August 11, 1928

August 11, 1928

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Production Planning and Control

By EDWIN R. DOUGLAS7 min

Production in the Travel Air Factory

By WILLIS PARKER7 min

The Merits of Aviation Natural Gasoline

By “BILLY” PARKER5 min

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Production Planning and Control

PRODUCTION must be controlled through exact knowledge of what is to be done, how it is to be done, by whom it is to be done, and when it is to be done. The first two (What and How) will be embodied in : (1) Drawings of the parts and assemblies. (2) Definite Specifications of the material, labor, machines, and tools required.

By EDWIN R. DOUGLAS7 min

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Production in the Travel Air Factory

THE factory of the Travel Air Manufacturing Co., Wichita, Kan., is in two sections.: The two buildings, each 75 ft. wide and about 250 ft. long are set end to end so that they are, to all intents and purposes, one long building with an open court in the center.

By WILLIS PARKER7 min

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The Merits of Aviation Natural Gasoline

FOR some years past the need has existed for a more volatile fuel than domestic aviation gasoline. This need has been felt more keenly during the last two or three years since the later types of high compression engines, and especially the radial, air cooled engines, which admittedly present more or less of a problem as regards even fuel distribution and operating temperature control, have come into general use.

By “BILLY” PARKER5 min

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The Elias "Aircoupe"

A Two Place Anzani Powered Biplane Easily Converted from the Open Cockpit to the Closed Cabin Type
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The Lincoln-Page

New Three Place, Open Cockpit Biplane is Designed to be Powered With an OX-5 or Wright-Hispano Engines
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Three Westward Attempts to Fly the Atlantic Fail

Franco, Courtney, Kubala and Idzikowski Meet Reverses, But No Lives Are Lost
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AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES

New Rate Brings Increase in Mail

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Side Slips

The newspapers state that signs are being posted in the French air liners warning the passenger to “Wait until the airplane alights.” Some other famous signs might be appropriate too, with proper aeronautical revisions, such as “Don’t shoot the pilot, he’s dong his best.”

By ROBERT R. OSBORN3 min

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College to Give Air Law Course

German Authority to Lecture at University of Southern California
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