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...principle project that the Center is working on now should be finished by the end of June. Since last fall a 12-man group has been analyzing the Air Force's over-all logistics problem "on the basis that aircraft are a normal means of transport." Logistics, as defined by the Air Force, includes procurement, delivery, storage, shipment, and scheduling of military supplies and personnel...
Fireballs. Ryan, who had started flying at the age of 20 and had run one of the first commercial airlines (between San Diego and Los Angeles), then started a moneymaking school for transport pilots. In the depths of the Depression, he started building planes again. His low-winged, metal Sport Trainers took acrobatic and speed prizes all over the world, and brought in enough orders to keep his company busy. In 1939, Ryan Aeronautical Co. landed its first U.S. Army contract to build training planes...
...Target. Last week Ryan got his biggest order in seven years-a $25 million contract from Boeing for fuselage sections, floor beams and cargo doors for the huge C97 transport. Now, with $70 million in defense orders on his books and 3,600 employees on the payroll, Ryan thinks he is finally flying smoothly again. The Navion has been temporarily shelved, and Ryan now produces components for every big U.S. airframe maker. He is pioneering in the new field of ceramic-coated parts for jet engines and is developing a complicated pilotless jet target plane...
...turned to the stalemated Korean truce talks. Though negotiations have been under way for eight months, "the only noticeable result is that the enemy has gained time to bring up artillery, air and mechanical transport and to perfect his antiaircraft defenses and communications, all to gain strength where once his weakness was most pronounced...
...Abingdon Airport in Berkshire, Sir Hugh's R.A.F. Hastings transport had to be fueled and loaded. Sir Hugh was drinking a cup of coffee in the airport lounge, ready to take off, when a final message came. Prime Minister Senanayake was dead...