Word: whitney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...does Curtice move in and take over. Soon after he became president, he stepped in to straighten out the Allison Division (aircraft engines), which was in trouble because it had been afraid to invest money in research and development unless armed forces orders were assured. By contrast, Competitor Pratt & Whitney had sunk millions in engine development...
...suspicion pointed straight at the airline's inspectors at Tulsa. American Airlines' own rules require that any cylinder found with more than two studs broken must be scrapped or sent back to the manufacturer (in this case Pratt & Whitney), because such a failure indicates that the base may be warped. Another rule requires that the base flanges of all cylinders going through overhaul must be inspected for flatness with delicate instruments...
...disastrous. When the flange, slightly bent by the earlier failure of its studs, was drawn tight on the second installation, the stresses set up in the steel must have caused fatigue cracks. The engine ran only six hours before the fire and crash. This conclusion was confirmed by Pratt & Whitney, which strained a brand-new cylinder by stud failure, installed it in an engine, and ran it on a test stand. A similar fatigue crack developed, and the cylinder failed in three hours...
...TRANSPORT ORDERS are still climbing. The latest: Eastern Air Lines for 26 Douglas DC-8s (six with Pratt & Whitney J57 engines the rest with bigger J75s) worth $165 million, for delivery starting in May 1959; Japan Air Lines for four L>C-8s worth $27 million, for delivery m 1960; Continental Air Lines for four Boeing 707s worth $21.3 million, for delivery in May 1959. Orders and options to date: 99 Douglas DC-8s, 60 Boeing 707 jetliners...
...TRANSPORT RACE between Boeing and Douglas is getting hotter. Braniff Airways has given Boeing a boost with a $30 million order for five 707s packing Pratt & Whitney J75 engines (v. smaller J57s on earlier 707s), will use them on both overseas and domestic runs. Sales score to date: 69 of Douglas' DC-8s, 60 of Boeing's 707s, including an option for five from Belgium's Sabena Airlines...