January 28, 1924

January 28, 1924

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An Indictment and a Warning

AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Kansas City News

By T. S. Jewett8 min

U. S. ARMY AND NAVY AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

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An Indictment and a Warning

The Chief of Air Service Shows Danger of Present Inadequate Air Force
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Kansas City News

By T. S. Jewett8 min

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U. S. ARMY AND NAVY AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

The 102nd Observation Squadron, New York National Guard, attached to the 27th Division, had an active year in 1923. The summer camp held at the home field, Miller Field, New Dorp, Staten Island, during August, was an entire success, even including the mess, and a comprehensive plan of ground and air instruction was carried out.
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The Shenandoah Weathers a Storm

Torn from Mooring Mast, Airship Outrides 70 mi. Gale Which Causes Havoc on Atlantic Seaboard
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Re Metal Clad Airships

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Urges Hydrogen for Polar Flight

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Regulations of the Curtiss Trophy Race

This year’s Curtiss Marine Flying Trophy race (for high speed seaplanes) will be held March 8, next, at Miami, Fla., on the second day of a two day flying meet held with N.A.A. sanction under F.A.I. rules. Preliminary Events For March 7, the first day of the meet, two events are scheduled.
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Success in Aerial Boll Weevil Campaign

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The Swanson-Freeman SS4 Two Seater

The Swanson-Freeman SS4, two-seater side by side airplane was designed and built by S. Swanson and E. W. Freeman at Vermillion, S. D., and tested Nov. 11, 1923, with remarkable success. The test pilot, Lieut. M. E. Callender of Sioux City, Iowa, who served at Benbrook Field, Ft. Worth, Tex., and advance pursuit instruction at Sau Diego, Calif., took the machine off after a short run, climbed to 2000 ft. and circled over Vermillion for fifteen minutes during which time he executed various maneuvers such as loops, Immelman turns, dives, sharp turns, etc. which the machine performed with extreme facility.
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U. S. ARMY AND NAVY AIR FORCES

U. S. NAVAL AVIATION

On Dec. 18 the Shenandoah was taken from the hangar for mooring mast experiments. The ship left the ground at 16:45 and circled the field until 18:18 when a landing was made at the mast. By this time darkness had set in. and the wind was from the west, about 6 mi./hr.
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