Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-29

Pensacola for training in radio and
then went through the pilots school,
graduating No, in a class of So. He
next was sent to the Atlantic feet as
second pilot in twin motored Seaplanes.
While with the fleet he was COM
mended for excellent work in the engine
room outside of aviation duty.
After year with the fleet, he was
sent to Lakehurst as the only heavier
than-air pilot to test naval parachuteS
and fly for the Navy Parachute School.
Then he was transferred to AnacoStia
as pilot with the late Comdr. RODGERS
of Hawaiian flight fame on Rodgers
inspection trips along the Atlantic
Coast.
On one of these flights, long one
to Medialone Key, Cuba, they had
trouble on the way back while half way
between Havana and Key West. They
were flying a Vought seaplane. It was
raining and water got into the carbure-
tor and clogged one Of the jets, threat
ening them with q forced landing in
the dangerous strait.
June crawled out of the cockpit, over
the wing and down to the pontoon
where he hung with one hand and
checked the air intake with his helmet
so that the increased suction would
pull the water through the jet and
clear it. 1t worked, but he had hard
job climbing back to the cockpit and
cut his hands badly on the wires.
Exploit With Ambulance Plane.
His next job was mapping 1900 miles
of coast line In Venezuela, and Oh his
return to the United States he went to
Hampton Roads Air Station as assem-
bly, officer in charge of disassembling
planes for overhaul and reaSsembling
them and of new planes.
It was while at this station that he
new one Winter day to a Coast Guard
station near Cape HatteraS with a
twin-motored ambulance plane to get
woman who had appendicitis and
bring her to the hospital.
On the way back 1t got dark and
just after he got inside Cape Henry
he ran into a binding rainstorm.
One motor quit, and June had to land
quickly in the dark. He made 1t sue
cessfully and then had the problem Of
taxing several miles to the air station.
The wind was blowing hard and to
keep the plane headed straight with
only one wing motor he sent two me-
| chanic6 out on the wing with buckets
| to hold the plane on its course and in
this clumsy way zigzagged through the
| darkness and over rough water to the
| station.
The woman unfortunately died a
| few days later. June was commended
for this flight by the Secretary Of the
Navy.
McKinIey's Wide Experience.
Capt. Ashley C.. Mckinley, aerial sur
veyor of the expedition, has had an
unusual experience with free balloons,
| dirigibles and airplanes. Including all
| ri nf ft--QYHA
qualified in all these classes Is rare-he
has had several thousand hours in the
air outside of his work as an aerial
surveyor.
Capt. Mckinley was born in Marshall
Tex, in 1896. He went to school In
Colorado Springs and Dallas, Tex, and
then entered the Army, at the time
forces were concentrated on the Next
can border, as a private in the Missouri
National Guard.
When the United States entered the
great war Mckinley joined the Signal
Corps Aviation Section. After training
in lighter than-air craft, he was sent tC
France in command of the 18th Balloon
Company. He saw action on the front
during the American offenSiVeS.
After the war he returned to the
United States and was an instructor 1r
dirigibleS for three years, and in 1921
he was in command of the lighter than.
air station at Fort Omaha He studied
aerial photography in 1923 and wal
later in command of the 21st Photo
Section, at Scott Field. Ill.
Capt. Mckinley has taken part IL
balloon races and in 1919 finished IL
second place in the Army balloon race
He was also a free balloon pilot in thu
national race In 1924.
He Is an authority on aerial pho
Biography and has written text book or
the subject. He mapped the Mississippi
River from Cairo to st. Louis and alsC
! 5000 square miles OF Tennessee in con.
nectlon with the development of wateI
power. After leaving the Army he en-.
gagged in advertising and commercial
aerial mapping and is vice president
OF the Frank Boyd Advertising Co. Of
} st. Louis.
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