AVIATION: G. M. Props

More than nominally interested in aviation is the biggest U. S. motormaker: General Motors Corp. Holder of 30% of the outstanding stock of North American Aviation, Inc. (military planes) and 19% of Bendix Aviation Corp. (aircraft accessories), it is also sole proprietor of the big Allison plant, where G. M. engineers are working with might & main to get the U. S. Air Corps's only liquid-cooled aircraft engine into mass production.

Last week General Motors branched out into still another aviation field: propellers, now dominated by United Aircraft Corp. and Curtiss-Wright. Announced by G. M.'s...

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