September 4, 1922

September 4, 1922

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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

Air Service

Forest Fire Patrol by Airplane and Radio

By S. R. Winters7 min

Description of the M.I.T. Sailplane

By Frank M. Gentry6 min

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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

Air Service

Night Flying from McCook Field—Night flying in the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, has become almost as commonplace as day flying. Lientenants L. D. Bruner and H. R. Harris, in charge of night flying, have been carrying on some rather intensive experimental work.
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Forest Fire Patrol by Airplane and Radio

Eighty-Seven Radio Equipped Airplanes Now in Forest Fire Prevention Service

By S. R. Winters7 min

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Description of the M.I.T. Sailplane

Product of Aeronautical Engineering Society Of M.I.T. Embodies Many Interesting Features

By Frank M. Gentry6 min

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Sperry Drops Landing Gear, Lands on Skids

Demonstrates New Type Releasable Landing Gear by Successful Flights
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Pulitizer Race Course Over Water

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Odyssey of the Sampaio Correia

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A.C.C. Opposes Government Factories

At a recent meeting of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce the attention of the meeting was called to the fact that there appears to be an increasing tendency to place orders for manufacture of aeronautical equipment and supplies in shops owned and operated by the Government.
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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

Foreign News

Germany—The invention of a wing-strain indicator by Klemperer, of Berlin, should prove of interest to the airplane industry. This instrument works on the theory of mass and weight pressure. When the plane is at equilibrium the indicator points to “1,” and when the component forces are increased the indicator moves correspondingly, warning the pilot that there is too great a pressure on the wings.
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Curtiss Develops Hydro Sailplane

New Type of Motorless Sail Plane Now Undergoing Tests
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New Navy Training Plane

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