Skyways

The Journal of The Airplane 1920-1940:  No. 63
July 2002

Reviewed by Jim Schubert

The title says it all.  This is the "Golden age" of aviation - airplanes with round engines and propellers; airplanes with character and personality; not flying computers with stovepipes.  This issue's feature airplane is the Curtiss-Wright CW-22/SNC-1 Falcon military trainer.  This is the first part of a two part feature.  It is followed by a typical Cockpits photo survey.  Other subjects include:

Mercury Aerobat & Bauman B-100
My Life in Aviation, Part 1
Racing Notebook - 1934 Pan American Races
ID UK
From the Members
Waco Cootie Reproduction
Curtiss-Wright 22 Falcon, Part 1
Cockpits - Curtiss-Wright NC-1 Navy Trainer
Models
Reproductions and Restorations
Skyways Topic Index, Issues 51 to 60
Events
Wants & Disposals
Skyways Reviews

The Racing Notebook feature appealed most to me.  This one covers the 1934 Pan-American Races in New Orleans February 14-18.  Race results are presented in a two page tabulation.  14 B&W photos show some of the racers.  One, that I had never seen, shows Jimmy Wedell's No. 45 with retractable landing gear.  He set a speed record of 302.036 mph at this event with this airplane.

The editorial of this issue embarrassingly, for those of us Boeingite av history buffs living in the Puget Sound area, focuses on the ditching of the 307 Stratoliner Clipper Flying Cloud in Seattle's Elliott Bay after, apparently, running out of fuel.  Oh woe!

Subscriptions cost $35 per year (USA); write to:

World War 1 Aero, Inc.
Skyways
15 Crescent Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
USA