Aeronautics: LTA

In Washington, at Akron, in California, in New Jersey and in Friedrichshafen last week there was news of "LTA." the airman's abbreviation for lighter-than-air.

"Conjecture," As airship enthusiasts feared, and as critics predicted, the Naval Court of Inquiry into the Akron disaster, held at Washington Navy Yard, adjourned last week on a note of inconclusiveness. The court had yet to make its official finding, but the summation by Judge Advocate Lieut.-Commander Ralph G. Pennoyer was popularly regarded as prophetic. Said he: "If any action taken can in the light of hindsight be...