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Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1928-03-29

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Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1928-03-29

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Evening star., 1928-10-28
RADIO BEACON USED
BY NAVY DIRIGIBLE
Los Angeles Called Upon Four
Times to Make Use of New
Jersey Service.

The big Navy dirigible Los Angeles
has been called upon four times to make
use of the radio beacon service installed
by the Department of Commerce at
Hadley Field, NJ j., it has been an
nounced. The Navy dirigible operator
checked the beam carefully and has
advised the Department of Commerce
that the signals we're sharp and clear
and the course easily followed. The
beacon cuts straight across the hangars
at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and
the beam is about half mile wide
there
On one occasion the Los Angeles had
been on a cruise North and was return
ing to LakehurSt when she encountered
very bad weather, with low clouds, fog
and rain, the ground being completely
obscured. Through a break in the
clouds TIRE dirigible officers sighted the
Raritan kiver and headed toward Had
ley Field, where the airship's siren was
blown and notes were dropped asking
for radio beacon service.
The Department of Commerce radio
operator on duty was notified and
turned on the beacon. The Los Angeles
followed the beam without difficulty to
Lakehurst and landed with only 200
foot ceiling in fog, rain and falling dark
ness.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
GIANT PARACHUTES
PASSF|RST TESTS
Encouraging Results Report
ed on Devices to Lower
Disabled Planes.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio.-The Goliath of
parachutes, designed to bear plane
disabled in flight and its passengers
safely to earth, has gone through ini-
tial tests at Wright Field with favor
able and encouraging results" 1t has
safely lowered 1900 pound weight.
It's designer, Maj. E. L. Hoffman,
who was awarded the Collier trophy
last year in recognition Of his work
in the development of the man
carrying parachute, has described his
latest tests with the plane parachute
as very encouraging and favorable to
further development" ~
Ground Tests Made.
Ground tests made with the use of
force measuring instruments showed
that pull of 4,800 pounds was exerted
by the giant 84-foot parachute when
it opened as compared with 1000
pound pull of the 24-foot man-carrying
parachute.
Maj Hoffman plans to spend the
Winter months in further developing
this Sampson of the air by working
with tiny model parachutes, carefully
designed to scale, and placed in wind
tunnel for observation. The Wright
Field wind tunnels are capable of
creating hurricanes of their own with
a speed of from 100 to 500 miles an
hour, SO that the tiny models can be
WATCHED under all conditions expert
enced in actual fight.
The giant parachute was dropped
twice from an airplane with a
1,600-pound bomb as a weight to show
that the chute was capable of holding
an airplane filled with passengers aloft.
Since these tests were conducted, Mai.
Hoffman has devised several possible
methods for releasing the parachute
from the plane when the disabled ship
is but short distance from the ground.
Deflation Is Assured.
Such devices would insure the defla-
ton of the parachute and permit the
plane to glide safely to earth undam-
aged. Actual tests with airplanes,
manned by Army test pilots, may be
made in the Spring If the new para
chute continues to show favorable re-
suits In preliminary tests
Staggering to the Imagination is the
size and lifting power of the great
chute. 1t has diameter of 81 feet,
has 96 panels and 48 shroud lines. It
resembles the ordinary man carrying
parachute which also was designed for
the United. States Army by Maj. Hoff-
man, but is more than three times its
size.
During one of the preliminary tests
Maj Hoffman grabbed one of the ropes
which run to the top of the device and
was quickly lifted into the air by the
enormous power of the opened para
chute.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
AIR MAIL VOLUME
SHOWS GAIN IN 1928
'Airmindedness Increases Month
by Month" Post Office De.
partment Announces.

For the first half of this year 19
air mail routes carried 1,054,729 pounds
of air mail, as against 1,449,36 pounds
carried for the entire year of 1927, the
Post ONCE Department announced.
During the six months there were
6,452 scheduled air mail flights, for
total of 1882, ,934 miles, of which 3,129,-
032 miles were flown with an efficiency
of 925 per cent, as compared with SO
per cent established under govern
mental operation for the years from
1918 to 1927.
"Airmindedness, as measured by the
volume of air mail" the Post Office De-
partment announced, increases month
by month. In January the total pound
age carried was 144,680. The period
closed with a month poundage of 211,-
267. For August, the first month under
the reduced postage rate of cents an
ounce. the poundage carried jumped
to 419,047"
In addition to these operations,
Evening star., 1928-10-28
SCHIFF TROPHY GOES
TO LIEUT.. ]. E. DYER
Naval Flyer Honored for Record
of Hours in Air Without
Accident.

His record of 1,251.15 hours in the
air without accident to plane or per-
sonnel during the fiscal year 1929
has won for Lieut.. James E. Dyer,
naval aviator, the Herbert Schiff me-
mortal trophy, the Navy Department has
announced. The trophy will be pre-
sented to Lieut.. Dyer by President Cool
idge at the White House December Is.
Lieut. Dyer now is on duty with
Training Squadron 7, naval air station,
San Diego, Calf. He has been author
lied to fly across the United States to
receive the trophy.
Lieut.. Dyer is the fourth winner of
the Schiff cup, awarded annually to
the naval aviator making the greatest
number of flying hours without accident.
The 1,251-hour record of Lieut.. Dyer is
386 hours longer than that of Lieut..
Arthur Gavin, who won the cup for
1927, and is the greatest number of
hours flown by any of the cup winners.
During the past year Lieut.. Dyer gave
flying instruction to lot students in
aviation at the San Diego station. He
was born in Rumford, Me-, December
IL, 1894, and enrolled in the Naval Re-
Evening star., 1928-10-28
INCREASE NOTED
IN AIR SERVICES
Rapid Growth of Passenger
and Mail Lines Reported
in Northern U. S.

Air mail and air passenger service are
developing with great rapidity in the
Northern United States and arrange
ments are being made for increasing
service on existing lines and for estab-
lishlnent of additional air NAH and
passenger routes in this country and
between the United States and Canada,
Second Assistant Postmaster General
w. Irving Glover stated, following his
return to Washington this week from a
three-week inspection trip of the air
mail system.
Mr.. Glover expressed qualification over
the increased passenger service on the
existing air mail routes, stating that it
is marvellous to see how many short
haul passengers the lines are carrying. F"
During his trip Mr.. Glover covered all
of the air mail lines operating in the
Northwestern United States. He was
present at the opening of the interna-
tional air mail service between Montreal,
Canada, and New York City. He visited
Canada to confer with postal officials of
that country regarding the establish
ment of additional lines between Canada
and the United States. Opening of
lines from Winnipeg to Milwaukee and
st. Paul and from Toronto to Buffalo,
IN. are UClIS AlS odAU
Mr. Glover inspected the air mail
lines between Milwaukee and st. Paul
and Chicago, between Great Falls,
Mont and Salt Lake City. via Helena
and Butte, Mont. and the transconti-
mental line from Salt Lake City to Chi
cago and from Chicago to Kansas City,
Mo-
"All these lines" Mr.. Glover stated,
"are experiencing very healthy condl-
ton so far as business is concerned. !
found during my inspection that great
many concerned are using the air mail
lines for advertising purposes, not neces-
Sarjly in great quantities, but In small
lots. Insurance agents and dealers in
small lots Of merchandise find the Use
of the air mail very successful in their
respective lines of business.
Two or three of the contractors to
whom talked declared that it is their
intention to purchase larger equipmsnt
to handle the steadily increasing busi-
ness of their lines resulting from the
decrease in air mail postage, which
went into effect August last. Their
business will reach the normal during
the latter part Of October and con-
tinue throughout November and Docem-
ber, and they feel that additional planes
will be necessary to meet this situation.
ION all the lines inspected was
very much grati6ed to note that the
passenger service is developing by leaps
and bounds. It was marvellous to see
how many short-haul passengers the
lines are carrying"
Evening star., 1928-10-28
AERIAL SIGN POSTS
SOUGHT IN CAMPAIGN
Marking of Buildings to Guide Lost
Flyers Urged by Guggen-
helm Fund.

The dangerous procedure adopted by
airplane pilots who have lost their way
OF attempting to locate themselves by
reading signs on railroad stations.
termed shooting the station" would
be prevented by adequate marking of
the towns for the benefit of airmen, 1t
has been pointed out by the Daniel
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion
of AeronauticS, which has launched a
nationwide campaign for such marx
ings.
The fund has called upon the Post
Office Department through the post
masters in 5000 towns and cities, and
upon the American railroads to CO.
operate with it and the Department OF
Commerce to identify all towns by the
painting of the name on the roofs Of
large buildings.
Sign posts of this kind for the air.
plane are an absolutely essential item
in the safety of air transportation, -
Harry F. Guggenheim, president of the
fund, stated. "As result of his expert
ences during his United States tour a
year ago. and in subsequent cross
country flying, Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh has stressed to the officials of the
fund the necessity for adequate and
proper Identification of American towns.
In the opinion of Col. Lindbergh, who
is technical adviser to the fund, this
Identification represents one of the most
worthwhile steps that can be taken
for the advancement of civil aviation.
His opinion is shared by other pilots
from coast to coast and has the en-
phatic Endorsement of the leaders in
aeronautics, Government officials and
directors of the Guggenheim Fund"
The work will expand the efforts
initiated by the Department of Com
merce for roof markings and has the
emphatic support of that department as
well as of the Post Office Department
and aeronautic organizations.
The American Legion has been active
in furthering the movement and the
support of the local legion posts viii
be enlisted by the postmasterS.
The railroads, many OF which have
already identified their stations in this
way, have also been asked to cooperate
by giving permission for the roof
marking of railroad stations. This is
regarded as particularly important, since
in most towns the railroad station Is
the most easily identified building. and
the railroad lines itself serve as guide
to the pilot who is lost. The airplane
pilot follows the railroad line and in
order to find out his location comes
down close to read the name and then
locates himself by checking on the
map. This is a hazardous and difficult
method, and with the continued growth
of both freight and passenger transport
by air the necessity for roof marking
grows more and more urgent.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
PLANE SENT BACK.

The Pitcairn "MailWing" airplane re-
Gently produced for the Department of
Commerce for radio-beacon and radio
telephone experimental work has been
returned to the manufacturers for fur
ther improvement of the system of
shielding against ignition interference.
Considerable trouble was experienced
with leakage in the system when flying
in rain.
The Bureau of Standards has pro-
duced q new type of magnetic distribu-
tor block shield and a new cap for the
shielded spark plugs which it is expected
viii eliminate the trouble. These are
now being installed and the expert
mental work soon will be resumed.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
AVIATION HAZARDS
HELD NOT SERIOUS
Writer Says Accidents Are
Due Largely to Inefficiency
of Pilots.
BY DON BROWN.

Ninety per cent of the aviation acci-
dents which get into the newspapers
are the result of faulty or inefficient
plotting rather than any inherent dan
ger which exists in aviation" Walter
Whitley Hubbard, managing editor of
the American Aviator, says.
1.-The number of these accidents in
proportion to the rapidly increasing
amount of flying being done is growing
steadily less" he continued.
I'm proportion to the number OF miles
which are flown daily in America, the
accident rate is comparatively small.
But news editors, and large part of
the public, too, are more interested in
the one airplane that comes to grief
than they are in the hundreds which
make safe flights.
Once Shied From Automobile.
"They showed this same attitude 20
years ago in the case of the automobile,
Then autos were considered rather
hazardous and radical means Of trans
portation. People paid for short rides
in them just as they do now for hops In
airplanes. Some people denounced
them, however, as entirely too new
tangled and dangerous.
"The final great popularity and low
price of cars resulted only after a Pc
riod of struggle and development which
is being exactly paralleled in the case
of the airplane.
"If I were to be asked to give word
Of advice, both to the person who is
interested in flying as passenger or to
the one who wants to become pilot,
would say first of all:
Be sure the pilot you go up with
has Government license. With this
assured, and a standard type of plane
you should feel safer flying than riding
fast train
Record In 100000 Miles of Travel.
'T know of one great aerial transpor-
tation organization which has flown
nearly 1000 900 miles on mail routes
without losing a single piece of mail OF
express. don't think any railroad can
equal that record. Over 10000 persons
have taken rides in the planes at the
Ford Airport in Detroit. No one has
ever been hurt there.
ITO the individual flyer the greatest
danger comes from careleSSness and
overconf1dence. After you fly a certain
period 1t becomes so easy to you that
you are apt to take chances which less
experienced pilot would not take. This
is where most of the trouble comes now
"The flying age is here to stay Things
are developing so fast now that it makes
one dizzy trying to keep up with them
America is becoming flying country
Five years from now changes and de-
velopmentS will have taken place which
will make greater stride ahead than
all that has been achieved in the past
Is years."
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1928-10-28

serve force June 3, 1917, having re-
ceived his commission as ensign in
May, 1917. His total flying time is
more than 3,100 hours.
This is the last time the trophy will
be presented to an individual. In the
future the cup will go to the squadron
or unit of the Naval Air Service making
the best record for safety in flying dur
ing the fiscal year, and the cup will be
presented to the commanding officer of
the winning unit.
The Schiff trophy was donated in
1925, for the purpose of promoting safety
in flying, by the family of Lieut.. Her
bert Schiff, U. S. Naval Reserve Force
New York, who was killed in line of
duty at Hampton Roads, Va, July II,
1924
It was won the first time by Lieut..
Reginald Thomas, Naval Reserve force.
of Squantum, Mass, with 583 hours, and
the second time by Capt. Harold c.
Campbell, U. S. M. c., with 839 hours
Evening star., 1928-10-28
FIRM BUYS 10 PLANES.
Western Air Express Purchase of
Fokkers Is Announced.

Ten big Fokker tri-motored mono
planes of the F-10-A type, now being
manufactured at the Fokker plants at
Wheeling, W. Va; Hasbrouck Heights,
N. j., and Passaic. N. j., have been
purchased by the Western Air Express
of Los Angeles, and it Is rumored that
the Western company Is planning to
extend its passenger service as far east
as the Mississippi River.
Western Air Express now Is operating
three l4-passenger Flo Fokkers on its
air route between Los Angeles and San
Francisco. Some of the new planes are
to be used to carry passengers between
Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. One
of them will add to the service between
Los Angeles and San Francisco. At
least six of the new ships will be avail
able for operation on new lines.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

In the course of polar blizzard tho
wind sometimes attains the velocity OF
125 miles an hour.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

225, $40 pounds of air mail were carried
on the three foreign" routes, from
Seattle to Victoria, New Orleans to
Pilottown and Key West to Havana.
Due to the continued growth of the
air mail service, the rapidly increasing
number of routes and the desirability
Of maintaining closer supervision over
the actual operations, the air mail Serv-
ice on october was divided among
the Is railway mail service divisions in
accordance with divisional lines.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
ORDERS AIR AMBULANCE.
Sweden to Increase Hospital Air
plane Fleet.

The airplane is being called upon in
Sweden to overcome the obstacles OF
climate and distance in transporting
the sick and injured to hospitals. The
airplane ambulance service at Noorland
has placed orders for a new ambulance
plane to add to its fleet.
The new plane will embody a number
of improvements over the old type. The
bottom of the fuselage can be removed
for greater ease of handling the
stretcher and patient, and the cabin IS
heated and lighted. There is room for
a nurse aboard
Private subscriptions of 10000 kroner
have been raised for two more an1bu-
lance planes for service in the North
country.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
AIR BEAC0NS RUSHED.
Officials Prepare for Night Flying
on Western Routes.

In preparation for the opening of
night flying operations on the western
end of the transcontinental airway from
Salt Lake City to San Francisco, the
airways section of the Department of
Commerce is pushing the installation of
lights and control equipment.
Control panels are being installed for
the San Francisco Blue Canyon section
and contract has been awarded for the
erection of beacons and installation of
fields on the Blue Canyon-Verdi Sec
ton, work to be completed before Win
ter On the Parran-Battle Mountain
cutoff, 26 acetylene lanterns will be
installed. Eleven towers have been erect
ed on the Verdi-Battle Mountain Sec
ton and control cabinets have arrived
and are being installed.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
90 Planes Contracted For.

The Navy Department has contracted
with the Looming Aeronautical Engi-
neering Corporation Of New York for
delivery of 20 model OL-8 amphibian
airplanes and spare parts at a total
cost of $422, ,948. The planes will have
Pratt & Whitney air-cooled Wasp mo-
tors of 400 horsepower.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Four Airway Bids Asked.

Bids for construction work on four
new airway sections in this country
have been opened by the Department
of Commerce Airways Section during
the past week. They are for the Sec
tions from Cleveland 20 Buffalo, jack
sonville to Atlanta, st. Joseph to Omaha
and Indianapolis to Chicago.
The employees of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Co. now own $4,000, ,00C
worth of its securities.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Air Field Made Customs Port.

The municipal airport at Albany,
N. Y, has been designated by the Treas
ury Department as an airport Of entry
for customs purposes. A large quantity
of international air traffic from Canada
makes use of this field.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-06-13
TOWN TALK

England refused to let Harry Thaw land on
her soil. We don't blame England bit, We
wouldn't want her riffraff over here.
America is unique. Probably in no other
country in the world does the choice of a ruler
Tor the next four years depend upon the weather
man.
Little Orphan Annie has had one heck of a
time figerin' interest on the stallment ulan
mousse. "Leapin lizzards"-it is awful. But lust
wait until the poor dear begins to figure on
taxes, insurance and repairs!
Congress has appropriated seven million
dollars with which to fight the corn borer. So
after all something was done for farm relief
during the last session and maybe something
really bigger in the last analysis than the bill
which the president vetoed.
10 all those who have found laughter and
interest and more sheer fun than deIicacv in
the poems of Dorothy Parker we suggest the
reading OF the little poem at the head of this
page this week. Contrasted with manv Of the
things this very modern poet is publishing. the
little poem is exquisite and thoughtful beyond the
expectation of her casual reader We alv.vs
like Dorothy Parker and she is not the least
hkeable in her mood Of "The Gentlest Lady"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-06-13

A young lady Of Boston walked
seventy-four miles from Newport to
her home. There be no question as
to what her 81 do not choose"
meant.-Exchange.