July 1, 1938

July 1, 1938

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Hydromatic Propeller

By Frank W. Caldwell9 min

THE AVIATION NEWS

Civil Aeronautics Authority Will Have Administrator, Five Members, Separate Three-man Safety Board

Aircraft Armament

By Biorace J. Alter8 min

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Hydromatic Propeller

Hamilton Standard Feathering Propoller

By Frank W. Caldwell9 min

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THE AVIATION NEWS

Civil Aeronautics Authority Will Have Administrator, Five Members, Separate Three-man Safety Board

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Aircraft Armament

The first of two articles dealing with offensive and defensive weapons for modern aircraft. This article deals with the guns themselves, the second with installations

By Biorace J. Alter8 min

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GIANTS OF 1938

Boeing 314 and Douglas DC-4

America’s largest commercial land plane and flying boat now undergoing flight tests in Santa Monica and Puget Sound.
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GIANTS OF 1938

Douglas DC-4

Behavior of tri-cycle gear on America's largest commercial land plane being watched with interest everywhere.
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Compact Maintenance

Operating a small airline poses economic questions that are not bothersome to the larger fry. The Superintendent of Maintenance of Chicago and Southern lays a few of his solutions out on the table.*

By R. L. Anderson7 min

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THE AVIATION NEWS

As Others Fly It

A Birdseye-View of Aviation Abroad
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$20 and a Half-Paid-for Plane

was the beginning of a thriving operation on a small airport. Hundreds of small fields can be developed in the same way.

By Al Knouff6 min

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Aircraft Radio

New Equipment for Communication and Navigation

By Don Fink5 min

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Flashes From the Skyways of the World

THE WEEK of June 6th was a busy one on the West Coast, what with test flights in the offing on both the Boeing 314 and the Douglas DC-4. Our West Coast editor had to do what he could to be in two or three places at once, places that were as much as 1200 miles apart. What follows in this department this time is from his logbook.
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