March 14, 1921

March 14, 1921

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Battleships to Be Bombed

Flying Weather in the Southern Plains States

By John A. Reihle10 min

Rubber Aircraft Parts

By Edgar H. Wilson6 min

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Battleships to Be Bombed

Bombing experiments with the radio-controlled battleship Iowa and with the ex-German warships, allocated to the United States, as targets will be conducted by Army and Navy forces jointly, according to an announeeemnt made by Secretary Daniels.
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Flying Weather in the Southern Plains States

Meteorologist The economic importance of the wind in commercial aeronautics calls for complete data on this meteorological element based on a systematic distribution of regular observations. This work was started years ago in. this country, hut received added impetus when wind observation by means of pilot balloons was begun by the Signal Corps during the war.

By John A. Reihle10 min

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Rubber Aircraft Parts

Among the most efficient accessories for airplanes are those made of rubber. They are not effected by high altitudes nor sea level conditions and if the plane meets with a mishap they are the last ruptured. This cannot be said of any other part used on a. plane.

By Edgar H. Wilson6 min

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Safety in Aviation

By E. Stockton Martin5 min

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Two-seater Avro Baby, Type 543

This airplane is a development of the little 35 hp. single-seater Avro Baby biplane, type 543 which has put up a remarkable series of performances during the last eighteen months by winning the London Aerial Derby Handicap in 1919 and in 1920 and by making a 7-hr. non-stop flight from London to Turin, crossing the Alps enroute.
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San Francisco to New York in 33 Hrs. 20 Min.

The United States Air Mail Service added another chapter to its long line of achievements when, in Feb. 23, Mail Pilot E M. Allison delivered mail at Hazelhurst Field, Long Island, 33 hr. 20 min. after it bad left Montgomery Field, San Francisco.
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Italian Semirigid Airships Observed at Front

The following story, written by Arthur Halsted, associate electrical engineer in the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., and, during the war, an officer in American Air Service, serving with the Italian forces in the Po Valley, is of unusual interest since it sets forth the advantages of the semi-rigid airship especially in night bombing: Between Oct. 23 and Nov. 15, 1018, inclusive, 1 was at the Italian Front attached to the 202 Squadron of Italian marines.
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Names of Army Air Stations

The following list is of flying fields established by the U. S. Air Service before and during the World War. On November 1, 1919, some were used as storage depots and others had been discontinued. The majority of these were named after flying officers who have been killed in line of duty, while flying.
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Bids for MB-3 Pursuit Airplanes and Spares

When, during a recent hearing on the Army appropriation bill Brig. Gen. William Mitchell stated that the United States now had an American pursuit airplane equal in performance to any foreign machine, he alluded to the Thomas-Morse MB-3, which with a 300 hp.
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First One-stop Flight Across the United States

Early in January the Chief of Army Air Service announced that on Feb. 22 art attempt would be made to cross the United States by airplane in a period of twenty-four hours, thus establishing a new trans-continental speed record. The original schedule called for a flight of 2,079 miles, from Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calif., to Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, Fla., with a stop at Ellington Field, Houston, Tex.
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