July 12, 1926

July 12, 1926

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The Army Air Bill

Navy Air-Cooled Engine Development

By COMMANDER E. E. WILSON8 min

The Case of the Junkers Company

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The Army Air Bill

Plan for Procurement of Aircraft Laid Down. Five Year Policy Settled.
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Navy Air-Cooled Engine Development

Naval Requirements Favor Air-Cooled Engined Planes.

By COMMANDER E. E. WILSON8 min

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The Case of the Junkers Company

Junkers Aircraft Company of Germany in Difficulties. A Crisis in the German Aircraft Industry.
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U. S. Air Forces

San Diego, Cal. As an aid to visibility, the 2nd Aviation Group has painted antenna weights on planes a chrome yellow, similar to the upper wing surfaces of Navy planes. A metal washer with a short welded hook has replaced the plain washer under the lower longeron compression member fitting bolt, just below the lower step in the rear cockpit.
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Philadelphia Prepares for the Air Races

National Air Races To Be Held Under Civilian Control Entirely and Commercial Fliers to Receive Every Consideration. Army and Navy to Cooperate.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Crissy Field, Cal.

Don Alexander and pilot Paul Vernier, from Denver, were in town a few days with a new Eaglerock, demonstrating. After a stay of several days, and a delay from carburetion trouble, caused by descending from mile high Denver, the trio departed for the North.

By R. P. Beebe4 min

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Moline, Ill.

Things are looking brighter locally for the Chicago-Dallas air mail line. After slumping to two or three ounces a day each way, the out-going mail has now attained an average of nearly six pounds a day and Moline, Rock Island, Davenport and East Moline are still at work trying to raise the average to at least twenty-five pounds a day.

By W. B. Mueller4 min

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Professional Pilots

There seems to be a considerable demand for some sort of an organization which would represent the professional pilots of the United States. In the issue of June 21, AVIATION published an editorial on the subject. Mr. Yackey, one of the leading fliers and operators in the Middle West, has been kind enough to send us his views on the subject.
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The Ford Airplane Reliability Tour

Thirty-Eight Machines Already Entered. Single and Multi-Engine Planes To Be Separately Classified.
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New York-Boston Air Mail Inaugurated

On July 1, Colonial Air Transport, Inc., inaugurated its operation of the Contract Air Mail route No. 1 between New York and Boston when three planes, two Fokker Universals and one Curtiss Lark, all with Wright Whirlwind engines, left Hadley Field, New Brunswick, N. J. at 6:10 a. m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
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