May 21 1923 | Aviation Week

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St. Louis Preparing National Airplane Races

Air Board of St. Louis Launches St. Louis Aeronautic Corp. to Finance Airplane Meet

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The National Aeronautic Association’s Policy

President Coffin Outlines Constructive Plan for Future of N.A.A.

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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

U. S. Naval Aviation

Aircraft Squadrons, Scouting Fleet—Shifting the engines of a seaplane at sea is a new wrinkle in aviation, but is all in the day’s work for the squadrons which made the cruise to Panama and return with the Fleet. The following account is quoted from the latest report of the Aircraft Squadrons Scouting Fleet:

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ARMY AND NAVY AIR NEWS

U. S. Army Air Service

Army Orders—Tech. Sergt. William Wendell, Q.C., will be placed upon retired list at Chanute Field. First Lieut. Harlan W. Holden, A.S., granted two months leave of absence. Maj. Henry C. Pratt, A.S., relieved from General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; to Army War College for duty as student.

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Regarding the New N.A.C.A. Nomenclature

A Letter from Lester D. Seymour

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The United States Naval Air Service

I want to render an accounting to you today of an enterprise in which you are all stockholders. That enterprise is your naval aviation service. It is the eyes of your fleet, and the guardian of your gateway to the world. The matters of which I desire to speak to you have engaged the serious thought of individuals and nations throughout the whole world, during the past few years.

By Rear Admiral William A. Moffett6 min

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Sources of Heat Energy Other Than Gasoline

The weight of gasoline consumed, plus the weight of the tanks, reaches the weight of the engine itself in about five hours’ flight with a fixed engine, or in a much shorter period with a rotary engine. Any reduction in the weight of the fuel is, therefore, bound to prove advantageous.

By P. Meyer6 min

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Editorials

Aerial Occupation Forces

H. G. WELLS, in the prophetic book “The War in the Air” which he wrote some fifteen years ago, claimed that while aircraft would offer an unparalleled means of attack, the new warfare would assume an unstable and even chaotic aspect because aircraft did not enable the attacker effectually to occupy the underlying territory.

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New Light Plane Prizes

The London Daily Mail offers a prize of £1,000 for an international light plane competition which will be held by the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom in England next September or October. The exact date and place of the competition will be announced later.

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Editorials

The Navy and the ZR1

LAST week we stated in these columns that the ZR1, the big rigid naval airship now progressing toward completion at Lakehurst, N. J., has been much criticized. In all fairness to those concerned with the construction of this ship, it is necessary to elaborate that statement to some extent.

May 21, 1923

May 21, 1923

St. Louis Preparing National Airplane Races