The Thirties
This advertisement appeared in Aero Digest, April, 1935:
THE BEECHCRAFT
READ THIS: AN AMAZING STATEMENT
A few of the leaders who use Beechcrafts:
Socony Vacuum Co.
Department of. Commerce
Standard Oil, of N. J.
Loffland Bros.
O. J. Whitney Flying Service
Olson Drilling Co.
Gilpin Air Lines
FAR greater speeds and operating economy are practical with standard aircraft motors–every-day performance of the many Beechcrafts in this [...]
This two-page advertisement appeared in Aero Digest, April, 1935:
RCA OFFERS YOU A COMPLETE LINE OF AVIATION RADIO EQUIPMENT
FEATURING:
QUALITY RUGGEDNESS SIMPLICITY
LOW INITIAL COST
LOW OPERATING COST
WHATEVER your aviation radio requirements, RCA can meet them-with standard equipment backed by years of experience in every radio communications field. Several new pieces of equipment, conforming to RCA’s high standard of [...]
This advertisement for Kollsman appeared in Aero Digest, April, 1935:
KOLLSMAN FOR PRECISION
The 1935 Models of BEECHCRAFT are equipped with
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KOLLSMAN
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PRECISION AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS
• The same characteristics of accuracy, dependability and performance
which have gained a world-wide reputation for the Kollsman Sensitive
Altimeter are also inherent in all our engine and flight instruments.
KOLLSMAN INSTRUMENT COMPANY, 5 JUNIUS STREET, [...]
Coast Guard Dolphin in NYC
Aero Digest specsEast Boston (now Logan) airport in 1936.
Eight-place high-wing amphibion monoplane.
Two P. & W. Wasp engines, 450 h.p. each.
The Douglas Dolphin was an amphibious flying boat. While fewer than 60 were built, they served a wide variety of roles: private ” air yacht”, airliner, military transport, and search and rescue. [...]
First modern airliner
All-metal, twin-engine, low-wing monoplane – 180 MPH
an aircraft featured on the Hall of Fame of the Air
Looking at old airplanes, they seem incredibly archaic — with two wings, made of wood and cloth, open cockpits, struts and wires all over. But the 1933 Boeing Model 247 suddenly resembles modern aircraft. Not [...]
Rearwin Airplanes, Incorporated, Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Two-place high-wing monoplane. ATC 469. LeBlond engine, 70 horsepower. Span 35 feet. Length overall 22 feet 3 inches. Height overall 6 feet 9 inches. Wing area 166 square feet. Chord 62.5 inches. Power loading 18 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 8.13 [...]
Rearwin Airplanes, Incorporated, Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Two-place open or closed high-wing monoplane. A TC 469. Aeromarine engine, 50 horsepower. Span 36 feet. Length 21 feet 8 inches. Height 7 feet 3 inches. Wing area 179 square feet. Power loading 21.3 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 5.95 pounds [...]
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Waco Aircraft Company, Troy, Ohio
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Four-place biplane. (Models UOC, YOC, and CUC respectively; data on YOC indicated in brackets, and on CUC following brackets in that order.) Continental engine, 210 horsepower (Jacobs engine, 225 horsepower) Wright engine, 250 horsepower.
Span 35 feet. Length overall 25 feet 4 inches [...]
Waco Aircraft Company, Troy, Ohio
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Three-place open biplane. (Models UMF and YMF respectively; data on YMF indicated in brackets.) Continental engine 210 horsepower. (Jacobs engine 225 horsepower.) ATC 546 (542).
Span 30 feet. Length overall 23 feet 3.62 inches. Height overall 8 feet 5.37 inches. Wing area 233.5 square feet. [...]
Waco Aircraft Company, Troy, Ohio
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• Four-place biplane. (Models UKC, YKC, and CJC respectively; data on CJC indicated in brackets and on YKC following brackets in that order.) Continental engine, 210 horsepower (Wright Whirlwind engine, 250 horsepower) Jacobs engine 225 horsepower. ATC 528 (538) 533.
Span 33 ft. 2.62 in. (34 [...]
