'COACHES' BRING ERA OF MASS AIR TRAVEL Many Different · Sen. Johnson Types of Planes Predicts Big Required Today Airline Gains -· -u. s. aircraft manuracturers -are Written especially jar Planes called upon to build numerous $2,04 5,000,000 By types of military planes - each FOR NEW AIRCRAFT (APROXIMA TE) type designed to serve a particular Honorable Ed C. Johnson kind of mission or purpose. Out of Democrat, Colo., Chairman the experiences of the war and of Interstate and Foreign Commerce postwar engineering and aeronau Committee tical advancements, all these types $1,2 50,000,000 U. S. Senate are steadilY being refined and im The glamorized "air age" is proved. ACTUALLY AVAILABLE showing definite signs of becoming For the Air Force, for instance, as much a part of the lives of the the industry produces at least 16 American people as the "automo distinct types of planes, exclusive bile age" did a generation or two of several strictly research ships ago. One of the most significant which are not classed as an actual developments in aviation during part of the military equipment the past year h as been the great complement. Similarly, there are forward strides taken by the at least eight distinct types of scheduled airlines to make air planes manufactured for the NavY. travel available through the so although the Navy does not break called "air coach" services to great down its types into as many cate masses of people who previously gories as the Air Force. have not been able to afford it. To understand better the multi Air transpor ple roles of aircraft in present daY ta tion has far militarY practice, here is a thumb outdistanced all nail description of the various Air competitors in Force types : the element of Air Force Types speed. Absolute safety in the air Bombers: Heavy, medium and is a goal which light-the classification being de is coming rap termined by range rather than idly into an ac weight. The heavy bomber has an tuality. Fur effective radius sufficient to attack thermore, a i r strategic targets on the Eurasian Profits for Businessmen, Farmers travel is now on continent from bases in this hem its way to be isphere. Medium bombers have coming the h a lf that eff ective ran ge. Built With Use of Private Planes Senator Johnson most economi- Fig/Lters: The all-purpose fight cal mode of pas ers as a type are disappearing to Businessmen and farmers of to William B. Belden, assistant senger transportation. Through be replaced by specialized types. day have found a common solu counsel, Republic Steel Corpora air coach service the airlines are The penetration fighter is designed tion to problems occasioned by the at last reaching the mass trans tion, and chairman of the Corpo portation market which consists of for bomber escort and fi ghter air age-they :fiy. ration Aircraft Owners Associa bomber attacks in support of In a current survey conducted millions of people previously un ground troops. The interceptor is tion, commenting upon the results able or unwilling to pay the high by the Personal Aircraft Council, of the survey, stated: a high-speed, high-altitude, fast Aircraft Industries Association, cost of pullman-type air service. climbing airplane; its mission is to business executives, farmers and Great Utility 40% New Passengers knock the attacking enemy from ranchers attribute to their use of the skies. The night fi ghter's spe personal aircraft a general expan "There could be no more sub One airline testified that its sur cialized purpose is obvious and it sion of business operations and stantial testimonial to the grow veys indicate that 40 o/o of its air also serves in inclement weather. particuiarly in the agricultural ing importance of personal aircraft coach passengers would not have Due to the highly specialized na field, opportunity for greater par in the daily operations of indus traveled by air if it were not for t ure of the work, these airplanes ticipation in social and civic ac try and commerce than the under the low fares. Similar statements require extensive electronic equip tivities. lying theme of 'utility' running have been made with even higher ment to locate and attack the tar through the numerous comments percentages by practically every e get as well as precision team work Re markable Record quoted in this booklet . non-scheduled operator who h as between pilot and radar operator. Thousands of personal and ex "It is extremely gratifying to appeared before our committee. Air coach service was unknown Big Loads, Long Ra nge ecutive aircraft ran ging from two those of us who saw, early in t he before 1948. In the fall of that place planes to multi-engined post-war era , that the dominant T r anspor ts: The heavy trans transports are achieving a remark year, applications for domestic ports carry m_ajo!· items of Army role of aircraft in the war pointed coach fares were filed with the able record of utility and safety in th e way to an equally dominant equipment we1gh m g up to 50 ,000 the h ands of th ese non-profession Civil Aeronautics Board by many pounds for extended ranges, while role in peace. The founders of the domestic airlines. In September al operators. Corporation Aircraft Owners As the mediums will drop and re-sup The Council survey, results of 1948, one of our big airlines be ply the Army's airborne divisions. sociation were not concerned in came the first scheduled in terna which are summarized in a book any way with th e aircraft indus The assault transport is built for let, "Plane Utility," brought forth tion al carrier to adopt this plan . take-offs and landings on short, try. They were customers wh o felt It installed seating capacity, elim responses from llO varied business that by joining togeth er they could obstructed fields. occupations in addition to the ag inated free meals and other frills, - See PLANE TYPES page 4- ricultural segment. - See PROFITS page 2- - See "JOHNSON" page 4- PLANES PLANE VIEWS from A.I.A. 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Ai•·~•·a:it In 0•••· E~onollly AN fRROROFOME SECOND IN 31 YEARS~ By DeWitt C. Ramsey (Admiral, U.S.N., Ret.). IS ALL THA} IS ALLOWED IN A•PRECISION CRYSTA President, Aircraft Industries Association OSCILLATOR DEVELOPED BY A WEST COAST AIRCRAFT l It is becoming well understood that as President Truman once MANUFACTURER TO TIME INTRICATE EXPERIMENTS declared, "It is vital to the welfare of our ·people that this nation WITH GUIDED MISSILES. 1-lEARTOFTHE maintain developmental work and the nucleus of .a producing air.craft ''TIME MACHINE'' Is A FINELY POLISHED industry capable of rapid expansion to keep the peace and meet any CRYSTAL Wf.tiCH VIBRATES' AT EXACTLY emergency." However, the public probably does not yet realize that I 0 TIMES A SECOND! ~P::~· Itf:l ' ~l the aviation industry has now become a significant and permanent part of the nation's business economy in addition to performing its primary role in the national defense. The era when aviation might have been considered only a hobby or a casual activity for a few enthusiasts has long since passed. Avia tion in all its diverse aspects is now a vital part of our lives and com merce. The manufacturing industry in itself is a sizable part of the economy, contributing to the business and welfare of every part of the nation. In the month of September, 1949, according to Department of Labor statistics, th e aircraft and parts industry, with is 258,000 employees, ranked fifth in the number of employees in the entire durable good s manufacturing segment of our economy and ranked second in the transportation equipment manufacturing fi eld. Among these durable goods manufacturers exceeded by the aircraft industry • tail Food Stores, Chemicals, Can in employment level were manufacturers of communication equip· PROFITS (Continued from page one) dy, Concrete Products, Commis ment, household furniture, fabricated structural metal products and sion Agents, Dental Supplies, Dec the iron and steel foundries. benefit mutually through the ex orations, Dyestuffs, Department Indeed, in at least eight states in various parts of the country change of operational and other Stores, Dentists, Drainage Con aircraft and parts manufacturing is the principal employer, or near the data, and also could serve Ameri tractors, Engineer, Electronics, can industry as a whole by stress Fishing Tackle, Funeral Directors, top of the li st. These are California, Texas, Washington, Kansas, New ing the importance of company Furniture, Fibres, Farm Imple York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland. owned aircraft in today's business m ents, Feed Brokers, Fa~ ing Ve But the impact of productivity in this industry is not localized. world." neer I . Commercial airline operations were 6. An airplane was first used for trans begun as e arly as (a) 1920; (b) porting medical patients in (e) Sensitive Brake Device 1922 ; (c) 19267 1910; (b) 1920; (c) 19307 Averts Plane Sk~dding 2. Speed record 7. T_he record number of people car set in the na· ried across the Allantic in one plane Automobile drivers will want to tional air flight is: (a) 103; (b) 90; (c) 547 borrow a n ew gadget developed by races -40 years 8. The bomb bay of America's biggest airplan e builders. ago was (a) bomber can One of the biggest aircraft com 60 miles per carry a load panies h as developed an airplane hour; (b) 100 equal to that brake attachment which a utoma m i I e s per of: (a) one tically prevents wheel skidding. hour; (c) 47 r a i I r o a d ~ The device acts as a regul ator miles per freight car; on the airplan e's n ormal h ydraulic hour? (b) thre e .' brakes. Skid detectors in th e 3. In testing a propeller blade, ~ w (c) four c a rs? "hubs" of the landing wheels con many vibrations a d a y are imposed 9. The big tri .. sist of small fl ywheels in which upon it: (a) 100 ,000; (b) 1,000,000; cycle wh eels ------on Ame rica's D electrical con tacts act to cut off, (c) I 0,000,000? . by solenoid opera ted valves, th e biggest passe nger a irpla ne ca n be brake pressure just short of a skid , 4. In the U. S., sc he duled air mail retracte d in: (a ) nin e seco nds ; (b) and re-apply it when a n ear-skid fl ig hts now serve directly (a) -42 0 one minu te ; (c ) t wo minutes? M ili ta ry Air Tra ns port Se rvice ha s condition ends. cities; (b) 507 c ities; (c ) 600 cities? I 0. Pro pe ll e rs on our c urre nt six-e ngine d e quipped its hospita l pla nes with litters A valua ble safety device the an 5. Th e solo long d ista nce flight record inte rcontine nta l bombe rs have a di suc h a s t hose shown he re to tra nsport ti-skid m ech anism also ~i n im i zes in a sma ll pl a ne is still he ld by a mete r of : ( a ) 10 fe et; (b) 16 feet ; patient s in comfort. wear on tires. C harles A. Lindbe rgh . Tru e. Fa lse. (c) 19 f ee t? PLANE TYPES