White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-02-03
OFFERS RICH PRIZE
FOR SAFETY IN AIR
Guggenheim Acts to Take
Peril From Flying.

New York.-Man's mastery of the
air has reached point, the Daniel
Guggenheim Foundation for Promo.
ton Of Aeronautics believes, at which
the factor Of safety must be given
greater attention If the possibilities of
aircraft are to be adapted to transpor-
tation.
To hasten the dag when q reliable
plane In the hands of any good pilot
will be as safe as railroad train or
motor car, directors of the Guggen-
helm fund have set aside $15O,OOO in
prizes, to be awarded to planes which
meet most satisfactorily nine require
ments for airplane safety.
The competition is to be concluded
by October 81, 1929. Five British and
two American manufacturers of air.
craft already have entered the race.
Nine Tests Submitted.
These are the nine tests with which
aircraft must comply:
The plane must maintain level and
controlled flight at speed not greater
than 35 miles an hour and must be
able to glide for three minutes with
all power switched Off, during which
the speed must not exceed 3S miles an
hour.
The plane must come to a complete
stop within 100 feet of the spot where
1t first touches the ground in landing.
A steady glide must be made over
an obstruction 35 feet high and the
plane must come to complete stop
within 300 feet Of the base of the
obstruction. This is to test the ships
ability to make a forced landing in
a small space surrounded by wires,
houses or trees.
The plane must clear 35-foot-high
obstruction from starting point 500
feet away.
With all power switched off, the
plane must glide Mt an angle of not
more than eight and not less than six
teen degrees and ut speed not great
er than As miles an hour, to test it's
ability to approach an uncertain land
ing place in event of engine failure.
In normal flight, at speed of As to
100 miles an hour, the pilot must take
both hands off the controls for at least
five minutes, to demonstrate the abil-
lily of his craft to right itself after
disturbances from wind gusts or from
the application of controls.
The plane must show that If it's en-
CINE fails 1t will assume gently Gid
ing position and make an easy land
ing. The pilot must pull his elevator
control to maximum extent at the
moment the power is switched Off and
the ship must descend on q steep
glide at a speed of not more than
40 miles an hour.
Three independent controls must be
placed on the ship, any of which will
keep it in perfect control If the others
are switched off.
The plane must show it's ability to
take off and to land on plot 500
feet square surrounded by a 25-foot
obstruction, and 1t must taxi under
Its own power along the ground
against strong wind.
Schedule of Awards.
OF the prize money, 100000 will 90
to the competitor whose entry wins
the highest number Of points in four
Of the nine safety tests. Ten thousand
dollars will 60 to each of the first five
entries to satisfy all the requirements.
Judges are Orville Wright, r. Tru-
bee Dawson, assistant secretary of
war for aeronautics Edward P. War
ner, assistant navy secretary for aero
nautics; William P. MacCracken, Jr.,
assistant secretary of commerce for
aeronautlcs; Commander Richard e.
Byrd and Dr. George w. Lewis. Three
technical advisers-Prof. Alexander
Klemin of New York university, Maj.
II. #. Mayo and Lieut.. e. e. Aldrln
of Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology will assist the judges.
"Any effort to make air traffic an
integral part of our national COM
merce llfe," says Harry Guggenheim,
president Of the fund, must first re-
duce and as nearly as possible over
come the popular skepticlsm of air
transportation.
'The average man likes to send his
mail by air but he lets somebody else
do the flying. If present air hazards
are reduced, air traffic will come into
it's own as common method Of trans