May 1, 1931

May 1, 1931

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Looking at the 1931 show

News of the Month

Autogiros, load factors, seaplane corrosion

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Looking at the 1931 show

A résumé of what was to be seen at Detroit last month
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News of the Month

Century Offers Frequent Trips "IMPORTANT among air transport A events of recent weeks was the inauguration of service by Century Airlines, Inc., with headquarters at the Chicago Municipal Airport. Beginning March 23, it is offering three round trips daily between Chicago and St. Louis by way of Springfield, Ill., and four round trips daily between Cleveland and Chicago by way of Toledo with connections for Detroit.
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Autogiros, load factors, seaplane corrosion

The S. A. E. a Detroit deals with these and sundry other subjects
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Heat and Ventilation

Their place in the transport plane

By E. C. Blackburn18 min

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EDITORIALS

Accident publicity IN the past nine months there has been little compulsion to give attention to transport accidents or to devise means of dealing with them. There has been little need, in particular, to think of those questions of accident publicity which became so lively a topic in Washington a year and a half ago, but immunity could not continue forever, and now the tragic occurrence in Kansas which cost the life of the best-known figure in American football has brought the matter again very much to the fore.
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Light engine design and fuels discussed by the S. A. E.

Insley, Nutt, Bridgeman, Edgar and others talk of power plant problems
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Conditioning floats and hulls

Some timely pointers on care, maintenance, and procedure for repair of seaplane floats and hulls
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Putting air travel into mass production

ONE of the few definite statements that can be made about air transport is that the accepted methods of soliciting and handling passengers differ widely and change rapidly. So far as I can observe, operators are not at all in agreement as to what they are selling or how the selling should be done.

By Amelia Earhart10 min

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Cockpits and Crashes

A. pilot's plea for better visibility

By Grissom E. Haynes10 min

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Engineering

THE problem of producing an aircraft engine as free from vibration as is the present day automobile engine is very difficult, as the designer cannot use mass to absorb vibration by static inertia. From the standpoint of durability the thermal, lubricating, and metallurgical problems involved are much more important than the reduction o; external vibration, and the burden falls upon the aircraft designer to build a structure around the engine which wil absorb the vibration without causing discomfort to pilot and passengers.

By ROSCOE I. MARKEY8 min

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