The Journey of Flight.pdf - Valkyrie Cadet

Chapter Chapter 3 3 - - The The Golden Golden Age: Age: 1919 1919 -1939
-1939
36. The McNary-Watres Act provided an incentive for air mail carriers to fly larger aircraft.
37. The first “modern” aircraft built in 1933 was the DC-2.
38. TWA was the first airline to use the Clipper seaplanes.
39. The Clipper flying boats were replaced by large 4-engine land planes after World War II.
40. The Clipper flying boats were replaced by large 4-engine land planes after World War II.
41. The Boeing 299 was later known to the Army as the B-17.
42. The presidential message of January 12, 1939, to Congress described America’s military’s forces
as entirely adequate to meet any threats in Europe.
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