May 7, 1923

May 7, 1923

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Plans of Flying Companies for 1923 Season

ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

U. S. Naval Aviation

Some Marginal Remarks on Air Transport

By Ladislas d'Orcy

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Plans of Flying Companies for 1923 Season

Activities Include Tuition, Passenger Carrying, Aerial Photography and Exhibitions
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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

U. S. Naval Aviation

Aircraft Squadrons, Scouting Fleet—The six F5L’s with Sandpiper and Teal arrived at Key West, April 20 from Guantanamo, enroute to Hampton Roads, returning from winter maneuvers with the combined fleets. The U.S.S. Wright proceeded to Pensacola to carry back the crews of planes being transferred to that Station.
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Some Marginal Remarks on Air Transport

With Special Reference to Landing Fields

By Ladislas d'Orcy

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U. S. Air Mail Has Flow 5,000,000 Miles

Consolidated Statement Covering 55 Months Shows 90.4 per Performance for this Period
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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

U. S. Army Air Service

Death of Capt. Walter R. Lawson—Capt. Walter R. Lawson, A.S., Tech. Sergt. Bidwell, Sergt. Wesley H. Rowland, A.S., and Hugh M. Smith, an employee of the Bureau of Standards in Washington, Avere killed, and Sergt. F. B. Shaw, A.S., U.S.A., was seriously injured when a large bombing plane in which they were flying plunged into the Great Miami river near McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, April 21.
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Editorials

ONE often hears it said that we have no real commercial aviation because there are no commercial aircraft in existence—to which others will reply that manufacturers will not produce real commercial aircraft until there is a demand for commercial aviation.
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The Combined Coast Artillery—Air Service Exercises

Held at Fort Monroe in October and November, 1922
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Civil Service Examination

Airplane Inspector, New York
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America Holds Most World Records

Eleven records, six of them exceeding accepted world marks, have been officially credited to American aviators by the contest committee of the National Aeronautic Association, Chairman F. P. Lahm announced April 25. These records were all made in a period of twenty days from March 29 to April 17 at Dayton, Ohio, by Army aviators.
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Wright Cylinders for Liberty Engine

It is well known that a number of the recent accidents, which have occurred with airplanes equipped with Liberty engines, have been due to failures of the steel cylinder construction. These failures have resulted from the thin welded water jackets rusting through in storage, and also from water leakage, owing to the welds opening in service.
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