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European governments large and small now recognize the need for adequate air corps in national defense. Many are virtually without modern equipment. Quick to perceive an outlet for the overproduced stock of 1929, Curtiss-Wright Exports Corp. has sent an invading team of expert flyers to demonstrate and sell to foreign armies Curtiss Falcon (observation), Curtiss Hawk (pursuit), Curtiss Fledgling (training), Curtiss Robin (cabin...
...this corner, Clouting Clement Keys, pride of Curtiss-Wright, the present title holder...
Playchoice has prospered. For January it chose Death Takes a Holiday; for February, Rebound; for March it offered a choice between Topaze, The Last Mile, The Green Pastures. Several hundred enthusiastic subscribers now boost Krimsky's scheme. Among them: Mrs. Archibald Roosevelt, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. Samuel Sloane Auchincloss...
Fashions in fighting planes have changed since the War. Nearly all nations have gone over from the once popular biplane type to the monoplane. But the U. S. government has continued satisfied with the proven fighting performance of its Vought Corsairs, Curtiss Hawks and Falcons, Boeing Navy F4-B's and Army P12's, all biplanes. Last week Boeing Airplane Co., supplanting Curtiss as chief purveyor of single-seater fighters to the government, announced its latest experimental handiwork: a high-wing, cantilever, all-metal, parasol type of fighting monoplane. Experts in touch with Air Corps destinies foresaw...
Officials of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, Inc., coast-to-coast U. S. aviation system operating air schools and taxis in 40 cities, doubted that Luft Hansa could find much profit in its half-a-loaf policy. Curtiss-Wright rates, reckoned as low as any in the U. S., range from 30? to $1.60 per mile, depending upon the type of ship used. The return trip must be paid for at the same rate...