MANAGEMENT IN AVIATION HISTORY BENCH MARKS
Founder, Glenn H. Curtiss leſt Clement M. Keys as President of the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company during the 1920s. Keys oſt en contributed to Aviation, including his feature article entitled “New Planes for Pulitzer Trophy Race Indicate America’s Strength in the Air.” At Mitchel Field, the Curtiss Racer is shown here put through a ground test.
The International Air Races were held October 8-10, 1925, at Mitchel Field, LI, NY. Aviation published a portrait of each contestant. Ten events were listed including the Liberty Engine Builders Trophy Race, and the coveted Pulitzer Trophy Race. Lt. Ernest E. Harmon entered the Detroit News Air Transport Trophy Race. Six years prior he had been one of five crew members who flew the first Martin bomber (GB1) around the perimeter of the U.S. under the command of Col. “Billy” Mitchell.
by civilian aircraft companies who advocated the practical use of small aircraft optimistically and often accurately foreshadowing the future. A major practical application was the use of aerial photography for mapping, and observation. Farmers soon received aerial views of their land which allowed them to predict where their most successful crop should next be planted, and agricultural pesticide and fertilizers were dropped by aircraft. Engineers used aerial photographs to determine the best site for bridges and the new U.S. Air Mail service both utilized and contributed to charting the land and airways across the nation. On the lighter side, airplanes were also used for personal sport, or in some cases, for mischief. In October of 1925, a retiring Lieutenant at McCook
Field, in Dayton, OH, was married at a nearby town known to his fellow airmen. A half dozen aircraft dumped 97 lbs of rice and “a bombshell of old shoes” over the wedding party and dropped 15 small parachutes with a note to return it to the groom and collect one dollar. The groom sent a telegram to his pals: “Whole town in uproar. Have already paid for 14 chutes. Worth every darn cent.” That same year, a crystal ball with
a view to 2020 smart phones must have been used in the cooperative eff ort among the Army Air Service, the American Telegraph & Telephone Co., and Ft. Leavenworth, (KS), and McCook Field base operations. Photos taken and developed in the air were dropped at Leavenworth where they were sent by telephone to other locations.
No summary of the roaring
twenties would be complete without mention of the Douglas World Cruiser’s crew (1924), Charles Lindbergh’s solo across the Atlantic
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