Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1930, Page 62

Model Aircraft BY GEORGE W. WATERS. [ ture ship sweeps upward - under its own power, rolls | realistically into spirals and loop- the-loops and gracefully settles into a miniature airport for a per- fect landing. Seaplanes take off from an im- provised lake; airport beacons flash warnings; tiny ambulances | race about, wax drivers regulate screaming sirens. Such is the| scene that meets the eye of the| visitor at the Toy Fair now in(‘ progress at New York City. | Charles B. Heinemann, model- plane devotee visiting the toy fair, sends in an interesting dis- patch to the column describing in ‘ full the model-aircraft exhibition | there. Tiny Toy Planes Described. [ The dispatch follows: | “A newly completed 18-inch | stunt plane, operated by a spring OYLAND, February 15.—Tiny I propellers whir; a minia- |gave it lift on part of the move- |wrapped around the drive shaft | THE SUNDAY PONTI ARPORT IVENFRSTRATIN with the usual camber was raised | and lowered wing fashion by a| cam-controlled movement 'ha‘i“A-l-A" Indicates Adequate t 1 d Ision i With tha balanee. Power was de-| Hangar, Landing Area and | Night Lighting. rived from a rubber cord, to which | was affixed a cord which was as it was wound by a crank. As| the motive power ceased the| The first airport rating issued by the wing adjusted itself to a gliding | Department of Commerce under the position. y “Experiments are being made with a combined pusher and trac- tor, so designed that only one pro- peller operates at a time. When its power ceases, the other pro- peller starts up under its power,! which is automatically held in re serve until the other ceases to op- erate. This was not shown to |every one, as it is still under ex- perimental tests. “One concern, specializing in celluloid fuselages, displayed some new and attractive models. Among these was a Curtis Robin with N. A. C. A. cowling and finished in combination motor, was shown. the Robin colors. It is capable of This little plane was so designed | being flown as a land plane, as a that it would take off the ground |Seaplane and also for use of skis. and at timed intervals make a|They also displayed a 20-inch perfect loop, right itself and con- | balsa model weighing but one- tinue its flight until it made a half ounce and capable of taking perfect landing. |off from a 3-foot table. “A New York manufacturer hzd! - “Two Brooklyn concerns were i showing adjustable-pitch propel- an exhibit of s ymndel ah’m“':lers closely patterned after the | ones in use on manual planes.” National Tourney Announced. The District Model Aircraft | League announces that the fourth |national playground miniature | aircraft tournament will be staged {at Atlantic City October 10 and |11. The District model aircraft preliminary contest will begin | March 29. | Planes to be entered in the scale-model contest under the | auspices of the D. C. M. A. L., March 7 and 8, must be submit- |ted on March 6. Twenty-five new members have |been enrolled in the February beautiful in its rkings and de- tail. In additi the usual con- ventional haesigar, the field was marked d lighted by field marker jdights that lighted peri- od: A revolving beacon was ectly timed. From a flexible sSteel rod was hung a beautiful model plane equipped with a small electric motor, receiving its power, as did the lights, through a transformer in the hangar. The plane circled the field under its own propeller power, and the en- tire exhibit had a realistic ap- pearance. This is the first time model airport equipment has been available except in expensively constructed layouts. L Ornithopter Exhibited. ““A scientist had an exhibition |classes of the Takoma Park Air- jcraft Club. John H. Williams, | model-plane instructor, spoke on model plane building before the of models, some practical’ and | meeting of the club last Thurs- some freakish in design. One of |day. The club, supervised by the latter was an ornithopter of |Fred L. Harries, meets every peculiar design. A built-up wing | District Nat Some little improvement in the armory facilities for the National Guard of the District of Columbia is expected from the allocation to the local troops of the National Hotel Building, located on the northeast corner of Cixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Announcement of the successful conclusion of negotia- tions which have been going on for | several weeks was made public at the | brigade headquarters of the Guard last week, together with the statement that it is expected to have the Militia ac- tivities in the building by March 1 next. About all the Guard will get by the new move will be more space, to relieve the existing crowded conditions in the present armory, which was one of the ‘war-time-built Government hotel build- ines on the Union Station Plaza. How- ever, there is one large room 50 by 30 feet, but this will not be satisfactory for a drill hall, and the troops still will have to do their marching in the open. It is hoped to obtain permission from the director of the office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks of the National Capital for the use of public park space .md ]t]he vicinity of Sixth street, in the all. The hotel building has just been taken over by the Government, and ultimately 15 to be razed to form a part of the site for th_ proposed new municipal center. Pending a realization of this fact, per- mission was granted for its use by the Guard. The local Militia_will occupy | the entire building, except for the space | occupied by the stores on the street | level. It was pointed out that these are | under lease, and there is no disposition | on the part of the Government to dis- | possess the tenants. However, there will be enough room in the building for the Guard without the use of this| space. While there has been before Congress for years legislation proposing the con- struction of & new building here for the permanent use of the Guard, no no- | ticeable results have been obtained, and | the suggestion is made that it would be very appropriate to have a new building | for the Guard located in the space now | being acquired for the sites of the pro- posed new municipal government build- ings in the area between Third and | Sixth streets, and Pennsylvania, Louisi- ana and Indiana avenues. The Militia is a Jocal activity, despite the fact that it has been called a Federal institution because of its location in the District of Columbia. But it was pointed out that it occupies the same status toward the City of Washington as the Militias of the various States do to them. There is & bill now pending in Con- gress which provides for the acquisition of the Washington Auditorium for the National Guard for use as an armory, but it is doubted whether this measure will have any more success than pre- vious measures providing for an arm- | ory for the local troops, which for sev- | eral decades have been shunted around from one old building to another where they might receive their training under | the most unsatisfactory conditions. An- other building suggested for an armory | and which would be ideal, according to | Guard officers, is the Pension Office | Building, now occupled by the general | accounting office, but which is to be provided for in one of the proposed | structures in the Avenue triangle project. | The use of the National Hotel will | make it more easy of access for the members of the Guard, as it is located close to all means of transportation, especially the bus lines running into | the city from Maryland and Virginia. There will be some work to be done on the building before the Guard ac- tually moves in, such as cleaning and painting, and some alterations. It was said that it will not be possible to knock cut any of the partiitions be- | ween the guest rooms to make larger 4\; rters, as they are of brick. How- er, it is believed that it will be pos- sible to provide archways to make the Tooms communicating, 5o that a suite may be assigned to each unit. The brigade headquarters offices are to be located on the second floor of the hotel building, it was said, and the mezzanine floor will be used for the establishment of an indoor rifle gallery and assembly rooms for troop: ‘The entire third floor of the structure will be allotted to the 121st Regiment of Engineers. Part of the fourth floor also will be given over to the use of this unit, and on the latter floor also will be ' located the 20th Division troops, including the headquarters de- tachments and the military police. The Guard still will keep the build- ing_which it has rented for storage of the property now in use, because of the fact that there is no large storage space available in the hotel structure, and, further, because of the fact that the present storage building has space for the parking of the large amount of motor equipment assigned to the guard. allocation. of the hotel building to the Guard cannot mean the ending ot vears of efforts looking toward the a~ciirement of a permanent build!n1 becavce of the fact that the plans cail for the demoiition of this bullding to Thursday from 3:15 to 5 o'clock. | ional Guard | make “Way for the new District struc- tures. The campaign to bring about | the provision of permanent quarters will | have to be pressed, because it will only | be a matter of a comparatively short | time before the local troops will have to | give it up. Definite announcement of the places of encampment for the annual field training tests of the local troops, and the dates, were made at the brigade headquarters last week. Plans have been made for the troops, except the 260th Coast Artillery. While it was said that at this time the plans call for their going again to Fort Monroe, Va., where they have gone for the past several years, it was learned that this may be upset, uwinr to the fact that the equip- ment usually available there for train- ing every year cannot be used this year. This, it was said further, will make it necessary for these troops, an anti-air- craft organization, to find some other Coast Artillery post, where it will be available. The suggestion has been made that they might be sent to some Long Island, N. Y., post for training, but there is nothing definite along this line at the present writing, it was said. ‘The colored” contingent of the local Guard, Company A, 372d Infantry, will g0 to Camp Albert C. Ritchie, at Cas- cade, Md,, from August 10 to 24. The proposed divisional exercises for the 29th National Guard Division, com- prising the troops of this city, Mary- land and Virginia, will necessitate the division headquarters troops going to Fort George G. Meade, Md., and the dates are July 5 to 19. Heretofore this branch has gone to the same camp as the engineers, but the War Department has provided for a war problem to be worked out at the Regular Army post as a test of the efficency of the units to_take the fleld in case of emergency. ‘The 121st Regiment of Engineers will go to Fort Humphreys, just below Alex- andria, Va., from August 3 to 17. The Engfneer Regiment has not been at the Virginia post for the past two years and the announcement of the selection of that post as the place for the encamp- ment this Summer will be received with less enthusiasm by most of the officers and men. Humphreys before many of them ob- jected because of the fact that it was so0 close to the city and the opportuni- ties for recreation when off duty were few. On the other hand, at the Mary- land mountain camp Cascade, to which they went the past two years, they have been located close to several popular Summer resorts, where the men could enjoy themselves while off duty. ‘When an explanation was sought at the brigade headquarters as to the pos- sible reason for sending the troops to Humphreys again, when it had proved 50 unpopular as a camp site in the past, it was said it was chosen on the recom- mendation of the regimental authori- ties. Further, it was explained, it is a part of a general scheme of rotation that is having the troops go in differ- ent years to Virginia Beach, Fort Hum- phreys and Cascade. ‘The orders for the encampments state that all personnel of the Guard will be required to attend and must ar- range their affairs and request ne sary leave from their civilian empl ment to enable them to attend. All units of the Guard have been or- dered to proceed to Alexandria, Va., next Saturday for participation in the | parade to be held there incident to the ceremonies in celebration of George Washington’s birthday _anniversary. Capt. Cameron Roberts, Virginia Na- tional Guard, chairman of the parade committee, conferred with Gen. Stephan last week about the final arrangements. Special cars will be placed on the siding at Thirteenth and I streets here at 12:30 Saturday afternoon. The troops will be marched from the armory and will board the trains, which will carry them to within two squares of their po- sition in the formation. The cars then will be shunted to a paint near the end of the parade route, and the troops will | embark immediately upon conclusion of the parade for their return to Wash- | ington. | _Only two organizations of the local Guard mustered a sufficlent number of their men at drill last week to reach the classification of superior in attendance. They were the 29th Division Military Police Company, with a percentage of 98.36 per cent, and the Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, with 95.83 per cent. The other organizations, in | their respective classifications, with per- centages, follow: Excellent—Medical Department De- tachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 87.5: Headquarters and Service Company. 121st Engineers, 86.00; Headquarters | Detachment and Coml Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 85.71; band, 121st En- gineers, 85.29, Very satisfactory—Battery A, 160th Coast Artillery, 76.66: Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 76.27; Quartermaster Corps Detachment, 75.00; Company C, 121st Engineers, 73.97; Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, Special When they were sent to| | Humphreys, ;| tinued success of yourself and the 29th | airport rating regulations of the air | | Mich.,, which has been given “A-1-A | rating, the highest possible rating. Minimum Requirements Met. | | The issuance of this rating is not :\in(cnded to convey the impression that, the ultimate in airport design has been reached, it was explained by Clarence | M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Com- | | merce for Aeronautics, but merely that | | certain minimum requirements have | been met. In brief, the first letter “A" means | that certain minimum standards of | hangar space and general facilities !'have been met, Mr. Young said. The numeral “1" refers to the size of the | landing area, and the last letter deals | with night lighting equipment. | The ratings are issued as an aid to air navagation. They tell the airplane | pilot at a glance what he may expect |to find at the fleld in question. The A-1-A” designation at the Pontiac field, for example, tells the pilot who never has been to Pontiac that he will find there a landing field meas- | uring at least 2500 feet in every direction, suitable for landing in any direction and good in all weathers. There will be adequate hangar space and complete repair shops for any ments his plane or motor may suffer. He will find food and lodgings for him- | self. There will be complete weather | information available at all times. For night flying he knows he will find there an airport beacon, field floodlights, boundary, approach and obstacle lights, a ceiling_projector and building flood- lights. Other equipment necessary to all the needs of the pilot will be avail- able. By merely knowing that Pontiac has an “A-1-A” airport, the pilot knows that he can go there safely at any hour of the day or night and get complete service as outlined under the minimum standards requirments of the air com- merce act. First Rating Issued. ‘Though this is the first airport rating issued, the Department of Commerce has been ready to issue ratings since early in 1929. There is no compulsion upon airport owners or operators to ap- ply for ratings, it was pointed out, and ratings are made only upon voluntary application. Ratings will be issued in the order of applications. Several other applications are pending and ratings soon will be issued for other airports. Isolated Field Aids Flyers. ‘The flying field of Elmo Johnson, on his ranch in the Big Bend country of Texas, is thought to the the farthest from civilization in this country. It is 100 miles from the nearest community and is often used as an intermediate stop by Government and commercial planes. 7 'h'oorl 71.43; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 70.00. Satisfactory—Company E, 121st En- gineers, 68.25; Company F, 121st En- gineers, 65.57. Unsatisfactory—Company D, 121st Engineers, 58.73; Company B, 12lst Engineers, 55.55; Company A, 121st En- gineers, 51.74; Company A, 372d In- fantry, 50.00. Very unsatisfactory—Medical Depart- ment Detachment, 121st Engineers. In accordance with recommendations recently made, the Militia Bureau has assigned Lieut. Col. Carey Jarman, Maryland National Guard, as chemical warfare officer of the 20th National Guard Division staff and Maj. Willlam McKee Dunn, Virginia National Guard, as assistant chief of staff. These offi- cers have been on the division stafl for some time, but in other positions. Second Lieut. Willlam A. Gormley has been transferred from Company F, 121st Engineers, to Company A, same regiment. Second Lieut. Samuel W. Marsh, Company E, 121st Engineers, has been transferred to Company F, same regi- ment. ‘The following have been promoted to corporals in Company F, 121st Engi- neers, upon the recommendation of the company commander: Pvt. (First Class) Robert E. West and Pvt. Adam G. Mouton. The following, having qualified in competitive examination, have been placed on the eligible list for appoint- ment as second lieutenants of Engi- neers: Sergt. William R. Lane, Com- pany E, 121st Engineers, who made a general average of 84.50; First Sergt. Luther B. Hall, Company D, 121st En- gineers, whose average was 82.93; Corpl. Edward O. Hamilton, Company C, 121st Engineers, with an average of 8204, and Pvt. Willlam C. Bowen, Company D, 121st Engineers, 81.44. As a vacancy exists in the regiment, Sergt. Lane has been ordered to appear before a board for further examination for appointment in the rank of second lieutenant. Pirst Lieut. John C. May, Company B, 121st Engineers, has been author- ized to attend the company officers’ course at the Engineer School at Fort Va, from March 6 to Pvt. James A. Cryer, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, has been hon- orably discharged to permit him to en- list in the United States Army. Lieut. Col. Charles B. Elliott, senior Regular Army instructor, assigned to the local Guard, sent the following let- ter to the captain of the 29th Military Police Company on the occasion of the first anniversary of its reorganization: “It is a great pleasure to me to con- gratulate you and the members of your company on the fine record of the or- ganization during the past year. In at- tendance, esprit, morale, discipline and training the company has made won- derful progress. I feel that a great deal of the improvement is due to your in- itiative, interest and energy. You have devoted much of your time in building up the organization. However, the loyal support which the men of the organi- zation have given was absolutely nec- essary for the establishing of this fine record. “You and the other members of the 20th Military Police Company have a perfect right in feeling proud of your organization. I consider it has a lot to accomplish, but all of you are anxious to improve, and you go at your work in a conscientious manner. The me; bers of the organization are developing the initiative, teamwork and the spirit of offensive which are necessary for the success of an organization. “I also consider your company is one of the organizations which can be used as a model for other organizations of the National Guard. With the present esprit and morale, your company should be able to have a ‘waiting list’ of those desiring to serve in it. I wish to e press my sincerest wishes for the con- June 6 next. Military Police Company. May the members thereof always take the great- est pride in their organization.” All of the non-commissioned officers of the 29th Military Police Company have enrolled in the Army correspond- ence course. Hereafter the regular Fri- day night Non-commissioned Officers’ School will include lessons taken from the course. STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 16, Harry A. Husted, Cleveland manuf: plane, hopes to encircle the world in 10 days. Express fiyer, will be chief pilot. Map shows tentative route. urer (left), who, in a Fokker F-32 James Doles (right), Western Air | SPECIAL AIR RATES. [ PLANE TO AID FISHERS. Special air transport rates for em- ployes of the Federal Government and municipal and State governments have been announcec by Western Air Express on all its lines. These rates are equal to railroad fare plus Pullman rates be- tween the same points. Scores of officials, especially those of Western States, have taken advantage of the new rates. The California State Bureau in charge of State employes’ ex- pense accounts, has announced that air- plane travel expenses would be approved. VERY Nash “400" model is now equipped with built-in automatic radiator shutters—a feature of superior performance which The airplane has taken its place | among the ranks of the enemies of the | salmon. The Alaska fishing industry, which is responsible for 5,000,000 cases of canned salmon a year, will use air- planes to locate herring schools, on which the salmon feed, to study cur- rents and tides for the location of fish traps, and to detect poaching operations. The planes also will be used to trans- port executives of the fisheries and can- neries and emergency supplies between stations in portions of Alaska where land travel is difficult and slow. 2 Duilt-in automatic radiator shutters mean SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE o ROUND-WORLD TRIP INT0DAYS HIS HOPE ‘Harry A. Husted, Cleveland Manufacturer, Plans Take- | . ‘off Next June. | CLEVELAND (#).—A modern Jules Verne steps forward to encircle the world in 10 days by airplane. The Jules Verne of another day pic- tured man girdling the world in 45 Mears and Collyer completed | globe_tour in less than 24 days; Harry A. Husted, Cleveland manufac- | turer, hopes to pale wild fancy and solid achievement. | Husted, arranging changes in the Fokker F-32 he has ordered for the | trip, plans to leave the West Coast { June 15, off * the beaten track over | | boldly projected routes. | | The flight over the Pacific may be | non-stop, with a refueling over the | | Hawaiian Islands and first stop in | China. He then will fly northward | through Siberia, heading for Moscow, Paris, England, New York and the West, “Newer developments in multi-mo- tored airplanes, in the manufacture of fuel and oil, and in refueling,” he said, “will make ocean hops in heavier-than- | air craft regular ventures in the future.” James Doles of Western Air Express will be chief pilot. There will be plenty for the crew of four to do besides op- erating the ship. Husted will have | maps to check the layout of strange | countries. In the nose of the fuselage | | | Rumble Seat Now Becoming Popular As Plane Utility The “rumble seat,” now so pop= ular in automobile construction, has made its appearance in the air. American builders of the Italian Savoia-Marchetti 8-55 flying boat have modified the de- sign of the big plane to include twe seats in the rear of each of the twin hulls, much like the automobile rumble seat. The plane has a carrying ca- pacity of 14 passengers and two pilots. The rumble seats allow passengers to obtain an excellent view to the rear, above and below. The seats face toward the tail and are roomy and comfortable. AVIATION AND RADIO LAWS ARE DISCUSSED| New York University Publishes| Reyiew of Air Legislation Fol- lowing Research Work. The first issue of a quarterly publi- | cation on aviation and radio law, to be known as the American Air Law York University School of Law, accord- faculty, is editor. Publication of the review follows es- tablishment of a legal and legislative research program in aviation law at New York University this year, in co- operation with the Aeronautical Cham- ber of Commerce. The review is de- Review, has been published by the New | ing to an announcement received here. | Prof. Allison Reppy, of the law school | jng who now is in charge of welding voted to articles on various phases of | will be still and motion picture cameras, | this new department of legal practice, half-tone and colored, and over every |among them an article by Clement L. | SCHOOL OF AVIATION MAKES RECORD ROLL Forty-eight New Students Brings Total of Pupils to More Than 200. ‘The largest aviation class it has yet enrolled was added to the Aviation School of America, 1108 Sixteenth street, this week. The new class is composed of 48 students, and brings the total enrollment to more than 200, it was announced. The school was established early last year. ‘The school this week acquired the old Simmons aircraft factory, 305-307 Thir- teenth street, which will be used for instruction in shop work. The building has more than 5.000 square feet of floor space and has the necessary ma- chinery and equipment for airplane construction. There are in the factory two air- planes under construction, which will be completed by the students as a part of their shop work. The shop equip- ment will include four types of airplanes and six motors, in addition to other ries and parts. shops are under supervision of Cloud Newman, a licensed airplane me- chanic, who is assisted by Charles S. Dills and Earl H. Lohr. The new weld- ing course is in charge of John Saure, a graduate of the Army School of Weld- for’ the Department of Commerce. is assisted by Perrie C. Poston. Meteorology and navigation classes are conducted by T. R. Buchanan, for- mer instructor in navigation for the United States Shipping Board. Officers of the school are Bruce Le Gore, presi- dent: Morgan W. Wickersham, vice president, and Henry R. Marks, secre- tary-treasurer. He | 12,570 pounds, will be able to carry inch of the way he hopes to keep them clicking. ‘These will be the first pictures of a world-girdling flight and, because of their educational value, several hundred thousand feet of them will be given to the Bureau of Education in Wash- ington. There also will be “household duties.” Husted will be the cook. He can cook | everything, he said, except pies. Catwalks around each of the four Bouve, member of the District of Co-| lumbia bar. Addresses of permanent value deal- The school has been selected by the | Spanish Government to prepare a model | course in aviation instruction. This ng with air law also are published and | course now is being drawn up and will other sections deal with the progress | be presented through the Spanish Am- of air law, notes on the development bassador, Mr. Le Gore said. of air law and important decisions in | - these fields. There also is a check list |of recent legislation and current legal M‘umture dealing with radio and avia- | tion. Milan Plans Improved Airport. Milan, Italy, rapidly becoming one ot | the most important aeronautical cen- | ters in that country, is building a new Pratt & Whitney Wasps will permit overhauling of motors in flight. The engines will be mounted in two tan- dems. ‘The fuel and oil will be of special type and the plane, which will weigh 500 pounds of fuel. Between 60 and | 88 gallons an hour is the anticipated | gasoline consumption. | A bicycle is part of the regular equip- ment at the Oakland, Calif., Municipal Airport. The reason is that it is a half | mile from the administration building |to the fifth hangar. Mechanics save | airport which will include a large water basin for the operation of seaplanes. City Park to Be Field. | A city park at Fernle, British Colum- | —_— | bia, is to be converted into an airport | which, although small, will be favorably | | located. It will have a north and south | AVIATION | runway 2,675 feet long and an cast and | NEEDS AIRCRAFT DRAFTSMEN | west runway of 975 feet. | Plans Aeronautical Education, ‘The California advisory committee o | aeronautical education has adopted for use in California high schools a course in airplane transportation outlined by Prof. Earl W. Hill of the University of | much time with the wheel. Southern California. COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF DRAFTING Enroll any time—Day and Evening Classes. Continued throughout the year. Correspondence Instruction. Send for Free Catalogue 13th and E Sts. 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