Aeronautics (US)
For the British publication see Aeronautics (UK) (1907–1921).
Aeronautics (The American Magazine of Aerial Navigation) was a magazine published 1908–1915. It was the official organ of the Aero Club of Pennsylvania in 1914 and of the Aeronautical Society of America, 1914–1915. Contains news and patent information. Published monthly.
Publisher, editor, owner: Ernest LaRue Jones. Aeronautics Press, Inc., Thoroughfare Building, 1777 Broadway, New York, U.S.A.
Publication info from Vol. 3, July 1908: "Published monthly by AERONAUTICS; Ernest LaRue Jones, Editor and Owner; Thoroughfare Building, 1777 Broadway, New York, U.S.A."
An A. V. Jones also appears as President of Aeronautics Press. E. Percy Noel of St. Louis and Cleve T. Shaffer of San Francisco are also named on the header, perhaps as editors.[1]
The Sept 1908 issue (e-sent by Simine) is numbered vol III, No 3. It says near the top of the first page, "Aeronautics is issued on the 20th of each month." And that a domestic subscription costs $3/year, and a foreign one costs $3.50/year.
Scans:
- vols. 4–13 (1909–1913)
- vol. 2–17, incomplete (1908–1915)
HathiTrust entry:
- Published by E. L. Jones, July-Oct. 1908; by the Aeronautics Press, Inc., Nov. 1908-July 1915. Official organ of the Aero Club of Pennsylvania, 1914; of the Aeronautical Society of America, 1914-1915.
The National Aviation Writers' Association met in the Aeronautics office in New York and perhaps some further relationship existed.
Has biographies and lots of information on aero organizations.
Also: advertisements, essays, discusses of new tech and applications.
The incomplete vol. 2 no. 6 contains a symposium with optimistic comments about aviation from Octave Chanute, William H. Pickering, A. M. Herring, James Allen, Augustus Post, and others.
Publications in Aeronautics (US)
- Pickering, 1908, The future of artificial flight (Simple title: The future of artificial flight)
- Sherrick, 1908, How it feels to be up in a balloon (Simple title: How it feels to be up in a balloon)
- Silberer, 1908, The art of flying (Simple title: The art of flying)
- Springer, 1908, Flying machines in warfare (Simple title: Flying machines in warfare)
- Chanute, 1908, Evolution of the 'two-surface' flying machine, part I (Simple title: Evolution of the 'Two-surface' flying machine)
- Chanute, 1908, Evolution of the 'two-surface' flying machine, part II (Simple title: Evolution of the 'surface' flying machine)
- Publication 11127, 1909, Side lights on the future of flying (Simple title: Side lights on the future of flying)
- Sellers, 1909, Step gliders and towing tower (Simple title: Step gliders and towing tower)
- Squires, 1909, Propeller mathematics for the kindergarten class (Simple title: Propeller mathematics for the kindergarten class)
- Myers, 1909, Hydrogen gas ballooning (Simple title: Hydrogen gas ballooning)
- Squires, 1909, Propeller mathematics for the kindergarten class. No. 2 (Simple title: Propeller mathematics for the kindergarten class. No. 2)
- Shrigley, 1909, The Aero Club of New England (Simple title: The Aero Club of New England)
- Luttrell, 1909, Luttrell completes his biplane (Simple title: Luttrell completes his biplane)
- Aeronautics (US), 1909, Aero Club of Colorado (Simple title: Aero Club of Colorado)
- Aeronautics (US), 1909, Aero Clubs Grow in Glidden's Wake
- Aeronautics (US), 1909, Aero Club of Minnesota (Simple title: Aero Club of Minnesota)
- Aeronautics (US), 1909, Smithsonian's Aero Bibliography (Simple title: Smithsonian's Aero Bibliography)
- Aeronautics (US), 1909, New Patent Decision (Simple title: New Patent Decision)
- Aeronautics (US), 1909, Aero Club of Kansas City (Simple title: Aero Club of Kansas City)
- Aeronautics (US), 1909, Aero Club of Michigan (Simple title: Aero Club of Michigan)
- Publication B2p0655e03, 1909, Wright and Curtiss to fly in Hudson-Fulton (Simple title: Wright and Curtiss to fly in Hudson-Fulton)
- Shaffer, 1909, Pacific Aero Club's show (Simple title: Pacific Aero Club's show)
- Howell, 1910, A layman's view of aerial law (Simple title: A layman's view of aerial law)
- Patterson, 1910, Baltimore aviation meet (Simple title: Baltimore aviation meet)
- Suche, 1910, At the Mineola field (Simple title: At the Mineola field)
- Vaniman, 1910, The voyage of the America (Simple title: The voyage of the America)
- Stephens, 1910, A new control (Simple title: A new control)
- Pursell, 1910, The missing link in aeronautics (Simple title: The missing link in aeronautics)
- Sirch, 1910, A newly discovered right of way (Simple title: A newly discovered right of way)
- Publication B2p1272e11, 1910, Automatic stability problem solved (Simple title: Automatic stability problem solved)
- Brode, 1911, Extension of Dewey decimal system to cover aeronautics (Simple title: Extension of Dewey decimal system to cover aeronautics)
- Patterson, 1911, Does color affect aeroplanes? (Simple title: Does color affect aeroplanes?)
- Horton, 1911, Experiments with aeroplane wireless (Simple title: Experiments with aeroplane wireless)
- Horton, 1912, On safety in flight (Simple title: On safety in flight)
- Sellers, 1912, Report on propeller experiments to the technical committee of the Aeronautical Society (Simple title: Report on propeller experiments to the technical committee of the Aeronautical Society)
- Patterson, 1912, A composite hydroaeroplane (Simple title: A composite hydroaeroplane)
- Ovington, 1912, Amateur aeroplane builders (Simple title: Amateur aeroplane builders)
- Ovington, 1912, Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes (Simple title: Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes)
- Hubbard, 1912, Flying in comfort (Simple title: Flying in comfort)
- Shaffer, 1912, The Gage Biplane (Simple title: The Gage Biplane)
- Holden, 1912, Good Market for Aeroplanes in Norway (Simple title: Good Market for Aeroplanes in Norway)
- Still, 1914, Selenium cell for automatic stability (Simple title: Selenium cell for automatic stability)
- Still, 1915, Suggestions as to how the most efficient and safest aeroplane for transcontinental flight should be made (Simple title: Most efficient and safest aeroplane for transcontinental flight)