May 17, 1926

May 17, 1926

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Metal Construction of Airplanes

By CHARLES WARD HALL15 min

The Pitcairn Fleetwing

Model Designation of Naval Airplanes

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Metal Construction of Airplanes

A Detailed Discussion of the Conversion of the Navy TS Plane into the Duralumin Built F4C-1 Plane. The Principles of and Reasons for the Cambered Spar.

By CHARLES WARD HALL15 min

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The Pitcairn Fleetwing

A Five-Seater Passenger Plane With a Curtiss C-6 Engine.
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Model Designation of Naval Airplanes

A Full Statement of the System Employed in Designating Naval Airplane Designs.
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The Madrid to Manila Flight

Second Long-Distance Spanish Flight Not Successful as Previous South Atlantic Undertaking.
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Army—navy Standards

Standardization of Aircraft Parts, Undertaken Jointly by Army and Navy, Will Enable Closer Cooperation from Procurement Standpoint. A Great Advantage to the Aircraft Industry.

By MAJOR LESLIE MACDILL,,LIEUT. RALPH S. BARNABY,,1 more...5 min

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Long Island News

From the amount of Long Island News which has appeared in these columns those on the Pacific Coast have probably decided that the Pulitzer races were the last aeronautical activity which had occurred on that part. Quite the contrary is true for the Island is still probably the most active center of aviation in the United States.
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Military Aviation Bill Passes House

THE PLAN of the War Department for a five-year aviation building expansion, costing $150,000,000, was approved by the House on May 5 by a unanimous vote, after two hours of debate. Recently the House passed a bill for naval air development at a cost of $85,000,000, over the same length of time.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Boston, Mass.

The Aeronautical Engineering Society of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology held its annual dinner on Wednesday, May 12, at North Hall of the Walker Memorial Building. The officers of the Society are:— F. T. Kurt, president; P. A. Gillies, vice-president; Harry Kaufman, secretary and treasurer.

By Porter Adams3 min

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Artificial Fog Dispersal Experiments

One of the greatest menaces to safe aerial navigation— fog, the bane of every airman—may be greatly lessened with the successful completion of experiments being conducted by the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics in the precipitation of fog over airplane landing fields.
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Editorials

Cooperative Flying Clubs

THE IDEA back of the English “Light Plane Clubs” could well be followed in this country. There are, undoubtedly, a large number of young men who want to fly but are unable to do so as the expense of owning their own plane is too great. If they could have the use of a plane at reasonable rates they would do a considerable amount of flying.
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