Evening star., 1923-03-18

as he is engaged in map and test
work.
In the current issue of the Aero
nautical Digest there is printed an
official list OF worlds records for
the year 1922, as issued by the con-
test committee Of the National Aero
nauttc Association Of the United
State of America, one section OF
which has aroused much amusement
and at the same time i2digna ton
among the flying officers of the Naval
Air station. That section refers 70
duration flights Of seaplanes, the
record for which Is hour "a minutes
and II 2-5 seconds or course, they
point out, a least one seaplane in
the .til TOR i longer time, but II so
happened that an official of the Fed
Grafton Aeronautique lnternationala.
with clock in hand was not present.
This duration flight incidentally, was
made at Naples, Italy. August 2, 1922.
by pilot named Blard He flew a su-
permarine seaplane with 45O horse
power Napier-Lyon motor. While the
pilots at the air station almost daily
-emain !" the air f"r more than one
hour and thirty-hve minutes. they
nav never u.,rn ''Clock-d ana Il
would not. he surprising II some ar
rangement were made soon whereby
Navy f1ier would take up plane and
At least exhaust A three-hour gas
tank. in the presence of an Official
for sake Of beating this duration
record" csta blished last year for
seaplanes by Mr.. Biard,
Boiling Field.
During the week there were twelve
arrivals and departures OF airplancs
travelling over the model airway, al
though the weather along the route
was of somewhat a lrindrance to fly
ing. However, the only interruption
h,yI y-if
Staff SerEt Peckham as passenger,
who was plotting the Fairfield (Ohiol
air intermediate depot model airway
plane on it's regular trip over the
airway. Tuesday Lieut. Mann had
left Langin field Moundsville. w. Va.
for the east, but was forced to RETURN
on account of motor trouble, and he
did not deem 1t wise to A. for an
hour and a half over a mountainous
territory with no place to land when
the engine was not performing at its
best At Moundsville he decided to
return to his home station and obtain
a new plane with which to complete
his tour of the airway.
Lieut.. Talcott P. Smith of this sta
tion returned from an extended flight
over the middle west last Friday.
having been delayed by storms and
the exchange of planes at Fairfield.
ne Iell tie sup III "hLCll ne SIdl lSb
the flight at that station to have it
remodeled and the latest aids to
navigation, bank and turn Indicators
installed. After the completion or
these changes the plane will be re-
served exclusively for flights over
the model airway.
Capt. st. Clair Street, returned
Monday to his post as operations Off
GER of the field from Arcadia, Fla.
where he accompanied Gen. Patrick as
aide to witness the take-off of the
Porto Rican experimental flying eH-
pedition to Cuba,
Lieut.. Earle J. Carpenter departed
Wednesday for a fight into the mid
die west. He will land at Mounds
Vile. w. Va; Mt. Clemens. Mich;
Rantoul. ILL.,; Kokomo, Ind; Cleve-
land and Dayton. Ohio.
Several officers on duty, in the Of
flee Of air service made practice
flights around the field Saturday.
Lieut.. Lester J. Maitland left Tues
day for Fairfield, Ohio. to partici-
pate in the coming race for the es
adjustment of a new speed record
oyer, r. -thrse-kilometeE COURSE