Evening star., 1923-01-28
AVIATION ACTIVITIES
IN WASHINGTON

In spite of the fact that aviation
pilots in Washington are generally
considered to be more favored than
the mere mortals who are not airmen
and have to stay close to earth all
the time, they have proved that they
are not invulnerable by any means
to the ills that infiict other people.
Lieut.. Baker of Boiling Field has an
nounced that those officers at the
field who are not recovering from
the grippe are now sick with It, and
Lieut.. Thomas Of the naval air sta
ton reports similar conditions at the
other Anacostia field
Boiling Field.
Travel orders were. issued by the
secretary of War directing First
Lieuts. Howard K. Ramey, A. S., and
George w. Goddard. A. S. both Off
GERS stationed at Boiling Field. to pro-
ceed yesterday or early this week by
rail- from Boiling Field, d. c., to Mont
gomery. Ala; Houston, Tex; San An
tonic, Tex; Ell Paso, Tex, and San
Diego. Calf. in the order named. on
temporary duty for the purpose of
conferences with the Photographic
officers at these stations concerning
the preparation of aerial photographs
being made for the United States ge-
oiogicai survey; thence by air to Los
Angeles. Calf. on temporary duty for
the purpose of taking an, aerial mo-
sato of an area in Los Angeles county,
Callr.. In conjunction with the United
states geological survey; and that
upon the completion OF this tempo
rary duty they will return by air to
San Diego. Calf. completing such Of
the mosaic as is necessary at that
station; then by rail to their home
station.
A duck hunting brigade. consisting
4; s.. commanding officer Boiling
Field. and Mai Beverley, Medical
Corps. flight surgeon. this station, had
very successful duck hunt" down
the lower Potomac last week.
below is list of airways trips sue
cessfully completed during the period
January 10, 1929. to date:
January lSCCapt; Pascale. A. s..
PILOT, plot from Fairfield Air Intermediate
New York, via Boiling Field Fl d' and return rte,u
to Fairfield.
January 2o-Lieut, Arthur. A. S.,
pilot. from Langley Field. Hampton,
Va, to McCook Field. Dayton, Ohio,
via Boiling Field. and return to Lang
sunday-Lieut. Hickey. A. S., pilot.
from Chanute Field, Rantoul, III, to
Langley Field, Va. On the return trip
to Chanute Field Lieut. Hickey carried
as passenger Private Clark from this
station, who Is on a fifteen-day fur
Tough.
Tuesday-Lieut. Camblin. A. S., pilot;
Capt. White, Medical Corps, flight sur.
geon. passenger. from Selfridge Field.
Mount Clemens, Mich, to Mitchell Field,
n. Y. via Boiling Field and return to
Selfridge Field. Mich.
Wednesday-Capt. KinIoch, A. s..
pilot. from Mitchell Field, II. Y 70
McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. via Boil
ling and return to Mitchell Field. Capt.
Kinloch carried as passenger Sergt.
Martin bomber airplane No. ss5o3,
pound on cross-country fight from
Mltchel Field, Mineola. Long Island,
n. Y, to Kelly Field. South San An
tonic. glided into the station for an
overnights rest on Tuesday at 4:05
pm. Lieut.. Dauton was at the con-
trolls. Capt. Mcdaniel. A. g.. with three
enlisted men as passengers. Hopping
! or at 1925 pm, Thursday, they pro-
ceeded to Langin Field, Moundsville.
w. Va. arriving at that place 4:3O
route will be McCook Field, Dayton,
Ohio; Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill:
scott Field, Belleville. ILL.,; Coffeeville,
Kan; Post Field. Fort Snl, Okla =
thence to Kelly Field. Tex.
L. s. Naval Air Station.
Events of last week at the naval
air station proved of considerable in
terest.
The Martin observation plane
CMO-1 $3.50 to set up as a land plane,
was given trials with a new type
propeller in order to determine with
! which the most efficiency might be
! gained. 1t is anticipated that this
plane. built by the Glenn Martin Com
pany, will prove a great success.
The Douglas-Davis torpedo plane
| (DT-2 6033) was flown with full load.
This load included standard service
| torpedo and full capacity of gasoline
and oil. The ma,neuverability of.this
! torpedo plane with full load proved
exceptional. and il is believed that
! IT is one of the outstanding aeronauti-
/ cal construction accomplishments OF
| the year. :.
Upon receipt and installation of a
| new engine, the ISL 1901 will be
! flown to the naval aircraft factory
Philadelphia. Pa. The rs is a new
| and proven type of fleet scout plane
| designed and built by naval aero
| A spoiler lateral control system. is
being placed in the VE-7 5s14
VoughO land machine. Test OF same
will be conducted as soon as an en-
! gine is installed in the plane. This
system of lateral control is distinc,
departure from past systems. and
/ hopes are held for it's success. A
| spoiler is erected in the entering edge
; of each of the four wings, and, in ad
! dition to aiding maneuverability 1t is
+; believed that the spoilers may be used
| as a brake. due to the fact that they
| may be placed in a vertical position
/ This spoiler lateral control system
| Is the second step toward the perfec-
/ tion of an expansion wing.
| The prevailing epidemic Of light in
| fiuenza has touched this station. and
several Of the officers and men have
been confined to their beds during the
| week. Fortunately, however, no case
| has been serious.
/ Several men re-enlisted and report
| ed for duty. Among them were
4 James r. Ingram, aviation chief rig.
/ ger. a qualified parachute jumper
; and r. j. Brown, Quartermaster, first
| class. an expert meteorological.
| A Leaf From a Pilots Diary.
Picking up a pilots book belonging
/ to one Of the air service officers sta
toned in Washington, we find thereir
quite number of interesting Incl
dents recorded, chief among which
being a description of a cross country
flight from Kelly Field to Dallas. Tex.
(which eliminated in his landing ir
darkness, and the observations hi
makes as. result of this flight
Fortunately he suffered no injury
Through this landing and his plane
; was only slightly damaged.
Leaving Kelly Field at 4:05 pm, hi
passed Austin at 4:55, Bosque at 6:0i
/ and HillshorO at 6.1b Dn1. Due either