July 4, 1927

July 4, 1927

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United States Air Forces

NEWS ARTICLES AND ITEMS

The Easterwood Dallas-Hong Kong Prize

Reconnoitering Over Nicaragua

Reconnoitering Over Nicaragua

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United States Air Forces

Assistant Secretary of War, for Aviation, F. Trubee Davison, on June 7 completed an inspection trip which covered practically all of the principal air stations in the United States, a flying distance of approximately 6,000 miles and including Air Corps activities on the West Coast.
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NEWS ARTICLES AND ITEMS

The Easterwood Dallas-Hong Kong Prize

$25,000 Offered for First Flight Before Midnight September 15, 1928
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Reconnoitering Over Nicaragua

Reconnoitering Over Nicaragua

As Told to Andrew R. Boone in an Interview with Capt. H. Denny Campbell, U. S. Marine Corps and Winner of the Schiff Trophy for Safe Flying
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Meeting Service Needs

Meeting Service Needs

Forming of Test Units Might Tend to Shorten the Gap Existing Between Those That Design and Build Aircraft and Those That Operate Them

By LIEUT. COMDR. F. W. WEAD5 min

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FOREIGN AERONAUTICAL NEWS NOTES

Foreign Aeronautical News Notes

By Special Arrangement with the Automotive and Transportation Divisions, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
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The Boeing Mail Plane

The Boeing Mail Plane

Designed to Carry Both Mail and Passengers and is Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp 400 Hp. Engine
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Radio Beacons to Guide Hawaiian Fliers

Radio Beacons to Guide Hawaiian Fliers

Maitland and Hagenberger Hope to Cross Pacific by Means of Directional Radio Waves Flashed From Two Army Stations at San Francisco and Paia

By ANDREW R. BOONE4 min

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PUBLISHER’S NEWS LETTER

Publisher’s News Letter

The decision to promote Brig. Gen. Fechet to the position of Chief of the Air Corps with the rank or Major General settles one of the uncertaindes regarding the tuture policy or the corps. For the first ume since the separation of the aerial activities of the Army from the Signal Corps, an officer has been selected to command, who has previously been associated with the service.
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Cam Engine Passes Fifty Hour Test

Fairchild Caminez Engine Corp. Development Announced as an Approved Type by the Department of Commerce and is Placed in Production
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Hints on Lubrication of Anzani Engines

Following a series of experiments at the Anzani factory, the manufacturers of the Anzani engines offer to owners of older Amzanis the following hints whereby they can bring the oiling systems of their engines up to the efficiency of the new engines, and to purchasers of new Anzanis the instructions necessary for the installation of their engines.
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