U^S. jjQRKS PROGRESS ADMIMISTRATION BIBLIOGRA PHY OF AERONAUT I C S Part I ,-, Air Tran,spor,t.at.i.on Compiled from the INDEX OF AERONAUTICS of the INSTITUTE OF THE AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York City The Index and Bibliographies have been prepared by workers under the supervision of the U.S. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION Cecil A. Ross Senior Project Supervisor Project 465-97-3-21 (Formerly 165-97-6055) 19 3 8 FOREWORD This bibliography is one of a series which aims to cover a large part of aeronautical literat-ure. It is pub• lished by the U. S. Works Progress Administration Project 465-97-3-21 (formerly 165-97-6055) under the sponsorship of the New York City Department of Docks with the cooperation of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. Request for Additions The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences which is directing the U. S. Works Progress Administration staff of workers will appreciate receiving additional references, corrections and criticism, so that the bibliographies will be more helpful when issued in final form. Request for Copies The bibliographies have been prepared with funds allotted by the U. S, Works Progress Administration. They may not be sold. Persons and organizations wishing to procure copies may apply for them by letter, stating the use for which they are needed. When it is possible to prepare additional copies such requests will receive first consideration. Address all correspondence to: John R. Palmer Managing Project Supervisor U. S. Works Progress Administration 5111 R.C.A. Building New York City ABBREVIATIONS A.R-C. R. & M. - Great Britain. Aeronautical research committee. Reports and Memoranda. A.S.M.E. - American society of mechanical engineers, New York. Atti Assoc. ital. aerotecn. - Atti dell1Associazione italiana di aerotecnica. Roma. C.I.N.A. - Commission internationale de navigation aérienne, Genève. C. R. Acad. sei. - Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. D.V.L. - Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für luftfahrt, Berlin. F.A.I. - Federation aéronautique internationale, Paris. H.M. Stat. off. - His Majesty's Stationery office, London. K.A.A. - National aeronautic association, Washington. H.A.C.A. - National advisory committee for aeronautics, Washington. N-P.L. - National physical laboratory, Teddington, England. Pub. scient, tech. Min. de l'air. - Publications scienti• fiques et techniques du Ministère de l'air. Service des recherches de l'aéronautique, Paris. R.A.F. - Royal air force (Great Britain) R.A.S. - Royal aeronautical society (Great Britain) Rend. Instituto sper. aer. - Rendiconto dell(Istituto, sperimentale aeronautico, Roma. S.A-E. - Society of automotive engineers, New York. U.S. Govt, print, off. - U.S. Government printing office, Washington. V.D.I. - Verein deutscher ingenieure, Berlin. W.G.L. - Wissenschaftliche gesellschaft für luftfahrt, Berlin. Z.A.M.M. - Zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik, Berlin. Z.F.M. - Zeitschrift für flugtechnik und motorluftschiffahrt, München. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON AIR TRANSPORTATION 1 Part II PERIODICAL ARTICLES, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., ON AIR TRANSPORTATION, CLASSIFIED BY SUBJECT. Airships 15 Coordination 20 Costs 23 Development 27 Equipment 40 Express 49 Financing 53 Freight 56 High-Speed 60 Operation 63 Passenger Traffic 73 Personnel 83 Rates 84 Safety 86 Schedules 89 Subsidies 90 Transoceanic 92 General 104 Part III PERIODICAL ARTICLES, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., ON AIR TRANSPORTATION, CLASSIFIED BY LOCALITY. Africa 121 Asia - General 126 China 127 Egypt 130 India 130 Iraq 133 Japan 133 Netherlands East Indies 134 Persia 137 Siam 138 Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand 139 Europe - General 147 Austria 15£ Belgium 15S Czechoslovakia 154 Denmark 155 Finland 155 France 155 Germany 163 Great Britain 172 Greece 186 Hungary 186 Italy 186 Netherlands 189 Norway 191 Poland 191 Portugal 192 Roumania 192 Spain 195 Sweden 193 Switzerland 195 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...196 Yugoslavia 199 North America 200 Alaska 200 Canada ................ 201 United States of America 207 South and Central America - General 236 Argentina 245 Bolivia 246 Brazil 246 Chile 247 Colombia 248 Ecuador 249 French Guiana 249 Honduras 249 Mexico 249 Peru 251 Uruguay 252 Venezuela 252 AUTHOR INDEX 253 Part I BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON AIR TRANSPORTATION Air transportation costing, by N. T. Macleod. New York. Pitman, 1937. Ill p. Civil aeronautics in the United States, August 1, 1937. Wash• ington, U. S. Govt. print - off., 1937. 58 p. diagrs., tables. (Bureau of air commerce aeronautics bulletin no. 1) L'Aviazione civile, di Alfonso Pirozzi. Roma, Angelo Signorelli 1936. Deutschland im weltluftverkehr, von K. Hamann, Berlin, Verlag Triltsch, 1936. 150 p. Hours, wages, and working conditions in scheduled air trans• portation. Federal coordinator of transportation, Section of research, Section of labor relations...March, 1936. Washington, 1936. 155 p. map, tables. International organization in european air transport, by Laurence Chalmers Tombs. New York, Columbia university press, 1936. 219 p. maps. A National transportation policy, by Carson Samuel Duncan. New York, London, Appleton, Century, 1936. 315 p. tables. Skyway to Asia, by William Stephen Grooch. New York, Longman's, 1936. 205 p. plates. Subvention!erung des luftverkehrs, von Walter Nievergelt. Zurich, Gebrüder Lehmann "and co., 1936. A Plan for the organization of a european air service, by C. B. Lawson. London, Constable and co., 1935. Report of Transportation committee. Aviation. Prepared by Major A. B. ?4cMullen, director, Aviation division, State road department and Aviation division, F. E- R. A, Tallahassee, Florida, State planning board, 1935. 62 p. diagr., illas., maps, tables. Transport and the public, by James Arthur Dunnage. London, Routledge, 1935. 240 p. Wings across continents (The K.L.M. Amsterdam - Batavia Iine\, by E. Rusman. Amsterdam, A. Blitz, 1935. 96 p. diagrs-. illus., plans, plates. The Economics of air mail transportation, by Paul Theodore David. Washington, The Brookings institution, 1934. 235 p. maps. Entwicklungsfragen des weltluftVerkehrs, von Carl Töpfer. Leipzig, R. Noske, 1934. 72 p. diagrs., maps. Der Luftfrachtbrief des deutschen flugeisenbahn-expressgut¬ verkehrs, von Curt Steidtel. Leipzig, 1934. 44 p. Luftverkehr über dem ozean; mit beitragen H. Orlovius, H. von Schiller...und einem geleitwort von Staatssekretär Erhard Milch. Berlin, E. S. Mittler und söhn, 1934. 142 p. diagrs., charts, illus., maps, plates. Transport airplanes, by Charles H. Blodgett. St. Paul, C. H. Blodgett, 1934. 32 p. illus. Use of airplanes in mining and petroleum operations, by Hugh M. Wölfin. Washington, U. S. Govt, print. off., 1934. 28 p. (U.S. Bureau of mines information circular no. 6767) Wings of speed, by Harry Ernest Brittain...with an introduction by the Most Hon. the Marquess of Londonderry. London, Hutchinson and company, ltd., 1934. 288 p. illus., plates. Air transport manual; a handbook of concise, practical and up-to-date information for all who are interested in the prospects of air-transport development in Great Britain. By the staff of "The Commercial motor.11 1st edition. London, Temple press ltd., 1933. 184 p. illus. By air, by Harry Ernest Brittain...with an introduction by the Most Hon. the Marquess of Londonderry. London, Hutchinson and company, ltd., 1933. 294 p. illus., maps, plates. Code of fair competition for the air transport industry as approved on November 14, 1933, by President Roosevelt. U. S. National recovery administration, Washington, U. S. Govt, print, off., 1933. 5 p. England-Australia civil air transport service. Note by the Secretary of state for air on the principal provisions proposed to be embodied in a contract with Imperial airways, ltd., for a weekly service between Karachi and Singapore, connecting at Karachi with the existing service between Singapore and Australia to be operated by an Australian company. London, H. M. Stat. off., 1933. 3 p. (Command papers no. 4315) A Review of air transport, by G- E. Woods Humphery. London, Imperial airways, ltd., 1933. 34 p. diagrs., maps, photos. The Transportation crisis, by George Lloyd Wilson. New York, Sears publishing company, 1933. 335 p. diagrs. Transportation; land, air, water, by Labert St. Clair. New York, Dodd, Mead and company, 1933. 349 p. illus., plates. Air transportation. New York, Nov. 1932 - Monthly. Air travelers, by Laura Antoinette (Stevers) Large. Boston, Lothrop, 1932. 277 p. Deutsche luft hansa a.g., von Wulf Bley. Berlin, Widderverlag, 1932. 121 p. diagrs., illus. Die Hochstrassen des weltluftverkehrs, von Carl Pirath, München und Berlin, Verlag R. Oldenbourg, 1932. 47 p. illus-, tables. Mit Graf Zeppelin und Kondor-flugzeugen Europa-Brasilien! Eine reisebeschreibung, von Albert Sonntag. Bonn am Rhein, Selbst-verlag, druck und herstellung: Köllen• verlag, 1932. 75 p. illus., maps, plates. The Political aspect of commercial air routes, by H. Burchall. London, Imperial airways, ltd., 1932. 26 p. diagrs. Scheduled air transportation. July 1, 1932. U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch, Washington, U, S. Govt, print, off., 1932. 12 p. maps, tables. (Aeronautics bulletin no. 23) Traffic control - truck and airplane traffic, by George Lloyd Wilson. Scranton, Pa., International textbook company, 1932. 178 p. illus., maps. Air transport operation, by Wesley Leland Smith. 1st edition. New York and London, McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1931. 316 p. diagrs., illus. L'Aviation commerciale en France;