December 1, 1938

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THE ADVANTAGES to be obtained by assisted launching of airplanes are rapidly gaining recognition. They are bound to result in improved performance of existing designs and to exert an important influence in new designs. By the use of assisted launching it is possible to shorten the take-off run without requiring the use of excessive power or the temporary over-rating of allowable power for take-off and initial climb and the use of special fuel and high compression while still attaining sufficient excess above stalling speed to insure complete and adequate control of the airplane.

By Capt. Holden C. Richardson14 min

What Manufacturers Should Know About the Wage—Hours Law

THE MINIMUM 25-CENT WAGE PRO-VISION of the wage-hour law affects practically nobody in the aircraft industry. But the 44-hour provision seems to affect many employees in most plants. Some managements are not clear on how to comply with the law.

Post-Munich Impressions of Aeronautical England

With considerable regret I am now making final preparations for departure from England. During the two weeks I have been here I have been treated to a degree of hospitality (both official and private) that would be difficult to equal elsewhere.

3 Cent Air Mail?

While idealists here have dreamed of the advantages of carrying all first class mail by air without supercharge Europeans have been doing it. Fresh from abroad, the author has made a widespread study of foreign experience and presents it herewith.