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  Latvian Aviation Chronology 1934   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pulins and K.Irbitis depart to visit aviators in Lithuania, but "Zilais Putns" has engine trouble and the flight is abandoned near Jelgava.
September 15 N.Pulins, in "Zilais Putns", participates in the Aviation Festival at Tallin, Estonia.
The Aviation Regiment was not interested, and construction was not completed.
latvianaviation.com /C1934.html   (278 words)

  
 Aviation
The opening of Fairey Aviations factory at Heaton Chapel was far sighted as the War clouds gathered over Europe in the late 1930s.
The most concrete connection to aviation in Levenshulme was the factory owned by Fairey Aviation, which stood on Crossley Road, adjacent to Cringle Fields.
Fairey Aviation was a major supplier of aircraft to the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm during World War Two.
www3.telus.net /public/nixonkg/aviation.htm   (3122 words)

  
 Aviation Resource - History - 1920-1935
However, it was another event in 1927 that brought unprecedented public attention to aviation and helped secure the industry's future as a major mode of transportation.
Aviation became a more established industry, attracting millions of private investment dollars almost overnight as well as the imagination and support of millions of Americans.
By means of the Air Mail Act of 1934, the government once again tendered the mail to the private sector, but it did so under a new set of rules that would have a significant impact on the industry.
www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/4294/history/1920_1935.html   (2359 words)

  
 MacRobertson Air Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race took place October, 1934 as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia).
The idea of the race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and a prize fund of $75,000 was put up by Sir Macpherson Robertson, a wealthy Australian confectionery manufacturer, on the conditions that the race be named after his MacRobertson confectionery company, and that it be organised to be as safe as possible.
The initial field of over 60 had by then been whittled down to 20, including the 3 purpose-built de Havilland DH.88 Comet racers, two of the new generation of American all-metal passenger transports, and a mixture of earlier racers, light transports and old bombers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MacRobertson_Air_Race   (499 words)

  
 1934
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Elgar, Edward (1857 - 1934) - Brief biography and caricature with summary of choral, orchestral, chamber, and piano music with recommended Naxos recordings.
Все матчи ЧМ - 1934 - Все матчи Чемпионат Мира 1934 года в Италии.
www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/1934.html   (1280 words)

  
 The Nation, 09/07/1940 - Aviation's Sitdown Strike by Stone, I. F.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
...Aviation was in the best position to act as spearhead for all the defense industries in a drive against limitations and effective profits taxes...
...A huge expansion of aviation plant is necessary, but it could have been provided for as easily and as simply as the government has provided for the construction and leasing of new powder and aerial-cannon plants...
...He estimates that American aviation will have produced 5,000 planes during the first year of the present war and that the gap between 5,000 planes and 50,000 planes is too wide to be bridged without a radical change in production methods...
www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v151i0010_06.htm   (2313 words)

  
 North American Aviation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The NA-16, a fixed-gear, two-place, low-wing monoplane, won the trainer competition in 1934 and, on April 1, 1935, became the first North American model-numbered airplane to be flown.
North American Aviation was established in December 1928 as a holding company.
The Air Mail Act of 1934, however, forced aviation holding companies to break up (although North American was able to retain Eastern Air Lines until 1938).
www.1903to2003.gov /essay/Aerospace/NorthAmerican/Aero37.htm   (1888 words)

  
 Fairey Swordfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Swordfish was based on the Fairey PV and was offered to the Royal Navy to fulfill a reconnaissance and torpedo attack role.
The prototype TSR II first flew on April 17, 1934.
It was a large biplane with a metal frame covered in fabric, with folding wings for carrier use.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fairey_Swordfish   (538 words)

  
 B-29 Superfortress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The earliest development of the B-29 can be traced to Project A, a 1934 Army feasibility study for a bomber that could fly 5000 miles while carrying a ton of bombs.
While only a single prototype was built, it dwarfed anything on active duty at the time; its empty weight was only 13% less than that of the B-29.
In August of 1934, Boeing also began work on a slightly less ambitious design, the Model 299.
www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/B-29   (2709 words)

  
 1934 in aviation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
August 8-9 - James Ayling and Leonard Reid make the first non-stop flight from Canada to England, in a de Havilland DH.84, taking 30 hours 50 minutes for the flight.
August 28 - September 16 - the fourth International Tourist Aircraft Contest Challenge 1934 in Warsaw, won by the Polish crew of Jerzy Bajan on the RWD-9 plane.
September 7 - 16 - 9,537 km race over Europe and North Africa and a speed trial of the Challenge 1934 contest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1934_in_aviation   (570 words)

  
 North American Aviation History, Dutch Kindelberger, Lee Atwood
During the prosperous, whirling 1920s, aviation was in its childhood.
On Dec. 6, 1928, North American Aviation was incorporated in Delaware to become a holding company for many of these new ventures.
Therefore, North American's airline interests were separated from its airplane-building concerns, and 39-year-old James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger became President and General Manager of General Aviation, leaving a career as vice president of engineering at Douglas Aircraft.
www.aerospacelegacyfoundation.org /page13.html   (653 words)

  
 Aviation Medicine Books 1902-1939   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The photographs depict mid-20th century American life, culture, and interests, as well as some views of other countries such as Russia, China, and India and events such as the Vietnam War.
Aviation and medicine, bibliography for the year 1934-19.
Miller, W. Analysis of the aviation medicine situation and recommendations for a bureau program.
www.medlina.com /aviation_medicine_books_1902-1939.htm   (480 words)

  
 the tiger moth in israeli service
The concept behind such a force was that aircraft owned by the Jewish organizations in Palestine would free the Jewish population from dependency on the British in case of emergency and would also train pilots for any future contingency.
In 1934 an aviation enthusiast managed to enlist the support of David Ben-Gurion, leader of Palestine's Jewish population (and Israel's first prime minister), and in late 1934 a D.H.82A Tiger Moth was purchased in Britain.
When the "Shirut Avir" (Air Service, the IAF's predecessor) was formed n November 1947 it also incorporated the "Haganah"'s aviation section and the two Tiger Moths became part of its inventory.
www.geocities.com /skythe_99/tmoth.htm   (786 words)

  
 Solo Flights around the World
There are some who have us beleive that the spirit of adventure in the air is a thing of the past and that the 1930's saw the end of aviation's pioneering era.
In 1934, she broke Amy Johnson's record between London and Australia.
Cliff, with a grand total of 80 flying hours, was told by civil aviation authorities, that among other things, he would have to have an IFR rating before he could get approval to fly over water and overseas.
soloflights.org /tait_text_e.html   (2994 words)

  
 1934 FAA History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Inter-Departmental Advisory Committee on Aviation met to study the establishment of a uniform Federal aviation policy.
Mar 26, 1934:  Senator Pat McCarran (D-Nev.), a member of the Black Committee (see Feb 9, 1934), introduced a Senate bill (S. 3187) as a substitute for the bill that was to become the Air Mail Act of 1934 (see Jun 12, 1934).
Conversely, other aviation enterprises were prohibited from holding any interest in air mail contracts.
www.discountairlinefinder.com /other/aboutthefaa/chronology/1934.html   (1942 words)

  
 CG Aviation History
It could be said the Coast Guard's introduction to aviation took place in 1903 when the surfmen from the Kill Devil Hill Life Boat Station of the US Life saving Service provided the Wright Brothers with additional man power during the pre-launch activities of that epic flight.
Coast Guard Aviation dates officially from an Act of Congress, which President Woodrow Wilson signed into law on 24 August 1916, There is no doubt, however, that Coast Guard Aviation owes its beginnings to Second Lieutenant Norman B. Hall and Third Lieutenant Elmer F. Stone who conceived of using aircraft for Coast Guard missions.
These were the General Aviation PJ "flying lifeboats." Henry Morgenthau became Secretary of the Treasury in 1934.
uscgaviationhistory.aoptero.org /history01.html   (1994 words)

  
 Lockheed PBO Hudson, Lockheed R4O Super Electra, by Jack McKillop
North American Aviation Corporation (NAA) was founded in 1925 by the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company as a holding company of various airlines in an effort to provide a guaranteed market for Curtiss aircraft; NAA was reorganized and incorporated in 1928.
Pitcairn Aviation, which had begun service from New York to Miami, Florida via Atlanta, Georgia in May 1928, was purchased in July 1929 and renamed Eastern Air Transport in January 1930.
When NAA purchased the shares of GAMC in 1934, General Aviation was working on two projects, the Model GA-43, a single-engine commercial airliner, and the Model GA-15, a three-seat observation aircraft for the U.S. Army.
www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/nj.htm   (1310 words)

  
 EH.Net Encyclopedia: Economic History of Weather Forecasting
Interest in upper air weather conditions grew rapidly after the turn of the century on account of two related events: the development of aviation and World War I. Safe use of aircraft depended on more precise knowledge of weather conditions (winds, storms, and visibility) between takeoff and landing locations.
Even though aerological expenditures by the Weather Bureau in support of aviation rivaled funding for general weather services by the late 1930s, the Weather Bureau came under increasing criticism from aviation interests.
Theoretical physicist turned meteorological researcher Wilhelm Bjerknes appealed to Norway's national interests in defense, in the development of commercial aviation, and in increased agricultural output to build a dense observation network, whose data helped yield a new paradigm for meteorology.
www.eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=craft.weather.forcasting.history   (4775 words)

  
 1932 in aviation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One hundred and eleven days later, it will be the first such trip made in a flying boat.
July 23 - an aviation pioneer, Alberto Santos-Dumont hangs himself
August 14-28 - the third International Tourist Aircraft Contest Challenge 1932 in Berlin, won by the Polish crew and on the RWD-6 plane.
www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1932_in_aviation   (604 words)

  
 NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Boeing retired from the aviation industry in 1934, but returned in World War II to assist the nation meet its military production requirements.
When Depression era legislation in 1934 forced corporate dismemberment of the larger aviation companies, Boeing sold his interests in the Boeing Airplane Company, and moved on to pursue other business ventures.
But he never lost his interest in aviation, and during World War II he volunteered as a consultant to the company.
www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=708   (406 words)

  
 DC-2
In 1935, aviation pioneer Grover Loening, characterized the DC-2 as at least as economical as the automobile.
Harvey, vice president of the Massachusetts Indemnity Co. wrote, “Concerning the hazards of the various modes of transportation available today, this company has, on the basis of experience, issued a ruling that executives, or salesmen traveling by air, on regularly established airlines, are to be classified as ‘A’ risks.
In summing up the impact of the DC-2 on commercial aviation, Igor Sikorsky, famous for his flying boats and helicopters said, “American aviation is definitely superior to European aviation.
www.dc3history.org /dc2.htm   (5139 words)

  
 Lee Atwood, Aerospace Legend, page 1 of 4
Aviation legend Lee Atwood -- who was instrumental in designing the P-51 Mustang; the F-100, world's first operational supersonic jet fighter; the X-15 rocket plane; and the Apollo Command Module that took astronauts to the moon -- died on March 5, 1999, at the age of 94.
As one of the founding members of the team that formed North American Aviation, Inc. in 1934, Lee Atwood became a living legend in the aerospace community.
Atwood's schooling centered on the discipline of engineering and very early in his career his talents were quickly noticed by James "Dutch" Kindelberger, then vice president of engineering at Douglas Aircraft Company.
www.boeing.com /news/feature/atwood   (336 words)

  
 John Leland "Lee" Atwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lee Atwood first became involved in aviation in 1928 as an engineer with the Army Air Corps at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio.
Atwood later became president of North American Aviation and oversaw the development of some of the most important aircraft produced in the United States.
Under his leadership, North American Aviation (which later became North American Rockwell and then Rockwell International) was awarded the Collier Trophy -- the aerospace industry's most prestigious award -- three times: for the F-100, the X-15, and the B-1.
www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/jlatwood.htm   (277 words)

  
 Steen Aero Lab - Article: "The 'Knight-Twister' Flies"
The old criticism that small planes are tricky to fly, dates back to the World War when not so much was known about the proper location of the wings in relation to the center of gravity of the airplane.
There are a few other little "bugs" to clean out, and then we believe that we will have the fastest little craft of its size and type that has yet been designed.
Chart of Aluminum and Aluminum alloys, circa 1934.
www.steenaero.com /articles_detail.cfm?PrintFriendly=1&ArticleID=62   (1647 words)

  
 LIST OF YEARS IN AVIATION
1910 in aviation: Frederick Baldwin and J.A.D. McCurdy, using a Curtiss byplane, are the first pilots to send radio messages to the ground.
1999 in aviation: Fear of the Y2K computer virus and possible in-flight consequences for those planes flying during the night of December 31, 1999 and the early morning of January 1, 2000, spreads around the airline industry.
2001 in aviation: 4 jet-liners, 2 each of American Airlines and United Airlines, are hijacked and crashed in the September 11 terrorist attacks, killing more than 3,000 people.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/LIST+OF+YEARS+IN+AVIATION   (929 words)

  
 Air Transportation: American Airlines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In a move that would prove to be of great importance to the history of U.S. aviation, Smith convinced the aircraft manufacturer Donald Douglas to build a new aircraft with the roominess of the Condor and the speed and modernity of the DC-2.
Compared to the DC-2, the DC-3 was a vastly superior aircraft and its introduction by American Airlines marked the beginning of a new era in passenger aviation.
Smith's legacy was not only in management; he had pioneered the use of hot in-flight meals, flight attendants (called stewardesses at the time), effective discount programs for frequent flyers, aggressive advertising campaigns, improved passenger reservation systems, and better air traffic management systems—all in the 1930s.
www.1903to2003.gov /essay/Commercial_Aviation/American/Tran15.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Misc Aircraft
When you own a General Aviation Aircraft, you have the ability to travel anywhere, in just a short time, at the spur of a moment, even increasing your freedom.
You just can't beat being involved in General Aviation for the grandest time in your life.
The second Gamma, acquired by Dr. Ellsworth, was used in 1934 and 1935 for polar exploration, and today rests in the Smithsonian Institution.
www.yellowairplane.com /Models_General_Aviation/D_Aircraft_General_Aviation_Misc.html   (1082 words)

  
 Jimmie and Walter Wedell
On June 24, 1934, aviation suffered a crushing blow when Jimmie Wedell died in a plane crash.
At the time of his death, Wedell was recognized as the speed king of the world, aviation’s most successful designer of racing planes, and the holder of more records than any other flyer.
In 1934 Wedell-Williams won the design competition to build a prototype of the next-generation fighter plane for the army.
lsm.crt.state.la.us /aviation/wedell3.htm   (1210 words)

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