December 29, 1924

December 29, 1924

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Our Place in Aviation

By MAJOR L. T. JONES11 min

LIGHT PLANES AND GLIDERS

A Light Plane Book at Last

By Edmund T. Allen10 min

Publisher’s News Letter

By L.D.G.7 min

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Our Place in Aviation

The author has undertaken to display our statistical information in such form that it will represent quite correctly the present trend of development in aeronautics. A number of authors have written on the subject of progress in aeronautics but few have given the subject more than merely cursory mention.

By MAJOR L. T. JONES11 min

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LIGHT PLANES AND GLIDERS

A Light Plane Book at Last

The most important book on light planes that has yet been written has recently arrived from the press. It comes as a refreshing stimulus in a field where there has been so much confusion and dissention, where countries and individuals alike are in disagreement as to objective.

By Edmund T. Allen10 min

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Publisher’s News Letter

“Dear Bill” or “Dere Mabel” is probably the way this letter should start. It is really a letter from Washington, where aviation seems to be discussed in every official building. The Christmas spirit seems to be remembering the flying fraternity at last—perhaps in some cases a little too much so, but the great and significant fact that stands out in every visitor’s mind is that everyone from the President down is thinking aviation and wishing to give it a larger place in the affairs of the country.

By L.D.G.7 min

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On “A Suggested National Air Policy”

The air policy which appears in each issue of AVIATION, and which has been subject to weekly additions in theory, but sometimes subtractions in fact, is thought along the right line. On the theory that human effort should have a goal that it will never completely attain, this goal which is suggested and augmented weekly, is a real necessity.

By MAJ. W. D. TIPTON7 min

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

The double feat of an airplane hooking itself on to an airship while both were in flight at an elevation of 1,500 ft., and then freeing itself to sail away, was accomplished for the first time at Scott Field, Belleville, Ill. on Dec. 15. The ship used was the Army airship TC3 and the plane was a Messenger.
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The F.B.A. 19 Amphibian Flying Boat

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The Curry Bill

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Government Bids and Awards

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Navy Approves N. A. C. A. Aircraft Policy

The Navy Department is in complete accord with the recommendations made by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics with regard to stabilizing the aircraft industry, it is officially stated. The Navy Department's policy with regard to procurement of aircraft has been well established.
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