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...connect the Western Pacific with the Great Northern. At the I. C. C. hearing on the project (TIME, Nov. 25), the Southern Pacific, whose line is the only existing through route between California and the Northwest, vigorously opposed the connection, which will open a second through route. Arthur Curtiss James, chairman and biggest stockholder of Western Pacific and a power in Great Northern, took a leading part in linking the two roads...
...large crowd of airmen, newshawks, photographers assembled last week at Curtiss Airport, Valley Stream, L. I. for their first view of the Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter. For four years, at a cost of $250,000, it had been under secret development by Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. A little oil leak prevented a trial flight, but young Designer Maitland Barkelew Bleecker sat at the controls, grinned in happy anticipation as the four wings revolved horizontally above his head...
...planes fly the distance in four hours. Last week Dale ("Red") Jackson, co-holder of the world's refueling flight record (TIME, Aug. 12) took off from Montreal in a Travel Air "Mystery" ship (TIME, Feb. 24), pulled up in a triumphant zoom over New York's Curtiss Airport (Valley Stream, L. I.) 1 hr. 55 min. later, a record. The "Mystery" ship's average speed had been...
Berliner-Joyce Aircraft Corp. of Baltimore was a worthy "orphan" company rich in engineering talent and sales ability, poor in cash. North American Aviation, Inc. of New York is a holding company, affiliated with the potent Curtiss-Keys group, whose subsidiaries include Sperry Gyroscope Co., Eastern Air Transport (formerly Pitcairn), Ford Instrument Co. Last week "orphan" B-J won a secure home and assured backing for aircraft development by accepting a stock exchange offered by North American. Many a B-J engineer, including Vice President Temple N. Joyce, is a former Curtiss...
Invaders. At Vienna's Aspern Aerodrome last week an excited crowd cheered the daredevil aerobatics of Lieut. James Harold Doolittle and his "invading" team of U. S. airmen demonstrating Curtiss fighting craft (TIME, April 21). The Austrians cheered louder when their President, Wilhelm Miklas, stepped into a plane to be flown about by Capt. F. K. Cannon. Pilot Cannon essayed no stunts; landed his passenger gently, as befits a prospective buyer.* Doolittle's Circus, having shown their wares at Sofia, Belgrade, Bucharest, Istanbul, will push on to Prague, Berlin...