April 1, 1938

April 1, 1938

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THE AVIATION NEWS

As Others Fly It

Flying Equipment

Timm 840

An Open Letter to the President........................ 19

These Are Vital Problems

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THE AVIATION NEWS

As Others Fly It

A Birdseye-View of Aviation Abroad
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Flying Equipment

Timm 840

New feeder line ship has tricycle land ing gear, hydraulic brakes, slots, flaps.
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An Open Letter to the President........................ 19

These Are Vital Problems

1. DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT has too many fingers ■ in its particular pie—the Post Office, the Department of Commerce, and the ICC. It still suffers under legislation that is basically punitive rather than constructive. Airlines, once their right to operate as a “convenience and a necessity” has been established, should be granted rates for services rendered that would permit a fair profit.
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It's the Little Things That Count

IF YOU TAKE the ten-thousand-andone assorted parts that make up a modern air liner and multiply them by 45,—the size of American’s active flying fleet,—then fly that fleet some 50,000 miles a day over a network of airways stretching from Boston to Los Angeles, you will begin to get some conception of the problem that faces any airline that operates on a transcontinental basis.
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THE AVIATION NEWS

L A. Show Should Pack ’em In

First Military Display Tops Long Attraction List
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THE AVIATION NEWS

Aviation in Washington

Air Mail Week may launch “All-First-Class” Drive

By BLAINE STUBBLEFIELD4 min

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An Open Letter to the President........................ 19

Our Output Hits New High

But fluctuations in home and foreign markets hamper long-range planning.
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An Open Letter to the President........................ 19

Our Airlines Move Ahead

But uncertain governmental policies threaten their future
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THE AVIATION NEWS

Logging the Lines

Spring rates wear hangover from winter bargain spree.
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Side Slips

THIS COUNTRY we have been afraid for some time back that serious hostilities were about to break out between the “High Level Route” and the “Low Level Route” trans-continental air lines over a series of advertisements. Now, just when that difficulty between them was getting straightened out, an underwear manufacturer starts advertising that the pilots of one route wear his underwear, which is so comfortable that “no squirming” is necessary for the pilots on the long flights.

By ROBERT OSBORN3 min

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