February 22, 1926

February 22, 1926

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What Pilots Think About Air Legislation

The Advent of the Radial Air—Cooled Engine

By W. LAURENCE LEPAGE10 min

Bending Moments Obtained Graphically

By MICHAEL WATTER8 min

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What Pilots Think About Air Legislation

Emphatic Opinions From All Parts of the Country
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The Advent of the Radial Air—Cooled Engine

Great Possibilities for Air Cooling. Type Supplements Rather Than Competes With Water-Cooled Engine.

By W. LAURENCE LEPAGE10 min

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Bending Moments Obtained Graphically

A Graphical Method of Determining the Allowable Stress in Uniform Section Members

By MICHAEL WATTER8 min

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Aviation and Confidence

President of the Guggenheim Fund Emphasizes Colossal Future in Commercial Aviation

By HARRY F. GUGGENHEIM7 min

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Caldwell’s Flying Guyed

See America First With a Thirsty Pilot

By CY CALDWELL5 min

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United States Air Forces

A free balloon flight was recently made from Wright Field, Fairfield, O., by Lieut. Ira R. Koenig and Sgt. Wm. J. Bennett, in order to test a new and improved rip panel which was designed by the lighter-than-air section at McCook Field. Rip panels are strips of balloon fabric, eight or ten inches wide and fourteen to sixteen feet long.
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Marine Principles in Aircraft Propulsion

Considerations of Marine Propeller Designs Have Important Bearing Upon Aircraft Problems.

By CHARLES McH. POND4 min

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The Spain to Argentina Flight

Eighth Air Crossing of Atlantic Successfully Achieved and Spain and Argentina Brought Within 61 Hours of Each Other.
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Publisher’s News Letter

Occasionally these letters have a personal tone that may be overlooked in this out-of-the-way part of AVIATION. This week, we are letting you into a very pleasant secret. On one of the closing days of March the writer of this page expects to start on a trip that is hoped will give every reader of AVIATION a closer knowledge of air transport in Europe.

By L.D.G.4 min

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Reed Propeller Wins Collier Trophy

The Collier Trophy Committee of the National Aeronautic Association consisting of Orville Wright, chairman; Geo. W. Lewis, Godfrey L. Cabot, Earl N. Findley and Porter Adams, met on Feb. 5 and awarded the Collier Trophy for 1925 to Dr. S. Albert Reed of New York for the development of the Reed metal propeller.
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