November 24, 1924

November 24, 1924

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Air Legislation in the United States

By C. G. GREY8 min

UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

Light Plane Progress and the Engine Question

By GLENN D. ANGLE5 min

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Air Legislation in the United States

One of the most amazing and amusing things about American aviation to any visitor from Europe is the fact that anybody in America can put together a few bits of stick and fabric and an engine, persuade it into the air by hoping for the best, call it an airplane, and proceed forth to “ply for hire or reward” without fee, license, registration, airworthiness certificate or anything else to show that the owner and pilot are competent to fly or are worthy to be trusted with the lives of their fellow-citizens.

By C. G. GREY8 min

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

The rain making experiments which took place some time ago at McCook Field have just been resumed at Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C. On Oct. 29, last, two Air Service pilots, Capt. A. I. Eagle and Lieut. W. E. Melville, using the electrified sand process devised by Dr. L. Francis Warren of Harvard University, successfully “shot down” a series of clouds which overshadowed the field.
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Light Plane Progress and the Engine Question

By GLENN D. ANGLE5 min

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Bristol Jupiter Passes 150 Hr. Tests

Some months ago, the 400 hp. Bristol Jupiter radial air-cooled engine completed an official endurance test of 150 hr. running at 90 per cent full power (including a run of 50 hr. non-stop). Since that time a series of notable performances, both on the bench and in the air, have maintained the Jupiter engine in the forefront, and reports of two successful 150 hr. tests supply the latest proof.
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The Latecoere LAT16 Mail Plane

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New American Records Authenticated

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Cincinnati News

By Kenneth D. Stern3 min

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

San Francisco News

By Walton Gilbert3 min

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New British Rigid Airship

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