January 1, 1939

January 1, 1939

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Frontispiece

Box Score

By S. Paul Johnston18 min

THE AVIATION NEWS

Aviation People

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Frontispiece

A REPORT ON AVIATION ABROAD AND A SCORE SHEET OF AIR POWER IN EUROPE.
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Box Score

An Appraisal of European Air Power

By S. Paul Johnston18 min

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Aviation People

Who’s Who in This Month’s News
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Seaplanes on Land

PLENTY of old time seaplane pilots will swap stories dating back to war days and before, about how soand-so put his HS boat down on a corn field or his N9 seaplane on the beach. For that matter the Wright Brothers always landed on skids—which might just as well have been pontoons—until they indulged in the luxury of adding a pair of wheels!

By George B. Post10 min

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Forces Acting on the Catapult Car

The second of two articles on assisted take-off

By Holden C. Richardson8 min

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An American Looks at the XVI Salon de L’Aviation

Random pick-ups from the editor's notebook on the Paris Show of 1938
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Aviation in Washington

You can get lots of answers on “The Program

By BLAINE STUBBLEFIELD6 min

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Aviation's Operators Corner

Tagging the Bases with

By LES NEVILLE6 min

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Flying Equipment

DC-5 Goes High Wing

Latest Douglas Transport has tricycle landing gear and is designed for short operations and frequent schedules
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Flashes From the Skyways of the World

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