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Part 38
Part 38 of Wonders of World Aviation was published on Tuesday 22nd November 1938, price 7d.
This part included a photogravure supplement further illustrating the article on Commercial Flying in the USA.
The Cover
The cover on this week’s part shows an “Autogiro” aircraft flying at Hamble. Hampshire.
Contents of Part 38
Claude Grahame-White (Part 2)
Major W. G. Barker, VC
Controllable-Pitch Airscrews
Commercial Flying in the USA
Commercial Flying in the USA (photogravure supplement)
Commercial Flying in the USA
Photogravure Supplement
MAIL BEING TAKEN ON BOARD at Glendale, California. The aircraft is one of the American Airlines fleet. Air mail is the basis of the vast system of air routes which covers the United States. The first regular air mail services were begun in 1918, but not until 1924 were the coast-to-coast air mails first carried entirely by aircraft. Before this the mails were transferred to railways for conveyance by night.
Commercial Flying in the USA Photogravure Supplement - 2
AN UNUSUAL VIEW of a Douglas DC-3 air liner of American Airlines receiving passengers at Glendale Aerodrome. This photograph emphasizes the height of the pilots above the ground in a giant air liner, a position from which the landing of the aircraft calls for considerable skill. To the right of the illustration is seen one of the concrete runways.
Commercial Flying in the USA
Photogravure Supplement - 3
AIR LINER WINGS, stored at the Douglas factory at Santa Monica, California, being inspected by two air liner hostesses. Douglas aircraft of the DC-2 and DC-3 types have proved extremely popular with air line operators in America. A larger Douglas type - the DC-4 - is scheduled for regular use on several routes by 1939.
Contents of Part 38
Representative British Service Aircraft - 2
Contents of Part 38
Wings Over the Forest
The De Havilland Comet
A Spectacular Record Breaker (Part 1)
