Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 84

AVIATION BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. conference of world aero- | nautical leaders in the his- tory of aviaiion. This week the | National Capital will be host to official delegations from at least 36 nations and to unofficial repre- | sentatives of at least two others. | All of the principal aviation lead- | ers of this country will be present. | Among the visitors will be the | men who are taking the leader- ship in all parts of the world ia | the designing, manufacturing and | operation of aircraft of all kinds and in the governmental regula- ‘tion of aeronautical activity. The first International Civil Aeronautics Conference, called by President Coolidge in commemo- ration of the first airplane flight, 25 years ago, will be unique in | many respects, and it is difficult at this time to forecast with any | degree of accuracy the probable | results of the gathering. It is ex- ccted that the conference will | eave a lasting impress upon the | aeronautical world and that ac- | tion will be taken which may lead | the present haphazard growth of | commercial aviation into orderly and well defined channels of progress. | The United States Government has arranged for the visiting dele- | gates one of the most extensive | and elaborate programs ever held in this country to recognize origi- | nal endeavor in aay field of engi- neering or science. As the guests of the Government and the Amer- ican aeronautical industry, the visiting delegates have been taken to Chicago to attend the Inter- national Aeronautics Exposition, which closes there today. Friday | night was set aside at Chicago for the entertainment of the group at | the show and at an official dinner | given by the city of Chicago. Visit Home of Wrights. From Chicago the visitors will be taken by the Government to Dayton, Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and the scene of their first experiments with gliders and airplanes. Dayton is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Wright brothers’ epochal flight over the sand dunes of the North Carolina coast on December 47, 1903. Members of the conference have ®been invited to participate in a dinner and meeting there tomor- Fow night. At Dayton the visitors will in- #pect one of the largest aviation experimental stations in the ‘world, the headquarters of the mmaterial division of the Army Air| Corps, located just over the hill | from the field where the Wrights made their first experiments with | gliders and airplane models. ‘Wright Field is the scene of all of the Army’s aviation experimental test work and building. The unit ‘comprises 16 buildings, the largest of which is a laboratory building of approximately 150,000 square feet floor space. In Dayton there stands the joriginal factory in which the Wrights built their first gliders and airplanes, and near Wright Field are the crumbling ruins of the barn which served as their HE stage has been set here| l for the most important | members will come to this city by railroad, arriving here about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. They will register and deposit their credentials that afternoon at the conference head- quarters in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. The conference will open at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning with a plenary session devoted to air transportation. This session will | be essentially a pooling of experi- ences in the operation and expan- sion of air mail, passenger and express airplane lines. Papers | prepared by the air transport leaders of the more progressive countries will be read or placed in the record. That afternoon, after a formal luncheon, there will be sessions of three groups of con- ference delegates for a round- table discussion of the morning’s program. This general outline will be followed in the programs of the two remaining days of the | conference. The plenary session Thursday morning will be devoted to airway development, including | meteorology and communications, | and that of Friday to trade in air- | craft and engines. Whiting to Greet Visitors. Wednesday at 9 p.m. Secretary of Commerce Whiting, head of the American delegation, will hold a reception to the visitors at the United States Chamber of Com- | merce Building, following a visit to the White House. Thursday night’s program wiil be the high light of the confer- ence for the lay public. “Twenty- five Years of Flight” will be cele- brated at the Washington Audi- torium, with the pioneer aviators of the world on the stage. Mo- tion pictures from the archives of the world will depict the impor- tant aeronautical events of the past in all lands. It will be a coi- orful and entertaining review of the startling growth of aviation | during the past two decades. The members of the conference will be the guests of the American delegation at a banquet Friday night, bringing the conference proper to a formal close. The list of countries which to date have forwarded the names of their official delegates includes: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Cana- da, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Den- mark, Dominican Republic, Es- tonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, the Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Nicaragua, Panama, Per- sia, Poland, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Venezue- la. Unofficial delegates will be {)re‘s!ent from India and New Zea- and. The nature of the coming con- ference and the attending events are ample demonstration that aviation in the brief 25 years of its existence has grown from a mere sensational and freakish achieve- ment into a new factor of impor- tance in the daily life of the peo- le of all'nations. ‘So marked has been the expansion of aeronautics that it now has become a matter of vital concern, not only to the individual nations, but also in the fields of international commerce #irst hangar. From Dayton the conference and law. WRIGHT TO BE HONOR GUEST AT AERONAUTICS CONFERENCE| ‘The American delegation to the first Jnternational Civil Aeronautics Confer- ience and the group of technical ad- wisers to the delegation include some of the foremost aeronautical leaders fhis Nation has developed. One of the notable figures on the idelegation is Orville Wright, who has been named the guest of honor of the international conference in recognition of his pioneering work in aviation. It was Orville Wright who successfully lew the first power-driven airplane, on Pecember 17, 1903. ¢\ The American delegation, appointed by President Coolidge, is composed of following members, in addition to r. Wright: William F. Whiting, Secretary of mmerce and chairman of the dele- gation; Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, president of the National |Aeronautic Association; Nelson T. John- n, Assistant Secretary of State; F. G’mbee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Acronautics; Edward F. War- mer, Assistant Secretary of the Navy fgor Aeronautics; William F. MacCrack- en, jr, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aeronautics; W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster iGeneral, in charge of air mail; Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the country's fmost famous pilot; Dr. Joseph S. Ames, chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; Harry Gug- nheim, president of the Guggenheim d for the Promotion of Aeronau- tics, and Lester D. Gardner, president pf the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce. The list of technical advisers, thor- foughly representative of the technical gide of the aeronautics industry, is as follows: Porter H. Adams, National Aero- mautic Association: Col. A. B. Barber, United States Chamber of Commerce; Willlam E. Boeing, Boeing Air Trans- port, Inc., Seattle, Wash.; Dr. George K. Burgess, national advisory commit- tee for aeronautics; Dr. William F. Durand, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.; Charles H. Chatfield, Mass: chusetts Institute of Techology, Daniel | Guggenheim School for Aeronautics, | Cambridge, Mass.; Charles H. Colvin, | Pioneer Instrument Co., Brooklyn, N. Dr. W. B. Coolidge, General Electric | Co., Schenectady, N. Y.; Sherman N. Fairchild, New York: Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, War Department; Harris M. Hanshue, president, Western Air Express and president, American Air ’I‘mmpart.i Association, Los Angeles, Calif.; Col. Paul Henderson, vice president, Trans- continental Air Transport, Inc.; Rich- ard F. Hoyt, Hayden, Stone & Co., New York; Comdr. Jerome C. Hunsaker, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., New York; Clement Melville Keys, president, Cur- tiss Aeroplane Co. New York; Prof. Alexander Klemin, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, New York Uni- versity; Capt. Emory S. Land, Guggen- heim Fund for Promotion of Aero- nautics, New York; Charles L. Lawrence. president, Wright Aeronautical Corp. Paterson, N. J.; Dr. G. W. Lewis, direc- tor, national advisory committee for aeronautics; Grover C. Looning, vice president, Looning Aernautical Engi- neering Corp., New York City; Glenn L. Martin, Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. Charles Marvin, Weather Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department; John _Francis O'Ryan, New York; Harold F. Pitcairn, Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa; Fred B. Rontschler, president, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co., Hartford, Conn.; Ray Stearns, General Electric Co., Schnectady, N. Y.; William Bushell Stout, president and general manager, Stout’ Metal Aeroplane Co., Dearborn, Mich.; J. F. Trippe, president, Pan- American Afrway, New York; Samuel Hibbin, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg., Co., South Bend, Ind., and Maj. Gen. George O. Squier, former chief of the Army Signal Corps. MONOPLANE CAN BE RUN FOR 20 CENTS A MILE Capt. Haines Gives Figures After 25,000-Mile Ride to 45 Airports. A single-motored cabin monoplane fan be operated over long distances at a icost of approximately 20 cents per mile, fncluding depreciation and maintenance charges in addition to operating ex- penses, according to figures compiled by Capt. G. G. Haines, chief pilot of ghe Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America, as the result of a 25,000-mile trip which he has just completed in a Fokker Super-Universal monoplane. ¢ Capt. Haines flew the 25000 miles during a seven-week trip in the United States and Mexico, during which he carried more than 800 passengers at wvarious stops en route. His figures show an expenditure of less than $25 for repairs. He used an average of 18 gal- lons of gasoline per hour at a cruising speed of 110 miles per hour. He was not held up during the entire trip be- cause of repairs or plane trouble. Even the weather caused but few delays. DETROIT PLANS PLANT TO CONSTRUCT GLIDERS | Auto City to Have Only Factory ot Its Kind Outside of Germany. DETROIT (#).—One of the. few plants outside of Germany devoted ex- clusively to the construction of engine- less air planes, or “gliders” is to be erected in the Detroit district. An- nouncement is made that Gliders, Inc., recently organized in Detroit, will erect a factory near Rochester, about 25 miles north of Detroit. W. J. Scripps of Detroit is president of the company, while the directorate includes some of the best known aviators, such as Alfred V. Verville, | Edward V. Rickenbacker and Edward Stinson. Pilot-training and sport are the pur- poses of the gliders. The new com- pany plans construction of three types— primary _trainers, secondary trainers and soaring gliders of the Darmstadt He visited 45 airports. When the de- preciation on the $19.400 original cost! of the plape is taken into account, it is claimed, the cost of operating a plane of this type compares favorably with ot of sqrcenen suemeily . type, which rccently established a world record of more than 14 hours’ ‘mgh! in Germany. Several glider clubs are being formed here with the object of obtaining funda- Py oy o pac e n] THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTOM AERD CONFERENCE Elaborate Arrangements Are Made for Observance of Flight Anniversary. anniversary of the first airplane flight, committees in charge. PROGRAM PLANNED Arrangements for the first Interna- | th | tional Civil Aeronautics Conference and | Va., in 1908, flanked by the Capitol and the two weeks' observance of the silver forming together one of the most elabo- rafe programs ever arranged in this country to recognize original achieve- ment, have meant many weeks of ef- fort on the part of members of the S Many of the country’s foremost aero- STAMPS COMMEMORATE ANNIVERSARY OF FLYING Issued by Post Office Department in Denominations of Two and Five Cents. In commemoration of the silver anni- | versary of aeronautics and the first International Civil Aeronautics Confer- ence, to be held here this week, the Post Office Department has issued two special postage stamps. The stamps, of 2 and 5 cent denomination, bear the dates of the conference, December 12, 13 and 14. ‘The 2-cent stamp shows a picture of | the Wright plane in flight at Fort Myer, the Washington Monument, while the | 5-cent stamp bears a globe, above which | fiys a modern monoplane. A special postal station has been in- stalled in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building, where the meet- |ings are to be held, and a special die Imll be used to cancel letters mailed ere. D. C. DECEMBER 8. 1928—PART 4. nautical people are included on the committee lists. The executive commit- tee in general charge is headed by Wil- liam P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce for Aeronautics, chairman; Francis White, Assistant Sec- ry of State; F. Trubee Davison, As- nt Secretary of War for Aeronau- Edward P. Warner, Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy for Aeronautics; W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Bost- master General; Dr. G. M. Lewis, direc- tor of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Senator Hiram Bing- ham of Connecticut, president of the National Aeronautic Association; Col. Paul Henderson, vice president of the AIR DEM One of the most impressive aerial ONSTRATION SET FOR SATURDAY Thirty Army and Navy Planes Will Take Air to Entertain Delegates. Here’s One Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce; Harry Guggenheim, president of the Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Acronautics; A. T. Stewart of the and Leighton W. Rogers, officer. Other Committees Listed. The personnel of the other commit- tees is as follows: Program—Starr ‘Truscott, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, chairman; James C. Dunn, State De- partment; Maj. Ira Longanecker, War Department; Lieut. Comdr. George F. Chapline, Navy Department; Maj. Clar- ence M. Young, Department of Com- merce, and George P. Tidmarsh, Aero- nautical Chamber of Commerce. Finance—Harry Guggenheim, chair- man; William McNeir, State Depart- ment, and E. P. Howard, Department of Commerce. Entertainment—Maj. Clarence M. Young, chairman; J. C. Dunn, Capt. E. E Adler, War Department; Lieut. Comdr. D. C. Watson, Navy Depart- ment; Temple Joyce, National Aero- nautic Association; J. F. Victory, Na- tional Advisory Committee for Aeronau- tics; A. T. Stewart, United States Chamber of Commerce, and Daniel Shaeffer, ~Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. ‘Washington program—A. T. Stewart, chairman; Myron Hofer, State Depart- ment; Edward P. Howard, Department of Commerce; Earl N. Findley, National Aeronautic Association; Lieut. Comdr. D. C. Watson and Capt. E. E. Adler. ‘Transportation—Lieut. Comdr. D. C. ‘Watson, chairman; Capt. E. E. Adler; Casey Jones, Curtiss Flying Service James Murray, Boeing Airplane C Lester D. Seymour, National Air Tran: port; Luther Bell, Aeronautical Chal ber of Commerce, and Maj. C. E. Mc- Cullough, Pennsylvania Railroad. Handle Kitty Hawk Trip. Kitty Hawk trip—J. F. Victory, chair- man; Luther Bell, H. H. Blee, Depart- ment of Commerce; Lieut. Comdr. D. C. ‘Watson and Capt. E. E. Adler. Chicago entertainment and show— James Simpson, Marshall Field & Co., chairman; Earle Reynolds; Col. Paul Henderson, National Air Transport; El: mer Stevens; George B. Foster, George Getz and Maj. Reed G. Landis, repre- senting the Chicago Aero Commission. Printing—Second Assistant Postmas- ter General W. Irving Glover, chairman; Harry H. Blee and A. T. Stewart. Banquet ind * luncheons ANTI-FREEZE United States Chamber of Commerce executive OUR GASOLINE demonstrations this city has witnessed | will be given jointly by the Army and Navy air forces at Bolling Field Sat- urday morning for the entertainment of foreign delegates to the first Inter- national Civil Aeronautics . At least 30 Army and Navy service airplanes will take part in maneuvers, air combats and a review, beginning at 10:30 o’'clock Saturday morning. The delegates will be taken first to the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, where they will be taken on a tour of the station by station officers under the di- rection of Lieut. Comdr. De Witt C. Watson, commandant. The visitors then will board busses and will be driven to Bolling Field, where they will be taken over the Army post under the direction of Maj. H. C. Davidson, commandant. There will be aerial demonstrations by groups of Army and Navy pursuit, attack, bombardment and torpeds planes, followed by pursuit group at- tacks on observation and bombardment formations. At 11:45 a.m. the planes of all types from both services will pass in review before the delegates. The demonstrations, while not as large as some staged by the Army and Navy in the point of planes participat- ing, will represent all the arms of the Army Air Corps and the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, except the lighter-than- air sections, in actual operation and will reveal to the foreign delegates the most recent developments of military aircraft in this country. — Comdr. W. K. Harrill, Navy Depart- ment, chairman; Myron Hofer, Edward P. Hofer, Earl N. Findley and William B. Mayo, Aeronaytical Chamber of Commerce. Publicity—Chance Vought, chairman; Robert Scotten, State Department; Maj. Ernest Jones, Department of Com- merce; Robert S. Regar, Post Office Department; Capt. Emory S. Land, Gug- genheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics; Ben Lambe, Chamber of Commerce, and Paul Wooten, Confer- ence on Business Paper Editors. Escort and reception—Lieut. Col. R. H. Williams, Army general staff, chair- man; James C. Dunn, Lieut. Comdr. W. K. Harrill, H. H. Blee, Maj. Donald A. 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