Prototype Aircraft Development

BEFORE THE

HEARINGS
4. S. Corning sonido Senate.COMMITTEE ON 50 oh mama
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

CARD DIVISION

SECOND SESSION

S. 237
A BILL TO PROMOTE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND
STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY PROVIDING FOR CARGO
AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE FOR POSTAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MILITARY
SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 426
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL TRANSPORT
AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE FOR AUXILIARY MILITARY SERVICE, AND

FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 2301
A BILL TO PROMOTE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND
STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY PROVIDING FOR COM-
MERCIAL CARGO AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE TO

MILITARY TRANSPORT SERVICE

S. 2984
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
OF AIRCRAFT INTENDED FOR INDUSTRIAL OR PERSONAL USE,
AND ADAPTABLE FOR MILITARY SERVICE

S. 3504
A BILL TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED TRANS-
PORT AIRCRAFT BY PROVIDING FOR THE OPERATION TESTING,

AND MODIFICATION THEREOF

S. 3507
A BILL TO PROMOTE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND
STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY PROVIDING FOR TRANS-
PORT AIRCRAFT ADAPTABLE FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND

MILITARY SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MAY 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, AND 17, 1950

Printed for the use of the Committee on

Interstate and Foreign Commerce

- 50-608.98

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1950

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COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Chairman ERNEST W. MCFARLAND, Arizona

CHARLES W. TOBEY, New Hampshire WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington OWEN BREWSTER, Maine FRANCIS J. MYERS, Pennsylvania

HOMER E. CAPEHART, Indiana BRIEN MCMAHON, Connecticut

JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Texas

JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware
LESTER O. HUNT, Wyoming

EDWARD S, JARRETT, Clerk
EDWARD C. SWEENEY

NICHOLAS ZAPPLE
HALFORD G. DAVIS

WILLARD B. VAN HORNE, JR.
Professional Staff Members

Special Staff

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Statement of

Pago

Armour, Merrill, assistant general manager, Aircraft Owners and

Pilots' Association, Washington Building, Fifteenth Street and
New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.---

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Beck, Niels C., dean, Parks College, St. Louis University, Parks Air-

port, East St. Louis, Ill.------
Budd, 'John F., publisher, Air Transportation, Import Publications,
Inc., 10 Bridge Street, New York 4, N. Y..

181
Collins, Leighton, owner and editor of Air Facts, Inc., 30 Rockefeller

Plaza, New York 20, N. Y.------
Crowley, J. W., associate director for research, National Advisory

Committee for Aeronautics, 1724 F Street NW., Washington, D. C.-

Davis, Thomas W. S., Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Department

of Commerce------------------------------------------------

De Haven, Hugh, member, Cornell Committee for Air Safety Re-

search, Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York,

N. Y. ---------------------

134

Fulton, Robert, president, Continental, Inc., Columbia County Air-
port, Box 165, Scappoose, Oreg---

131
Geisse, J. H., consultant, 3350 Tennyson Street NW., Washington,
D. Č.

124
Geuting, Joseph T., Jr., manager, Personal Aircraft Council, Aircraft

Industries Association of America, Inc., 610 Shoreham Building,

Washington 5, D. C.----

110

Klak, John J., Independent Air Carriers Conference, 805-G Street NW.,

Washington, D. C.----

164

Knerr, Maj. Gen. Hugh J., USAF (retired), Kennedy-Warren Apart-

ments, Washington, D. Ć.--
Larkin, Felix E., general counsel, Department of Defense, accom-

panied by Maj. Gen. Lawrence Ś. Kuter, commanding Military Air

Transport Service, Department of Defense-------

Marvin, Langdon P., Jr., former Chairman, Interdepartmental Air

Cargo Priorities Committee, study room 141, Library of Congress

Annex, Washington, D. C----

Norden, Raymond A., president, Seaboard & Western Airlines, 16

Liberty Street, New York 5, N. Y.-----

O'Connell, Joseph J., Jr., Chairman of the Air Coordinating Committee

and the Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D. C..

Papadakos, Peter J., president, Gyrodyne Co. of America, Inc., 80

Wall Street, New York, N. Y.

Parker, Charles A., executive director, National Aviation Trade

Association, Dupont Circle Building, 1346 Connecticut Avenue,

Washington, D. C.--.

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Ramsey, Admiral De Witt C., president, Air Transport Association of

America, Inc., 1107 Sixteenth Street NW., Washington, D. C.--

Ramspeck, Robert, executive vice president, Air Transport Associa-

tion of America, 1107 Sixteenth Street NW., Washington 6, D. C..

Ray, James G., airline consultant, 1507 M Street NW., Washington,

D. C.--.

Rentzel, D. W., Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration,

Washington, D. C.------

Riddle, James, member of the board of directors, Aviation Distributors

and Manufacturers Association, 505 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa..
Schildhauer, C. H., aeronautical consultant, Owings Mills, Md.-----
Slick, Earl F., président, Slick Airways, Inc., Municipal Airport, Post

Office Box 656B, San Antonio 9, Tex -----

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Statement of Continued

Smith, C. R., president, American Airlines, Inc., 100 East Forty-second Page