November 28, 1921

November 28, 1921

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Legal Aspect of Federal Air Legislation

By W. Jefferson Davis8 min

Helium for Airships

The DH-29 Commercial Monoplane

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Legal Aspect of Federal Air Legislation

Theory of Necessity of Constitutional Amendment Fallacious

By W. Jefferson Davis8 min

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Helium for Airships

In the course of an interview with a correspondent of a British newspaper shortly following the recent ZR2 airship disaster, Maj. P. E. Van Nostrand, of the Balloon and Airship Division, Office of the Chief of Air Service, who was to have returned to America aboard the big dirigible, asserted that airships can be made safe, and that while helium is the best gas known for airships—and he hoped the time will come when not only naval and military airships but commercial airships as well will be filled with helium—gasoline rather than hydrogen is the greater menace to the safety of airships.
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The DH-29 Commercial Monoplane

Captain de Haviland’s name is so familiar to our readers as the designer of the DH-4, the DH-9 and the DH-18 airplanes, that particulars regarding his latest creation, the DH-29, should elicit considerable interest, the more so as this is the first modern British cantilever monoplane.
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General Patrick Makes Long Airship Flight

Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, Chief of Air Service, accompanied by several other Air Service officers, experienced an interesting trip in the Airship C-2 on October 18th from Bolling Field to Langley Field, flying as they did under unfavorable weather conditions with dense clouds close to the ground through which it was necessary to pass.
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Organization of Naval Bureau of Aeronautics

An outline of the organization and of the distribution of duties in the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, which was recently created by Act of Congress, is contained in Circular Letter No. 1 issued by Rear Admiral Moffat, Chief of the Bureau.
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N.A.C.A. Recording Air Speed Meter

Air speed in flight has been recorded in France and in this country almost exclusively by the Toussaint-Lepère air speed meter which consists of a recording pen operated by a spring loaded bellows. For very accurate work this instrument has a considerable amount of friction and its natural frequency is so low that it can not be used to record rapid changes in air speed, such as bumps in flight or pulsations in the wind tunnel.

By F. H. Norton4 min

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Aeromarine Airways Show Safe Operation

The first report of commercial aviation operations ever made in the United States has been released by the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department. The report covers the operation of the Aeromarine-Navy flying boats in the commercial transportation of passengers, mail and freight for the period commencing Oct. 27, 1920 and ending Oct. 27, 1921.
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Civil Aeronautics Bill

Congressman Hicks Introduces Wadsworth Bill in House
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The Dayton-Wright Model FP-2 Seaplane

The Dayton-Wright Co. recently completed the construction of its Model FP-2 seaplane, which, as may be seen from the description which follows, embodies some highly interesting features. This type was developed to satisfy the requirements of forest patrol services for an airplane specially equipped for aerial photography, mapping, surveying, inspection and timber patrol in territory otherwise inaccessible and having no other landing facilities than bodies of water.
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Fokker Performance on European Air Lines

According to a statement issued by the Netherlands Aircraft Manufacturing Co. of 286 Fifth Avenue, New York, the maximum efficiency on the air lines of Europe is being given by the F-3 five-passenger monoplanes designed and manufactured by Anthony H. G. Fokker, in Amsterdam.
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