Air Wonder Stories, May 1930 — page 91: what you’re looking at

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Goggles tha God The New. Accelerator Mr. Ledbettor's Vaoation The Stolon Body Mr. Brisher's Troasuro Miss- Winchelsoa’s eort A Broom of Arma: geddon — — — CLIP COUPON — — — GRENPARK CO. 245-GREENWICH ST. WEW YORI, N.Y. Gontloment T_am enclouing $4.08, the shorter works of Address NOMO@ sevnsccnacneccrececessssvesccensvesenpsons Clty. ceegeenncesscerecsescveees SEMtB.crersee ae Dont. S6-5 Plonse nond me postpaid H. G, Wells. Saeaneaneerererarenscessnenencsecceenes we {oes ~ AIR WONDER STORIES THE READER AIRS HIS VIEWS (Continued from page 1048) Ido not think that it hurt anything to get the mutter cleared up, however, igs Now as-to: Major Wm, -A, Bevan, who. like- wise wis stirred up by the same letter, (It was intended to stir ings up, and seems to haye succeeded? beyond hopes.) As to. his: explanation of the fift-on the wings ofa plane, it is evident that we do not conflict as to facts. Whether: -his terminology (see the - September number) was misleading, I th would have to be feft ta the readers,~ It is uot a very vital point anyway, But Major Bevan in his- reply in the -No- vember number, states. that my contention as to the superiority of the United States in civil and military aviation is “too absurd: to call for much comment,” I believe it can be shown that, if one is to.go hy the facts which seem to. be avilable, Major: Bevan’s remark, like the re- part of rk: Twain's death, i¢ considerably ex- meget ated, Let us take the military- aspect At present the number: of -mifitary planes: in commission. jn the United States is t. con: fidential, as it should be, But the Aircratt-Year Book. shows that 1861 engines for military use were produced.during 1929, In: 1928, 1219: mili- tary engines were- produced, Ido not- know y commission. It is sate, I think, to- assume that 2000 to 2500: in vare- extant, (677 planes were produced, being 44 cent.less. than-in 1928, In_ 1928-29 it would thus appear: that “about 1700. platies- were produced, “the last two years, then, we have put opt of military use-nat less. than 3000 engines and 1700 planes. What disposition has-been made of these- engines and planes;-resulting“in what present strength, js as said’ a-secret of. the Wae Department, Like- wise our resources im planes and engines al- ready on hand before that . The Leipzig INustrivrte Zeitung: gives for. the quilitary strength ofthe 2560; England-'1500, and then--on- 2 rapidly. descending scale to Portugal with 120, Smce the article in which these figures weré given was written for. the purpose.of showing the arr supremacy of these nations over Germany, it is not. probable that they- represent a mintmum. Unless-authentic, contradiction-can be-praduced. Ivbetieve:that one is justified in believing: that the United-States stands about ons par witn France, ad much: above the rest. Curtainly at least in any’ number available for invasion by carrier ships or other. known menns, Now as to- civil aviations on November: 2nd, 1929; according to. the Di ot of —Com- merce, there -wete in the United States. 6,378 licensed planes,and 3,083 identified ‘planes; a totalof 9,461, The latest figures: available for Europe, 1928, show the highest. number ~ of planes in Itnly, with 1000.. France:is next, with 860, Germany, which Major. Bevan specificall: cites for superiority, had. 535, To-rench. civ: equality, with us, erraan during 1929. would baye had to produce nearly 9,000 planes, “Can Major Bevan produce any figures_to- prove: that she did? I think not; especially when Foreign Aeronautical News of the Department of Com- merce. shows that during 1 duced> only 1500. planes of all types—thi ficiency Inid by authorities to the effect. of gov ernment subsidies, Judging front his purely: bas sonal observations and conelusions, Capt, Von Hoffman-Ostenhoff, mm Austriin rir magnate, re- cently stated—that. “another” year woukt put Ameriea’ in the van,’*- He may have meant over all Europe, : Recently two aircraft manufacturers, one a German and the other an- American, toured the air activities of one another's ‘countries, and their views. printed in- the same. air magazine, agreed that America is superior in general_in flying personnel, in flying schools; and” in up- to-date-ness of methods, Three items in Arr Wonver: Storms for March are pertinent. At the foot of pe 842 it is stated that while ears is- still ahead of ns in military aviation (which may-be true for ALL of Europe; F said “any other-country”’) our aviation im general is ot a sotnder " The article at the foot of 847 is important; and Major- “Young, —Assistint Secretary for -Aera- nautics of the Department—-of Commerve, says that “the-United- States ia unquestionably the leading nation of the=\orld—so far as-aviation development ‘ig <concerned,”- and amang. ather things that while the mileage of transport flight in Germany, during 1929 was only 6,303,150 miles, inthis’ country it was about 16,000,000 tiles, I gtant that definite figures tinder such tapidly~ changing conditions are hard. to—pin down}: but 1 think enough hasbeen shown_to prove that if my statement was in error, it was only by six «months or a year at, worst; and that if, a4 he states I. “evidently tmow nothing whatever~about the aviation, Ee Cis tat Bede ay Sek wale TOR cet the ythe way, > only Lot eB in 1928) and, especially, the civil. aviation of Germany,” nt least ‘I am in’ pretty good-com- pany. ‘The Major would seem to. be in pos- (Continued on page 1050) the -varions nations, stance } al Euro: “thie de SUCCESS IN RADIO Depends upon Training -»- You Get that trami with RCA Institutes Inc. 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