Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 55

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI Model Aircraft BY GEORGE scribed on the honor tablet of model * W. WATERS. ircraftdom.” 'WL'LL, here’s a chance for the older folk to get their names in- Probably the first adult model aircraft building and fly- ing class in the history of this country will be inaugurated ®oon by the District of Columbia Air Legion. 8o the wise old ones who have been letting this column know Just how simple it is to build and fly a model plane will have their ehance to prove it. John Pendleton's Idea. ‘The idea for an adult model plane ¢lass was born to John Pendleton, in- structor of the model aircraft section of the legion. | John says that in his contact with model plane building and flying he has‘ discovered a growing interest of adults in_the movement. | He says that there are thousands of enthusiasts all over the country, full-| grown men and women, whose main | sport is the building and sailing of model yachts. So he contends that if adults are interested in model yachts why shouldn't they have the same in- | terest in model planes? | Class to Open Soon. Model building and flying is a much | greater sport than the sailing of the | y boats, says John. At any rate, the legion is to give a try to the plan. So grandpop, father and mother and big brother and sister must | come up and take a crack at model plane building and flying. You older folks can give John a ring st the Air Legion and have your names ut down as prospective members for he class. Announcement of the start of the class will be given in this column | at a later date. New Workshop Open. ‘The legion has something new the younger model plane enthustasts. The store formerly used by the In- ternational Engineering Co. at Twenti- eth and K streets is to be used as a workshop for model builders in the Junior section of the legion. The work- shop is well lighted and is equipped with work benches and plenty of tools which will be at the disposal of the pilots. Paul 8iple, the Boy Scout who accom- panied Admiral Byrd on his Polar ex- pedition, spoke to young model plane glflh on his experiences at Central igh School yesterday afternoon. The meet scheduled for yesterday was post- poned so the boys could hear his talk. Raules for Natfonal Meet, Here are the rules for the fourth na- Hlonal playground miniature aircraft tournament to be held at Atlantic City October 10 and 11: Each contestant may have three flights in each event. Each launching will count as a flight regardless of timz of flight or distance attained. Any flights accidentally interfered with by officials or others will be given another for trial if the contestant desires. The same | or different planes may be used. The best flight only scores except in case of tie, then second best flight will deter- mine the winner and the other contest- ant second. R. O. G. and R. O. W. planes must rise unaided by operators. All planes must be made and oper- ated by the contestant. If, in the opinion of the judges, special conditions warrant, a substitute may be allowed to operate a plane. In addition to raw material, contestants are allowed to purchase in fipished form only bearings propeller shaft, small metal fittings and Wheels. Special attention is called to the requirement that floats and pro- pellers must be made by contestants, Any plans or patterns may be used pro- vided the models come within the con- test requirements. In outdoor events Nos. 5 and 6 for planes with power other than rubber contestants are allowed to purchase spring motors, compressed air motors, tank outfits and other motor devices, but in all other respects the planes must comply with the above regula- tions of being built by the contestants. Fuselage Model Explained. Fuselage Models—These planes must have the rubber in the fuselage ‘The fus:lage covering must extend at least four-fifths of the length of the Tubber motor measured from the inner | face of the propeller to the opposite hook connection. They must be gen- erally similar in appearance to real pianes, but need not be built to scale nor be an exact reproduction of a specific plane. However, paper tubes will not be considered to be fuselages. Double covered or hollow wings are re- quired. They must have landing chassis, with two or more wheels in front, with either a wheel or tail skid at the rear. The_ finals of all local competitions must be held on or before September 2, and the results in certified reports on blank forms furnished by the national committee must be mailed to the national committee at 315 Fourth ave- nue, New York City, not later than | midnight, Eastern standard time, Sep- tember 3, 1930. The national committee will appoint judges for the contest at Atlantic City. These judges will have suthority to interpret the rules to decide any tech- nical question which may arise which is not covered by the rules published in advance, and to make new rules, if necessary, to cover local conditions at , Atlantic City, N. J. Eligibility Rules. Announcements of those eligible to compete in the national finals in At- | lantic City will be made on or before | September 12. The national committee will select from the records sent in the best five records, not more than one per city for each event in each class | (Junior and senfor) and competition (indoor and outdoor). (For example— Records for indoor event No. 1, juniors, will be classified from lowest to highest, and the best five will be selected for this event; then the best five for the next event will be selected, and 0 on till the best five records are selected for each of the several events in both classes.) If one or more cannot come those next highest on the list will be chosen. The national committee re- serves the right to qualify more if sub- mitted records are so close as to justify or necessitate this. Competition Cited. The national tournament will be held both for event championships and the all-round championship. Therefore | those qualified to fly in the final con- test at Atlantic City by the above method of selection will be allowed to compete in all events in their respective classes and are urged to do so, thus competing for the all-round champion- ship. In other words, & contestant in the finals at Atlantic City will be chosen on the basis of his record made in one event in an authorized local con- test and is thereby qualified to enter all events in his class in the final contest. Neither the national committee nor the Playground and Recreation Asco- ciation of America will be responsible for any expense incurred by contestants competing in the tournament. The national playground miniature aircraft_tournament is run for ama- teurs. No person shall be allowed to participate who is guilty of fraud or unsportsmanlike conduct, or receives any financial benefit from his connec- tion with the building and fiying of model aircraft after April 1, 1930. The above general principle will be used to determine eligibility of con- testants. As illustrative of its applica- tion, those who receive cash for in- structing builders of model aircraft, those who receive cash prizes for com- peting in model aircraft contests, those who receive cash for demonstrating or selling model aircraft are ineligible to compete in the national playground minjature tournament. All protests must be taken up with the protest committee before the next event is called and will be settled before the awards are made. No protests will be considered thereafter Student Recitals (Continued From Fourth Page.) and Elsie Moody, dancers, of the Evelyn | Davis School. Dorothy M. Marr played second piano in the Concerto Opus 79, Von Weber, with Mrs. Hullings at the first piano, this number being played in response to many requests. Mrs. Hullings' other number was “Hark! Hark the Lark,” Schubert-Liszt. The children participating, all be- tween the ages of 7 and 15, played from memory. Those taking part were Wil liam Hullings, Ruth Hullings, June Sanford, Barbara Swann, Geraldine White, Constance Robertson, Eugene Williams, Josephine Naylor, _Caylor Bowen, = Audrey Newman, = Minetta Barnes, Charies ~ Mehrling, Mary O'Neil,” Reta Walfus, William Krause, Lorraine Coyle, Doroihy Brauner, Betty berg, Doris Naylor, Rita Krause, Har- vey Williams, Marthena Mehrling, Sam- uel Gitelson and Emily Kendrick. The annual recitals by the puplls of Prof. and Mrs. H. C. Murray were given at the Masonic Temple, Eighth and F | streets northeast, June 10-14 ‘The programs were varied each eve- ning, consisting of both classical and popular selections ment to the audience that crowded the auditorjum at each recital Saturday evening Norman Stant gave four vocal selections. He was received with much applause. Other assisting soloists were Master John Smith, with his sax and songs, and Miss Cunning- ham’s dancers. Accompanists were Es- sie Collamore, Gladys Nebel and Louise Abner. The graduates were Ethel Hayes Loutse Abner, Thelma Soper, Mary Del Vicchio and M. Christine Jackson. Each received a gold medal and diploma Pelicia Rybier will present dents in piano in joint recital at the Y. W. C. A. headquarters Tuesday, at 8:15 pm. T young planists are Eleanor Blum and Eleanor Hulburt Miss Blum will play works by Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Grieg. Miss _Hulburt will play works by Bach, Beethoven, a group of Chopin numbers and Saint-Saens’ variations on & theme by Beethoven for two pianos Miss Rybler will assist, at second pi- ano, in the Grieg “Concerto” to be played as Miss Blum's final number, and also in the Beethoven-Saint-Saens se- lection, Miss Hulbert’s concluding se- lection. All who are interested are invited to attend this program two stu- Clara Young Brown will present stu- dents in a piano recital Tuesday, a 8:15 pm. at the Eldbrooke M. E. Church, Wisconsin avenue and River road. Mrs. Brown will sing & group of Students who will play are Gaspar Segreti, Carl Johnson, Lois Smart, Mary Virginia Carter, Richard Brown, Fileen Magruder, Helen Burgess, Robert Coale, Helen Murphy, Mabel Shoe- maker, Harriett Bailey, Richmond Houser, Dorothy Noble, Margaret Bur- gess, Willlam Donavan. Lois Roberts, Alyce Spates, Charlotte Hewins and Clarissa Collier Louise Prescott will accompany Mrs Brown in her songs. Jewell Downs presented the follow- students in a song recital at_the ard Hotel June 14: Erl Nalls, Fred Barnes, Charles Gordon, Oswald Bar- ber, Ethel Atwill Rice, Clara True, Sarah Balbach, Elizabeth Bowers, Eliz- abeth Clagett, Gordon Barnes, Myrtle €Mockley, Lorraine Esputa Bentley, tt, Louise Hoffman, Cecile Green- | 50 as to give enjoy- | Adessa Ehrhart, Kathleen Hillyer, Her- bert E. Parker, Erna Embrey, Alice B. Haig, Paul Edward_Garber and Elsie Varle Lang. Mrs. Downs was at the piano as accompanist for the singers. Camille Allensworth presented 26 of her younger students, ranging in age from 3!5 to 8 years, in an afternoon re- | cital June 14, and 24 older students in an evening program the same date. | Both groups appeared at the Playhouse, | in Washington. Special point was made | of the demonstration classes in which | small children showed skill at compo- | sition and transposition. An enthusias- ic audience filled the auditorium for both performances. Mrs. John B. Hut- son and Rebeccah Chandler were as- sistant teachers. | _ Children appearing in afternoon were Tenley Jones, Susanne Jones, Mary Ann | Aitcheson, Marion Saunders, ~Mary Katherine Willis, Marthajone Kennedy Nellie Donohue, Ruth Ann Butler, Ag | nes Birney, Phyllis Bitzing, Clara Marie | Clark, Bernice Jones. Stanley Smith, Wilford Milofsky, Eleanor Lee, Frank- lin Hynson, Mary Barbara Stark, Janice | Smith, Herbert Gallagher, Jeanne Whit- { man, Mary Francis_George, Henrietta Seitz, Glen Irene Potts, Jeanne Mc- | Candlish, Dorothy Jones, Those taking part Saturday night were: Betty Ballantine, Virginia Cavis Emmy Jane Harbin, Walter Hawley, | David Reddig, Martha Jester, Margaret Bier, Eleanor Bondy, Marie Pittenger, Lowe, Robert Moorman, Jeanne Kellogg. | Douglas Stuart, Doris Bitzing, Maxwell | Galloway, Jane Kephart, Brenda More- cock, Ethel Mai George, Dorothy Dew- hirst, Francis Finn and Louisa Stuart. Mme. Louise Coutinho, eminent Por- tuguese pianist, will give a musical pro- gram preceding the lecture of J. Kris- namurti at the Masonic Auditorium tomorrow night. ith Thomas presented students in a 10 recital last Sund afternoon at participating_ were Margaret Swartzell, Mary Adele Townshend, Doris Depp, Edna Braithwaite, Mary Steer, Marl uter, Helen Smith, ~Martha Steer, Robert Sauter, Dorls Long, Eliza- beth ‘Camalier, Audley Headden, Sylvia Headden, Lenora Bogue, Betty Flather | | and Jean Lambert. | Myra MacCathran Myers recently pre- sented several advanced students in re- | citals at her studio apartment. | _ Elizabeth Wright, soprano; Elizabeth Drew, contralto, and Ray Voorhees, bari= tone, gave a program the early part of this 'month when each was heard in solo and duet selections. Kathryn Lati- mer, plantt, was assisting soloist. | Harold Martin, tenor, and Howard | Maore, baritone, sang last night in joint | recital, with James Russell Barr accom- panying, and George Cronwell, assisting | soloist. | ‘| Musigraphs | (Continued From Fourth Page.) Ehrhart, first contralto, and Kathleen | Hillyer, ‘second contraito, with Jewell Downs as accompanist and director, will sing at a banquet given by the | membership committes of the Washing- ton Board of Trade tomorrow night at | | Kenwood Country Club. | Edward Fuller, boy soprano, pre- sented by Esther Linkins, will sing “The Way of Peace” by Lloyd in St. Peggy Smaltz, Marshall Faber, Jeanne | START OF AIRPLANE DERBY LIKELY HERE Light Machine Half of Second | Women’s Race Almost Certain for D. C. The National Capital probably will be the starting point for one of the cross-country airplane derbies which will mark the beginning of the national air races, the Nation's leading aeronau- It is regarded as almost certain that the light-plane half of the second woman pilots’ this city. The women's derby became one of the major attractions last year, and so many entrants are expected this year that the race probably will be divided into two sections, one for woman pilots flying light planes, from Washington, and one for women piloting heavy planes, probably flying from the Pacific Coast. Both derbies will end at Chicago. Women to Be Important. The “powder-puff pilots” are expected to play a larger part in the races than ever before. Aside from the derby there pllots during the races and a new type of “mixed doubles” race for man and woman fiyers. be the only event in which they will compete jointly, as the Federation Aeronautique Internationale rules, which are enforced by the National Aeronau- tic Assoctation in this country, prohibit man and woman pilots from competing plane meets. ‘The single exception will be the mixed doubles, which will be a relay race from Chicago to Cleveland and return. Only one pilot will be at the controls at a time, though a man and a woman will be assigned to each plane. The men will fly one lap and the women the other, according to present plans. Free-for-All Race. The women's free-for-all race is to correspond to the Thompson Trophy race for man pilots and will be flown it six or more woman pilots are en- tered. Miss Amelia Earhart has as- sured Maj. R. W. “Shorty” Schroeder, contest director, that more than this many women will be ready to “gun the flag” when the time comes. In addition to the two derbies and two races there are to be four other aerial events for woman pilots. A unique ceremony marked the re- cent ground-breaking for the grand- stands and special buildings to be erected on Curtiss - Wright - Reynolds Airport, which will be the scene of the national air races, according to information received here. Instead of the customary spade a plow was used and it was drawn by an airplane. The plow was guided by Mrs. Earle H. Reynolds, wife of the president of the organization in charge of the races, and the plane was taxied by Miss June Heilemann, debutante aviatrix. ARPORT DRAINAGE 10 BE CONSIDERED Commerce Department An- nounces Creation of Com- mittee on Problems. Creation of a joint committee of rep- resentatives of the aeronautics branch | of the Department of Commerce, the | American Road Builders' Association to undertake a solution of problems of airport drainage and surfacing has been announced by the Department of Commerce. These problems are char- acterized as one of the most urgent matters connected with airport and air transportation development. Inadequate drainage and improper surfacing have been responsible for ac- cidents to planes in landing and taking off, for delays and interruptions to service and for the loss of thousands of dollars in time and money. The committee will undertake an im- mediate and comprehensive study of the problems involved and will collect and digest the available information and experience. The results will be pro- sented in a report for the guidance of of air terminals. The importance of the study s em- phasized by the fact that there now are almost 1,600 airports and landing flelds in various stages of completion in this country and some 1380 air- ports are proposed for early develop- ment, the committee poinded out. development _of the Department Commerce, chairman, and includes A. Pendleton Taliaferro and John E. Som- mers of the Department of Commerce airport section, Willlam A. Van Duzer, C. N. Conner, Col. C. E. \ H. Wilson and Charles M. the American Road uilders’ Associa- tion, and W. W. Horner, Archibald Black, Perry A. Fellows, C. A. Hogen- togler and James H. Polhemus of the American Engineering Council, AIRLINE FROM HOLLAND THE HAGUE (#) —Fortnightly fiights between the Netheriands and the Neth- erland East Indies is to begin October | 1, permission to fly over India having been granted by the British govern- ment Heavy planes, accommodating 20 pas- sengers and a cargo of mail. will be used. Ten planes are to be in opera- tion by May, 19 in weckly serviece Radio appara will enable the ai liners to Keep in touch with field sta- tions and ships at sea. pham_of Cathreen Carrico, soprano, and Howard Bursley, tenor. They will sing the duet “The Lord Is My Strength and My Song,” from “Israel in Egypt,” by Handel. The chorus choir will sing the chorale, “Grant Me True Courage, Lord,” | J. S. Bach, and the anthem, “I am | 4 That Liveth,” by Thomas Adams. At the German service the soloist will | be William Naehle, tenor. He will sing “Seht Die Lillien Auf Dem Feld,” by Silcher. When your spark plugs become carbon-caked . . . fouled its mot their fault—but the fault of i ferior motor oil. That's one of the reasons why motor car agents use and recommend Autocrat motor oil, which means less car. bon and greater durability, Paul’s English Lutheran Sunday school this morning. Louie Dale Leeds will accompany him. ‘The soloists at the English service at Concordia Church this m&n‘ will be tical classic, at Chicago next August. | derby will start from | probably _starting | against one another in authorized air- | | American Engineering Council and the | engineers engaged in the development | The committee is headed by Col. | Harry H. Blee, director of aeronautic | of s, Henry | “BEST OIL IN THE WORLD" | will be a free-for-all race for woman | The mixed doubles will | | The new terminal and administration building front, from which all field operations are directed. dials in the control room and passenger waiting room on the main floor. sembles two overlapping airplanes, a light one fiying away from the camera in this view, formed by the brick terrace, steps and loading platform: the other facing in the opposite direction, formed by the grass plots with the curved fence marking the leading edge of the sweep-back” wings. NOTON, B C. JU NE 22 1930—PART FOU R. LOCAL AIRPORT BUILDING CLASSED AS MODEL | PARACHUTE TESTS WILL BEGIN JULY 1 i Approved Type Ceflificates’ to Be Issued for “Aerial | TWO FLYERS HERE TO SEEK ALTITUDE Air Legion Members, Waggy and Hebb, to Try for Non-Profes- ional Pilot's Record. Efforts to bring to the National Cap- ital the first non-professional pilot's altitude record will be made by T. J. | Waggy and Herbert B. Hebb, members |of the D. €. Air Legion, local private | fiving_club, within the next few days. Life Preservers.” | The legion recently Testing and licensing of parachutes will be undertaken by the meronautics branch, Department of Commerce, be- ginnig July 1, under new regulations | | providing for the issuance of approved | pe certificates for the preservers.” The new regulations, according to Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary | “aerial life | of Commerce for Aeronautics, provide a code of minimum requirements which | cover strength of the parachute mate- rial, rate of descent and promptness and certainty of opening. Five tests, involving more than a score of drops from an airplane in| flight, will be required of each para- | chute type submitied to the department for approval. Qualities to be Tested. “In the first test.” Mr. Young sald, “promptness of opening must be proved | by the parachute opening fully within recommended to the National Aeronautic Association the creation of a new category of world records for amateur fiyers. Waggy and Hebb have been making practice altitude flights during the past week. The first attempt they will make will be to set a record for airplanes equipped with OX5 engines without supercharger or other special equip- ment. Waggy has climbed to 10,000 feet and Hebb to 9,500 feet in the plane, though the flights were not made with any idea of attempting a record. Application will be made to the National Aeronautic As- sociation for the use of a barograph to {be carried when the official flights are made. Twenty-four Girl Pilots. LONDON (#).—There are 24 English girls who hold a pllot's certificate for flying, according to air ministry fig- ures, while more than 100 giris are training airdromes. at Washington Airport, shown in this low altitude airplane view, is classed as one of the best of its type in the country. The building is surmounted by a control tower, with curved glass ather instruments on the roof of the control tower operate recording | Seen from the air the administration unit re- | three seconds after being dropped with a dummy weighing 170 pounds from a plane flying 70 miles an hcur and at an altitude of 500 feet. Twelve such drops will be made. “The second test will be conducted under the same conditions, with the exception that the suspension lines will b twisted and the parachute must T. D. McAvoy Photo. | open fully within four and one-half NEW HELICOPTER 10 BE TESTED SOON ’Machine Developed Secretly !for Four Years at Garden City Is of Radical Design. Flight tests of a helicopter which has been under secret development for four years in the Garden City factory | of the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. {are to begin soon, it has been an- | nounced here. The machine now is in |a hangar at the Valley Stream Airport, | receiving final touches before the be- | ginning of the performance tests. |~ The machine is designed to lift itself | vertically off the ground, to hover in- definitely over a given spot, to descend vertically under its own power, and to make a safe landing in event of engine failure, in addition to being able to move horizontally. While there have been many helicopters which lifted | themselves off the ground successfully, there has been none that has com- bined all the other requisite perform- ance factors, Four Large Wings. The machine consists of four large wings, or blades, revolving in a hori- zontal plane about a central point. The | wings are caused to revolve by pro- pellers, one to each wing, mounted in | front of the leading edge and driven through a gear and shaft arrangement from a central Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine mounted horizontally, To each of the wings are attached outriggers carrying_small elevators, or tail sur- faces. Each of the four wing units thus becomes a small airplane, con- | sisting of a power-driven wing with a |tail which can control the angle of incidence of the wing Beneath the wings is suspended a small fuselage for the crew. This is equipped with an almost conventional type of landing gear. somewhat resembles in appearance the | Clerva autogyro, except for the power- driven wings. Engineering Difficulties. The development of the device has been carried on in the Curtiss labora- | tories under direction of T. P. Wright, | chief engineer, and M. B. Bleecker, the | inventor. The principles of the heli- | copter were worked out by Bleecker | while he was a student at the Univer- sity of Michigan, and he carried on experiments at the university and later while he was employed as an engineer in the laboratory of the National Ad- visory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Va. Great engineering difficulties were en- | countered. “The hovering condition of flight could not be simulated with reg- ular wind tunnel equipment, and it be- came necessary to devise special meth- ods and build special apparatus. Cool- ing of the engine also presented great problems, since the cooling effect of the | propeller” slipstream is missing. Diff- culty also was experienced in making stress analyses for the unusual condi- tions encountered. Bleecker and the’ Curtiss engineers have refused to make any predictions as to the performance of the helicopter until trial flights are completed, though | they feel confident factorily. 'PLANTING BY PLANE PAYS GEORGIA FARMER Dusting Cotton Fields, Distributing it will fly satis- Fertilizer and Delivering Prod- ucts Are Uses. STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (#).—Georgia's “flying farmer” is satisfied with the experiment and offers his testimony that aviation is an aid to agriculture. 1t cost Gordon Bellah a year's crop to become the owner of a plane, but he declares it has paid for itself sev- eral times over in the three years he has owned it The chief use he has found for the | plane is dusting his cotton fields to combat boll weevil and the distribution | of fertilizer. Special attachments have | been made for these purposes. |~ This Spring the farm plane has been | brought into service for delivery of cab- bage plants to nearby citles. Young plants are delicate, Mr. Bellah ex- plained, and must be _transplanted quickly for best results. By using the air for delivery he has been enabled to handle a large wolume of business from many sections of the State. 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