Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1930, Page 69

THE BU PRI W AR TON, D. O, JUNE 15, 19: 30—PART FOUR. 9 BY GEORGE W. WATERS. O West, young man, and bring home thé proverbial bacon!” That's the revised advice of Horace Greeley given to young John Pendleton by his employer, T. J. Waggy, gen- i eral manager of the D. Air Legion, the other day. | | {3 John, who is instructor of the junior section of the Legion, will | Fepresent the legion at the National Airplane Model Tournament to be held under the auspices of the the Airplane Model League of America June 30, July 1 and 2 at Detroit. Will Enter All Events. % | John, who is 16 years old and lives| | 8t 624 Emerson strect, will enter all of the events sponsored by the league The events include classes for indoor hand-launched scientific, outdoor com- mereial and the outdoor hand-launched scientific models. The prizes includs three trips to Europe and the Stout and Mulvill trophies. John begins his quest known bacon on June 28, when he leaves the Union Station for Detroit He will spend the first day of his ar- rival there taking in the sights and the next three davs attempting to gt that bacon, which the Legion hopes will come back in the shape i a large silver cup. Won Trip Through Zeal. Mr. Waggy stated ther this trip is one that John has faizly won by his zeal in starting the model airplane building and flying class of the Legion and s0 carrying on as to make it pos- sible for many new faces to be added to the future contestants in meets about the city. Good luck to you, John ~we can_almost smell the bacon now. John Sullivan, local model plane fiyer, who nearly clinched the cham- pionship of the United States at the Louisville national finals last vear, broke another District record last week John's tiny ship stayed alo for 18 minutes and 40 seconds. The plan of the hand-launched scientific type was followed with the binoculars white it sailed over Bolling Field. It Anally passed out of sight and was lost. for the well carried in plane itself, tracior or pusher, competing for duration of flight. The distance from the inner face of the propeller to the oppisite hook connec- tion to be 15 to 20 inches. Greatest overall dimension to be no greater than 30 inches. 1. Hand launched—Launchings to be not over 6 feet above fioor—junior clase, | 2. Same as event No. 1—senior class | 3. Fuselage models, rising off ground | —junior_class. | Five May Go to Tourney. The advisory board of the District Model Afrcraft League has decided to Send five boys to the fourth National Playground Miniature Aircraft Tourna- ! ing FEDERAL GLIDER CODE PREPARED Department of Commerce Completes Regulations for Aerial Sport. As a result of the tremendous in- crease in interest in gliding and soar- in the United States during the past year and the springing up of glider clubs in cities and towns in every State, the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce, after many weeks of study, has amended the air commerce reguiations with a view to the protection of glider users, according to Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronautics. The amendments provide regulations under which Federal inspectors may ex- amine licensed gliders for airworthiness and which will insure that glider in-| structors are capable glider pilots and are physically qualified Three classes of glider pilot licenses | are provided under the new regulations They are student, non-commercial and commercial. The regulations were framed, Mr. Young said, in an effort to arrive at a policy that would encourage the glider movement in the United States and which, at the same time, would be in line with the Department | of Commerce principle of insuring | competent airmen and airworthy air- craft. The requirements with respect to | licensing of gliders have not yet been issued, though it is anticipated that | public announcement of the new policy in_this respect will be made soon Student glider permits, authorizing the holder to receive instruction and to and 4 the distance from the inner face of the propeller to the opposite hook connection to be not under 20 nor over | 36 inches. Greatest overall dimension to be no greater than 48 inches. | 1. Hand launched—All launchings to | be not over 6 feet above ground—junior solo licensed gliders while under the Jurisdiction of ‘a licensed glider pilot. will be issued by Department of Com- merce inspectors and divisional offices upon application. No physical or_writ- ten examination will be required. Forms may be obtained for the application and permit, The non-commercial glider license Mr. Young explained, will serve those who wish to operate gliders only for sport and pleasure and will be similar in this respect to the private airplane pilot license. The only eximination re- quired for the license will be a flight test which will consist of a minimum of three flights, including moderate banks in either direction. The commercial glider pilot license will be issued to all & cally qualified who successfully ac- complish the flight tests involved. The physical examination will be the same as that now requited for private air- plane pilots. There is no written ex- amination. The flight test, in addition to normal taks-offs and landings. will include a series of general and mod- crate banks, 360-degree turns and pre- cision landings. Applications for all types of licenses may be made to Department of Com- merce aeronautics branch inspectors or divisional offices. ~ The study upon which the regulations were based in- cluded a conference here recently of all the department’s supervising and engineering inspectors on duty through- out the United States. Three repre- sentative gliders were obtained and scores of glider flights were made by | the inspectors at Bolling Field during the conference. The new rules are not intended to act as any check on gliding activity, but are designed to protect those who seek protection against improperly con- structed gliders or unskilled instruc- tors, it was pointed out. The regula- tions will aid those States having avia- tion laws which require the licensing by the Federal Government of aircraft and alrmen operating within the State In the District of Columbia the new rules will not make mandatory the licensing of gliders or glider students or pilots, except for commercial pur- voses. If the glider Is to be used for advertising or commercial demonstra- tions, it must be licensed. If the pilot intends to fly the glider for hire .r for any commercial purpose, including in- struction. he must obtain a license. In Marvland or Virginia, it was stated, either State or Federal licenses may be required for gliders or glider pplicants phyei- | NC-1 PILOT, ON OCEAN FLIGHT, ORDERED BACK TO DUTY | Lieut. Comdr. Mitscher WiII! Be With Plans Unit of Aero Bureau. |Langley Executive Formerly Was Commander at Anacostia. Ofllcer[ | | Lieut. Comdr. Marc A. Mitscher, for- | mer commander of the Anacostia Naval Air Station, whose promotion to the rank of commander has been recom- | mended by the naval selection board and approved by President Hoover, is to | return to duty in the National Capital | as executive officer of the plans section | Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, the Navy | Department has announced. | Comdr. Mitscher, now executive offi- cer of the U. S. S. Langley, airplane carrier, was one of the heroes of the | Navy transoceanic expedition which re- sulted in the crossing of the Atlantic for the first time by air. He was an |officer of one of the three big Navy | Aying boats which started from Trepassy | Bay. Newfoundland, for Portugal, by way of the Azores. | Mitscher’s plane, the NC-1, met with misfortune and was forced down at sea | off the Azores after running into dense fog. The plane was so badly battered | | by heavy seas that she sank soon after | her crew had been picked up by the | Greek steamer Ionia. Comdr. Mitscher was born at Hills- boro, Wis, January 26, 1887, and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1910. He served for five years with the | fleet and entered naval aviation in Sep- | tember, 1915, as one of the Navy air pioneers. He saw service as an aviator on the U. 8. 8. North Carolina, one of the first vessels to carry an airplane. During the World War he served at| various naval coast defense aviation | | stations_along the Atlantic seaboard, | and in February, 1919, came to this city for his first tour of duty here in the aviation section of the office of the chief ment_at Atlantic City October 10 and | 11. The local finals will be neld trom August 25 to 29. Two age classes are given fational tournament. Fitst is the Junior class for those who iave not t attained the sixteenth birthday on ' ptember 2, 1930. Second is :or those Who are past their sixteenth birthda: #nd who have not yet attained the twenty-first birthday on September 2. Six Events Listed. ‘There will be six events in the con- fest Three indoor classes and three | outdoor classes will be heid in poth the | Junior and senior sections. l Indoor Events. for the| | | carried in plane itself, tractor or pusher, | All models must have landing chassis | class, | with two or more wheels In front with |~ 2 Same as event No. 1—senior class. | either a wheel or tail skid at the rcar. | In launching the model must be re-| leased with the front and rear landing gears in contact with the flocr without any pushing See definition below of | 4 Same as event No. 3—sentor class. fuselage models. 5. Any motive power other than rub- | 4. Same as event No. 3—senior class. | ber; type of launching optional; not to 5. Rising off water—junior class. | exceed 90 inches over all in lengih or All models must have hydro floats span Each model in this event must which in a test before winding will sup- | be equipped With one or more pro- port the model on the water. pellers, wings and fuselage sticks and | 6. Same as event No. 5—senior class. | braces. This requirement is added to v | eliminate entries that are obviously not e aireraft. Rockets are a.pecially harred The following outdoor events are for —junior class. bber powered airplanes, motive power | 8. Same as event No. 5—senior class Rules for the national contest and 3. Fuselage models, rising off ground | —junfor class. | e definition of fuselage models be- low. | rul pllote. There are 20 States or Terri- tories which require Federal licenses : for all aircraft and airmen, 12 which | After the NC-1 flight he went with require Federal licenses for all aircraft | the Alrcraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet, to and airmen engaged in commercial fly- | the West Coast until June, 1922, when ing. 6 which require State or Federal he assumed command of the Anacostia licenses for all aircraft and airmen, 8| Naval Air Station. In November of that which require no licenses, and 6 which [Jear he went to the Navy Department | require only State lcenses. for duty in the plans division. He com- | The new regulations make mandatory | Manded the teams of Navy pilots par- the licensing of gliders and glider pilots !iciPating in the International Air Races engaged in flying from State to State :LdD:'tf"rf‘!';P;gf:»’zt Siam:’nud ‘:;.?2‘1‘ or in more than one State or Territory the Schneider Trophy Race at Baltl | more, Md., October 24, 1925, of naval operations. A Navy non-rigid J-4 type airship which has been undergoing alterations | and improvements at the Naval Alr | Photography, Pensacola, Fla., as part of Station, Lakehurst, N. J. is being |their training course, have mapped | equipped with control surfaces of & |three areas near Mobiie, Ala, and the | Students of the Navy 8chool of Aerial ‘The following indoor events are for | competing for duration of flight. fubber powered airplanes, motive power | In planes entered in events 1 3 upmol)ile an THESNEW: CERTORYISIX . .o SR . %P, . /70 MILES PER HOUR THENEW CENTURY EIIGHT, . So0M P, ... 78 MILES PER HOUR Rubber engine mountings of a new type, which eliminate strain and Ioise . . . Light weight alloy pistons, which mean more “pep” and greater bill-climbing ability . . , 46 vital engine bearings under constant pressure lubrication, SIX-%1145 More then $200 less than the eriginal AND UP AT FACTORY Century Six M awards to be given will be published in next week’s column. \ QU nces ore than $400 less than the original 50 H Street N.E. new type, which is said to be lighter and more efficient. t|1e | territory between Pensacola and Per-‘ dido Bay. HERE| PARACHUTE SAVES | LIEUT. WOODRING. | ‘Member of “Three Muske- | teers” Thrown From Plane in Mimic Battle. COMDR. M. A. MITSCHER. U. 8. Navy Photo. LOCAL OFFICERS ORDERED TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Lieut. Clarence H. Welch of Boll- ing Field One of Five to Report August 18. Lieut. Clarence H. Welch, Army Air | Corps, of Bolling Field is one of five Air Corps officers designated by the War Department to report for the 1930-31 course at the Army Industrial College in this city. They are to re- port between August 18 and 21, The other four officers are Capt. Philip Schneeberger, Chanute Field, Il Lieut. Robert S. Heald, Air Corps Tech. nical School, Chanute Field: Lieut. Nor- | man D. Brophy, Langley Field, Va., and Lieut. Donald R. Goodrich, Alr _Corps procurement district, Buffalo, N. Y. The Army Industrial Coliege is the youngest and is regarded as one of the potentially most important links in the Army educational system. It is & de- velopment of the World War and is only six years old. It deals with prob- lems of the mobilizaion of industry and material resources in case of national emergency. MODEL AIRPLANE SUPPLIES Adhesives, Balsa Bear- ings Dobe Ce Capitol Model Aero Supply House 1713 Eve St. N.W. Washineton. D.C. I ) Catapulted out of his Army pursuit plane when his safety belt broke du ing an outside turn in a “dog fight" | over Mathew Pleld, Sacramento, Calif., Lieut. I. A. Woodring, former member of the famous Army acrobatic team. the “Three Musketeers,” a few days ago became an involuntary member of the Caterpillar Club. Lieut. Woodring was in a fast dog fight with Capt. H. M. Elmendorf, com- manding officer of the 95th Pursuit Squadron, Rockwell Field, Calif., when observers saw him shoot out of his plane. He fell 100 feet or more, and then his parachute opened and he drifted to the ground in full view of thousands of spectators. According to reports received here, the noted acrobatic pilot was unable to tell what had happened. He had Just put the plane through a severe series of acrobatics in his mimic combat and | 225 names and 236 emergency was inclined to believe his belt, holding him in his seat, had given way. Standing, still a little dazed, by the wreckage of his plane, according to re- ports recelved here by Frank Harmel office of the Chief of the Army Air Corps and custodian of the records of e Caterpillar Club, Lieut. 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