New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1929, Page 13

AIR RESISTANCE IS | CUT IN NEW PLANE, Stream Lining Expected to Add Speed to Mercury Annapolis, awa test flights lined. Much Wing Space Eliminated A comparison of the Mercury sea- plane and the Curtiss which Lieutenant won the Schneider United States strikingly the advances dynamics efficlency. One of the chief differences is that the Mercury is & |ord of 318 miles an hour i instead eliminating the necessity for two in- terplane struts. connected the pontoons to the Doo- | little plane, the pontoons of the Mer- | monoplane set Md., resistance — a monster which con- sumes horsepower in mounting pro- portions as airplane speed increa —has been given a blow by ant Al Williams' Mercury Racer. The powerful to determine compete for the Schneider seaplane racing trophy, is, in effect, a bullet aimed at the heart of this r Every line flows gracefully other and every possible re producing part NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1929. |is countersunk. stream lining rapidly. Aug. 16 (A—Air ] jeuten- |is the little delayed by the ance. | nto the | stance highly stream is racer Wwith Jimmy Doolittle |the air air over the surf: is not While the trial fI |ers also have been eliminated on the | Willlams machine and every screw | All Important Points These might seem of small matter to the layman, but the importance of may | when it is realized tance parts offer creases in proportion to the square of the speed. This consumes power be Skin friction, the dragging of the ce of a plane, has been cut to a minimum by reduction {of fuselage area and |ished surfaces. The entire wing sur- face is copper covere |as a radiator to cool the engine. first time monoplane, [plane that the entire wing su be on an iting only favorable weather for (has been so employed it it wiHi th ve been going ocer the eral changes have most important heing ad | controls to counteract the torque of the powerful engine whi rotate the plane to the I Speed still Guess Work Just how fast the Packard 24-cyl inder X engine will pull it through definitely been that the resis- to the chts have been ed from lat Top Mountain, which | forecasts can be made many montas river. She trudged over 40 miles of disclose a steady rise and fall in mountain and desert waste to send | the sun's heat over a period of a to Mrs. of 1 ‘William Gibbs Mec- s Angeles, regarding S he information from Miss Nichols indicated that despite the rough character of the terrain, she had made a successful landing after her motor stopped. A crew of mechanics accompanied and exuected to have it installed in time for Miss Nichols to line up at Clover Field with the other contest- ants when the derby stars. G0 12,000 MILES little more than {wo years—a cycle that is checked by varlations in Eu- rope's grain yield. One of World's Driest Spots Before Mount Brukkaros was chosen a search was mace among the driest places of the old world, including spots In Afghanistan. Mor- occo and Egypt. Moun* Brukkaros was chosen as the best available station because of the almost con- tinual freedom of its atmosphere from moisture and dust, either of which affects the accuracy of the temperature measurements, The station lies near the top of an arid mountain. All of the more delicate instruments are housed 1n word understood WOMAN'S AIRPLANE Ruth Nichols Lands on Arizona Mountain in Safety Santa Monica, Cal., Aug. 16 (A— A new motor was en route from here to Flat Top Mountain in Ari- zona today for installation in Miss Ruth Nichol's airplane, which she [was forced to land on the isolated mountain Wednesday while on her way to enter the Santa Monica- wind in- highly pol- ing utilized 1t Ame 1‘1“(‘17:!‘” from heat and from all light except |4|m‘|‘. S(r"\'-‘ ——— the heams to be measured | {Young American Trio Seeking Data on Solar Heat The station was established fonr justment of The present taff con- s and Mrs, Wm. H Hoover and F. A. Greeley will be relleved by Mr. and Mrs, Sordahl and Mr Froiland. Mr. Sordahl, holder of a master's degree from Wisconsin university, has specialized of h tended to t Washington, D. C., Aug. 16.—Three lad young American scientific workers 2 : : have just left Washington on a|in physics and for the past year trophy for the |F s of Williams hav stimated = 7S S e g:‘i:fzd"m“’ro‘r:“.‘uH‘,:“‘:i S |twelve thousand mile journey to|was assistant at the Bun Observatory e i oot lan hour L iathas indicateal et it |take charge for three years of a|at Swartout, California. Mr. Frol- of a biplane, |enter the ra While two must exceed the present world's rec- struts | Tynnev Not Headed Home Over Lawsuits unique “scientific observation post” |in one of the loneliest spots in Af- rica. They are Louis O. Sordahl, Mrs. Sordahl and A. G. Froiland. By way ot New York, London and Cape Town, they will journey tfo Mount kkaros near Keetman- land has made a study of the com- plicated and delicate instruments and the mathematical methods used at the sun stations. _ Mrs. Sordahl will spend much of her ilme col- lecting insects. reptiles and small mammals for the national musenm. it is to cury racer are linked by small| TRome, Aug. 16 (U'P —Gene Tun shoop Southwest Africa, where the| By automobile the Brukkaros sta- W i et R National Geographic society and the | tion keeps in touch over a rocky The pontoons of the Mercury show |and his heiress bride who was Polly Smithsonian Institution maintain a|trail with Keetmanshoop, sixty mi a marked advance in str n lining, [ l.auder, were to arrive in Paris to-| solar observatory. The object of|away. Tt is from that town that whereas the floats of the 1025 \\\l!»i lay for a brief stay They will ve- | the work at .this station is to main-|mail and supplies are obtained. The ner presented projections and irreg- |iurn to Brioni Isle in September | tain accurate records of vari-|South African government has con- U1EnIHie oF alintadatto st sadle; [ Tunney's scerctary informed he RUTH NICHOLS ations in the sun's heat as it reaches |structed a branch telephone line up resistance, the Merclry's|I'nited Press from Brioni that re-|{ | the earth. These records are sent|which connects the station with the pontoons are stooth and symmetri- | ports of nis plans to return to the | Cleveland women's air derby starting |t Washington and are there com-|government system. A powerful cal. Fittings, clevices and nuts which were presented to the wind on the Doolittle plane are stream lined on the Mercury. Outside cowling fasten- foundation United States to dr breach of promise ne Fogarty were « » A hava * cowntown™ after August following standard brand merchandis KNOX HATS 3d LONG’S HATS KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES NETTLETON SHOFS MANHATTAN L.ON SHIRTS S HABFPDASHERY BPORTING GCODS — UNIFORMS the 'nd the $590,000 1t by entin next Sunday. pared with similar records made at stations in southern California and Chile. Through these comparisous it is hoped that accurate weather | radio receiving set sent to the sta- tion by the Natlonal Geographic so- clety enables the staff to pick up broadcast programs from Pretoria. First word from Miss Nichols was received yesterday from Salome, Ariz, where the young woman walk- Mrs. Kath- ely without ’Dey tell us we're different THERE are men WhO say: "AH men's shops are alike.” We don't believe our customers talk like that. 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