Air Wonder Stories, August 1929 — page 97: what you’re looking at

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AVIATION NEWS—Coni. GENERAL—Coni. New Seaplane Record in Germany N a recent test. the seaplane speed record was topped by 35,1 muita pee bour when Chief Pilot ‘Starke of the ‘Heinkel Airplane Works flying a_ Heinkel sae and 102 pounds of extra wei miles per hour. ucctssfnl A Germany with the. catapalting “of planes aie battleships have aluo made, and are claimed to ee ive better ne ‘than the American method. ramoreened air ig. used instead of powder, lane rests.on a sleigh put in Feat ti the mouth of a cylinder con- taining compressed: air, Ata signal. the- air js released and the sleigh and plane are shot, in two-thirds of a second, over a bridge on rails greased with ofl, At the end of it the plane bas enough momentum to rise immedi- mel. Six , Seperimet were eae and were Cloud Heighth Measurer N indicator to mechanically - measure the height. of clouds (or_celling) above an airport has been perfected by the Gray- bar Wlectric Company. says’ Air. Transportation. ‘The indicator consists of a triangular shaped instrument-mopnted on a short galvanized pole having incorporated scale graduated in feet and 2 revolving pointer. To get the height of the clouds, the ceiling projector {s-jnsulated thereby throwing a spotlight on the clouds. The operator sights along the pointer of the indicator at the ‘spot- Nght.ond the-height of the cloud is read on the indicater scale, Ground Plane Trainer DBVICH doveloped st the Wright Ficld 3 Experimental: Flying Station ‘will give an embryo aylator all the sensations of being in the air withont- moving off the ground, says Sciences The. “orientor,” an. it fo. called, ta able to simulate the control Apparatus of the cockpit of a plane; it has a propeller and engine to give the plane's baslo movements, The daring aviator. seated in the: cockpit will hear the roar of the engines, the rush of afr, ond ho will get the effects of loons and turns, The ap- paratus is electrically controlled. | BOOK REVIEWS | 3 THE AB C OF AVIATION, by Victor W. Pagé, Major U. S. Air ‘Corps Re- serve, illustr 143 pages, stiff paper cover, size 5x74; published by Norman W. Henley Company, New York City. Pri 1.00, For ces $ who Imnows- next to: not about alreraft and wants to see whether he is say “airmminded” this book is recommended, | though Major Pagé writes in’ a more-or-less matter of faat‘ manner concerning the early_de velopment of aircraft and Jater micserst ane gets a cumulative thrill from his age The book is as simply written as is po le yet it is never dry or. uninteresting. And ie pro- fusion of Hlustrations, composing well over a third of. the:space of thé book, ives the reader waciorally what the writer verbally, The‘book ig naturally divi eal i into -a discussion of the lighter-than-sir and beavier-than-sir-ma- chines, ach, is gone into thoroughly showing the dynamic peiactples upon which they operate, their cruising. possibilities and then the details of construction. Much gee the reader has glimpsed viiguely through the nenapaptt= ¢ col- omns will: now become matters of actuality, once the principles of the feats the eee actlaim. become under: Discussing the —heavier- than-air craft, the writer analyzes each part of the machine show- ing just. what each contfibutes to the . opera- tion} ond the details ‘of construction, To one thoronehly unversed in dynamics or even in mathematics, so necessary to the aerotautical engineer, the ak ten it of aviation e-clear. ins to en is one that “‘whets” the appe- tite, Through th sbsorption of Major Pagé’s hearty eatficaiaan: for ‘aviation one hecomes imperce; eg? a_ convert.- His ‘curiosity breeds knowl and_ hig. knowledge breeds confidence. Avi. ae no longtr is the sport_of the dangerotis and reckless but a new, thrilling and on: the whole safe means of made a speed eed of 173.28 periments AIR WONDER STORIES THE AIRPLANE AND ITS EN- GINE, by Charles H, Chatfield: and C, Fayette Taylor, 329 pages, illus- trated, 6x8%4 inches, stiff buckram cover, published by McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc, New: York City. Price, $2.50. Up to the present time bock# on acrotiautical subjects have béen divided; into two classes— those that are written ‘for’ the interest of the multitude, and. those -prepared for the engineer or jeecitea ly, trained persons, To fill the bi = that was ae the authors of “The ie and Its En ’ have pre- sented a: ine which is: especi Rete Be to that great majority of readers who are more than mildly interested in the science and prac tice of aviation. wee: chapters In this book are devoted to damentals of airplane design. The wenaetion of ‘the factors governi: design with the absence of complicated spe Sta not but help to inform the- seriously interested reader_of the importance of a thorowgh Jnowl- edge of Berokiynamigy 80 vital to the success of an_airplane design, he “writers. give complete discussion of pres- ent day aircraft engines, The discussion covers not only general- principles. of. the-internal com- bustion engine but goes i i certain features‘ of great ‘importance that are required inthe adaption of a power plant in aircraft, cha; of the book give the reader a full understanding of the modern ais- plane; and types of ‘construction — that ae proven themselves. to. be practical, this work. presents a- complete description nat modern navigation instruments, EVERYBODY'S AVIATION GUIDE, by Victor W. Pagé, Major, U. S. Air Corps Reserve, 247 pages, illustrated, stiff cloth covers, size 5x714, published by Norman W. Henley Company, New York City. -Price, $2.00. This book like the "A B-C.of Aviation” is a book see beginners. . In fact most of the ma- terial is ‘the same,- a9 wellas the illustrations, But-Major Pagé interestingly arranged the book. in the form of some 600° questions and answers, so that one gets his knowledge, in a sense, conyersationally, The boak ia recommended as a desk<or library reference, for it- provider an easy manner of looking up some moct or disputed point on aviation. or_its history, An. index in the back allows ane to find-in a moment the subject-of-interest. “There-is ‘also in the back a compendium of the various world's records in aviation for various types: of craft, One who is tsed to-hearing-in a confused way ae new tecords being broken every week finds af aes ‘when-he discovers the fineness with which the various craft are classified. AVIATION AND ALL:ABOUT IT, by A. Frederick Collins, 260 pages, ilus- trated, stiff cloth covers, size 5x74, published-by D; ‘Appleton & Company, New York City. Price, $2.00. This is another Eth d_ elements: books: on avistion that: ‘has ee a one desk, It: differs somewhat from the others reviewed in this issue in that the author devotes: quite a bit_of space to the making of models of planes, and the construction_of little flying devices, In fact, for one who wishes to learn about aviation practically and at first hand, the construction of such models will serve as a practical, eco- fomieal and in experience, The writer gives. not only the ensions necessary for sack. part but also the cist of-each element, The ue al aviation, its nee development during the rid War’ and resent status of the industry are ae ‘treated liberally by the spat is Feed instrom og jo ener applic cation of -v: en ee id also the. clements gov- ae hag construction and operation of air- ports-and airways, The nace oe AS also réceive the author's HERES with some ge ly omg saiaeat od ie passenger erie On ve-been dev aa the extension. o: air routes. 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