Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1930, Page 59

‘Model Aircraft BY GEORGE O Now the Kite Bug has called attack when O Man North Wind long Summer of rest. W. WATERS. UR hero, the Kite Bug, whose biting attacks gave model plane pilots kite fever some days ago, watched his victims fall to the onslaught of O’ Man North Wind at the first 1930 kite contest of the District last week. retreat and is planning a second has wearied and gone away for a At last week’s contest kites were torn to shreds by the heavy wind even before entrants had a chance to register. of the kites soared aloft. Nearly Only about 60 200 were entered. The meet was held at ‘the Chevy Chase Field, just east of Wisconsin avenue, over the District line ‘The District of Columbia Model Afr- craft League announced today that it intended to wait until early May, when heavy winds. have subsided, to hold an- other contest. It plans to begin a series of three more kite contests, to be staged in dif- ferent sections of the city. ‘There were many and varied types of kites at Jast week's contest. Parker Cook offered-a kite shaped like a fish It was'9 feet in length and of scarlet| tissue paper, and it flew gracefully | about like some ancient winged sea monster. There were box Kkites and tailless kites, and there were kites form- ed Tike triangles and pyramids. Some were as small as a man’s hand and some larger than a man. Young and, old were flying them. Kite Rules Announced. For the benefit of newcomers into the | three proposed contests in the future here, are the rules and regulations for the meets: | This . contest is open to all comers | from, the National Capital region, in-| eluding the District of Columbia, the Metropolitan area of Maryland and Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Va. Contestants will be divided into the following groups: Group I—Sub-juniors: Any entrant not yet 12 years of age on April 1, 1930. Group II—Juniors: Any entrant 12 b of age and not ‘yet 16 on April 1, Group III—Seniors: Any entrant 16 years of age or older on April 1, 1930. Group IV—Father and son: Any adult and sub-junior working together, Awards, Each contestant will receive & con- festant's button. Red: ribbons will be awarded to the Kkites . which are considered to be beau- tiful or unique In design or decoration. Yellow -ribbons will awarded to the Kkites laying good workmanship. Blue ribbons will be awarded to the Eyl": which perform satisfactorily when 8. ‘The kite which performs most satis- factorily in each of the four groups and four classes (16 in all). The contestants so selected will re- ceive awards as follows: Membership in the District of Columbia Model Air- craft League. The green and white lzemr emblem and the pin of D. C. M. L. ¢ 3 Rules. Each contestant will be required to In group IV an adult may assist a sub- Junior in building. There is no limit to the number of kites which a contestant may enter, No kite stick shall exceed five feet in length. Each and every contestant, whose Kite is accepted by the receiving com mittee, will recelve a contestant’s but. ton. The button must be obtained be. fore the kite is submitted to the judges. Contestants will be required to pre- sent their kites to the judges in regu- lar order. No kite shall be flown until the Judges for performance give the signal. Each contestant must agree to abide by the rules of the contest and accept the decision of the judges. Any com- plaint made after the contest has been completed will not be considered. So much for kites. Model Meet Held. The District of Columbia Model Air- craft League held a contest at the Adams School yesterday for the purpose of trying out the auditorium there. The league has been searching high and low for nearly a year now for an airdrome spacious enough in which to fly model ships. Saturday, May 3, many model plane fiyers of the District will exhibit their ships at a children’s festival at Central High School. Many parents are expected to attend. The boys will also give flights for the benefit of the visitors. ‘The league announced today that all champions in model aircraft meet about the city will be given green sweaters. Aces will act as captains of selected groups at the meets. Models of the Lockheed Sirius, built by Bill Newman, a 15-year-old school boy of Hollywood, Calif., are so perfect that the engineering department of De- troit Aircraft are using them in plan- ning the uses to which the large ship can be adapted. Col. Lindbergh recently autographed one of these models for Bill after thoroughly inspecting the de- tails of the model. e Aviation Unit on Active Duty. Officers and men of the 104th Ob- servation Squadron, Maryland National Guard, the Guard aviation unit for the 20th Guard Division, will go on active duty at Langley Field, Hampton, Va., August 10 to 24, the War Department has announced. The Pennsylvania Guard aviation unit, the 103d Observa- tion Squadron, also will train at Lang- rtify that he built his kite himself. fife]jffll ]bpm%;ER A FAMOUS NAME _ A FINER CAR ley at a date not yet decided upon. DEMONSTRATOR * <. . powered by the largest engine, \\ N\ 4 . [d [d in any six of its price . . Don’t put it off any longer! Drive the RED ROCKET demonstrator and learn what remarkable performance you can now enjoy in the New Series Pontiac Big Six. 60 HORSEPOWER. 200-cubic-inch engine is the largest in any six of Pontiac’s price. This engine accounts for the car’s exceptionally THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 27, 1930—PART FOUR. HARRY DIAMOND, Radio engineer at the Bureau of Stand- ards, who discussed radio aids to air | navigation at a meeting of the Standards Flying Club during the past week. —H. B. Hendrickson Photo. ASIX' LIEGEST AIRPLANES WILL BE ON DISPLAY Ships Built in United States Will Be Shown at New York Air Show. Six of the largest airplanes built in the United States are to be shown at the New York air show, sponsored by the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce, at Madison Square Garden May 3 to 10, it has been announced by Charles L. Lawrence, chairman of the show section of the chamber. ‘The big planes, for the exhibition of which contracts have been signed, arc the Fokker F-32, carrying 32 passen- gers; Ford 5-AT-C, carrying 15 passen- gers; Sikorsky S-38, carrying 12 pas- sengers and operating either as a land or seaplane; Consolidate Commodore, a flying boat, carrying 22 passengers; Keystone Patrician, carrying 21 passen- gers, and the Savola-Marchetti 8-55, carrying 16 passengers. This group of $500,000. Rebuilding of a portion of the audi torium is under way to permit moVin: the great planes into the exhibition hal The wings of the Fokker F-32, th largest plane built in this country. measure 100 feet from tip to tip anc wlil] have to be moved in as a single unit Gar Wood Is Glider Enthusiast. MIAMI, Fla. ().—The “gray fox" of the speedboats is going in for gliding. | Gar Wood is one of the charter mem- bers of the Miami Glider Assoctation, | planes represents a value of more than : Two Air Legion Members Groomed for National Competitions. Miss Craig May Fly in Derby. Callam Out After Altitude Mark. International recognition of records established by amateur pilots, as a sepa- rate category barred to competition by aviators who have flown “for hire or award,” will be requested of the Fed- eration Aeronautiques Internationale through the National Aeronautic Asso- ciation, United States governing body, according to plans of the District of Columbia Air Legion announced by T. J. ‘Waggy, manager of the local flying club. At the same time Mr. Waggy an- nounced that two legion members are being groomed for participation in na- tional competitions. Miss Mary Craig, the legion’s smallest pilot, who flys sit- ting_on pillows so she can see over the cowling, has been asked to train for the national women's derby, to be held in connection with the national air races at Chicago late in the Summer. Alexander Callam, master of cere- monies at the Fox Theater, now is training for an attempt to establish an amateur altitude record. Seeks to Stir Interest. I an international amateur category cannot be established, efforts will be made to have such a category for the United States, Mr. Waggy sald, as & means of stirring up interest in avia- tion competition among private fiyers. “The legion,” Mr. Waggy said, “has felt for some time that this new class of records should be set up. It is most unfair for the fiyer who is in the air an hour now and then for his own pleasure to be forced to compete with records. An amateur category, if adopt- ed at this time, would be an added in- centive for persons flying for the sport of it, and would add zest to the matter of piling up time for the various license: Will Go Ahead With Plans. was discussed by John Arthur Shaw, he F. A. I, who was killed in a crash said. plans to establish unofficial records as a part of its campaign for official desig- nation of whatever future records may be made. Callam, who made his first solo flight | organized by a group of sportsmen in- | as a legion member several weeks ago, | cluding Glenn H. Curtiss. To appreciate has been designated by the legion to R N R ™ % N\ @ i, - oil keep maintenance and operation costs very low. fully how much Pontiac offers for its extremely low price, learn also about its smoothness, handling Pontiac’s high speed, rapid pick-up and abun- ’ dant power on the hills. RELIABILITY, Pontiac’s large, durable bearings, full charges. ECONOM ease, and the comfort of its smart new Fisher bodies. Ask to drive the RED ROCKET. Or come to our salesroom for a special demonstration. v v Prices are 1. 0. b. Pontisc, Michigan, plus delivery Shock absorbers i Bumpers and spring covers General Motors Ti minimam rate. Conaider the delivered price as well as the list ({.0.5) ¢ Payment Plan available at in New Jersey a few days ago, and it/ parachute was because of the count’s agreement branch, materiel division, since 1922, with the suggestion that the legion has|and participated under Maj. E. L. Hoff- decided to make the request, it was|man in the development of the Air| RECOGNITION WILL BE SOUGHT FOR AMATEUR FLYERS' RECORDS MARY CRAIG. ALEXANDER CALLAM. attempt the setting of a record for amateur altitude flights which may be worthy of national recognition, though not classed as an official record, Cal- lam is training for an altitude attempt, which probably will be made in the| near future, Waggy said. JOINS ’CHUTE COMPANY the professional fiyer in the matter of | g4 (lair Instrumental in Organiz- ing Caterpillar Club. M. H. St. Clair, whose keeping of the early records of emergency parachute jumps led to the organization of the ol 1 “Caterpillar Club,” has left the materiel division of the Army Air The matter of an amateur category | Corps, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, to s become uz:)chud wit th & commercial counsel for the legion, with the latelparachute company, the War Depart- Count Henri de la Vaulx, president of ‘'ment has announced. St. Clair has been a member of the unit of the equipment Corps parachute He also was active The legion, however, will not wait for | in the development of airplane tow tar- the recognition of amateur records, Mr. | gets, flying clothing, including gloves, Waggy said, but will go ahead with|helmets and face masks for oxygen ap- paratus and other similar items of equipment. RADIO DIRECTION FINDER IS TESTED New Type for Use by Planes Is Expected to Aid Flyers. Laboratory tests of a new type of radio direction finder for use in air- craft now are in progress at the Bureau of Standards, with flight tests to follow as soon as the laboratory work is com- pleted. The bureau also is conducting research work on recelving antennas for airplane work to meet the need for better reception of radio range and other signals. Both research projects are necessary to improve the radio ‘navigation of air- planes and to combat the hazards of fiying in fogs when visual navigation is impossible, it has been announced. Supplements Beacon System. The radio direction finder, accord- ing to officials of the Bureau of Stand- ards, offers a means of navigation for the itinerant airplane pilot or for any airgraft, regardless of whether it fol- lows the regularly established airways, and thus supplements the Department of Commerce radio range beacon system. The finder has been developed so as to operate satisfactorily under the worst conditions of atmospheric or external interference and may be used either to guide the plane to a fleld from which the radio range broadcast is being sent or to give bearings on radio range sta- tions off the course. Tmproved Antennas Needed. Improvement of airplane antennas is urgently needed, and the Bureau of Standards has reopened research work of this type. Accumulation of ice on vertical pole antennas may cut down signal reception and may even set up vibrations which will break the antenna or endanger the airplane, bureau engi- neers have learned. Other types of an- tennas, used without poles, have been found subject to errors in the reception of radio beacon signals. The tests now in progress will cover all types of fixed l?tennn which may be buflt into the plane. Novelty Hops on Decline, DALLAS, Tex. (#).—The novelty hop 1s almost & thing of the past in this sec- tion of the country, airport records | show. A few years back many passen- gers paid $1 a minute for 10-minute | flights. Today the charge is one-fourth as much, but business is extremely light except during week ends. Subsidy to Encourage Aviation. PARIS (#).—The French air budget contains a subsidy of $200,000 “for en- couragement of air touring.” NEW AIR LINE TO TRAVERSE SECTIONS RICH IN HISTORY Scenes in nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia rich in colonial lore and Civil ‘War , many of them now inac- cessible to the lvel‘lfiwufl!‘. will be traversed soon by ti most modern type of highway in the history of mod- ern civilization—a new airway now being_established by the airways divi- sion, Bureau of Lighthouses, of the De. rtment of Commerce from the Na- onal Capital to Norfolk, Vi The airway follows the airline be- tween the two cities, a route unknown to travelers in the past. It traverses part of Maryland, crossing the Potomac River from Blackistone Island, the first_Catholic settlement in America, to Nomini Creek, first seen by Capt. John Smith; then cuts across the Northern Neck of Virginia to the Rap- pahannock River at Millenbeck. ‘Thirteen sites have been laid out be- tween the two cities for intermediate fields or airways beacons, according to Charles I. Stanton of the airways divi- sion. Bids for erection of the beacons and installation of boundary lights and other equipment have been opened, the low bidder asking $15,000 for the work. The contract may be let this week. The beacon sites and landing flelds are numbered from Norfolk toward Washington. ‘The first-site is used as an inter- mediate fleld. It is the landplane field at the Hampton Roads Naval Air Sta- tion, one of the most hn?omnc sta- tions on the East Coast. All the planes from the Navy carriers may be based there for a time next month while the g-x::her ships are based in Hampton " Cuts Across James River. From this fleld the route cuts across the mouth of the historic James River, crossing Hampton Roads, renowned in the history of the American Navy. The airway passes near Old Point Comfort and Site No. 2, also an intermediate field, is at Langley Field, Hampton, Va.. the base of the Army Air Corps 2nd Bombardment Group and of the Alr Corps Tactical School. ‘The Department of Commerce will not do any work at either of the first two sites and they will be available for use only in case of emergency. Site No. 3, a beacon location, will be at Seaford, approximately 10 miles from Langley Fleld. The course followed carries the airway across the mouth of the York River near Gloucester Point and along the shore of Mobjack Bay. Site 4, :wp&ruxlmnwly 40 miles from Norfolk, be an “A” type airways beacon, located near Zanoni, Va. There will be an intermediate landing fleld and beacon at Bland’s Wharf, on the Piankatank River. Bland’s is known for its boat yard, specializing in the rebuilding of wide-beamed t; of o] ype pen | motor dory which is characteristic of marine architecture in the Chesapeake and its tributaries. There are noted oyster beds at Bland's. Site 6 is a_beacon, located on the shore of the Rappahannock near Mil- lenbeck. This is a bad storm area and there is a weather information station at Urbana, not far from this beacon site, connected by teletype with the National Capital and other fields. . ‘The next airways beacon on the line * is located at Downings, Va., also in the § Rappahannock Valley. Site 8 is the - second intermediate landing field. This 1 is located near Warsaw, Va., the littlc town which has gained much notoriety | during the past few days as the homc of two of the figures in the Mary Baker— murder case. Warsaw is midway be- tween the Rappahannock and Potom: Rivers and is 60 miles from the nearest railroad. A peaceful, isolated country village, it now has become one of the key points on what fmmisu some day. to be a heavily traveled air channel. There is an airways beacon located at Site 9, near Machodoc, on the shores of winding Nomini Creek. Capt. Smith . mentioned Nomini in his reports of his Potomac River explorations. It was here that he reported seeing inany In- dians. The airway crosses Nomini Bay and then the Potomac River, very wide at this point. The Maryland shore is = reached at Palmer, also known as Ko- pels Point. There is a popular point " for fishing parties visiting the banks off Blakistone and Heron Islands. ' There is a beacon aj Palmer. The Blakistone Island Lighthouse also fur- -« nishes the night-fiylng puot with a ** check on his course. - Site 11 is an intermediate field and.- -~ beacon on the shores of the Wicomico > River above Rock Point. This fid is” ' near the little settlement known as Shi loh, on the west bank of the Wicomico. “"™ The fleld is slightly to the left of the ... direct line of the airway, but is so close - = as to be within gliding distance for .., planes traveling the diyect line. The - Department of Commerce negotiated *** for a field on the east bank of the Wicomico more nearly on the line, but- '~ was unable to come to terms with the . I owners, "o The next beacon, at Site 12, is mid- way between Port Tobacco, one of the oldest trading settlements in this part of the Potomac Valley, and Hughesville, " Md., on the Washington-Leonardtown i road. The final beacon is located on ~ the banks of Mattawoman Creek near . . Wlnl;llorl, Md. 3 ling Field is designated tempo-.. 'l :;rfllymu the Washington urmlnllp:n e line. Section Near Completion. The Washington-Norfolk airway is & -~ continuation of the Cleveland-Pitts- =" :mpl:etlon. ‘Washin, section of the airway is sched. ul“a to be completed not later than June 5, and the last reports to Department of Commerce indicated that 12 towers have been erected and '~ 12 beacons mounted. oa ‘The inauguration of airmail service-~- over the airway, as an extension of the * present Cleveland-Pittsburgh service, is expected to follow completion of the airway. 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