Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1930, Page 49

Model Aircraf BY GEORG! workshop and put some your model ships. t E WATERS. of that schoel holiday energy on Wm. lads and lassies, you had better get down in the old For it won't be long now before the District Model Air- eraft tournament gets under way. ‘The District Model Aircraft League announces that the tourna- ment will begin August 25 with ai y Junior High’s miniature airdrome, door contest at Bolling Field. at Bolling Field August 26 and on n indoor meet at the Macfarland followed the next day with an out- A second outdoor contest will be held August 29 a second indoor contest will be staged at the miniature airdrome. Events Are Listed. Indoor events on August 25 will in- clude hand-launched scientific, seaplane, | fiying true scale, and baby rise-off-| ground models. The events August 29 include rise-off-floor fuselage, glider and dynamic models. Outdoor events on August 26 will in- clude hand-launched scientific, seaplane and dynamic models, while on August 27, rise-off-ground fuselage, glider and baby rise-ofi<ground models will be flown.. . Preliminary meets during this month and in August will be four in number and at any of them plane mak. ers, local tournament. This year there will be_five classifications; Ace classes, and A.'B, C and D classes; and a contestant qualifying at any meet will be asked to| compete only with entrants in his own class. " Preliminary Meets Scheduled. ‘The first preliminary meet was held yesterday at Chevy Chase, when the events included baby R. O. G. and fly- ing true scale. The others are Satur- day, July 26, when the events will in- clude seaplanes, flying true scale and dynamic: Saturday, August 2, at Boll ing Field, for try-outs in R. O. G. st entific and H. L. scientific; and on Sa urday, August 16, at Macfarland, for gliders. dynamic and H. L. scientific. At all of these preliminary meets, the awards will be materials for making planes; and all meets are open to all comers. Special classes in airplane mak- ing opened last week at Central Com- munity Center, which are offered with- out charge to boys interested in build- ing airplanes for the local tournament in August. There will be one class each week, the day to be announced by the Community Center Department within & day or so. At its meeting last week the advisory board of the District of Columbia Model Alrcraft League decided to send five boys to the Annual Model Aircraft Tournament conducted by the National Playground and Recreation Association ©of America, to be held at Atlantic City October 10 and 11, provided, of course, a sufficient number of boys qualify as a result of the local tournament in Au-[ Local Pilots Cited. ‘Three local mode! airplane makers last week received the citation of “silver #ce” and received the silver emblem designating thefr new classification, which is the silver wings and silver star of the D. C. M. A. L. These silver aces are Herbert Dorsey, John Sullivan and Everett Meeks, and they hold the “ace” citation and have further demonstrated & superior technical proficiency. Everett Meeks and John Pendleton attended the Detroit tournament last week. having been sent to the tourna- ment by local aircraft schools, and whether experienced or not, are | urged to enter in preparation for the| while neither of the boys won any of the contests there,. they both returned to the city with many new idees on the bullding and flying of model planes, from_which local builders will profit in the Summer and Autumn tournaments. Interest in the local tournament is already very much in evidence and the committee on awards, of which Col. C. De Forest Chandler is chairman, has already received the promise of ‘hree big silver cups to be offered as awards. The big Silver Committee Cup, which goes each year to the District club which has won the largest number of points for the entire season, is now held by the Chevy Chase Aero Club, which took it away last year from the Capitol Model Aero Club. Competition for this cup is this season keener than ever be- fore, with seven or more clubs in the running. For this season's tournament there wlfl‘ be the usual many awards in every cl Here are the awards to be given at the National Tourney: Awards. Contestant medals will be given to all who qualify to fly at Atlantic City. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be award- ed to the winners of first, sscond and third places, respectively, in each event. In the competition for all-round champlonship a handsome cup will be awarded to each of the three {uniors and three seniors scoring the highesst number of points in all events indoor and outdoor. Cups and medals have been donated by the Fleischmann Transportation Co, Special trophy for girls donated by Amelia Earhart. Method of Scoring In the National Finals. For the event championship winners will be the 3 contestants in each class (junior and senior) making the 3 best records. For the all-round champlonship each contestant will score points in each event in which he competes as follows: First place, 5 points; second place, 4 points; third plate, 3 points; fourth | place, 2 points; ifth place, 1 point. The | contestant having the largest total num- | ber of points for all events in his class will be declared the all-round national champion. It is suggested, t0o, that the local in- terest in these events will be greatly enhanced if events other than those to be decided in the finals at Atlantic City be added to the local program. In the na- ture of the case, the National Commit- tee cannot, because of the impossibility of personal inspection, make decision as to originality of design, beauty of construction, “acrobatics”—that is, the stunt possibilities of the aircraft. It is the hope of the National Com- mittee that this sontest will greatly stimulate originality and invention in the construction of aircraft. AIRPLANES SPEED TRAVEL IN ARCTIC Expected to Take Place of | Dogs Aimost Entirely Within Few Years. BY SHERMAN B. ALTICK, (Coprright, 1930, by the Consolidated Press.) NEW YORK, July 12—The airplane fs revolutionizing transportation in the Arctic and in the opinion of those rugged characters who brave the rigors of the frozen North it will supplant the dog-sled almost entirely within a few years. They point out that ore prospectors and trappers are using the airplane advantageously in their work and that it is the quickest means of transpor- tation in the Arctic waste lands. This Winter the plane will take the place of the dog teams in herding the rein- deer, for the Lomen Reindeer Co, found through an experiment with the plane last Winter that a dozen herds of deer could be rounded up and brought into the corrals by airplane in a few hours, doing the same job that required days under the dog team system of herding. Like last year, when Carl Ben Eiel- son and Ear] Borland were killed on an Arctic flight, planes this Winter will be used to carry the pick of the fur crop across the water and ice from Siberia in order to get them into the market while the fur ship is frozen tight in the sea. The plane also will be used this year for errands of mercy— ministrations to the ill, the injured or those without food and cut off from the outside world. Will Be Aid to Priests. Catholic priests who heretofore have en days to travel a few miles over the snow and ice by dog train will be able to reach the remotest parts of their parishes in a few hours by plane. A plane, a Bellanca monoplane pow- ered with a Packard Diesel engine, was on its way to the far Northland today for the use of the Jesuits who minister to the sick and carry food and cheer to the helpless when the country is bound with ice and snow. The plane was given to the Alaskan parish by the Marquette League of Brooklyn, N. Y. It will be flown in the Arctic by Brother George J. Feltes, S. J., who recently qualified as a pilot and has piled up enough hours in the air to entitle him to fly over the icy North- lands with a passenger. Planes Groomed for Races. Other planes will be winging their ‘way over the ice and tundra this Winter on missions formerly carried out by dog trains, and those who have watched the progress of aviation in the region close to the Pole see more and more uses for the winged craft as times goes on. The whole countryside is a landing fleld and the rapidity with which the long journeys by plane can be made over the slower overland method is revolutionizing transportation in the Arctic. America’s fastest planes are being groomed for the national air races which will be held in Chicago, August 23 to September 1, inclusive. The Travelair “mystery ship” which trim- med Army, Navy and Marine Corps craft at the races last year again will be on the starting line in the free-for- all contests and some other planes that are being grcomed behind barred doors "'llx‘hb! there too’ | thet e military forces are rigging their fastest craft for the races, which, due to the rivalry, are destined to be bitter- Daving s Cpsiary g i & mys Whichita which he e: the races after show! racing the time bergh. use its class by Lost Alaskan Flyer Honored. ANCHORAGE, - Alaska (#).—In rec- ognition of service while flying for the Anchorage’ Transport Co. the Pioneers of Anchorage have launched ACToss continent against | a for the record held by Col. Lind- |ISLAND FLYING DIFFICULT | Terrain and Hard Rains Dangers in Philippines. | | Army and Navy pilots who fly more gx’:u'i 125,000 s each year i the | ippines face many natural obstacles to aviation.” There is virtually rio nat- ural terrain in the islands on which an airplane can be landed, and in the rainy season torrential rains often ob- literate emergency landing fields within a few days after their completion, In addition to regular military duties in the islands, however, the service pilots engage in the charting of the Jungles by aerial photography, the ex- ploration of hitherto inaccessible areas and the flying of mail. COOLNESS OF PILOT PREVENTS BAD CRASH Lieut. Stone Turns Over Golf Course and Returns to Field ‘With Motor Stopped. Coolness and chain-lightning mental activity on the F. Stone, Army Air Corps, recently saved & big crash at Los Angeles, Calif., ac- eordnAxf to a report received here for the r Corps news letter from the 115th Observation Squadron, California National Guard. Lieut. Stone, who not only is rated an airplane pilot but also an airship pilot, balloon observer and aerial ob- server, “gave a hair-raising exhibition of quick thinking and expert piloting, thereby saving the lives of a pilot and a mechanic and preserving for future form of one airplane, Douglas transport type, and a couple of Liberty motors,” it was stated in the report. Lieut. Stone was ferrying a spare mo- tor, parts_and other equipment from Rockwell Field, San Diego, to Mather Field, Sacramento, Calif.,, and put into Griffith Park, Los Angeles, for gasoline. Taking off at the end of the runway and over a municipal golf links, dotted with players, his motor cut out just as the wheels left the ground. “With golfers on all sides,” the re- port continued, “Lieut. Stone somehow wished his plane into a right turn, out of sight and into some low hills. While the spectators held everything, await- ing the crash, and the personnel of the fleld did likewise, Lieut. Stone sailed serenely under some wires back onto the end of the field and taxied to the hangar on 2% cylinders.” PLANE SCATTERS SEED FOR BIG CLOVER CROP Fifteen-Acre Farm at Beaumont, Tex., Yields Large Returns Un- der C. C. Experiment. BEAUMONT, Tex. (#).—Seed scat- tered from an airplane has produced & good stand of clover on a farm near Beaumont. On March 22 some 15 acres of the pasture on the farm of Ed Hebert were planted in deza, clover, by airplane. Now Hebert has what he terms a near-perfect stand of the clover from the five bushels of seed scattered. The planting of the clover from the air was a feature of a program arranged to interest farmers in the permanent- pasture campaign in East Texas being sponsored by the East Texas and Beau- mont Chambers of Commerce. AT I Holland Flies Colonial Mail. ‘Weekly airmail service between !'.:e to part of Lieut. Laurence | use a valuable piece of property in the | & THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 13, 1930—PART FOUR. COLOMBIAN FLYING STUDENT AIR LINER CALLED EFFICIENT BOMBER Report to League _Promises Radical Changes in Its Disarmament Methods. BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN. to r and New York Tribune. Bootiant. 1080, Rew Wore Thoune, tner GENEVA, July 12.—The report of Col. Gen. P. C. Groves, well known British | government aviation authority, on the | relations between civil and military avia- tion to the League of Nations Commis- sion now meeting promises to make rad- ical changes in the methods of air dis- armament adopted by the League. Contrary to many previous reports, including that of civil aviation ex?exu who met in Brussels in February, 1927, which was accepted by the preparatory disarmament commission as the basis of air disarmament, Gen. Groves finds large transport planes easily convertible into bombers and their personnel first- class military airmen. He recommends that transports be counted as second- class bombers in computing a country's air strength, and says: “Effort should be directed to reduce the number of nnb-clm—thldv. is, military—bombers."” Lighter and - smaller planes, Gen. Groves believes, are not convertible into even moderately fit fighters, owing es- pecially to the difference in horsepower of the motors, which in civil planes are 40 to 100, while the fighters often are 500 horsepower. These planes, however, he believes, might be used for auxillary work such as artillery co-operation, aerial photography and reconnaissance. Discusses Air Liners. After having flown in and examined many types of civil and military air- craft, and discussing the question of construction with other experts, Gen. Groves says as regards air liners: “The development of commercial aviation has called for a constantly increased range of greater reliability, greater weight and carrying capacity and higher speeds. These are precisely the uirements almed at in the development of bombers. Day bombers require also high ceilings, but present cellings of air liners are adequate for night bombers. “The average air liner is a potentially far more efficient bomber than the liner seven years ago. This is easily proved by comparing the cl;er!om-nlm.:e of liners of that period and the performance of the great passenger-carrying machines which now fly regularly over European and American air route systems. Can it be seriously denled that such ma- chines, for example, as the British Ar- gosies and the Handley Page air liners, the French Farman Goliaths and Ja- brius, the German three or four engined Junker and the Rohrbach monoplanes, and the American three-engined, all- metal Fords, to mention but a few types, could be converted into highly effcient night bombers? It is evident that com- mercial flying will call for even better performances by the machines employed and thus automatically improve their military potentials as bombers. “Already we have for long-distance work such a machine as the De Havi- land Hercules employed in the Cairo- Bagdad - Karachi service. This aire plane’s top speed is 130 miles per hour, with a ceiling of 17,000 feet and endure= ance when fully loaded of five hours. I estimate that this machine would have a radius of 500 miles, carrying two- thirds of a ton—the remainder of the useful load being extra fuel. Has Radius of 1,200 Miles, “As an example of a still later type, consider the Falry monoplane which made & non-stop flight from England to India last’year. This machine was designed by imperial contract to work as express mail carriers. High author- ities have confirmed my estimate that this bomber monoplane has a radius of actlon, carrying a load of one ton, of about 1,200 miles.” Gen. Groves believes that large flying | boats are also convertible into bombers and points to the British Calcutta type which was especially constructed for commercial purposes and sets a better all-round performance than most of the Royal Alr Force flyng boats. The German giant, the Dornier “Dox” which carries 60 passengers on long- distance flights and powered by twelve 500-horsepower motors, he holds, has great military potentiality as carrier of bombs or war chemicals. Referring to the report of the com- mittee of civil aviation experts which does not recommend military features such as gun mountings and bomb racks to be incorporated in the construction of air liners, Gen. Groves replies: “The lack of such provisions might entail conversion which would take several days instead of several hours bWt it would not neutralize the convertibility, since this, as already mentioned, is in- herent in performance. To the argument that commercial craft vdoes not possess the requisite | ceiling, the reply is that the ceiling im- | posed by geographical conditions is | ample for night bombing. Moreover, there are several methods by which the ceiling can be raised if desired. |~ As “regards the protection of non- | military constructed craft, Gen. Groves points out that clouds and darkness are & great protection and if necessary on long-distance flight would have the escort of bombers. ~Also simple altera- tions would permit the installation of several gun rings, giving excellent fields of fire, Gen. Groves urges frank recognition of this easy convertibility of air liners into bombers as the only method of undertaking disarmament. e NAVY AERIAL FLEET’S DUST HALTS TRAFFIC Desert sandstorms, long popular for dramatic purposes in high-pressure novels and movies, were put to shame by a man-made sandstorm at the Na- val Reserve aviation base, Valley Stream, Long Island, according to a report received by the Navy Depart- ment following the recent parade of 10 Navy fighting squadrons up the coast. “A few weeks ago,” the report began, “the Navy's aerial fleet left a cloud of dirt so_thick over Valley Stream that all traffic operated at reduced speeds. It was alleged that one nearby resident who painted his house the day before the Navy planes arrived, came home the following day to find the house stuccoed with Curtiss Field sand. “However, the dust has settled, we are able to see the far side of the field, and much to our surprise grass is act- ually growing. If the present rate of growth continues it will soon be ready for threshing. A Curtiss student nosed tall grass. The bureau should expect requisitions for lawnmowers in the near future. We further believe that the visit of the fleet aviators helped the grass considerably.” HEAT STOPS FIRES {New Apparatus Uses Engine Heat for Fire Prevention. The heat trated tln'elhu:efi“w be{xt new type of apparal tests. The v PLANS AIR Guillermo de Leyva, 19, Is Studying in St. Louis School. ST. LOUIS (#).—Guillermo de Leyva, 19, of Bogota, Colombia, expects to be his country’s air transport ploneer, Learning to fiy at the Universal Avi- ation Schools here, he plans to develop commercial aviation in Colombia as soon as he qualifies for his transport license, He Is & descendant of a Duke de Leyva, who was sent by the Spanish monarch, Philip II, to govern Celombia, in 1603. His df! r, Doming a® Caizedo, was president of the country from 1830 to 1850, and his father, Ro- zmmwu minister of war from 1900 1904, His ambition to fly was fired by the visit of Col. Lindbergh to Colombia in 1927, he says. LINES AT HOME GUILLERMO DE LEYVA. AIR LEGION ADOPTS PASSENGER RULES 2 Nembers Are Required to Have at Least 20 Hours of Solo Flying. As & result of several recent crashes involving private pllots and passengers, including one at College Park, Md., in which the passenger was killed, the Dis- trict of Columbia Air Legion, local pri- vate flying club, has put into effect regulations prohibiting any of its mem- bers from carrying passengers in any legion plane until he has had at least 20_hours of solo flying. Department of Commerce regulations require that student pilots must have 10 hours of flying time before they may take their examinations for private pilot licenses. If the“ pass the examination and obtain the licenses they ray begin immediately to carry passenge. ‘as long a8 they “‘:‘V‘:l ite pilot o private pilot ma; in com- e e S o B reward o for the carrying of pcumgen.“gm or do not receive any pay for e private license, however, entitles the vfuoz to carry friends in his plane. In view of the several accidents of this sort which have occurred recently, ac- eordln{)eto officials of the legion, it might wise to increase the solo time required before passengers may be e regulation fr ) regulations requiring at least 20 | hours was passed by the board of direc- | tors of the legion at a mutln{odurlnl the past week and was fut into effect immediately. Officers of the legion, it was stated following the meeting, be- lieve that the safety of aviation would | Co. be promoted if the Department of Com- merce were to amend its regulations re- quiring that from 20 to 25 hours' flying time be adopted as one of the qualifica- tions for a private license, and 100 in- stead of 50 hours be required for a com- mercial license. The legion board of directors also | passed & regulation requiring that all | students of the club be “checked out” | by the instructor on cross-country flying | before being permitted to fly out of | gliding distance of the training fleld. 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