March 15, 1926

March 15, 1926

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What Pilots Think About Air Legislation

Modern American Aircraft Engine Development

By CHARLES L. LAWRANCE12 min

Cutting Fuel Cost in Air Transport

By CHARLES McH. POND5 min

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What Pilots Think About Air Legislation

Pilots Express Many Varied Views on Requirements.
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Modern American Aircraft Engine Development

IN PRESENTING a paper on the subject of Modern American Aircraft Engine Development, I propose to call your attention to some of the interesting and unusual features of our American engines, and briefly run over some of the engineering considerations which have led to the designs in question.

By CHARLES L. LAWRANCE12 min

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Cutting Fuel Cost in Air Transport

Where a Correct Understanding of the Conditions and Requirements Will Lead to Economic Operation.

By CHARLES McH. POND5 min

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United States Air Forces

Douglas O-2 Planes For Chanute Field Douglas O-2 airplanes being constructed by the Douglas Aircraft factory at Santa Monica, Calif., for the Army Air Service, are now being completed, and it has been customary for pilots, at stations to which these ships have been assigned, to be detailed to ferry them to their home stations.
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Professional Pilots Association

An Organization for the Protection of Pilots and the Encouragement of Reliable Air Transportation.

By WALDO D. WATERMAN4 min

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Foreign Markets for American Aircraft

Statistics During Past Year Show Progress. Tremendous Field for Foreign Trade Still Apparent.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Detroit, Mich

February’s snows and cold winds apparently seem to act as a stimulant to winter flying in these parts. Almost 2,000 aviation-minded Detroiters were at Packard Field last Sunday to witness the first official flights of the new Stinson-Detroit plane.

By Leslie S. Gillette4 min

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Publisher’s News Letter

The intense interest concerning regulation of aviation increases daily if the mail received is any indication. No subject, not even the separate air force proposal, has seemed to stir up such wide differences of opinion. Letters, of eight and ten typewritten pages, come with requests that they be printed in full.

By L.D.G.3 min

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Editorials

The Need of Impartial Flight Testing

THE STEADY growth of interest in commercial aviation, so apparent throughout the United States at the present time, with its attendant competitive selling of many types of commercial aircraft, brings to the foreground once more, the old problem of uniformity of flight tests and published performance data.
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An Inexpensive Serviceable Hangar

THE BUILDING of a large hangar is a problem and study in itself, and has already become an industry in the hands of specialized and skillful builders and engineers, yet, to all operators who cannot afford a first class building, or to the man who wants space for only one or two airplanes, the question of a comparatively inexpensive and yet serviceable hangar is a very important one.
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