July 28, 1924

July 28, 1924

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Fittings and other Structural Airplane Parts

By P. EYDAM11 min

LIGHT PLANES AND GLIDERS

The Landing Gear

By Edmund T. Allen6 min

UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

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Fittings and other Structural Airplane Parts

The strength and reliability of airplanes depend greatly on the careful design and manufacture of the fittings, couplings and other highly stressed parts. In designing these parts, attention must be paid to the possibility of supplementary stresses, which in certain cases are engendered only by alterations in form during flight or during the loading tests.

By P. EYDAM11 min

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LIGHT PLANES AND GLIDERS

The Landing Gear

The landing gear problem has been attacked in a great variety of ways by light plane designers. In fact almost every new design has a brand new type of undercarriage. One reason for the latitude allowable on light planes is that the loads to which they are subjected are very small.

By Edmund T. Allen6 min

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

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Aeronautical Board is Reorganized

Secretaries of War and Navy Agree on New Functions of Board
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PUBLISHER’S NEWS LETTER

There have been several requests from readers of AVIATION for more detailed information regarding the progress of the Round the World Flight. So that the reason for the scarcity of news concerning this flight may be known, we quote from a letter received from the office of the Chief of Air Service.

By L.D.G.4 min

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Progress of American Round the World Flight

Lieutenants Smith, Wade and Nelson Have Completed 18,450 Miles Out of 24,000 Called for in Schedule
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LIGHT PLANES AND GLIDERS

The New “Caltech” Glider

AVIATION is in receipt of a letter from A. A. Merrill in which he gives some interesting details on the further development work done on the “Caltech” glider at Ross Field. Mr. Merrill writes as follows: “Very early in the experiments it was found that the rudder and fin as built, (they were copied from the Hannover Glider,) were not large enough to give the pilot control in yaw.
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Airplane Deafness

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Cleveland Notes

By Cy Caldwell3 min

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Plans for Schneider Cup Race

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