1926 July 19 AVIATION MAGAZINE Herr Otto Schultz Rossitten Cover Curtiss Falcon

Description: Rare magazine in Good condition. VOLUME XXI Herr Otto Schulz gliding at Rossitten. Germany SPECIAL FEATURES THE NAVY AIR BILL THE CURTISS FALCON APPLICATION OF MODERN AERODYNAMIC THEORY GARDNER PUBLISHING CO., INC. HIGHLAND, N. Y. 225 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Entered a Second-Class Matter, Nov. 22, 1920, at the Post Office, at Highland, N. Y. under Act of March 3, 1879. NUMBER 3 ----------- 2 ----------- JULY 19, 1926 Editorials AVIATION Published every Monday CONTENTS The Navy Air Bill An Application of Modern Aerodynamic Theory .. 87 VOL. XXI. NO. 3 The Kansas City Trade Air Tour The Curtiss Falcon Observation Plane "Side Slips"----------- 3 ----------- rapidly going and the manufacturer who suppli performance figures is in a strong strategic position. All the Sad Young Ideas T HERE IS nothing more fascinating for the man who is interested in mechanical things than to have an idea which he can glorify and call an invention. Almost all of us "invent" something from time to time and spend exciting hours playing with this child of our It is really pathetic to find how few of us have the ability and the tenacity of purpose which is neces- sary in order that these nebulous conceptions of the human mind may be materialized and developed into in- ventions which are the standard bearers of human pro- gress. brain. The airplane was "invented" by the mythologists of ancient Greece, but it took centuries for sufficient know- ledge to accumulate so that the courage and persever- ance which animated the Wright's could produce a ma- Following the first flights chine which actually flew. of the Wright brothers there was a long period during which little was known about the laws governing flight. As a result, planes were built on trial and error and it was difficult to predict what a plane would do until it During this period, almost anyone had actually flown. with a fair amount of intelligence and a lot of enthusi- asm and ingenuity could build a plane in his back yard which might be just as good as anyone else's. With continued research in the wind tunnel and the verification of theories by actual full scale tests, there has grown up a vast amount of knowledge of aerodynamic As a result, the day of the back yard air- principles. plane builder is rapidly passing. Today, knowledge and experience exist and if a plane is to be better than others the designer must possess this knowledge and experience. 5 ----------- 4 ----------- FIRST GOOD FELLOWSHIP TOUR BY AIRPLANE KANSAS CITY. KANSAS CHAMBER of COMMERCE JUNE 15-16-17-1926 Photo by Hodgesk,C,K, The twenty-five air-trippers, on the morning of their start from the Sweeney Airport, Kansas City, Kansas REMEMBER NATIONAL AIR RACES, SEPT. 4-11. ----------- 5 ----------- 6 2, The reverse view of the radio Details of the Curtiss O-1 Falcon. 1, The Camera and radio installation just aft to the observer's cockpit. 3, Showing the welded steel tube engine mounting, the oil temperature regulator extending and camera installations, showing also the parachute flare. upwards from the lower end of the radiator, the multi-rubber disc shock-absorber just aft of the firewall and the nickel-plated duralumin fuel tanks 4, Giving an excellent idea of the ingenuity applied to installing all the required equipment in the pilot's cockpit, so that it is readily available. 6. Showing how car fully the cowling has been designed to reduce head resistance to the greatest A close examination of all these photographs cannot but impress 5, A skeleton view of the Falcon fuselage 7, A general view of the pilot's and observer's cock pits. possible extent. one with the problems to be met in military airplane design and the ingenuity and skill necessary to meet these requirements. ----------- 6 ----------- Photopress The arrival of the four Napier engined Fairey IIID seaplanes of the Royal Air Force at Lee-on-Solent, on June 21, thus ending the 14,000 mile flight, Cairo-Cape Town-Cairo-England

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