National Aviation Writers' Association
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Organized in 1910 "not to stimulate interest in aeronautics, make any profits or otherwise to interfere with the perquisites of aviators (joke!), but to provide accurate interchange of information regarding aviation and to advance knowledge of the correct terms concerning aeronautics and aviation."[1]
Local branches called "hangars"; national offices in New York at the office of Aeronautics and at the Aero Club of California headquarters in Los Angeles.[1]
Founding officers:
- W. H. Leonard, Los Angeles, president
- John T. Custis, Philadelphia VP, managing editor of The Inquirer
- E. I. Jones, New York VP
- Chester I Campbell, Boston VP
- E. Perry Noel, St. Louis VP
- Victor Lougheed, Chicago VP
- Arnold Kruckman, New York, secretary
- Cleve T. Shaffer, San Francisco, Western secretary
- George B. Harrison, Los Angeles, treasurer
- Address: 250 West 54th St, New York, New York
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aeroscribes Organize", Aeronautics, December 1910, p. 223.
| Organization names | National Aviation Writers' Association |
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| Entity type | |
| Country | US |
| City | New York |
| Affiliated with | Aeronautics, Aero Club of California |
| Scope | national |
| Started aero | 1910 |
| Ended aero | |
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