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Vol. 6 No. 12
Cover: The ocean of air is the Navy’s newest element. In this striking Navy official photo a seaman is taking the pulse of this vast bounding main. ….. Contents: Front Lines ….. Leaders of Naval Aviation ….. Naval Aviation Then and Now – In Peacetime, Partner in Much Aeronautical Pioneering: in Wartime, Hard-hitting Striking Force That Has Carried This War at Five Mile a Minute Back to the Enemy in Combat Areas of Both Hemispheres – That’s Naval Aviation. ….. Anything , Anywhere – And Anytime: That’s the Unofficial Slogan of Navy Transport, which in World War II Has Flown in 0′ 0′ Visibility Such Cargoes as One-half Billion Dollars, Shipwreck Survivors, Crankshafts, Depth Charges, Engines, Fire-fighters, and Steak and Ice Cream. ….. Devil Dogs with Wings – Marines Winged Japs at Ten-to-One Odds, Sank Warships with Fighters, Rolled up Superman Scores. Now with More Planes – Including Cyclone-Powered TBF’s and SBD-3’s – They Have Great Expectations. ….. Final Exam – Best Way to Prove Engine and Plane Make a Perfect Team Is to Fly Them Together, so Wright Aero Puts Power Plants through Paces at its Own Extensive Flight Test Section. ….. The Good Samaritan goes to war – Organized in 1915 to Hunt for Dismasted Schooners Coast Guard Aviation Grew to Shore-Ranging, Cyclone-Powered Aerial Watchdog, Bent Mostly on Missions of Mercy. Today, Coast Guard Planes Prowl Daily for U-Boats and Torpedoed Merchantmen. ….. The Cyclone 14 – Developed with Close Cooperation of the Navy, this Pioneer among High-horsepower, long-range Power Plants came Years ahead of Normal Expectations, Helped Prepare for War Tonnage Transport. ….. It Takes All Kinds – And All Kinds of Operations, to Man the Manifold Jobs of Naval Aviation. Here Are a Few of the Activities of Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Air Arms. ….. Purely Personnel ….. Exhaust Fumes