July 1, 1941

July 1, 1941

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Acrobatics Are Easy!

By Daniel J. Brimm20 min

Putting the Small Plant to Work

By Harvey L. Williams19 min

Reducing Stacking Delays

By C. H. McIntosh16 min

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Acrobatics Are Easy!

This is Part III of a series on acrobatics which should be of interest to all pilots

By Daniel J. Brimm20 min

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Putting the Small Plant to Work

“OFFICE of Production Management reports that 50 percent of this country’s machine tools either are idle or working less than 8 hr. a day; that some way must be found to put these tools to work. . . . OPM suggests that owners of idle machine tools sell them to companies with defense orders.”

By Harvey L. Williams19 min

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Reducing Stacking Delays

This is what is being done in Chicago and New York to improve the instrument approach of commercial transports. There is still room for greater efficiency.

By C. H. McIntosh16 min

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Sperry a Lesson in Industrial Planning

TOM MORGAN, president of the Sperry Corp., sat in his large office high up in New York’s Radio City and talked about national defense. “The one important question in America today,” he said, “is this : what is necessary to increase production ?”

By Carl Norcross14 min

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Fighter Philosophy

The additions to the duties of fighter aircraft Here is a description of how the Airacobra was designed to be prepared for its new work.

By Lawrence B. Bell12 min

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Air Express ... and Where It's Going

In the midst of the current discussions on air express, here are some important figures published for the first time.

By C. Gilbert Peterson12 min

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Buyer's Log Book

What's New in Accessories, Materials, Supplies, and Equipment
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Test Flying a Ball of Fire

With the radical design of this fighter aircraft new tricks had to be applied for its flight testing.

By Brian Sparks10 min

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Aviation's Unlimited Emergency

THE subordination of all business activity in the interest of national defense has become an actuality with the proclamation of an unlimited emergency by the President. While virtually complete powers—both active and latent —have previously been available to the President, such control was of little significance as long as vagueness surrounded the defense effort.

By Selig Altschul9 min

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The Development of Aircraft Spotwelding

Production engineers expect great things from spotwelding. This is an account of what Lockheed has been doing in this new field

By Mabel M. Rockwell9 min

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