September 13, 1926

September 13, 1926

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S.A.E. Holds Two Day Aeronautic Meeting

The Start of the National Air Races

A Flying Tour of Europe

By LESTER D. GARDNER9 min

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S.A.E. Holds Two Day Aeronautic Meeting

Aeronautic Banquet Hears Notable Speakers.
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The Start of the National Air Races

The First Two Days of Air Racing in Philadelphia. Twohundred and Fifteen Entrants in the Nineteen Events.
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A Flying Tour of Europe

THE RAPIDLY expanding air transport lines of Europe have been the subject of innumerble articles and studies during the last four years. Much has been written that has been the result of only superficial observation and has resulted in creating a very incorrect impression in the United States.

By LESTER D. GARDNER9 min

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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

Sacramento, Calif.

Irwin Airport has been the scene of considerable activity lately. Among some of the week end visitors was Pilot Warren of San Francisco who was enroute to Grass Valley in his Swallow. Mr. Warren had as his passengers Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Clark of the Standard Oil Co. “Sandy” Saunders of San Francisco was up for a few days recently in his Standard and as usual, had an attractive little lady passenger with him.

By S. E. Shelton7 min

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Analysis of Lester Gardner's Air Tour

In the following table the distances in kilometers and miles are from place to place, no allowance being made for changed routes on account of weather, circling for take offs or landings, detours or other causes which add to the distance of flights..
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Thirty Air Officers Requested Transfers

U. S. Air Forces

1,500 Miles in One Day A round trip from Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., to Chanute Field, Rantoul, I11., in one day, was recently made by Capt. R. H. Ballard, Air Corps. Leaving Post Field at about 5 a. m. to ferry Private Gregory to the Airplane Mechanics School at Chanute, Captain Ballard greatly surprised the inhabitants of the post by returning at about 7 p. m. He flew one of the new Douglas O-2 airplanes and made the outbound trip to Chanute Field, a distance of 700 miles, without stop, in 6 hr. and 20 min. Returning, he stopped for gasoline at Kansas City, and required a total of 7 hr. to reach the home airdrome, a distance of 800 miles. Last year, the same trip was attempted by Captain Ballard in a DH, but after 14 hr. of flying darkness forced a halt at Muskogee, Okla., on the return trip. The distance is about 1.500 miles. Thirty Air Officers Requested Transfers Thirty officers of the Air Service voluntarily transferred to other branches of the Army during the fiscal year ending June 30, the Dept, of War announces. This was the largest number of transfers from any branch of the Army. Eighty-seven officers were moved from one service to another during the year, the Signal Corps gaining more men in the transfer than any other branch. South American Flight A tentative list of pilots of Army airplanes, for the contemplated flight to South America, was announced Sept. 4. The list includes 10 Air Corps officers, headed by Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, office of the chief of the Air Corps, who would be in charge of the flight. The department explained, in connection with its announcement, that further details of the contemplated flight are contingent upon arrangements now being made by the Depart?nent of State with the South American countries over which the planes would fly. The ten pilots, tentatively chosen, in the proposed flight, are as follows : Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, Office, Chief of Air Service (In charge); Capt. Arthur B. McDaniel, Kelly Field; Capt. Ira C. Èaker, Office, Chief of Air Corps; Capt. Clinton F. Woolsey, McCook Field; 1st Lieut. Bernard S. Thompson, Phillips Field; 1st Lieut. Leonard D. Weddington, Fort Sam Houston ; 1st Lieut. Charles McK. Robinson, Foil Crockett ; 1st Lieut. Muir S. Fairchild, Langley Field; 1st Lieut. Ennis C. Whitehead, Wright Field; 1st Lieut. John W. Benton, Crissy Field. Navigating by Instruments Only Recently Lieutenants Schoeffel, Curtin and Sheehan of the Bureau of Aeronautics made a navigation flight to New York, Curtin navigating. The Bureau of Standards type sextant was used for celestial observations, the navigrapn and an experimental post.
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Editorial

AUTOMOBILE AND airplane engines embody the same principles of design and operation. In operation the automobile engine is subjected to strains due to gear shifting, letting in the clutch, hill climbing in high gear, chassis torsional strains and drive shocks due to bumpy roads.
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Publisher’s News Letter

Every traveler who returns from the other side of the Atlantic and who has flown over an appreciable number of the air lines of Europe is asked two questions by nearly everyone he meets. One is as to which is the most successful air line and the other is which is the best commercial airplane.

By L.D.G.4 min

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Radio Aids to Air Navigation

One of the many phases of the civil aeronautics program in progress in the Department of Commerce under the Hon. William P. MacCracken, Jr., Assistant Secretary, is the work being done by the Bureau of Standards on the development of radio aids for aircraft.
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Nicholas-Beazley Produces New Commercial Airplane

The Standard J-l OX-5 Commercial Airplane.
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