Statistics of present state of air transport in United States; 21,000 mi. of established airways, 12,000 lighted; 1600 airports; recent rapid growth of air-mindedness; some definite trends of future predicted; 12,000 planes will be built in 1929; greatly increased employment of planes for mail transportation, their speedy adoption for handling express matter, and their very general use for passenger travel predicted; airplane transportation of express; increased passenger travel by airplane; current varied commercial uses of airplanes. (See also Aeronautical Eng. (A. S. M. E. Trans.) vol. 1, no. 3, July pp. 159-162)


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    Title :

    Recent developments in air transport


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Engineer ; 148 , n 3842


    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    2 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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