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Until recently Hamilton has had a virtual monopoly of the propeller business. Lately, however, it and its most formidable rival, famed old Curtiss-Wright Corp., have been seeking another propeller improvement-full feathering of the blades. Curtiss-Wright devised an electric motor which nestles in the hub of the propeller and changes the pitch to any angle from o° to 90° whenever the pilot wishes. If an engine fails, the pilot merely adjusts the propeller pitch to 90°, which means that the blades feather (present a streamlined knife-edge to the wind), do not revolve. This...
Since then Inventor Sperry has died, his company has gone through numerous corporate changes and Mr. Morgan has held a dozen or so top-notch aviation jobs -president of Curtiss-Wright Corp., vice president of Eastern Air Transport, president of North American Aviation, president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. But he has continued to run Sperry and currently he has offices in Manhattan as president of Sperry Corp., a holding company owning Sperry Gyroscope Co., Inc., Ford Instrument Co. Inc. (rangefinders, etc.), Waterbury Tool Co. (hydraulic variable speed transmissions), Vickers. Inc. (hydraulic pumps), Intercontinent Corp. (exporters...
...flying alone in a biplane of Russian make similar to the Curtiss Hawk Pursuit," explained Prisoner Dahl. "My parachute landed me in the midst of a company of Moors we had been bombing the daylights out of for two or three days. I'm lucky to be alive, all right, because you can imagine how those Moors felt about enemy airmen...
...following Monday, Curtiss lost a tough decision to Brown 4-2 although holding the Bruins to six scattered hits, and last Thursday allowed the hard-hitting Big Green but five base knocks to win 4-2. With only a one day rest Curtiss started the Tufts game Saturday. Until tiring in the ninth, he gave the Jumbos four hits for a single run. Because of his brilliant performances in the last two weeks with three victories and a lone defeat, Curtiss is certain to start one of the all-important Yale encounters...
Most encouraging is the discovery of a new winning pitcher, Slim Curtiss, star twirler on last year's Freshman nine. For some reason Coach Fred Mitchell had not allowed the slender righthander to start a single game until two weeks ago. His victory over Columbia Saturday morning, May 28, was the only Crimson win in a disastrous four-game weekend...