Word: curtiss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...entering into an important contract," inquired the French air attache in Washington, "do you provide yourself with a jazz band to attract attention?" Accorded full attention, the Embassy proceeded last week to itemize recent French orders for some $65,000,000 worth of U. S. military planes: 100 Curtiss fighters (added to 100 ordered last year); 200 North American advanced trainers; 115 Glenn Martin bombers; 100 replicas of the new Douglas bomber which crashed four weeks ago and revealed the presence of a French buying mission...
...take some of the load off the pilot, Curtiss-Wright Corporation last week announced a new wrinkle, to be used in its big CW20 transport under construction in its St. Louis factory. When the CW20 pilot is ready to land, he will throw a switch marked "land." A series of bulbs on the instrument board will light, and as he gets his landing gear down, lowers his flaps, cranks back his stabilizer, et al., the lights will go out, one by one. By other switches, he can check his operations for takeoff, or for any other operations. When the instrument...
Those who reported yesterday are: Captain Art Johns, Bob Fulton, Frank Foley, Slim Curtiss, Tom Henley, Lefty Edinbergh, Don Prouty, Dick Galbraithe, Joe Tully, Rick Hedbloom, Carrick Heiskell, Red Davis, Bob Regan, Cliff Helman, Tony Galluccio, Jack Schwede, Charlie Brackett, Ellie Bacon, and John Woodward...
Also published last week was the news that France has just doubled an order made last year for 100 Curtiss-Wright Pursuit ships of a type already in U. S. Army use, and plans to buy perhaps 400 more planes (reportedly through financing arranged with Franklin Roosevelt's assistance...
Four veteran hurlers will be on hand at the initial drill beginning at 2:30 o'clock. The returning men are Slim Curtiss, Tom Healey, Frank Foley, and Lefty Edinburgh...