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AIRPLANE-AUTO combination will be marketed successfully within the next three years, predicts George H. Weitz, chief of CAA's experimental aircraft division. Though airplane-autos have proved commercial flops so far, Weitz believes that the increasing clutter on U. S. highways will make a sizable market for the first safe and economical plane-car that can land, fold its wings, and drive...
...Counting CAA's 231 Omni-DME installations at U.S. airports and beacon stations, and the sets installed by many private aircraft owners, the new systems have cost an estimated $200 million. Last week the House Commerce Committee, after reviewing the controversy and the still-secret development of Tacan, turned up a shocking note: since 1948 the Navy and Air Force have spent $176 million to develop Tacan, but they candidly admit that it is still full of bugs. And Under Secretary of Commerce Louis Rothschild testified that Tacan is three to ten years from being perfected. Said A.O.P.A...
...system." Knobs & Dials. The two navigation systems are more notable for their likeness than their difference. Both are rhotheta systems;* both use simple dials on the instrument panel to show direction and distance to destination. Omni-DME is slightly more accurate for distance; Tacan is slightly better on direction. CAA adopted Omni in 1948, and began to install sending stations at airports to replace the radio ranges that told a pilot whether he was to the right or left of his course. Distance Measuring Equipment was added later, along with voice radio (which Tacan still lacks). But the Navy quickly...
International Incident. To settle the controversy the Air Navigation Development Board, a joint civilian-military team, was called in and took Tacan's side. CAA protested, and the State Department pointed out that Canada, England, France, Italy, and other NATO countries had invested in Omni-DME on a U.S. recommendation. Soon ANDE brought out a compromise, i.e., continue Omni (the directional system) until 1965 at least, DME until 1960, while Tacan or some new and better navigation system is phased in. Last week's House Commerce Committee report endorsed the compromise, but suggested that DME be allowed...
...orders and new civilian business failed to fill the gap (TIME, Oct. 4). Last week two optimistic outsiders who thought they could cure Slick's ailments took over the airline's management. In as new board chairman and top manager went Delos Wilson Rentzel, 45, a former CAA administrator, CAB chairman and Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation, who is now president of two Oklahoma City truck lines. In as director and executive committee member went Roy G. Woods, 54, Oklahoma oilman and owner of several trucking companies. Rentzel and Woods got a five-year option...