September 26, 1921

September 26, 1921

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Airships for a Transatlantic Service

By Ralph Upson

Single-Engined Cabin Airplanes

By Donald W. McIlhiney

An Analysis of Aircraft Accidents

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Airships for a Transatlantic Service

Trans-oceanic travel, is not only the most attractive field for practical airship development, but it also furnishes the most interesting scientific comparisons, for airships and steamships are both displacement types of vessels subject to the same fundamental laws.

By Ralph Upson

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Single-Engined Cabin Airplanes

During the war aeronautical engineers had very little cause or opportunity to consider the requirements of a commercial airplane. After the signing of the armistice there was an immediate demand for air transport services. Perhaps the first organized service of importance was that between London and Paris which was inaugurated to carry English government officials to and from the peace conference.

By Donald W. McIlhiney

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An Analysis of Aircraft Accidents

Based upon the most trustworthy available information, it is estimated that 1,200 aircraft are engaged in commercial flying in the United States today. It is believed conservative to estimate that these eraft flew a total of 3,250,000 miles from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1921.
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The Huff-Daland HD-4 Training Airplane

Among the aircraft manufacturing firms which have come into existence since the armistice Huff, Daland & Co., Inc., of Ogdensburg, N. Y., deserves special mention for the numerous original and up-to-date ideas it has incorporated in the design of its machines.
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Washington Letter

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Two New Hanriot Airplanes

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Gen. Mitchell Attacks Bomb Test Findings

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The Problem of Fuel for Aviation Engines

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Editorials

A National Crisis

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General Menoher Resigns

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