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B-153771 1 (1964-06-12)

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               COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

         B-153 June 12, 1964



   a ~nao      atland:

     iis is in reply to your letter of lexcn.19, 16,coerning
 the disposition of tw airp- lanes o)ffered for sale by thie Gieliral
 3errices Aainistration (GSA) on bchalf of the lederal Aviation
g        AAency UM), oner of the  rplans. Yu stat, that the 4ississippi
Civil  -fcnse Agency has a need for one of the aIrnlanes and you ask
in effect, tha we look in 'to thIe aatter and advise you whether -pro-*
:edures followed in this ease ere   pr    or whether ae of t  air-
)Tjnes should have been         to t   Aiasissippi Civil Defense
Agnyudrthe dnbepoet                       rg~

     inarpr cocrnn               th ~st, FMA adie      ustt it
ootained th  airplne   in I9    secspoet fr             the
of t   Air   r     o           At the time of acquisition, FM state

hat it had an urgent and bone fide need for :igh   erfonlance -twiu-
engine tborop aircraft foes                      and eveloentk
ne              l   t trnn      or F iAA. FoLow                 aquii-
tion of the aipa     , the     me.- nd p     lers on one of te        es
   i'reudated :axid :a  gie and a propeller weeotied asres
This aiplAne then -w   Used for re  searchat
_ecb se Of u-Lndesirable flight cs              d critical parts
su-port problw, t-he airplane wvas Later                  t~e f eie.

     't ir          tha FM ad thatt          a nudeer of
old be ruired                    a  lanes for use by FAM, owever, it
      ~isfon ha hecs o       h  eqire     _ifiaton      asconidraly
r       than   s                            it  a fi
~btit wa not ecne yfail to iytearrf to acm

UCh desion, it is                 o   t t A      a
~rgw         a   dutdto provide thefih         cpblt for wihthis
typ  of aicrf      wa        hog    eu         le     in the FAA fleet
and aica     inced in its fisa        yea 1961         pl  , an  di.-
,oa ato      to have the two            ol   an h   poed     of the
331e aple       twr the pucaeprice of the new airple          wa then
initiate   as inia      in you letter.

     Ie now  av  been advised tht   l bids reevdwre rejce
since f e tuyby FAA ha resulted in a          etrition that it h
n .eed to reanthe to aipae.

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