Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1927, Page 6

NP FOR FLYERS RETURN EXPRESSED | [fember of Rodgers Expcdi-i “tion Belisves Dole Con- {enders May Be Alrve. Press. . Calif.. August J. Connell, wh ¥ the Assoc seaplane, wh acific for e ) 13 forced down wh westop flight from San of the Golden Fagle, the Dallas Spirit may be in u statement Lieut counted his _experiencs Lodsers expedition. the da on the scaplane after it was forced | cown and details comparing the | Jiod aplane to the Dole flight planes now missing. “If the planes forced down carr ene gallon of water per perso: #hould be able to last two weeks at a »ainimum. and 1 still have hopes that they may be picked up. It all depends ¢n the fanding they made,” said. | Connell re- | with the s he spent | he Compares Planes. Connell's statement contin " | : is mo comparison between | the seaworthy qualiti of our sex. plane, which had a loat hull, and the jand planes employed on the recent | he recent flight | ance of the de- | velopment of the fiying hoats for such | flights. Little develop- to the PN type d on by commercial in- ¢, although many have been con ly develop s type. * * * “The failure of our flight to Hawaii was due to failuve of our gasoline sup- ply und a failure to find the favorable northeast trade wins which a study of wind conditions for a period of vears indicated we had a right to ex pect after veaching a point 500 miles | out from San Francisco. * ¢ *° Lieut. Connell's statement described the landing of the PN-9 No. 1 a dis- tance of 300 miles from the nearest nd. It was necesary to sail the| plane 430 miles before reaching the island of Kauai. he said, since the northeast trade winds were generally in that direc Weather condi- tions were fa and_their_aver- aze speed w ninth day. September 10, th Kauai. While smoke signa heing sent up a submarine sighted the plane and towed it ashore. Believes Planes Would Float. Referring to the Dole fiyers, he said he believed that if they were forced down from a sufficient altitude to en- able part of the gasoline to be valved, and if a normal landing was made, the planes would float for a con- siderable period of time, at least suffi- cient for the inflation of the rafts and transfer of food and water. “I also believe.” he continued, “that raft would keep them afloat in- , depending upon their water supply. Our greatest hardship was ! the lack of water, and each man in our erew made his two quarts of water last about seven days by care- fully conserving it. On the eighth day of our sail a heavy rain squall was encountered and a_considerable quantity was caught in our sails, which immediately revived all han * s s Lack of food for seven days. caused no great suffering. * * * Radio Transmitter Is Necessary. He said it was unfortunate that a radio transmiter was not carried by all the Dole fiyers. Many false impressions had been given in accounts of the Rodgers flight, Lieut. Connell asserted. He said he wished to correct “such statements as that the Rodgers plane was found 200 miles at sea, drifting helplessly, and statements which indicated that Comdr. Rodgers’ navigation was in error and that the plane was not properly equipped NEW FLEET ORDERED 70 JOIN FINAL HUNT FOR 7 MISSING FLYERS (Continued from First Page.) empha have a thoroughly adequate test un- der full load. Second—Land planes should be pro- hibited from making extended over- water flights. Goebel and Aide Agree. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and his nav- igator, Lieut. W. V. Davis, whose monoplane Woolaroc won the $25,000 first prize in the Dole race, issued a joint statement at Honolulu agree- ing with Wyatt's second contention. They predicted the Dole flight would cause development of a large am- phibian monoplane, tri-motored and capable of taking off from water even under unfavorable sea conditions. Goebel and Davis likewise forecast improvement of the radio beacon and other radio sending and receiving equipment for aircraft as a result of the Dole flight. They also expect developmer. of floating landing stages at sea, where over-water aviators may land during long flights. Davis also predicted development in airplane navigation by means of the siars. Lieut. Wyatt declared no one could be blamed for the disasters in the Dole flight; that the inspections were as rigid and as thorough as it was possi- ble to make them. . Wilbur Expects Restrictions. Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur declared here that he expected Congress to take some action provid- ing stricter supervision for such events as the Dole flight. Meanwhile no tangible clew to the fate of the seven missing fly had been found. The Miss Doran carried Doran, passenger; Auggy , pilot, and Vilas Knope, naviga the Golden a FOR SALé ; $10,500 % it & 617 14th St. N.E. home. brick eonstrietion. con- seven rooms, bath and two luva a: three-room length: front orches. Large kilohen. niod- close 10 car line., Open for Inspection ILWIT S. MIL ern; | (). ~—Lieut. J. E. Dyer Euf the North | tion, today said he saw two long-dis- By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, August 2 aerial race has made in ibutions to commerci the opinion of Gov. W rington of Hawaii. Speakers at a banquet here )'eslcr-t day in honor of the winners of the | flight asserted James D. Dole accom- | plished much for aviation in spon- | soring the first real long distance air race. The fiyers who lost their lives as a result of the race have offered the greatest sacrifice to the advance ment of the science of aviation, it was | declared. | It was agreed that no plane should be allowed to attempt to cross large bodies of water hereafter without proper radio equipment. “Every pioneer movement through a The Dole | luable ation in | allace R, Fax | con- | | coes | EPsi) | Gov. !tion for flyers, particularly developed THE EVENING Eovcmor of Hawaii Sees Dole Flight As Great Help to Commercial Aviation mine what engineers term. I believe. the ‘co-efficient of safet: " declared Farrington. “Any number of families that starfed across the con- | tinent in ‘49 did not arrive.” Frank Boyer, member of the Dole flight committee. issued a statement, saying: “We have learned quite a bit from the Dole flight. It is going to be the means of changing lots of rules | and regulations of the National Aero- nautical Assoclation for aerial navi- gation. It has been proved that while it is perfectly possible to make flights from the mainland to Hawali, we must have adequate preparation and protec. with ge- gard to navigation.” Boyer declared a rhdio set should be which would work under all conditions and positions in which period of stress to deter- a compass will operate. STAR, WASHINGTON, IFOUR PLANES WAIT AT CURTISS FIELD, Gne Going Around World, Others to London, Paris and Rome. By the Associated Press, CURTISS FIELD, N. Y. —Groomed for overseas flights. | four airplanes, in one of which its backers hope {o lower the pecord for encircling the globe, today stood in | varlous stages of preparation on this | Long Island flying field. The newest arrival to_the gath Frost and Gordon Scott, and on the |- Dallas Spirit, which was lost while in search of the two others, were Capt William Erwin, pilot, and Al Eich- waldt, navigator. CARRIER PIGEONS TAKEN. Naval Oficer Believes Miss Da Weut Dow SAN DIEGO, August flight officer Island Naval Air Sta- tance carrier pigeons placed in the biplane Miss Doran before it took off in the Dole flight to Honolulu. Failure of the birds to fly back to the coast, he said, sibly indicated the Miss Doran. with its crew of three, had landed in the sea less than 100 miles out from the sta gator Vilas Knope had intended ric- leasing one less than 100 miles from Oakland and the second at 200 miles, $45 + 3-pc. " Wool Suits Reduced to $22.50 E ! u Yyou came . * HEEXEXEXERERE | Engagement er t, as Navi- |and M Jacksonville, Hawks may have killed the pigeons, however, he pointer out. Officials of the Oakland Airport have repeatedly denied carrier pigeons were taken aboard any of the planes in the fight. e BARTHELMESS TO WED. to Miss Katherine Young Wilson Announced. 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