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Publication Office, 404 North Wesley Avenue, Mt. Morris, Illinois Volume 1—No.6 _Biitorial and General Ofices, 96-98 Park Place, New York City December, 1929 ublished by STELLAR PUBLISHING CORPORATION H. GERNSBACK, Pres. I. S. MANHEIMER, Sec'y S$. GERNSBACK, Treas. NEXT MONTH THE FLYING LEGION, by George Allan England. There are some stories that for their sheer daring, immense scope, and convincing style, defy adequate description, ‘The Flying Legion; is such a story, Those Joverd of George is one of the best stories he has evet written} Table of Contents December THE BLUE DEMON By Lowell Howard Morrow....__._....-486 Allan England will find that ft is one of the best stories he has eves writ an se who have not read him before suddenly realite that they have THE FLIGHT OF THE EASTERN missed Seonie of the best fa aviation science fiction, It is-almost futile toriry to STAR aetne ade iapely iti appeal of this epical ‘story. To te ee of ans to ose who love the strangeness of mysterious places, to the Jovera of adventure, By Ed Earl REPPovvennverererneernsernstenereeee AOB and to -the lovers of great literature, “The Flying Legion” will-come -as a. great q experience. It is truly a worthy successor to ¢ Ark of the Covenan' THE atid OF GALON as i I thy “The Ark of the C rt.” VJs We. Rothe wa evant Demat THE STORM NEUTRALIZER, by Ed Earl Repp, The recent tragic dispster FREEDOM OF THE SKIES of the airplane Cry! of Samm Lae teed must-have eaiied to the attention of the By Edsel Newton............. Lt tame Cs} entire acientific world, the immediate necessity of finding a-means to combat. the ever-present menace of. fogs and-storms to aviation, Anyone who finds a) meats FLANNELCAKE’S INVENTION fo overcotne, or neutralize the effect’ of a.storm, will immediately become a great By H. McKay. 530 benefactor to mankind. In his present offering, Mr. Repp gives us m® most arg POO Bee eo ee ingenious, ae wen as scienvbcally plausible, Bey of dong Gea! 2 Ages his fertile mind, he has created about a storm neut er a story ‘which we. can CITIES IN THE AIR unhesitatingly call ne of the most exciting’ be has ever written, And it will (A Story in Two Parts) (Part 2) By Edmond Hamilton... .c0seend34 WHAT IS YOUR AVIATION KNOWLEDGE? Aviation Questionnaire ............. eevssassersesee 497 AVIATION NEWS OF THE MONT A nes aan encenmneseneneeee OSB AVIATION FORUM. .-20022.--—-ssescermneoeee S61 THE READER AIRS HIS VIEWS Letters From Our Readers... ..562 On the Cover This Month is pictured Ed Earl Repp’s story, “The Flight fof the Eastern Star—the great air liner, the Eastern Star,” on its. round-the-world. flight breaking up a waterspout by dashing through it, in order to save a tramp air liner that has been crippled by the accompanying storm. call to your attention the fact that a benefactor to mankind often bas.a stornty path before his value is recognized. THE: DEATH’S HEAD METEOR, by Neil_R. Jones, With the -publication of this story, the scope of Ark Wonner Stories is extended through the atmos. here of the earth and into the far-flung empires of space. ego into the uture to. the time when man is no longer limited to this:earthly sphere, ‘and we travel on swift wings into the great spaces where many unknown, adventures await us, To those who wish the tying up of future aviation with thrilling adventures in space ‘The Denth’s Head Meteor’’ will be very welcome, THE AIRPORT OF THE FUTURE, by H. Dominik. The successful round- the-world flight of the Graf Zeppelin bas aroused a storm of interest as to the future of round-the-world schedules in aviation, Aircraft are-no longer limited to comparatively short hops of a few thousand miles; for, with: the succcer of the Graf Zeppeliw and: the building of greater airships, suchas the R-101 in Great Britain, the field for long-distance travel by air has been vastly. enlarged. But there are many problems to be solved before we can consider that long- distance travel by airship is definitely here. In_ this article, which. we have imported from Germany,-we present some paounline, and yet. completely prac- tical, methods of solving some of these: problems, e aré sure that every lover of aviation will enjoy immensely Mr.. Dominik’s marvelous conceptions, AND OTHERS, y AIR WONDER STORIES is published on the 10th of the preceding United States and Canada. European agentst Brentano’s, London and month, 12 numbers per year, subscription price is $2.50 a year in United Paris, -Printed-in U. S.A. States and-ite possessions, In Canada and foreign countries, $3.00 a year. IF YOU) WISH’ TO:SUBSCRIBE to AIR WONDER STORIES, make | Single copies 25c; Address all communications. to-Editor, AIR WON JER out all remittances to the Stellar Publishing. Corp, Be sure to mention ST RIES, 96-98 Park Place, New York. 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