Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
AERO CONFERENCE
j. TOD|SCUSS SAFETY
Authorities viii Address Con-
vention, Opening Thursday
in, New York.

Nearly twoscore recognized authort-
ties on phases of aeronautics, the ma
jority of whom are from Washington,
will place their ideas on safety in avia-
ton before the aviation sessions of the
First National Aeronautical Safety Con-
te'ence. which will meet in New York
Thursday and continue through the fol-
S7wing afternoon.
All; subjects leading up to the general
topic of safety in flying will be dis
,'ussed by these experts. and many new
IDEAS, based on the constant expert
Jnentation Of safety equipment, will be
sid before the gathering.
... Is Subjects on Program.
The program is divided into IS major
eubjects, as follows Aircraft, structures
and materials in relation to aviation
safety: airports and airways. aids to
navigation. medical aspects. aerodynam-
les, safety of airship operation; power
plants, operation of aircraft in air
transport: weather service, the public
and flying. fire prevention. flying and
ground personnel, passenger safety and
legislation.
Those participating from Washington
or who are we'll known here are: Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. on Requirements
and Training for a Commercial Pilot;
Edward P. Howard. assistant chief of
the air regulations division, aeronautics
branch. Department of Commerce. In
spection of Airplane Structure and Ma
terials in Construction and Operation;
Harry H. Blee. chief of the airport Sec
ton, Department of Commerce. on Air
port and Landing Field Design from
Safety Point OF View: Capt. F. C.
Hingsburg. chief of airways division,
Department of Commerce. on Lighting
as an Aid to Safety in Navigation; Dr.
j. H. Dellinger. senior physicist. Bureau
of Standards. "Directional Radio as an
Aid to Safe Flying; DR.. L. H. Bauer,
medical director. aerOnauticS branch, De-
partment of Commerce, Medical As
poets of Safe Flying; Thomas Carroll
chief test pilot, National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics, The Desirable
Flying Characteristics of an Airplane
from a Safety Point of View; Woody
Hockaday, aeronautics branch, Depart
ment of Commerce, Marking of Air
ways; Lieut.. Albert F. Hegenberger
navigator of the Army West Coast-Ha-
waiian fight, Instrument Navigation
and Fog Flying" Edward P. Warner,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Aeronautics, Safety of the Airship and
the Airplane for Transoceanic Opera
ton; DR.. H. G. Dickinson, chief of the
Standards, Laboratory and Service
Tests of Engine Safety; DR.. w. R.
Gregg, assistant chief of the Weather
Bureau, "Meteorology as an Aid to Safe
Flying; Capt o. P. Echols, Army Air
Corps, Fire Prevention in the Modern
Airplane and Recent Experimentation
Comdr. e. E. Wilson, chief of staff, air.
craft squadrons, battle feet, Require
ments and Training of Ground Person.
nell; DR.. Joseph S. Arnes, chairman of
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, Accident Analysis" and
William P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics,
Federal Legislation Relative to Safety"
Chairmen of Subjects.
Chairmen of the various subjects will
Be: Prof Alexander Klemin, Daniel
ONggenheim School of Aeronautics,
Few York University: Maj. Clarence NJ
Young director of aeronautics, Depart
Aaent of Commerce: DR.. j. G. Hunsaker,
formerly commander, U. S. Navy, assist
Telephone Laboratories; Porter Adams
former president of International Aero
nautic Association; Mr. Warner, Dr.. w.
F. Durand, profesSor,f emeritus Of me-
chanical engineering, Leland Stanford
University, California; Rear Admiral W.
A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aero
nautics; Comdr. Garland Fulton, Bureau
of Aeronautics, airship expert; Dr. S.
w. Stratton, president of the Massachu-
sets Institute Of Technology; Mr.. Mac
Cracker, Prof. sC. Fl. Marvin, chief of
the Weather Bureau; William Mayo,
chief engineer OF the Ford Motor Co.;
Maj. Gen. James E. FeclIet, chief of the
Army Air Corps; Harry F: Guggenheim,
PRESIDENT of the fund: Capt. Emory S.
Land, vice president of the fund, and
F. Trubee Dawson, Assistant Secretary
of War for Aviation.
The conference is under the joint aus
pices Of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund
Sor the Promotion of Aeronautics and
the National Safety Council.