Air Wonder Stories, July 1929 — page 95: what you’re looking at

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iy WN this department we shall publish every month your opinions, After all, this Is your magazine and it jis edited for you, fall down on the cholce of our stories, or if the edHorial board slips up occasionally, it is up to you to voice your opinion, no difference whether your letter is complimentary, oritical, or THE READER AIRS HiS VIEWS whether it contains a good old-fashloned prick-bat. All of your letters, a8 much as space will allow, will be published here for the benefit of all. Due to the large Influx of mell, no com- munications to this department are answered individually unless 25¢ in stamps to cover tlhma and postage is remitted. If we It makes Up in the Air Editor AIR WONDER STORIES: Inasmuch as you are going to publish a new megazine devoted to stories of the air, perbeps you can enlighten, through your columns, the great number of people who Bre bewildered by the rapid changes that are going on in aviation. I, for ons, find myself at saa when I try to orient myself and know whither we are drifting, I con- fess I am very much interested {n your proposed venture and knowing of your suc- cees as an editor, I-can look forward pleas- urably to your first fasue. It would more then justify itself if if succeeds tn helping out thoxe who, Hke myself, find themselves, peronautically spealting, ‘Up in the air” about what is going on. I.am enolosing re- turn postage for any descriptive matter you mey have regarding the magazine, BURT KANH, Portland, Me. (AVIATION NEWS is the answer to those who -rre “up in the air’ about what fia going on {nm the industry, All the latest aviation achievementa of the men, the me- ehines and the airports will be written about each month to kaep our readers thoroughly informed, Further, there wiJl-be additional columng from time to tithe of.other mattera of interest and instrnotion. Notices about these will appear in early issues of AIR WONDER STORIDS. This magazine will be ke no other air magazine in print, and we hope jt will be muoh better than any. We would eppreciate Mr, Kane's criticisma and suggestions 2s to how to improve it.—Editor). A Retired Business Man Speaks Editor AIR WONDER STORIES: I have just been pernsing your most es- timable magazine SCIENCH WONDHR STORINS, and your notice about a new magasine of aviation fiatlon comes to mind. Ag a retired business man and engineer free to Indulge-my fanoy, I have spent a good deal of time in rather extensive reading. I must say that I Hke your SCIBNCD WONDER STORIDS very much and 1f your new magazine approaches-it in interest, en- tertninment and instruction you can cer- tainly count me among your readers, Through the press of business oares, IT have Jort toueéh so much with the world and found to my surprise that your pages of selence news gave me an edmirable glimpse into the great number of aclentific achisve- ments, I have not-my copy of SCIENCH WONDER STORINS before me at this mo- ment and I do not recollect whether you will run anything comparable to Sclence News. Ff you can see your wey clear, I would suggest that you do so, As e further euggestlon which I hope you wHl not find presumptous, why don't you give a little explanation, somewhere, of the principles of aviation with notes concerning some of the probleme of the industry. As I look back at the remarkable progress of aeronautics 4n the past ten years, I can well imagine-a glerious future for tt. If you have delved into this future your readers, which I am sure will-be many, would ike to know some- thing of it, MORRIS GLASSBERG, Bronx, N, Y- (The AVIATION NEWS which Mr. Glass- berg has doubtlessly reéd, hay been incor- porated, There is under consideration, at present, some plans similar to His ideas ex- pressed here,. We are in accord with his pelief regarding the glorious future in store for aviation. And our authors limited only by seientifia truth end their vivla imagine- diong are peering ahead to try to discover awnat that future-is. We have adopted as the watchsvord for AIR WONDDR STORIES, n phrase what we beHeve to be true, “The te-of dtdation springs from the imagina tion.’ And we believe {ft will be the writers, such as will write for AIR WONDHR STOR- TH, who will discover that future.—Editor). From an Embryo Aviator Editor AIR WONDER STORIES: I am what you would call an embryo aviator and I am interested in everything pertaining to avintion. Since ZF first flew, T've-been more end more thrilled with what the air means to all of us more or leas, “earth bound” oreatures, I’ve been telling you this to let you know thet I am. very critical of anything that ie said in the name of aviation, for os you probably note there ds a jot that has-been said about {t by people that don't know what they are talk- ing about, If you can contribute something new or interesting, you should find a ready field, but if you sre just going to follow the crowd, you'd better not waste your time. Having heard much about you, I am opto- thistic of what you can do. In other words T await your first issue with on open and eritical mind. WILLIAM KENDALL, New York, N.Y. (We would be very happy to know what Mr. Kendall thinks of the first ixsue of AIR WONDER STORIMS, We can appreciate his feclings.about what must be his hobby and even more than that. It is our aim to-print the best aviation stories of the future that can be obtained, and also the “Aviation news of the month,” written in an interest- ing and “newsy” style. And from time to time, as the need for {it grows, wa will add columns that will not.only serve a8 a source of information and: instruction but also of immeénse entertainment.—Editor). A Challenge Editoy AIR WONDER STORIES; lizve seen the notice of your AIR WONDER STORIES about to appear and would iflta further information about it aa I am very much interested. I understand froma friend also-thet you will have some ‘Newa ilems of aviation in it and other things, I am rather sceptical nbout how a fiction magazine can go oft into technical sidelines about which it knows little. I am only interested in the fistlon side, as I he- eve that real stories. of the oir that are well written oan beat. anything I ever read. Avintion is doing wonders for the world, and stories built about these wonders must just be great. So I am enxlously awaiting the first issue. But be careful how you branch off into aeronautics, you might lose your rep," FRANK PARSONS; Providence, R, I. (Mr. Parson's frank advice has been wall- considered and for the most part we can pzree With him. Many ill-equipped people have gone into aviation pretending to know jt-all, and they have only succeeded In mak- ing themselves ridiculous, We cannot know it alt, And for that reeson we have as associate editors, some of the leading aero- nautical authorities fn the country, who will advise us nat only on the mxnusoripte that are submitted to ua but also on other avia- ton matters. With the support of such men, and with thelr wide knowledge and experlence, we hope to have some non-fiction materia] that sill prove of interest and value to all our readers, But the magazine is primarily of. fiction stories of the “won- ders of avintion—those that are and those that are to coma,''—Editor). Doesn’t Want to Be Cheated ‘Editor AIR WONDER STORIES: re a pee to SCIENCE WONDER STORIDS I would like to subsertbe also to your new aviation magazine. Tt don’t. want 40 be cheated out of any of the magasince or storles you put out. Will you please send me all the necessary material so that I can yecaive the first issue? 2 must compliment you on SCIHNCH WONDER #TORIHS and jf the new paper is as good, you can count me in with you, and my frlenda also. We have just aroused a real Interest in aviation and we count on your capable editing of 93 the magazine to help us to understand the art or industry of flying and get o Jot of enjoyment from the stories, Could you also recommend through your ooJumns or other- wise some good books on avistion; how the Machines fly, the construction of the various types and how the pilots operate the ma- chines? Some books that are not too tech- mical but yet explain things jn a satisfac- tory manner. I know that I and my friends would appreciate this very much, Mean- while all my best wishes -are yours for the success of AIR WONDER STORIES, WHSLEY BROWN, Omaha, Neb, (We- béHeve that thru the wonderful atories the "Aviation News” pages, book re- views und other materfal which will be added, Mr, Brown and his friends will find that they can get a fine background of knowledge of the remarknble field of avia- tion. Any gpecific questions thet they have we will be very glad to answer, Our staff of aeronautioal experts are professors of aeronaitics in Ieading universities, men whose knowledge of the subject ita unquen- tioned.—Hdftor). Aviation Will Cause Radical Changes Editor AIR WONDER STORIES: I understand you pare putting out a new magazine to be called AIR WONDER STORIES. That sonnds like very interesting news especially if it is going to be different from the air magazines that are now on the market, I have read most of them and am now ready for a real good one after tho fashion of your SCIENCE WONDER STOR- THS, However, I don't. understand what sort of stories it is golng to carry, Are they going to be atorfes of the present ar of the future? And are you golng to run some pages of science or aviation news? I ocer- tainly hope you will, for it js hard for a busy person who wants to keep up with all that Is gofng on, to do so. I heave always had ® grent interest in aeronauticn and it seems to me that it ts going to cause some Tadical changes-in the world, the same as moat scientific advances have. I wotld ap- BDrecilnte an early answer letting me know just what your plans are, for I surely am interested in the announcement I saw in the first issue of SCIENCH WONDER STORIES. JOHN FARRAND, Cleveland, O. (ATR WONDER STORIBS in designed to fill a real need for-atorles pioturing aviation of the future, It atmg to be an organ not only for entertainment, but also as Mr, Far- rand says, to enable a busy person to keep abreast of the industry. The pages of Avise- tion News-are experimental but if the recep- tion it receives Is simflar to that accorded SCIENCH NEWS in SCHINCH- WONDER STORIBS then we predict it will be a huge success. We hone that what is contained in the present Iisgue answers Mr, Farrand’s questions. We would say, futhermore, that meny other additions-are under consfdera- tion to make the. magaxine mreal source of education, We invite’ Mr. Farrand’s criti- cism of this issue,—Editor). . : Leary About Air Magazines Editor AIR. WONDER STORIES: A friend of mine tells me that yon are Foing to get out a new aviation magazine, How? When? Why? and Where? I sup- pose you know thant there are already a lot of avintion magazines out, but I suppose yours will be different, at Teast I hope it ig. There fa always a auestion I wondered about aeronautics and perhaps you can an- swer ft for me. TI hear a lot about motorless airplanes called “Gliders.” Just how are they run? Are they really without motors or is there something phonay about ft? T hope you can find time to answer this for ma. TI am sort of leary about viost air magazines so I am waiting until youre comes out te see what it is golng to be comnicloooks.com