Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1930, Page 63

T VIATION BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. ROGRESS in aviation is in- dicated almost as clearly in these days by the news which does mot appear in the news columns of the dail as by the nt:vn whic! achieves some de, of perma- m% by bathing mflnhn' ink. Aviation news which five years ago crashed the front page today s lucky to find itself buried un- der & one-line head among the advertisements. More often than not, it is left out entirely, simply because the news of yesterday has become the commonplace of to- "few days ago James J. Davis, .gl. Labor, donned the of science and flew from g Mo 1 i [ttsb one e p) l”lnmylvmln Afrlines. Did yon read about that in the news col- umns? You did not. It wasn't there. Columns such as this are not news columns. And that doesn’t mean that the newspapers have feud ngnmt the Secre- tary of Labor. It means that the has become such a con- firmed traveler and that there are so mahy other air travelers that it no longer is news when he files. Patrick J. Hurley, Secre of War, is another cabinet officer who no longer can break into the news by nyh. He travels regu- by air, and news columns treat his aerial wanderings to silence or, at best, a mere whisper on page 17. Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy, no longer rates space in the paper when he flies, though he es of the lane than his go fellow mlnet members. Brown Flies Into Print. ‘Walter F. Brown, @General, : af Angeles. members of Congress or Government officials fly, the r bften is not worthy of no- etropolitan newspa- R ot to stock head- e oy~ Eigaty por the ‘time the line would . The rest of the time ym.m'm" binet officer ve a cal wfld get hh::‘&ne and picture in e e e, "1 he wen B s "tagothes Hith an ether on what he thought of business, ay. To- & member of cabinet gggg 4 B B i B I 1 RERY EEEEE ¥ § for a : this day, of fluithlns'lpl men, if they are md.gp:fi,ue:lnumt- dmolnwmrhuv‘mthu any cance than in what he may think of aviation. These Air Records. record flights of one r, which a few years ted as big news not they were success- flmn% ignored un- al record is made. In the story may land on unless it is one of the four records—speed, altitude, en- or distance—when it is sure to make the front the treatment accorded accidents is undergoin; change—not a great de Nk § refllr; serious for the front page jor pfins. and if a promi- nent fiyer is involved, all over the country. The general run of avi- ation accidents, however, is ap- back in the papers along e automobile accidents, is inevitable and be. As long as there is fast trans- - 'hethder on ‘{.Ihe [mnm g; under the ground, on the wa in the air, there will be accidents. onate number of ac- steadily less and there be accl- long as human beings they are. In aviation, of accidents to miles growing so small that the air traveler doesn’t give more than a passing t, any more than the rail- passenger thinks of the pos- ity of a railroad wreck. The traveler knows that it is ros- , but not very likely, that he get into trouble flying on one of the regular air today. Aviation Settling Down. And so, while aviation people may ery out with a strong voice the publication of acci- dent storles, they must expect that this will continue, just as the publication of stories of serious sutomoblle, boat and train accl- dents will continue. A serious ac- any kind will be news 1 EEIgE it E 288 for an | ord transport lines | ing, aviation accidents receive less and less n'ont-é)-ge ace and are be- ntxg classed, as they should, with other t; of transportation ac- cidents, is another indication that aviation is settling down into its proper place’ in the modern scheme of civilization. Entirely aside from what may be indicated by the news treat- ment or la of treatment of aviation events, there was real progress again—or still—in the local air transport fleld dur- ing the past week. The National Capital’s fifth air transport line, or sixth if the airmail and pas- senger services of Eastern Air Tr: rt are considered as sep- arate lines, was established. The new line, operated by Dixie F’lyln(’ Service, operators of sev- eral xrgnln airports, lncludlnrg the bi ichard E. Byrd Airpo at Richmond, will be flown only during the week ends for the present, between Charlottesville, Va. and the National Capital. It will rely upon students at the University of Virginia and other schools in that vicinity for the bulk of its traffic during the ini- tial period of its operation. Reducing Time and Cost. The combined airplane fares between Charlottesville and New York, Philadelphia and Pitts- burgh, it is claimed, are less than tares by the existing indirect rail and bus lines. Travel time be- tween Charlottesville and New York is reduced from approxi- mately 10 hours to two hours and 45 minutes by the new line, it is|equipped announced. While the schedule calls for flights between the National Cap- ital and Charlottesville only, serv- ice will be extended upon request to Danville and Lynchburg. Flyin, time between Charlottesville an Washington-Hoover Airport, local terminal for the line, is 55 min- utes. Departure time from Char- lottesville will be 8::45 p.m. Fri- days, and 10:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Return trips from Washington will be made at 12 noon Saturda; Sunday, and 4:55 d%m. Saturday and Sunday of week. The schedule is timed for quick connections at the local airport with passenger glnnes of the New ‘York, Phila ia & Washington and day, each THE SUNDAY ST WASHINGTO D. OCTOBER 19, 1930—PART FOUR. NEW NAL PLAE HAS IMPROVEMENTS Capacity and Speed Are Both Afforded in New Craft Model. The search of American airplane de- signers and manufacturers for higher speeds and greater carrying capacity has resulted in one of the most interesting new planes, for which the Department of Commerce aeronautics branch has issued approved type certificiates, a combined passenger and mdil plane which will carry a pay load of 1,920 pounds at a top speed of 168 miles per hour with a single engine. 2 Is Low-Wing Type. ‘The is of all-metal construc- tion, of low-wing type and has re- tractable landing gear. It is regarded 8s a radical departure from previous types of cargo and passenger carrying aircraft and is sald to carry the largest pay load at the highest cruising speed credited to any single-engined plane in the world. s Known as the Boeing Monomail, the plane carries eight passengers, their baggage and 320 pounds of cargo, or six passenger, baggage and 720 pounds of cargo, developing a high speed of 158 miles per hour and a cruising speed of 140 miles per hour with this load. With full load the plane gets off the ground in 18 seconds, lands &t a speed of 57 miles per hour and can climb to an altitude of more than 3 miles. Built of Metal. The unusually large cal ca- ity, the plane being certified by the rtment of Commerce for a gross weight of 8,000 pounds, is regarded &s remarkable in view of the fact that the plane is of all-metal construction, in- cluding wing and fuselage coverings, has retractable landing gear, is fully for night flying and catries considerable weight in cabin sound- proofing and furnishin, The plane is more the fuselage being of round, - monocoque construction, which s said to be unusually rugged. The fuel tanks are outside the fuselage and away from the engine and exhaust in the metal- covered wing stbs. The mall or cargo pit occupies the forward part of the fuselage, behind the engine compartment. The passen- ger compartment, behind the cargo pit, has six passenger seats, three facing forward and three to the rear. There are individual reading lamps, four heaters and an air speed indicator and altimeter. Behind the passenger com= g:nment is additional space which may used for two additional passengers, baggage or cargo. Have No Wing Flutter. el Alrline to Phlrndelphh and New |24 York, and the Pennsylvania Air- lines to Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Officials of the New York line, operating 22 tri-motored planes the cockpit. The flight instruments are mounted in a removable center panel daly between the National Capi- | these tal and New York, have an- nounced what is said to be a rec- unequaled by any air trans- line in the world for a single 's operation—the. carrying of 241 paid passengers a week ago yesterday. More than 100 addi- tional requests for reservations were turned down for lack of ace. During the first half of &tober, it was stated, more than gs. than 41 feet ) | Alr The Boeing Monomail, shown here urflullud passenger planes approved by in the t has a top speed of 158 miles per hour on its single engine. LIEUT. J. H. WALLACE IS SENT TO COAST AS AIR INSTRUCTOR Army Flyer Transferred From Langley to March Field, in California. Assigned to Duty at Primary Flying School of Corps There. Lieut. James H. Wallace, Army Air Corps, 1322 Monroe street northeast, has been transferred from the Second Bombardment Group, Langley PFleld, Hampton, 'Va., to March Field, River- side, Calif, as an instructor in the Primary . Wallace was the Ajr Corps Advan Flying_School at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex, in February, 1920, and was stationed at Langley Fleld until last month, when' he to the Alr Corps Training Center, SBan Antonio, for duty. Upon completion of & course in stu dent instruction at San Antonio he was PLANES ARE USED 0 GUARD SALMON Warden Can Cover 1,000 Miles Daily in Country Hard to Patrol. these fish in tin cans, according to & report by Henry O'Malley, commissioner of the Bureau of PFisheries. 700 reservations were refused be- | were filled to ca- es have been or- ut into service unexpectedly uu.ln thlo' pla: . New Bered and to take care of tl heavy “overflow.” Southern Line Planned. Eastern Air Transport’s passen- fu’ Hne section has acq: an 8-passenger, twin-engined Cur- tiss Condor transport plane, which it is understood will go into serv- ice when the passenger line is ex- the engine is turned up to top speed on the The tended to Atlanta, Ga., to connect | from the rudder with the new southern n- tinental airmail and passenger line which was inaugurated dur- ing the J)m week between At- lanta and Los Angeles. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown and two members of the “air cabinet” W. I Glover, As- sistant Postmaster General in Charge of Airmall, and Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronauties, were ers on the Condor on its first flight over the line during the week. The flight was e in connection with the eSiablish. t | ment of the southern transconti- nental service and did not mark the beginning of sesvice over the Eastern Air Transport line south of Richmond, the present south- ern passenger terminal. th the establishment of the new Charlottesville line there are 82 passenger plane movements each Saturday at Washington- Hoover Airport, 26 of these being trimotors. There are 26 dally passenger plane movements at the fleld on regular schedule, 24 of these being trimotors. ‘The local fleld has taken high rank among the busiest of Amer- ican airports and it is understood lans are being considered for local Juncheon clubs to hold meet- ings in the fleld terminal build- , @8 is done at several of the larger Western airports, giving the meetings a true aeronautical flavor, what speeches there may be being puncutated by the arrival and departure of passenger planes. Though in some of the cities where this practice has become popular it is necessary for club members to eat in the hangars, local airport le say they can accommodate all but the largest of the local clubs in the waiting room and dining room of the ter- minal building. SPECIAL NEW TRUCK SERVICES ARMY'S AIRPLANES IN HURRY the water warm for taking the chill off a cold motor. An air compressor and tanks are carried for the inflation of airplane . One of the big Ford trimotored trans- port planes at Bolling Field was com- pletely serviced in four and one-half minutes, an operation which formerly might have required from 15 minutes to » half hour. During these few min- utes nearly 350 gallons of gasoline were in the plane tanks, the oil tanks ‘Whitney Hornet, rated at 675 horse- power, and drives & three-bladed pro- peller. The exhaust system includes collector ring, and cockplt it heater. Cor night fiying s installed and mn;m is bonded and shielded throughout for installation of radio. HUGE BRITISH PLANE|” HAS 107-FOOT SPREAD Ten-Ton Craft, Built for Air Min- istry, Satisfies Her Designers. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, England —Hurling her 10 tons through the air, apparently In the active salmon fishing season extensively for patrol work in covering ery laws regu- service of this country and the fact that it is cut up into many inlets and channels where fishing operations are carried on makes detection of violations difficult vessel patrol. O’'Malley said, means of “In British Columbia,” charac situation in Souf Alaska. further use of airplanes in Alaska is contemplated as necessity there for demands.” Road Surveying Done in Air, Acrhlmmylnlwmbeund%m Canadian Department of Public Works in loca a route for a highway up the Frazer River without effort, the float seaplane Va-| from letta is being given her final test flights here. Designers of the ship claim it is the largest of its type in the world. Capable of carrying 17 passengers at a top speed of 140 miles an hour, the high-wing monoplane still has several tests to make to determine her ma~- neuverability and climbing pcwe:,ux:: comparison tests between the new plane and the flying boat Calcutta, also built for the Air Ministry by the same firm, The plane is 69 feet long, with wing spread of 107 feet. The cabin, 1T feet long and 6 feet wide, is supported by two 40 feet long floats located 20 feet apart. Differing from the Do-X of German construction, the on the floats as in the German plane. Save for the wing fabric, the machine is all-metal. She is powered by three Bristol Jupiter XIF engines of 480 horsepower WILL GET BIG CHUTES Extra Size Parachutes Ordered for Flyers Weighing Over 180. Superparachutes for su is the order of the day at Kelly Field, Tex. Eleven over-size 'chutes recently were issued to as many big, husky Army Alr Corps pilots, each weighing more than 180 pounds. The new parachutes have a diameter of 28 feet as against 24 feet for the regulation type. The big aerial life savers were issued to Capt. Orlo H. Quinn and Lieuts. E. H. White, E. T. Rundquist, Lester J. Maitland, L. 8. Smith, I L. of States to Hawall. Airway Has 171 Beacons. The Seattle-San Diego airway, second longest lighted route in the United States, has a total of 171 beacons to night fiyers. The route is fol- by express, mail and ERdfEanE © border, £ } g » ) 4 gis ] i LIEUT. J. H. WALLACE. assigned to the March Fleld Wallace is a luate of BchoolANId ter attended ACDTESTPLANNED FOR ARMY PLANES Operations at San Antonio Include Grueling Attack and Bombargiment. Lieut. tt Prep : i ] EBE! i 7 i & T i i} i (i i E | H g H Rg Bz i i ] i § i i | £ i { i g i, ] gi § E i u i ] B ] £ g 1] 2 i 3 g £ 4 i g 4 5 1 % f ‘ 1 ? s i t, with landing wheels retracted, is one of the most unusual of the mew gunmt-l(:ummm. With six passengers, baggage and 720 pounds of NEW ROUTE WILL BOOST AIRMAIL Eastern Transporf Line Misses Setting New Record by 583 Pounds. boys . Cilzl finals during the tests, also RANK SALISBURY, cham trict, came back- { plonship of the United States. The local team of five cham| officials of the District of Colum! Made Good Showing. Anyway they made a good show- ing as it was. Salisbury won four goinu each for his flights with is indoor hydroplane and indoor hnell,o models and two points each for the lengthy flxgxnu he made with his outdoor amic and outdoor fuselage models. He was presented two silver medals for these flights. ohn Sullivan's world record of 18 minutes and 40 seconds still remains unbroken, and no new records were set at the finals. Sullivan garnered four points with his outdoor dynamic models, one point for his flight with his out- door fuselage model and two addi- tional points with his indoor fuse- lage model. He was presented with a silver medal. McGinnis Wins Medal. Harry McGinnis, one of the five who qualified for Atlantic al con- resented with a medal after collecting one point for the hometown boys with his indoor fuselage model. From all reports every one had v| & good time at the tournament, Air| an thmmnolubuutowh{ % B £ i i s B ES 8 & §. E 2 g 2 it % g § ¥ g, i H i : Iy 5- i B g B £ £ Il 1 | i il i 1] g I P 1L g i -8 Slostis g | g 5 § 3 8 2 a4 & 1§ idi 2 % / 5 g & L 5SS i 5t i g i i : | EY £ o &% 8 g g E g 3‘. | i i g5 § b e i&;ifi 33 it the District’s five champs didn’ walk awgy with the tournament. All tho‘?ym are grateful for the Toey oicked ug. from the many pi up from the many n?ael aircraft fiyers from all over the country. Tiny Ships Crash. of the tiny ships were e out~ the ships during the indoor con- from Atlantic_City last .of that well known bacon we wrote about And that bacon csime back in the form of a handsome silver loving cup, indicating that he won third place in the junior cham- Then again the salt air at Atlantic City made flying hea since the local boys are, when on local grounds, a fairly from the least breath of salt air, that proved an impor! W. WATERS. model aircraft fiyer of the Dis- week with at least pilots had a few bad breaks, so ia Model Aircraft League report. vier, and distance it setback. tests were put out of commission when they dipped into the water tanks-used for the hydroplanes when they take off for flight. ‘Then, too, still remain the rec- ords set last year by Everett Meeks and Ernest Stout. Meeks still holds the record for his junior outdoor flight with his hand - launched model, which stayed in the air for 10 minutes, 16% seconds, Stout’s record flight of 7 minutes and 10% seconds has yet to be beaten. His flight was made with an outdoor lage model in an outdoor contest. Collins Is Champ. ‘The senior championship of the United States went to Bernard Collins of Providence, R. I, and lomhlg"gf the went to Rol ner of San Francisco. Both deserve much credit for the beau- ;fl\flfll‘hu they made to win the onor. = First announcement of winners found unquestional place of the juniors of the Nation. All Hold Special Meeting. contestants registered imme- diately upon their arrival at At- lantic City, and a special for the contestants was held Fri- instrue. day morning, where full tions for the tourney were outlined to them. The boys were lantic &W [ l&mld at # ay afternoon. tertainment and 'gzogvndiu of the medals and trophies followed. NEW DEVICE ENABLES FLYERS *. TO FLY BY BEACONS IN STORMS Deviometer Undergoing Service Tests May Provide Pilots With Means of Flying Coursea Not Regularly Markecl Out. Development of an auxiliary radiq when it became apparen such device would be a vitally necessary the installation of radio range airways of of | stations along the country. viding the with the means of Tyl ourses whother of not they 878 estern | the main courses marked out by radio later this month from New York to Los Angeles. AIRPLANE CLASSED AS MOTOR VEHICLE|; California Railroad Commission @rents Petition for Spe- it ot} sE WALES TO OPEN AVIATION EXHIBIT IN ARGENTINA g Bt H 58 goed EEE; Ey§§ : 5 % § g g by 2 1 i £z -3 g ; 4 E E ] 58 i | i | 5 ;Z i i i ] L i igg & 8 § i i : ! 5E : g g@ g - 13 I i 1 § gEu 2 | 5 : 5 5 ] 4 i % | i i : I g ; g A A i (2 nights week), at & gost” ‘ot $8400, " inciuding Deferred ents as 1 as gifl nu'm'nk. e : course dnd&d to pllot’s written examination