Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Further Navy economy measures last week were: reduction in recruiting for the next year of 3,000 to 4,000 men; restriction of Navy airmen to a minimum of training and familiarization flights, banning of congressional junket air "shows" at local fairs and celebrations...
Secretary Young listened attentively, pledged cooperation, but was not to be stampeded. Said he: "The present situation in the industry has not minimized in any way the necessity for airworthy aircraft . . . aircraft approved for license [still must be] known by the department to meet the minimum requirements of air-worthiness...
...next problem which must be met. Yet the loss of time which will be caused by these measures can hardly be compared to the difficulties caused not only to the library but also to professors and students when books disappear. Time and experience should reduce to a minimum the disadvantage and nuisance necessitated by this protective policy...
...remove such duty." As well they might, Bennett cohorts boasted last week that this clause is a great, novel, constructive piece of statecraft. Citizens of the U. S. enjoy no such safeguard against price-jacking and purse-gouging by their own protected industries. 25,000 Jobs. As a "minimum" and "immediate" result of his fixed tariff, Mr. Bennett promised Canadians last week 25.000 new jobs. Explaining how he had arbitrarily determined which producers to protect, he said slowly, pompously: "We have
...term "flying wing", connoting the ideal aircraft with head-resistance reduced to absolute minimum, has been loosely used to describe all manner of low-wing monoplanes and effectively streamlined craft. Last week at Boiling Field (Washington, D. C.) was flown a ship nearly approaching the ideal, an Army experimental observation plane built by Anthony Herman Gerhard Fokker. Twin Curtiss Conqueror engines, 600 h. p. with small chemical-cooled radiators, are mounted inside the single thick tapered wing on either side the fuselage. In flight the landing gear can be retracted into the belly of the fuselage, like a bird...