June 6, 1927

June 6, 1927

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The Joint Conference of the Aircraft Industry and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Fuel and Oil Consumption Important Factors On Long Distance Flights

Fuel and Oil Consumption Important Factors on Long Distance Flights

By R. V. CAUTLEY8 min

United States Air Forces

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The Joint Conference of the Aircraft Industry and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

YET ANOTHER symptom of the cooperative spirit which exists between the American Aircraft Industry and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was apparent at the Annual Joint Conference of the Committee on Aerodynamics; Committee of Materials for Aircraft; (both of the N.A.C.A.) with representatives of the American Aircraft Industry and the Aeronautical Educational Institutions, held at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, Va., on May 24, 1927, under the auspices of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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Fuel and Oil Consumption Important Factors On Long Distance Flights

Fuel and Oil Consumption Important Factors on Long Distance Flights

Good Results Obtained by Charles A. Lindbergh With a Whirlwind Air-Cooled Engine on Cross-Continent and Trans-Atlantic Trips

By R. V. CAUTLEY8 min

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United States Air Forces

The use of airplanes to save ships in distress at sea was demonstrated as a practical possibility of the immediate future in an interesting test conducted successfully at Crissy Field, Cal., recently. An Army plane taking off from the field carried the free end of 4,000 ft. of line to a Coast Guard cutter anchored in the bay.
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The Schneider Trophy

The Schneider Trophy

Is Air Racing Internationally Worth While And If So What Are We Going To Do About It?

By Lieut. Comdr. F. W. WEAD8 min

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Night Flying Equipment for the Airdrome. III

Night Flying Equipment for the Airdrome. Iii

A Parallel Distribution System

By WILBUR T. HARDING7 min

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Foreign Aeronautical News Notes

By Special Arrangement with the Automotive and Transportation Divisions Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
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NEWS ARTICLES AND ITEMS

Rulers of Three Nations Confer Honors Upon Captain Charles A. Lindbergh

Wildly Acclaimed in European Capitals While New York City Completes Plans for History Making Reception
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Elias Company Builds New Commercial Plane

Elias Company Builds New Commercial Plane

Approved by the Department of Commerce and Powered with a 400 hp. Liberty 12-A Engine
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Chicago, The AirTransport Center

Chicago, the Airtransport Center

Six Airlines Now Operating Inspire Further Municipal Cooperation

By EARL D. OSBORN4 min

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U. S. Airway Map Completed

What is said to be the first detailed airway map of the United States, representing a total mileage of about 38,000 mi., all of which is to be marked eventually under what is known as the St. Joseph system, has been completed by Carl H. Wolfley of St. Joseph, vice president of the National Aeronautical Association, who has been engaged for nearly two years in working out the details.
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