Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1929, Page 57

AVIATION'S GROWTH IS CITED IN REPORT Aeronautical C. of C. Mem- bership- Increases Four Times in Last Year. The amazing growth of the aircraft industry in the last six months is re- flected in the semi-annual report of | the Aeronautical Chamber of Commeroce i to its board of governors. The mem- bership of the chamber has increased four tfmes in little more than a year, the total membership on July 1 num- bering 808, it was reported. During the six-month period covered by the report an export division has been established by the chamber to meet the expanding needs of the American aircraft industry. The divi- slon is studying the problems of pro- moting alrcraft sales abroad and & commitiee rking on standard forms of sal greement and war- ranty and th® problems of adequate servicing of planes and engines sold | abroad. ‘The commercial airplane manufac- turers’ section has prepared a directory of sources of supply to aid manufac- turers in obtaining materials for pro- duction easily. The report covers activities of the chamber in connection with govern- mental regulation, the establishment of a uniform accounting system in the newly developed phases of the aero- nautical industry and the evolution of a governmental policy with regard to helium production. Advances in the last six months to raise the standards of flying schools is lauded In the report, which reviews the work of the organization to have all schools rated upon a basis of efficiency and character. ‘The advance made in improving air- port design and promoting the exten- sion of the Nation-wide network of airways also was discussed, as was the allocation by the Federal Radio Com- mission of short-wave channels for use by airplanes. RADIOPHONE PLANTS WILL AID U. S. FLYERS Eight New Stations Soon Will Be| Placed in Operation by Com- merce Department. By the Associated Press. Eight new radiophone stations for broadcasting weather reports to flyers along the commercial airways of the country are nearing completion and will be placed in operation soon by the Department of Commerce. § Four of the stations at St. Louis, Kansas City, Kans.; Wichita, Kans, and Glendale, Calif., are in operation. Stations at Fresno, Calif.; Medford, Oreg.; Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, ‘Wash,, will be ready soon. ‘The Kansas City, Wichita and St. Louis stations will serve aircraft flying over the airways connecting those cities. v The stations at Kansas City and Wichita replace former airway radio stations not equipped for radiophone work. Construction is under way on the stations at Presno, Medford, Portland and Seattle. All of the stations will operate stand- ard two-kilowatt broadcasting epuip- ment. ¢ LARGE SUMS SPENT /| gineers e Burr Winslow_(left) and Claire Vance, mail pilots, cross the lofty Sierra Mountains on the Reno-San Francisco leg of the transcontinental air mail route daily. The mountains where they must cross are 12,000 feet high. Vance has crossed them 1,800 times and Winslow nearly as many. Neither has had an accident, though many of their flights were made at night before the route was lighted. They have fought many storms over the mountain crest. PLANES CONQUER LOFTY ANDES, SPANNING MANY SMALL NATIONS the airplane is speeding the engineers of development companies across the Andes and quickening the commercial life of the great territory which has long been hoping for the all-American rallway which is planned to make con- tinuous land travel possible from New York to Valparaiso. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, July 13.—Alexander P. Moore, the United States Ambassador at Lima, says the alrplane was “God's gift to Peru.” . It was also God's gift to Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile. ‘When nature strewed the lofty Andes along the west coast of South America she created a barrier over which man has crept with great difficulty in his efforts to develop the fertile empire which lies east of the mighty mountain range. Railways have finally been built over passes which rise as high as 14,500 feet. But they are few in number. The cost of construction was so great that freight rates are almost prohibitive. are not numerous, and vast empires are still hundreds of miles beyond rail end. So the establishment of Jocal air- plane routes was hailed with joy. And the prospect of regular through air mail from the United States to Valparaiso, Chile, with connecting services to points east' of the Andes, is awaited with eagerness by the republics along the west coast. Mail to Be Speeded. Their great farming areas which drain into the Amazon and the Rio Plata will soon have New York letters a few days after they are malied, and passenger planes must inevitably come into more general service between Pa- cific Coast ports and the undeveloped heart of South America. Many local air routes are already operating. Lima, Peru, and La Pas, | the lofty capital of Bolivia, are linked by air. Lima sends malls regularly to Upper Amazon points in farming areas which were formerly weeks away from the capital. Barranquilla, Colombia, on the Caribbean, and Buenaventura, the chief Colombian port on the Pacific, are served regularly by planes which call at Bogota and other cities on their flights from ocean to ocean. Ami lor Moore might also lave described the motor car as another of God’s gifts to Peru and the neighbor- ing republics. Bogota, which formerly was a week by train and mule from Buenaventura, can now ' be reached in three days by train and motor car. The rallway connecting Buenaventura with the Colombian capital probably will not be completed for several years because of great tunnels to be bored. But en- have contrived highways through the mountains which link the FOR U. S. AIRPORTS Bince Lindbergh Flew Atlantic Cities Have Appropriated $300,000,000 on Fields. Since Col. Lindbergh made his epo- chal Atlantic flight $300,000,000 has been smnt on airports by 1,000 commu-~ nitles in this country, and it is reason- able to suppose that an additional $200,000,000 will be spent by 1,000 more communities in the next 12 months. This statement was made by Prancis Keally, a terminal architect and engi- neer, hddressing the Pennsylvania sec- tion of the Soclety of Automotive Engi- meers a short time ago. Alrports for business men must be elose to the great centers of popula- tion, while suburban aicports should be located 100 to 200 miles distant. The airplane will incréase the commuting distance, and territory within a radius of 200 miles of great cities will be de- veloped to high degree. A system of air taxis probably will be developed to distribute passengers ar- riving at the city airport in transport planes carrying 10 to 25 passengers, said Mr. Keally. The taxis would carry passengers 10 miles or so from the air- ports to roofs of large warehouses or landing stages built over railroad switching yards in the heart of the city. Pneumatic mail tubes connecting these landing stages with the main post office will result in the speedier delivery of air mail. Ample facilities should also provide for the Prompt handling of ex- press and small freight shipments by air. INTERNATIONAL AIR LAWS PURPOSE OF MEETING Conference on Unification to Be Held in Warsaw for Ten Days in October. Unification of international aeronau- tical laws will be sought at an inter- national aeronautics conference to be held in Warsaw for 10 days beginning October 4, according to advices received here by the Department of Commerce. It is expected that representatives from 50 nations will be present. The conference also will study the project of a convention for airplane transportation and the responsibility for transportation of merchandise and mail by air. A preliminary stu is being made by an international techni- cal committee of experts on air laws, rail erd with Bogota. Panama-to-Chile Strip. From Panama to Chile it is only the narrow strip of land between the Pa- developed. Exiensive. ol Gevelopment levelo) nsive devi nt at points on the Peruvian mm dorean coasts have added to the wealth of these two republics and created towns with forests of derricks almost as thick as those which line the beaches of Southern California, Venturesome mining companies with large capital have tapped the mineral wealth of the high mountains of Peru and Chile and constructed railways which br* - copper and other minerals to Pacific ports. And Chile’s arid north- ern plateau is supplying the world with much nitrate. But lack of transportation has pre- vented the development of anything but the really great ore deposits, and has isolated enormous agricultural and fruit areas. ‘The Panama Canal ht South America’s west coast so much closer to the big markets of the United States and Euro~e that a ~reat change was worked in the republics on the Pacific. Port improvements, the modernization of cities, more railways and better high- ways have followed apace. And now TRI-MOTORED IDEA INVADES NEW FIELD Many Medium Sized Cabin Planes Are Being Equipped With Three Motors. The trimotor principle has invaded the field of the medium sized monoplane, such as is widely used this country for air taxi work, air lin operation and pleasure flying. Both England and in this coun! small cabin monoplanes, each powered with three motors, have appeared. They resemble, on a smaller scale, the giant trimotors made by the Ford, Fokker and Keystone companies. The Kroutzer coach, manufac- tured in California, uses three small Le Blond radial motors, as will the new Prudden all-metal low-wing mono- H. dden rSe 3 at Candler Field, Atlanta. The Craw- ford monoplane, bullt in New England, uses three 3-cylinder motors of diminu- tive size. The Westland Four, manu- factured in England, uses three in-line, air-cooled motors of the Cirrus Mark III type made famous internationally by their use in the Moth and Avian composed of . representatives of 31 countries. PLAN AIR COLLEGE. Four-Year Course Will Be Given in Aeronautical Engineering. :odmel::‘ the demn;!d for I‘kfl:ded b;fl"ofi and design personnel occasion steady increase in-air mail and trans- port activity a la air college is to be erected at’Glendale, Calif,, West Coast aviation center. ‘When complete the university is to have a_capacity of 3,600 students per "fi Research, wind tunnel and flight we will be emphasized, and upon completion of a four-year course a de- gree in aeropautical engineering will be awarded. Towa to Have Air Exposition. DES MOINES, Iowa (#).—An Aero- | nautic ex; chapter of | onal Aeronautic As- sociation and commy organizations, is 10 be held here July 19 to 31, by the Iowa that planes, which have established light lane record and which are now made this country. All of these machines can fly on any two motors and lose altitude but slowly with only one in operation. ' —_— QUANTICO HEARS BYRD. Amateur Station Carries on Conver- sation With Explorers. 0 % The amateur-operated radio station at the Marine s aviation base at Sumum. Va., established communi -l on recently with the advance base of the Byrd expedition in Little Amer- ica. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, leader of the expedition, was in the radio room in the Antarctic and sent a mes- sage to the commanding officer at veral amateur messages were re- celve‘(:e to;' gfl:ndu n:zd !;l.lfl'u of members expedition. It is hoped unication 3 lar- comm: may be - held du: the remainder of the-Sum- bag mer on & schedule established with the | ¢ WIFE IS CONFIDENT OF FLIGHT SUCCESS Mrs. Hérold Bromley to Watch Tokio Hop From Sister’s lowa Home. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash.—Courageous in her that her husband's daring at- tempt to fly from Tacoma to Tokio in a single hop, will be successful, Mrs. Harold Bromley will watch the fortunes of the flight from the home of a sister in_Clinton, Iowa., With her in front of the radlo by which they hope to have frequent word of Lieut. Bromley's transpacific progress will be & third member of the family, Donald, aged 6, the most supremely confident of the trio. Mrs. Bromley plans to bid her hus- band good-by in advance of the take-off and then fly to Iowa. “Less of Stran. “It is less of a strain on all of us to part early rather than just before the flight begins,” she says. Whatever doubts may have entered the mind of the plucky Canadian flyer nd his attractive young wife, they are red by the youngest member of the family. During the weeks of preparation at factory and proving grounds Donald's irrepressible delight in things aero- nautical and his unbounded faith in his father’s flying ability won him a fol- lowing among pilots and mechanics alike as a candidate for the title of “America’s most enthusiastic aviation enthusiast.” Another whose faith in the outcome of the flight has been constant is Lieut. P. V. Weems, United States Navy, who NGTON, D. C, Check Shows Flying Lures More Rural Than City Youths small towns. “The city th,” explains Erwin Greer, he: f the school, “nat- fleld at home and looks for an uncrowded field.” is the inventor of the bubble sextant |inc; through which Bromley expects to de- termine his goamon day or night and thereby be able to send back word by radio at regular intervals as to the progress he is making. “I belleve no one 1§ more capable to attempt to achleve this great aviation feat than Bromley,” he sald. “I be- lieve he will succeed.” Lieut. Bromley enlisted at the age of 16 in the Canadian infantry and went through some of the heaviest fighting of the World War, including Ypres and the Somme. When the armistice came he was transferred to the Royal Air Force and had just graduated from the ’schdoel of Aeronautics at Oxford, Eng- and. Airport Installs Night Lighting. Colorado Springs has completed the installation of modern night lighting equipment at its municipal airport, which is & stop on the Pueblo-Cheyenne air mail route. The airport is a mile ilqul’re and more than a mile above sea evel. Air Taxi Service Started. An air taxi service to choice fishing and hunting country in Canada is now provided by a firm using American ma- chines. CROYDON ERECTING BIG PLANE HANGAR' Single Building at British Air-| port to House 50 Huge Air Liners. By the Associated Press. Afrplane travel across the English Chanpel between London and Paris has reased so rapidly that British air- plane operators are building one of the world’s largest airplane hangars at Croydon airport to house 50 huge air liners in a single butlding. ‘The London consulate ‘has advised the Department of Commerce of the British project in a report on service between London and Paris since it was plane services have flown 3,960,415 miles —=a distance more than 165 times around the world at the Equator—and have carried 97,337 passengers and || hauled 3,431 short tons of freight. More than 60 per cent of all mail be- tween London and Iraq, on the Cairo- Basra route of the Imperial Airways, is carried by air, the second annual report of the pperating company shows. Dur- ing 1928 180,000 pounds of mail were carried between London and Iraq, while passenger traffic increased 24 with 1920 passengers carri the year. during El Paso Plans $25,000 Hangar. EL PASO, Tex. 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