Evening star., 1923-07-29
Boiling Field.


left Washington Friday for Hawaii
where he has been assigned to duty
Lieut., Wilkins, one of the best pilots
ever stationed here, goes on per'oo
Of leave and will motor 10 the coast
from where he will sail to his new post
The name California" has been at-
tached to the pilots name ever since
last summer. 1t was at the time lhe
officers at the field were giving rare
we'll banquet TO Maj Martin F. Scanion,
} sthe departing commandant, that the
"souestion OF long distance flights without
-a,crack- ups" was brought up. AL the
height of the argument Lieut.. wilkins
4 Jumped up and declared he would ny
2 from here to California and back with
q the same ship and if he damaged the
--- nane ne would walk home from the
Z a,ont of the accident. Shortly after ne
-sebtained permission from the chiei oi
: the air service and carried out the trip
without walking home.
Mai. Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick. Chief OF
the air service turned over two OF ms
planes to the field last week, one 10 che
headquarters and the other 10 tne oos,
SQUADRON The one now belonging "
HEADQUARTERS will be used as AN AR.
WAYS ship. Both planes carry the iatest
. improvements i'll De HaVliana SD ar
painted a light orange color ana nav
cream -colored wings. The observers
Cockpits are beautifully upholstered IN
leather and bear every, lnsSrunsn
found in the pilots "otlice. orncers Ui
these two detachments are ahAlousls
awaiting the conditioning Of these AR
nlanes for their use Work of painting
out the two silver stars on the ruduers
of both planes and decorating then
with the insignia of the squa,uroemis ir,,,s as
we'll as the addition of Model Airway
= control. Boiling Field" to the sioes 9i
u the airway ship is about Completed.
< Lieut.. Howard X. Ramey. VIZ gas
been on sick leave. Tor ,,s,ise Stsera, d :
months Sa has ,sat retuTngn RsmeV 10 aithough att NOS
"a photographic officer by regulas
duty. worked with Lieut.. Godoaru
in mosaic mapping the city OF Los
Angeles early this year ana nht turat
high commentator from photo eX-
perts.
Cant. Brewer plotting the McCook
Field airway plane. arrived here
Thursday with Commander fehCe ,
passenger, en- route To Mitchell fleia'
Long Island. which completes the
outbound trip of the airway hish'
from Dayton.
Enlisted men in the air service have
unlimited opportunities to become
pilots bv taking the cadet training at
Brooks Field. Texas. On the compie
ton of this training the cadet Is
given a commission in the reserve OF
the air service and returned to his
organiZa ton in the grade ne leIt.
Private Underwood. clerk or me
Model Airway control office at the
field. is the latest man here to take
advantage of the training, and. II is
understood. has passed the rigid phys-
ical and mental examination Tor ca :
detship The examination Is oased
upon a high school education, MI
Underwood will leave for the Texas
station as soon as plans for his relief
here are completed.
Naval Air station.
Lieut. George r. Pond. L. S. \. K. F.,
and Aviation Chief Machinlst Mate
Wayne H. Carlton have been ordered
to Boston for duty in connection with
the training OF reserve naval aviation
unit of that city. Lieut.. Pond has
been stationed here for the past three
months and has been Yl-v aL.e IN
the flying operations of the station.
Aviation Chief Machinist Mate Eu-
gene S tSmoky) Rhoads. who was a
member of the Nets crew on the
transatlantic. cruise, has been ordered
to New York city for similar duties.
Lieut. Pond returned a few days
ago by rail from Dayton where he
was forced to leave the Martin Obser- :
here a short time ago carrying as
passengers. George Moffett. sixteen
year-eld son of Admiral William A.
Moffett. chief Of the bureau of aero
nautics; Capt. Georges -Thenauit, AIR
attache of the French embassy ana
Chief Petty Officer .O'Brien. with
Minneapolis as the destination.
ieorge Moffett was dropped off at
Chicago and the flight continued
successfully. ON the 18th Lieut.. Pond
left the Minnesota city and flew to
McCook Field via Chanute Field
Rantoul, ILL.,, where motor trouble
developed and made it inadvisable to
continue the flight home.
The Ms submarine planes from the
Glen Martin Company of Cleveland
are now ready for shipment. Five of
them will be sent to the Naval Air
one to the station here. The planes
at Hampton roads will be put into
actual service with submarines as
soon practicable, while the one at
Anacostia will be used for expert
mental and test purposes. These Will
be the first planes to be placed on
submarines on this side of the At
lantic. They are to be used for OBJ
servation and scouting work in con-
nection with submarine operations.
Lieuts. Carlson and Galloway flew
to Miller Field, near Aberdeen, Md.
Wednes sday in a DeHaviland, Lieut..
Carlson flying back a Huff-Deland
plane that had been there since July
II with a broken tail skid.
Lieut.. Commander II. ]. Bartlett
has been ordered to the bureau of
aeronautics and will be in the plans
division, Lieut.. Commander Bart
lett has been the squadron command
er, torpedo and bombing plane squad
ron No. 1. Air Squad dron Scouting
Fleet. since it's organization in 1920.