Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1931, Page 10

A—10 SELF-FLYING PLANE IS PREDICTED SOON Research Developing Craft Needing Pilot Merely to Take Off and Land. Alrplanes that will fly themselves once the take-off has been completed are forecast for the near future as & result of research work now being con- ducted for the Army Air Corps by the General Electric Co. and the Sperry Gyroscope Co., it was announced yes- terday. The age of true automatic flight is approaching rapidly, it was stated, all routine operations of fiying being taken over by the instruments. The pr posed equipment will combine elect: cal directional control with gyroscopa: control of the position of the airplane with relation to the ground. ‘The pilot, it was stated, will function only in landing and taking off, both of these operations being greatly simpli- fied by the sonic altimeter recently an- nounced by the War Department, which Tegisters accurately the distance of the plane from the ground at all times by measuring instantly the elapsed time required for a whistle blast to travel from the plane and the ground and its echo to return to the plane. Maj. Ocker Awarded $1,000. Maj. William C. Ocker, Army Air Corps, formerly on duty in this city but now stationed at Kelly Field, has been awarded $1,000 by the Govern- ment for his invention of a blind fly- ing training device which is regarded as of great value to the Air Corps and asiation in general, the War Depart- ment has announced. Mai. Ocker is one of the first fiyers to realize the fallibility of the human senses as a true barometer of the ac- tions of an airplane in flight when the vision was_cut off by fog or thick weather. His work has resulted in the inclusion of a blind flying course in the curriculum of the Air Corps train- ing center and the adoption of instru- ment flying instruction by commercial . Ocker is said to be the first * to receive a monetary reward Yor a patent assigned to the Government. Inventions patented by members of the military service be- come the property of the Government without purchase, but Congress by spe- cial act voted to pay Maj. Ocker in En for time and money ha expenced perfecting his training de Startling D-va\qn.nu cloudy mflm, which has interfered ith regular fiyi tx\stnwthn at me Mr Corps tnu:uu center, hn ‘prought m.mnng developments in the /practice of fog or instrumen tnmnxeuy mm " according to a report to the Air Corps. Instruments have been brought to such a point of reliability that pursuit . Cannon, Air Corps, have been ma- neuvered in clouds with the two reat muhummmdmk-a- getting lost or clouds. On his flights he was weompu:ud by two in- structors at the training achool, but some flt his later flights ‘were made with cadets under training mm; the other two planes of the ation. Special Offer Limited Time Science Triumphs Over Saoth-Saying Weather Prophet Government Averages .840 in Forecasting Con- test with “Gooseboner.” By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 31— Science slipped across the finish line far ahead of sooth saying tonight at the conclusion of a month's weather guessing contest between George W. Bliss, Government forecaster, and Sam Brunner, veteran sky-scanner of Tioga. ‘The contest, in the opinion of the; Philadelphia Record, which conducted it, proved that goosebone prophets, back-yard astrologers and almanac as- tronomers have little to buttress their forecasts other th a close study nf the weather's “pi performances.” Modern, scientific mflhoda were found to be comparatively accurate. the forecasts for January Bliss | Durix was credited with 42 wins on the Rec- ord’s scoreboard and eight losses, Brun- ner with 26 wins and 26 losses, the final percentage standing being Bliss .840 and Brunner .590. Under the scoring sys- tem it was possible for the contestants to win two, lose two, or break even each day. The test ended about as predicted by Bliss at the beginning. “The Umbed States Weather Bureau,” he said, “claims to make accurate fore- casts a little over 80 per cent of the time. We also feel that amateurs who make a study of seasonal weather con- ditions, can make long-range guesses with a 50 per cent degree of accuracy.” SORORITY WILL PRESENT BENEFIT MINSTREL SHOW Loeal sorority girls will forsake pow- der puffs for burnt cork next Saturday night, when the National Council of Chi Sigma Sorority stages a combined minstrel show, card party and dance at the Mayflower Hotél for the benefit of the sorority. “The Intorlocutor will be Miss Cath- erine Austin, and énd men will include Loretta Cunningham, Ruth Thomas, Dorothy Amin and Margaret M. Mc- Carthy. Sixteen members of local chapters of the sorority will compose the chorus. The minstrel will be di- rected by John Baldwin. Specialty acts will be offered by Flor- ence Marguerite Yocum, winner in 1929 and 1930 of local radio auditions in & national contest; Susan Hall, novelty dancer, and others. Miss' Margaret Casey, national presi- dent of the sorority, is chairman of arrangements. 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