Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-06
NEW PLANE MOTOR
HAS GREAT SPEED.
Packard Co. Has 1,20O-H.P.
Aircraft Engine to Drive Ship
800 Miles an Hour.
BY j. c. ROYLE.

NEW YORK, June 6.-The furore
occasioned by the flights across the
Atlantic by Lndbergh and Chamber
lin and Levine already has commenced
to bear fruit in the advancement of
commercial aviation. A new air.
plane engine, capable of developing
! 200 horsepower and a speed in the
air of over 800 miles an hour, has been
developed by one of the large automo-
bile manufacturers. the writer is able
to announce exclusively today.
This engine. worked out by the
engineers Of the Packard Motor Car
Co, it is claimed. will give air
plane Of commercial type speed OF
$50 to $40 miles an hour. This is in
a plane equipped to arise from and
alight on land, with the usual wheeled
landing gear. In planes built for take
off from water of the seaplane type 800
miles an hour Is declared possible.
Designers have been working with
the Navy Bureau of Aviation ex-
ports ON a plane to carry this
motor. which will be capable of
utilizing the engine speed to the ut.
most. The first of these planes to
be given formal and public tests, it is
announced, will be flown by Lieut..
"Al' Williams. once a big league base
ball pitcher and later holder, as a
Navy lieutenant, of the former speed
record.
The plane probably will be manu-.
featured in Detroit. The hops Of
Capt. Lindbergh across the country
prior to his Atlantic flight gave an
idea of the advantages which are pos
sible from long and nonstop mail,
freight and passenger transportation
overland. Aeroplane designers all
over the country have not been slow
to realize this and are working night
and day to produce machines which
will stand up under such flights. The
speed during some portions of the
Lindbergh and Bellanca flights was
as low as 80 miles an hour. The
saving in time with a 300.mile plane
can readily be estimated.
The boost which the recent flights
have given the air mail service has
been remarkable. The increase in APP
plications for enlistment in the air
mail service in all parts Of the country
has been tremendous, and various
commercial airplane services have
been swamped with applications for
employment. The sale Of aviation
magazines in some districts has been
tripled in the last month.
In addition to the Cyclone motor,
WHICH mas DSCOlIlo ldHlllldT 10 TeducIS
on aviation subjects, the Wright Aero
nautical Corporation has developed a
number of new types both for military
and commercial use. The company Is
now specializing on air-cooled motors,
and the sales for commercial pur-
poses are expected to be up to the
high point of 1925. The engineering
division Of the Curtiss Aeroplane &
Motor Co. is now at full strength, and
the company is engaged on more
constructive developmets than have
been undertaken for Ave years.
The producers of Fokker, Bellanca,
Sikorsky and other planes are all an
ticipating renewed demand for their
products. The raw material producers
also expect to benefit. The makers Of
all other materials, including durali-
UNI and the chrome nickel vanadium
and the other stee1s, are beginning to
feel the demand. The lumber inter-
ests are taking stock Of their forests
to determine just how they will meet
the demand for wooden parts for such
planes as are not of all metal con-
struction. The makers Of the finer
cotton textiles are specializing in
aeroplane cloth for wing coverings
and anticipate O strong demand for
this purpose. In the meantime, the
Ford Express and Passenger Service
is carrying on steadily and success
fully and there are prospects that its