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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1935
Page
5
The handbook boasts over a thousand aviation terms clearly defined. Contributors include Dr. Alexander Slemin and Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, with ordering details for periodicals and library editions.
Partial readable text promotes notary series hangbooks and accessories with offer to pay postage on boas and encourages members to obtain a commemorative item and a complete list of Versable Junior Birdmen materials.
Air minded junior workers face a slip hazard as the unit moves, with caution urged for operating crews and supervisors to prevent accidents and maintain safe work conditions.
In a rough play sequence the plane skids through a turn while the ball moves outward in the same direction. The incident disrupts the flow of the play and requires quick adjustments by players on the field.
Capt Edward Rickenbacker, famed World War I ace, travels from New York to Baltimore on August 3 for a Junior Birdmen gala at Carlin Park. E A Convery oversees the Baltimore wing with a model plane exhibit planned. The text notes the folding jar invention by the Japanese in the seventh century.
The Junior Birdmen of America announces a beginners only balSA glider contest in San Antonio on Saturday August 10 at Thomas Jefferson Benson school. Winners of earlier events cannot enter and entry details ask for name address and age with guidance on eligibility and simple rules for construction using balsa wood.
Workmen uncover a 300 year old Roman road built as a main axis to Belgrade and Constantinople. The marble slabs remain in perfect condition and Milestones identify the route.
Pixley, president of a Chicago real estate firm, promotes the Junior Birdmen youth movement sponsored by William Randolph Hearst. He urges his company employees to enroll their children to learn aviation fundamentals, predicting others will follow suit in forming boy and girl fight squadron units.
A Berkeley based Airplane Mfg Co shows a gearless transmission that uses individually wound rubber strands for smoother power and higher winds. The lightweight unit adds minimal weight, with a wind attachment doubling strands per winding. Planes reportedly reach speeds over 23 mph powered by single cylinder one fifth horsepower engines.
An experimental airframe at William Smith playground Cambridge Massachusetts tests a two motor gasoline powered model monoplane with a 12 foot wingspan and 20 pound fueled weight as part of a push to inaugurate radio control for model aircraft this summer near Harvard Stadium.
United States Army Air Corps officials announce official furs for corpsmen assigned to contestants in the Junior Budmen nablana air race championship. Seventeen wing champions depart from Maren Field by special train August 2 for Los Angeles, to compete for the Hearst prize and model plane title. After races, winners tour Catalina Islands Hollywood Warner studios and San Diego exposition. full program details to follow.
A collection of informal comments on model airplane building and events. Topics include choosing wood over metal to reduce weight, propeller drive types, small gasoline engines costing 13 to 22 dollars, and plans for a modified flying model contest at a Junior Birdmen gathering. The national air race HQ is listed at the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles in August, with a closed meet for wing city champions.
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