February 18, 1924

February 18, 1924

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Dangers of High Speed and Acrobatic Flying

By MAJ. L. H. BAUER12 min

U. S. ARMY AND NAVY AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Inauguration this month of regular airplane passenger and express service between Tampa and Sarasota, via St. Petersburg, and early extension of operations to Miami is announced by officials of the Tamiami Air Line Co. Representatives of the company have been in Tampa for several months preparing for the operation of the line, and during the last thirty days or more a large force of mechanicians has been busy assembling the planes and making ready for the start of the service.
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Dangers of High Speed and Acrobatic Flying

There have been numerous reports lately in the press on the high speeds attained in the air. Lieutenant Williams of the Navy broke the record at the Pulitzer races in October when he reached a speed of 243.67 mi./hr. Later he and Lieutenant Brow vied with each other in a number of races.

By MAJ. L. H. BAUER12 min

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U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

For several weeks the new radio station at Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio, has been in experimental operation with results assuring that all that was anticipated with the installation of this station will be realized. Two stool antennae masts 165 ft. high are provided, set directionally with the city of Washington.
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Dr. Samuel Johnson on the Art of Flying

Aeronautical Speculations of the Eighteenth Century
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The Law of Free Movement

By C. FRANCIS JENKINS4 min

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U. S. NAVAL AVIATION

Some interesting particulars are on hand regarding the two aircraft tenders which the Navy proposes to use in conjunction with its Arctic air expedition next spring. If will be remembered that in addition to the airship Shenandoah six planes will participate in the expedition, the heavier-than air craft being assigned the task of short distance reconnaissance work and aeroJogical observations.
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Relative Effect of Dihedral and Sweepback

Sweepback was used in some of the early airplanes in order to obtain lateral stability. It is now rarely used except in very moderate values, usually as a modification to correct a tail-heavy condition in an existing design. Dihedral, on the other hand, may be found in practically all airplanes.

By MAX M. MUNK4 min

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Publisher’s News Letter

The visit of C. R. Fairey, Chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors to this country is greatly welcomed. Mr. Fairey, as everybody who is familiar with British aviation knows is the present titular head of the British Aircraft Industry.
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BACKFIRES

"French Girl Confounds All the Scientists by Using Parachute to Drop from Fast Plane’—says a two column head in The New York Times over an exclusive news story from Paris, which reads in part as follows: “Theory and computation were confounded when a young woman— Mlle.
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