Author: SCHOWALTER, C.H.; TEICHMANN, F.; RUFFNER, B.; WOLCOTT, L.
Title: Aviation Engineering (Magazine), with Which Is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - the Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, June 1931 - New Engine Features / Tests and Calculations on the Medvedeff Monobiplane
Description: USA: Aircraft Engineering, 1931. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 42 pages. Features: Interesting Packard-Diesel photo ad inside front cover explains how their engine gains revs when going over mountain tops; Thompson Valve ad commemorates the "Southern Cross", piloted by Wing Commander Charles Kingford-Smith, which completed the first successful east-west Atlantic crossing in a heavier-than-air craft in 1930; New Features of Engines Exhibited at the National Aircraft Show; Wind Tunnel Tests and Performance Calculations on the Medvedeff Monobiplane; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - The Development of Deck Flying (to/from aircraft carriers) with photo of Squadron Commander Dunning's first successful landing on the H.M.S. Furious, and three photos of the fatal second attempt; Airplane Motor Radio Shielding; Aircraft Servicing Solutions; Compensating the Compass - Periodic Inspection and Servicing; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Aviation Engineering (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Aircraft Servicing - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, June 1931 - New Engine Features / Tests and Calculations on the Medvedeff Monoplane Packard-Diesel photo ad inside front. Good .

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