September 28, 1925

September 28, 1925

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Airports and Airways

New England Notes

By Porter Adams11 min

Shock Absorbers for Flying Boats

Bombing Accuracy

By MAJOR B. W. SIMPSON6 min

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Airports and Airways

New England Notes

Last week the Army at the Boston Airport made twenty-five flights and flew 18 hr. 15 min. Lieut. Frank Crowley flew to Mitchel Field and return on Tuesday while Major Gilkeson flew to Edgeworth Arsenal on Wednesday and returned the following day.

By Porter Adams11 min

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Shock Absorbers for Flying Boats

The Development of Large Seaplanes Opens Up Fresh Problems
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Bombing Accuracy

Bombing with 80 Per Cent Hits Too Optimistic and Not According to Records-23 per cent Average Performance

By MAJOR B. W. SIMPSON6 min

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The Munich Aero Show

Twenty-nine Exhibitors Make up a Very Interesting Collection of Modern Aircraft, Engines and Accessories
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Flight Tests of the New Curtiss Racer

First of Three New Racing Planes Tested at Mitchel Field
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The Ford Reliability Tour

THE commencement of the Ford Reliability Tour is now at hand, the airplanes entered for tour of middle western cities and states being due to start on the first leg of the circuit on Sept. 28. Approximately twenty entries are listed for the event, which, it is particularly stipulated, is not in the form of a contest but a straight forward tour for commercial airplanes tending to encourage the reliable and useful operation of aircraft for commercial and general civilian purposes.
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United States Air Forces

Illinois Reserve

Under the command of Capt. Joseph L. Whitney, A.S. Res., of Chicago, thirty-five reserve officers from the State of Illinois were mobilized at Chanute Field and underwent military training for the period from Aug. 16 to Aug. 30. They drilled.

By Robert McKnight5 min

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Corps Area Airways

Editorials

THE astonishing verification of the claims for aircraft bombing of battleships contained in Major Simpson’s article printed in this issue, should cause discussion all over the world. This may seem a broad statement but it is true that AVIATION is read in every important aeronautical country.
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The Aeromarine Starter

This Device Stores Energy in a Flywheel Which in Turn Is Applied to the Crankshaft
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United States Air Forces

U. S. Army Air Service

On Friday afternoon, Aug. 14, at 4:30 p. m., the troops, consisting of officers of the Rockwell Air Intermediate Depot, the 91st Aero Squadron, and the Reserve Officers in Camp, were paraded on the field in front of the Officers’ Club and the Distinguished Service Medal awarded by Congress was presented to Capt. Lowell H. Smith and 1st Lieut. Erik H. Nelson for services performed in connection with the World Flight, which was in command of Captain Smith.
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