Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1930, Page 55

. |} VIA 2 TION BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. HEN the storm clouds settle down on the thzfi' heads of the Alleghenies and fog boils up out of the deep valleys there *{s nothing so comforting to the aviator as radio and réliable weather information. It is easy to get into trouble crossing the mountains if you take chances with the weather and it Is just as easy to keep out of trouble with proper precautions. A flight of three big twin-en- ined bombardrhent planes from | hicago to Langley Field, Va.| ‘en route home from the national air races on- the trail of a Sum- mer storm during the week illus- trates the value of radio. The three bombers, from the Becond Bombardment Group, were | left in Chicago for the close of | the national air races last Mon- | day when six other planes of the . group, under command of Capt. llen Pascale, Air Corps, went to Cleveland for the start of the Gordon Bennett international ‘ balloon race on Labor day. Rain was falling at the great Curtiss-Reynolds airport, the scene of the air races, on Tuesday morning when the bombers were | scheduled to take off. Low clouds | ttled on the tops of the high, uildings in. the Chicago Loop. ere was fog and mist in the lowl:?d.s. Pilots of the group, as- sembled at the field on schedule, despite the weather, sat around i{n the Army operations building, tkelet on desks, yawned and beat e lives out of pestiferous flies. ‘There was some local flying and a limited amount of cross- ¢ountry. The radio was working overtime, picking up every snatch weather information sent out y Department of Commerce air-| ways stations, Army and Navy“ stations and other airports. ‘There was a break in the clouds and fog to the east and north- east and nine pursuit planes from the First Pursuit Groug took off | for Selfridge Field, Mich, To the | south everything was closed in.| The Navy Red Ripper Squadron remained on the ground. So did the six Marine planes from Quan- tico, Va. Consults Radio Reports. ¢ Capt. Frank D. Hackett, in com- mand of the bombers, however, wanted to get home, so the radio | was worked and the weather re- ports came in. The weather re- mained unsettled to the south and east. The rain fell slowly. The fog persisted in the lowlands. The clouds hung low. The pilots awned and swatted filies. Capt.| ackett consulted weather re- perts. Finally the reports began to im- prove. It was not raining so much to the south and the clouds were beginning to lift. Wright Field, | Dayton, Ohio, the goal of the bombers’ first hop on the way home, reported by radio/a pilot on his way to Chicago in an Army, observation plane. Capt. Hackett. decided to wait until he eame through with first-hand reports. ‘The pilots yawned or slept and began to consider without any hope the slim prospects for lunch. Capt. Hackett rubbed his chin. wulg in the afternoon the Wright Field ship came in through the grailsky and landed soddenly. Capt. Hackett was beside the cockpit before the pilot stepped | out. He nodded and signaled to| the mechanics under the bomber | wings with a circular motion of | \.his hands. The six big motors e after another coughed a.mil gan to roar a home-going song. | 'he, pilots ceased to yawn. They | out . into the damp, | motors droned. and the even pace of the cross country was resumed. The clouds broke away finally and there were patches of blue. The bombers climbed. In No. 77 Corpl. Shilling pillowed his head on a flying suit and slept peace- fully stretched out on the floor of the big rear compartment. Staff Sergt. Kirpatrick, the other mem- ber of the crew, sat on the |bottom of an upturned gasoline pail on his parachute, gazing without enthusiasm through the circular wirgow beside him. The t Corpl Cushing's radio antenna gleamed. Lieut. Burnside probably folded up his maps. The sky was nearly clear. The sun streamed down. Puddles twinkled in the fields. The long line of hangars at Wright Field appeared ahead; the bombers swung into landing echelon out of the V formation and went on down, led by Capt. Hackett. They taxied up to the pits for fueling. The luggage was unloaded. The pilots stretched and yawned. An Army bus ap- peared and took care of the lug- gage. It was too late to continue on across the mountains. Take- off time was set for 9 o'clock the next morning. Wednesday Dawned Bright. Wednesday ‘dawned bright, crisp and beautifully clear at Wright Field, after a thunder- storm which swept down during the night, routing out the enlisted men and forcing them to stake down the bombers. The pilots, full of breakfast, gathered around before 9 o'clock. Corpl. Cushing was working No. 41’s radio, using the regular loop antenna and storage battery as the big ship rested on the ground. Capt. Hack- ett sat in a chair in_the field operations office, his feet on a table. The weather board on the wall across from him told a dis- |lost in fog, were completed during the { airport, with slight damage to the lower THE SUNDAY STAR. W ixaTON, Tk, SEPTEMBER 17, 1930—PART FOUR. CHUTES TO LOWER AIRPLANES TESTED Pilot Uninjured as . Craft Lands in Tree and on Top of Airport. Tests of a new type of airplane para- chute which is designed to lower safely to earth airplanes which have been in- capacitated by motor fallure, damage, broken controls, or which have passed out of cor: ol of the pilot, or become past week at Detrolt, according to re- ports received here. On two tests the pilot, Vance Breese, put the plane into a spin at an alti- tude of 2,500 feet and then descended in safety through use of the parachute. On the first drop the plane landed in & tree under conditions approximat- ing those which would be found in emergency use. Only minor damage was sustained by the plane. On the second test the plane landed on the wing and landing gear. Breese re- mained in the plane during both drops and was not even shaken up. Designed to Prevent Crashes. Use of the parachute is designed to prevent many crashes which are due to inability of the pilot to land the plane safely at its normal flying speed after motor failure, loss of control or struc- tural damage to the plane. The parachute is released by the pilot. When the release is pulled & small pilot parachute opens. This small parachute is sufficient to right the plane from any maneuver before it drags out the main 60-foot parachute. The big chute is intended to land the plane at a speed of about 15 miles per hour, which would permit a landing under al- most any conditions without major damage to plane or crew. The tests were switnessed by repre- sentatives of leading airlines, aviation schools, airmail contractors, insurance companies, airnlane manufacturing con- cerns and the Department of Commerce and Army and Navy. Apparatus Operated Automatically. The plane used in the experiment was a two-place, open-cockpit biplane with an OX-5 engine, tHe whole plane weigh- mal tale. Burgess Field, ug in the mountains at Uniontown, Pa., was shrouded in fog. Rain was falling all over the mountain area and the clouds were down on the mountain tops. Flying conditions were reported as dangerous. The pilots settled down to talk or go over what literature the place af- forded. Capt. Hackett folded his hands across his stomach. Out- side the sun shone with rare fervor and the sky was bluer than | ue. At 10 o'clock the Army weather radio network went into action again. A grey-haired . enlisted man chalked up the results on the weather board. The flying con- ditions in the mountains remained { danferous. The pilots continued to sit. Ouf under the planes the mechanics rolled certain bits of ivory to see who showld carry home the financial plunder yielded up to them in Chicago. Corp. Cushing beat the opera- tions office to the 11 o'clock re- for;, bringing it in on a pad be- ore the office man chalked it on the board. The weather was im- proving in-the mountains but still was bad. The sun continued to shine bravely and the sky re- mained blue as blue. Some of the mechanics’ also became blue -as blue. The pilots began, without much hope, to consider the pros- pects for Iunch. At 11:45 Capt. Hackett heaved himself to his feet. “Come on,” he said, and hiked away toward the bombers. The pilots trailed along. Capt. Hackett went to No. 41, where Cushing was working the radio. If the weather lifted the bombers shoved off; if it showed no signs of lifting the pilots got lunch and another day at Wright Field. chilly air, dismissed vain thoughts of lunch and got into leather| Jackets, parachutes, helmets and | oggles. The writer was assigned lo No. 77, of the famous 96th Bombardment Squadron, Lieuts. ‘W. G. Davis and M. R. Knight, Air Corps Reserve, on active duty, as pilots. Hackett Leads Off. “Load ’Em Up,” Hackett Orders. Cushing hopped down throu:ih the floor of the bomber, pad in hand. Capt. Hackett looked at the pad. “Load ’em up,” he said to the mechanics. The ivories dis- appeared, a fat roll was swallowed up by the pocket of the heavy winner. The motors coughed and began to sing contentedly. The Chocks were pulled, the roar of | the motors rose to a howl and| the field began to roll away be- hind. Ahead Capt. Hackett's| plane, from the 20th Bombard-} ment Squadron, rose steadily into | the air. Behind him No. 75, from | the 96th Squadron, rose off the| ground. No. 41 pulled off in its place in echelon. The great randstands, so active the day be- | ore, 0 barren now, swung past and were gone. The bombers swung into the loose “V” forma-| tion for cross country. A glisten-| ing copper radio antenna snaked | out from beneath Capt. Hackett’s | lane and hun% in a long cury-| ng arc below the formation. At| the inner end of the antenna Corpl. E. W. Cushing, radio man for the flight, adjusted his head-| phones and began to work the| ground stations. The clouds hung low and the bombers hugged the ground. Caph. | Hackett took no chances on flying over Chicago at low altitude; he| led the way away from the lake| and around the greaat sprawling | metropolis. Corpl. Cushing worke " the radio. Lieut. M. D. Burnside six feet four inches tall, former resident of the District of Colum- bia, Capt. Hackett's co-pilot and navigation officer for the flight, consulted his maps. The flight was homeward bound. Down below—not so far below ~the landscape rolled along rather sluggishly. If any one tells you' the landscape streams by in a breathless rush when you fly, don't believe it. The changes are gradual and if you will only look ou can see what there is to see. omgwhere the Illinois farms gave away to Indiana farms. You " couldn’t tell the difference by Jooking, and, anyw: that was a matter for Lieut. Burnside and Capt. Hackett to worry about. Storm Clouds Lift. ‘The clouds began to lifé and lighten. The landscape brighten- ed, the bombers climbed a little higher. There was an occasional lake to be seen. The Indiana farms unrolled in stately proces- sion, with an occasional town. towns were all alike, the pilots tighténed their belts in lieu of lunch and climbed into flying togs. The weather was lifting over the mountains. “If we have to land at Union- town,” Capt. Hackett told the pilots, “give me plenty of room going down. Land singly at wide intervals.” The Uniontown field is small and one bomber at a time is heavy traffic there. The bombers took to the air at 12:04, settled ‘into cross-country forma- tion and nosed to the east. Cushing’s aerial fed out below the leading; plane, The sun shone brightly. Corp. Shilling went to sleep and Sergt. Kirpatrick sat on the gadoline bucket by the cir- cular window. He gazed without enthusiasm at the flat Ohlo farm land. Overhead the sky was blue and the sun shone brightly. An hour later the planes still headed eastward under brilliant blue skies. The horizon ahead, however, began to take on a dirty gray tinge. There was herizon haze to the north and the great white skyscraper which dominates the downtown section of Colum- us, Ohio, loomed pale and sickly hrough the haze, 30 miles away. The planes had climbed high and |the country spread out wide a mile and a half below. Shilling rolled over on the other side. | Kirkpatrick lighted a cigarétte |and gazed without enthusiasm at the landscape. | Now the country began to break into hills and deepening valleys below. Ahead the sky got grayer and grayer. Loose clouds began to float overhead. The planes be- gan to bump #round as the foot- | hill country broke up the steady | flow of the wind. The Ohio River was passed, a stern-wheeler churning along placidly under the graying skies. The air became raw and chilly. | Overhead there were more and |more clouds, white at first but | now tumin? gray. The sun shone through infrequently. Ahead tew skies were solid gray. The firsu mountain ridge loomed, scarcely darker than the sky. If this | represented a clearlng away it | certainly must have been thick |before. The trailing antenna ing 1,800 pounds. The experimental parachute and equipment as installed weighed less than 100 pounds. The parachute was carried in a tube built beneath the fuselage, the shroud lines running over the tail surfaces and be- ing fastened to four fittings on the cen- ter section of the top wing. On future installations the device will be carried built into the top of the fuselage. ‘The apparatus is automatic in opera-| tion, no attention to parachute or con- trols being necessary after the release cord is pulled. The release cord pulls off a cap, and the pilot chute is thrown out by the spring of tension cables at- tached to the large chute. The small parachute, in addition to righting the plane, pulls out the large chute, Arrangements will be made to cut off the airplane motor automatically when the release cord is pulled. Damage to the airplane landin~ with the para- chute, it is believed, will be limited to breaking of the undercarriage and pos- sibly e propeller, even under the worse conditions. 4 BOLLING FLIGHT*SURGEQ SENT TO.LANGLEY FIELD Maj. Robert A. Hale, Rated as Junior Pilot, Ordered to Hampton, Va. Maj. Robert A, Hale, flight surgeon at Bolling Field, has been orderegeow Langley Field, Hampton, Va., for duty, beginning September 15, the War De- partment has announced. Maj. Hale is rated as & junior airplane pilot and is one of the best known Air Corps flight surgeons. Maj. Hale is a native of Texas, where he was born July 4, 1891. He was graduated from the Army Medical School in 1917, from the Medical Field Service School in 1921, from the Army Medical School, advanced course, in 1922 and was an honor graduate of the School of Aviation Medicine in 1923, He graduated from the Air Coi Primary Flying School in 1925. Before _,!:I:jl{;:lthz Aflnydhe had decided on a career and was graduated fr the Medical School of the Unlver!lrt; %l;rexs.s with his medical degree in French Plan Forest Patrols, France is considering the establish- ment of an air patrol over its forests similar to those ia this country and Canada. It is planned to send radio Ea‘lipge: ;l;x'l:‘ '.';) relpon fires and to ighters practicable point, rmtaly bt s e evident that the radio reports h made the trip possible. po’l'he I.d was still rolling out of the deepest hollows. Our assage of the moun- tain country had been very neatly timed. The sullen ridges made way for more sullen valleys below and the skies were gloomy above. Ridge after ridge was passed and finally, over the broad Shenan- doah Valley, the skies began to break away and there were patches of blue. Thousands of feet above the bombers, flying above the clouds, was a gleaming silver plane, one of the Navy ships on the way to Anacostia from Chicago. He dis- appeared at intervals behind the clouds, but when the next blue space came, there he was flying! steadily on. i The Blue Ridge was crossed not far below Harper’s Ferry and soon the Potomac, wide and shallow, scraping along over knife edges of upturned rock, was below. 'lghe water was crystal clear and no detail of the bottom was hidden for miles. The river channel be- came narrower and more tortuous and the river plunged down at Great Falls into the gorges. The Capitol began to take form through the haze ahead and, gk;rfie ktlouril anlt’i 44 minutes out ayton, the bombers landed Bolling Field. o Corp. Shilling sat up and pulled offt his parachute. Kirkpatrick climbed out through the floor. The Pllots entered notations in their 0g books. They climbed down hopefully and hiked off to the post exchange for food while the glanes were fueled. They came ack a moment later., The ex- change was clcsed; there was no food. They devoted a moment to appreciating Army life and then rrepared to continue on to Lang- ey Field, supper and bed. The radio picked up the word that weather was good down the line. They drew in their belts and shoved off. Design Will Rice HUGE AIR BEACON TO HONOR COLUMBUS s for a great lighthouse memorial to Columbus at Santo Domingo include those of W. K. Oltar-Jevsky (right), Amon (left) and Edgar Lynch (center), who collaborated with Donald Nelson. ! AIRPLANE CARRIER BIDS ARE OPENED Cost, Including Machinery, Expected to Run as High as $19,000,000. ‘The first bids ever opened by the Navy Department for construction of an airplane carrier were opened during the past week in the presence of the Secretary of the Navy and other naval officials, - Three shipbuilding companies submitted bids for thc ship, which is ex- pected to csot $19,000,000, including machinery. ‘The vessel, now known only as Air- craft Carrier No. 4, will be the first ever designed by this country for the pur- pose. The present aircraft carriers now used by the Navy were not designed tor this purpose originally. They include the Saratoga and Lexington, designed originally as battle cruisers, and the Langley, formerly a_coliier. Aircraft Carrier No. 4 has been de- signed from the keel up for aircraft work with the fleet. It is to have a displacement of 13,800 tons and was authorized by Congress February 13, 1929. The limit of cost, including armor and armament, was sent at $19,000,000 Appropriations totaling $4,050,000 have been made by Congress for starting con- struction, ‘The bids received for construction of hull and machinery were as follows: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation for construction at their Fore River plant at Quincy, Mass., with a construc- tion period of 39 months, $16,760,000. New York Shipbuilding Co., of Cam- den, N. J, with a construction period of 42 months, $16,334,000. Newgort News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co,, Newport News, Va., with con- ;tul'slfia'an period of 40 months, $15,~ ——h 26 PLANES ON MAP DUTY Making Plates of 100,000 Square/ Miles in Canada. Approximately 100,000 square miles of Canada will be recorded on photo- | graphic plates when the 26 airplanes now engaged throughout the Dominion in afr-mapping discontinue operations when the snow falls. Canada has long been a leader in getting its territory accurately mapped out by photogrnflhy from the air, and the program this year has kept busy the largest fleet ever to be engaged in a single program of the sort. The 26 planes are working in 13 detachments. Ocean Hopper? MARIE C. BUCH, Fourth girl member of the D. C. Air Legion, locz private flying club, to solo. She is planning a solo flight to her home in Denmark when she has had sufficient experience. She lives at 723 Fifteenth street. —Buckingham Photo. MANY WOMEN WORKING IN AIRPLANE FACTORY Play Big Part in Production of U. 8. Aerial Craft, Plant Reports. ‘Women are playing their part in the production of America’s airplanes, re- ports the Boeing Airplane Co. of Se- attle, which employs 17 feminine work- ers in its factory personnel. Fifteen women are employed in the wing department of the Boeing plant to sew airplane cloth on the wooden wing frames. These women are highly skilled seamstresses, working under the direction of the foreman, who is the only man in the wing-covering depart- ment. ‘The other two women workln!’ at the Boeing plant are employed in the plat- | ing department to prepare small fittings |and bolts for the electroplating process. ! Trains 16 Pilots in Day. ‘The U. S. 8. Langley, aircraft car- rier, recently established a new record |in pilot qualifications when in one day, | without act t, 16 pilots were quali- fled, with a of 119 landings on the flight deck, the Navy Department has been informed. g | AIR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS TO BE TAKEN UP AT PARLEYS Philadelphia Scene of First of Eight Gatherings on Local and National Ques Problems of llrrh.ne transportation from both the local and national stand- points and the orderly development and 08 | control of such transportation will be considered during the Fall at a series of eight regional conferences, in which the National Capital will participate, to be held under auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce will co-operate. ‘The first of the conferences will be held in Philadelphfa September 23 and 24 and the second at Boston September 25 and 26. States to be represented at the Philadelphia conference are Dela- ware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columblia. November 5 Conferences. Conference also have been scheduled for Chicago November 5 and 6 and at Minneapolis November 7 and 8. Atlanta and Dalles will be conference scenes in November and Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast conferences will be held in_December. In addition to the aviation problems, highway and traffic matters will be considered. Representatives and .delegates from the Chambers of Commerce and busi- ness organizations in the cities and States of each reglon will take part in the conferénces. Inquiries from many of these organizations on the various phases of traffic and of aviation prob- Jems prompted the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States to arrange for the eight assemblages. Public traffic officials and authorities and avi- ation experts will attend the sessions te in the discussions. “BEST OIL IN THE WORLD Good oil, as you know, is the life-blood of a motor. Poor oil is its death-warrant. Autocrat Motor Oil tions. ‘The conferences are designed pri- marily to enable business organizations and business interests of the country to approach and consider their local and regional street and highway and their air tarfic problems from the standpoint of a national perspective, and to fa- cilitate the exchange of views and ex- perience in these matters from both a regional and a Nation-wide viewpoint. Features of Development. ‘The features in the improvement and development of air transportation that are to be considered include: 1. Further sound development of air transportation. 2. Uniform intrastate licensing leg- islation. 3. Intrastate regulation of gliders. 4. Further development of air navi- gation facilities. 5. Development of proper State laws and regulations affecting airports. “The reglonal conferences, in addition to facilitating the exchange of views on the part of business and other organi- zations in the different States,” it was announced, “are intended to promote a larger measure of co-operation with the public authorities in the solution of vital problems relating to these trans- portation agencies. “Increasing use of both modes of travel are bringing practical questions, such as uniform legislation, efficient use of ground and thoroughfares, proper regulatory measures and long-term planning to the doors of virtually all States and communities, The hope is to ald in finding effective ways and means of solving Lthem for each State and Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. SIS VRO O THERT Beware of Substitutes Try Autocrat the next time you need oil, and judge its advantages for yourself. At the Better Dealers ARMY SOON TO TEST 3 ARCHY DIRECTORS Two New Anti-Aircraft Com- puting Machines Are: of Foreign Make. Special Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, September 6—Three new anti-aircraft directors, one Ameri- can and two of foreign manufacture, will be tested at Aberdeen by Regular Army officers between now and Novem- ber 1, according to an announcement by the 3d Corps Area headquarters here. The two of foreign make were manufactured in accordance with United States Army specifications. The anti-aircraft director is an elab- orate and complicated computing chine which, when sighted at the ta get, determines automatically-the range and direction at which the guns must be pointed in order that the projectile and enemy airplane will reach the same point in space at the same instant. Capt. C. H. Morgan, Ordance De- partment, of the fire control design section, Frankford Arsenal, in an inter- view, emphasized the difficult nature of this problem. He pointed out that at ordinary firing ranges of 4 to 5 miles the airplane would travel about 1,500 feet during the interval of time corre- sponding to the flight of the projectile from the gun. He stated further that the jectile was acted upon during its flight by wind, non-uniform atmos- pheric density and drift, any one of -which would be sufficient to cause a miss if not properly corrected. The anti-aircraft director must de- termine continuously and without loss of time the point in advance of the target at which the guns must be aimed | and the effect of all extraneous condi- | tions on the flight of the projectile. 1t is very properly regarded as the heart of the modern anti-aircraft defense system. The development of the new Ord- nance Derlr'.mem director was started at Prankfor{ Arsenal in 1924 and has been continuously in progress since that time. Each year has witnessed impor- tant changes and improvements the value of which has been proved con- clusively in the annual firing tests ‘at Aberdeen Proving Ground. It is ex- pected that the present model will {hmve to be more efficlent than any of e previous types. ‘The tests this Fall are to be carried out under the direction of the chiefs of ordnance, Coast Artillery, Air Corps and Corps of Engineers. A number of new guns and various auxiliary equip- ment will be tested in addition to the directors. SAFETY IS COMMENDED IN AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS 8ix Injuries in 61,877 Hours of Flying. The safety record of the aircraft | squadrons of the battle fleet during the | past year is regarded as “most credit- lbl!.';e:hfl Navy Department has an- nounced. An analysis of the aircraft accidents occurring in the squadrons during the year has been completed and shows that a total of 61,877 hours were flown, with five deaths and six injuries to personnel. The hours flown per death were 12,375, “Commander Aircraft Squadrons,” it was stated in a Bureau of Aeronautics | report, “feels that the above results, in view of the highly specialized, congest- ed and complex nature of operations re- | quired in the Alrcraft Squadrons, Bat- | tie Fleet, are most creditable.” ¢ PAINT WEIGHT. A FACTOR ‘The problem of weight becomes a factor in the painting of an airplane, it is revealed by the experience of ‘West Coast operators in refinishing a nl;nz Boeing tri-motored transport ane. P ‘Twenty-five gallons of laquer, total- ing 219 pounds in weight, were applied to the plane. When the lacquer dried, however, its total weight was reduced to 90 pounds, about 40 per cent of its Battle Fleet. Had Five Deaths and | Ohi fluid weight. BY GEORGE WATERS. HE names of eight model plane flyers, the best pilots in the city, were forwarded last week by the Distirct of Columbia Model Aircraft League to the National Committee in New York City, to be considered among the hundreds of names from all over T the country for entry in the annual National Model Aircraft Tourna- ment, which this year will be staged at Atlantic City October 10 and 11 The local boys were divided according to national instructions into juniors and seniors and four names of each were sent. Those boys who are over 16 years of age are considered as seniors, and those under 16 years as juniors. late yesterday afternoon, owing to Records were not completed until the series of final tests for the in- door hand-launched scientific type of model planes given yesterday morning at the Constitution Hall, through the courtesy of the Daugh- ‘ters of the American Revolution. Try for High Records. These final tests were held in order that local boys might have the oppor- tunity to establish a higher record in this type of plane than could possibly be obtained in Macfarland Community Center, the ceiling .of which is much lower than in most auditoriums where model plane flying is held all over the country. Excelient records were made by the boys who took the final tests yesterday morning, all of the 12 boys achieving 3 minutes or more, which is considered a fine showing, and the high record being 6 minutes 14 3-5 seconds, made by George Shipley. The tests were given in the presence of Gen. Mason M. Pat- rick, Col. C. DeF. Chandler and Walter Hinton, who checked the records for the local committee, Gen. Patrick, Col. Chandler, Hinton, John H. Williams and Miss Sibyl Baker attested to the official District records sent to the na- tional committee last night. ‘Winners Are Listed. ‘The four seniors whose names were forwarded to New York City last night are: George Shipley, 55 M street, holder of the highest record for indoor hand- launched scientific model of 6 minutes 143-5 seconds; Everett Meeks, 2608 Myrtle avenue northeast, highest record in outdoor hand-launched scientific of 15 minutes 21 1-5 seconds; Frank Ball, Ballston, Va., highest record in rise-off- ground fuselage plane of 2 minutes 5 seconds, and Willlam Pizzini, 3018 Q street, high record in indoor hahd- launched scientific of 5 minutes 44 1-5 seconds. Junior Winners Given. Junior boys whose names were sent to the national committee for high rece ords are: Harry McGinniss, 202 Con- necticut avenue, Kensington, Md., for indoor hand-launched scientific of 6 minutes 5 seconds; John Sullivan, 1412 ‘Twenty-ninth street, for outdoor hand- launched scientific of 18 minutes 40 seconds, and Frank Salisbury, 1024 Ver- mont avenue, for dynamic of 15 sec- onds and for outdoor rise-off-ground fuselage of 3 minutes 36 seconds; Luther Schmidt, 308 Buchanan street, for in- door rise-off-ground, of 2 minutes 3% seconds. Sixty in National Contest. Only 60 boys in all from the entire country can be included in the list of entrants for the national tournament. The local boys hold very high records and the feeling prevails among the local experts that several of them at least will be chosen for the national events. The District of Columbia Model Alre craft League has promised to pay the expenses to the tournament of five local boys should that many be declared eli- gible by the national committee, ‘The records follow: George Shipley, 6 minutes 14 3-5 sec- onds; Harry McGinniss, 6 minutes 5 seconds; Frank Salisbury, 5 minutes 56 1-5 seconds; William Pizaini, 5 min. utes 441-5 secands; Robert Towles, § ‘minutes 41 seconds; Luther Schmidt, 5 minutes 27 seconds; Frank Ball, 4 min+ utes 8 seconds; George Leffler, 4 min~ utes 3 seconds; Douglas Phillips, 3 min- utes 33-5 seconds; John Pendleton, 8 minutes, and Lloyd Busching, 3 min- utes. William Chaffee of Toledo has sold his model of a Boeing, P-12 Wasp- powered Army fighter which won the 1930 contest of the American Model to a Detroit millionaire for $500. He also won a trip to Europe. The which he modeled is said to be the fastest combat plane of any nation. COL. FICKEL STARTS WAR COLLEGE STUDY One of the Ay Corps’ outstanding veterans, Lieut. Col. Jacob E. Fickel, known as the first aerial gunner, has begun a year's course in the Army War College after four years of service as executive officer of the Air Corps mate- rial division, Wright Field, Dayton, o. ‘The course to be taken by Col. Fickel is that given to prepare officers for the ranking commands in the service and for the handling of personnel of the largest Army groups. Col. Fickel is one of the highest ranking Afr Corps officers appointed from the line. From 1902 to 1904 he was a cadet with the Coast Guard. Later he enlisted as a private of In- fautry. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1907. In 1910 he began experimenting with the late Glenn Cur- tiss In firing guns from airplanes. In 1916, then holding the rank of captain, he was transferred from the Infantry to the aviation section of the Signal Corps. He was flying instructor in several training schools during the World War and was in command of the school at Carruthers Field, Tex. Fol- lowing the war he was on duty in the office of the chief of the Air Corps here in several capacities, including that of chief of the supply division. Col. Fickel flies regularly, and re- cently made a remarkable flight from Florida to Panama across the Caribbean Sea with Lieuts. Albert F. Hagenberger and Ennis C. Whitehead. He holds the ratings of airplane pilot and airplane observer. He was graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School in 1925 and 'was an honor graduate of the Command and General Staff School in 1926. Hair of several New York boys turned green after they swam in a river pol- luted from acids from a nearby factory. JULY AIRPLANE SALES EXCEED PRODUCTION Airplane sales and deliveries during the month of July more than kept pace with production during the month, ine dicating that the industry is on & sounder basis than for many months, according to a statistical report issued by the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce, ‘The report shows that during the month 244 commercial and military airplanes were produced and that 283 were sold and delivered. During the first seven months of 1930, the report shows, the industry produced 1,721 air- planes and delivered 1,832, showing & steady depletion of the overproduction of 1929. Pifty-six major aircraft manufacturs ers reported production of 181 com- mercial airplanes during July, with & total value, without motors, of $834,013. Deliveries of commercial planes in totaled 218, with a value, less motors, of $1,121,590. Military production totaled 63 air- planes in July, with a value, without motors, of $1,107,375.30. Delivery of military airplanes on contract closely paralleled production, with 64 shi put into Government service during month., Seventeen major engine manufac- turers reported production of 334 com- mercial and military engines, valued at $1458,797, in July. Delives slightly under production, with units sold. The commercial market absorbed 152 of the engines delivered, while 168 were produced for the com= mercial market. Military engine pro- duction rose 10 per cent over June fig- ures, with a total of 168, valued at $915,663. ESSEX 70 mile.an hour SUPER~-SIX The 1gllstened against the gray earth. ranks as ‘“Pennsyl- AUl Prices F. O. B. 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