August 1, 1931

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News of the Month

Aviation history begins a new chapter Eight days, 15 hours, 51 min. aftei they had taken off for Harbor Grace on the first leg of their round-the-world flight, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty landed again on Roosevelt Field. Their Lockheed-Vega monoplane, the Winnie Mae of Oklahoma, had covered 15,474 miles at an average speed of about 146 m.p.h. Flying over some of the most hazardous seas and least known countries of the globe at heights varying from 11,000 ft. to barely enough to clear the surface of the ocean, they shattered all previous records.

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Reaching a Private Market with Flying Clubs

It can be done. Though flying club operation has not attained much success in this country, the experiences of a number of individual groups convince us that the method is fundamentally sound. Many clubs have come and gone; the N.A.A. plan and those of certain manufacturers have been greeted with indifference, while through it all the splendid record of the British and Canadian clubs has stood as an inspiration.

By Edmund L. Moodie13 min

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Reducing Fire Insurance Costs

Paradoxical as it may seem, it is sometimes possible to save money by spending it. This is particularly true where protection against losses by fire is involved. The accompanying article shows how National Air Transport obtained a reduction of 80 per cent in fire insurance expense by spending $24,000 for a fire protection system.

By James P. Wines12 min

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Design Trends in Approved Type Airplanes

For almost four years the evolution of American airplanes and engines has been under the supervision and general control of the Department of Commerce. Every design has been checked in detail and approved before it has gone into general production for commercial service.

By Clarence M. Young9 min

EDITORIALS

Fifteen Years of Aviation

FIFTEEN years is a very short time in most human affairs, but in aeronautical matters it is a long one. It is a long enough period to give historical perspective. It is long enough to have covered two or three generations of airplane design, within each of which machines have passed from the status of greatly admired mechanical marvels to that of museum exhibits.

By EDWARD P. WARNER5 min

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News of the Month

Single Or Twin-Engined Day Bombers?

By Major Herbert A. Dargue21 min