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...cruises at 90 m.p.h., a Puss a little faster. Reasons for Moth popularity: 1) British plane builders concentrate on commercial & military types; 2) with little competition in the sport class, Moths are light on fuel, amazingly reliable. In the U. S. the rights to Moth-making are held by Curtiss-Wright Corp., which, at present, makes no Moths...
...Curtiss-Writght 4,126,000 (loss) 9,012,900 (loss...
Like all Fords, the big new plane is all-metal. Its wings spread no ft. From snout-like nose to ear-shaped rudder it measures 80 ft., the fuselage suggesting somewhat the flying-fish appearance of the Curtiss Condor. Inside each wing is built a 715-hp. Hispano-Suiza engine. The third engine, of 1,100 hp., is mounted atop the centre. Four passenger compartments are furnished with two standard Pullman sections each. A smoking compartment could accommodate additional passengers. There are two lavatories, a galley with gas stove...
...compact little Curtiss fighter, "the smallest plane which could be built around a 420-hp. Whirlwind," one of five built for the Navy for installation within the airship Akron...
...president is almost always an oldtime railroad man?viz. Pelley, Baldwin, Williamson, Budd. Storey. Rail chairmen are usually bankers or lawyers. Robert S. Lovett of the U.P. was its counsel for five years. Financier Harold Stirling Vanderbilt heads the C. & N. W. as chairman, just as Financier Arthur Curtiss James heads Western Pacific...