June 9, 1924

June 9, 1924

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Long Island News

How Goodyear III Won the National Balloon Race

By W. T. VAN ORMAN8 min

UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Long Island News

The persistent rainy weather and the high winds which have been such a notable feature of this spring have considerably interfered with flying activities in Long Island. Nevertheless, flying training, aerial photography and other commercial work is going on at every possible occasion.
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How Goodyear III Won the National Balloon Race

Our part of this year’s National Balloon Race started at 5:40 p. m., Central Standard time, when we shouted “Hands off” to the ground crew and the Goodyear Third took the air on its maiden flight as gracefully as the more experienced craft leaving the ground.

By W. T. VAN ORMAN8 min

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

Maj. Frank M. Andrews, A.S., accompanied by Maj. S. W. FitzGerald, A.S., recently completed a long flight over the airways from Kelly Field, Tex., to Bolling Field, D. C., and return, making the outward trip in an elapsed time of 33 hr. 5 min. and the return trip in 34 hr. 45 min.
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The Huff-Daland Petrel 4 and TW5 Airplanes

Good Performance and Simple Maintenance Characterize these Wright-Engined Cantilever Biplanes
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Philadelphia News

By C. T. Ludington5 min

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Dropping a Wing Walker to Save Him

Western Exhibition Flier Describes an Amazing Experience
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Work of the Goettingen Aerodynamic Laboratory

ERGEBNISSE DER AERODYNAMISCHEN VERSUCHSANSTALT ZU GOETTINGEN. Edited by Dr. L. Prandtl in collaboration with C. Wieselsberger and Dr. A. Betz, Vol. I, 140 pp., 91 tigs. Vol. II, 80 pp. 101 figs. (R. Oldenbourg, Munich and Berlin.) The two volumes under review, which were published with an interval of some two or three years, contain a wealth of aerodynamic information, presented with great clarity and quite evidently based on the very soundest experimentation.

By Alexander Klemin4 min

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. NAVAL AVIATION

Rear view mirrors, similar to those used on automobiles, are being installed on Naval planes operated by’ the Naval Air Station at San Diego, Calif. These mirrors will serve the two-fold purpose of covering the approach from the rear, and giving the pilot of the plane so equipped a view of the tail surfaces, including the vertical and horizontal rudders.
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The Pioneer Earth Inductor Compass

Description of New Instrument Used by American World Fliers in Spanning Pacific from Alaska to Japan
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Kansas City News

A new stunt was inaugurated the first part of last week by the Air Terminal Association in conjunction with the Sweeney Radio and Electrical School of this City, in broadcasting every evening the day’s activity at Richards’ Field. This radio broadcasting includes the number of ships in, where from, the number out, where to, and their cargo, the weather conditions in and around Kansas City and at nearby fields.

By T. S. Jewett3 min

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