October 10, 1921

October 10, 1921

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New Altitude Record: 40,800 Ft.

By J. A. MACREADY10 min

Monoplanes or Biplanes?

International Aero Congress, Omaha, NOY. 3-5

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New Altitude Record: 40,800 Ft.

Lt. John A. MacReady, A.S., on a Lepere C:ll Airplane Fitted with the Moss Supercharger Breaks All Previous Records

By J. A. MACREADY10 min

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Monoplanes or Biplanes?

In connection with the article Single Engine Cabin Airplanes by Donald W. McIlhiney which was published in our issue of Sept. 26, 1921, we are reproducing below in free translation an article by André Herbemont, chief engineer of the Blériot-Spad company of France, and designer of the well-known Spad airplanes.
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International Aero Congress, Omaha, NOY. 3-5

The Aero Club of Omaha is organizing for Nov. 3 to 5 an International Aero Congress, which assumes particular importance from the fact that it will be held in conjunction with the second competition for the Pulitzer Trophy. Beside this race there will be seven flying events, one of which will serve as a competition for the new Larsen Trophy, donated by John M. Larsen, as an efficiency criterion for commercial airplanes.
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Second German Soaring Competition

The second annual soaring and gliding competition instituted by the League of German Model Aircraft and Gliding Clubs was held early in September in the Rhön district of western Germany'. The competition was endowed with 100,000 marks of prizes, of which a first prize of 30,000 marks for the longest duration flight exceeding 5 min. in which the permissible loss in height was not to exceed 164 ft.
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A Short History of Aviation in China

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Crissy Field, San Francisco, Calif.

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A Letter

The letter which follows was addressed by its writer to Ralph C. Diggins, Chicago, but as it indirectly also concerns AVIATION AND AIRCRAFT JOURNAL the writer kindly supplied us with a copy of it. Comment of any kind seems superfluous, as it might only spoil the exquisite humor of this letter.
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California-Curtiss Airplane Co. Formed

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Progress in Soaring Flight

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4300-lb. Bomb Dropped at Aberdeen

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