September 14, 1925

September 14, 1925

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Col. Mitchell’s Statements on Govt. Aviation

A “Twister” Wrecks the Shenandoah

PN9 No. 1 Lost on West Coast-Hawaiian Flight

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Col. Mitchell’s Statements on Govt. Aviation

These Contain the Assertions on Which He Expects to be Court Martialed
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A “Twister” Wrecks the Shenandoah

Broken in Three Sections but 28 of Crew of 42 Land Safely
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PN9 No. 1 Lost on West Coast-Hawaiian Flight

Commander Rodgers and Crew of Four Disappear after Flying 1600 Miles
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

The Training Camps

Reserve officers from the 436th and 438th Pursuit Squadrons were in training at Biggs Field, Fort Bliss, Tex., from Aug. 2 to 16. The following officers actually reported for duty: Capt. Erland L. Curtis, Capt. Fred Faesel, 1st Lieut. John R. Caldwell, 1st Lieut. Lloyd J. Andrews, 1st Lieut. Edward L. Irvine, 2nd Lieut. Charles B. Cheese, 2nd Lieut. Harold E. Savory, 2nd Lieut. Vinton E. Barrett, 2nd Lieut. Dewey Bartlo, 2nd Lieut. Charles G. Stanton, and Capt. James G. Espey, Med.-Res.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Cleveland, Ohio

Friends and enemies will be delighted to learn that my vacation was enlivened by an attack of hives. My friends will rejoice that I was afforded this peculiar mental and physical stimulus, while my enemies will derive satisfaction from the thought that I itched most confoundedly.

By Cy Caldwell5 min

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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U. S. Army Air Service

The Loening Amphibian, which was developed for the Army Air Service, is equally at home on the land or on the water and has been looked forward to as extremely useful in Army Air Service operations along the Atlantic Coast. The Loening Amphibian assigned to Mitchel Field was therefore dispatched recently with Capt. C. William Ford as pilot, to Boston Harbor, to cooperate in the Reserve Coast Artillery maneuvers there, in spotting the fire of the Coast Artillery guns operated from Fort Andrews at the mouth of Boston Harbor.
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The Boeing Mail Plane

Description of the Mail Plane Submitted by the Boeing Airplane Company to the Post Office Department
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Publisher’s News Letter

One of the principles of publishing is to attempt to give in every issue some features or articles that will have an interest for a certain large group of readers and then in the next have different types of articles that will appeal to another group.

By L.D.G4 min

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Editorials

Take Aircraft Out of Politics

BOARDS of experts will give their opinions as to the technical reasons that caused the loss of the Shenandoah and the PN9 No. 1, but no investigation will probably be made as to how much of these losses was due to the greatest danger to our air development—politics and propaganda.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

New Orleans, La.

Ed M. Gueydan, chairman of the postal facilities committee of the Association of Commerce, said recently that he supposed the field conceded by George A. Hero, which is located below Algiers on the Belle Chasse highway, will be used by the Vanderbilt Air Line, which is to be in operation by Christmas between Atlanta and New Orleans, according to an announcement.

By Theodore Ray Liuzza3 min

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