San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-02
filters READY
FOR TRIP To
SAN DOMINGO
Big Camera Installed in
Ship to Take Pictures
Along Route. 80
DRAW FOR PARTNERS
Hour for Departure Is
1880 Saturday Morning
From Kelly No. |.

Ammunition for the big Gaumont
camera that is TO be mounted on the
ship of Lieut., Guy Kirksey and Lieut..
L. I. Salzer during the flight of the
six Kelly Field planes TO Porto Rico
was received by the former officer
Thursday. Lieutenant Kirksey is the
Photographic officer of the air fleet,
and Thursday received shipment of
sensitized film, sufficient TO take 1900
exposures. The camera will not TO-
Gus on an object less than 500 feet
distant, but Lieutenant Kirksey has
a Grafiex camera with him that will
be used to snap objects at close range.
There is no height ut which the big
machine will not take a clear pic
ture Of the earth. Successful ex-
posures from an alt 'mde of 10000 feet
have been taken with this type Of
camera.
The machine has n 20-inch focal
length, is equipped with a Carl Zeiss
lens. and is constructed 80 shat one
picture after another can be snapped
with rapidity. Each film Used in the
big camera Is . IL inches wide and
50 feet long. and will make 100 ex-
posures. All pictures taken on the
Porto Rico "trip vii be developed after
the plane returns TO Washington.
Lieutepaut Kirksey end Lieuteant
Seller viii Fly in the rear Of the left
side Of the V formation all during the
flight so that they can mage any
detour necessary to take whatever
pictures the Photographic officer de-
sires.
Ships Are Ready.
AT seven o'clock Saturday morn
ing the six planes Of the fleet will
be on the line in front of the big
test hangar at the Air intermediate
Depot. Kelly Field No. /. and by Z 80
they are expected to be away on
their 2S00-mile journey to San Do
mingo. The take-off will be made
from the Air intermediate Depot. All
Kelly Field will be on hand to see the
start, and although the hour is an
early one. large number of specta-
tors from the city will probably be
present.
For the first'time since al the fliers
have been assembled TT Kelly Field.
the weather permitted them to take
TO the air in their ships Thursday. All
during the afternoon ships of the
Porto Rico fleet were taking off and
landing in front Of the test hangar,
and with each landing the pilots re-
ported everything in excellent order.
In taking off it could be noticed that
the ships were heavily loaded, and
more than the ordinary ground space
was required by them to get off the
ground.
All Have Insignia.
Early in the week the pilots drew
for their partners. and the following
pairs will fly together: Captain Ian
phier. commander. and Lieutenant
Norman. Lieute. Haynes and Wood
ruff. Iieuts. Austin and Longleffor,
Lieuts, Kirksey and Seller, Lieuts.
Nelson and Dunton, and Lieuts. Nc
Donald and Stoner.
Various individual insignia are
painted on the six ships. Captain
Lanphier's shin carries the sign.
Man o. War" A devil with his
scythe. the insignia of Lieutenant
Woodruff is on one side of hi ship.
while the picture. Of "Spark Plug
Lieutenant Haynes insignia is painted
on the other IL ar aces and two dice
showing seven up are conspicuous on
the sides of the ship to be flown by
Licutenants Austin and Longfcllow,
and witch and wampus cat are
painted on the sides of Lieutenants
Mcdonald and Stoner's plane.