Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 64

BY GEORGE a chance to learn the theory of flight, rigging, air navigation | and other knowledge of the actual flying of the country's greater craft with the completion of plans now being formu- lated for the organizing of a junior unit of the D. C. Air Legion. MODEL plane pilots of the District and its environs will be given John Arthur Shaw, who is dev the country’s youth a knowledge of the air, has been appointed to take charge of junior activities for of that organization. Plan Contests Soon. Shaw announces that it is his fntention to start a series of com- Petitive events open to members ®f the proposed junior unit to de- velop as far as possible their tal- ents. w1 feel that in opening the ular Limited Commercial round School Course to these loungsters, the Legion will make possible for young model uilders, who previously have had depend almost entirely on their Xt books for ‘their knowledge in e theory of flight, rigging, air avigation and other aeronautical knowledge, to really -learn as | much about the theory of flying 8s is taught the regular students of the Legion,” Shaw pointed out. ~ He declared that the young embers will probably absorb is training at least as readily as e senior members and will be ble to utilize this knowledge in juilding and flying models. | 5 The junior leader pointed out | at since the Department of 'ommerce regulations permit ys and girls of 14 years or over to fly gliders, the junior members will be allowed to join the glider elub of the Legion when they reach that age. | -4 Actual Flying Cited. | He said that the members are required to be 16 years of age or | over before they will be permitted | to fly motored planes, but by go- ing from models to gliders at 14 and then to motored planes when they reach 16, “they will be mak- ing progress toward learning to fly and fly right.” To that quote in the upper paragraph the writer wishes to| devote (if you please) just a word or_two. It is these youngsters who fly model craft, that this country de- pends upon to develop safety in flying. Not a great deal of atten- tion is paid them by the majority of the public, unless they launch their tiny ships into a spectacu- lar flight. Flying at present, in the opinion of the writer, cannot be compared with street car and automobile transportation. The writer prophesies a development of safe flying in the future and | Model Aircraft THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 9, 1930—PART FOU! W. WATERS. oting most of his time to teaching the Legion by Alva Sole, president | these | knowledge absorbed by youthful aspirants. Sky Climbers Compete. Another organization interested in teaching aeronautics to the Nation’s youth, The Sky Climbers’ | Club of America, held their first model plane contest at the Gor- don Junior High School, Thirty- fifth street and Wisconsin avenue, yesterday morning. The contestants competed in; two grou The first group was | composed of boys 8 to 11 years old and the sacond was made up of 'boys ranging from 12 to 16 years of age. Saks & Company’s | department store, who are spon- | soring the club, will offer prizes | to_the winners. | Fifteen new types of model | planes have been designed by | Joseph 8. Ott of Chicago. The| most unusual of these models is a compressed aircraft with a| streamline tank. He has also de- signed a Dornier model from a| scale model which will take off in | perfect flight. Ott, an expert de- | signer of model craft, has devised | lans for numerous toy models which will be exhibited at the Toy Fair in New York at a near date. The scale model contest to be| staged by the District Model Air- | craft League will get under way | March 7 and continue through | March 8. The league announced | that planes must be submitted by | March 6. | The models will be classified | according to size, varying from a: minimum of one inch to a four- | foot maximum. The judges for the contest are Capt. E. E. Adler, U. S. A.,; Lieut. Comdr. A. C. Mines, of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and John A. Chamberlin, head of the manual training department of the public schools. One of the attractions at the international aircraft exposition to be held in St. Louis, Mo., Feb- ruary 15 to 23, will be a small model of the Lockhead Sirius, Col. Lindbergh. It is five-eighths of an inch long and has a wing spread of three-fourths of an inch, and was carved (rtwmthe wood of one that development lies in the match by iam Mallon of 420 Lexington avenue, New York City. which was recently delivered to | MARNE AVITORS ARE COMMENDED Daring Flyers Risked Lives to Save Two Dis- abled Planes. Two Marine Corps pilots were com- | mended last week by Maj. Gen. Wen- | dell C.mrNevtlle. coir:mndunt of the corps, courage conns with military flights, ' LR ' First Lieut. L:wwn H. M. sander- son was commended for resourcefulness and daring in making two flights from | Managua to Jinotega, Nicaragua, rying lashed to his plane wings for the repair of a disabled Marine Corps plane which had crashed at Jinotega. The other commendation went to First Lieut. Clayton C. Jerome, Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.,’ who risked his life to land a fighting plane after the control stick had broken. Risked Life Twice. Lieut. Sanderson, Gen. Neville said, distinguished himself by “a display of initiative, »courage and skill of the highest _order.” "On October 30, last. Lieut. Sanderson took off from Ma- nagua in a Marine Corps OC-1 typc plane carrying lashed to the fuselage ol his plane a complete lower right wing for a sister ship of his own plane which had crashed at Jinotega. The follow- ing day he carried a complete upper left wing for the same plane. “Fhe = distance covered in these | flights,” Gen. Neville sald, “was over air was extremely rough and where a | forced landing would have probably | meant death. The field at Jinotega, where Lieut. Sandeérson landed, is small and is surrounded by ditches. It is subjected to tricky air currents and at this season of the year it is hazardous to the landing of any airplane, even | though unencumbered by such a burden | as carried by the airplane which Lieut. Sanderson piloted.” But for the daring and ability of Lie#§ Sanderson, Gen. Neville said, the crippled plane would have had to be abandoned, as the scene of the crash was too inaccessible to permit carrying out the dismantled ship. The plane ! was repaired with the new wings and was flown back to the home airdrome. Lashed Stick With Tie. In the second letter of commendation, Gen. Neville explains that Lieut. Jerome was practicing acrobatics over the air station when the stick broke off at the socket. The officer might have abandoned the plane and escaped with his parachute without danger. Instead, he set to work on the broken stick, lashing the halves together with his belt, necktie and handkerchief. He was able to land the plane without damage. Lieut. Jerome is 29 years old, was born in Hutchinson, Kans. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Ma- rine Corps June 3, 1922, following his graduation from the Naval Academy. His air instruction was received at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. He served with the Marines in China for more than a year before going to duty in San Diego. GIANT MASTER RING RAISING T0 BE SOON Work on Navy Dirigible ZRS-4 0dd Nicknames Given to Sikorsky Planes Made Useful The Sikorsky amphibian plane long has been considered one of GREAT LAKES PLANES NEED NEW COWLING Special Protection to Keep 0il From Freezing Sought by Navy Flyers. devoted to electrical control equipment. /| This shows the special instrument ararn; rugged mountainous country, where the | plane of the type used on the Chicago-San Francisco and West Coast runs. The left section of the instrument board u‘ THE AIRMAIL PILOT’S “OFFICE” EQUIPMENT gement for night flying in the latest type of Boeing airmail and passenger The flight instrume nts are grouped in the center of the panel because they are | used most often by the pilot. On the right side are located engine gauges, gasoline cut-off, mixture controls are grouped on the left side of the cockpit: Other important controls, beside the stick and rudder bar, | are the stabilizer adjuster and emergency fuel pump; on the right, landing light regulators; on the lef! rd, flredellin‘llllller controls and a master’s Ianding. etc. Throttle, spark and | t side of the board, | switch to cut out the entire electrical system of the plane in case of a forced | 61 SCHOOLS OFFER 12408 Air Students Are Enrolled in Universities and Colleges of United States. Sixty-one universities and colleges in the United States offer courses in aero~ nautics, according to a survey conducted by the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce. These institutions report 2,406 students enrolled in aviation courses. In addition, there are 21 elementary school systems, 93 junior high schools, 130 senior high schools, 17 evening schools, 7 continuation schools, 3 trade schools and 1 vocational high school of- fering aeronautical training of some in the industry. During the last year the number of secondary schools offer- ing courses in aeronautics increased 10 imes. A national conference on aeronautical AVIATION COURSES =i kind to thousands of students interested | (jasses. Continued education. will be held at St. Louls February 17-19 as a feature of the In- ternational Afrcraft Prob- 'ms commonly i by cators teaching aeronautics in universities, col- leamd-r;e‘ and elementary specton seivice of the Deperinent. of lon_service of the o Commerce, will address the nce on “Aeronautical Education From the Standpoint of the United States De- partment of Commerce.” Charles 8. “Casey” Jones and Edward P, Warner, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, also will be speakers. AVIATION NEEDS AIRCRAFT DRAFTSMEN COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF DRAFTING Enroll any time—Day and Evening hout the wear. Correspondence I . Send for Free Catalogue 13tk and E Sts. NW, Metro. 5620 TROUSERS DESIGNED 10,000 elevation in an unheated flhlni to cross the snow-clad mountains on'passenger compartment is heated. Just What He Wants for not sport. FOR MOUNTAIN COLD\“mm H. H. Holloway, therefore, tum-‘ | ed to garment designing. 18Ry | Altitude Invasions. sewed it into a huge pair of trousers days by boat. Izhe Los Angeles-Kansas City air ""'i’ REDUCTION AIDS MNLS. Reduction of airmail and passenger | | | He surprised other fiyers who thought | rates on the Argentine service between Pilot Converts Army Blanket Into | they were sartorially perfect by turning | Buenos Aires and Asuncion, inaugurated | out in new Winter pants, not plus fours | in 1929, has resulted in & material in- | but plus thirty-sixes. | crease in businecs, according to reports Holloway cut an army blanket and | tp the Department of Commerce. Without oles ‘st the botiom. S0 he | twico: that o Tasd by Tirer sieamers lou oles af e m. e | twice at charge lver amers. LOS ANCELES (%) -Oltmbing %0 |y 1. and fro acrces the Sisrra st Tne tolp iy a1 e o s, Rockies in warmth and comfort. The | against 53 hours by railroad and 3 Edwin F. Hawkins-Nash 1529 14th St. Announces the following additions to their sales staff:— Louis V. Stevenson Walter E. Paul Gibson Ralph Z. Miller Don J. Moore Schneider Fogerty /A\VERAGES'MI'LE A MINUTE | N 1451-MILE RECGCRED FROM NEW YORK TO MIAMI WITH AN AIRPLANE-TYPE ENGINE Shattering the previous record by more than 5 hours and averaging 59.6 miles an hour, the new airplane powered Franklin flashed from New York to Miami in 24 hours, 20 minutes. Ball Baker drove a stock 1930 Franklin from coast-to-coast for an amazing new record. A Franklin motor was then taken from a Continues—Hangar Nears Completion. Operation of naval planes on the Great Lakes during the subzero weather encountered this Winter has necessi- car and placed into a new Waco airplane. - A sensational flight was made which marks the first time the engine of an automobile has ever flown an airplane. Now—from New York to Miami—the FASTEST LONG RUN any car has ever made. The performance of no other motor car is comparable to that of the 1930 Franklin. And In appearance the car is just as far advanced. The new Franklin is defi- This was just one gruelling test. To further prove the remarkable stamina, power, speed, acceleration and all-around performance of the airplane-type engine, the Franklin has been put through every conceivable test. Raising of the giant master ring of the Navy dirigible ZRS-4, now under | construction at Akron, Ohio, will take place soon, according to information received here by the Navy Department from Goodyear engineers, who are in charge of the construction work. The master ring, which is equivalent to the | keel of a battleship, forms the maxi- | mum girth of the airship, which is 1o | engin Navy Department. ine” Corps. Restrre. aviatlon " maining rine e & station at Great Lakes, Ill, has been extremely cold for several weeks, reach- m;uhwnmde&ubflwm. In order to ate the J-5 radial air- cooled u\m special cowling was made up. A fluflt test of & half-hour was Before the engine was ever put into a car it was made to run for hours AT TOP SPEED in an oven of 175 degrees temperature. Then it was tested in a refrigerator room Tesemblance to the type of.derby hat worn by British followers of the hounds. Beppety twiee the sie ol the Graé| OFFICERS LOSE CAPITAL Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronau- tics, drove a golden rivet in the master ring at impressive ceremonies last No- ‘vember, officially inaugurating the con- struction of the dirigible. Raising of the great aluminum ring into position | without straining of the unsupported material is expected to be one of the most striking engineering jobs in con- | nection with the construction. | ‘The master ring and two intermedi- ate rings are almost completed, the Navy Department has been informed. They are laid out on horizontal forms for building, but are to be raised to the perpendicular when completed Within each main ring will be a net- work of wires resembling piano wire, which will stand a tension of more than 200 pounds. This wire will form & bulkhead separating the gas cells and will also serve as additional bracing for the main rings. There are to be 10 main rings of tri- argular cross-section and one main ring following the curved profile of the nose. These main rings will be placed approximately 74 feet apart and be- tween each pair will be three interme- diate single-sided rings of girder con- struction. All the rings will be con- nected by horizontal girders, covered and braced by a network of wires which not only will shape the outer fabric cover but which also will hold the lift- ing gas cells. The airship dock in which the ZRS-4 is being constructed now is nearing completion. It is the largest building of its kind in the world and is equipped with numerous unique mechanical de- | vices, which are being used to facilitate | assembly. Cranes run lengthwise through the dock at various elevations, and because of the curvature of the roof and sides of the building many of them had to be supported at an angle of 45 degrees. One side of these traveling cranes 1 POSTS IN TRANSFER Change Shifts Maj. John Brooks| and Lieut. Hoppin to Philippines, | Bringing Others Here. Several Air Corps officers on duty in the National Capital are affected by orders issued by the War Department | last week, several being ordered to duty in other parts of the country. | Maj. John B. Brooks, general staff,! will be relieved of duty hese February | 23 and will sail from New York about May 7 for duty in the Philippines. Lieut. Bushrod Hoppin, on duty at Boll- ing Field, also will sail at the same time for the Philippines. Lieut. Augustine F) Shea will be transferred from the Phlufplnes to Bolling Field to replace Lieut. Hoppin. Lieut. Oakley G. Kelly, one of the Army's noted pilots, who made the first non-stop transcontinental flight, will leave the Philippines for duty at Dun- can Field, Tex. 3 Col. Charles H. Danforth, now on duty at Selfridge Pield, Mich., has been ordered to this city for duty in the of- | fice of the chief of staff. Lieut. Col. | Roy C. Kirtland is transferred from duty as a member of the general staff to Chanute Field, Rantoul, IIl., as com- manding officer. LARGE AIR LINES UNITE. Consolidation of the Arrowhead In- ternational Airlines and Canadian- American Airlines, Incorporated, oper- ating air lines between the United States and Canada, has been announced | by the Schlee-Brock Afrcratt Corpora- | tion of Detroit, which has acquired control of the two lines. The corporation hgs purchased a field | at Minneapolis forPuse as a terminal made Wwith the cowling on one of the coldest days of the Winter. -At 3,000 feet the thermometer, mounted on the forward flying wires of a Navy NY-2 training plane, registered 10 degrees below zero, ‘which probably was a few ‘ees above the true temperature, owing to heat coming back from the engine around the thermometer. Further tests wil be made to devise a covllnf that will insure a safe oper- ating oil temperature.. In addition to the cowling there was an asbestos cov- ering on the oil lines and the oil tank was covered with a layer of felt. During the cold speil an open cockpit civilian plane was flown from Cleveland to the Chicago Municipal Airport, the ilot landing with a frozen face and his glnd frozen to the control stick, ac- cording to the report. His condition was !(i) serious he had to be lifted from the plane. 26 WOODS FOR PLANES. Government Announces Results of Experiments With Timbers. MADISON, Wis. (). —Twenty-six dif- ferent kinds of wood are now available for airplane construction. Experimental research conducted at the forest products laboratory of the United States forest service here shows that all of the woods are available in forests of this country. Experiments were started when war was declared in 1917. Spruce was then the chief wood used. Today there are many, chief among them Douglas fir and hard woods used for propellers. i, Slow motion pictures will be used to show in detall the most common errors in flying as a part of the flying course of the Spartan School of Aeronautics ‘Tulsa, Okla. - with temperature of 40 degrees below zero. It performed perfectly. Triumphantly meeting all laboratory tests, this airplane-type engine was placed in the 1930 Franklin chassis for road tests. Cannon nitely a great factor in the vogue for 1930. See the car. And by all means drive it. lts airplane performance will give you more thrills than you thought possible to get from a present-day motor car. THE DE LUXE SEDAN THE 1930 FRANKLIN ALREADY HOLDS THESE AMAZING RECORDS NEW YORK TO MIAMI—a sensational 1451 mile trip south in 24 hours, 20 minutes averaging \ B 59.6 miles an hour . . . NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES—more than 8 hours faster than supported from a rail near the very to d has rtake xtensi “ RAD FR EP (u) o nfptpr?? st{u;:‘;.u;e .;‘d the second 11l 1 :mlon ,,,':,",‘3‘.,,., B R IA!IO‘,ILS;*FH,,,‘R F any other car and without @ motor stop . . . PIKE'S PEAK ENDURANCE—150 miles—6 \ on a level eet Jower. o R Radiators for All Makes i idered i ible before BUTTE.TO- Sturdy cables from these unusual WHOLESALE AND ll‘l‘Ag: consecutive round trips without a stop. Considered impossible bel % cornd Honore Bertone, an Italian aviator Damaged liators Made New 4 ,’,’,"‘p},':,o:,',‘,:"‘:gp;g,";:u’,"'y" 25 'Teet \and_automobile n;:‘c‘hnnlc.ww‘;lm! wrfi.s'TAfis R ANACONDA—round trip—with an astonishing average of 74.68 miles an hour . . . square. Men working upon the sides of | 8t Havana, Cuba, the ship when the rings are hoisted | Plane into the perpendicular will be lifted to desired heights on these platforms, standing on them as they work. Near the center of the building is an elevator for taking workmen to the va- rious cat-walk levels which traverse the dock. Unlike any other elevator, how- ever, this strange lifting device de- scribes an arc in its ascent and descent. One elevator is installed on each side of the building, directly opposite. They ofaenw much in the manner of an in- cline railway—as one car goes up the other goes down, the weight oi each being used to counterbalance the other. ‘The elevator equipment was especially designed for use in the dock, and so !:r as is known there is no duplicate of it. The dock in itself is a marvel of en- gineering, being 1,180 feet long, 325 feet wide and 211 feet high. The ZRS-4 and its sister ship, the ZRS-5, which will be bullt upon completion of the former, will be 785 feet long and 133 feet in diameter. It will have capacity which, with the wings folded, also may be operated on the ground as an automobile. | AUTOBRAKE SERVICE CO. | Official Station For Brake- Adjustments and Relining Flat rates—prices fair to you and tis. Materials, workmanship and service, after thorough investi- gation, found to be of the highest order by America’s leading automobile association. 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