Radio age (Jan 1927-Jan 1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio age
Date:
Jan 1927-Jan 1928
Publisher:
Chicago : Radio Age, Inc.
Volume:
Radio age (Jan 1927-Jan 1928)
Leaf #:
000371
Language:
English
Subjects:
Radio Periodicals, Radio -- Periodicals
Collection:
Fan Magazines and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Originally Motion Picture Classic (first issue 1915), renamed Movie Classic in September 1931. Sold as 'The Newsreel of the Newstands'; on par with Picture Play and Screenland in terms of content, quality, and circulation (solid but below that of Photoplay, et. al.) until it was absorbed by Motion Picture in 1937. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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RADIO AGE for September, 1927 21 Fveryday Mechanics Radio Beacons to Aid Air Mail Flyers By S. R. Winters A T COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, ■*■ *where six years ago the AirMail Service of the United States Post Office Department was inaugurated, there has just been dedicated the first aircraft radio beacon for the promotion of civil aviation. There, at this landing field, the first airplane laden with postal matter departed from the now time-worn hangars for New York City; today, this same spot marks the genesis of radio aids to air navigation. The dedication of the College Park aircraft radio beacon station — the This is Captain Maurice Graham. Western Air Express Pilot, flying the air mail between Los Angeles and Salt Lake, who in thirteen months from April 17, 1926, to May 17, 1927, has flown 125,000 miles, a world's record for any similar period of time. During that time, Graham has never been forced down for trouble or weather, has never defaulted a trip for any cause, and has never failed to start on scheduled time regardless of weather conditions. This is said to be a record unparalleled in the history of flying. He is to be nominated for the Clifford B. Harmon trophy given each year to the most meritorious feat for the advancement of aviation.