September 13, 1930

September 13, 1930

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Meets, Tours, Derbies

1930 and 1929 Tour Formulas Compared

By Henry O. Pattison9 min

Meets, Tours, Derbies

Score of Airplanes Groomed to Compete in National Tour

By John T. Nevill6 min

AERONAUTICAL FINANCE

Curtiss-wright’s First Year

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Meets, Tours, Derbies

1930 and 1929 Tour Formulas Compared

Figures on Results in ’29 Show Types of Craft Favored

By Henry O. Pattison9 min

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Meets, Tours, Derbies

Score of Airplanes Groomed to Compete in National Tour

Itinerary Involves 4,831-Mi. Journey; Fliers Seeking Edsel Ford Trophy Under New Formula

By John T. Nevill6 min

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AERONAUTICAL FINANCE

Curtiss-wright’s First Year

ALTHOUGH STILL staggering under a too heavy inventory position while burdened with undiminishing fixed assets the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, through sheer merit of product and scope of activities, has demonstrated its ability to not only maintain but to enlarge its proportionate share of the aeronautical manufacturing industry’s total volume of business.
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THE DAILY PRESS

The Daily Press

It would be going somewhat beyond the evidence to conclude that the flight from Paris to New York just completed by Dieudonné Coste proves anything in particular, at any rate with respect to the imminence of regular trans-Atlantic aviation.
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Lines, Services, Traffic

Transport Report Issued By Chamber

In creased Operations Reported by 29 Companies
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Airports and Operation Bases

Airport Construction

Bids on a number of items for the construction of a marine airport at Buffalo have been opened by the Commissioner of Public Works and referred to the finance committee of the City Council. It is expected that contracts will be awarded so that construction work can get under way before Oct. 1.
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Washington; Laws and Regulations

First Annual Meeting of Michigan Board Held

LANSING (mich.)—At the first annual meeting of the Michigan Board of Aeronautics held in this city, W. B. Mayo, chief engineer of the Ford Motor Co., was re-elected as chairman of the board, and Maj. Floyd E. Evans, of the 107th National Guard of Michigan, was elected vice-chairman, replacing Claude S. Carney, of Kalamazoo, in this position.
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Industrial

July Production and Sales Lower

Chamber Report Notes Reduction in Inventories
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AERONAUTICAL FINANCE

Aero Stock Movements

THE AIR stocks during the past week continued to move within a very narrow range with some eight prominent issues showing very good gains while Curtiss-Wright, Douglas, NYRBA, Allied Aviation, Aviation Securities, Air Investors and Alexander Industries made no net change during the period.
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WATCHING THE NEWS GO BY

Watching the News Go By

AFTER A LENGTHY silence, so long that we thought she must have been taken for a “ride” by some bandits, our Mexican correspondent air mails into the office again. Miss H. L. of Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico writes : “The following gem I stole from the Mission Times: ‘Our plane, throttled down 1o its lowest speed, swooped in against the wind, and when we skimmed across the top of the field and touched ground we were making ninety miles an hour.

By ROBERT R. OSBORN3 min

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