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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
NATURAL GAS GIVES
INCOME TO AIRPORT
Seepage, Once Regarded
Joke, Now Pays Field
$4,000 Each Week.
BY the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, Kans.-Fairfax Field,
one of the Nations largest airports,
rapidly is becomeing rich, but not from
aviation.
Natural gas production from ii wells
on the airport is responsible for an In
creased income that now totals more
than $4,000 week. Geologist claim
the field may produce 50,000000 cubic
feet of gas day without deep test
development.
They joked about it when gas seepage
caused the first well to be drilled early
in 1928. Since the first successful test,
however, flow has increased continually.
Now more than 100000 cubic feet u
sold daily to heat factories at the air.
port and to public utilities.
Open flow from all wells. most OF
which are located away from the main
landing field, has reached $4,000 900
cubic feet a day. Twenty per cent OF
this will be available for commercial
purposes at the present pressure, it Is
estimated, and airport officials believe
at least 10 per cent will be sold.
Discovery of so many unexpected
wells has caused gas production to as
sumo the proportions Of a business rival
ing the airport's own activity.
Deeper tests to ascertain possibilities
of even greater yield are under consid-
Grafton. Biologists believe oil or gas
would be found in substantial quantity
at deeper levels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
elders CLASSED AS WINGS
OF THE FUTURE GIRL AIR PILOT

BUFFALO. N Y. R.-Gliders are
making some OF BufIalos future femin-
Inc aviators feel at home in the wide
open spaces above the earth.
They are the wings" with which
members of the Women's Glider Club
are acclimating themselves to attitudes
where some day they hope to soar at
the controls of motored aircraft.
The club Is the first Of its kind for
women in the country and was organ
lied by Maj John Goetz, its instructor,
who believes gliding is the most prac-
teal and safe way for an embryo flyer
to get the feel" Of the air.
One Special Advantage.
1.-THE glider gives one a chance to
overcome at least one of the difflculties
of learning to f1y-getting accustomed
TO the air-with q minimum of risk, "
said Mrs. Charles Dallas, wife of q pilot
who hopes to earn her wings"
! Mrs. Dallas Is one Of the two MEM
hers Of the club who thus far have been
permitted TO ascend IN glider.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

Gliding is a new thrill am crazy
about it. It is as different from flying
in a plane as sailing is different from
INCORPORATING. You just float through
the air like a feather. There is little
danger. II you. do the right things, you
land with no trouble"
Club EnroIIs Seven Members.
The club numbers seven young
women at present, and all except Mrs.
Dallas and Miss Rose Frank of New
York City still are in the ground
school
In eight lessons Mai. Goetz hopes to
qualify them for their first lessons In
flying airplanes.
The gliders are simply constructed
with two wings and a seat in front at
a control stick for the pilot. For the
FIRST flight they are towed along by men
until they reach the proper altitude
For the more experienced, they are
whirled high into the air drawn by
automobiles, very much like a boy draws
q kite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
FLORIDA CITY ENGAGES
BLIMP FOR PLANE MAIL
st. Petersburg Demonstrates Appre-
citation for New Postal Air
Service Contract.

When airmail service was extended
to ST. Petersburg, Fla, a few days ago
that city put on a special dirigible
transfer of mail from the city post
Office to the waiting airnail plane, ac-
cording to officials of Pitcairn Aviation,
airmail contractors on the line passing
through this city.
Postmaster r. M. Hall Of ST. Peters
burg, in the cabin of the Goodyear
blimp Vigilant, lowered a rope over the
roof of the downtown building, to
which one pouch of mail was fastened
The pouch was drawn up and the air.
ship flew to Piper-Fuller Field, where
the pouch was lowered to Pilot Elmer
@. Cross, who placed it in his mail
plane with the other pouches and took
on for the North
st. Petersburg broke the record for
first-hight poundage on the New York
Miami airway, it was announced, send
ing total Of 29,558 pieces Of mail,
weighing 563 pounds, ounces. This
Is believed to be record for the
United States, Pitcairn officials said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
SAN DIEGO HAS FIRST
WESTERN GLIDER CAMP
w. H. Bowlus, Record Holder, Is
Chief Instructor at
New School.

The first glider camp in the western
United States has been opened at Mount
Balomar, near San Diego. Calf. w. H.
Bowlus, head of the technical training
department of the Airtech School Of
Aviation, is chief instructor.
Bowlus recently established new
American glider and soarer record by a
flight of l hour, 81 minutes and AS
seconds, exceeding by few minutes the
flight made by DR.. Wolfgang Klemperer
in the Allegheny Mountain country near
Uniontown, Pa.
The first American glider school has
been in operation for some time on the
Atlantic Coast at Cape Cod. Mass,
where a number Of remarkable glider
flights have been made. There has been
great increase in amateur gliding
operations in California and several coll
lege glider clubs are active there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
ALASKA LEADS WORLD
IN AIRPORT BUILDING
Sixty-five Landing Fields Cleared,
Although Population Il
Only 10000.

Alaska today stands as the world
leader in the number of airports and
landing fields in proportion to its popu-
lation. Though it has a population OF
only 10000, Alaska has 65 airports, OF
approximately one to every 900 inhabi-
tantS.
Much of the work Of laying out land
ing fields is being done by the Alaskan
Roads Commission and from 80 to so
per cent Of the funds allotted to road
building are going into the building of
landing fields. the American Air Trans
port Association reportes.
The reason for this ALLEGATION of
funds, according to Gov. George A.
Parks of Alaska, is that the develop
ment of the airplane means more to
the Territory than any other means OF
transportation. He pointed out that
Point Barrow, on the Arctic Ocean, is
six weeks from Fairbanks by sledge or
on foot, while by airplane they are i've
hours apart. Nome and Fairbanks are
80 days apart by dog teams, but only
about seven hours by air.
Air mail and passenger service, saw
ing weeks in time and great physical
hardships, are spreading all over Alaska
giving the Territory a communications
system of great value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
READY-T0-FLY elders,
PUT ON SALE FOR $435
Reduction Announced by Associa-
ton Sponsoring Machines as
Training for Aviation.

Ready-to-fiy gliders of the primary
training type now may be purchased
for as little as S435, according to the
National Glider Association, which is
sponsoring gliding and soaring in mo-
torless airplanes as a sport and means
of aeronautical training.
One of the largest glider manufac-
turing companies in the country has
been able to reduce its prices nearly
$3.50 by the institution of line produc-
ton and more economical methods Of
manufacture. The company expects to
make and sell approximately 1000
gliders in 1880.
In this city at least two glider clubs
have been organized and expect to be-
gin flying late in the Winter or early
next Spring. They are constructing
their own elders for primary training
purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
ARMY PLANT SAVES
$21,514 IN 10 MONTHS
Republication Of Helium at Scott
Field, Ill, Saves Texas
Shipment.

The Army's helium republication
plant, operated at Scott Field, Ill, in
connection with airship and balloon
activities there, has saved the Govern
ment $21,5l4 above the cost of the
plant in 10 months Of operation, accord
ing to report by Lieut.. Col. John A.
Paegelow, Army Air Corps, commandment
Of the field
The plant was installed at a cost of
$44,370 and during the past 10 months
has repurified 2,662,7l3 cubic feet of
helium at cost of $1.25 per / 900 feet.
Prior to installation Of the plant
helium was drawn from the airship
when in need Of republication, COM
pressed into tanks, shipped, to Fort
Worth, Tex, emptied into a storage
tank, repuri1ed, recompressed, loaded
into cars and returned to Scott Field.
The cost OF handling, freight and other
expenses was $26 per 1000 feet.
Col. Paegelow has recommended to
the War Department the installation
Of permanent hehum plant at Scott
Field. The Scott Field plant was de-
signed by DR.. C. w. Seibel Of the Bu-
reau of Mines, and was installed and
operated by civilians trained at the
field, under supervision of Master Sergt.
Herbert j. Bertram, Air Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
20 POUNDS is AVERAGE
OF TRAVELLERS BAGGAGE
Transport Association Makes Tests
and Fixes 80 Pounds as
Maximum.

The average air traveller carries %
pounds Of baggage, according to tests
made by the American Air Transport
Association. Air passenger lines have
set 80 pounds as the maximum weight
Of baggage which may be carried by
airplane without extra cost to pas
sengers. Extra charges are made for
baggage in excess Of this amount.
The decision to create a system OF
standard baggage weights for air travel
was made at the annual conference Of
air passenger trafflc men, which meets
under auspices of the association.
The conference, in addition to dis
cussing means of increasing air pas
Senger travel, is studying various phases
of the industry with view to creating
a set of standards which will make the
handling Of passengers uniform on all
Of the countrys 80 passenger airlines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
DEVICE MAY RECORD
A|RSH|P ALTITUDE
Problem Confronted in Diri.
gibIe Flying Believed to
Have Been Solved.

AKRON, Ohio (P.-An important
problem Of dirigible hying-that Of de-
termining altitude-seems near solu-
ton, builders here announce.
instruments now in general use are
operated by atmospheric pressure and
determine the relation OF the airship to
sea level only.
The Germans have developed an in
Strument known as the echo-lot which
was used successfully on the flight of
the Graf Zeppelin around the world.
The echo-lot is similar to a sounding
instrument for measuring ocean depth.
1t measures the time sound takes to
travel to earth from the ship and
bounce or ecno back.
Further research along this line is
being conducted by Leo P. Delasso of
the University of California, who is us
ing the Goodyear-zeppelin blimp Vol
unteer as part of the laboratory.
He is endeavoring to perfect an in
strument to record altitude with sea
level as basis. 1t Is designed to show
the distance from the surface of the
earth regardless Of whether the surface
is smooth or mountainous. The pres
ence OF mountain ahead or at one
side OF travelling dirigible would be
recorded and shown as quickly and ac-
curately as would the distance from the
ground below.
This instrument sends out q tone to
the surface and records the time 1t
takes to return. DelaSso's first prob
lem was to eliminate interference pro-
duced by the dirigible's multiplicity OF
noises.
To accomplish this he built an cleo
tromagnetic analyzer to record the en-
tire Spectrum" of sound. He found the
sounds to be largely in the lower reg
lister, indicating that sfrill note would
be most serviceable for his altimeter.
The scientist now is endeavoring to
md source Of sound of pitch that
can be satisfactorily filtered through the
airship's noises and Of SUFFICIENT inten-
atty to actuate a recording device.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29


craft.
the model-plane movement. Lieut..
Walter Hinton, pioneer transat-
lantic flyer, is Washington's boon
to the model-plane movement.
Since his historic flight some
years ago, Lieut.. Hinton has sac
rif1ced many hours Of busy days
to the making of addresses, en-
couraging American youth to
build tiny ships and interest
themselves in the worlds leading
science.
Contest at mcfarland.
Friday model-plane pilots mo-
mentarily forgot Santa's gifts and
flew their tiny ships in the con-
test held by the District Model
Aircraft League at Mcfarland
Junior High School. Hand
launched scientific and rise-off-
ground fuSelage models we're
flown. The column goes to press
on Friday, and it was impossible
to get the results of the meet.
They will be published in next
weeks column.
New quarters for the Capitol
Model Aero Supply House were es-
tablished Thursday at 2037 X
street and now are open for bust
ness.
The newly organized clubs at
the Maury, Edmonds and Wheat
ley graded schools will begin the
actual flying and construction of
models after the holidays. Teach
erS at the three schools are Spon-
Soring the clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
ONLY II STATES LACKING
DIRECT AIRMAIL SERVICE
Total Of $50 Cities Connected in
Giant Network Which Spreads
Across United States.

Only II States in the United States
lack direct airmail service today, 1870
clues being connected by direct airmaiI
network covering 81 States.
Ihese $50 cities, according to q sur
vey made by officials of the Boeino Svs-
tenn, operators of extensive airnail lines
IN the West. are trade centers for areas
having 100000 population.
The States which have no direct air.
mall connections are Maine. New
hampshire, Vermont, West Virginia
mississippi. Arkansas, New Mexico Art
iona, Montana, North and South Da-
kota. Cities in most of these States.
however. enjoy advantages of airn1aii
Time saving through train connections
with points on the mail network.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

construction OF minute miniature
Tours European Countries.
AS a f1rst-prize award, Louis
toured throughout Europe, where
he visited foreign landing fields
and inspected various makes of
planes. officials there say he is
an aviation authority in the max
ing.
Louis accomplishment goes to-
ward strengthening the state
mentS of the country's renowned
flyers.
Col. Lindbergh, in an address to
scores of the model builders at
Philadelphia last year, declared
that without the now prevalent
interest in the building and flying
Of model ships progress in avia-
ton could not be carried on. He
urged these model-plane pilots to
continue the good work, and in
time they would be rewarded by
a great country, whose main fea-
ture of warfare and tranSporta-
ton would be aviation.
Miss Earhart Encourages.
Amelia Earhart, addressing a
playground association, sought to
encourage girls in the flying and
building of model ships. She said
that the kitchen might be a good
place for some girls, but that
there were others who were as
clever with their hands as any of
the stronger sex.
And scores Of others, the great
est flyers of the day, spend a good
deal of their time in sponsoring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
YOUNG WOMAN A WINNER.
Miss Vera Brown Now Ranks as
Flying Girl Reporter.

Miss Vera Brown, for 10 years a re-
porter on the Detroit News, recently
won her wings under difficult conditions
and now Is said to be the one of the
two flying girl reporters in the United
States.
She took her Department of Com
merce tests successfully in rain and fog
at the Gratiot Airport, Detroit. She
was initiated into flying when she wrote
a series Of aviation features and now
has more than 30 hours In the air.
Miss Mary Goodrich, aviation editor Of
the Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn,
also holds a private pilots license, won
since she took UP her newspaper career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
INDIA SEEKS A "LINDY."
Aga Khan Offers Prize for Flight
by Native Aviator.

India is seeking a native Lindbergh.
His highness, the Aga Khan, according
to word received here, has offered,
through the Royal Aero Club of Eng
land, a prize of So, 900 for the first solo
flight by a person of Indian nationality
from England to India or vice versa.
The flight is to be completed within
the prize will remain open for one year
from February /, 1880. The British
now operate transport service from Lon
don to Karachi, India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Road Construction
Contractor Travels
Over Jobs in Plane

The airplane has entered the
road construction business.
j. F. Dexter, road construction
contractor Of Dallas, Tex, for
merly averaged 1000 miles Of
automobile travel per month on
the inspection Of road construc-
ton projects. firing Of this DIM
cult program, which kept him
away from home almost contin-
uously, he turned to aerial trans
portation.
Today he is able to inspect all
Of the projects in 70 hours and
now enjoys home cooking regu-
larry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
MAITLAND TRANSFERRED.
Pacific Flyer, Stationed Here, Or.
dered to Duty at Duncan Field.

Lieut.. Lester j. Maitland, pilot of
the Army Fokker transport plane on
the first flight from the United States
to Hawaii, is to be transferred from
duty in the Office of F. Trubee Dawson,
Assistant Secretary of War for Aero
nautics. to the Air Corps Training
Center, Duncan Field, Tex.
Maj. Ralph Royce, commanding the
famous First Pursuit Group. Selfridge
Field, Mich, has been assigned 10
duty in this city in the once OF the
Army chief Of staff, effective June 80,
1890. While on leave he organized and
headed the first aerial police force of
Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
LAST OF MARTIN BOMBER
PLANES CLOSES CAREER
Number A. Makes Farewell Flight
From France Field, in Pan
anna Canal Zone.

The last flight of what is believed to
be the last Martin bombardment plane
in the Army Air Corps has been made
and one of the famous types of military
planes has passed out of the picture.
A report to the Air Corps News Letter
from France Field, Panama Canal Zone,
describes the last flight Of the fields
Martin, known on the records as mo.
f." This plane was manufactured in
1928 and has been in the service con-
tinuously since that time. 1t has had
two major overhauls and fve sets Of
engines.
The Martin was developed as q war
time bombardment plans and was
powered with two Liberty engines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Bees Shipped by Airplane.

One of the most unusual recent air.
mail shipments was los queen bees, sent
from Florida to California. Each bee
was inclosed In small box and the
boxes were wrapped in one package. A
little more than two days after the bees
left Florida they were settling down In
their new California homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
'CHUTE MANUAL ISSUED.

Instruction Booklet for Beginners
and Others Published by War Office
A parachute manual which forms a
means of instruction for the beginner
and guide and reference book for
the experienced parachute worker has
been made public by the War Depart
ment. Copies may be obtained from
the Public Printer, Government Print
ing once.
The booklet contains sections on
fcations for parachute materials, para
chute maintenance. and repair and in
StructionS for the use of parachutes.
Several diagrams show the appearance,
dimensions and method Of packing the
standard parachute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Air Corps Badge Approved.

The War Department has approved a
distinctive badge for officers and en-
listed men of the Air Corps Technical
School, Chanute Field, Rantoul, III.
The motto on the shield is to be ''Sus-
tineo Alas Il sustain the Wings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Hangar Used as Shou,

The Sd Attack Group, Fort
Crockett, Texas, now Is using a new
hangar, recently constructed there. as
Q machine shop, aerial repair and para
chute department. A beacon light is
under construction at the field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
NEW COURSE POPULAR.
Massachusetts, Aeronautics Ground
Study to Be Expanded.

The new home study Aeronautics
ground course offered by the Massa-
chusettS Department of Education Is
proving to be the most popular course
given by the department, it has been
reported to Department Of Commerce
officials. The present 16-week course
is to be enlarged.
Prof. Myron S. Huckle, instructor OF
aeronautics for the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology and director Of the
State course, will be given assistants 10
head sub-departments. Massachusetts
is one of the first States to offer a
recognized standard course Of instruc-
ton In aviation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Curtiss Buys Belts Field.

Belts Field. Pittsburgh, has been
purchased by Curtiss Airports Corpora
ZION, and will be improved to make it a
service base and transport terminal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Plan Baltimore Airport,

Construction Of a new 125-acre air.
port miles out Of Baltimore is planned
py Baltimore Airport, Inc, which has
oeen capitalized at 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Sweden's Air Mail Increases.

Air mail service has been growing
rapidly In Sweden. The volume carried
in 1928 was 125 per cent greater than
in 1927. Nearly $4,000 passengers were
carried last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
University Air Course.

The University of Southern Cali
fornia is giving a new course in physics
OF the atmosphere for the benefit Of
aviatiors and prospective flyers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
BROWN PROMOTED.
Airmail Pilot Made Captain in Re
serve Corps.

Arthur Brown, airmail pilot on the
Interstate Airlines Chicago-Atlanta con-
tract airmail line, has been promoted to
a captaincy in the Army Air Corps Re-
serve and placed in command of the
426th Attack Squadron in the Sixth
Corps Area.
Brown has been flying passengers and
mail on the Chicago Atlanta run since
last May. He was in the Army Air
Service during the World war. and
after the war transformed for a short
time with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
NEW BRITISH CARRIER.
England Expects to Commission
Sixth Ship in January.

England is expected to commission
her sixth airplane carrier, the Glorious,
some time in January. The ship was
begun as a. cruiser and was converted.
She will relieve her sister ship, the Cou-
rageous, after sea trials.
The six large carriers, grouped under
the Fleet Air Arm, are the Glorious.
Courageous, Furious, Eagle, Hermes and
Argus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Model Aircraft
BY GEORGE WATERS.

IRMINDED American youth-he model
day-connue their march the
~ positions later experts of aviation
Today dispatch from Seattle to the of
Procor pilot Louis who was
acclaimed model aircraft champion
in Aplane factory Seattle in the
The Nome nugget., 1929-11-02
OLD CONVICT KILLS
 HIS LIVING CONSCIENCE

EUREKA, Oct. 31, P)-Gustav Kahl, an escaped convict who has lived near here for more than ten years, is dead. victim of his own hand. He shot himself thru fear of being detected and return ed to San Quentin prison, to fin isl1 serving a term for second de- gree murder.
 Kahl's body was found in a de- serted cabin by posse after a two days search. Kahl. known her as August Baum, was arrested ten days ago after he ordered two rabbit hunters off his ranch at the point of gun. Officers who investigated discovered a cache of liquor and arrested him on a liq- uor charge, he later being rs. leased on bond after his finger prints had been taken. He appar- ently feared detection thru them.
The Nome nugget., 1929-11-02
NATIONALS SEEM TO
 HAVE ADVANTAGE

HANKOW. Oct. 31, R)-Wi:h opposing forces estimated at more than three hundred thousand, en- gagged in a struggle for the sup remacy of Central China, the Ma tiOnists government armies seem to have the advantage in the fight ing against the rebailious troops of Marshal Feng Yu Hsims, lead CT of the Kuominshun, or the Peoples Army. The Nationalist forces re-captured Yeng Cheng, q city in Honan province. The Ma tionalists succeeded in pushing the rebel army backward past this city and are still progressing.