January 3, 1921

January 3, 1921

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The Lawson L-4 Transport Airplane

Operation of a Rigid Airship

By Commander L. H. Maxfield10 min

U. S. Naval Aircraft Construction-1920

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The Lawson L-4 Transport Airplane

The new Lawson machine is intended to be used on the airways for which the Lawson Airline Co. has mail contracts. It is a three-engined central fuselage biplane. It is expected that different styles of fuselage interiors will be used depending on the type of load to be carried.
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Operation of a Rigid Airship

Life on board an airship, like life generally, is one darn thing after another. There is nothing for idle hands to do because there are no idle hands. It is a life apart from any other activity known to man. It calls for the exercise of quick judgment and the closest attention to duty.

By Commander L. H. Maxfield10 min

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U. S. Naval Aircraft Construction-1920

The Bureau of Construction and Repair of the Navy Department has made great progress during 1920 and Naval Aviation at present is going through a change of mission entailing the development of entirely new types of aircraft suitable for overseas work with the fleet.
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Underwriters' Laboratories and Aviation

The actual and prospective developments in the use of aircraft in the commercial transportation of both passengers and freight have created a demand for insurance protection of the capital invested. This demand is now being met by certain insurance companies and the organization of aircraft departments is having careful consideration by other companies.

By A. R. Small6 min

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A Stabilized Camera

A very high degree of skill and training is required on the part of the pilot engaged in aerial photographic work to maintain a straight line flight with uniform speed at a determined elevation. The observer requires a camera in which the axis is vertical, hence the film horizontal, means for rotating the camera to allow for drift, means for determining the time between exposures and, above all, a suspension such that within reasonable limits, vibrations, jars and bumps due to the plane do not affect the camera.

By Capt. W. A. Hyde5 min

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A Remote Control Compass

Aviation has in the course of the last few years taken so thriving a development that the design of suitable apparatus for finding one’s way in the ocean of atmosphere has not been able to keep pace with it. Though the magnetic compass is the most suitable instrument enabling the flier to keep his course, conditions in this case are incomparably more difficult than on board sea-going vessels.

By Dr. Alfred Gradenwitz5 min

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Editorials

Sane Flying and Public Opinion THE last few months have witnessed the formation of a definite attitude among the lay public concerning stunt flying. There have been several accidents due entirely to recklessness on the part of the pilot and in almost every case the public, as represented by the daily papers, has unanimously condemned the practice.
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Influence of Aviation on Cities and Farms

An hour is still an hour, and there are still only twenty-four to the day, but nevertheless the hour has expanded tremendously in the last century. In 1820 an hour in terms of distance was six miles. Now it is sixty. Tomorrow it will be 120 to 150 miles.

By C. F. Redden4 min

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Anti-Dumping Injunction Granted

No legal decision recently has been of such interest and importance to the aeronautical industry in the United States as that of December 6 rendered by Judge Mayer in the Federal District Court of New York, restraining Handley Page, Ltd., the Aircraft Disposal Co., Ltd., and William H. Workman, from disposing of aircraft planes, engines and materials.
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The Ansaldo A-300C

The test of a new type of airplane for civil aviation has been carried out at the flying field of the Ansaldo Co., Turin, Italy. The tests have given very good results. The aviator Mario Stoppani, well known in Italy and abroad for his exploits during the war and in civil aviation since, was the pilot in these tests.
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