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“PUBLIC BENEFIT”
Each year the American
Society of Mechanical En
gineers presents a medal
for “some great and unique
act of genius of engineer
ing nature that has accom
plished a great and timely
public benefit.” The per
formance of the man who
received this year’s award
seems to meet all the stat
ed requirements.
His name is Carl Nor
den, and he is the'inventor
of the bombsight and me
chanical pilot that bear
that name. Accordingly,
the name has become fam
iliar to millions of Ameri
cans who know little about
the inventions and less
about the man himself.
We do know, however,
that these two highly in
tricate and secret contri
vances have helped im
measurably in getting
bombers to their targets,
sending the bombs smack
down on the desired spot,
and getting the planes
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home again.
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And we know that the
bombsight is so complicat
ed that even though the
enemy has examined it in
planes downed over his
territory, he has been un
able to duplicate its con
struction.
That should take care of
the “great and unique”
stipulation. And as for
“public benefit”, we can
think of none greater than
the help these inventions
have given in blasting the
Axis war machine in Ber
lin, Tokyo and points en
route.
Mr. Norden, a Dutch cit
izen, prefers to remain as
inconspicuous as the hum
blest GI. But he deserves
the thanks of the country
of his residence, as well as
the honor of the engineers
society, which he emerged
briefly from his self
chosen obscurity to* accept.
—(Anchorage Times).
FASTER THAN
A ZERO
To the other advantages
which the Navy fighter
planes in the Pacific have
held over the Mitsubishi
’00’s, the Japanese Zero
fighter plane, now has
been added that of speed,
so our correspondent, Rob
ert Trumbull reports from
a carrier of Admiral Hal
sey’s Third Fleet off the
Philippines. Three Navy
pilots intercepted a flight
of Zeros coming i!n for an
attack, the story said.
When the Japanese pilots
saw them they jettisoned
the light bombs they1 were
carrying and headed for
home. Time was when they
would have arrived safe
ly. But this time the Navy
pilots took after them,
despite a “long lead’’ and
shot them down.
The story! did not say so,
but it appears probable
the planes the Navy pilots
were flying the new
streamlined version of the
Gurnman Hellcat, techni
cally identified as the
F6F-5, which was an
nounced last month. It was
described as being 20 knots
faster than its predecessor
which, in turn, had super
seded the Wldcat, the little
stub-winged fighter that
did such valiant service in
the early months of the
fighting in the Coral Sea,
at Midway and in and
around the Solomons.
(New York Times).
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AIR AGE
The air age has never
been properly ushered in.
As William A. M. Burden,
assistant Secretary of
Commerce, said in a re
cent article: “The atmos
phere in which interna
tional air transport was
endeavoring to develop ait
the outbreak of the war
was incredibly restric
tive.” If any of the plans
discussed at Chicago come
to fruition, there will be a
healthy relaxation, and
there will be two benefit
ciaries: inter-communica
tion and mutual under
standing. Both are inter
related n buldng up a
world civilization.
Neither the British nor
the Americans, who lead
opposing schools of
thought at Chicago, want
to go back to pre-war days,
when authorization to op
erate internationally was
parsimoniously doled out.
Both believe in an open air
policy. But difference be
tween them has to do with
the degree of control to be
vested in an international
body. The British, con
scious of the head start
that American companies
havd in transport facilities,
would endow the body
with the task of allocating i
routes and traffic. We j
would restrict the interna
tional body for the time
being to technical service.
We feel that the various
airlines should have free
dom to compete till inter
national air transport has
been developed out of its
present infancy. Mr. Berle,
speaking for the Adminis
tration, is conscious of the
unfair advantages that
would accrue to this coun
try. Accordingly at Chica
go recently he announced
that transports would be
placed at other countries’
disposal for use as soon as
the war is over. Doubtless
he will go further at suc
ceeding meetings. At least »
this country ought to give
some guarantee that it
will not make a bid for in
tra-European traffic. —
Washington Post.)
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