Clay Blair Jr.

In the last few years a new breed of airplane has been built. It is called the X series—X for Experimental. These are powerful rocket planes, each icebox white, small, and more powerful than any engine man has ever built....

In Washington, D. C. last month, Richard Travis Whitcomb, a thirty-four-year-old National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics engineer, was awarded the Collier Trophy, one of the nation’s highest honors for achievement in the field of aviation. Whitcomb was also honored by...