Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1929, Page 57

R " APLANETO CA 750 15 PROPHESIED|| Dr. Dornier Sees Super-Pas- senger Flying Boat in Three Years. MIAMI, Fla. (#)—Dr. Claude Dornier, designer and bullder of the world's largest flying boats, says that airplanes carrying 250 passengers in luxury will be in use within three years. Dr. Dornier is knéwn as one of the world’s greatest creative geniuses in seronautics and his most extravagant predictions of the past have come true, many of them through his own hand. He is head of the Dornier flying boat factories, which employ zm men in Germany, Switzerland and Yialy, and :g: is building an 80-passenger flying The Dox, which he plans to launch in May, is a gargantuan ship, larger than anything sane optimists have pre- dicted in this country. Turn Imagination Loose, Imagme an apartment house 150 feet built to house 80 people, offering (P! nnuon, a restaurant, reading promenade walk and inde.m eomplmllenh & the luxury of private uumau cars. Vision this lux- urious “ ent house,” with maid and tel the air at 200 miles an hour, and you wl‘.!l get some conception of the giant plane. The German engineer is so certain that his big plane will be successful that he is working on two more. They are d!!dlzned to fly mail to Soufl;‘ America and carry passengers throi Europe. The Dox has a wing nprnd of 150 feet and is powered by 12 nine-cylinder radial engines developing 6000 horse- wer. It will weigh 50 tons when oaded, cruise 2,700 miles, and should be able to land and take off from a heavy sea. “Surpasses Any Craft.” “It surpasses in size any heavier- than-air_craft ever built,” Dr. Dornier says. “The individual compartments are as roomy as and even more luxuri- ous than Pullman cars. You can retire S S L S o at home, wi .m al o ed on a Four of the 12 engines can un :nd we still can fly on with ease. We are just putting tha final touches on it at my factory in Switzerland. He made a forecast as to ocean service. “Not until 1,000 horsepower tnd ice, Germany has been seriously by war treaties which prohibited engine development.” Dr. Dornier came to Florida as the guest of Gar Wood, who plans to pur- chase a Tour-motored N-rmm Dornier Super-Wal flying boat to t Europe and Africa. LUFT fliNSA AIR FREIGHT ne service, flying through |50, Servics A 1ang clety of lt:u M N t&-d Pocket Gophers ' Are Chased From ' Arizona Airport NEW AIRPLANE WING TO AID MONOPLANE | & Lightness Will Give Craft Decided Advantage Over Biplanes, Report Says. Development of n new type of mono- plane wing which is mn strength with less flun lnlf L of the ordi plished in England, uwrdinl w 3 re- port_received here Department of Commerce from lurred Nutting of the American consular service at Lom« The new wing is expected to give monoplane construction an enormous advantage over the bthm, according to the report, and to lead, eventually, to the use of monoplanes for ail large commercial .u-mn. night bombing planes and flying boa! The test wing, Wh!ch has been sub- Jjected to ax&minanon by the British air and is the ministry, weighs 20 pounds size and strength of a wing of ordinary construction weighing 610 pounds. In the tests the wing was inverted and from it were hung a number of plat- forms on which wemm could be placed. Though the A e LANGLEY AERONAUTS’ CHAPTER IS FORMED Capt. Stone President of Society of Military and Naval Branch Orpniudon of the lo- lvll Johnston, NEARLY DOUBLES IN 1928 Trafic Heaviest to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Vienna. Deutsche Luft Hanss air freight traffic in Europe inereased dum lnl w l.o 030,000 kilograms, lntnn du.finl 1927, ueotdlnl Deplrt f Commerce. mm:mmmnmuuhm- national routes from Berlin to London, Paris, and Copenhagen Vienna, npom Assistant Trade Com- mlmhmer . Douglas Cook, Berlin, -OB rious_occasions it was necessary dimu:h extra planes in er to hundle shipments, which luded high s and valuable mrchn.ndu of -l.\ AL et é:ziégfié,%séégg in the -alr craft, 8 Thousands k. Snuthem California. institu- | tion Has 200 Students Already Enrolled. _ BY DON BROWN. (Copytight, l.ai.”l:m“w News- | | LOS ANGELES, Calif, March 30.— Dnma and %fl appear to be two the characteristics le of the Pacific Coast. manifestation a) pnred this week when a radio course tion was ‘started by the umunlty of Southern California for those outside the university. About 250 persons hn_rv: é eady signed up for the course. mue complmnz the courses and pass ing uired examinations cr m . lven which will egloant w::axdhn egree the same as cr resident students. s In addition to the radio lectures, '{K’ plemmul mail matter, containing the ecessary illustrations and diagrams, wfll be mailed out twice a week to en- rolled students. The class will gather at the university at the end of each term for s conference and exam course versity for the final examinations. The course will include lectures on air transportation, the history of aero- nautics, the theory of non-tech- pical information on the construction of motors and planes and other - per- tinent subjects. ‘The lectures will be given by in- structors and professors in the resident school and by commercial nvl.nmm ol- ficials, hed "I.IMDM nd enlisted men of the first division, VN-GR, have fust completed a dl(, at the Naval Air Shfion. Anacostia. The division has two planes at the station and eclasses for to their participation in the lctlu duties of the sfi::nm 'rhhl:’:lclnre. made in the Reserves’ el ‘macl] ts” men were held, in addition classroom at the station, shows, left to right, standing: K. Scheurger, a two weeks’ tour of netive the officers and A | mate; Licut. Walter Brooke, instructor for the D. C. Air Legion; L. M. Hnyl. elrpentcn mate; C. H. Gerwig, seaman, second class; M. G. Dooley, seaman, second el lul'll.hlllh.lul‘l h-..um-s.l.w A. McConnell, Rounds. eom Ensign ndiug officer of the division.. Front row, left to right: H.C. l.nllllnd Ensign J. J. Kiak, ks FRIED FAVORS OCFAN FLIGHTS, BUT*SCORNS LANDING STAGES oceanic of | Gap. worlmbemmpmodonn field, hangars, administration dormitories, mess hall and other . A semi-milif system will be followed in and rou- age for lhndenu'fll ‘The minimum "’heummhemun the students of the university it wedmfllltk'fllbllm- HEADS AIR STATION. Admiral Marshall Appointed Comi- mandant at Pensacola. eonmnladmzntm)(m ' tion at Pensacols, Pla., to succeed Rear M.nlnl.un-.!.mmdnluqbo— 0.0.‘ john Halligan, Jl’meommmfl me‘&m mand of the aircraft u-dmnuo!m muncfleez.mdc&ptmd,‘ Bomu on duty in the office of m at Qu vay Depmment. hai t | toga. Gréenwood, 8. c.} Has Fld,: ; eo:\n u:!.x:fl:ry Gnmwmd.&;‘ gu tion exercises are pianned for By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 16.—A hero of the seas has pinned his faith to trans- ge Pried, skipper. of the | al M:ndnmuro!m and the Anf wreck victims, belleves tinoe the next nw years will see established “flhu pn-enm and lllht freight. “gverseas L 05 W vide an 48 hours ?r’:m New York to Paris—but !yhere must be shipping to care for heavy tre end passengers in no particular ks Win|ul and telegraph facilities pro- vide for rapid transportation of mes- sages, but mll trains still must be run. S0 the sea captain need not start look- ing for another job just yet.” Sees Comparative Safety. These developments are not for the immediate future, Capt. Fried believes. s | Alrcraft design is not sufficiently far been Dedl- | to this /mve bee/z amazed - to learn that an mr~cooled FRAN KLIN along to warrant an attempt at regu- lar service yet. But the man who has followed the sea since early boyhood | 1 east to Z FIRST A!R SCHOLARSHIP. Colorado = Company Establishes Guggenheim School Award. . The first seronautical scholarship offered by an American aircraft con- cern has been established in the Dan- fel Guggenheim School of Aeronauties at New York University by J. Don Alexander, president of the Alexander Eaglerock Co. of Colorado. A four-year scholarship in aeronan tical engineering or business aeronau- ties will be awarded this year to the | college student who shows the most | practical fnventivencss in ascronautics, In tion, & number of free flying courses are offered. So far 211 col- leges are reported in the compe..mnn Airport Building Plans Drawn. Preliminary plans and speeification: for the administration buiiding of the Boston municipal airport have been drawn. <« The structure will be one | story high with a two-stery centrol tower rising ebove the main building. % | State-Managed Air Service Carries -| tactical operations, N TEXAS ARIIST!B 'Effioiom Also Factor 1or Dmlopmant at Randolph, ©'Near San Antonio. i 5 & T be 175 feet high and ter tank, which here- tofore has been an eyesore at most Army posts. Above the tank will be an observation room and meteorol station, reached by elevator from the ound floor. A revolving beacon will mounted on the dome. The second floor will house all of the ffinu including the s teorological office, tele] radio receiving station, 8 United States post office, pl.nnt and quartermaster administrative TM east wing will house the to- graphic laboratory, courtroom and judge advocate’s ofice, while the swest. wing will con the post theater and audi- tomun. The theater will have a 28 by 40 feet and the auditorjum seat 900 on the main floor and 250 in the bnleony CZECHOSLOVAKIAN LINE SETS RECORD IN 1928 6,231 Passengers—Exten- sion Planned. PRAGUE (#).—The - state-) ed air line of Czschoslovakia carried: 6 passengers in 1928 for the highest mrk n It.l history. lanu n{ uu air line, which of the important centers of flew 250500 miles in the year wmmut injury to passengers or pilots, nly two forced landings were made. | Since ts tnception in1634, the Coeeh | passenger service has covered more 300.000 miles. ~Activities planned for 11929 include the extsnsion of internal | routes and the opening of direct air tion between London and | communication Suspend Observers’ Course. 8 Due to a scarcity of perscnnel for the chief of the Army Air Corps has ordered that the special observers' course at the Ad-| \lneed Flying School, Kelly Field, Tex., be suspended. The last special observ- gs’ couneh . ‘was completed at Kelly Field arc L. P. STEUART, Inc. Announce the Opening of : New Service Station for OAKLAND—PONTIAC s tmmtunlmu--n-b-r Am.?ln"" w.ww 5 m for the aireraft orm AlUMINUl VENEER PLANE PROTECTION Coating of Metal Parts Found to Halt Weather Effects, Says Government Expert. Coating of duralumin metal parts with a thin film of pure aluminum, following propér heat treiting and quenching of the metal, affords the greatest possible protection against cer- fice: | rosion _ embrittlement, which sttacks and weakens the meul after exposure to the elements, it is announced by Henry S. Rawdon of the Bureau of Standards, in a technical note by the national advisory committee aeronautics. portance, Iorm of. sheet and tul construction. “The permanence of such materials when exposed to corrosive conditions such as may obtain in aircraft serviee should be known, however, with & high degree of ':exrmmy and preuuflnm po::!ble Rx:n:xx dhe:rlantaflnmurvh % r. Rawdon conducted & pro- longed” series of experiments with vati- (ms types of duralumin alloys and 'lfih many types of protective eol Chtear test of exposure ical under most .severe conditions for a8 period sufficlent to show the precise degree of permanence of each com- | bination. than 100000 HOURS OF FLYING Estimated lor Members of U. 8. Aviation Clubs This Year. Members of American flying clubs will put in more than 100,000 hours of ‘lylnx time this year, it is estimated by «he American Society for Prometion of Aviation. Dur'ng the past year “Jub membe; total of 36, We have outgrown our present service building-at 1444-1446 P Street Northwest—and; are moving to larger quarters—be- cause our family of Oakland-Pontiac Owners have grown with .leaps and bounds during the past year—and are still growing. -'We have leased a bigger and hetter service building conveni-. . ently located at 1119-1121-1123-1125-1127 Twenty-first Street— between L and M Streets. Our new service station, dedicated to Oakland-Pontiac Ownm, A has been outfitted with every modern time-saving appliance and is conceded to be the finest south of New York City.: , - Come- in Today—~Inspect: this model Onkland-Pontmc Service * Statlon.