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Our Error
Dear Editor:
... In vour issue of AIR FORCE dated
J ulv, 1944,' on the article "Land and Lin:
HI the Desert," I wish to call to WHIT attcn
t ion an error in the picture \\hi('h shows a
sLilT sergeant firing the \[.11 Distress Flare
\\'Ith the :\1.8 :\ircraft Projector and vet the
caption beneath that picture st.rtcd that he
\\'as firing the Yen' pistol. It is impossihle
to fire anv aircraft flares with the Yen'
pistol. .. '
Cp1. Charles Kapner, Charleston. S, C.
Correct, The ""IT' ill t lic photouru pl: is /ir.
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pvrotcchnic, A.Y-.Hfi."-Ed.
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PICTCRE CREDITS
All p!lotograpfl01111>eT, th(; first canllon mounted and
fired inan Americaa-builcairplane .
1920, DEC. 31: Major accomplishments listed by Air Service engineering
division are:l1~e GAX armored attack plane; 700 hp
"" ... engine, the new 'Martin bomber, and aerial firing
of 37 mrn cannon,,.
1922. DEC, 18: Helicopter test-flown one minute, 41 seconds.
1925, DEC. 31: Developments of the year include the Douglas CI transport,standardi(;e~l
airway light beacons, the radio
beacon, and oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers and brakes.
1926, DEC. 21: Goodwill flight from Texas around South America
begun. Return on May 2, 1927. Distance: 22,065
miles.
1927, DEC, 14: 1\1a;. Gen. J. E. Fediet succeeds '\laj. Gen. M . .1\1.
Patrick as Chief of Air Corps.
1931, DEC, 18: W orld duration record for gliders is established. Flying
time: 21: 34: 15.
1931, DEC. 22: l\taj. Gen. B. D. Foulois IS appointed Chief of Air
Corps.
1935, DEC 1.2: Mass flight of 29 bombardment planes of 7th Bombardment
Group made from Hamilton Field, Calif., to Vero
Beach, Fla. Elapsed time, 11.50.
1935, DEC. 31: Device insuring automatic fuel transfer in airplanes with
reserve fuel tanks is developed.
1936. DEC. 14.18: Five B-I0s make goodwill night from France Field,
C. Z., to Bogota, Colombia.