"Cruise Control for Flying Efficiency" (Parts 3, 5, 6 & 7 of a series in Aviation magazine, September 1943 to March 1944), 1943-09 - 1944-03

File — Box: TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.B.036

Identifier: 20060316.35

Scope and Contents

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Document Type: Article (Technical).

Purpose: Informational.

Authority: Author's Expertise.

Scope: Series of articles titled "Cruise Control for Flying Efficiency" published in Aviation magazine covering all aspects of the cruising phase of flying. Authors are: R. Dixon Speas (Asst. to Vice-Pres. Engineering), Jere T. Farah (Chief Flight Analyst) and Sanford Hinton (Flight Analyst). All work for American Airlines.

Content: - Series includes: "Power Control" (Part 3, Sept 1943, pp 204-208 and 310--312 [extra pages from other articles include 203 and 309]); "Time and Fuel Requirements" (Part 5, December 1943, pp 215-218 and 324, and 327-328 [extra pages from other articles include 203 and 323]); "Current Problems" (Part 6, January 1944, pp 227, 318 and 321-322 and 325-326 [extra pages from other articles include 317]); and "Maximum Range and Loading" (Part 7, March 1944, pp 178-179, 299-300 and 303-304 [missing last page?] [extra pages from other articles include 177]) - Missing parts 1, 2 and 4 from the series. - In all articles, contemporary ads are mixed in with content. - In all articles, a few words are incomplete due to three hole punch holes for binder.

2. Other articles include: part of "Building Battlefront Air Bases" by Lt Commander S.J. Mathis, Civil Engineering Corps, USNR (March 1944, pp 180).

Dates

Publication: 1943-09 - 1944-03

Creator

Aviation Week (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)

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