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Miami, Fla, and Key West, Fla., and return, for the pur-

pose of conducting service tests under actual operat-

ing conditions.

8 March The race for the Curtiss Marine Trophy at

Miami was won by Lieutenant L. V. Grant in a Vought

VE-7, at an average speed of 116.1 mph.

21 March The Bureau of Aeronautics directed that ser-

vice parachutes be used by all personnel on all flights.

21 April The Bureau of Aeronautics requested the

Bureau of Steam Engineering to investigate develop-

ment of a single-wave radio sending and receiving set,

suitable for installation in fighting planes, with a 20-

mile sending radius, and powered by a small battery

or engine driven generator.

2 May A DT plane, carrying a dummy torpedo, was

launched by catapult from Langley, at anchor in

Pensacola Bay, Fla. The plane was piloted by

Lieutenant W. M. Dillion and also carried Lieutenant

Stanton H. Wooster as gunnery officer.

19 June The Bureau of Ordnance issued a contract

to the Ford Instrument Company for development of

an antiaircraft director for shipboard fire control.

22-23 June Lieutenants Frank W. Wead and John D.

Price, in a Curtiss CS-2 equipped with one Wright T-3

Tornado engine, set five world records for Class C sea-

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planes at Anacostia, D.C.; one for distance with

963.123 miles; one for duration for 13 hours, 23 min-

utes, 15 seconds; and three for speeds of 73.41 mph

for 500 kilometers, 74.27 mph for 1,000 kilometers,

and 74.17 mph for 1,500 kilometers.

24 June A technical order was issued which pre-

scribed the external color of naval aircraft. Overall

color was to be aluminum enamel with clear varnish

on wooden spars and struts. Naval yellow enamel was

to be used on the top surfaces of upper wings of

training planes and yellow or other high visibility

color could similarly be applied to all aircraft of any

station, force or fleet.

11-12 July Lieutenants Frank W. Wead and John

D. Price, flying a CS-2 equipped with a Wright

Tornado engine, broke world records for Class C sea-

planes at Ana-costia, D.C., with new marks for distance

of 994.19 miles and for duration of 14 hours, 53 min-

utes, 44 seconds.

23 July The Bureau of Aeronautics announced that

it was assuming cognizance of pigeon boxes for use in

aircraft.

8 August Shenandoah (ZR-l) secured to the moor-

ing mast on Patoka (AO 9) while underway in

Narragansett Bay, remained moored to the ship during

her passage to anchor off Jamestown, R.I., and cast off

next day, almost 24 hours later. This was the first use

of the mooring mast erected aboard ship to facilitate

airship operations with the fleet.

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In first use of mooring mast aboard ship, the airship, Shenandoah, moored to Patoka, August 8, 1924 19-N-9670

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