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Word: aircrafter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...commenced the Army's biggest tactical air maneuvers on the Pacific Coast. The problem: expulsion of an enemy entirely by aircraft. For three weeks the first provisional wing of the Army Air Corps-the same squadrons and men that would be immediately concentrated in event of real war-would fight its invisible foe by day, would transform Mather Field into a gigantic metal rookery at sundown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Air War | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

Aeronautical eyes turned to Detroit this week, not so much for the All-American aircraft show there exhibited, as for six stock commercial airplanes there equipped with the 225 h. p., oil-burning Packard Diesel type engine. Largest of the six is a Ford all-metal transport, powered with three Packard Diesels in place of the Wright Whirlwinds customarily installed. Ford announced that Diesels would be optional equipment in future. So did Stinson Aircraft Corp. Chief virtues of the engine, which has been developed in the U. S. with considerable secrecy by Packard Motors Co.: low cost of fuel, reduction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Diesel Day | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

Many an "unexplained" crash of aircraft might be traced to a loosened airfoil control, a weakened cable, faulty lubrication, dirty fuel. To blame: the mechanic. A fact: mechanics are frequently youngsters. An act: last week Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, ruled: "The minimum age requirement for any class of mechanic's license is 18 years . . . the lowest we can permit while keeping in mind the highly important part the mechanic plays in the safe operation of aircraft, and the need for constant vigilance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Diesel Day | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

...Grafs commander, busy Dr. Hugo Eckener, arrived in Manhattan from Germany. He was closeted with Banker Mitchell. They signed an agreement, announced the result of the financial potboiling: under the guidance of National City, such companies as Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., Aluminum Co. of America, Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp., United Aircraft & Transport Corp., subscribed for stock in International Zeppelin Transport Corp. Paul Weeks Litchfield, president of Goodyear-Zeppelin, was re-elected president of International Zeppelin. Col. Edward Andrew Deeds, chairman of the executive committee of United Aircraft & Transport, was made chairman of the board. Commander Jerome Clarke Hunsaker was made vice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Zeppelin Pool | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

Significant was the inclusion of United Aircraft & Transport, profitably enterprising merger of plane, motor and transport companies (TIME, March 31). Said Dr. Eckener: "This is of particular importance. It means that the airplane and the airship, long regarded as competitors ... are joining in a cooperative enterprise. I can say that the Dornier interests (likewise) are with us in this project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Zeppelin Pool | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

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