New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1929, Page 11

QUESTION MARK FLYERS GIVE IMPRESSIONS OF HOURS IN 000 NRERE AR AS THEY GUIDED PLANE Resting Aviators Reflect Upon Their Long Flight With Enthusiasm — Six Blankets for Five Men. Los Angeles, Jan. 7 UP—Vivid im- pressions of the world record break- ing flight of the Question Mark were given last night by the four army officers who with BStaff Sergeant- mechanic Roy W. Hooe, had remain- ed in the air longer than any other human beings. Resting in a comfortable hotel room, Major Carl Spatz was lying on a settee writing the final entry of the log. Captain Ira W. Eaker was recjining in a single bed. Lieut. Harry Halvorsen, still in army togs but with bedroom slippers, draped himself over an easy chair. Lieut. Elwood R, Quesada In a brown checkered bathrobe, was on another bed. Their impressions follow: By Major Spatz, flight commander: “We have refueled under every eonceivable condition under which an airplane can fly—at night, in rough alr, shifting our base when weather drove us away, in fog, In sun—in fact under any conditions which might be conceived, either in transcontinental flights or in trans- oceanic flights. “Night refueling is not so bad. It ‘was worse, a whole lot worse, in the rough bumps we had today. We had no rain, but we had refueled in rain at Washington. “Our apparatus was proved. We have made many important discover- fes. With a longer hose, say 100 feet it would be far better. “We have definitely established the practicability of refueling for com- mercial planes. “We expected better weather con- ditions. We were told we could reach smooth air at high altitudes, but it was rougher at 5,000 feet than 2,000 feet. “We have found that mechanical conditions rather than the condition of man {is the only limiting factor in sustained flight. “The whole personnel was in bet- ter condition this morning than at any time during the flight. In fact, we had seven days of rest. “The longest period any man slept in this flight was four hours, That was due to routine. We all slept Sunday. In daytime we slept better for it was warmer. We were not prepared for the cold. There were only six blankets for our five m we had discarded our heater to make room for a reserve gasoline tank. “A remarkable condition was the sttitude of the crew. Not a single member of the crew had anything but smiles, not one got on another's nerves. In cramped quarters with parachutes on, we knocked each other about, but there always was & smile. “We wers surprised at the loud- ness of noises when we landed. We were astonished that we could hear s0 well. “Two men had slight phnlul dls- turbances. Captain Eaker had & more throat before he took off. Lieut. Halvorson developed a cold. “We found mno conditions in this fiight that developed hardships upon men.” By Captaln Ira W. Kaker, chief pilot: “QOur last two refuelings were on two engines, and we knew we were through. The left engine had gone bad. “After the last contact we propped the gas from one tank to enable Ser- geant Hooe to get on the catwalk to change the valve springs. “We were at an altitude of 4,000 feet, but we dropped 2,600 feet on the turn. We signalled Hooe to get back. “On two engines, we couldn’t keep our altitude and got ready to land. The right engine began to show trouble similar to the left and we were really depending on one engine. “We knew we were coming down then. The ship began settling and it was just & question of where we would land. It settled 2,500 feet in two and one-half minutes. It takes an hour to regain that much. “We had no trouble in making the fleld. The second motor seemed to have bad plugs. “The crew had no reason to come @down. In fact 1 was asleep when the refueling ship came up. It was Just a question of mechanics.” “Our darkest moment in the flight was the night over Imperial Valley and the flight down there. This was the third night out. Very rough, descending currents. We lost hun- dreds of feet in seconds. That loss meant hours of climbing. “Saturday night was still worse. But in Imperial Valley we were ready to land any place. “At times our fel was low. Bev- eral times we had less than ene hour's supply. Once we had but 10 gallons in the tanks, That was at noon today. “The closest contact between the refueling planes and the Question Mark was perhaps five feet. It felt I could have stood up In my seat and touched the wheels of the C-1 several times, “One peculiar thing we found is that we did not always settle when the refueling plane settled. One ship would do one way and one an- other. This seemed to be when the refueling ship would get ahead of us and hit & bump before we did and we would get his propeller wash. It is necessary for best con- ditions for bne plane to keep im- mediately below the other. “Captain Hoyt told us that on the Friday night refueling he could count the pcbbles on a cliff ahead. I saw how close we were, and I was depending on him. When | he broke contact I was ready to go. “‘Our apparatus was crude. We made some 37 contacts, neverthe- Ie- and took on about 45,000 s of tonnage in all, we found (hlt refueling is simple. There is no reason why it cannot be done anywhere. *'We were at six thousand feet al- titude today going on only two en- gines when we found our gas supply was down to 10 gallons. Two gauges showed empty and the third was 10 gallons, but we wers re- fueled in time, “Mechanical conditions are the only limiting factor in sustained alr flights and they are being rapidly corrected by engineers profiting by such experlences as we and others had. “I was most astonished at my ears. For the first time in all my flying I was able to hear voices on the ground as I landed. We landed in a perfect glide. I had cut the awitches on two of the engines and the third was throttled down. “The analysis of the engines’ con- ditions must await the inspection by Lieut. Harris, engineering officer of the flight. Any diagnosis we might undertake would be a guess, “About the refucling, again— that was the easiest thing we did. There were several times when Ma- Jor Bpats was able to leave the hose and go away while the gas poured down, “The refueling demonstrates that 1t 18 possible ta change valve springs, push rods and correct such minor mishaps as might occur to the mo- tors. Of course if we had a broken crankshaft or anything like that re- fueling couldn’t save you, but it gives you the time to get the minor stuff fixed. “As Lient. Halvorson says, ‘We really enjoyed flying better today than at any time during the flight,” and I agree with Major Bpatz that T think we were in better physical condition today than at any time. The food always agreed with us and our stomache: re never upset.” CORRUPTION CHARGED ‘Wisoonsin Progressives Petition for Proceedings Against Governor on Day of Inauguration. Madison, Wis., Jan. 8 UP—Walter J. Kohler, S8heboygan business man and anti-progressive republican, was inducted into office as Wisconsin's 26th governor. On a “liberal” platform, but op- posed to the LaFollette-| -progressive | wing of the party, Kohler defeated ' Fred R. Zimmerman, incumbent, INSCHODL BUDGET Estimated Expenditares Half of the increases in the achool board's budget of $1,292,600 will be 'upendod for teachers’ salaries. This year's increase over last year is the smallest in many years, approxi- mately $50,000, The tentative sched- ule will be studied by the finance committes of the board this after- noon and will then be presented to ithe board at its meeting Friday aft- ernoon, Other iIncreases in the tentative budget include the following: Tui- tion, state board of education, frem year; janitor's salaries, $52,600 to $56,000; open air school supplies, $3500 to $4800; mcdical inapection and nurses, increage of $1600; salary of superintendent, from $6500 to N $7000; evening schools, increase of $1000; supplies, increase of $8900; furniture and equipment, increase of $3700; repairs, increase of $6638; miscellaneous $2200. Decreases amounting to $18,500 fuel and insurance. In the first two was spent and In the last $16,000 appropriated. GOLLEGE COURSE SOCIAL ASSET Cultdre by Confagion One Theory of Higher Education Springfield, Mass.,, Jan. 8 (M—The average youth goes to college mere- the average business man sends his son to college hoping that the boy won't take too seriously what he is taught there, Dr. Willlam G. Chan- ter, professor of ethics and religion at Wesleyan university, saild here last night in an address Hefore the University club. Other comment made by Prof. Chanter on the cur- (rent situation in American colleges was as follows: “A college degree has come to he |desired largely as an entree lhto lsocial lite. “Our smaller colleges are being operated on the theory that culture can be imparted by contagion. “Specialization in college produces {expert technicians, but not always human beings. “Our most capable students are {not going into college teaching be- cause professors are looked upon as being quaint and queer. “College students are of two types —rich men's sons, who are mere paying guests, and poor students who gobble up the scholarships. “Americans spend more on educa- tion and get less for it than any other people in the world's history. “Most Americans have an attitude scholar, -“Many colleges must have a win- ning football team in order to in- terest the alumni in maintaining the endowment fund. “Our colleges are being impover- 1shed by the maintenance cost of mausoleums—buildings left as mem- orlals to the donors.” and Joseph D. Besk, the latter pro. | gressive candidate, in the primary | and won out over Mayor Schmede- man of Madison, the democratic nominee, in the general election. Progressive leaders have petition- ed the state attorney general's of- fice to institute proceedings against Kohler, charging violation of the corrupt practices act in connection with campalgn expenditures. The petition has been taken un- der leumenL BIAUES VS. WILLIMANTIO ‘The New Britain Blues basketball team will meet the Willlmantic Five tomorrow night at the Sacred Heart school gym. The New Britain Blue &irls’ team will meet one of the In- dustrial league fives. The games will start at 7 o'clock. The Blue Jun- lors have accepted the challenge of the Laurels. The manager should get in touch with Henry Adams of Orange street. NEW AIR MAIL RECORD Boston, Jan. 8 (UP)—A new air malil flying record between Hadley Field, N. 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