Poor Visibility Scores in CAA Aircraft Tests Highlight Risks
The CAA study finds commercial transports have the worst cockpit visibility with forward angles as low as 103 degrees left and 81 right, and vertical visibility near zero to 16 degrees down. Collisions tests on 128 flights with DC-3s show 9 near misses, many occurring even when pilots knew they were on collision courses. The piece criticizes AOPA for its attacks on military pilots and calls for reform in the aviation lobby.
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CAA
Chamber To View Germany Film At Wednesday Dinner
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce hosts a Wednesday night dinner featuring a film on Germany and the presentation of 66 graduation certificates earned at a recent fire safety school. Introductions include Fred Kluss and W. Paxson as new Cedar Rapids high school principals and Capt. Robert Ellison presenting certificates. Neil Douglas, travel film maker from Meriden Connecticut, will show the program with scenes from East Berlin and other landmarks.
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Germany
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Parker
Neil Douglas
Scandinavia
Switzerland
Douglas
Russia
Meriden
Conn
East Berlin
Hitler
Three Billion Tons of Steel Made in U S
AP report from Pittsburgh notes America's steel industry reached an estimated three billionth ton midway through 1956 as production traced back to the start of the age of steel with the Bessemer process. The milestone marks roughly a century of rising output driven by early innovations and postwar growth.
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Pittsburgh
America
Henry Bessemer
England
William Kelly
Robert Mushet
Ipent
American Iron and Steel Institute
Farm computer to aid dairy farmers at Cornell
In Ithaca New York scientists at the State College of Agriculture use an electronic device to calculate cow feed rations milk yield future milk sales and profits. The IBM machine helps farmers predict production and finances.
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Ithaca, N. Y
IBM
New York State College of Agriculture
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American Indestrial Bankers Association
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