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...they did-300 Command-Aires,† 500 American Eagles, 500 Travel Airs, 200 Swallows. Fairchild and Curtiss made large contracts for plane deliveries. Scarcely was there a plane manufacturer who did not book immediate orders. Kreider-Reisner Challengers were popular,*as were Hamilton Metalplanes, Mohawk Pintos, Monarchs, Mono-coupes, Advance Wacos, and Consolidated Husky Juniors. Customers for the most part were young men. Air transport managers-for Transcontinental, National, Boeing, Western Air Express, Pan-American-examined the huge passenger planes -Fords, Fokkers, Loenings, Boeings, Keystones, Ryans, Stinson-Detroiters...
Airplanes. Formation of North American, Inc., a $25,000,000 holding company to specialize in aviation stocks was announced last week by C. M. Keys, President of Curtiss, and also head of the new company. Among the backers are National Aviation Corp., Hemphill, Noyes & Co., Blair...
...savings of $15,000. A study of margins shows him that with this $15,000 and a friendly broker he can purchase $150,000 worth of stocks. From a study of market news he picks any five stocks which seem to be favorites of the bull operators. For example: Curtiss Aero, International Harvester, Montgomery Ward, Radio, Victor. So Speculator Smith speculates in 100 shares of each of these stocks...
...Decline Stock closing closing Curtiss Aero 148 129 19 International Harvester 372½ 307 65½ Montgomery Ward 420 340 80 Radio 376½ 296 80½ Victor...
Capt. Patterson's heart is in the air; notwithstanding that he never learned to fly. He tried hard. He spent weeks, months, under the patient tutelage of Lieut. Frederick H. Becker at the Curtiss Field School. He got along all right when Becker was with him. But on his first solo flight he sat frozen at the controls, and missed collision in a crowded sky by sheer...