May 2, 1921

May 2, 1921

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Aviation Report of President to Congress

The Ultimate Airplane Engine

By Col. Jesse G. Vincent16 min

“Who’s Who in American Aeronautics”

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Aviation Report of President to Congress

Views of Minority of Special Committee Overruled in Report to President
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The Ultimate Airplane Engine

The development of airplane engines has passed the point where engineers have hopes of miracles. They have come to realize that the airplane engine of the future, whatever its type may be, must be developed by refinements and by improving the details of the methods for producing power that are already in existence.

By Col. Jesse G. Vincent16 min

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“Who’s Who in American Aeronautics”

BROOKS, ARTHUR RAYMOND, Captain, Air Service; born, Framingham, Mass., Nov. 1, 1895; son of Frank Emilien Brooks and Josephine Levassauer Brooks; married, Ruth M. Connery, Sept. 25, 1920. Educated: Framingham Grammar School and High School, 1900-1913; June 1917, B. S., Mass. Inst, of Tech.
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Three Years of Air Mail Service

The United States Air Mail Service will complete its third year of operation on May 15, 1921, with more than 2,250,000 miles of flying to its credit. In this period the Air Mail Service will have carried more than 80,000,000 letters, or an equivalent of approximately 2,000,000 lb. of mail, and covered 87 per cent of its scheduled mileage, based on its performance up to March 15, 1921.
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The Fokker Commercial Express Type C.II

To anyone studying the needs of commercial aviation and the many uses the world has for airplanes at the present day, it invariably soon becomes apparent that there is a very decided place in the scheme of things for a small and handy seater machine, in fact there is little doubt that its general sphere of usefulness is, at the present stage of aviation, more extended than that of any other type.
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M.A.A. Aircraft Year Book, 1921

The Aircraft Year Book which the Manufacturers Aircraft Association publishes annuually has just appeared in its third year of issue. The 1921 issue is the first international edition of the book and contains 124 well illustrated pages.
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From Miami to Washington

By JOHN F. HYLAN3 min

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Editorials

Lateral Control

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Cruise of Navy Air Boat Squadron

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G. Elias & Bro., Inc., Joins Manufacturers Aircraft Association

The Manufacturers Aircraft Association, 501 Fifth Avenue, New York City, announces that the firm of G. Elias & Bro., Inc., of Buffalo, New York, has acquired membership in the organization. This is the twenty-first airplane company to join the association. Of this number sixteen are still active.
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