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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates Charles Lindbergh and his wife for setting a coast to coast speed record in 1930 aboard the "Flying Colonel"; Shall There Be One Type of Engine for One Model of Plane?; Non-Rigid Airships, Their Development - article with photos; Technical Description of the Martin 333 Aircraft Engine; Design of Air-Cooled Cylinders; Development in Stability and Rotor Starting Characteristics of the Autogiro; Self-Tapping Screws Make Better Fastenings in Aircraft Construction Proved by Lab Tests; Stinson Tri-Motor Club Plane - text with nice photos; The Month's Best From the Foreign Press; Special Equipment for the Overhaul of Wright Aircraft Engines; Maintenance and Servicing of Eclipse Aviation Generators; Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part III); Servicing Problems; Your Log Book - Is It Up-To-Date?; New Shop Equipment; Reviews; 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, April (Apr.) 1931 - Stinson Tri-Motor Club Plane / Non-Rigid Airships, Their Development The Autogiro Detroit News Thom.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the first refueling endurance flight in history by Maj. Carl Spatz, Capt. Ira Eaker, Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, Lieut. Harry A. Halverson and Staff Sgt. Roy Hooe, of the U.S. Army Air Corps; The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane; A Technical Description of the Continental Model A70 Second Series Engine; Propeller Materials and Airplane Safety; My Observations at the French Aero Show - with photo of the Dornier Do-S flying boat and the S.E.C.M. two-engined bomber; The Curtiss-Wright Junior and its Characteristics; The Month's Best from the Foreign Press - Junkers F.13 Disaster caused by Buffeting; Tips on Designing an Airplane; Reviews - with photo of Grover Loening at the controls of U.S. Navy submarine seaplane; Weights of Aluminum Alloy Floats and Hulls; Radio Shielding for Pratt and Whitney Engines; Servicing the Aerol Strut; Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Aluminum Structural Parts; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting (part II); Servicing Problems; No Smoking; New Products; Nice ad for Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby inside back cover; Back cover Packard-Diesel ad boasts of 9/10 of a cent per mile operating cost on 12,000 mile flight; 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, March (Mar.) 1931 - The Merrill Movable Wing Stagger Decalage Biplane Thompson Valve ad commemorates the first refueling.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates Capt. Frank Hawks and his 1930 record-setting flight racing the sun from New York to Los Angeles in 14 hours and 50 minutes non-stop; Packard ad includes photo of Walter Lees and Frederic A. Brossy who set a U.S. record of over 73 hours aloft without refueling; My Impressions of the Exhibits at the Detroit Aircraft Show (major article with photos); Accessories and Equipment at the Show, Many New Devices; Interior Furnishing and Decoration of Flying Boats; Machining For Wasp Cylinder Heads; The Month's Best From the Foreign Press - including more information on the D'Ascanio Helicopter; Reviews; Servicing the American Cirrus Engine - with clearance diagram; Heed These Points for Satisfactory Finishing Results; Special Equipment for the Overhaul of Wright Aircraft Engines; Simple Instructions for Wing Repairing; Servicing Problems; Servicing Pains; Nice one-page illustrated ad for H.K. Porter Inc. of Everett Mass. displays their portable hand operated cutting tools; 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, May 1931 - Impressions of the Detroit Aircraft Show Thompson Valve ad commemorates Capt. Frank Hawks and his 1930 record.