April 7, 1924

April 7, 1924

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Further Notes on the Design of Wing Spar Sections

By EDWARD P. WARNER10 min

Charting America’s Airways

Light Airplane Development

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Further Notes on the Design of Wing Spar Sections

About a year and a half ago, the writer published an article* in which he outlined a simple method of approximating to the sectional area required for a wing spar of known depth and subjected to known bending moment and compression. In a subsequent issue of AVIATION †, Dr. A. J. Sutton Pippard and F. E. Seiler, Jr. took mild exception to certain phases of the method, the former complaining of the omission of any allowance for the effect of buckling of the spar, the latter objecting to the neglect of the form factor in selecting the allowable bending stress to be used in an illustrative example.

By EDWARD P. WARNER10 min

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Charting America’s Airways

Thousands of Miles of Flying Routes and More than 100 Airports Surveyed by Army Air Service
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Light Airplane Development

The following interesting letter has been received from a reader of AVIATION: "I am Prompted to write you in response to your irresistible Publisher’s News Letters, particularly that of Jan. 28, and on the subject of Light Plane Development as also brought out in your Dec. 10, 1923, issue.
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The Organization Policy of the N.A.A.

The recent success in forming in the South seven new Chapters of the National Aeronautic Association serves to demonstrate the practicability of these local organizations. The Chapter is a good rallying point and a means of bringing together all believers in air power in each community in support of their individual, as well as their community interests, and these Chapters facilitate the collection of dues and simplify correspondence with the headquarters office in Washington.

By REAR ADMIRAL W. F. FULLAM6 min

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LIGHT PLANES AND GLIDERS

Four months ago, when the discussion about the light plane was started, the suggestions were met with indifference on the part of almost every aero club, company, organization and chamber of commerce that heard them. An officer in the technical branch of the Flying Service asked, “What is the light plane for ?”

By Edmund T. Allen5 min

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The British Light Plane Competition— and Ours

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On Improving the Breed

By C. G. G.5 min

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Aviation in Congress

Jan. 14. House Mr. Taylor: Resolution (H.R. 149) requesting Secretary of Navy to furnish House of Representatives information of plans for contemp1ate flight of Shenandoah to North Pole. Referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. Jan. 17. Senate
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Chicago News

By R. W. Schroeder4 min

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