Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1930, Page 63

TIEEET BY JOSEPH INCE the recent sweeping re- duction in passenger fares on the lines of a number of competitive air transport companies passenger loads have increased tremendously. Some of the lines report increases of more than 200 per cent, and on one section the increase has been nearly 300 per cent. From one angle, therefore, the orgy of rate slashing has been a source of satisfaction to air trans- port executives. It has proved that fear has not caused empty seats in the transport planes, but that it is the high cost of flying which in the past has been one of the chief drawbacks to passenger air transport development. 8,000 Passengers Daily. Statistics compiled by the De- partment of Commerce aeronau- tics branch show that during the gagéo half of 192?1 an average ?; ,000 passengers flew every day civil aircraft in the United States. That was before the reduction in rates. It was estimated some time ago that in excess of 10,000 persons would fly every day in 1930. That estimate was made on the basis of the then existing higher rates. If the new low rates are continued for any length of time this estimate undoubtedly will have to be increased ma- terially. But, although the results of rate cutting have been most encour- aging from the standpoint of the increased public acceptance of air transportation, there remains a . large, persistent and most noisome fly in the ointment of the air transport operators. They can- not, it appears, make any money at all under the new tariffs. Not only can they not make money, but the more passengers they i:my the more money must they ose. Not until there are much more economical airplanes and lower— much lower—operating costs can the operators find a way to the black side of the ledger unless they can obtain sufficient rev- enues from other sources to more than make good their losses from the carrying of passengers. In Europe the passenger lines oper- ate at rates comparable to rail- road rates, considering the faster service offered. But in Europe the operating losses are made good by generous governmental subsidies. ‘The only approach to a subsidy in this country has been the United States airmail contract. And perhaps the tariff. There have been many able statesmen who have been at pains to explain that the tariff is not a subsidy. The subsidy aspect of the airmail contract has not been so keenly stressed in this country. In Eng- land, however, publishers of aero- nautical papers neglect no oppor- tunity to refer most pointedly to the airmail contract as a subsidy in intent and effect. Federal Contracts Profitable. ‘There is no question that some of the existing Federal airmail contracts are most generous. to the operators. Many of the hold- ers of contracts are making money, some of them very hand- some profits. Congress hoped and intended that the airmail contract should be a means of stimulating the de- velopment of commercial aviation in this country. This hgge has been fulfilled in large part. But for selfishness much more good might have come of the Govern- ment’s generosity. Profits which have gone to a relatively few per- sons in some instances ht have been applied to better ad- vantage—from the standpoint of human progress—to the develop- ment of aviation in general. Brown Would Spread Profits. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown appears to have caught something of this feeling. He has proposed that in the future air- mail contracts be awarded only to transport companies which carry passengers and express. Had this policy been in effect in the past some of the excess profits which have been made from Fed- eral contracts for the carrying of the mails might have been poured into the development of passen- ger air transporiation during its troublous early years. The epidemic of air passenger rate slashing which has swept the country has its precedent in the history of railroad develog- ment. In the early days of the railroad rates were reduced to TION S. EDGERTON. levels which made profits abso- lutely impossible. The purpose was to build up a public accept- ance of rail tri rtation and a general demand for such trans- portation. Then, with the public “sold” on the desirability of the railroad and with the weaker competitors forced out of exist- ence or swallowed up, rates were brought u? again to a revenue- producing level. This recalling of the early his- tory of the railroads also serves as a reminder that other forms of transportation than the airplane had their own troubles with acci- dents and resultant deluges of criticism. There are people who ride the railroads the day after a serious railroad wreck without giving the matter a thought, but who vigorously condemn the air- plane following each crash. Railroads Once Feared. It may be interesting to such persons to know that their earlier prototypes were as vigorous in condemning the railroads. Dur- ing the pioneering day of the rail- road in Europe there was one par- ticularly bad accident in which a number of persons were killed and which. resulted in an almost complete cessation of passenger travel. The railroad officials put their heads together to devise ways and means of enticing the nervous public back into their cars. They finally hired a troupe of actors to ride on the train and pretend that they were enjoying the experience very much and that the thought of fear was re- mote from their minds. Just l;ov:h the‘ufng-cuttlng ro- gram o e ansport es will turn out remains to be seen. It does not seem possible, with operation costs what they are to- day, that they can be continued long without the companies of- fering them being forced into bankruptcy. The new rates may bring in more money to some of the oper- ators than they now are making. A rate of 5 cents per mile on 10 gusen ers, it is easy to see, will ring in more revenue than 10 cents a mile on four passengers. ‘The reports of the transport com- panies to the Department of Com- merce show that on many of the air passenger lines planes have been carrying only from 16 to 32 l)ar cent capacity loads. This is ower than the railroads, which average 40 per cent of their pas- senger-carrying capacity. Five-Cents-a-Mile Transportation Under the new low rates one of the large transcontinental air lines claims that for the first two weeks of operation more,than 90 per cent of the seats in its planes have been occupied. This line is offering intercity transportation at the rate of 5 cents per mile. Its Ford tri-motored planes are limited to 10 passengers, or a rev- enue of 50 cents per mile. Yet this company admits with re- freshing frankness that its oper- ating costs, including overhead, { stations ~participate not only ) D. C., FEBRUARY 2, 1930—PART FOUR, TESTS OF ARWAY | e oo cnor s smeme war | WEATHER ASSURED Automatic Teletype Employ- ed in Framing Forecasts of Atmospheric Conditions. Installation by the Weather Bureau and Department of Commerce of an automatic teletype communications sys- tem at Bolling Field and other East Coast aviation weather stations now is being undertaken as a step toward the furnishing of complete aviation weath- er forecasts and reports every three hours along the coastal airway passing through this city. Two teletype outfits are being in- stalled in the Weather Bureau station at Bolling Field, one being kept in re- serve in case of a breakdown. The station will be tied in with similar stations at Richmond, Quantico, Va.; Baltimore and Aberdeen, Md.. Phila- delphia, New York and other points. ‘This section of the coastal route will be connected with a Northern section extending from New York to Boston and with the Southern section from Richmond to Florida. ~When the en- tire system is completed it will be made @ part of the transcontinental weather system. Nation-wide Chain Formed. The stations at Bolling Fleld and other points in the local system have been established as part of the Nation- wide chain of upper-air stations. ’:ha:e e Weather Bureau “three-hour” aviation forecast system, but are in a position to provide up-to-the-minute weather information at any hour of the day or night for all aviators. Bolling Field and the other stations in the secondary network of which it is a part are connected to the central office of the Weather Bureau, to the the 5 The Bolling Field station 1s in opera- tion 24 hours a day, with a staff of four mmmarolm twm'lhu in shifts, upder direction of Paul A. Miller, - ologlst in charge. — airway. In capacity it has its own network of sec- ondary stations, located at Bellefonte, Pa.; Hadley Field, N. J.; Philadelphia, Frostburg, lottesville, Richmond and zn.; Greensboro, 3 a.; NEW AIRCRAFT HELP FROM RADIO IS GOAL = Simultaneous Broadcasting May .; Char- o d ‘Wytheville, Delaware Breakwater, and Col . are $142 per mile. If you can figure any profit there you are a wfllnrd. The operators can’t do it on any existing type of airplane, whether single motored or multi motored. Whether passenger cln'ylnos may be considered a source profit for the air transport oper- ator on scheduled service today remains an uncertainty. The railroads of the country year derived only 16 per cent of their income from passengers. The air- plane passenger income undoubt- will be higher than for the railroads and, with more efficlent and faster planes and possible re- duction of overhead expenses, op- erators believe that profits not only are possible, but the long run are certain. The general reduction in air travel rates and the co-ordina- tion of air transport schedules will be considered at a meeting of the air transport section of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce in St. Louis February 19, in conjunction with the sec- ond annual international aircraft tion there. The first comprehensive an- alysis of the results of the reduc- tion of the passenger rates upon the volume of traffic will be pre- sented at the meeting. At this meeting the operators also will consider the establishment of consolidated air travel ticket of- air ' lines themselves, after the railroad ticket office system. NEW AIRPLANE RULE MAKES FOR SAFETY Pilots of Passenger Planes Forbid- den to Fly Under 500- Foot Level. Elimination of aircraft accidents re- sulting directly from low flying is the purpose of an amendment to the air commerce regulations just put into ef- | fect by the Department of Commerce, according to an announcement by Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics. “The air traffic rules prior to this amendment,” Maj. Young said, “limited the altitude at which s ltrph?e > may fly over open country a minimu of 500 feet, except under the stress of ‘weather conditions. The amendment, which becomes effective immediately, places the absolute minimum altitude of an airplane carrying passengers for hire at 500 feet under any circum- stagces, other than for the purpose of taihg off and landing. “In its application, the new require- ment gives a pilot but one alternative in the event he is forced by weather condi- tions to descend below such established minimum altitude, and that is to effect s landing at the earliest opportunity, either by returning to his point of last departure, or going ing field or other area suitable for an emergency landing.” ‘The new regulation was promulgated as a result of reports received by the Department of Commerce from its in- spectors on the West Coas® which indi- trous ‘Transconti- in an attempt to the nearest land- | loop! Pilot Keeps Busy Trying to Tame 6 Pet (?) Squirrels Ears, Hands and Furni- ture Suffer From Teeth of Unruly Sextet. Christmas has come and gone for some people, but not for Henry T. (Dick) Merrill, airmail pilot on the Eastern Afr Transpost line through the National Capital. Though Christmas is past Merrill still is at work taming his Christmas presents. rode with him on all his mail runs and to which he became greatly attached. It went A. W. O. L. one day before Christmas and never came back. On Christmas eve Merrill hung up a stock- ing (literally). It was alive Christmas m , and when Merrill subdued the wrige! hosiery he found in it six fly- ing squirrels, presented by his admirers, Since that time Merrill has been hard at work trying to persuade the sextet not to cuv“t;l;.em. hands and other gnawing and clawing of at least one of the beasts that it will be a safe flying companion and fices, owned and operated by the | corg Merrill had a flying squirrel which | The | £ e s 0] an ground | today hold the future of avia Give Pilots Greater Safety Chance. The simultaneous broadcasting to air- craft of radio beacon and radio tele- Pphone signals so that pilots on the air- Ways may receive weather and other tion without being compelled to lose the radio range signals and so run experiments a el ureau of In preliminary experiments one method of accomplishing the double broadcast was in connection with the 12-course beacon transmitter, which gave good phone and beacon signals at mn.duunm from the transmitting Refinements in the transmitting eir- cult arrangement were begun, pre- to test flights over distances more nearly those required in practice, it was announced through the Depart- :n‘enf. of Commerce. ethod ap] four-course beacon, it was stated. A ntu:b'er of test ntmm Wwere made, lour-course type radio-beacon for the purpose of determining the in- creased sharpness of the beacon courses resulting from the elimination nae. tual coupling arran 31@ lnt’ennu mcelrcult. legree from the true course mas - tected as compared with 2 dem?eebse, ‘Z!ele best previous ratio of accuracy. Airports Cover 1,000 Miles. There are more than 1, land mmmmop'fi': 2irports in this country, sc- made P. Secretary it inserted in A deviation of 1 Trubee Davison, Assistan! ¢ ‘War for Aeronautics. . - D. C. BOYS AND GIRLS CAN JOIN AIR LEGION Flying Club, Admitting Persons Under 18, Seeks Firm Aero Foundation, ‘The District of Columbia Air Leglon, ploneer local flying club, is plapif!‘d‘ to enroll junior memi immediatel; der the terms of a recent amen: t to the by-laws, it was announced last night by Alva Sole, president of the club. The junior membership will be open to all boys and girls under 16 years of age. The junior membership will entitle members to attend the legion's Limited lon. grou is that pre- scribed by the aeronautics branch of the De&:nment of Commerce and in- cludes the following subjects: nes, 15 hours; air commerce regulal , 8 hours; motors, 15 hours; meteorology and navigation, 15 hours. The course is conducted by Lieut. Noble C. Schilt :‘gd requires four months for comple- n. “The reason for offering this mem- , , “is that the leglon, to teach its members to the boys and girls of Wash- oo “adls oatatad O ! cost, is of d girls g their hands, and that by offering them an opportunity to obtain this recog- nized, well worked out training at no cost, the It is making the greatesi contribution in its power to the future of aviation locally.” ‘The headquarters of the legion are 8 {in Room 711, International Building, | 1319 F street. —_— arc will not take a chunk out of his BT S prese gect o has gasoline It is driven by a six- Dak. engine, " wmay| JOLAR BEAR FLIGHT REVEALS ROMANCE OF MODERN AVIATION Army Air Corps Flyers Endure Terrific Hardships to Conquer King Winter on Long Experimental Expcdition. One of the romances of modern mili- tary aviation has been written the 1st Pursuit Group, Army Air Corps, during the past two weeks in an epic s le against blizzards and sub- Arctic temperatures. The group this week completed its famous “polar bear” flight from its home station, Selfridge Fleld, Mount Clemens, Mich,, to Spo- e, Wash., and return. i The flight was a research in winter operations and the results have been invaluable in the opinion of Army officials. Every type of hardship which may be anticipated in any type of Win- ter opeartions was encountered and overcome after almost incredible hard- ships faced by officers of the gmu}: One of the inspiring features of the expedition to military authorities was the splendid work of amateur radio stations along the line of flight and in the National Capital in maintaining communications between different units of the group and lnwrallyggs vitlzgy important messages pol along the line of flight and from the flight commander, Maj. Ralph Royce, Air Corps, to the War Department. Or- ganized amateur radio operators demon- strated their value to the country dur- ing this expedition as an integral part of the National Defense System, in the opinion of Army experts. rators of amateur stations in and around the National Capital maintained constant vigil during the flight and on repeated occasions brought the first word to the War Department from the expedition. This was especially true in the case of fiyers who were storm-bound away from the official channels of com- | p y unication. s effected by a simple mu- | ™'The fojlowing local amateur stations ek took part in the organized communica- W3LA, Paul H. Thomsen, Silver Spring, Md.; W3BWT, E. P. Darne, 132 Ten- nessee avenue northeast; W3CAB, C. A. ; W3AIL, M. A. Wallls, and W3- , H. V. Farnham, 33{;{ lt;;;t northeast, assisted by M. H. Long, - LX, president of the Washington Radio Club, and Miss E. M. Zandonine, W3- CDQ, treasurer of the same organiza- These stations worked in co-opera- ‘War Department. All members of the Washington Radio ule for the amateur op- at least one station ‘Messag - teurs handling the messages from the expedition _were relayed by WIMK, American Radio Relay League station at Hartford, Conn. Local Amateurs Found Plane. ing 3 Bergt. K. D. Wilson, radio man at Bolling Field and owner of the local amateur sta- tlon, W3GT, was operator. This plane was forced down within a few days after the flight started and was stranded 12 miles civilization, with exhausted radio batteries. Western amateurs lo- cated the plane and notified the War Deptmr through the local ama- Later, when the planes of the expedi- tion became scattered by storms the Western amateur stations, notably ‘W9COS and WICSI, succeeded in locat- ing every one of the 22 planes and notl- 1y the War Department through loe‘:lf stations of their location and con- dition. ‘The flight was attended from the very start by hardship and danger. The day before the scheduled take-off from Sel- ridge Field the 18 pursuit, 1 observa- tion and 3 transport planes compos- ing the force were rolled out onto the ice of Lake St. Clair, where skis were substituted for the landing wheels. That night a thaw with heavy rains set in and during the night the big transport es began to go throug followed by the pursuit planes. After the most heroic struggle the planes were pulled ashore, where the rain began to freeze in solid masses on the ships. After the delay caused by these mis- fortunes, the expedition gz under way and immediately ran into exceedingly severe weather conditions. Second Major Lesson. In a radio message e 3 “Second. major lesson of st Pursuit » the ice, | 1 Group's Winter maneuver learned this when pilots endeavored to start planes in temperature 20 below zero. Rear end of crankcase one plane torp out by starter because motor was too cold to turn over. Group walted for transport with heaters. One Ford trans- port and Douglas trans) arrived this afternoon, also Lieut. 's, who was delayed Grand Forks with damaged ski. Douglas trans was forced down 25 miles east of t, broken oil line re- and plane proceeded to Minot, right axle landing.” At Minot, bggre thheu planes :‘gu@w be started, Maj. Royce informed the War Department, water and oil were drained from the engines and live steam was in- into the motors . | violating Royce reported. flight (from Minot to Great Falls, Mont.) in small flights. In taking off at Minot, Lieut. Warburton's skis were damaged so they were replaced by wheels. The flight was made in fmupc of three and five, giving the jun- lor officers an excellent opportunity to lead their units in Winter weather. “Lieut. Elliott forced down at Hosey and may new motor. Today’s flight made in temperatures varying from 10 below to 5 above. At Great Falls some Winter fog and snow flurries forced pilots to fly at altitude of 200 feet and often below that.” Six Planes Forced Back. After being held a day at Great Falls six of pell, the 1st Pursuit Group is taking all possible precautions before attempt- ing again to cross this wild section of the mountains. Officers suffered ex- tremely from cold on the flight. are worthless because of the frost; pilots are flying without any. Wolf damaged ski. Elliott being shipj motor; near- est_rallway 70 miles sled. to hospital with infected foot. Giovan- | ed by nolli and Underhill frozen noses.” Lieut. Rogers, who was forced down 70 miles from the nearest railroad, fur- nished one of the most striking individ- ual stories of the expedition. He was forced to leave his stranded plane with a broken motor and to travel miles by sledge. horses died and the farmer him went to a hos- who accompanied pital in a serious condition from freezing. | I Rogers reported his predicament and later a new motor was flown to him aboard a tri-motored transport plane, which landed by the disabled plane. Mechanics aboard the transport changed the motor and both plane swere flown e Tamary 17, Maj. Ro rted an 5 . Royce re) from Ofl:m: “Bliazard with 35- mile wind on Plateau Airport prevented 1st Pursuit Group from getting mo- tors started for hop to Spokane. Officers working on their planes at daylight with thermometer at 14 below. Wind- lashed snow cut to the bone and drift- ed high about ships. Lined face masks necessary on d.” Maj. Royce removed his gloves for | are a moment to fasten a bolt on his plane and froge his hands. He succeeded in thawing them out before they were se- riously injured. Officers’ Faces Frozen. “One plane started at cost of frost- bitten face of Lieut. Straubel,” the re- port continued. “Doctor on Lieut. Underhill's nose, frozen yes- terday. One boiler supplying steam to planes froze while operal and burst a pipe. Newly supplied boiler unable to get up sufficient steam while in Afier further struggles the group crossed the Rockies and reached Spo- kane. Their arrival was reported to the War Department by Maj. Royce, as The Winter equipment of planes and pilots of the 1st Pursuit Group, Army Air Corps, which has just completed one of the most difficult peacetime training flights in the history of the group, is shown in these photographs. Above is a pilot standing beside his plane, which is equipped with skis for landing on snow and ice, and the new type motor cover, in which a flameless heater supplies warmth to keep the motor oil and water from freezing. Be- low, Maj. Ralph Royce (left), com- mander of the group, is shown talking with one of his plots in full Winter flying togs, including face mask. —Army Alr Corps Photos. GLIDER LICENSES PROTECT AMATEURS Department of - Commerce Prepared to Pass on Air Unworthiness Now. - In an effort to protect the growing army of amateur American gliding en- thusiasts from improperly designed and un-airworthy gliders, or motorless air- { planes, the Department of Commerce is prepared to issue Federal licenses to approved type gliders, it was announced yesterday by Gilbert G. Budwig, direc- tor of air regulation of the Department of Commerce aeronautics branch. “An unlicensed glider may or may not be safe,” Budwig pointed out. “The fact that it possesses an unlicensed identification number does not in any irworthiness of Beyond serving to identify ownership, the identification number means nothing. “A license number which is preceded by the letter ‘C’, however, means that the craft has com Federal license Siring ‘such Pedoral Heonses for” ai: sucl nses for air- craft and “ngflmflhl& ‘There are which require Pederal licenses for all types of an and airmen, which includes lers and Soilcented guder piots. a 4 ts operal n 20 States, it was pointed flall:‘t‘ are the State law. These States and territories are Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Towa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakots, Rhode Island, South ota, Texas ont, Washington, . ial con- sideration, however, is given certain dlflernm:ftermll:lyfl;md“ m“m = tered in powered craft. Schools Teaching Aviation. Aviation training courses wil part of the curriculum of the Jo{!lfi.h'm. high schools. The of ‘will s s e T connection X work in auhmc:fina mechnm'; motars looked over, valves checked, fab- ric patched and broken mm replaced as well as can be done his opera- tion of a fighting air unit far away from One pilot and one base of ;!upplm lane are still in the enemy’: ds. Lieut. Rogers in l:encpihl’. ?n?{.le m&h Mont., wlthb'u:r{!:cgd foot, . Elliott’s plane 1 treat- blizzards on bleak Montana hill- side.” After a day at Spokane, Maj. Royce reported: “Pilots rested and fi,‘“’ ideas on how to o see The group ran into its worst storm the following K o d.d" €n route from Mfles is working | 8bout to mak forced e a a8 blizzard 4 miles east of preceding Warm | ed last night by Clarence M. Young, Secretary of Cammerce for Aeronautics. In all Mr. Y E. il be | showing that the applicant ‘has the time the of e. A mr grade, whose current licenses 2| Under the department’s modified pro- cedure the trans. Model Aircraft BY GEORGE W. WATERS. rior flyers at the “free-for-all” model plane meet held a the Macfarland Junior High School Miniature Air- ;-[‘ne crack pilots of the District Model Aircraft League were far the suj drome last week. With more than 100 model plane enthusiastis present to watch ground models. was fifth with 554-5 seconds. Frank Salisbury Wins. In the contest for l‘lfing true scale models, Frank Salisbury, a leading | District, captured first place when his ship stayed in the air for 52 seconds. Second place was given to John Sullivan with 35 seconds in the air. Douglas Bruce was third with 21 4-5 seconds; Bayard Underwood, fourth, 21 1-5 seconds, and Lloyd Barrett, fifth, 92-5 seconds. Otho Williams was victor in the class for hand-launched-scien- tific models with the time of 2 minutes 254-5 seconds; Douglas Bruce was second with the time of 2 minutes 153-5 seconds; James Murray, third, 1 minute 544-5 seconds; John Sullivan, fourth, with 1 minute 453-5 sec- onds, and Lloyd Barrett, with the time of 1 minute 44 2-5 seconds, was fifth. John H. Williams, directed the meet and Bob Willlams, E. L. Cooney and Miss Mrytle Moore acted as timekeepers. With the announcement by the model plane flyer of the | tri District Model Aircraft League that flyers could begin re- tering, scores of pilots have visited plane headquarters at the Com- |th munity Center Department and “signed up” for the new year. New Boys Enroll. The new s who have en- the event, Luther Schmidt, league flyer, provided the thrill of the day, when his tiny ship circled the airdrome for 2 minutes 10 2-5 seconds to win for him first place in the contest for baby rise-off- John Sullivan, United States champion, was second in this con- test with the time of 1 minute 49 4-5 seconds. Otho Williams’ tiny craft stayed aloft for 1 minute and 10 seconds, to win third place. Billy Streets was fourth with 1 minute 5 seconds, and Douglas Bruce A feature of this model air- port is that it has been ren- dered faithfully to the scale of 80 to 1, excepting only the littlecelec- c lamps, which are used as boundary and obstruction lights. The tiny nl%lann; exact scale models of an N. A. T. Curtiss Fal- con and an N. A. T. Douglas, have been carved from wood and &:mm with meticulous care for e precise detail by Mr. Paul Duncan of Chicago, a distinguish- ed maker of accurate ship mod- els for historical purposes. The; represent many hours of wor{ and have astonished aeronautical exfem by thejr completeness and extremely diminutive size. The wing spread of the Falcon is 55-8 inches; overall length, 4 inches. The Douglas is also only 4 inches long, with a wing spread of 67-8 inches. When set up, the display is a very realistic reproduction of the actual airport scene at the leadingof airmail and air ex- press, and it is belleved it will at- tract the attention of many per- sons to these practical services. Aero Club Reports. Magnusson, reporter for 2vy Chase Aero Club, sends ollowing. letter: “At a meeting of the Chevy Chase Aero Club, January 12, it was decided to issue free supplies to club members who at workshop periods. These periods are conducted every Sunday eve- Joh the ¢ e rolled in the e are Robert Wil , Rober! Hawthorne, William Davis, Aven Whittington, Junius Hutton, Randall Book, John Hillers, Charles Cook, Mor- rison Smith, John Hancock an Lowell Bennett. A new window , depict- ing in miniature the Chicago N. A. T. hangars and featuring the nirm;u.:u’rjun been completed d | model makin; ning from 6 o'clock to far into the night and Ernest Stout acts as instructor. As a result, much added interest has been shown in g. “In the free-for-all contest held at Macfarland last week Otho Williams and Robert sw?e. both rst and of t-h& c.lc. A. C, toaku o second places respectively. - urday, February 1, the club will commence covering the middle section of the glider wing and work will be advanced on the two tion | end sections. play is a eumh plete alrpcrthn mbe:' d.ln= angars, planes, > con, wind cone, flood light, auto- mobiles, pilots, wind direction in- struments and other accessories, surmounted by a large map of the air mail and air express lines of the United States, with the N. A. carry brief] main facts about N. A. T. lgd its E service. | , Eight Navy officers are to be selected for assignment to the next class for REGULATIONS MADE Unnecessary Re-examina- tions Omitted by Depart- ment of Commerce. “Recently the C. C. A. “One of the club members, Joe Galliher, is construc two-cylinder airplane. work of the 16-foot already been completed.” FEDERAL EXPERTS T0AIDAIRMEETING Herbert Hoover, Jr., to Tell Automotive Engineers of Flying Advances. New regulations have been promul- gated by the Department of Commerce aeronautics branch, effective yesterday, which do away with unnecessary re- examinations of pllots in subjects they have passed successfully during the seven months, it is announc- cases, however, Mr. Young said, an entire new application must be filed, commercial pilot’ . New photographs also are re- “In no case,” Mr. Young said, “is a flight test to be waived, on re-examina- tion or on examination for Moreover, applicants for a have been issued more than seven months, are required to take the amination.” in which he took off, flew a course, re- turned and landed without bef FAHY MADE TEST CHIEF. Former Washington Flyer Takes Detroit Aircraft Post. former Washington. ited chief test pllot of mfi ilots, - port applicant who, pn previous trans- Fahy, has been a) of the lhcl:mln ivision of the Det fiske