING

Ag-2 Features Low-speed Controllability

By Richard Sweeney17 min

AIR TRANSPORT

Soviet Union Decentralizes Weapon System Authority

By J. S. Butz12 min

MANAGEMENT

Boeing Renegotiation Bid May Set Pattern

By Irving Stone8 min

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BUSINESS FLYING

Ag-2 Features Low-speed Controllability

Torrance, Calif.—Transland Aircraft’s AG-2 spray and dusting airplane, designed for a high degree of operational efficiency, emphasizes qualities which include excellent visibility, good flight characteristics and a cockpit engineered for maximum protection in case of an accident.

By Richard Sweeney17 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Soviet Union Decentralizes Weapon System Authority

Washington—The Soviet Union is employing the U. S. big business management technique of decentralizing authority to accelerate its rate of technical progress. Following this U. S. business pattern, Soviet bureaucracy is delegating power to make decisions to the working engineering level and placing it in the hands of individuals rather than with committees.

By J. S. Butz12 min

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MANAGEMENT

Boeing Renegotiation Bid May Set Pattern

Seattle—Outcome of the legal battle between Boeing Airplane Co. and the Renegotiation Board of the U. S. in the Tax Court of the U. S. is being watched by key members of the aircraft industry with intense interest. The reason: This is the first Tax Court trial under the Renegotiation Act of 1951 involving a major member of the aircraft industry in which the recurrent, critical question of excessive profits under incentive-type contracts will be resolved.

By Irving Stone8 min

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EDITORIAL

How Research Investments Pay Tremendou Dividends

About a year ago, when the Air Force canceled the North American Navaho missile development program after an expenditure in excess of $700 million, there was a great hue and cry in Congress, the daily press and by some timid bookkeepers in the Defense Department over the tremendous “waste” of funds on a project that failed to produce operational military hardware.

By Robert Hotz7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Bilaterals May Be Redrafted for Jet Era

France leads way in denouncing present bilateral; sweeping changes may come within next 12 months.

By L. L. Doty6 min

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AVIONICS

Technique Increases Telemetry Channels

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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MANAGEMENT

Buaer Plans Expansion of Industry Role

Virginia Beach, Va.—Weapon system and sub-system manufacturers will play an increasing role in the formation and shaping of Navy Bureau of Aeronautics operational requirements under the bureau’s new Industry Stimulation Program, a top Navy official reported here at the Navy-Industry Conference on Aeronautical Materiel Reliability.

By Philip J. Klass5 min

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MANAGEMENT

Who's Where

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AIR TRANSPORT

Third-crewman-in-cockpit Crisis Impedes Airlines’ Jet Age Plans

By Glenn Garrison5 min

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EQUIPMENT

Douglas Develops Retractable Reverser

Los Angeles—Retractable reverser and jet engine suppressor which cuts the Douglas DC-8 jet transport noise level from 9-12 db. and provides at least 40% reverse thrust has been developed by Douglas Aircraft Co. engineers after a three year test program.
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