Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1935, Page 6

A6 THE EVENING STAR., 'WASHINGT‘ON; D. _C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1935.° AIR BASE IS READY ATMIDWAY 1SLAND If Clipper- Plane Had Gone, On, It Would Have Found Facilities. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. B Radio to The Star. ABOARD S. S. NORTH HAVEN, April 2¢ (N. .) —Construction of the base at Midway Island for the projected Pan-American Airways serv- ice between California and the Orient i3 going ahead so tast that if the Clipper plane that flew to Honolulu had been ordered to make another leg of the route the station would have heen ready to receive it. ‘While the station lacks considerable of what the blueprinis specify for completion, all the essentials are ready. The direction finder on which the planes will depend in crossing the vast ocean wastes is now erected and working. That apparatus is the most important. So far as minor facilities are con- cerned, the crew of the slation is already enjoying ice cream made in the refrigeration plant, and meat is taken from the cold storage unit and roasted in an oven which, now lighted, will never go out. Water is supplied from four wells sunk in the sand of the island. There is an abundant | supply of gasoline and oil for ri- fueling of the Clipper if it lands in | the lagoon. Radio Antenna Up. The radio station, which is a com- paratively simple proposition com- pared to the direction finder, has its antenna strung, and will start work- ing as soon as the electric plant being buili to illuminate the island | begins operating. A Diesel engine throbs ithrough the day and night, operating wire cables strung across the sands toward the beach, so hauling in of supplies is | uninterrupted. A temporary radio station permits 4 communication with the company’s stations at Alameda, Miami and Mex- ico City. All messages of the clip- per ship on its flight from Alameda to Honolulu were picked up. The station also keeps up a running fire of instructions with ihe North Haven about loading of supplies. Though part of the radio installa- tion, the direction finder unit itself is an elaborate and complicated equip- ment. It is the first radio compass | «designed specifically for ocean service Pilot on Hawaiian Test Flights Says Course Is Feasible. (The achievement of the Pan- American clipper in completing the first aerial Tound trip between the Pacific Coast and Hawaii is de- scribed here by the commanding officer of the giant airliner.) BY EDWIN C. MUSICK. SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (N.A. N.A).—Early establishment of regu- lar air transport service is, I feel, a justifiable conclusion to be drawn from the completion of the first round- trip transport flight on a pre-deter- mined schedule over the major sec- tion of the Pacific, which we have just crossed. Conditions were sufficiently differ- | ent on the two flights to provide ample opportunity for testing equip- ment, personnel training, navigation, radio compass and communications. ‘Whereas the flight to the islands af- forded an excellent tesi of celestial and radio navigation in close co- ordination, the return flight not only included these major factors, but added one of the most trying ele- ments of long-range operation—per- sistent headwinds that reduced speed, prolonged hours and presented con- stant problems of drift and naviga- tion. Flights Satisfactory. The result of the flight was salis- faciory in every respect. Like the westward flight, strated that major aeronautical prob- lems can be solved by practical and exhaustive analysis and expert prep- arations, but only by a highly de- veloped organization schooled to function under the most exacting of | conditions, and these flights themselves should not be considered as isolated examples. After four days of survey work in Hawaii, the Pan- American clipper and her crew were prepared for the return flight on the date set some time before. Weather ccnditions over the route were moderately good— clouds for the entire course, and head winds for nearly two-thirds of the WAY across. Climbing slowly from the bay. we rose steadily through the clouds to a flight level of 7,000 feet. Almost im- mediately the clouds closed in be- | neath. From then until we were 500 miles off California, we never again got more than a fleeting glimpse of the ocean, and that through a rapidly closing hole. Two hours more, and we were flying out of the sunset into and is the result of two years of ex- periments by Pan-American Airway | engineers in extending the range of previous radio compasses. | «Copyright. 1935, by Norith American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. i CLIPPER AWAITS NEW FLIGHT ORDER| Several Days May Elapse Be- fore Another Hop to Hawaii. By the Associated Press. | ALAMEDA, Calif., April 24. —Ready | for another hop on short notice, mem- | bers of the crew of the Pan-American | Clipper awaited orders today for fur- ther flights to follow their successful | «ompletion of the first round-trip air | cruise between California and Hawaii. | Further flights to Honolulu are con- | templated by company officials to gather additional data for the pro- jected establishment of regular com- | mercial flight schedules later this| year. ! But no take-off is expected to be | made for several days at least. | Completion of the return 2,400-mile flight from Hawaii yesterday after- noon in 20 hours and 59 minutes was hailed as definitely establishing the commercial feasibilty of the trans- | pacific service which ultimately will follow an 8,500-mile route from the Pacific Coast to the Orient. Presaging the time when such flights would become commonplace, the Chamber of Commerce of San | Prancisco announced it was placing | the Clipper on ifs regular list of ship | arrivals. 1 The Clipper made no effort at speed during its flight, completed in | =2 minute short of 21 hours, as com- pared with the westward crossing a week ago of 17 hours 45 minutes. Head winds cut its average speed to 114 miles an hour. i inky blackness. Conditions were ex- celleng for a thorough recheck of the One of our three branch stores at 1124 Co Ave. N.W. it amply demon- ! | however, the shifting centers of high celestial and radio-navigation projects which composed the major elements of research on our westward flight. Two Courses Availabie. At our option were two schedules: | One, to explote a general course from & mercator line on the south to a | theoretical line approximately 150 miles north of the Great Circle route. ‘This flight would require that we re- main just over the clouds and would involve variable head and beam winds over two-thirds of the course. Under | the existing weather conditions, this | course would bring us to Alameda in | 18 hours, The second choice was to | establish a flight level between 8,000 | converted what should have been | times on this second half, we made | and 12,000 feet, run parallel to & mer- | cator course 200 miles farther north, and coast through on prevailing west- | erly winds. This course would land us !'at Alameda in 15 hours, normal cruising speed Because of the peculiarity of condi- tions, we elected to follow the first schedule. Analysis of prevalling con- ditions, plus the latest notations on our weather maps indicated that we should reach the half-way mark, 1,205 miles, ai 6:00 am., E. S. T, nine hours out. Thereafter, a lessening of the velocity of head and beam winds should enable us to move north where, approximately 700 miles off California, | we would pick up a moderately strong wind of sufficient strength to offset the 150-mile planned deviation. Routine Strict. { How “routine” this second flight really was, is indicated in the strict adherence (o relief periods which each | member of the crew followed on this return flight. There was little to re- lieve them from their routine. With the surface blotted out, flying well off the steamer channels for the most part, there was nothing through the | long night to distract attention—only the carpet of clouds beneath, the moon and stars above, the steady throb of the engines, and the vivid long blue exhausts of the outboard engines. The headwinds were all that were anticipated. They began immediately we were In the air, They ranged, as | charted, from 18 to 34 miles an hour. I can find blame only for a tug, which, just as we were maneuvering for our scheduled departure from Pearl Harbor at 9 pm., began to move directly toward our take-off course. In order to clear, we opened the throttles of our four 720-horsepower engines and cleared the water at 8:53 | pm. However, that might be, we | missed the half-way mark by the same margin, touching it at 2:52 am. ! Shortly after 10 o'clock, the moon ! stiff east wind directly on our course. across the Street or across the miles, since 1889. Open until noon Sundays and Holidays. Greenhouse Fresh Flowers Twice Daily Main Store 1212 F St. N.W. Phone NAt. 4276 3103 14th ST. N.W, 24 INN. AVE. 5016 CONN. AVE. Member Florist Telegraph Delivery Service WHY AMERICA PREFERS BUDWEISER.. 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