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U.S. AIR SERVICES
Devoted to the Development of Aeronautics—Civil and Military—in the United States, Birthplace of the Flying Machine, and Throughout the World

Contents
RAYCROFT WALSH — Photograph on Cover
WASP-POWERED BOEING FIGHTERS FROM SELFRIDGE FIELD—Frontispiece
SPORT FOR SPORT'S SAKE—An Editorial
GENERAL FOULOIS NEW CHIEF OF AIR CORPS—An Editorial
SHRINKING THE GLOBE (Illustrated). . . . . . BRADLEY JONES
TENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE N.A.A.
SIKORSKY 8-39—A Page Photograph
1931 NATIONAL AIR TOUR EFFECTIVELY PROVES AIRCRAFT EFFICIENCY . . . . . . . Charles L. Lawrance
LET'S GO TO THE ELMIRA SOARING MEET . . Hattie Meyers Barnaby
LIGHTNING INVESTIGATION AS APPLIED TO THE AIRPLANE (Illustrated) . . . . . A.O. Austin
Comment and Review . . . . . . Neo-Aerobia
A PHOTOGRAPH, NOT A PHANTASY--Interesting View of the Autogiro
DEPENDABILITY IN PROPELLERS . . . . . Raycroft Walsh
FAST AND PATRIOTIC HUNGARIANS CONQUER THE ATLANTIC MAN-MADE BIRDS-Verse
NATIONAL AIR RACES AT CLEVELAND THIS MONTH (Illustrated)
AIR-MAPPING THE CANADIAN NORTHLAND (Illustrated) James Montagnes
DID YOU HAPPEN TO HEAR? (Illustrated)
TO POST AND GATTY - Verse . . . . . Fred H. Colvin
FIRST ANNUAL INVITATION AIR CRUISE
CURTISS "HELLDIVERS" BEING BUILT FOR THE NAVY (Illustrated)
NEW HIGH COMPRESSION SUPERCHARGED "HORNET" (Illustrated)
HAWKS BEINGS HOME FROM EUROPE AN EXTRAORDINARY LOG
NAVY'S MARTIN TRIMOTOR PATROL BOAT
NATIONAL BALLOON RACE

Entered as Second-Class Matter August 23, 1921, at the Post Office at Washington D.C., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AIR SERVICE PUBLISHING CO., INC., WASHINGTON, D.C.

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EDITORIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE: TRANSPORTATION BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Editor, EARL N. FINDLEY

Associate Editor, THOMAS R. REED. San Francisco Associate Editor, BRADLEY JONES

Secretary, FLORANCE O. BERGSTROM Special Representative, FRED F. MARSHALL

Chicago Representative, F. W. MORGAN. 307 N. Michigan Ave. Boston Representative, ROBT. C. DALY. 36S Congress St.

Washington Representative, GEORGE A. GRAY