May 5 1924 | Aviation Week

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Congressional Hearings on the Air Services

Testimonies of Generals Hines and Patrick Bring to Light Many Interesting Points

476

Curtiss Co. Offers Plant for McCook Field

Garden City Factory Ideal For Engineering Division of Air Service

488

UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

A remarkable “direct course” flight with the assistance of a new instrument, the Earth Inductor Compass, was made April 18 from McCook Field to Mitchel Field via Albany, N. Y. by Lieut. Hugh C. Downey, A.S. and Bradley Jones, instrument expert of the Air Service.

474

Where the Money Goes

How $67,241,327.95 Was Spent in 1922-23 for Government Air Services

482

LIGHT PLANES AND GLIDERS

The amateur designer usually approaches the problem of building his light plane by looking over the data that have been collected on all the existing types of light plane construction. Often he has the general layout quite definitely decided upon before he begins work, and he uses either a handbook or a compilation of the characteristics of the best light planes to determine the exact dimensions and plan form of his design.

By Edmund T. Allen7 min

480

The Great Inter-Continental Flights

Americans Still in Alaska—Maclaren Reaches India—French Flier Off for Fast Paris-Tokyo Flight

488

UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. NAVAL AVIATION

470

PUBLISHER’S NEWS LETTER

The compilation of the cost to the Government of Aviation aroused the interest that we expected— perhaps a little more than we thought possible. We have had two distinct reactions. The first, from people generally, that it was an excellent idea to let the public know how much our Air Services are really costing as it will emphasize the importance of aviation and help show that it should receive much greater study and intelligent consideration than it has been given in the past.

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Long Island News

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Editorial

May 5, 1924

May 5, 1924

Congressional Hearings on the Air Services