Coolidge Speaks On Aviation And Peaceful Air Travel
President Coolidge told the International Civil Aeronautics Conference that extensive safe intercontinental air transport will strengthen international brotherhood. He noted fifty nations attended and praised aeronautics for commerce and trade while linking aviation to global amity and progress. The speech also praised the federal government’s Aeronautics Branch and its role in supporting aviation development.
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Air transport expansion highlighted by President Coolidge
The President praised a comprehensive U S aviation system with regulated aircraft manufacture and operations. He cited 1 387 air ports available for Army Navy and civilian use with 900 more in prospect and noted rapid cross country flight times from Missouri to the Pacific. He traced aeronautical history from Archytas to modern mass air travel.
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President cites rapid aeronautics progress and farm returns
The President praised advances in aeronautics from ancient pilots through Wright Brothers tests at Kitty Hawk to Lindbergh’s epochal trans Atlantic flight. He noted Federal reclamation projects produced crops worth 372 million dollars last year.
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Oklahoma Storm Tragic Farmyard Mischief Tale
A north central Oklahoma storm misled farmer Frank Davok as he hurried to a cave with a baby in one arm and a child in the other. A falling timber struck him, knocking him unconscious. He woke to find his children missing and two hens clinging under his arms, sheltering beneath his body.
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Lone Eagle thrills ranch life at Eagle Pass Texas
Davok was not seriously injured and the children were unharmed. KGH enjoys thrills with the Lone Eagle in northern Mexico and Texas. Local aviator visits ranches and plains, revealing a regular fellow who adapts to ranch life as easily as to air fields. Commercial structures planned in the United States this year will cost 900 million dollars.
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