Transportation
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TL
501
.A298
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY

MANUFACTURERS AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, INC.

NEW YORK CITY

Library

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I The Commercial Airplane Tries Its Wings; Notable Achieve-

ments of the Year; American Aeronautics Encounters Ob-

stacles; More than 15,000,000 Miles Flown in the United

States

II Aerial Transport; One Thousand Aircraft Put to Business

Uses; Lines Established Over the Water; Land Planes

Meet Need Where Rail and Road Transportation Is In-

adequate

III Mail Aircraft Fly 8000 Miles Daily; Lines Link United

States with Canada and Cuba; Time Between Atlantic and

Pacific Reduced from 24 to 42 Hours Many Extensions

Planned

IV Aerial Forest Patrol Extended; Timber Cruiser Takes to the

Air; Forest Observers Fight Pests as Well as Fires; Air-

craft in Mine Rescue Work

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V New Marine Uses for Aircraft; Seaplanes Now "The Eyes

of the Fishing Fleet"; Sealing Operations in the Arctic;

U. S. Coast Guard Saves Life and Property at Sea . . 44

VI Aerial Photography; - Its Uses in Surveying, Map Making,

Exploration, City Planning, etc.; How Aerial Maps Are

Made

VII Aircraft the New Vehicle for News Gathering; How Flying

Has Affected the Planning and Execution of Motion Pic-

tures

VIII Imperative Need for Immediate Federal Control of the Air;

Action Urged by States, Leading Aeronautical, Legal and

Defense Bodies; Analysis of International Aerial Conven-

tion

IX Air Ports; Ground Organization; Aerial Communications

X Aeronautics in National Defense; Military and Naval Avia-

tion

XI Governmental Policies After the War; Aircraft the Deciding

Factor; Civilian Reserve in Trained Personnel and Pro-

duction Resources Necessary to National Defense .

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XIII Technical Developments in Aircraft Construction in 1920;
Survey of Situation During Preceding Six Years.

XIV Foreign Aeronautics; Review of Activity, Nation by Nation,

Throughout the World . .

HISTORICAL DESIGN SECTION

Introduction and Index

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2.

List of Officers on Duty in Engineering Section, McCook

Field, Dayton, O.

202

3. List of Officers in Engineering School, Dayton, O.

I. Officers Assigned to Naval Aviation on Duty in Navy De-

4. Graduates of Naval Academy Who Are also Naval Aviators 211

3. Commanders of Air Forces of Fleets