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...Turnbull, Canadian, announced last week that he had invented a successful variable pitch propeller, by the use of which planes can rise more quickly, can even back up. The angle of the blades on his propeller may be changed while in motion, thereby affecting the strength of his motor like a shift of gears on an automobile. The Canadian Air Force tested with optimism...
...instructor's imprecations were lost in the roar of the motor, but he lost no time in adjusting his belt and parachute. He climbed out and dropped...
Others recognized Bellanca's merit. Col. Chamberlin reports that Lindbergh tried to buy the Columbia from Mr. Levine and the Wright Company, which supplied the motor. Both refused to sell, satisfied that his attempt to fly to Paris alone and in a land machine was "suicide...
...Packard Motor Car Co. ("Ask the man who owns one.")-$10,000,000 (half year, estimate)-previous year, same period...
...Ford Motor...