Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-28
BOILING FIELD GETS
QUESTION MARK
Big Army Transport Plane
Becomes Part of Stations
Regular Equipment.

The Question Mark, Army tri-motored
transport plane which holds the worlds
aircraft endurance record following q
six-day flight over Southern California
early this month, and which today Is
one of the worlds most famous air
planes, Is to remain at Boiling Field
as part Of the fields regular equip
ment, it was learned today.
The big plane probably will be flown
to New York tomorrow by the four
local members of its original crew, who
will be guests Of honor at an aviation
dinner tomorrow night. In about q
week the plane will be taken to the
Army Air Corps shops at Middletown,
Pa, for complete overhauling follow
ing a strenuous month Of activity, dur
ing which 1t crossed the continent
twice in addition to making the 10000
mile record flight.
Local AerOnautS to Attend Dinner.
The leaders of Washington's aero
nautic of1cialdom will accompany the
Question Mark crew to New York to-
morrow for the dinner. Members OF
the crew who will be honored there are
Maj. Carl Spatz commander of the
plane; Capt. Ira c. Eaker, chief pilot;
Lieut.. Elwood r. Quesada, night pilot
and Staff Sergt. Roy w. Hooe, me-
chanic.
Among the party going to New York
from this city will be r. Trubee DAY.
1Son, Assistant Secretary of War for
Aeronautics; Edward p. Warner, AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy for
AeronauticS; william p. MacCracken,
1r., Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics: Mai. Gen. James e,
Fechet, chief Of the Army Air Corps
Rear Admiral William A. Moffet, chief
OF the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and
Merle Thorpe, editor of Nations Bush
ness.
The dinner will be given at the Hotel
Commodore by the National Exchange
Club OF New York for members of the
aviation industry. A movement to foS-
ter aeronautics throughout the coun-
try will be launched at the dinner, the
National Exchange Club having under
taken Nationwide program Of ''serv.
ice to aviation" through 500 branches
IN a. States by assisting in the estab-
llshment OF improvement Of airplane
landing fields and other facilities, as
well as. by interesting It's membership of
business men in aviation.
Motors Given Thorough Test.
The three motors used on the Cues
ton Mark during its record flight are
undergoing the most searching scientific
study at Wright Field, DAYTON, Ohio.
the aeronautical laboratory OF the Army
Air Corps. Every part of the motors Is
being subjected to rigid tc~'~ which 60
SO far as to determine T. tieue" of
the various pieces of me exafni-
nation, which probar REQUIRE
many weeks to compile. .cted to
be Of great importance ..e design
ing and building of future airplane
motors.
The automatic paragraphs carried
aboard the plane are undergoing official
examination at the Bureau Of Stand
ards. Upon the result of this examina-
ton will depend the granting of q
world record for the flight. The
Bureau OF Standards probably will COM
plete its work this week and will certify
its report to the National Aeronautic
Association, which will certify the
American record and send its findings
to the Federation Aeronautioue Inter-
rationale for certification of a world
record.
The Official report OF Mai. Spatz on
his fight, including his recommends
tons for making practical use of the
results OF the experiment, probably will
not be completed for nearly a week, he
said today. This report will be submit
ted to Gen. Fechet.