August 30, 1926

August 30, 1926

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National Air Race Week, Sept. 4-11

Beach in Travel Air Wins Second Reliability Tour

Woodson Commercial Airplanes

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National Air Race Week, Sept. 4-11

Air Races at Philadelphia to be High Spot of Sesqui-Centennial Celebration.
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Beach in Travel Air Wins Second Reliability Tour

Meister in Buhl-Verville, Second—Stinson in Stinson Detroiter—Third.
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Woodson Commercial Airplanes

Three Commercial Models Produced in Ohio Factory.
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Three-Engine Planes for Air Transport

Reliability and Punctuality Insured by Three-Engine Principle in Commercial Air Transportation.

By C. G. PETERSON8 min

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United States Air Forces

A parachute jump at an altitude of 15,000 ft. was made recently by Corp. George W. Wehling, of the 44th Observation Squadron, stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. Corporal Wehlinglanded safely on level ground about three miles from Lawton, Okla.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Cincinnati, O.

The planes competing in the Airplane Reliability Tour arrived in Cincinnati at noon on Aug. 18. With two exceptions, all the planes landed at Lunken Airport between 12 and 12:30. The exceptions were Jack Laass in a Driggs Dart who arrived about the middle of the afternoon, and R. Hossler in a Woodson who reached the airport at 8:20 p. m. in the evening.

By R. Alvin Hug4 min

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The Detroit News Balloon Trophy

ON SATURDAY afternoon, Aug. 21, at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Mich, the balloon race for the Detroit News Trophy was started after the return of the airplanes in the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour. There was $1500 in cash prizes to be awarded in addition to the Trophy and the race was won by J. A. Boettner flying the Goodyear IV, one of the two entries of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
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Publisher’s News Letter

Whatever results have been accomplished with disarmament in other fields the onrushing ascendency of air power is the most important and evident tendency in practically every country of the world. Armed aircraft have now become The First Line of Attack and this characterization will become a slogan that the people of each country will regard as self-evident.

By L.D.G.3 min

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Side Slips

Side Slips

The newspapers quote the King of England as being very much displeased with the shortness of the dresses worn at some recent horse races in England. The reporters of this news also noted that, as a result of his criticism, the dresses were quite noticeably longer on succeeding days.

By ROBERT R. OSBORN3 min

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Editorials

Reliable Engines for Airplanes

IT IS now a generally accepted fact that the safety and reliability of a modern airplane rests almost entirely in the power plant. Problems in aerodynamic design, while by no means completely solved, have certainly been resolved to a point where the actual safety of the airplane is not jeopardized any longer.
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