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Vol. 6 No. 11
Cover: These are “Hams” of crude rubber for shipment by air transport from the Amazon jungles to rubber-hungry America. See the story “Bulk Cargoes by Plane” on Page 8. ….. Contents: Front Lines ….. Air Action at New Guinea ….. Crankcases by Otis Elevator – Pioneer in Its Own Kind of Vertical Transportation, Otis Enters a New Field for the Duration, Starting from Scratch to Make, as Part of Its War Job, Thousands of Cyclone Crankcases. ….. Bulk Cargoes by Plane – War Accelerates the Trend Toward Balk Item Transport which Began Long before Hostilities with the Movement of Such Things as Lobsters, Felt Hats, Furs, Fresh Flowers. ….. “A-20’s do it Again!” – From the Jungles of New Guinea, the Coast of England, and the Sands of Africa, this Laconic Report Proves That Well-Built Planes and Powerful Cyclones are Hard-hitting Weapons. ….. The Ohio Plant, Today – Started in 1940, and Now Completing a Vast Post-Pearl Harbor Expansion, Wright Aeronautical’s Midwestern Plant, Building Cyclone 14’s, Has Become a Major Source for Warplane Engines. ….. Might is Light – Flyweight Metals such as Aluminum Help Make Possible the Cyclone’s Pound-per-horsepower, the Goal of Engineers for More than 20 Years. Once a “Precious Metal,” Research Shaved its Price to 1 35th Old Cost. ….. Purely Personnel ….. Exhaust Fumes