Flying offices expand as planes serve executives
Telegrams and correspondence move with portable typewriters as six large transport planes act as airborne offices in America. Analysts expect ten or more such planes next year. Directors can complete a day’s work in four hours aboard flight, free from office interruptions. Weather: ceilings unlimited, visibility one mile, wind east 6 mph, hazy and smoky.
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Underwood
Wagoner
America
Times
J. H. Armington
Donald McConnell
Italian Aviators Ferrarin Del Prete In Satisfactory Condition
United Press reports Mass Arturo Ferrarin and Italian aviator Carlos Del Prete injured in a seaplane crash last week are in favorable condition. Del Prete had a high fever but doctors say his state has improved to satisfactory.
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United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Mass
Arturo Ferrarin
Carlos del Prete
del Prete
Spokane Air Port Expands After Last Year’s Races
Spokane adds 140 acres to its race field converting it to a municipal air port under the aeronautical department. Night landing lights will be installed as the city becomes a terminal on the Spokane Portland lines and a link to air rail service from St Paul to Puget Sound. Passengers will transfer trains to planes in Spokane for overnight trips to Tacoma Seattle and Portland, saving about 24 hours on the 1800 mile St Paul Atlantic route.
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Spokane
Wash
National Guard Air Service
Portland
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Pugent Sound
Great Northern
Pacific Railways
Tacoma
Seattle
Montana
East
Atlantic Coast
First Air to Train Transfer Seen Near Smithboro
Two women traveled through Indianapolis aboard Pennsylvania’s train No 154 the Gotham Limited marking probably the first transfer of passengers from airplane to train in transit. Engineer Guy Hickman watched a large passenger plane fly low beside the right of way parallel to the Gotham Limited near Smithboro Illinois as it passed.
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Indianapolis
Smithboro
Ill
Guy Hickman
Bids Sought for Paul Baer Airport Grading and Drainage
Fort Wayne park board to open bids August 23 for grading of Paul Baer municipal airport and on that date to receive bids for drainage of the field.
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Times Special
FT. Wayne
Ind
Paul Baer
Park Board
Prizes totaling 100000 for national air races in Los Angeles
New York reports that the California Air Race Association adds prizes and trophies valued at 75000 to 125000 already approved for the National Air Races and Aero nautical Exposition in September. Races run September 8 to 16 with cross country derbies starting earlier to converge in Los Angeles.
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New York
California Air Race Association
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Windsor
Ontario
New York City
Exposition Field
Plane Pup connects at Effingham for flight training link
An aviation pages item describes the Key Pup aircraft built by Aviation lts stone Aircraft Corp Bristol. The two passenger plane, powered by a Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine, was flown toward Effingham Illinois to connect with two women travelers from Tulsa Oklahoma. The Pup is designed to carry a fixed machine gun in the fuselage and may add bombing racks as an option.
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Sa - Aviation
Ls Stone Aircraft Corporation
Bristol
Effingham
Peller
Air ministry orders mono plane for record flight
A monoplane built by order of the air ministry aims to break the world long distance record with a London to Capetown flight of about 8000 miles. Pilots plan to maintain eighty miles per hour and the attempt is expected early in 1929.
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Air Ministry
London
Capetown
Stout Ford tri motored plane heads to Pittsburgh
The Air Cruises Ing Stout Ford tri motor monoplane, piloted by Perry Hutton and E G Hamilton, prepared to fly from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh after carrying passengers on a night trip. The aircraft was shown with searchlights and a revolving beacon at the airport.
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Air Cruises
Ing
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Mars
Perry Hutton
E.G. Hamilton
Srip
Plane built in Bloomington by Guy Davis for test flight
Bloomington July 13 reports Guy Davis is assembling the first locally made plane in town. The monoplane has a twenty five foot wing span and is powered by a Harley Davidson twenty two horsepower motor. Davis welds parts together rather than bolting.
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Times Special
Bloomington
Ind
Guy Davis
Davis
Harley-Davidson
Plane aids search for boy’s body on Lake Michigan shore
In Gary Indiana on August 13 a police air search scouted the Lake Michigan shoreline after fisherman George Sabinski reported finding clothing of a boy, hoping to locate the missing child believed drowned.
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Y Times
Gary
Ind
Lake Michigan
George Sabinski
Inspectors Inspect Dresser Airport for Air Mail Route Plan
Terre Haute Indiana August 13 inspectors E M Haight and I M Clample of the United States Department of Commerce surveyed Dresser airport as part of a study to establish a new air mail route with a stop at Terre Haute.
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Bu Times
Terre Haute
Ind
E. M. Haight
I. M. Clample
United States Department of Commerce
Dresser
Offices on Planes Urged by P D Wagoner
P D Wagoner president of Underwood Elliott Fisher Co argues that demand grows for office and business machine gear suitable for large transport airplanes. He says executives can offset travel time by using planes with one or two secretaries and compact office equipment to handle essential tasks.
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P. D. Wagoner
Underwood Elliott Fisher Company
New York City
Viuna the Wonder Medicine Reverses Stomach Ailment
Patient Edna A. Dane of Rockford Illinois reports three years of indigestion gas pains and biliousness improved after using Viuna. She credits rapid relief from stomach pain headaches and weight loss and urges trial with refund if not glad. Rochester Medicine Co. promotes Viuna in Indianapolis.
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Edna A. Dane
N. Winnebago St
Rockford
Ill
Viana
Iceland Medicine Co
Indianapolis
Polish Flyers Return to Paris After Forced Sea Landing
Majors Idzikowski and Kubala arrived in Paris from Oporto where their trans Atlantic flight ended in a forced sea landing. Kubala was hospitalized at Val De Grace for arm injuries from falling aboard the liner Samos during rescue. Idzikowski is well but silent on the aborted westward flight.
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United Press
Paris
Idzikowski
Kubala
Oporto
Val de Grace Military Hospital
Samos
Portugese
Funeral Flight Honors Indiana Aviator Albert J. Schneider
Three 113th Observation Squad planes from Indiana National Guard based at Camp Knox Ky flew to Indianapolis to honor Albert J. Schneider killed in a Shreveport dusting crash. Guardsmen dropped flowers at Crown Hill Cemetery then shuttled VIPs and crew back to base with multiple flights over Hoosier airport rides for nearly 200 passengers.
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113Th
Indiana National Guard
Camp Knox
Albert J. Schneider
Shreveport
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Crown Hill Cemetery
George W. Vawter
L. I. Oretz
Lafayette
Vawter
Aretz
Matt G. Carpenter
Tobias
Kokomo
Carpenter
John Denter
Fred Sellers
Indianapolis
Deater
Sellers
Air Mail Flight Carries Military Officer Between Cincinnati and Chicago
Master Sergeant EB Caldwell of the 113th Observation Squadron Indiana National Guard rode the Embry-Riddle air mail plane from Cincinnati to Chicago on Saturday evening to visit his wife Mrs Caldwell. He flew back to Cincinnati Sunday morning returning from Camp Knox where the Guard unit trains for two weeks.
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Embry- Riddle Company
Air Mail
Cincinnati
Chicago
EB. W. Caldwell
113Th Observation Squadron
Indiana National Guard
Caldwell
Camp Knox
Indiana Guard Captain Cook Ordered to Langley Field
Captain H Weir Cook, regular army instructor with the Indiana National Guard 113th Observation Squadron, is ordered to report to Langley Field Virginia on August 20 for a course. He has requested an extension and hopes to depart Indianapolis with his family staying at 5703 East Washington Street.
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Indiana National Guard
113Th
H. Weir Cook
Langley Field
Cook
Indianapolis
Washington St
Aviation Boom In Cleveland Amid Rate Cuts And Mail Surge
Aviation in the Cleveland area thrives as air mail rate cuts spark demand. New five cent per ounce rates boost traffic with heavy cargo handling using double sections. The Cleveland Louisville air mail route adds substantial mail, while a versatile convertible land and sea plane is introduced as a primary US Navy trainer.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland- Louisville
King to Take Private Pilot License Test at Hoosier Airport
Dorsey D. King of Hoosier airport was to take a private aviation license examination this afternoon before Howard Ruff, inspector for the Department of Commerce aeronautical branch.
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Dorsey D. King
Hoosier Airport
Howard Ruff
Department of Commerce Aeronautical Branch
Tests Planned for Fairey Napier Engine in London
London reports that tests are expected soon on a Fairey Napier engine. The development aims to validate performance and reliability, with officials cautious about early results and potential adjustments after initial trials.
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