August 10, 1929

August 10, 1929

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An American Private Pilot Looks at the London Aero Show

By BYEARL D. OSBORN19 min

Ford Motor Company and American Aeronautic Deelopment

By JOHN T. NEVILL11 min

700 to 1,000 Flying Hours Bwtween Major Oerhauls

By JAMES P. WINES7 min

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An American Private Pilot Looks at the London Aero Show

OLYMPIA, home of all of London’s great exhibitions and in particular of the recent aero show, is a fine hall reasonably near the center of the city. The airplanes, engines and accessories which it housed from July 16 to 23 were not only extremely interesting in themselves but most attractively displayed.

By BYEARL D. OSBORN19 min

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Ford Motor Company and American Aeronautic Deelopment

Ar. Ford Shows His Experimental Engine to Aîembers of the Press; Comments on Future of the Airplane; the Company Issues Complete Report on First Year of Operation of Ford Airlines

By JOHN T. NEVILL11 min

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700 to 1,000 Flying Hours Bwtween Major Oerhauls

How Parks Air College, Inc., Has Increased the Operating Life of Its OX-5 First of a Series of Three Articles About the Service Organization of the School

By JAMES P. WINES7 min

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The Prest “Baby Pursuit"

Single Place, Anzani Powered Monoplane is Characterized by a Diamond Shaped Fuselage

By CHARLES F. MCREYNOLDS7 min

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Some Pertinent Facts About Aviation Engine Oils

Chief Chemist, Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, Port Worth, Texas

By F. R. STALEY6 min

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AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES

Hold Hearing on Mail Route

New East-West Trunk Line Aspects Presented
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GENERAL NEWS

Briefly

Weekly service between New Orleans and Grande Isle, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, is now being maintained by the Southern Air Transport branch at New Orleans. Gross revenues of the Fairfax Airport at Kansas Citv from October 1, 1928, to July 1, 1929, were $122,200.
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What Our Readers Say

Mr. Pitcairn on the Autogiro

By HAROLD F. PITCAIRN.4 min

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GENERAL NEWS

Personnel

ROGER Q. WILLIAMS and CAPT. LEWIS A. YANCEY, president and vicepresident, respectively, of the Airvia Transportation Company, have resigned. FRANK H. RUSSELL, Garden Citv, L. L, president ; CHANCE VOUGHT, New York City; J. DON ALEXANDER, Colorado Springs ; WALTER C. DAVIS, Richmond, Ind. ; E. J. EVANS, Detroit ; HARRIS AL HANSHUE, and LLOYD STEARMAN, have been elected to the board of directors of the Alanufacturers’ Aircraft Association.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES

Airport Construction Projects

The Austin Company of Cleveland, Ohio, has been retained by the Chamber of Commerce, of Scranton, Pa., to assist in the selection of an airport site for that city. Following the selection of the site, the Austin Company will prepare the layout for the field.
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