April 17, 1922

April 17, 1922

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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

Determination of Surface Area for Airships

By Edward P. Warner

British Goverment Justifies Royal Air Force

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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

Army Orders.—Maj. Bert M. Atkinson, A.S., upon expiration of his leave of absence, will proceed from Mather Field, Calif., to Letterman General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif , and report in person to the commanding officer of that hospital for observation and treatment.
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Determination of Surface Area for Airships

As the form of airships continues to improve and as increased use of the wind tunnel leads to the production of forms of constantly lower resistance, the skin friction is becoming a more and more important factor in airship resistance and in the calculations of the power required to drive an airship.

By Edward P. Warner

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British Goverment Justifies Royal Air Force

“It Would be a Retrograde Step to Abolish the Air Ministry And Reabsorb the Air Force into the Admiralty and War Office”
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Aero Club Closes New York Quarters

Proposes to Reorganize on National Lines in September
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Notices to Aviators

Landing fields—Information.—The following information concerning landing fields in Arizona has been received from the office of the Chief of Air Service, War Department: California Eureka, Eureka Field.—Owned by the Hill estate; latitude 40° 45' N., longitude 124° 10' W.
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Naval Aviation

Navy Orders—Lt. Comdr. Frank T. Leighton, Det. New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N. J. ; to conn. f. o. USS Colorado as Senior Assistant Engineer Officer when commissioned. Lieut. Frederic P. Culbert, Det. Office of Naval Intelligence Navy Dept.; to duty Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, Va.
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Aviation in Canada, 1921

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For a U. S. Academy of Aeronautics

Resolution by Senator Walsh Asks War and Navy Secretaries To Report on Advisability of Establishing Aerial Academy

By Boston Transcript

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Foreign News

France—The Aveline automatic airplane stabilizer, of which an illustrated description appeared in the March 21, 1921, issue of AVIATION, has recently undergone a series of tests in France. A report on tests made by the Messageries Aériennes company above Le Bourget in a Farman “Goliath” indicates that the stabilizer is capable of great services in traversing large banks of fog, and in taking off from airdromes covered in fog.
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Marine Corps Aviation

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