February 9, 1925

February 9, 1925

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Air Liners at the Paris Aeronautic Salon

The International Aeronautic Federation

How the Modern Seaplane was Born

By COMD'R. J. C. HUNSAKER6 min

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Air Liners at the Paris Aeronautic Salon

Three Latecoere Planes Compared and Dewoitine Dl4 Described
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The International Aeronautic Federation

An Outline of its Scope, Organization and Accomplishments
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How the Modern Seaplane was Born

The development of seaplanes has followed very closely and continuously the development of the airplane and its engine. While there was an apparent lag of some three years between the Wright airplane of 1908 and the first Curtiss seaplane of 1911, the intervening period was devoted to persistent experimenting.

By COMD'R. J. C. HUNSAKER6 min

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Publisher’s News Letter

The subject of an Independent Air Force has been the battleground in Washington ever since the Curry Bill was introduced. The Hearings are bringing out all the different points of view. General Mitchell, whose outspoken claims for aviation have always kept him in hot water, has given his views with complete frankness both to the Committees and to the public in a series of articles in The Saturday Evening Post.

By L. D.G.4 min

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25 Years Building Zeppelin Airships

By Raffe Emerson4 min

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Air Service Awards

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Successful Tests of the Loening Amphibian

An Important American Contribution to Airplane Design
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Regulation Benefits Canadian Aviation

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Editorials

Pay Load versus Speed.

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

As a result of the Observation Plane Competition held by the A.S. Engineering Division last fall at McCook Field, the Douglas entry, type X02, with Liberty XII engine has been adopted as the new standard observation plane of the Army Air Service in place of the war-time DH4. An order for fifty ships of this type has been awarded the Douglas Co. of Santa Monica, Calif.
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