October 18, 1926

The Air Mail Fathers Commercial Aviation

United States Air Forces

England-Australia and Back By Air

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The Air Mail Fathers Commercial Aviation

Speech Delivered By the Hon. W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, at the Convention of the National Association of Postmasters in Kansas City, Mo. on Sept. 23.
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United States Air Forces

The Department of War has issued General Orders No. 18 as follows: Air Corps Training Center. 1. There will be established and maintained at San Antonio, Tex., an Air Corps Training Center consisting of the following activities: a. The Air Corps Primary Flying Shcool, Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex.
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England-Australia and Back By Air

The story of another great flight was brought to a close on Oct. 1 with the arrival in London of Alan J. Cobham, the well-known British long distance pilot after his flight from England to Australia and return. The flight is one of the most significant events in international aeronautics of recent times for it is a striking example of what can be done with a modern airplane, a modern engine and a good pilot but with little or no outside assistance whatever.

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Testing Aircraft on the Speed Triangle

Description of a Simple Method of Determining the True Airspeed of Aircraft Regardless of the Direction and Velocity of the Wind.

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Notes on the Parachute

Some Practical Details on the Use of Parachutes, by an Expert.

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Editorials

THE OFFICIAL announcement that arrangements are being completed for the proposed Pan-American flight of the Army Air Corps and that the five Loening Amphibian planes which are to make the flight will leave San Antonio on or about Dec. 15, is most satisfactory.
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Publisher’s News Letter

Occasionally a criticism of the ideas advocated on this page is so well phrased that it stimulates thought if it does not convince. The letter that follows by its opposition to what we conceive to be a sound policy of regulation for the first year makes our position all the clearer and is printed for that reason.

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The Conferences on Air Regulation

Beginning on Oct. 4, the Department of Commerce has been holding a series of meetings for the discussion and revision of the “Regulations for the licensing of Pilots and Aircraft of the U.S.A., as proposed by the Department of Commerce in collaboration with the Army Air Corps and the_ Naval Air Service”.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS

New England News

New England aviation winds up the summer of 1926 with Boston and Hartford sharing the honors of flying leadership. Boston easily leads in total amount of service flying each week and frequently averaging over one hundred hours, in commercial flying.

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The Waterhouse “Cruzair” Monoplane

Another West Coast Commercial Design With a Wright Whirlwind Engine
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