September 15, 1918

September 15, 1918

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Tubes and Tubular Structures

By W. W. Hackett,A. G. Hackett28 min

Transatlantic Flight By Airplane

By Frithiof G. Ericson22 min

News of the Fortnight

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Tubes and Tubular Structures

The present decade will pass down into history notorious for many things good and bad. It will be styled a time of improvement in many ways. It will be remembered as covering the period of the world’s greatest war, but it will also be remembered among all trades appertaining in any way to engineering as the age of progress in the manufacture and manipulation of steel tubing.

By W. W. Hackett,A. G. Hackett28 min

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Transatlantic Flight By Airplane

When immediately before the outbreak of the war Glenn H. Curtiss, and Lt. Col. Porte, R. A. F., were building the first twin-engined flying boat, the “ America,” which they intended to use in an attempt to cross the Atlantic, their aim was to design a machine especially suitable for such a trip.

By Frithiof G. Ericson22 min

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News of the Fortnight

The New York to Chicago Air Mail The test flights of the New York to Chicago airway mail service were brought to successful conclusions last Friday evening and Saturday morning, when both mail pilots safely landed their machines at the Western terminus of the projected route.
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Some New Enemy Airplanes

Several new types of German airplanes have made their appearance on the Western front since the launching of the great German spring drive which is now victoriously being rolled back by Marshal Foch. For the success of this offensive the enemy relied on a gigantic concentration of men, guns of all calibres and airplanes of all types.
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Digest of the Foreign Aeronautical Press

Flying (London), July 31, 1918 Performance of the Hannover Biplane*—The following figures relating to the performance of the Hannover biplane fitted with a 180 hp. Opel-Argus engine are now available: Service ceiling, 15,000 ft. Estimated absolute ceiling, 16,500 ft.
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The Ornithopter

There is very little probability that any new form of flying device will be originated during the Great War, since the talents and experiments necessary can be more usefully devoted to the improvement of the airplane. The latter has proved so successful that there is small prospect that any rival could develop to a comparable degree of efficiency in the present environment.

By Herbert Chatley5 min

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The D. H. 5 Pursuit Biplane

The D.H.5 pursuit biplane herewith described was built by the Darracq Motor Engineering Co., Ltd., London, and bears the identification mark A 9435. It is a tractor biplane with a single pair of interplane struts on either side and with the wings set at a negative stagger of 0.695 m.
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The Era of Large Aircraft

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