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E S TA B L I S H E D 1 934TR OF. MARK REG. . S. I'AT. OFF.

AVIATION'S NEWSMAGAZ INE

DELIVERYOF THE 1,OOOTHBEECHCRAFTD18S TWIN-ENGINE EXECUTIVETRANSPORT marked an important milestone in theprogress of Beech Aircraft. Shown above is Mrs. O. A. Beech, Beech's President, congratulating Mike Murphy, aviation mana-ger of Ohio Oil Company which purchased the plane, increasin g their fleet af campany aircraft ta 18. Earl Bauer, left, Is Mur-phy's assistant and Leddy Greever, right, is Beechcraft sales manager.

MARCH 1" 1954-=

Civil Aviation Is the Grass Roots Of Our Air Power


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BUSINESS IS SKY HIGH

Sure sizn of the times today is the new corps of

American Ryers-the businessmen who pilot their

own or company planes. They are going places-

with speed. comfort and schedule-free convenienc .

More and more of these flying executives are

depending on the famous Esso Wings-your sym-

bol for hundred of Esso Dealer Airport. staff d

with experienced operators offering prompt

service with high quality Esso Aviation fuels and

lubricants.

Esso Aviation Products are the choice of many

leading airlines and aircraft and engine builders

-backed by constant research at America s largest

petroleum research laboratory and proved by over

44 years of actual flying.

For your extra flying convenience an Esso

Aviation Credit Card is honored for lubrication.

tire and battery services landing fees, over-night

storage in transit and minor emergency repairs.

Look to the famous Esso Wings for quality,service and convenience.


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VOL. XXIII- No. 2 Published Bi-WeeklyMARCH 11, 1954

New Aviation Rendezvous for WashingtonBy Frank Burnham

NEW WAF DIRECTOR

Lt. 01. Ph l1i

Lt. 01 . Phylli D. . my of War ickR. I., i. the ncv director of women in the' r Force (W F). he formerly v as A.

Dire tor in Europe.

. I tuliv of ld Erin as you ould a kfor.

very Who's Who in Avialion

Government to TakeOver National Airport\

lEW HO I I THE ATIONAI'ITAL FOR r JSlTl "G FmE-

MEN - (Folk in a iation, that i )The mao ion which formerly wa

T the re: idcnce of Myron Taylor.

pr idential crnis ary to the ntican,lend an nil' of elcgan c to the newWa hington viation lub. Thefour- tory tructurc pr vide fullclub faciliti for it member.


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Tiny Jet Plant To EasePlight of Copter MenLYN Mass. - Th oral EI ctricComp


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Trade Marl< Rog. U. S. Pat. OfficeEslabllshed 1934

VOL. XXIII MARCH 11 r 1954 No.2

Published in the U .S .A .

by

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Air Force Competition

ongre an Vote Fond For An Air F rceadem But Congre an ot Di ur eAmbition Among Am rican Boy T

eek Cad t ppointment

h

.ompanion m a ur .

The e tabli hment of a West Point of tb Air hov evera of i elf doe not sol e the manpowerna{u plagueingthe Air For e. Gen. Emmett Ro y) 0 Donn ll, head of AFp r ann 1 r cently aid that the Air F r fa e 1 "groveprobl m in maintaining itself with olunt rs-but thatonly a a In t re ort would the er i e turn t ti t draftt upport its training program. fre have /,0 luiu [our-year men' h aid. 'If we were forced /0 the two-year draftterm it 'Would mean the end 0/ the Air Force.'

e I' tary Talbott ha frequently stressed. the diffi ul-ti of r cruiting and maintaining ad quat AF P r onael,He ha timat d that the AF will los 180,0 airrn n thicurrent year thr ugh failur t reo nlist=-that th ba ico t of replacing the e men \ auld be Tw B:illi n ix Hun-dr d Million Dollars. (The AF ha a Iourteen thou anddollar training inve tment in each man 10 r)

Why is the AF today facing thi desperat manpowerituation? In our humble opinion the answer i impile: J t

is impossible to recruit and maintain adequate AF personnelfrom among men who e primary intere t alone in the Aft' iFL I G! We have alway believed the job bould betarred long before the boy i ready for any univer ity.The AF DlU t capture the boy' mterest whil in hi Iorma-tive years when hi character and ambition are beingmoulded.

And in order to intere t th e youth of brains and char-acter in a career .in the Air Force, the AF must competewith the attactive rewards of fame and fortune fIered by

SOURCE FOR AIR FORCE ACADEMY CADETS

(Reprinted From CO TACT, Issue of pril14, 1942)

bu in, indu ty and til pro! on. Th ref re the ere-ation 'f a rL of We l P int=Annap Ii a ad mi back-ground for the Air Force hull start in ur public hools.Ther i the place-and the time-to arouse the desire fora career dedicated to national defense-to the high honorof a life s work in devotion to ervice for our country. Itis a matter of practical " a n -conditioning," to be upple-m nted with creening in a tual preliminary flight trainingwith the local Fixed Ba Op Tat r.

From thi re ervoir I p L ntiul IDllnp wer thus incu-bated in U.T puhli h 01 th .ad L f r th ir F rce

ademy w uld be app inted, He \ uld i ork for a degree,tudy ubjects laid down by the AF, take advance flighttraining-and also participate in the social and athletica tiviti of the tudent b dy.

uch a ationwide program would also erve as a tre-mendon timulus to C.ivilAvlation-for all of our "air on-ditioned" youtb could not he ab orbed by the Air F rce,

(Come to think of it-isn't the above suggestion. part andparcel of the CIVIL AIR PATROL Cadet program?)

THE FIRST

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rtainl \ want to po oD' OUf obli-gations and h. v a littl I It 0 r f rfuture Impro em uts but. primarily weare Interest d in providing a m tingpia for v ry on ill aviation whobusin ss or pleasure brings them to\v. hingt n \ h r thy cs n g t goodfood and good f 11 \ ship ill nil aviati nutmosph r :.

p nking fr m xp ri n this r .porter can sa, without 'oing tun farout n t limb. the t that iX3 tl whr tyou can exp ct.

Jackie Cochran GivenAd Women's Annual AwardPIIlLADELPHI - Ja qu line och-

t aviatrix 1 1 0 b nlub of

An Aviation Atmosphere

Talking t 1 ick H. rl s ollov iug Itluncheon he told me:

"W r not in thi t muk m II iy.

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Long Lease a Must forFixed-Base OpercforsI E\V YORK - If airport O[ ratorsCannot ecur the backing of pri ate pitnl t build hangars on public air-

port, th Iault Ii s chi fl. with the1 1 1 I Inicipaliti an airport mana r m ntxp rt r c ntl told the N w York Air-

port D lopm nt and Op ration n-fer u ,

This J13S be 11 S cond d by Th N.-tiona] viation Trades ssocintion after


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New Temco

PLEBEFrom drawing board tofirst flight in 75 days!

Presenting the new Model 33

primary-basic trainer

power for tra mmg maneuvers

with its 225-horsepower Conti-

nental military engine and full

constant speed propeller.

The Plebe i a two-place, low Here is another example of how

wing, tricycle landing gear trainer. TEMCO, with remarkably littleIts bubble canopy gives both stu- lead time, can tum out a com-

dent and instructor unexcelled pleted aircraft of its own design ...

visibility. The new trainer has an further proof also that TEMCO

exceptional rate of climb of 1350 delivers a quality product on

feet per minute and plenty of chedule ... at lowest possible cost.

It's a completely new aircraft-

TEMCO's Model 33 trainer, now

undergoing evaluation by the

U . S.Navy at Pensacola, Florida.Initial design of the Plebe was

begun last June 10. Seventy-five

days later the n w trainer made

its first Bight!

Plants at: DALLAS

FT CORPOllAT10 ..DAUAS, TEXAS

GAR LAND, TE XAS

March 11. 1954

GREENVillE , T EXAS

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Business Flying Skyrockets-And It's Only The Beginning!!WA HIN T =Busin ss Jiying i booming. Th numb r of aircraft us din commercial nterprises today has increased 900 p r cent since 1940 andwith light plane manufacturer. turning out b tt r and cbeap r corporataircraft models this year than ever before, the bu in s mark t is onl novb ginning to ) a e it infant tage.

cc rding t a \ report, th rw re some 11 0 0 company-owned air-craft in use in 1952. Tb e planes, rang-ing from ub to Bonanzas, logged3,124,000 hours il th nil' whil onbu ines mi si n exclusively. This wassome 600 000 hours more than the reve-nue tim pi) d up by th scheduleddomestic airlin .

Miners, Ranchers and Farmers

IanuIacturing and rrunmg notcounting the aircraft, nutomobil , andpetrol urn indu tri S, account d for thelarg t amount of L isin ss flying,Runners-up in utilization, wer farming,ranching, and related activiti " with-5 , 00 hours. The aircraft indu tryam ss d a total of 427 000 hom ofbu ine. Ilying. This does not iJ cludtim recorded on a Ior-hir basis. ntil he J f tI plane-maker in theuse of plan f r busin s w . th Ilmen wbo talli d a total of 371,000hour .

The only dov ntr nd it lightplann ing was r rd d in til pl asureflying and instru tionfi Ids wi th pl as-ur lyin down to a post-war low 01,629,0 0 h ur , a drop of 13.4 per centand tim sp nt in in .tructicu skiddinzto 1,503,0 0 1 1UI a dr p of 21 pel'cent,

A rri ultural fl m g . which takes ineverything Irom du ting to chasingbirds from ri fi Ids and agitatingcherry trees, racked up 707,300 hours,a gain of 3.2 pel' cent 0 er 1951.

Some Unusual Operations

Bigg t percentage gain was r cordedby patrol, Sill' y and aerial advertisingoperations, lip 31.5 pre nt to 31~ 000h urs, Pip lin patr 1 was th busiestsingl cat gory in til' group Il ing atot I f 101. 0 hours but some of thmor UI usual peration came up withsurprising larg totals. Huntii g pI' da-tOIY nirnals, f r ex mple. consum d21,600 h til'S f flying, a jump of m rthan 35 p r c nt. Aircrnft spent ,00hOUTS hunting lost per ions in 1952.Here, too, a 35 p r cent increas wseen.

The ha incorporated all thisinformation and more in oue of its bul-letin . F r h w to get it, se "AviationBooks" section on p'ag 3.

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Things Are HummingAt Southw est Airm otiveD L Cjll rter of a rnilli n dol-lar program f plant xpansi n and im-provement bas b 0 completed atcuthx t Airm live Company. Here,

at busin 5S flytng's principal beehive, isno place for th n ronauti al pe imistfor the number of innovation at th bigLove Field operation gleams with alusty optimism.

With the mpl tion of the n \ n-gine shop addition doubling that de-partment's floor pace, outhwe t novutilizes 225000 sq. l't.in six building .This is in addition to th 30-acr park-ing apron n which 3,500, 0 gallonof g olin were p imped. The petro-leum indu try nckn wi dg thi as thhighest volwne by any omparabl p.rutor in th land.Th n \ ngin. hop unit permits a

straight-line production flow with en-gin s moving dir ctly from final 'em-bly to t st ia an overh ad rail.p ializin r in th P&W v a p Junior.

of whi h it ha ov rlu ul d m r h.1 1. 00 units, the SA shop oustnm rs

ar Irorn all branch f "inti n.

AlrllnuHIGHER LEAR ING: cceptance as afull-fledged tcwardes calls for more thangood 10 k and a plea ing per anality.ludic at United ir Line' trainingch I, heyenne, Wyo. include trafficlind ticketing procedure, principles offlight and history of the company.

CONTACT Tomorrow'sMarket TODAY - with

AVIATION 'S NEWSMAGAZINE

THE NEARLY-5000 INDIVID AL PARTS OF A PRA'IT & WHITNEY R-985WASt' JUNIOR ENGINE lire hown here after having been di a ernbled and re-worked to be made ready for final a embl by outhw -I irmotivc rnpany. Relatedpar ompri ing eparat ub-a scmblie are grouped together on nine "collectionboards ' designed and cu tom-built by OUU1\VCSI Airmotive, The hop utilizes 50 of thenine-ira set, finding they both peed 'lib-a ernbly and offer protection again t partslos. A portion of the newly-enlarged ylinder and final assembly departments is seenin the background.

March 11. 1954


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NY Airports Turn ThumbsDown on Comet LandingsNE\' YORK - The Venezuelan gov-rnment is anxiou to op rate jet liners

inlo Idlewild Airport, The matter wasdi cuss d r cently betw n ew YorkPort Authorit aviation officials and rep-r sentativ f the government-ownedLinea A ropo tal nezolana.

'vVhile 11 0 promises wer mad, Portofficial did k for furth r informationwhen the lin' op rational plans werecompleted. LA V ha an order for twoDe Havilland m ts for deliv r in1955.

Also known to be int r st d in ac-quiring p rmission l launch a jet runbetwe n \ York and B rrnuda i theBriti h Ov r airway orp. Theiridea is to operate smaller Mark I Com-t n this run a . on as enough Mark

II j ts ar plac d on BO 's otherlonger rout .

o far, prosp ct for either jet run

se m poor. The Port Authority is un-lik ly to op n its thr e large air t rmi-nals to jet p 'ati ns until the problemsof safety. nois and community r lationscan b r olv d.

New Jersey Upholds Property

Tax on Transient AirlinersNEW ARK- The question regardinga state' right to tax transport planeswhile on the ground between flightsat airports has come up again with

the air line people on the short endof the stick. Should other states jumpon the bandwagon, a serious blowwill have been dealt the industry.

Iational AirLin . whi 11 uses ewarkAirport as a J' gular stop-over for itflight in that area has been hand thsal~le fate by ew Jersey tax official fl'R. completel y selr-conurined, including JlQWCJ: 8UPI)ly: new 6146lube in 11.,,11: covers 160M t.hru lO~1. Genarul nurnosc XM'rR nn I~ "sed for Olobi!work with 8I.1il:"ht" newer supply. Ideal fortho novice or cxnerteuced hum, end lorFREE 1054 WRL ntalog , It l)UY~ to dentwith ~ the world's 11I,'g""( ,]i.tributoror rndi tl'unsmit.ting eauinment.

'VirrdTested

T. V. I. Surpr sed, Cublnetscreened & comptetoJy enclosed

March 1L 1954

c ntly. declared be is nov working onplans for building 5,000 airperts andlanding strips along the country's hi h-

ways,"Ther will b an airport e ery 30miles and a landing strip every 15mil s.' he said, discussing th non-pr fitorganization which would build and op-crat th fi Ids,

"These airports and landing trips\ ill b compl t d within six monthsaft I' xmstruction b gins. It is my hopthat satisfactory arrangements can bn ad t put this plan into ff ctpro rplly aft I' the invasion has h ncurri d out. and vi tory nssur d."

This tory appeared 10 years ago inthe May] 1944 issue of CONTACT-

WERE STILL WAITING HENRY I

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L O G B O O KBy CRARLE A. PARKER

NATA Fights to Remove 1 SOlo Air Taxi Levy

What is NATA?AT \ as stabli h d in 1939 by operator then engaged

in the riginal ivil Pilot Training Program. It was thenkn wn as the ational Aviation Training A isociation. In1945 the pr nt name was adopted and th dation wasexpanded to b come the only organization covering all ac-tivities of th comm reial air servic (fixed ba e) op rator,

TA i a f deration f state chapter. Individual pera-tor (m mber of stat associations) are automatically mem-

bers of TA. lTD \V ha r pI " ntation in 40 statesand a membership of over 1400 Jeading Fix d Ba e opera-tor. An ff i > is mr intained in Washington, D. C., ngagedin full-tim r pr entation at t1 1 national 1 I.

What Field of Activity Does NATA Cover?

1'1\ covers the broad field of comm rcial aviation activ-ity til. in .lu 1 nir taxi, a rial appli ation, training. mainte-nance, v rhnul nd r pair, airp rt rvic sand op ration,aircraft and produ t sales. aerial photography, U Dill ad er-tising patrol t.

What Are the Functions of NATA?

TIONAL AIR TAXI 0 EREI CE OFFICERS AND BOARD elected ar the annual meeting and onvenlion of1 ' 0 1 TA and NAT at Wichita, Kansas: (L 10 R Norman Lar on, Los Angeles, allf.: Will iam Lotzer, Milwaukee, Wi c.; GuyMiller, Pit! 'burgh, Pa.; Richard Washburn harlottc, N. C.; and Walter Laudon Inger, Redbank N. J. who will serve as L954

President.

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Montana OperatorsHold 1st ConventionB ZEM ,Mont. - Th fir t Annualonvention of 10ntRnn p raters and

Aerial pplicators was held in rnid-F b-ruary at Bozeman, Montana. The on-v ntion was pr ced d by a two-dayspray s ho I for aerial applicator con-ducted by Montana tate College. Th

broad field of commercial air operati nsof all types was covered in highly coo-structive pr seotatioo .

Clenn Degner, NATA's V.P. and au-thority on airport leas for op raters,pr s nt d a pap r that dr w the < tten-tion of a number of public airport man-ager , mayors, stat officials and oth rs,

special ession v a' held as well byDegn r with both landlords and op -ator PI' nt in which th Fact of theN T lease survey Endings were drivenhome.

An out tanding review 00 helicopteroperati ns am from Mr. Cad Agar,

Op rations Manager of the OkanaganHelicopters, Ltd. rom Canada. Safetyin a ia l application, maint nance andhangar fir protecti n wer e li eu ed bypeople olose to til - ubjects. JohnLynch of Lynch Flying Service at Bill-ings emphasized the need for real salesendeavors on the part of the comm rcialair s rvice operator.

C. A. Parker, Executi e Director ofthe ntional As ociation wa al 0 pres-ent and presented an after-luncheon talkdealing with the subject of ''NATA AtWork."It was decided that the Convention,

in view of its success, would be estab-lished as a pattern for an annual eventin the ears ahead.

At th meeting, the membershipel cted Rob rt Monroe, Lynch FlyingService, Belgrade, M ntana, Pre identof the Montana AT for 1954. TomHerrod of Ceraldine, a larg a tin! ap-plicator was chosen Vice Presid nt,\ ith colt Woods of Morrison FlyingS r vi ,n lena to as Tres s 1 1 ' r.

.

Goodbye, Gopher

11N EAPOLl, linn.- 1inne oraAirmoti e, lr c., has been selected astb n w Dam 0 th form r Goph reronautical orp. at 'Wold harnb r-

lain Field. Minneapolu .eorg . P. lleHelflng r, r id nt,

repr s nting the new owners-F. H.Peave & ompauy- nuoun ed t-I L t inaddition to ontinuing th firm's a tivi-lie in aircraft rnaintennnc _ 0 rhauland I, Minn ' ta Airrn tiv 110added an extensive radios rvic .

When AnsweringAdvertisers

be sure to mention CONTACT

NATA Annual ConventionWichita, Kansas

EW AlR TRA TOR OW BEl G FLlGHT-TE TED T YAKIMA, W H.-model was ho n at the erial Applicator' meeting of the 14th annual convention ofAT recently held in Wichita. bown above are: (L to R) A. L. Baxter, Pre ident ofentral Aircraft, Yakima Wash., pointing to feature of his DC' ir Tractor: Harland

Herrin, 1953 President of N TA and Tom Fergu 'on T' Ice Pre idcnt forgriculture and pplicator activities from lbany, Ga.

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* Business & Finance In Aviation *Directors Approve Merger of

Convair and General Dynamicshas declared a 45 cent di Id nd. Earn-ings on .ommon in 19.'5' \ I' $7 a

shnr f r n rul Dynamics and $4.31for onvuir.

Th neral Dynamics gr up is nl-read involved in the aircraft rnanulac-turing business, having I c ntI. ae-quir d Canndair Ltd. \ hich is doin ~consid rabl contract work f r the Ca-nadian go rnrn 111 . It is lso involv din the Reid of nuclear 11 dronamies asth build r of the first atonric subma-rill " with a s cond II lh way.

Con air has I, 0 11 W pro] cts on tbfire, th d Ita-win r F-102 j t fight rand a H in boat transport [or the Navy,th Trad swind. It is also pushing r -

search and d v IOPU1cIlt of all atomi '-powered uirplan '.

orporation in '54 Forecast Good After

Last y 0 11 ' the two companies hadombin d sal s of over $570 mUH n,wit ll on nil' accounting for mol' than'370 million. Th ir total assets. as ofth nd of 1952, \V I' mol' than $216million.Th n \\ s t-up do not call for an

.han s in ff i rs of ither compan ,aiel John .I.Hopkins. chairman of bothh nrcls and 1 I' sid nt of C II ral Dy -namic . But onvuir will opcrnr withIlie Ceneral Dynamics group.

, neral Dynamic. s, \ hich paid $' :Ishare 1 1 1 1 ommon last vcur, intends tomaintuin a S' .50 divid 'nd 'on the n \I'common '0 Ion as it is economicallvr asihle. far this y ar, that corn pan)'has paid $J. ~() on a h shar f com-mon. La t vear. Consolidated Vultcepaid . I. o; i hur and so far this Y HI '

Record Yea r ot CessnaWI HlTA-' . SM'S 195 fiscal yearsales of 0111111 'rial plnn s nt s 13877.-000 W I' th b st in the co npr nj 'shisto I' . hi f I' Olson, says th c mpany,was the introdu Lion of the n \V model180. S.:I111 look Iorv urd to aneth rbig ales boost I' ill '54 ns it nt rs it~new Businesslin r in th twin-en in

fi lei.The militar outlook at essna COIl-

tinu s blight 'with a bn klog of about$"'0 million in ord I'S. D Iiveri s to thsmiliturv are scheduled to the end ofJ955. Although it was n t hit hard byI' C nt ulbncks in 0 1'-. II plane rro-ur m nt, essnn r ports that heduladjustments did r sult in 1 1 9 per c ntdrop in milit ar, r roduction during thelast fis :;1 Hr.

Lament Of a Convair Salesman

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clair.The h ad of 'on air ov rs as salr ~ OTt d that v rywh r h \. nr "op-erators wer talking about the Vis-count," His f eliug is that only our pro-duction eel e is keeping this c untry inI h forei n mark t.

Britain's r ply? "'I is omfortmg toknow . . . . that (Jill' salesmanshipmatch s om' aircraft and that both havhim (Sinclair word d."

Last year th nit d Kingdom x-port d clos to.l 0 million worth ofaircraft. a considerable increase overtil $l23 mill! II that was recorded in

1952.

March 1L 1954

PERSONALLOG LEAVES ~-

RICHARD S. BOUTELLEPresident of Fairchild

It was at LIIi!; point that R ichardB01lt lie reall took over th "Box- ar'project. 1 t- i1 ' th n Fairchild had b nproducing lighter aircraft, and the switchto a .50.000 pound transport made it es-sential thul I-II xisting fn ili ties atHagerstown be xpanded accordingly.nd I' Bout '11's dir ction "Th Hag rs-

t()\ n st m' was put into (ftwh ercby I' airchild occupied sometwenty suitabl buildings in that tov n,in addition to its own sit. nc1 I' III'

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Personal Log Leaves(Continued From Page 26)

sum program a Iarg number of smallerindustries were brought into the Fair-child picture as sub-contractors.

In January L942, 1r. Boutelle or-"unned the PT-2:3Committee. Compris-ing the committee were the Aeronca, St.Louis Howard and Fleet Aircraft Com-panies, who undertook to manufacturethe Fairchild PT-19A, PT-19B, and PT-23, all trainers thut were already in pro-duction at tbe Hagerstown plant. Tbisprogram was so successful tbat theArmy later asked Mr. Boutelle to spear-head the development of the AT-21twin-engined trainer with another suchproject.

Throughout the war and the post-war days, he demonstrated outstandingleadership in building the Fairchild Air-craft Division from 200 persons to over8,000 at its peak and welding it intoa single-purpose organization dedicatedto the improv ment of equipm nt andfacilities for the Air Fore . On Decem-ber 16, 1948, Richard S. Boutelle witha number of other industry leaders, wasawarded the Certificate of Merit bythe President of the United States foroutstanding service to his countr dur-ing World War II. In July 1949, he waselected president of the Fairchild Air-plane & Engine Corporation.

Martin O utlook Prom isingDespite B -57 CutbackNEW YOIlK.- The Clenn Marlin Com-pany which last year began sc irg itsway out of the red, was one of the airframe manufacturers hit by the recentr vision of the 137-wing Air Force goal.De-emphasizing the role of light

bombers. the Air Force has cancelledorders for 33 Martin B-57's which havebeen the mainstay of that Brrn's militaryorders.

1artin, riding tax-free du 10 previ-ous y urs' losses had improved its posi-tion considerably in 1953 with stocksjumping to $6 a share compared with$3.02 in 1952 on 19]3,974 shares out-standing.

Loaded With TexansDALLAS - Fiv prornin nt Texas busi-nessmen have been el cted to th boardof directors of Chance ought Aircraftwhich bas just be n made an inde-pendent corporation. They are: D. A.Ruley, chairman and presid nt of theboard of th Lone Star Cas Co.: L. F..McCollum president of Continental OilCo.; ~r. W. Ov rton, Jr. , president ofW. W. Overton U11d Co., and chairmanof the board of the Texas Bank andTrust Co.; R. L. Taylor vic -presidentand director of Sears, Roebuck and Co.and J . RaJpb Wooll, president of the

Southwestern Life Insurance Co.

AVIATION STOCKSQuotations Furnislied. Th1ough the Comtesy

o f

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Sales .Piaseki Helicopter .Piedmont AviationPioneer Aero Service .Pioneer Airlines .Prospectors Air. . .Resort Airlines .Roher Aircraft .Solar Air. Pfd. . .Southern Airways .Stanley Aviation .Taca Airways .Temco Aircraft .Timm Aircraft .U. S. Airlines .

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Corporation Reports

Air Associates

Sales jumped at Air Associates whilethat finn's net skyrocketed in fiscal1953. Reason is that no provision forfederal taxes on income was required.Deductions to be claimed will approxi-

mately equal the taxable income for theyear, reports the company.Net profit for the fiscal year ended

Sept. 30, 1953 was $141,654 on salestotalling $19 034,877 as against a net of$46,695 on sales of $16,244,451 in1952. Last year, $66,000 in federaltaxes was paid by the large distributorof aviation equipment and supplies.

Bendix Aviation

Dollars sales volume and net earningsof Bendix reached new peacetime peaksin the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1953.Net sales, royalties, and other operatingincome were $638,544,637, comparedwith $508,701,892 for fiscal 1952. Bymajor categories sales were 66 per centfor aircraft, 16 per cent automotive and18 pel' c nt in sundry products.Earning for the 1953 fiscal year rose

to $17,352,710 or $8.20 a commonshare from $15,295,159, or $7.22 ashare, in lisen] 1952. Reasons for thesmall ris in earnings in relation to thejump in sales were profit-controlling fac-tors involved in government contractsand federal taxes which amounted toabout 70 per cent of taxable income.

Bendix s backlog of unfilled orderstotaled $686 million at the close of thefiscal year compared with $620 millionthe year before.

Curtiss-Wright

Class A stockholders will receive divi-dend of $2.00 a share in four quarterlyInstallm nts in 1954: March 23, June23 ept. 23, and Dec. 23. C-W willalso pay a dividend of 15 cents a shareof common on March 23.

Douglas Aircraft

A peace-time sales mark of $874,-465,463 wa set at Douglas Aircraft inthe fiscal year ended last Nov. 30, ac-cording to that company's preliminaryaudit. This is compared with $522,619,-409 in fiscal 1952. Earnings also hit anew p acetirne. high at $15.50 a shareagainst $8.99 a share earned the pre-vious year.

An xtra dividend of $1.50 in addi-tion to the regular quarterly dividend of$1 was declared by the directors, bothpayable February 24. Douglas' backlogas of December 31 was up to $2,206,-000 000 from $2,055,000,000 a yearearlier.

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McDonnell Aircraft

Earnings of $2,028,210, equal to$2.95 a share, on sales of $66,715,018are reported by McDonnell for the sixmonths ended Dec. 31. This compareswith a net of $1,831.620, or $2.68 ashare, on sales of $58,332,531 for thelast half of 1952. McDonnell's backlogas of Dec. 31, was $535,166,123, upfrom $496,902,953 for the first .half of

1952.

Northrop Aircraft

Northrop Aircraft earned $5.23 a~hare in the year ended last July 31 and1S expected to top $5 a share again infiscal 1954.

Pacific Airmotive

A drop to 50 cents a share (over thecounter) on $20 million sales is fore-cast for the year ended last November,

down from 65 cents a share earned onsales of $27,635,154 earned in fiscal1952 by Pacific Airmotive.

Solar Aircralt

Directors of Solar Aircraft voted tocall in for .redemption all outstandingpreferred stock. Solar's 90 cents cumu-lative convertible preferred will be re-deemed at $18 a share on March 22while preferred at $15 par will continueto be convertible into Solar common un-til March 16. With the preferred elimi-nated, common stock will be the soleequity of the Solar company. At pres-ent, there ure 599,288 shares of com-mon, on which a regular quarterly divi-dend of 25 cents will be paid on April15. The directors also voted a 10 perdividend on common, subject to obtain-ing authorization to issue additionalshares. The stock dividend would alsobe paid April 15, but to stock of recordMarch 31 instead of Iarch 28.

Waco Aircraft

Waco reports its highest production

year since 1946, with earnings totaling$124,822 on net sales of $1,235,220 forthe twelve months ended Sept. 20. Thiswas after $115,8tH was set aside forfederal taxes.

North American Dividends

LOS ANGELES - North AmericanAviation's stock has been placed on aquarterly-dividend basis. It will paya 50 cents dividend to record March 15on April 1. Previously, dividends werepaid on a semi-annual basis with thelast one paid Jan. 8.

March 11, 1954

Piper A ggie SalesZoom ing AheadLOCK. HAYEN, Pa, - In the first fourmonths of Piper Aircraft Corporation'sfiscal 1953-54 year, sales of commercialaircraft are up 32 per cent over the cor-respooding period of a year ago. Thefigure is considered a highly indica-tive barometer of the continuing rise in

the use of aircraft for farm, business andindustrial purposes.Piper sales for the calendar year of

1953 were some 40 per cent better thanin 1952. The figures do not include aquantity of liaison aircraft built at asteady rate for the U. S. Army andNATO nations.

In the meantime, the first commercialdelivery of the $32,000 Piper Apache isanticipated this month .

1953 W ill Be Hard YearFor Ryan To BeatSAN DIEGO - After reporting recordsales for fiscal 1953, Ryan Aeronauticalmay not make as good a showing in theyear to end next October 31. T. ClaudeRyan, president, reveals that total pro-duction rates during the coming periodwill probably be at a somewhat lowerlevel than in 1953, although Ryan man-agement expects 1954 to prove an ex-cellent year nevertheless.

Gross revenues in fiscal 1953 in-creased to $50,167,693 from $34.975,-214 a year earlier, and earnings climbedto $1,475,446, or $3.80 a share, from$878,359, equal to $2.23 a share on aslightly larger number of shares out-standing in fiscal 1952. Ryan purchased5,143 of its own shares in the open mar-ket last year to reduce the outstandingto 388,700 from 393,843 .

Piasecki Helicopter To CutDown On SubcontractingMORTON, Pa. - With th e leasing of240,000 additional feet of floor spaceat th e old Autocar plant at Ardmore,the Piasecki Helicopter Company isnow in a position to cut down on a ma-jor portion of its fanned-out work Theamount of sub-contracting done forPiasecki will probably be cut downfrom 75 per cent to around 25 per cent,thanks to the additional space.

The big copter builder did welllast year and should report earnings ofover $3 a share on common, comparedwith $2.45 in 1952. Sales in 1953 weresomewhere between $85 million and$90 million, with a current backlog ofabout $125 million.

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NY Airways Taking It on The ChinNE\i YORK - It Look $100000 forew York Airways La perate it 5 h li-

copter in ctober, Robert L. um-ming , her d of the copt r operation re-ports.

A disappointingly low performancefactor in addition to high maintenan ecosts, insurance premiums, and depre-ciati n, ar blamed for th high cost ofoperation. peaking before th Instituteof Aeronautical cience here recentlythe young pr id nt caution d that hisline confronted with high rental andlanding f ., could not b d cribed as atypical perarion, It. flgur ,h wev r,do indicate the current trend in suchop rt tion .

Cumming told the group that hiservice bad avera c l I s than fourhours utilization per day over the last12 months. while maintenance time wasaveraging abou be man-hours p rHight, ost per r venue mile came to3.04 of \ bich OOJ)I 1.85 was dir ct.

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far. 29-31-Washington, D. C.Aero 1edical oeiation, 25th an-nual meeting, tatler Hotel.

pro 12-14-Tumpa Fla.Airport p rater Council, 7th an -

nual meeting.pro 27-2 -Miama Beach Fla.Air Traffic onference, emf-annualmeting.

Ma 5-7- ew York Ity3rd Int rnational viation Tradehow, 7lst Regimental Armory,

May 7- - hampnign-Urbnna, Ill.National on ntion and Air Meet,ational InL rcoll giate Flying 0-

elation, Diver ity of Illinois.

May 16-19-Louisville, Ky.m ri n sociation of Airport Ex-

ecutiv > national nvention, Standi-ford Field.

June 20-23- sste Park Colo.vinti n Di tributor & Manufaotur-r iati n, mid-year m ting,tanley Hotel

June 21-24-Los ngeleIn titut of ronautical ciences, an-n ial sumrner me ting, IA Building.

July 3-6-Long Beach Calif.Eighth or ual All-Women Trans-contin ntal Air Race, sponsored bin ty- lnes. From Long Beach,

Calif. to Knoxville, Tenn.

Europe ns Enthused Over Sports-JetBut American Manufacturers Say IINot Jet"

NEW YORK-In Europ aircraftd ign r and manufacturer are. ri usly at , ark on a "sports-j t"for the prj at pilot wi.th th Frenchand British ftyil1g thr e differ ntmodels at present, Although they areadmitt cIJy d aling in prototype Swhi h at' not mark table at thitim t1 y ha at 1 ast started theball rolling,In this country how vel' it is harda whether lightplan manufac-

turers 31' apathetic r d wn rightynical as to the prosp cts of a murk tfor uch mod ls , Ior not on is seriouslyconsidering a small jet design at pres-nt.Typical attitude among ur plane-

makers at thi time is that p rsonalj t ar or six y rs 1 , mainreason is the high cost of fuel. Cessna

New York Airwa 's c st p r at mil iestimat d at just over 6 c nts, withcost per ton mile amounting to abo It$6.08."High co ts are inherent in the in-

fancy of a D w service," aid Cum-mings. vertheless, hili ted, it ionly through such operations as his in1 ew York, Chicago, and Los Aug lesth t mol' efficient equi.pmen and plan-ning will valve. Cummings called forjoint planning on the part of manufa -turer and operators to produce ma-chine which will dra t:ically cut oper-ating c ts, "The conomic factor canrnak or br ak an otherwise satisfac-tory design, '11e said."In the case of the helicopter trans-

portation industry, given the coopera-Lion I the manufacturer and Ih mill-tary and tb jot rim support of tbe gov-rom nt, it is not cliffi ult to for see aday when it will be able to balance itsbook. an I 110\ a profit."

Aerial "Diviner" HitsPay Dirt Regularly, SHINGTO -An airborn "divin-ing r d" is spotting oil and gas depositswith uncanny ac uracy in the South-w t. To dar sam 20 w II have beendrill d on the strength of airborneicintillom ter sur ys and in al l buttwo cases, pay dirt was hit With suchan averag , it hould b come a mustI r pr p ctor .

This counter when Bown at 200 to300 f et over potential oil nelds, hasprov n even time more accurate thanmetl od u red in r nt years wheng ologi tick d drilling it by eis-mic methods.

With til scintillomet 1', which mea -ur til distribution of radioacti e ele-m nts in tl e earth, 10 \ radioactivelit n ity is reg' t I' d ove I' "as and oildeposits since radioacti e solubles can-not penetrat j] and gas accumulation.Power for the count r i obtained

from the plan's ele trical y tern.

I' 55 th hann I he English par-rowjet made its first Hight Ia t D c rn-h r. It Hi at 250 n ph an d lands at50 miles an hour.

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* *GOVERNMENT IN AVIATIONPresident Orders CAB to RejectBid for Colonial-Eastern MergerWASHINGTON-President Eisen-hower stepped into the Colonial-Eastern merger controversy andordered CAB to do an "about-face"after it approved the merger by avote of 4-0. This marks Colonial'ssecond failure to merge its routesinto a larger carrier.

ational Airlines which has beenfighting Eastern's attempt to control.ulonial, is now pr pared to renew aprevious off r for m rging with the NewEngland airline, or to mak a brand newproposal. Earlier Colonial 's stockhold-ers turned down an offer mad by East-ern's most powerful rival.

Dollars vs. Scruples

In approving the merger, CAB hadturned its back on til fact that Easternhad acquir d unls wful control" of Co-lonial by bu. ing up olonial's stock be-for the agr ement was approved by thesmaller line's mnnagern nt and stock-hold 1". Once dir cted b the Presidenthow v 1', to revers th decision, thisbreach b came the grounds for disal-lowing th m rger.The Board had claimed that the Co-

lonial-Eastern merg r would have led to

a considerable savings in subsidy pay-m nts. but the hief Executive ruledthat such m rgers must be ccom-plished in full cornplianc with tl e CivilA ronautics Act.

How did th PI' iident b com in-v Ived in this issue? The White Housemu t approve all proee dings involvingforeign operations. In this case, Colonialhas bas s in Bermuda and Canada.

Colonial Disappointed

N \\IS of the Pr sid ntial move camas a disappointment to Colonial Air-

lin s, as well as Eastern. Both linesdrum that Colonial has b n acting withcomplete independ nee despit East-rn' stock ontrol. East I'll determinedto achiev a full north-south operati nfrom 1inmi-to-M ntr al, came up withunoth r proposal shortly after thmerger was turned down.Thomas F. Armstrong, pr sident of

Eastern Airlin , s nt (I. telegram toColonial offering a new cal tract whichwould allow an xchang of two sharesof Colonial for on of East rn. Arm-str ng stated C IUidently, "We havevery reason to beli ve that th factors

which led to the disapproval of the

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contract ... are non-existent and thattherefore a new contract between uswill b approved."

Speculation in the industrj , howeverpaints to lengthy proceedings before fi-nal action is taken in this controversy.

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State Director ScoresFederal User Charges~1INNEAPOLIS - 1I the federal gov-rnment takes over user charges, thestates could beforced to abandon avia-tion gas taxes used for airport dev lop-ment, says L. L. Schroeder, Minn soraAeronautics

Sp aking Minn sotaOp raters ssocianon, Schroederpointed to the undesirability of both thefederal gov rnment and the state com-peting in th Aeld of user taxes. Al-though th propo d fed ral usercharges relate (lilly to the cost of main-tainin federal airways, and not thecost or providing airports, be said, thgovernment will ultimately attempt toamortize the co t of federal, irport aid.This would mak the states unable toprov:ide aid to airports except in theform of a public subsidy, granted at the-ex-pense of the taxpayers.

u . s .Offers Millions for NATO FighterLOND - Th Unit d States isready t inv st $10 million in a light-weight j t6ght r-bornber for NATO,as soon as any of Europe's plane man-ufacturers can con inc G n. Laurii orstad that his ompany can pro-duc uch a raft.

What the upre III Alii d Com-mand r is shopping around for is afighter-type model that could operatefrom small landing strips just behindn m. lines, attack targ ts in advanceof Allied troops an d C.UT. at mic weap-ons, if necessary. In short. he \ ants awolf in she p's clothing.

Whnt ms a sur thing is the amaz-ing Fr nch entry in this competition, the8 000 pound Bnroud ur, d sign d bythe French uatiot aliz d CASE. It isalready flying. According to reports, itwill carry at I ast four tons of fuel andweapons at a speed of 780 mph at sealevel. At 40 000 feet, this remarkableplan is said to fly at twic the speed of

sound. Th Baroud ur's axial How en-gin will weigh less than 1,000 poundsand develop a thrust of just under 5,000pounds,

In England the Folland Company,whos presid nt W. A. P tt r fatheredth lightweight fighter project; says itcan outfit a squadron of Gnats andMidges for NATO at a price of $70,000each. The 1idge version of th Follandlightweight is powered with a Viper en-gin . It should B y this fall. The 6,000pound Gnat and its engine are currentlylind r construction. Critics of this will-

of-the-wisp fight r say that it is just toolight to op n t fficiently. Follanddoe n't think s appar ntly. Anotherimportanl factor is that so far, Follandis going it al ne. The British Govern-ment has not y t put money into theNATO project.

1 ewe t of the competitors is a radi-cal Avro delta-wing fighter pow redwith Orph us engine. It is at leasta year away from Hying.

WORJ{ HORSE TO .IOIN RCAF - The first Piasecki H-21 Work Horse built lor theRoyal Canadian Air Force. prepares to leave for the North. Due for delivery to theR AF in March. the helicopter is the first or Ix purchased by Canada through the U. .Air Force. The manufacturer has formed a new ubsidiary Pia ecki Helicopter Companyor Canada Ltd., that will provide overhaul and repair ervice for the aircraft atArnprior. Onto The B-21 can carry up to 20 men. It holds the world helicopter peedrecord or 146.7 mile' an hour and the world helicopter altitude record of 22 110 feel. The

Piasecki factory is at Morton, Pa,

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House Hands CAB and Airlines$50 Million Cut in SubsidiesWASHINGTON-CAB s request for$73 million in subsidy payments toair carriers (or the next fl cal yearhas been hacked down to $23 millionby the House Appropriations Com-mittee. Thi unprecedented actionwas the second major set-back suf-fered by CAB and the scheduledairlines during the month of Febru-ar .Th Hous ommitt linked it

budg t slash t til rec nt upremeourt decision ill which it unanimous]

ru l d that til xcess profit of an air-lin ' dam stic op rations must b offs tagainst its intern tional iubsidy n eds.Th ornmitt e, I' f rring to this deci-sion now exp ots AB to r view allsub. i]. claims as quickly RS possibJ .It. r comm ndation L~only for 823 mil-

lion. "at thi tim .'Ilarch rn a prove : torrny for th eairline industry as did F bruary, for thatam Committee ha als Sled n tic

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A irplane at Work

Th boom in bus in a ss flying is fu lldescrib d in "The Airplan at Work EoI'Bu iine sand Induslrv," a n \ AApublication. limit d number of thisbookl t i a ailabl at 50 c nts < chfrom th Departm nt f ommerce,v \ashin tal 25, D. .

Airways Oper ati on

Th dcsorib s hov th Fed rulirways \ ark in a n w book] t "Op-ration of til Air Traffic Control Sv -tern." It is intend d to PI' s nt d'tu'pictur as to how AA XI rts work inord r to rnov Am rica's civil, \ ialionB t of som 60,000 aircraft sp diland afely over ih airway.

Included in th n w publi 'alion ia gr. phic xampl of airway ervic 5pr vid d in a hypothetical Hi ht of ,non-sked carrier b two n N \V Yorkand Chicago sh wing Ilight-progr ssstrips at points of origin and de tinationit. well a ar all the r porting point'11 route.This booklet can b obtain d from

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PA E MANpilots manningarmed fighter, the orthrop corp IonF-!l9D, have taken on a "spa e man" 10 kfor flights in the husk twin-jet ver theouthland. lncrea ingly higher altitudecapabillti of the interceptor ba causedlhe company t provide the new Air ForceT-I high altitude pre. ure uit to IC t

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Marking & Lighting

Detail cl information on the impor-tant responsibility providing uniformnight and da id ntification of naturaland man-mad obstruction is contain din n new AA publication." bstru tion~la[kinlY nd Lighting. ' It is f o( , .ale btil . Covernm nt Printing Offie ,,'ashington 25. D. C., at 30 c nt ac py. Information in this new bookletsup rc d s that contained in th e "Ob-stru tion r{arking 'Innlla)" published

1'1, 1951.

( op te r Oper ati on s

pro dings of the !AT h li-.mposiurn held last pring in

PH rt Rico hav be n published in a1 3-pa' book entitl d, "H licopt r P:eration and D ign R quir rn nts."'i w of military and civil exp rts n'copter p rforman who ha work dill r tar), operations, and opinions ofairlin and other n nci s who pr 1 0putting th ' pt r into s rvi e, are re -cord d in this informative publicati n.Price of th b k i $6. It n b 01'-d r d fr m th IAT Technical ecre-tariat Tntemational Aviation Building,M . ntr al n, P. Q. Canada.

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THEY ALS SERVE WHO ONL TAND AND WAIT - Llule-knov n old timer ,employed in the Dalla area's booming aircraft manufacturing indu try, receive iheplaudits of the Dallas dvertising League in a new tw i t of the age-old routine of a\ ard-giving. Instead of the u ual bouque for "IOp bras ," these men from the rank werenailed by the Ad League a typical f thousands o( ingeniou but mo tly anonyrnouworker who have made America' fabul u aircraft production records po ible. Thefour are hown receiving plaque from Pr gram hairman AI Haning of outhwestAirmoiive ompany right). Left to right, they are: Walter B. Barling, upervisor ofCon olidated Vultee ircraft, Fort Worth, who 0 year ago designed and built thegiant ix-engine Barling bomber' Walter kory, experimental service mechanic at hanceVought Aircraft, Dallas, who helped Igor ikor ky build his first helicopter and flyingboats; Dayton H. (lim) It. sub-assembly foreman at Bell ircraft, Fort Worth apioneer ervice technician and a key man in Bell uper onic rc earch activities, andJohn C. Hawkins design taff engineer at Ternc Aircraft, Dallas, developer of anumber of original gas turbine power plants. The meeting wa attended by 300 topDalla and orth Worth adverti ing, civic and a iation indu try leader.

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Labor Relationslickthe

Air Carrieris the

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NEW YORK - The Int rnational A 0-ciation of Machinists of AFL is out tooust Mike Quill s CI -Transport Work-rs Union. bargaining ag nt for Amer-

ican and Pan Am rican mechanics andground mploye . AI J . Hayes, lAMpresident, said that IUs union will at-tempt t have the ational MediationBoard conduct de ertiflcatiou electionsamong employees of both lines.

lAM's first targ t will be PAA h psin Miami, New ork and Brownsville.Haye claim that Quill bas enteredinto a tacit agre ment with that linwhereby major maintenance and repairwork would be moved to overseas bases,r dueing the number of workers r-quired in thi country.

Both QuiU and CIO's air tran port di-vision dir ctor, James '. Horst, labeledlAM's plan a "a brazen attempt in 001-lu ion with the company to abotage thcoming negotiation betwe n Pan mer-lean Airway and it employees."


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Shell Film PortraysH istory o f HelicopterNEW YOnK - Helicopters are per-Forming an important task in remoteLouisiana marshes-helping find moreoil to meet the nation's growing needs.

In the trackless marshlands, the cop-ter is easing some of the burden for theoil hunters. They still use shallow-bot-

tomed boats and "marsh buggies" to getaround the bayous, but that rotary-wingaircraft now is helping them over thetoughest spots in a matter of minuteswhere hours and even days would for-merly have been required.

The development of rotary-wingedcraft from the visionary fifteenth cen-tury drawings by Leonardo da Vinci tothe reality of the modem troop-carryinggiant helicopters-now is told in a mo-tion picture "The History of the Heli-copter," produced by Shell Oil Com-pany.

The 22-minute film is available to

groups with 16mm. 111mprojectors andmay be obtained free upon written re-quest to the ShellFilm Library, 50 West50th Street, New York 20, New York,or 100 Bush Street, San Francisco,Calif.

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New B ritish Jetliners(Continued From Page 4)

Fashioned after the delta-wingedVulcan bomber, the Avro Atlanticwould carry between 76 and 131 pass-engers on trans-Atlantic bops hitting aspeed of more than 600 mph at an alti-tude of 40,000 feet.Third candidate for service ill Britain's

new line is the Handley-Page "97,"a commercial version of the crescent-winged Victor bomber. This double-decked behemoth would carry 150tourist passengers over the ocean at anestimated speed of 600 miles an hour,and is also touted as highly economical.The key question concerning these

giants is which one will be chosen tolaunch Britain's second line of jets andwhen it will go into production. Theanswer depends largely on BOAC'schairman, Sir Miles Thomas, who sayshe is taking plenty of time before mak-ing a decision. The longer he takes mak-ing up his mind, the longer will jet de-signers in this country have to narrowBritain's lead in the jet world-and theycan work mighty fast.

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* VOICES FROM ON HIGH *(This department is exactly what the name implies; wherein the readers tell the editorslust what they think. Say what you wallt to, when you Ulant to soy it. Your rwme willbe withheld on request.)"I disapprooe 0/ iohat: you say but L will defend to the death uour rigllt to say it."

-Voltaire (To Heloetius}

NEW YORK CITY-It has been my in-tention to write you sooner regardingCONTACT.

Of the many publications now availablewhich deal with aviation CONTACT isone of the finest. Its consistency loyalty,and wisdom sbould not go unheralded.

Of your ten-point program, I wish to bee pecially complimentary.

Your closing slogan, "The fight must goon," can only be amended by adding tbatthe most important, single fight facingAmerica today is aviation's fight.

It seems as if a giant force lies shackledby an inadequate, s low-moving legislativeand policy-making master-compress andpublic opinion.

Here's hoping that you accomplish atleast ten-fold your mission in thi field inthe years ahead.

Sincerely yoursLouis Tamiso.

They Like The Lapel Emblem

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-"I am happy tosee CONTACT become a magazine andcarryon with its good work for CAP. TheIndiana Wing will push for additional sub-scriptions through your offer of a nicelapel pin something we have needed forsome time now.

I assure you the Indiana Wing staffstands ready to assist you in every way'possible as CONTACT has been verybeneficial in helping CAP to grow in thepast two years. '

SincerelyWayne W. Ricksolonel, CAPommander

(Indiana Wing)

CIN TNNATl. Obio-"The lapel em-hlem is very distinctive and r believe thatit will be very well received by all CivilAir Patrol personnel. I am passing thisinformation and how to obtain this emblemdown through my wing staff and groupcommanders and sincerely hope that we

They do say that the first twenty yearsare the bardest-and CONTACT is now inits twentieth year of service to aviation.What the next decade may hold in. storefor aviation may well stagger the imagina-tion_-Ed.

* CONTACT'S lO-Point Program *By way of getting acquainted with you thousands of NE\.v subscribers added to thCO TACT famil. these past six months, we reprcduc h r CO TACT'S lO-point pro-

grnm launched 20 years ago. CONTACT editorials and cartoons have often been quotedand reproduced in th Congressional Be ord and leading newspap rs of the Nation.

It was on Armistice Duy, 1934, ironically enough, that CONTACT made its firstappearance. Beginning with that very first issue, through vigorous editorials, pcintedcartoons and factual evident: published again and again COl TACT has fought for:

(1) -Adequate National Air Defense.(2)-The Science of Aeronautics to be taught in our Public Schools.(3)-A National Airport Planning Commission created by Congress.(4) -Civilian Pilot Training Program.(5) -Most first Class mail to be carried by air.(6) - The President's Cabinet to include "The Secretary of Aeronautics."

(7)-A Unified Air Service.(8) -Elimination of the Air Corps "College Education" requirement.(9) -Combating aU "isms" except real old-fashioned Americanism.

(IO)-To drive politics out of Aviation and keep Aviation out of politics.

Today, although belatedly, part of the above program is in force or in the making:but items os. 1 3, 5, 6 9 and 10 still fall under the head of "UNFINISHEDBUSINESS."

TRUTH and COURAGE arc two banners which must fly at the masthead of anyworthwhile publication. Those who sp ak their convictions often arcus hostility. So itbas not been easy to ke p the CO TACT banner flying these past 20 years. Yet muchremains to be done-

The Fight Must Go On!Page Thirty-Four CONTACT March 11. 1954

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Sincerely,John O. SwartsLt. Colonel, CAPCommander(Ohio Wing)

RACINE, Wi .-"Your offer on the em-blem should certainly interest our member-ship. and will doubtless stimulate CON-TACT subscriptions, particularly in itsattractive new form. L read CONTACTwith interest and am sure that all of ourmembers do likewise."

Sincerely,John H. BattenColonel, CAPDeputy Director(Great Lakes Region)

OMAHA, Neb.-"The lapel emblem hasbeen received. Every CAP member shouldbe proud to wear it. lnformation about itwill be placed in our next bulletin thatgoes out to ihe units, requesting them todo what they can to gel subscriptions forCONTACT, and receive an emblem.Thanking you for all your activities andinterest on behalf of CAP. I know manyof our members look forward to gettingCONTACT. I always find time somehowto read CONTACT."

Sincerely,Earle C. Reynolds.Col. CAPCommander(Nebraska Wing)

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-"[ receivedthe lapel pin, and indeed, l have beenregularly wearing it. Those who have seenit have expressed admiration of its appear-ance, and 1 am quite sure it has excitedenough interest to cause members to seekto qualify for it themselves. This Wing hasmade consistent efforts to support CON-TACT and shall be happy to continue todo .0."

SincerelyHoward FreemanColonel CAPommander,

(California Wing)

NEWARK, N. J.-"I wish to acknowl-edge receipt of the lapel emblem. The NewJersey Wing will do everything it can with-in reason to help put over the "new CON-TACT". 1 feel that this newsmagazine isserving a definite purpose in our organiza-tion. '

Sincerely.Irving FeistColonel, CAP(New Jersey Wing)

How CAP Cadets Can Obtain

The New Lapel Emblem-FREElCAP Cadets are eager to obta.ln the

beautiful new lapel emblem. Since thesubscription contract with the publish-ers of CONTACTonly applies to Seniormember., It Is only through the UnitCommanders. that the Cadets can leornof the following offer:

To each Cadet sending In ONE f ull $3year's subscription from an adult whoII not a CAP member, we will also mallCONTACT to that Cadet for one fullyear and In addltlon send the Codetthe CAP lapel emblu'!1 as a gift.

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another.High time to spread the gospel of CAP far be-

yond the confines of the membership.

MORE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW--that 730/0 of the total hours in all search andrescue missions during the first half of 1953 wereflown by CAP-so reported by the AF Air RescueService itseJi.-how many CAP Cadets actually enlisted in theAir Force in 1953.-how many thousands of high school and junior

college students are enrolled in CAP's AviationEducation program.-chat the largest fleet of civilian aircraft in theworld under one administrative head is the CIVILAIR PATROL fleet.-that CAP's Radio Network, available for peace-time emergency or war, is the largest in the world.

TOO FEW PEOPLE KNOW these and ocherfacts about chis Auxiliary of the United States AirForce and its active voluntary member hip ofOVER EIGHTY THOUSAND Seniors & .adcts.

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