December 1, 1918

December 1, 1918

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The Hispano-Suiza Airplane Engines

The L-W-F Model G-2 Fighting Airplane

By Glenn D. Mitchell12 min

Future of the Aircraft Industry

By Harry Bowers Mingle11 min

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The Hispano-Suiza Airplane Engines

Owing to the veil of secrecy which has surrounded the Hispano-Suiza engine in this country up to the present time, the American public does not know that this engine has been characterized as second only to the Liberty as a factor in the air program of the United States.
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The L-W-F Model G-2 Fighting Airplane

Since the entry of the United States into the World War. no all-American designed fighting airplane has been used at the front. In the great rush and hustle to get American-made fighting machines to the battle front, no time was given American engineers and designers to perfect any partially constructed or designed machines of the type required.

By Glenn D. Mitchell12 min

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Future of the Aircraft Industry

In giving consideration to the future of the aircraft industry, considerable thought must be expended in order to retain the picture within its proper limits of perspective, for while it is certain that the progress of the aircraft industry will be very rapid and will reach into fields hereto unknown or unsuspected, it is reasonable to state that those developments will be along sensible lines.

By Harry Bowers Mingle11 min

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Performance and Cost of the Air Mail Service

Second Assistant Postmaster Otto Praeger has issued reports on the performance of the Air Mail Service during the month of October and on the cost of operation and maintenance during September. These reports are printed herewith. It should be noted that in the tables of operation and maintenance the airplanes numbered 1-6 are Standard-Hispano machines, while the series 38 and 39 are Curtiss-Hispano, and Curtiss-Liberty airplanes, respectively.
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News of the Fortnight

A demonstration of the largest seaplane in the United States was given to the press in Washington, D. C., on Nov. 8. The flight, which was also attended by several naval officers, was witnessed from a navy launch on the Potomac River. Before the seaplane started on its trip, which was to Hampton Roads, Va., it was inspected by Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair; Rear Admiral R. S. Griffin, of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, and Captain G. W. Steele, of the Aviation Division.
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Corrosion Prevention on Aircraft Metal Parts

By Lieut. H. A. Gardner5 min

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The Proper Function of the Elevator

By A. A. Merrill5 min

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Organizing for Aircraft Production

Factory organization varies greatly in all branches of industry and even among plants turning out similar products While plants can be operated successfully with wide differences in the organization of their personnel, there is no doubt that a careful arranging of the force—holding in mind both the calibre of the men available and the adaption of the organization to the work—is of incalculable value in preventing the overlapping of authority, locating responsibility where it belongs and generally facilitating the operation of the plant to the best advantage.

By Archibald Black5 min

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New Type of Rotary Engine

It does not require demonstration to state that no other single factor has had such a far-reaching influence on the prewar development of the airplane as the rotary engine, and particularly its first successful representative, the Gnôme.
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Digest of the Foreign Aeronautical Press

Aluminum und Its Alloys—Their Future After the War. Paper read by Dr. Rosenhain, F.R.S., at the British Scientific Products Exhibition, Sept. 4, 1918—Since 1914 very great and vitally important strides have been made in the development of aluminum alloys for many purposes on the largest scale.
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