Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1930, Page 65

AVIA TION - BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. IR transport occupied the center of the aeronautical stage in the National Capi- tal again during the past week, leaving other aviation ac- tivities to cool their heels in the vmf . The developments, espe- clally in the passenger transpor- tation field, have been many and far reaching during the past seven days. The Ludington line between this city and Philadelphia and New York completed its first month of operations, flying 20 planes daily, and wound up the month with several new, albeit in- formal, records under its belt. As a result of the pressure of busi- ness, this line during the week was forced to increase its sched- ule by putting on early morning lanes from both ends of the line. jght flights and extension of service to the South were being considered during the week by of- ficlals of the line. Eastern Alr Transport and Pennsylvania Airlines also made schedule changes during the week to handle increased business and speed up service. Eastern Ailr Traisport, operating through here from Richmond to New York, l(;?ped three-quarters of an hour off its running time during the week. The Pennsylvania system, operated by Clifford Ball, airmail contract holder, not only estab- lished a faster schedule but in- augurated direct service to Cleve- land, eliminating the previous change of planes at Pittsburgh. At Cleveland the Ball line tles up directly with & newcomer in the air passenger fleld, National Air Transport, veteran airmail contract line, which has taken over the Stout line and which during the past week went into the business of flying passengers from Cleveland fo Detroit and Chicago. Big Thumb in Pie. ‘The Post Office Department put its thumb in the air transport ple in a big way during the week and, ytovtng itself superior to Little 'ackie Horner, pulled out two lums—one 4 new airmail con- ct of a rare size and richness; the other a withered, sour little mess of criticism for the manner in which the ple thumbing was conducted. To be specific, the Post Office ent_awarded to Western Afr. Express and Transcontinental Alr Transport-Maddux Systems the contract for carrying mail in gnenger planes from New York Los Angeles by way of the most direct route, an lln’mt straight line through Philadelphia, Pitts- h, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louls, Kansas City, Wichita, Ama- rillo and Albuquerque, with a cut- 3fiymu to Tulsa and Oklahoma In making the award the Post Office Department rejected a bid, . cent. lower, submitted by Avigation Co. of ' Pitts- 4n organization put to- g the purpose of bidding for ‘the, tract by three of the smaller’ dviation companies, ‘The dward ranked easily as the > 33 U bu. most ynaomnt aviation event of tral in the Nation and as one of the most important in the airmall fleld this year. To carry out the terms of the contract, the two. great air lifes are organizin, an ofl, rating company, in whic) Pitf Aviati Industries Corporation, known chiefly as the Vania. aifport projects, is 10 pe v “projects, holder of a minority interest, The Pittsburgh corporation’s airports at Pittsburgh and Harrisburg are to be stops on the new line. - erations over the 2,659-mile trans- continental route are to begin Oc- tober 15 and the successful bid- ders haveé announced their inten- tion to fly a 24-hour coast-to- coast mall, passenger and éxpress Wash! nians may make con- nections air with the new line at New York, Philadelphia or Pi th over existing op- entlns rom Washington-Hoover Local Pie Bubbling. ‘The local version of the air tr: rt pieé so energetically thi d daring the week still is on the. fire. It is bubbling and bofling most actively, with clouds|. of steam and rich; appetizing odors rising from it, and it is hard to tell just what it is going to be like when the cooklnr is done. The ple is aromatically flavored with rumors and counter-rumors of all kinds. There are reports of at least two passenger lines ex- tending into the South and ru- mors Of a third. Blg business is splashing around in the pie, push- ing ur the crust here and there, awalting an opportunity to stuff the Capital on an aviation dish of _&:odi al richness. e New York, Philadelphia & Washingtorr Airway Corporation, known also as the Ludington line and “Nypwac” for short, has com- &l’;ted a month of lusty growth. en but 10 days old this infant startled its elders in the aviation family by waving aloft a new rec- ord for passengers flown over a new route. Its average for the 10 days was 155 passengers per day, or 1867 passengers, if you want to be fussy. At the end of 30 days the infant this week was raising quite a clamor. Tho> average had grown to 162 passengers per day for the month and some 40,000 miles had been flgwn, with 96 per cent of all scheduled flights completed. Service Increased. Exceedingly encouraged by the way it was growing and pumn& on weight, the young line starte its second month on October 1 by increasing the number of dally flights from 20 to 22, moving up the starting hour for its hourly service “from 8°'to 7 am. The change was not all voluntary, the Washington Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce having put in a request for the augment- ed seryice on behalf of business men 0 had to get going early and keep going fast. Paul Collins, Gene Vidal and Pat Taft, all officials of the Nyp- wac line, have been traveling around &Ibo South, and it is rd‘n rumored that the 5 going o be extended on 80 charter members, nd | tion activities in the Washington, probably on a “feed- er system” basis. Officials of the line, it is understood, also are con- sidering putting on night service between this city and New York, flying, sibly, after theater hours. e last planes on the daily schedule now complete their and entire route are lighted for night oPerntlonn. ; The line now has' eight tri- motored Stinson cabin mono- planes in service. Delivery of a ninth plane is expected this week, with three more to come soon. In addition, a single - engined Stinson Junior four-place cabin monoplane has been purchased for the use of officials of the line and for emergency business. Big Month Ends. Figures for the first 30 days of operation show that the line car- ried a total of 5,022 passengers, of whom 140 were guests of the com- finy during the inaugural period. e remaining 4,882 passengers aid fares and traveled on regu- ar schedule, Of 600 acheduled flights, only eight were canceled and seven were uncompleted be- cause of weather. Eastern Alr Transport put into effect during the week a change of schedule which represents a speeding up of service due to faster planes, and a change of de- arture time at both ends of the ine, Under the new schedule the southbound plane leaves North Beach "Airport, New York, at 9 am,; Newark Alrport at 9:15 a.m.; Central Airport, Philadelphia, 10 am.; Logan Field, Baltimore, 10:50 a.m., and Washington-Hoo- ver Airport at 11:15 a.m., arrivin at Byrd Field, Richmond, at 12:1 pm. This is 45 minutes less than the former schedule. Flying north, the plane leaves Richmond at 2 p.m., Washington at 2:55, Baltimore at 3:20, Phila- delphia at 4:10 and Newark at 4:55, arriving at the North Beach terminal at 5 p.m. Connection be- tween the North Beach Airport and the East Forty-second Street Pler, New York, is made by fast boat in & half hour. Another Schedule Changed. Pennsylvania Airlines transfer- red its local terminal from the Hoover Field side of Military road to the Washington Airport side during the week-as & result of the operation combination of the two fields, and also announced § change of schedule under which the transfer of passengers from plane to plane at Pittsburgh is eliminated and the same pilots and. planes go straight through between the National Capital and Cleveland. ¢ ‘The outbound plane , leaves Washington-Hoover Airport at 12:20 p.m., instead of noon:dal arrfving at Pittsburgh at 2 p.m. and Cleveland at 4 p.m., after a 20-minute Jffler at Pittsburgh. At Cleveland the planes. the Pennisylvania line connect with the new National Air Transport passenger line. TheN. A. T. e for Chicago leaves Cleveland at 4:35 p.m,, arriving at Toledo at 5:45 and Chicago at 7 p.m., Cen- time. The Detroit plane leaves Cléveland at 5:10 p.m., ar- riving at Detroit at 6:30 p.m. Despite the enormous increase in air transport operations at Washington-Hoover Airport due to the opening of the new lines, the number of visitin| planes handled also has increase during the past month, as indi- cated by the sales of gasoline to visitors, and other items. During !eptcm\nr a total of 6,691 gallons were pumped into the tanks of visiting planes, as against 5,127 for the month’ of August. This did not include any of the planes of the transport lines except those of Pennsylvania Airlines, which were fueled at the field pumps. Revenues Climb. The revenues from the storage | of visiting planes were greater by $350 during September than in P- | August, while the sale of parts in- creased in value by $100 and the charges for labor increased from $38.50 in August to $227 last month, all of which shows that visitin, pilots are flying to the National Capital in greater numbers, are | visiting longer and spending more | while here, The number of passengers flown |on sightseeing flights over the | city, however, showed a decrease, owing to colder weather and to the fact that many potential pas- sengers were doing their flying over the transport lines rather than confining their flying to hops over the National Capitai. There were approtimately 1,500 passen- ,tn flown during S8eptember— rom the two flelds up to Septem- ber 13, when the operating agree- ment between the two fleld man- | agements was signed, and from | the combined Washington-Hoover Alrport after that date. NEW CLASS WILL START IN NAVIGATION OF AIR Private Flying Club Offers Third Ground School Course for Its Members. ‘The District of Columbia Air Legion, local T'rllvau flying club, will start & new class in air navigation and meteorol at 8:30 p.ni., tomorrow, as & part of the | third limited commercial ground school course given club members. The class will be conducted by Lieut. Noble C. | Ehilt, who, during the past 18 months, | has taught the theory of aviation to more than 100 Legion members. Lieut. Shilt is one of the few Ameri- can aviators who has made & specialty e was helor 1" high | schools before entering the Army In the | World War, Learning to fly with the Army, Lieut. Shilt, bacause of his training as = teacher, was detailed to duty both as ground school and flight instructor and aince that time has specialiced in ground-school instruction. He has been with the Legion since April, 1929. At his tion the Legion became one of the first schools or clubs in the country to adopt the limited commercial ground school curriculum of the De- partment of 3 v P R SRS S Canadian Women rronm-Avhfin ‘The “Women's Aeronautics Associa- uonotm"mwm runs after dark, and the al i FORNEW AIRFIELD Grading on Site South of Bolling Likely to Start Early Next Year. Acquisition of land for the new Army Alr Colg fleld, which is to replace Bolling Fleld as the operating base of the Capital detachment, is proceeding rapidly, and grading and preparation of the landing area should be possible early in 1931. A major portion of the site for the new fleld, which is located south of the present field, has been lcgulred by negotiation with funds pro- vided by Congress in the last War De- partment appropriation bill. Condemnation proceedings Prabnbly will become necessary to acquire some portions of the land, though it is hoped that some of the area still remaining t0 be acquired may be purchased by direct pegotiation, ' Most of the area which will be used for the landing field proper already has been acquired, the sites still remaining in private hands being along the lower portion of the hills back of the fleld, which will be used for hangars, barracks and other structures, The site of the new fleld extends from the Rresenl field south Ilon! the Potomac River to the vicinity of the Naval Research Laboratory and from the river bank back to the rising ground to the east, The old steel plant at CQlesboro Polnt forms a part of the area, and all of the structures compos ing the plant will be razed and the xl‘mlnd leveled as a part of the flylng leld proper. Relocation of the rallroad spur now extending to the steel plant and naval laboratory will be mnecessary. This track will be moved back to the hills, running along them at an elevation of between 30 and 40 feet above the river, ‘The hangars and operations office of the new field will be between the raile road and landing fleld, the batrnaks and quarters being above the raflroad on the hillside for the most part. Much of the new landing area, which is from 10 to 15 feet higher than the present field level, now is in farm land, and the purchases were made with the understanding that the owners would be fil’nfl"&d to harvest their Fall crops fore improvement of the land was undertaken, it was explained by officers at the fleld, . RECORD FORESEEN FOR HEAVY PLANES Aeronautic Association Awaiting Report on Speeds With Loads as Demonstrated at Detroit, Officials of the National Aeronautic Association here are awaiting a report on what apparently is a new world rece ord for heavy transport planes for speed with loads as a result of a flight made at Detrolt last week by Leroy Manning, chief pilot for ‘the Ford Motor Co., il a new Ford high-speed tri-motor. informal reports -re- ing raced the big plane, carrying a lead of 2,000 kilo- {l‘lflll (4,409.24 pounds), over a 100~ {lometer (62.3 miles) course at a speed of 164.4319 miles per hour. The flight was made in 22 minutes 40.4 seconds over a closed course extending from the Ford Afrport to the outskirts of Ann Arbor, ich., and return. Official ob- servers checked the flight at various ’polnu a:zr the course and at the turn- apparent new record exceeds by nerrly 22 miles per hour the present official record of 142.6¢ miles psr hour made by W. J. Fleming in a Bach tri- motor at Los Angeles last March. The plane used by Manning is the one in which he recently won a race for multi-engined planes over a 50-mile closed course at Chicago as a part of the National Air Race program. His speed ‘on the short triangular ‘course, which included much 10st time in pylon turns, averaged 144.24 miles per hour. ‘The new plane cbtains its increase of fied with the same engine power through refinement in the design of the fuselage, streamlining of struts; land- i;gw"(;nr rnfl whu—l‘u. and addition ef rings to the - m,l. 3 uulbonrd_ ‘Wasp anning salled from New York yes- terday with two Ford planes, cnoe*olyme high-speed type, which will be demon- strated to the British air ministry and before officials of Rumania, Greece, Csechoslovakia and other Buropean countries and Egypt. NEW AVIATION CODE SAVES WIRE EXPENSE Growing Export Business Makes Necessary Condensed Messages Throughout World, “Voslyxbepa” does not mea V] you think it means, no matter r‘\m::u}: Is you think it means. It is word from the new aviation tel code compiled by the Chamber of Commerce to save money for the industry, and means “Navy %‘n‘fn’.'""" on tri-motored biylane s Many thousands of words and phrases compose the new code, which was made necessary by the growing export busie Ness of the American afrcraft indastry throughout the world, Preparation of the code began a year ago and re- quired menths of ‘study by experts within the industry and conferences between representaitves of the indus- try, officials of the Department of Com- merce; Aeronautics Trade Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and other interested parties, ‘The - code includes manufacturers’ names, specifications of planes and motors, parts and parts assemblies, in- stallations, export terms on shipping, boxing, price quotations, steamship lines, ports, banl and similar types of terms used in export communica- tions, It is expected that use of the code will reduce foreign and domestic telegraphic expenses of aviation com- Ppanies 30 per cent. FLIGH'i' FROM BOSTON SPEEDS SHIP’S REPAIR Five Days Lopped From Dry Dock Time of U. 8. 8. Houston at Breoklyn. Pive days were lopped from the dry doek time of the U, 8. 8. Houston re- cently becaus: of & volunteer flight made by Ensign H. R. Browning, U. 8. N, of the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Valley Stream, Long Island. | 1 An urgent request came to the base from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to fiy a {main injection valve casting for the Houston ‘from Boston, Due to its size and wflTm the casting could, K not be carried in the training planes with which the station is equlrp.d. Ensign Browning volunteered to ferry it in his private Waco taperwing. A from the commander of the Houston to the Navy Department shows that as & result of :ndl!l B O OCTOBER 5, 1930—PART FOUR. The skyscrapers of the New York financial district present a far different picture to the fiyer than to the groundling. l'l:" is a small section of New York’s “golden horn,” seen from above. In the center is the tower of the Chase National Istinctive from above because of the concentric rectangles of the tower top. —Wide World Photo. VRENALISTS &0 LANDING FELLS Survey Shows Most Sections of State Accessible to Aviators. Virginia now has 10 licensed airports, 60 landing flelds and 100 licensed air- craft pilots, according to a survey just completed by the State government at Richmond. Every city in the Btate ex- cept three now either is 1‘:‘ d with or has access to a landing 1‘5‘,” Daily passenger air service is operated from Richmond to New York by Eastern Alr Transport, operators of the contract air mall line, stopping at Washington- Hoover Airport on the south shore of the Potomac, from which hourly - tenger service is operated to New Yotk According to James M. Hayes, jr., i spector of aviation and railroads for Vire ginia, development of airports throughe out the State is progressing rapidly. There i3 today hardly a section in all Virginia which cannot be reached read- ily by the .aviator, flelds being located and operated under State supervision eve nin the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountain sections. There aré said to be upward of 60 landing flelds in Virginia, 14 of which are known as Government fields. The State, through its highway department and through legislative appropriation and in conjunction with local municis palities, has conditioned fields at Bristol, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Danville, South Boston, Lawrenceville, Richmond, Hope- well, Port Richmond, Virginia Beach, ‘Winchester and Waynesboro, In addic tion to these fields, which are in con- dition to be used at the present time, work by the State is being done at Qalax, Blacksburg and Petersburg. One of the prime factors in the des velopment of municipal airports in Vire ginia is the adoption by the State of a system which, according to the Guggen- heim Foundation for the Development of Aeronautics, i8 unique in this coun- try. This system provides for Btag: aid for municipalities desiring to con- struet alrports the furnishing of en- gineering supervision, labor and the use of machinery in the amount of $1,000 to any one municipality. The work is doney under supérvision of the State Highway Department, whose forces and equip- ment are used in the work. Under State rules, insurance s compulsorv upon the operator of a com- mercial aircraft or airport, who is re- quired to carry passenger, public and fleld lability, property damage and em- ployes’ liability in specified amounts. Virginia is not being neglected by the Federal Government. At Hampton on the Chesapeake Bay is located an Army air fleld, known as Langley Field, while just across the harbor at Norfolk is the naval air base. The Marine Corps an afr fleld at Quantico and the Army another field at Fort Eustis. There are 11 flelds operated in the State by the Department of Commerce along the New York-Atlanta Airway. The State owns and operates an excellent fleld on the State rifle range at Virginia Beach. Effect on Human System Bought by Army Air Medical School. Test flights made to determine the effect of high altitude flying on the human system with and without oxygen breathing oqulxlmem are being studied the Atm: r Corps School of Avi- :{lon Medicine. The flights were made at Kelly Pleld, Tex, by Lieut. O. P.|Ol Weyland, pilot, and Lieut. C. 1. Perris, observer, The first flight was made without oxygen, the second with full breathing equipment. Both flights were made to an aliitude of 18,000 feet, the plane re- maining at that altitude for one hour, During the flight the observer per- formed certain experiments and record- ed their effect upon himself. The results are now under study. . Air Trips Total 11,000,000 Mil Eleven million miles of flight, equiva- lent to 440 Irlgl around the world, half of which was flown at night, have been completed by the Boeing System over the Chicago-8an Francisco and Seattle- San Diego routes, the two longest air~ mail, passenger and express lines in the country. ‘The planes on these lines have carried 194,000,000 letters. nas| AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY COLLINS. GENE VIDAL. U. & U. Photo. Vice presidents in e¢harge of a- tions and traffic of the New York, Phil- adelphia & Washington Airline, which has established new records by carrying 5,000 passengers during its first 30 days of operation and by fl{ln‘ 40,000 miles, completing on schedule a total of 585 of seheduled flights. Collins is onc of the country’s foremost mail pilots, and Vidal, a former Washingtonlan, was & former Army pilot and air transport executive, “IS FOUND HEALTHY Sales Exceed Preduction and Sur- plus Being Disposed of, Survey Reveals. The condition of the aircraft manu< facturing Industry, which settled down early this year after the depression of last year, remains healthy, with sales oxcudlnf production and surplus stocks being disposed of, according to the monthly survey of the Aeronautical hamber of Commerce. During the month of August 247 com- mercial and military airplanes were produced and 273 planes sold, produc- tion and sales remaining at about the Ju'lxy level, ‘he August manufactures included 198 commercial airplanes, with a value, minus motors, of $756,604, as against 183 planes in' July. August_deliveries of commercial planes totaled 217. Mili- tary airplane production in August to- taled 49, as against 63 in July. Fifty- seven military planes were delivered on contract in August. ‘Twenty leading airplane engine man- ufacturers reported production of 379 commercial and military motors in Au- , deliveries during the month total~ ing 431, ' Commercial engine produce tion totaled 155 units, with 203 dellv- eries, while military engine production increased 26 per cent over July, sales increasing 27 per cent, SALARIES OF AIRMAIL AND TRANSPORT PILOTS ARE GIVEN | ‘What is the pay of the average air- mail and afr transport pilot? This question is asked about as often as any other by the average layman interested in meronautics. The answers have varied very widely. Now the real figures are available, thenks to the seronautics branch of the Department of Commerce, which has just completed & survey of the pay schedules of a rep- resentative group of passenger and mail line operators for the first six months of this year, The lurv]ey mm:‘ nm‘ nldrmnl and passenger plane pilots received an aver- age monthly salary of $860 during the first half of the year. Airplane and engine mechanics Teceived an average monthly pay of $167 during the same period. ‘The pilots regelsed s average month- entad La"svie of 6380y g pay in ints ranging an average of 5 cents per mile for day gy::t to 10 cents per mile for night ying. The highest monthly salary found was $850. This was paid by one line to its airmail pilots flying at night. These pllots were paid $167 a month base salary and the remainder in mile- age pay. Passenger pilots on the same line, flying by day, were paid a flat sale ary of $600 per month, e lowest monthly salary shown was $300. The lowest mileage rate for day flying was 31, cents per mile, while the highest was 7 cents. The night mileage rate varled from 8 to 14 cents and the base pay from $150 to $333 a month. Alrplane and engine mechanics re- celt an average salary of 74 cents per hour, ler A]H a mo{lzgx mlg;o‘:t mon! ary was an: . est "fig TWO opcn:ou Em the hg:; i Houtly salary “Buctusted from 62 cents to $1. WORK ON AIRWAYS NEARLY FINISHED Two Civil Lines Will Connect Capital With Atlantic Coast and West. Work on two civil airways connecting the National Capital with the Atlantic Coast and the West is nearing comple- tion, according to reports of the con- tractors to the airways branch of the Department of Commerce, The two_highways of the air which are being lighted for night flying and cquipped with emergency or interme- diate landing fields extend from the National Capital to Norfolk, Va., and to Pittsburgh, the latter route being part. of the Washington-Cleveland a way, the western half of which already is completed. Cn the Norfolk-Washington -airway all 11 airway beacon towers have been completed and concrete work has been completed at 10 sites. All work called for under the contract has been 55 per cent completed. This alfway extends through historic portions of Maryland and Virginia, crossing Potomac River in the vicinity of Blakistone Island and crossing the Rappahannock and York Rivers, ‘The Washington-Pittsburgh section of the Washington-Oleveland airway is well advanced after delays during the Summer due to the defaulting of the first contractors., All 22 towers on the route ve been, eted,.gll ¢on- crete has been poured and work s “pro- msingrnlslnclqn.ly" on’ other. phases of the pfogram, it was announced. None otf‘ the beacons has been put in oper- ation. Construction of these airway facili- ties is expected to prove of great im- portance to the National Capital from an deronautical viewpoint, since it will make possible the awarding by the Post OfficesDepartment of contracts for the carrying of airmail over the line, givinj the ?‘llnl its first air ¢onnection wit! lowef Maryland and Virginia and a di- rect airmail connection with the upper Mississippl Valley States. NAVY OFFICERS GIVEN PRAISE FOR DEVICE Secretary Writes Letters Concern. ing Automatic Electric Con- trols in Plane Carriers, Three Navy officers have received let- ters of praise from the Secretary of the Navy for dovlsini the automatic elec- trie controls for the airplane arrestin, ar used on the U. S. S. Lexington an . 8. 8. Saratoga, airplane carriers, The three officers, Lieuts. J. C. Metzel, E. B. Mangham and Alfred Caehler, were commended for working out the automatic controls governing the ‘motors which straighten the deck cables comprising the .arresting gear which slows up landing planes. Operation of the gear must be rapid, 8o that the landings of large numbers of planes may be handled quickly and efficiently. The first arresting gear on the U. S. S. Langley, oldest of the Navy's carriers, employed the cable sys- tem, weights on the ends of the cables being used to keep them in place. This system, However, was not hearly as sat- isfactory as the new method, the tails of which have not been made public. Planes landing on the carriers ap- proach the lan mg area from asten, dropping a Fook beneath the tall of the plane to engage the cables stretched across the flight deck. Before a second plane can land, the first plane must be cleared of the cables, which must be returned to position. Mexican Airmail Rates Lower. Mexican airmail rates have been re- duced approximately 25 per cent on five classes of mail, according to & report received here by the Department of Commerce. o Flyer Has Bear as Mascot. BEAUMONT, Tex. (#).—A cub bear is the mascot carried by W. A. McDon- ald, pilot on the Southern Air Transport line ‘through Beaumont. The bear was captured on Avery Island in Louislana. oca “BEST OIL IN THE WORLD" Autocrat Motor Oil has a high fire test, in- dicating ability to withstand heat, It will seal the pistons against fuel leakage, and will function as a good oil is expected. BY GEORGE W. WATERS. J ard inventor. Johnny was selected for the Model Aircraft League. Johnny who will compete with model i{the National Miniature Mn‘.rag. Finals at Atlantic City, lad returns he will be able to sit in a movie house 10 and 11, When the and watch himself move about on Well that honor is not Washington boys will play a large part in the tournament er the auspices of the National Recreation Association, Thirty-nine boys and one girl have qualified to compete as the result of competition with more than 6,500 air-minded youngsters in American cities during the past Sum- mer. The 40 entrants in the national events this week built and flew the planes which mhde the best records in the many local tournaments, Made Record Flight. A phenomenal flight of 18 minutes 40 seconds, obtained by Sullivan, broke the world outdoor record. . Sullivan was rurmer-up for the sit-around junior championship at last year's finals in Louisville, During the local contests in all citles held recently, the nearest approach to Sullivan’s world record was made by Julius Martini of Providence, R. I, who made a flight of § minutes and 19 seconds. Betty Hind, 12 'years old, of San Francisco, the first girl ever to qualify for the national tournament, out- classed the boys of the Nation with the best record made in the preliminaries by a medel having motive power other than rubber, in the junior outdoor event. Her plane flew for 25.4 seconds. Among the girls competing in local tournaments, Miss Hind won 16 points and Elva Jean Dltu/mnre of Topeka, Kans, was second /with 6 points, Marion Burrell, 9 years old, of Provi- dence, made the best girl's récord in the hand-launched event for juniors. Her time was 3 minutes 9 seconds. San Francisco leads the coun in the number of contestants qualified for the Atlantio” City competition, with eight who are eligible to attend. Provi« dence and the District of Columbla have qualified five each: other eities having entrants will Knoxville, Evanston, Philadelphia, 1 Holton, Kans,, and Boston, two each; Baitimore, Maryvilie, Tenn.; Mont- OHNNY SULLIVAN, the model plane ace of the Capital, will be on his way to Atlantic City before the end of nex his picture snapped with Mrs. Thomas Edison, wife of the wiz- honor by the District of Columbia is one of the five Washington boys lane flyers all over the country at week to have October the screen with Mrs. Edison. Oh, boy—is Johnny’s neighborhood gang getting the well known “go-by.” one that comes along every day. clair, Moorestown and Paterson, N. J, Topeka, Kans., and Wikes-Barre, Pa. One Japanese Boy. These 40 young Americans clafm descent from many nationalities, ins cluding Italian, Russian, Irish, Ge Swedish and one boy of Ja) parents, Tamatsu Schimazaki, of TAN enst illion boys and gl At least a million s have been enlisted in model as a recreation since the first tournament fn 1927. In Philadelphia alone, 3,641 are enrolled in the model aero ciubs l&oflwfld by the Playgrounds Associa- tion. Approximately 1,000 boys have built model planes in the community centers of Washington this season and 274 boys in_ Boston. Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Orville Wright, Miss Amelia Esrhart and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh are members of the Natlonal Tournament Advisory Committee. Sport for leisure hours, character bullding through fair M“Pb tition, self-éxpression through skiliful craftsmanship and training in the principles of aeronauties are named by this committee as by-products of the contests. Col, Linbergh point out, “As flying activities increase, a basic education in elementary aviation is becoming a necessity for every one.” Adolf K. ta, president of the Aero Club of Washington, says: “The ' model airplanes built here are not mere pla; . They repfesent hours of patient study and labor, for in them are incorporated All the flight éhat. r -y of e D, C. el raft e to be encouraged, for the m youth of today is the creative genius of tomorrow.” Jobn H. Williams of this eity, as the representative of the leagueé here, will accompany the five Wash! : to the national tournament, ‘week. Lhekboy’l"lfi ;Iafl’y MeGinnis, -l:‘nm eeks, Fran] isbury, Qeorge Shipley and Sullivan. ! LAMONT SEES GAINS BY AIRCRAFT MAKERS Commerce Secretary Points Out Beneficial Results of Recent Conference Here. The aeronautics -industry is being directed toward a period of sound eco- nomic ess, bert P. Lamont, Secretary of Commerce, said during the past week in pointing out the beneficial results of the recent conference here B ot t 50 ot i e ent ‘and & iimately 100 representatives of e al craft manufacturers of the wumr{y The conference, which was held at the Department of Commerce, MY, La- mont said, indicated conclusively that an attitude of complete and helpful co- operation s being maintained een e department and the V. “The conference, as in { mlous y similar in cha said" “dealt primarily the ‘vatious phases of aeronauticsl ‘engi- neering _from the regulatory. t of view. Full and frank discussion of all matters affecting the airworthiness of aircraft and the regulations pettinin to aircraft construction was indul An, _The meeting was thoroughly’ con- structive; the obligations of bolh the (department and the industry rec- o8N 'and many valuable suf itio dealing with the airworthiness of air- craft, ufacturing and prodietion ‘were given major consideration. “The attendance of such a. large group of outstanding aircraft manu- facturers and aeronautical engineers, the deep interest dhrl-y:d in fu- ture development of the art and sclence ©of aeranautics, and the extremg co- ‘operative attitude of the industry point to & conclusion that the business of air transportation, afrcraft production, op~ eration and other related activities s being directed toward a period of sound economic progress and development which augurs well for the future.” Royalty Takes to Air, case of > M. 1 fiying, one of the latest being Cournt J. de Wenckheim of Hungary.. The aeronautical activities of the Prince of Wales and his brother, Prince George, are well known. . Canada Plans Air-Rail Line. KINGSTON, Ontario (#).—-A trunk air-rail line across Canada is , with possible co-operation between the Canadian Pacific Rallway and Aviation Corporation of Canada: One of the world's wobbliest airplane formations was flown recently all but -one of the assorted varieties of pa- trol planes assigned to VN Squadron 8, in charge of the aviation training of midshipmen at Annapolis, Md. All the rlnnu except the big experi- mental Hall aluminum patrol piahe took the air_and, after flying down, Chesa- peake Bay for nearly 30 milés dn a search for some wide-open _spaces, formed up in & V- to be photographed by the crew of a plane from the Ana- costia Naval -Air Station. Terrific and laughable dificulties ware faced, snarled at and possibl: overcome—only the pictures will' tell the latter. difficulties were due to the great range of of tie. planes. A venerable F5L, of World War vintage, by virtue of seniority, led the nmde The old F5L creaked, howl and strained along at top speed, responded to the stalling speed of the v Martin tal PB. pa- PM-1, the newest type of patrol plane. An experimen trol. plane, though flown with great skill, took charge on one or two occa- Nothing is more important: than thorough lubrication. DIFRSEATRGM W STAERE Beware of Substitutes * Try Autocrat the next time you need oil, and judge its advantages . for yourself, T At the Better Dealers LOS ANGELES TO HAVE NEW LIGHTS FOR SAFETY. Night Collisions Cause Move to- Protect Big Dirigible and Planes From Accidents As s result of narrow escapes from - collisions at night between mall planes and the Navy dirigible Los Angeles, 8 new system of experimental naviga- . tional, lights has been installed on the - big airship, according to a notice sent : out by the Aeronauties Branch, Des' 's run; h been changed t;om &‘fi l‘;‘e:am or blinking lights. The four side nds and then are dark one second. ' lighted five seconds and u‘:“ oo The candlepower has been increased part of the tra N aration for the delivery to the Navy gxe ‘KZ nn:n A«;m.lb\gfl;w ml:tdvr con: ruction ‘af ron, prob] of adequate illumination to o blinking lights not only will be miore likely to attract the attention o but will serve to identily the ship warn pilots to give her'wide clearance. Kooty TWO FLYERS RESCUED BY A SUBMARINE Plane Landed in- Sea’Near Panama ‘When Motor Dies, Machine Later Sinking. A submarine came to'the rescue of & couple of unlucky Army airmen at Panama a few days ago, according to s report to the War Department. n&u of le, Maj. Forrest R. Og» Many titled Europeans have taken to Alr below, Realizing that he could not reach H:um nelnna put ch‘cb h:;o down in as close as e a submarine cmumiannr trflre:kmm off Coeo Bolo, th men were taken aboard fi: coul 0 & sul arine act as diving to the bottom:. ;mcr cha g to dry clothing Lieut. Bevans and Maj. the i?nzunder hopped. off in-another for second and more successful MANY TYPES OF PLANES FLY SINGLE UNSTEADY FORMATION sions and headed for the Bastern, The experimental Navy patrol known as the XPN-11 type, Was re- strained with great dificulty from oust- mflm old from the leader's posi- “The XPY,” sald an account of the formation to the Navy Dop-n.un% “appeared to be the selected target the photographic plane’s slip but the PN-12s held on in a) fashion and set an example tended to restore . confidence stimulate hope that the flight have a successful termination, ““The pletorial record of this event awaited with great interest and degree of anxiety. It is not antieipaf at the present writing that the picturés * will be given wide circulation.” Change Your Oil Filter Cartridge