May, 1955 Vol. 11, No.5 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION 01 THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA New Draft Law May Exempt Engineers Air Cargo Is Vital Designed To Conserve To World Economy Scaentific Manpower Commercial air transport has be­ Written Especially for PLANES come so routine to the industry of By Th e Honorable Carl Hinshaw the nation that its tremendous eco­ Member of Congress from California nomic impact upon the wealth and heal th not only of the United States, ... ~- -- but the world at large, seldom is If this nation and th e freedom of noticed. the world are to survive in this a <>e Air delivery of parts, equipment, of peril, then the alarmin rr shorta:e m edicine, food and other supplies of scientific manpower in "'the ranks has saved millions of dollars and of United States industry must be countless lives because of the speed eliminated. and economy of air transportation. The creation of modern weapons For many years American ma­ for defense, air power in particular chinery has been used all over the is a gigantic and complex operation' world and sometimes in some pretty that once having gained momentum' r emote corners. No piece of ma­ cannot be aborted without incalcul: chinery, whether automobile or bull able waste of irretrievable time. dozer, is better than its parts and Yet today, we are falling behind Russia in the production of scientists these, no matter how well built, wear and engineers. Our schools and uni­ and give way under the strain of versities have not met the need so constant use. One of the world's largest con­ it is imperative that we pr e se rv~ to struction companies employing 400 ONE in ten employees of a typical aircraft manufacturer the utmost our present supply. men on a tunnel construction in is an engineer. These men and women represent 33 differ­ But, tragically, interpretation of Ven ezu ela was faced with a $10,000 ent engineering skills and the combined experience of more our present Selective Service system per day loss when a chain broke on than 9,000 years in aircraft development. forces those charged with its admin­ one of its huge machines. istration to threaten the very secur­ Nearest replacement for the part 'PLANES' ity of our homeland. In their inter­ was in Denver, Colorado. By surface pretation of the Universal Military transportation the 300-pound chain Training and Service Act, they must could be obtained in two weeks for implacably demand the induction of $34. Shipping the part by air was Fighter Aircraft May Soon Be Able young scientific manpower, knowing $130.4·0, but it saved tl~ e constructio,n full well they may be already en­ company $100,000 m workmen s To Convert To Fuel Tanker Role gaged in research and development I critical to the defense of th e nation. time. New methods of aerial refu eling, tanker planes and in-flight refu eling Air Cargo Vital to Middle East once limited to strategic and tactical operations of several planes. Today, W h o Le(l(ls in Air l'rogress operations of Air Force and Navy, ho wever, to complement this stra­ In another instance a part, no big­ Mu ch speculation has appeared in may soo n enable sleekly leth al inter­ ael· than a foo tball, b ~ o k e in an elec­ tegic system advanced versions of th e national press as to whether the ce ptors of air defense to possess the refu eling systems permit ground ;rical r elay on a ~10I S t used tEo lift Commun ists are overtakin g us in the on a constructwn proJect. • very same fir e power and bomb carrying crews to make a tanker out of the 5 race for new and improved a irborne car . f capability form erly restricted to smallest and fastest jet fi ghter types d that the eqmpment was out o weapons. Unfor tunately, even if we o: der cost the constructi on c_o mpany some larger jet bombers. in a qu ick conversion. Several of th ese planes, so just hold our lead, we may be slip­ $Z.?00. Replacement by aJ r from The United States aircraft indus­ pin g towards defeat, because if we f · tor y to j ob took four days. If the try, seeking constantly for ways to equipped, could fan out to various sectors, rendezvo us with an individ­ should lose the cold war in which ac iacemen t had been made by sur­ increase fig hter and bomber pe r­ we are now engaged, we would have r eP transportation it would have formance to insure American aeri al ual rov ing patrol plane or inter­ ceptor, re fu el it and return to base no choice but to depend fir t and face 38 da ys . Air deli very of the supremacy, has developed jet engi ne most heavil y upon aerial superiority. t ~ k ~n part saved the constructi on performance in thrust to an incredi­ and quickl y be converted to its origi­ vJta $102 000. bly high degree. But one of th e nal mi ssion. Our existing a ir power must al­ ways be the product of research and compI aEcny uador ' an a1r· s I11pm · ent o f major problems till plaguing engine There are four basic air defense developm ent action taken years past. ~ ar ts staved off virtual starva- and a irframe manufacturers is th e operations through which this type Currently, th e Defense Deparrment sp a1e h en the only fl our in the hi gh fu el consum pti on o f the jets. of aerial re fu eling mi ght give de­ ~ill - Army, avy and Air F orce­ u on w · br oke down, leav mg only a A ty pical jet fi ghter, for example, fending j et fi ghters greater range, countrdy supply of fl our in the na­ mobility, fire power, endurance and spends just for the development and consumes fu el at th e rate of .3 99 producti on of weapons and equip­ th ree- ay gallons per hour at sea level. One economy of operation: • Maintenance of aircraft. early ment approximately $140,000 every don · ar ts to r epair the mill had of th e latest production l1ght bomb­ working minute during the yea r. T he p frorn London and, fl ow n by ers uses 2,150 gallons per hour at wa rning radar (AEW ) aircraft hun­ to com e r eached Ecuador and were sea level- more than six and one­ dreds of miles from our shorelines. Despite th is great expencliture, the air, theJ well within the three day half tons of fuel. Thi s is a formid­ • Sending j et< fi ghter-interceptors most ser.ious limitation on pro o- ress instal 1e able amount of weight lo s that fr om land or sea bases over the in our overall de fensive posiri on, ac­ limit. ' tal importance to Middle could be far betl er utilized in weap­ ocean to seek out and destroy any cordin g l.o Assistant Secretary o f Of VJ tries are Amer ican biologi­ ons carryin g. hostile aircraft detected by radar Defen e F rank ewberry, "is the £ast ~o~d pharmaceuticals. Practi- In the past, fl ight re fu eli ng has planes. scarcity of qualified rrscareh and cals S AIR CARGO, page .3) been associated, generally, with large (SPe FIGHTERS, page 3) (S er DR AFT LAW, page 4) ( ee PLANES Planes is published by the Aircraft Industries Association of America Inc. the national trade associa tion of the m anufacturers of military: tran'sport, and personal aircraft, helicopters, flyin g missiles and their accessories, instruments and components. 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TOW£: RS AT States have benefit ed from the sound abatement program that has been carried on for the past three years by the aircraft industry and its many 180 AIRPORTS l-AST partners in aviation. YEAR./ It has always been the desire of the aircraft manufacturers, the aircraft operators and the military to be good neighbors wherever they have made their homes. SAVER But severe problems were created after World War II as bi g, p o w e r~ul WSI&HT transports entered air service in increasing numbers and as fast, sleek Jet A NEWTUB!:LES5 AIR- ' planes were seen in the sky in quantities for the fi rst time. PLANE TIRE IG The problem of noise is as old as time, but probably the greatest ?ilfi­ CAPABLE 0~ WITH­ culty caused by this sudden surge into the air age was that of new noises.