Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1929, Page 75

AVIA + BY JOSEPH S man's familiarity with aviation increases the uses found for this form of rapid transportation multi- ply. The airplane long since has ceased to be the exclusive prop- erty of the aviator; it has become an accessory to business, to gov- ernment and to the other activi- ties of humanity. The hum of the airplane motor is heard in the far places of the earth. Equipped with skiis, the airplane lands on the frozen wastes of the Arctic and the Ant- arctic. It has become a boon to the explorer, the gold prospector and the trapper in the polar re- gions. The wildest jungles know the airplane; in it the mapper conducts rapidly and with the most meticulous accuracy work which formerly was a tortuous and unsatisfactory procedure. The most arid desert forms no barrier to the pilot. The airplane is seen where the locomotive and the automobile are unknown. Those who still remain skeptical of the utility of the airplane be- cause they cannot see eye to eye with the air transport operator on the necessity for the expanding system of passenger and express lines have only to consider the multitude of other uses to which the airplane is put today to real- ize how widespread an influence aviation has become in the daily life of the people. ‘The airplane has been pressed into service by the tax assessor in many parts of the world. In Oran, Algeria, the palm tree is the cri- terion of property value; the in- habitants of the oases are taxed according to the number of trees they own. When the assessor has reason to believe the property owner is counting his trees with the eye that sees not, an aerial photograph is made, the exact number of trees is discerned by cold - blooded and dispassionate count and, though the palm tree owner may tear his beard and howl in the desert night, he payy and pays. Many Government Uses. Other government uses of the airplane are really too numerous to worry about. The Department of Agriculture makes extensive use of the airplane. Crop dusting as & means of annoying the boll weevil and other plant pests is conducted by the department in Louisiana and by agriculturists in many places. In the West the air- plane is used for seeding of great areas. Wheat, grass and other ccops have been planted successfully, quickly and cheaply by distributing the seeds from the air. The United States Forest Service makes continuous use of the. airplane. More than 50,000 aerial J)homnpm have been ex- amined to determine the extent and distribution of timber. The Navy Department, at the request of the Department of Agriculture and of mental agencies, during the past Summer mapped many thousands of square miles of Southern Alaska. Forest patrols are a means of detecting fires before they pass out of control; when the fire has gotten out of hand temporarily the airplane is used to bring fire- fighters to the scene and to ob- serve the spread of the flames and mapping out the best means of combating them. The Alaskan Roads Commission 1s making free use of the airplane and is promoting aviation by lay- . ing out landing fields in all parts of the territory. Recently the resident of the commission, Maj. alcolm Elliott, by use of air transportation, was able to com- plete in nine days a survey which would have required one year by the only other available means of transportation. The Coast Guard aviation serv- ice is growing in size and impor- tance. Regular aerial patrols are flown along dangerous stretches of coast, safeguarding the lives of those who travel by sea. The ex- tended use of the seaplane and flying boat along our rivers, lakes and seacoasts imposes added bur- dens upon the Coast Guard which can be borne only through the use of the airplane. er govern-| New York. Aerial shipment of TION S. EDGERTON. And as the uses of aviation by | the government increase, its uses | against the government also in- | crease. Bootleggers and smug- glers are taking to the air. The Department of Commerce re- cently was informed that silk smugglers are conducting opera- tions on a tremendous scale in Sowth America. Police Take to Air. The police have been driven to the air to combat the aerial crimi- nal and the criminal who still op- erates on the ground. Several large cities have aerial policemen At Port Washington, Long Island, a man wanted for assault escaped into the woods and eluded 150 searchers. He was tracked down by airplane and captured. The Interior Department has found aviation of great help in its reclamation projects and in the surveying of broken and dif- ficult areas. The Geological and Coast and Geodetic surveys find the airplane of great value. City planning commissions in all parts of the country have made use of the airplane for mapping and for direct surveys. Work of this character was carried on by commission in connection with its plans for the development of areas adjacent to the National Capital. Prevention and control of dis- ease have entered into the prov- ince of the airplane operator. ‘The Marine Corps has used its air- planes to dust paris green on mos- quito-breeding areas in Nicaragua, Haiti and in the vicinity of Quan- tico, Va, to keep down malaria. The State of New Jersey is making similar use of the airplane so that it may become famous for other things than its mosquitoes. The use of airplanes for carrying serums and medicines to isolated places has been the subject of :;worea of news stories from time to me. Some months ago, when an ice jam in North Dakota threatened to result in the flooding of cities and towns, the Army Air Corps sent bombardment planes from Langley Field, Va., to bomb the ice wall and release the impound- ed waters. Hospital planes are used exten- sively, both by the military and civilian services. The use of the ambulance plane was considered at a recent meeting of an interna- tional aviation sanitation confer- ence in Paris. Ambulance planes have been used in several emer- gency cases in the vicinity of the National Capital during the past few months. Plans for Perishables. It is understood that large flying boats are to be used for the ship- ment on regular schedule of strawberries and perishable tropi- cal fruits between Florida and mushrooms from the Delawarc and Pennsylvania - mushroom areas to New York has been car- ried on for some time. A commercial pilot is employed by a Baltimore newspaper to make speedy deliveries to Eastern Shore points, saving hours of time in transportation and increasing the paper’s field of usefulness. In Mexico, where bandits were wont to lurk and play havoc with the nerves and finances of mining companies and others which were forced to carry pay rolls for con- siderable distances, the airplane has come as a noisy blessing. While the bandits gnash their teeth the pay rolls arrive with 100 per cent precision by air. Sportsmen are finding the air- plane a great time saver in getting to distant hunting and fishing grounds. In the West ranchers shoot wolves and coyotes from the air, removing a menace to their herds. All of these uses for the airplane are developments of the past two decades; most of them of the past year or two. Who can say how mich more useful aviation may become to mankind during the next few years, in the light of de- velopments in the 26 years since the first airplane flight was made? COST OF AIRPLANE OPERATION SHOWN Expense Said to Be Only One-Third More Than Outlay for Aver- age Automobile. The operating cost of an airplane is but one-third more than the operating costs of an “average” automobile, ac- cording to data compiled by the Amer- ican Mbotorists’ Association, based on aviation operating costs computed from figures of the Department of Commerce. The “average’” automobile costs 6.43 cents per mile to operate, compared with the 9.39 cents per mile as the cost of operation of an “average” airplane, costing $3,000, engined with a 90-horse- power motor, carrying three people at an average speed of 100 miles per hour. ‘The relative costs per mile of the two methods of transportation, according to the A. M. A. figures, are as follow: Cents Cents Gt.l“““! . ;; 41 Kri 1 SR rimm said: e 1 i “Although Baltimore doesn’t have a Tires, repa glider club or any one who seems e e’ 288 ] directly interested in their develop- e Sanigas “ 18 | ment, I believe this latest arranged part —_— —_— of the show will prove a major incentive Total ... 6.43 9.39 ! to attendance. The most, noticeable contrast between | “We are going to have a little movie | the two modes of transportation, the} statement points out, 18 in maintenance | and insurance costs. This, however, it | 15 explained, is due to the fact that an | automobile accident usually involves but relatively small repair bills, while in most airplane crashes the piane is | a total loss, which also explains the | high rate for planes compared with | automobile insurance. | Record Passenger Haul, Afrplanes of the amphibian type oper- ated between Los Angeles and Catalina Island have carried more passengers | during the past Summer season than in any similar period since the service was started seven years ago. Predicts Ocean Route. per mile per mile | (Automobile) (Airplane) | posal that the city provide a number SHOW GLIDER FLOWN BY MISS EARHART Baltimore Event to Feature Big Exhibit of Motorless Planes. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 16.—The glider namec after Miss Amelia Earhart, transatlantic flyer, and flown by her Jasi Pall, has been purchased from Giliders, Inc., and will be exhibited at the Beltimore Aircraft Show December 9 to 14, according to Ray Krimm, man- ager of the expositien. It wili be on exhibition undoubtedly as the central attraction in a small covey of these aerial vehicles. The Orion concern alone may send a half dozen Krimm explained that practically every aircraft show in other cities has boasted a glider exhibit, which in some cases has resulted in sales to visitors. house at the show where films of gliders in flight will be unreeled. This will give visitors a good idea of just what these engineless birds are capable of doing.” AIR FUND SOUGHT. Scholarships for Men and Women Proposed. Special Dispatch to The St BALTIMORE, November 16.—A pro- of scholarships at local aviation schools has been put before Mayor William F. Broening by Councilman James J. O'Meara, who is known as the “father of the Baltimore Airport. Mr O’'Meara, discussing his sugges- tion, pointed out that the municipal Future transatlantic air transport service will operate way of the Islands, Iceland, Greenland and ALabrador, in the opinion of Sir Eric des, chairman of Imperial Airways, Ltd., Montreal, government has committed itself to facilitating aviation by providing an the Arlington County planning THE_SUNDAY NETWORK OF AIR ROUTES OF THE UNITED STATES STAR SHINGTON, D . C.. NOVEMBER 17, 1929-- PART KO —— AIRWAY UNDER MAIL CONTRACT e ‘AIRWAY UNDER MAIL CONTRACT | BUT NOT YET OPERATING s AIRWAY ON WHICH MAIL CONTRACTS ARE ADVERTISED OR PENDING. BEZ3HR8eng) CANED ON cONTRACT e o e PASSENGER OR EXPRESS ROUTE et} LoHTED PORTIONS aman. moures ORBOTH (w0 man carms) ZBe i Newest key map to the air travel routes of the United States. The map shows the various quick transportation of mail, passengers and freight services rendered by the rapidly expanding | air transport service. SEA HOP PLANNED ‘BY MEXICAN ACE Col. Roberto Fierro’s Flight Is Scheduled for Next March or April. BY TED EDIGER. MEXICO CITY, November 16.—Since Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's good will flight to Mexico in December, 1927, aviation has been booming in this re- . There hl\aei hheen nlon-:},op fiights, good-will flights, exploration fllmghts and commercial flights. The first transatlantic flight to be made by a Mexican, however, is sched- uled for March or April, 1930, when Col. Roberto Fierro, Mexican military ::e, will attempt to negotiate the dis- nce. Colonel Fierro is now considering two where he will hop to Englan other will take him south to Brazil, Africa, and then to Europe. ‘The principal stopping points on_the first route, would be Washington, New York, probably several cities in Canada, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, England, France, Germany, Spain and probably other countries in Europe. Seeks Government Authority. ‘The second route would also take the famous Mexican flyer to Washington and New York, but from New York instead of flying to Canada he would circle southward to Havana, and_from there to Bahia, Brazil. From Brazil h? ‘would fly to several European coun- tries. ' Fierro is seeking Government author- ity to make his flight official. The Government has already promised co-operate with him in his attempt, and together with several large aviation organizations here will undertake to raise the necessary funds for the flight. Colonel Fierro is one of the most famous of many outstanding Mexican fiyers. He first attracted international attention in 1928 when he made a non- stop flight to Havana, Cuba. Recently he took second place in the Mexico City to Kansas City air derby won by Col. Arthur C. Goebel. Coincident with the announcement | of Fierro's projected flight, the an- nouncement was made here that an- other prominent Mexican pilot, Miguel Colorado, of the National Aerial Force, will undertake an ambitious trip. Plans to Start In November. Colorado plans to start his trip late in November. He will circle around Mexico in non-stop hops, and then will fly to Denver, Colo. His prospective itinerary includes hops to the following places: From Mexicali, Lower California, to Merida, Yucatan, in the opposite corner of the republic; Merida to Tapachula, Chiapas, on the Guatemala border; Tapachula to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, opposite Brownsville, Texas; Matamoros to Mexicali, passing over Monterrey, Chi- huahua and Nogales; Mexicali to Den- ver; Denver to Mexico City. ‘The first of Mexico's flyers who drew wide attention was Emilio Carranza, who after his good will flight to the United States was killed July 13, 1928, at Mount Holyoke, N. J., on the return T p. Recently Col. Roberto Sidar made a good will flight to South America. Sidar returned to Mexico City several ays ago and was accorded a tremen- dous ovation. Colorado plans to make his flight with the same plane that rro used on his non-stop Cuban hop, the Mex- fcan made “Lower California No, 2.” NEWLY-FOUNDED TOWN ACQUIRES AN AIRPORT | 0il Found, Municivality Follows and Equipment for Flying Craft Added Within a Week. BAKERSFIELD, Tex. (#).—The Bib- lical story of a seven-day creation has nothing on this newest Texas oil town. Here is its building log: Oil found on Sunday; townsite leased Monday; hotel moved in Tuesday; first restaurant built Wednesday; first dry goods store Thursday; 20 buildings started Friday; talk of incorporation Saturday. ‘There was no rest Sunda for Bakersfleld laid out its airport that day. Bakersfleld i, the second town to be built on University of Texas lands. Its promoters have a 10-year lease. Flying Service Opened. Cuba’s first commercial flying service and general aircraft sales agency has been established by the newly organ- ized Cuban Flying Service, with head quarters in Havana. Bolivia PI; Airplane Routes. and added that the city should work, Six regular airplane routes now are being operated in Bolivia, chiefly in the eastern and northeastern portions of the country, by Lloyd Aereo Boliviano. | BALTIMORE AIRPORT FREEZING FOGS IMPERIL FLYERS DURING WINTER Preventives So Far Have Failed to Elim- inate Menace of Ice Forming on Wings. LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y, No- vember 16.—Early Winter fogs and freezing temperatures at altitudes of 2,000 feet or more are a combination of circumstances conducive to the for- mation of ice on the wings of airplanes, Henry Boynton, head of the aviation division of an aviation accessories firm. stated upon surveying the report of Jack Webster's recent forced landing between Bellefonte and Kylertown, Pa. Webster, National Air Transport ilot, left Bellefonte at 2:05 a.m., on is mail route from Cleveland to New York. “Hell's Stretch,” a 30-mile strip over the Allegheny range, lay ahead of him. Immediately after taking off he ran into rain and sleet accompanied by low temperature. . IXece Forced Ship Down. “The wings of my ship quickly cov- ered with a heavy coating of ice and I was unable to see the plane in the air,” Webster said. “The heavy load forced me down. Fortunately, the speed of the plane was reduced. When I struck, it was in dense brush that broke the fall” Such a forced landing is character- istic, Boynton said. The ice forms on the leading edge of the wing and creeps back over the entire surface. The aero- dynemic efficiency of the plane is re- duced to such a point that the ship becomes a flying motor which settles slowly as the forces of gravity slowly neutralize and overcome the lift of the wing surfaces > A similar instance of the dangers | | ot ice has been recorded of two Army officers who took off from Langley Field, Va, in weather just cold and humid enough to warn them that ice might form. One pilot took off and reached an al- | titude of 400 feet before he reached cloud formations. Within a few sec- onds the plane began to settle. He at_the win thin coat of ice which con{l!nued to get thicker. He turned back and barely reached the field. Three minutes later the other pilot landed with the wings heavily coated. Preventive is Sought. Tests made by the national advisory committee on aeronautics indicate that no artificlal method of precluding ice formations has been discovered. Chemi- cal compounds, wing warming devices and solutions are impractical and use- less, they reported. The only manner of avolding ice lies in the ice warning in- dicator, a sensitive thermometer which gives the air temgrnlme soon enough to enable flying the plane into warmer strata of air. Inasmuch as ice will form only at temperatures slightly below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, where the surface tension ot icy drops may be broken and pass into the solid state, a pilot may avold the possibility of being forced down, Boynton added. Air closer to the ground 1s usually warmer and will serve to preclude any umulations. T0 RECEIVE WEATHER | Building for Housing New Depart- | ment Is Being Planned by Leaders. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 16.—Plans | for construction of a new building at' the Municipal Airport for the housing of a complete weather bureau now are being formulated. Negotiations are under way for the building, which will house a depart- ment maintained under supervision of Weather Bureau szperts from the De- partment of Commerce at Washington. There also will be office space for the field representative of Pitcairn Aviation. | Inc., which handles air mail on the Baltimore circuit. A new steel hangar is to be erected for the accommodation of planes forced down because of weather condi- tions or whose pilots come to this city for brief stays. A section of the new | building will be outfitted with sleeping | quarters, and an ample supply of food- stuffs will be kept on hand. The Weather Bureau will operate in- | dependently of the bureau maintained here by the Federal Government, and will supply information concerning fly- |n§ conditions to the mail pilots and other pilots who stop at the fleld. Hearing Not Impaired. The noise of airplanes will not impat the hearing, in the opinion of Prof. Horace W. Stunkard, head of the bi- ology department of New York Uni- versity. - L —_ Planes to Survey Upper Nile. The wilds of the upper Nile River will be surveyed by airplane under the terms of a contract approved by the Egyptian ministry of public works. TWO SITES SOUGHT FOR GLIDER FLIGHTS District Air Legion Unit Plans Camps for Weekly Train- ing Meets. Search for two sites, one for primary gliding practice and the other for soar~ ing flights in gliders is being made by the District Air Legion Glider Unit, with a view to establishment of camps for weekly glider training meets, it is an- nounced by Alva Sole, president of the legion. The first site, for short glides only, is sought near the city and will be confined to qualification of members fo the legion for the more difficult soaring flights to be made later. Farther away from the city, at a place where the necessary heights and currents of wind may be obtained, the legion expects to train members in gliding flights. Search for the two sites is being made by T. J. Waggy and John A Shaw of the legion glider committee. President Sole, recently re-elected by the legion, today announces the follow- ing committee chairman appointments: By-laws, Robert D. Burbank: pub- licity, John A. Shaw; membership, T. J. Waggy; entertainment, M. G. Dooley: grievance, J. Elmer Kreis; ways and means, H. S. Kempf; audit, C. K. Glad- hill. John A. Shaw will continue as editor of the legion monthly paper, the Legion Take-Off. Airplane Parking Tax. Airplane landing and parking taxes are +| charged on publi¢ airports in Chile, the amount of the fee depending upon the seating capacity of the plane and rang- ing upward from 12 cents for landing and 25 cents per day for parklag. 150,000 Airplanes a Year Annual Rate Of Production in 1 DETROIT (Special).—An annual pro- duction of 150,000 airplanes within 10 years, 1,000,000 within 20 years and, per- haps, 5,000,000 within 30 years. Such was the ootimistic prediction of Edward A. Stinson, one of the Wright brothers’ first proteges, successive stages of whose adventurous career have car- ried him from barnstormer and “frog hopper” to a trainer of World War aces and head of a big plane concern. “Those who have followed the prog- ress of aviation.” said Mr. Stinson, “hardly have to be shown the analogy Efitw““ the alrplane and the automo- e. “In 1900, when a ride in a ‘horseless carriage’ was as great an adventure as is an airplane trip today, automobile production—4,192—was approximately that of last 's airplane production. “In 1901 the number of cars turned out had jumped to 7, and by 1910 180,000 passenger cars e _manufac- Jeaped by 1930 to Heans® 6001000, while | | 0 Years, Says Expert: 1ast year the peak of 4,240,590 cars was reached. “While aircraft manufacturers just now are selling performance rather than thrills and while the sales appeal is made mostly to commercial houses and to transportation companies, the plane for individual use is more and more cpming into its own, and the time is not far distant when aircraft taxi fleets. | connecting outlying airports with the | | heart of the metropolitan business dis tricts, will be operated like the bus and taxicab companies of today. few inventions and improvements and aviation, it should be remem- bered, has a strong ally in radio—will have to come before private ownership warrants mass production, But as soon as the human equation is eliminated and airplanes are made foolproof and we have the yertical lift, which will permit-landin, ers or on platforms over nals, the public will become air minded and the -E‘gl-ne will be as ubiquitous as the automobile, HANGAR SPRINKLER TESTS ARE PLANNED Site at Bureau of Standards Will Be Used in Trying Out Effectiveness. The national committee on' wood | utilization of the Department of Com- merce, which now is making a study of the subject of airport structures, is cooperating in the work of the fact- finding committee on automatic sprin- Kler protection for airplane hangars, and | will construct an airplane hangar at the Bureau of Standards in which to conduct the proposed tests to dete~- mine the effectiveness of automatic | sprinkler systems, according to Dr. Axcl H. Oxholm, director of the national committee on wood utilization. This hangar is to be constructed of wood with a concrete foundation and floor, and will be 65 feet by 80 feet inside dimension with 18 feet clearance between th~ floor and lower chord of roof trusses. Arrangements have been made with the Bureau of Standards for the use of a suitable site, and con- struction is to be started at once. It! is expected that the hangar will be| completed and ready for the tests in about six weeks. According to Col. Harry H. Biee, chief of the airports division of the aeronautics branch and chairman oi | the fact-finding committee, three con- | ferences have been held at the request | of the National Board of Fire Under- writers for the purpose of discussing | with the aviation industry the board’s | proposed code for the construction and protection of airports. Two of these conferences were held in Washington under the auspices of the aeronautics | branch of the Commerce Department, | and one was held during the Chicago | aireraft show under the auspices of the | Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. At all three conferences the industry | objected to the requirements of the codz | with respect to automatic sprinklers. | As a result the national board has agreed to postpone the promulgation of | its code pending the making of a series M be flown in this contest. Scale Contest Postponed. The scale model contest, scheduled for November 29 and 30, has been post- poned until a later date, due to the injury of John Williams, instructor of model aircraft of the community center department. Willlams suffered a badly | cut hand while at work with a buzz saw in the model airplane workshop at Central High School. The saw slipped from a plece of wood on which he was working and gashed his hand. He is recuperating at Providence Hos- pital and many of the model fiyers of the District have been over to wish him good cheer and a speedy recovery. John Sullivan, junior model airplane champion of the United States, writes in to say he has organized a model alreraft club at Georgetown. John says the club's membership will be limited to the best flyers in the city. Those who have qualified for the club at the present date ar William Pizinni, Robert Phinney and Russell Kidwell. Another Club Organized. The column received another letter from Joseph Reddington of 2144 street, who states he'is anxious to or- ganize a model plane club in his neigh- | borhood. | His letter follows: | “I am forming an aero club and would like to hear from 30 boys be- tween the ages of 16 and 18 who would like to build a plane to fly at a very small cost.” There's a chance for you fellows in Joseph’s neighborhood to join & model aireraft club. There's a chance to build & plane that might cop laurels in the |contests around the city. The column would like to hear from Joseph as to the progress his proposed club is making. Junior High Clubs. _Billy Streets, president ‘of the newly organized model plane club at Columbia Junior High School, announces splen- did progress by members of his organi- zation. Billy, with the assistance of Walter Roth, model plane devotee, is teaching fellow students at his school how to build and fly planes. ‘Thirteen boys have been enrolled by the club. They are: Edward Nightin- gale, Jerry Hysong, Agamemnon Per- ris, Robert Garrison, Fred Hughes, Lloyd Burroughs, Harry Kitchener, Homer Cornelius, Bernard Robb, Abra- ham Glukenhaus, Billy Doliante and Silvan Floam. Most of the members already have constructed ships and are making trial flights in the school auditorium. Oth- ers expect to have their ships ready by Friday, wh n the first club contest will be held. ‘i ne planes are being built in the ®anual training room of the school. Fifty Boys Enrolled. Fifty boys have enrolled in the Powell Junior High School club, organized sev- eral weeks ago. Club meetings are h~ld | at the school every Thursday aiternoon. | Raymond Davis is president of the club. | The column would like to hear from all boys interested in model aircraft in the city. Any information desired in regard to model aircraft will he giv- en gladly by the column. Since new clubs are springing up all over the city, other boys would like to | hear about them. So, fellows. don' forget to drop the column a line and tell us what work you are doing on your model ships. Colored Schools Form Club. With a view to promoting interest in aviation the colored high schools of the club, which will meet every Saturday under the direction of two public school | teachers. Garnet C. superintendent of schools, a strong ad- vocate of the new class, announced yes- terday that due to sustained interest of | high school pupils in aviation the proj- ect is the most satisfactory mean of en- BY GEORGE W. WATERS. ORE than 200 model airplane pilots are hard at work preparing their tiny ships for entry in the next contest of the District Model Aircraft League, to be held at the Macfarland Junio: High Airdrome Saturday morning. The flyers are making trial flights for duration and speed at ail available flying fields in the city. Four different types of planes will city have organized a modal aircraft Wilkinson, first assistant || ‘They are hand-launched models, rise-off- floor scientific, rise-off-water fuselage and helicopter models. of flight and the history of aviation will o be undertaken. ; Accumulates Vocabulary. In his report on the club to Mr. Wil- kinson, R. 1. Vaughn, head of the de- sartment of ngp]led science of the school system, stated: “By building both the scientific and scale models the boy accumulates a vo- cabulary of aviation terms which per- mits him to greater lrprechu litera- ture, lectures and exhibitions of matters relative to aviation in general. He must know the elementary principles of the theory of flight in order to make his ‘heavier than air’ machine stay in the air. In the construction of scale models, both flvir~ and non-flying, he develops an appreciation of the proportions of the different parts of a plane. He is - inspired to design a ship of his own and finally may reach the decision to specialize in some branch of aviation.” The instructors for the club are George A. Ferguon of Armstrong High School and Charles Baltimore of the Shaw Junior High School. Club mem- bers are limited to not more than six boys from each of the junior and senior high schools. The club will meet at the Armstrong High School. During the month of May an_exhibit of the models con- structed by members and a contest for the planes will be held. {PLANES TO CARRY 200 SLEEPERS PREDICTED Aerial Taxi to Service From City Airport Is Visualized. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 16.—Air liners capable of carrying 200 persons with all the comforts and conveniences of the modern railroad car are forecast by Ralph S. Westing, World War fiyer. Speaking at a luncheon of the Bal- timore Association of Commerce, West- ing. prophesied that in the next 5 to 20 years it would be possible to go to a platform some 600 feet square, and, located either at a railway terminal or at ‘l dock Ind Bfl."hi%n"' lt.hara ltllc a axiplane and fly a large landing field beyond the city limits. ] At the field the traveler would board an air liner, go to bed in a comfortable berth, and be awakened from 10 to 11 hours later in Kansas City. He would not know when the plane left the ground or when it landed at his desti- nat:on. but would be awakened by the porter. ! Driving—Now! PRESTONE Anti-Freeze Liquid G-P-A Glyeerine ‘WHIZ Anti-Freeze ALCOHOL 188-Proof WEED Tire Chains PINES Winter Fronts and Heaters couraging students in the science. ‘The purpose of the club is for the studying and construction of model olanes. Scientific flying models of push. ers and tractors will be built by mem bers of the club. Study of the theory € Fhaonann . 4 sTAR SERVICE STATION | of tests to determine the effectiveness | of automatic skrinklers in controlling | airplane hangar fires. | The committee organized by the De- | partment of Commerce to arrange and conduct such tests includes: ' Col. Harry H. Blee, chaitman, aero- | nautics branch, Department of Com- | merce; W. S. Garland, bureau of aero- | nautics, Navy Department; R. W. Hen- | dricks, Underwriters’ Laboratories; Ira | G. Hoagland, National Automatic Sprinkler Association; Maj. Frank M. | Kennedy, U. 8. Army Air Corps; W.! Laurence Le Page, Aeronautic Chamber of Commerce of America; Nolan D. Mitcheil, Bureau of Standards; H. E. Newell, National Board of Fire Under- writers; Starr Truscott, national ad- visory committee for aeronautics. The Bureau of Standards, in addi- tion to naming a representative on the cammittee, has agreed to furnish such personnel and instruments as may be necessary for making adequate records of these tests, which contemplate tests of the wet-pipe and dry-pipe systems and also of the open sprinkler system with automatically controlled water supply operated by thermostatic devices. It is planned that the tests of each system shall include four types of fires; (1) fire from exterior source; (2) fire starting inside of wing due to faulty wiring; (3) fire starting in_fuselage due to gasoline leak; and (4) fire start- ing from gasoline on floor from leaky connections. AIRPORT MANAGEMENT REQUIRES HIGH ABILITY Department of Commerce Bulletin Says Basic Knowledge of Avia- tion Also Is Need. A high order of executive ability, plus a basic knowledge of aviation, is neces- sary for proper, airport mansgement, !says a bulletin by the Department of ! Commerce. ““There is no consideration more vital than safety,” the bulletin said in dis- cussing municpal airports, “and there is no better guaranty of ulev,ir than good management. Federal regulations, local fleld rules and local ordinances | must be enforced so that a maximum ! of safety can be expected by those fly- |ing and by the ground public at and in | the vicinity of the airport. “The city has an investment which must be protected. There are revenues, such as hangar rentals, landing fees, concession rentals, etc., to be collected. | There are also intangible returns from | municipal airport, and the taxpayers | who have made the airport possible have | a right to expeet the i | Xilmir kn Six Airports. MIAMI, Fla. (#).—Miami, terminus of air lines to Latin America, boasts six airports an land lndd airport deve en| the last three yesss. 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