April 26, 1926

April 26, 1926

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The Flight of the Airship Norge

My Ideal Sportplane

By EARLE OVINGTON9 min

Convertible Monoplane—Biplane Wings

By RANDOLPH F. HALL9 min

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The Flight of the Airship Norge

Italy-England-Norway-Russia Flight Carried out Successfully as Preliminary to Flight into Arctic.
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My Ideal Sportplane

It is only natural, for one who has flown for the past fifteen years, to have rather exact ideas regarding the ideal sportplane or ‘flyabout’; and so I have mine. I prefer a two-place machine for reasons, to be outlined. Firstly, with the pilot and passenger tandem, as they should be in a small plane, the fuselage is narrow.

By EARLE OVINGTON9 min

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Convertible Monoplane—Biplane Wings

Interesting Wind Tunnel Experiments on the Possibilities of Compound Wings.

By RANDOLPH F. HALL9 min

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Aeronautical Work at M.I.T.

Aeronautics Course at the Massachusetts institute of Technology Covers all Fields. Extensive Research and Test Work also Carried out.
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House Discusses Civil Aviation Bill

The House of Representatives Debates Parker Aviation Bill Prior to Taking Vote.
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German Air Transport Reorganized

Junkers-Aero Lloyd Combine Effected and Air Transport in Germany Again Operative. Country is Served With Widespread System of Air Lines.
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On Fuels for Aircraft Engines

The Importance of Using Good Fuel in Airplane Engines Cannot be Over Emphasized.
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United States Air Forces

The United States Army will participate in the Sesquicentennial International Exposition at Philadelphia, Pa., by sending a detachment of troops with equipment representative of various arms and branches of the service. The Secretary of War has named Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Commanding General of the Third Corps Area, to be the War Department’s representative at the Exhibition.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Vancouver, Wash.

The Rankin Flying Service has moved to Vancouver from Walla Walla, where they have conducted a flying school for several years. They have one training plane on the field now and will have a second one out by April 10. A special air taxi plane will be on the job within thirty days and a twenty-four hour air taxi service will be maintained during the summer as an experiment in night cross country flying.

By J. G. Langdon3 min

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New Finish Saves Time, Space and Expense

If aircraft production reaches the figures which the recommendations now being made to Congress and other factors indicate, the finishing rooms of the industry are apt to be greatly crowded during 1927. To meet such a situation, Valentine & Company is offering a new and extremely fast drying finish, Nitro-Valspar.
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