New Britain herald., 1929-09-19

 nCcticut, because of the efficient su- pervision of the Connecticut aviation commission, Mir. Wallace claimed. He paid a tribute to Captain Clarence NJ. Knox, state aviation commission CT, and mentioned the commission CTS efforts and hopes for additional landing fields in Connecticut
 Boosts Airport Here
 New Britain is not too near Hart - ford to have an airport. Had there been an airport here Tuesday night, it might have been possible for Tall man 10 glide into it. ] do not say this positively because I cannot tell, but it might have heeh possible"
 He pointed out that an airport in New Britain would induce local fac tories 10 have planes for speedy shipment and for transportation of their officials and would create a shuttle service between New Britain and Hartford.
 "Therc is everything to encourage airport development in New Britian and no more reason to discourage 1t than there is 10 have the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad re- move is station fom this city"
 MT. Wallace called attention 10 the fact ths' this is the age Of speed and tho tendency is 10 go faster, and stated that congestion is so heavy on the highways that the public has turned to the third element for this reason.
 He asked What is there to stop the airplanc of tn" future from reaching the proportions of the au- tomobiIe Of today?'
 Al the close of his address, Mir. Bradley was asked number Of questions. many of them beains on the accident in Berlin Tuesday night, Was Tallmaa following the bca- con lights" was one question.
 T think in his case he was lost When a man is in a fog he is en- tirely lost. His altimctcr is not al- ways perfectly reliable against the impending dangers of mountains
 "Why is the decision left to the pilots with regards to flying under certain hazards"
 If some one were to take the authority 10 tell a pilot when not to go. he also would have the re- sponsibility of telling him when to go. No one wants to do this and it is an unwrittcn law that pilots shall be the sole judge. The ardor of the pilot to get through and their pride in sticking to their duty makes them go wrong.'
 DO pilots usually fly in weather such as it was Tuesday night?'
 Not usually"
 "Why was the plane permitted to be overloaded 2"
 That too is left to the discretion of the pilot. Usually we divide the mail when the load is too heavy. Sometimes it depends upon the char acter of the mail.
 "Carrigan, Tallman, Mathcr and others paid the price of carelcssncss. There is no excuse for taking a chance"
 No. 13 Takes the Stick
 No. l3--thc flying nickname given to Pilot Prank Crowley the Boston-N New York mail through last night, filling in the place made va cant by the death of Pilot Henry H. Tallman of Ridgewood, N. J., on Mount Lamentation in Berlin Tues day night.
 Crowley had motor trouble which caused an hours delay in Hartford last night but completed his trip safely. About a mile south of Hart ford the plane gave the pilot trouble so he turned back 10 Brainard field and transferred his load to anothe plane, a Pitcairn Mailwing, similar 10 the one flown the previous night, and then continued to New York.
 Gus Graf. the new reserve mail pilot who will be stationed in Hart ford, flew with Crowley in the Fair child cabin monoplane on it's first attempt out of Hartford Wednesday night. Graf has been flying for the last few years at Bethany field and he was a test pilot for the kimball Aircraft Co. of Naugatuck until a few weeks ago. He is well known as parachute jumper,
 Strykcr Leaves Service
 Captain Wallace Stryker former Colonial reserve pilot resigned We'd nesday and the resignation was ac- copted by Captain Richard Macllic division superintendent of the Co., lonial Boston-Ncw York line. Cap tain Strykcr claims Tallman's wreck had nothing to do with his rcsiG- nation and his last trip was made mail plane from Hartford to Boston Wednesday morning. According tc Captain Mackie the resignation was accepted because of the friction be- tween the other pilots and Stryker
 Mackie said that out of the wreck age of Tallman's plane the motor was the only thing which could be salvaGcd and that was shipped tc Boston. Before Captain MaCkies re- turn to Boston with his official re ports of the accident he announced that Cary T. Pridham, who is now flying the passenger tri-motor Ford plane on the run from Boston tc New York, would be transferred tc the mail route and take Tallman's place.
 Frank Crowley claims No. 13 as his lucky number. He was born or May 13 and has been flying for i; years. Last Friday which was tho 18th, Crowley spoke over WiEI. H, is known as No. 13 along his routes
 Bids For Contracts Lost
 Among other mail destroyed whcr Tallman lost his life were bids iron two Connecticut contractors for tn, construction of the new Nought Chance arplane factory in Eas Hartford. Tho bids were 10 have been in the hands of Albert Kahn Inc, architect and engineer, in De troit Wednesday but under the cir cumStanCCS ncit her of the bidder.