April 19, 1930

April 19, 1930

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Planes, Engines and Accessories at the Detroit Show

By LESLIE E. NEVILLE21 min

How the Operators Look at Aircraft

By EDWARD P. WARNER19 min

Here and There at the Detroit Affair

By R. SIDNEY BOWEN13 min

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Planes, Engines and Accessories at the Detroit Show

A General Survey of the 1930 All-American Exposition and a Comparison With the Past

By LESLIE E. NEVILLE21 min

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How the Operators Look at Aircraft

Discussed by the S.A.E. at Detroit, along with Superchargers, Gliders, Diesel Engines, and other matters

By EDWARD P. WARNER19 min

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Here and There at the Detroit Affair

Thumb Nail Sketches of the Exhibits and Activities at the Third All-American Aircraft Show

By R. SIDNEY BOWEN13 min

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GENERAL NEWS

Aeronautical Finance

THE PUBLICATION of the first annual report of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation constitutes, in many respects, a remarkably interesting financial document. Aside from its chief interest as the first statement of one of the world’s premier aircraft corporations the outstanding element is the severity with which this company has written off practically all of its development and deferred charges, as well as effecting other quite drastic changes, in a relatively short period of time.

By R. R. DOANE6 min

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AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES

Airport Construction Projects

WORK is not quite finished on the new airport at Millidgeville, St. John, N. B., but the field is already in good condition for landing, according to reports. The port has accommodations for both sea and land planes. Two runways, each 150 ft. wide, and one, 1,800 ft. and the other, 2,200 ft. long, have been completed.
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FOREIGN ACTIVITIES

Foreign Briefs

A new Helicogyre, with four revolving wings each of which has a 32 hp. Cherub engine installed near the tip, is undergoing preliminary tests at Orly Airport, France. Entries from fourteen countries have been received for the Air Safety Congress to be held in Paris next December.
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GENERAL NEWS

Draft New Tour Scoring Formula

Displacement Replaced By Horsepower Factor
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GENERAL NEWS

Aero Accident Figures Released

Mishaps Last Half of 1929 Were 924 for 78,940,161 Mi.
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AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES

Airway Briefs

United States Air Lines has started a new line from Wichita, Kan., to Oklahoma City via Ponca City, Okla. The company is also planning to start a line between Wichita and Denver via Hays, Kan. Changed plans will give the airway radio station now building at Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio, an operating radius of 300 mi. The completed installation will cost about $40,000.
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EDITORIALS

To Fly Or Not to Fly?

FOR THE MOMENT, the passenger air lines of the United States have relatively little grievance against their traffic. On the long-run basis it is still far short of being adequate, but its proportions have increased so generously in the last few months that there is hardly likely to be any better time than the present for trying experiments which may make slight temporary inroads upon the passenger list.
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