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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
USE OF A|RPLANE
IN SPORTS URGED
Nationwide Campaign Pro-
posed to PopuIarize Flying
in Quests for Pleasure.

The use of the airplane for sport and
pleasure by the average citizen, who
must work six days a week and fly In
the evenings, on Sunday and during his
vacations, Is the aim of Nationwide
campaign to popularize private flying
to be launched this month by the
National Aeronautic Association.
r. w. Halverson, secretary of the
private flying club committee Of the
association, will begin an airplane tour
of the country early in the month to
promote the organization of flying clubs
in all parts of the country under the
leadership of the association. He will
assist groups and individuals in the
organization OF clubs and also will aid
local groups in their efforts to obtain
the necessary memberships.
Aided by Guggenheim Fund.
The work of the private flying COM
mittee has been made possible by a
grant of funds from the former Guggen-
helm Fund for the Promotion Of Aero
nauticS. The committees plan Is
described as -profit-making effort
to increase individual flying by amateur
pilots.
The general plan for the organization
Of private clubs was drawn up q few
the Craftsmanship of Edward p. Warner,
former Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
for Aeronautics. Salient features of
the plan are the provision Of adequate
insurance, competent management and
the fullest possible exchange of ideas
and experiences between clubs.
Matter Of Public Pride" He Says.
"It should be a matter Of civic pride, -
Mr. Halverson said. "for every town or
city to support a flying club organized
on sound, substantial lines, to afford a
means for air-minded people to learn
to fly at q minimum cost. The organi-
zation Of q flying club is not as COM
plicated and difficult as people generally
think. It Is merely q cooperative Or
ganization to give members an oppor-
tunity to learn to fly and to continue
practice at q small expenditure. Ten
persons are SUFFICIENT to organize club
and purchase plane"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
NAVAL STATION GETS
new AIRCRAFT RADIO
Latest Type Equipment Installed
to Conduct Experimental
Work.

The radio flight test section at the
Anacostia Naval Air Station is INSTALL
ing the latest type aircraft radio equip
ment for thorough testing. The install
lation is Of the Western Electric type,
now employed by many Of the large
air transport companies.
A 400-watt radio telephone base sta
ton. operating on $500 kilocycles and
employing transformer-rectifier power
source, Is being installed in the main
transmitter room. High frequency air.
craft radio telephone transmitter and
receiver is being installed in the sta
tion's TAM Martin torpedo plane used
for radio experimental work.
After present tests are completed the
aircraft set will be installed in one of
the stations transport planes and will
be employed to maintain communica-
ton between the plane and ground
stations on cross-country flights. The
plane also will carry an airway range
beacon receiving outfit.
radio marine weather network re-
ceiver has been received by the station
for use by the operations ONCE. This
receiver will permit the station to In
tercept the Department of Commerce
weather broadcast from stations in this
vicinity for the benefit of pilots operat-
Ing from the local naval air base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
GEARED PROPELLER
SPEEDS AIRPLANE
Flighted Shift Successfully Tested
by Pilot at Santa
Barbara.

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, July )
R).-Varying the speed of an airplane
by changing the propeller pitch in flight
has been successfully tested.
The shift. similar to that which con-
trolls an automobile, is manipulated
from the cockpit to a geared propeller.
Ben Hawkins, designer of the vari-
able propeller, and Gordon Sackett, pi-
lot, who has tested the apparatus, de-
clare that 1t might be practical for
speed regulation on long flights and in
landing.
A decrease of SO per cent in revolu-
tons per minute is possible, they said.
BY shifting the pitch from normal the
bite" of the air by the propeller is
increased, thus stepping up the speed
without accelerating the motors revo-
lutions.
Shortening the bite" they say, en-
abled landings to be made in from 200
to 400 feet less runway space than at
the fixed propeller pitch.
Sackett claims that motor equipped
with gear controlled propeller will
maintain speed of $50 rpm. which
will equal ,45O rpm. in a motor turn
ing a fixed propeller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
CLAIMS WORLD RECORD
IN COMMERCIAL FLYING
Boeing System on Routes in West
Credited With 10000, 900 Air
mail Carving.

The flying of 100000 miles with
air mail by Boeing System companies
on the San Francisco Chicago and Los
Angeles-Seattle routes is an outstand-
ing record for commercial aviation the
world over, in the opinion of w. Irving
Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster
General, in charge of airmail.
In congratulating w. E. Boeing and
those associated with him during the
past three years, during which the
10000, 900 miles was flown, with half
OF it at night, Mr.. Glover wrote:
1T Is an outstanding record for COM
mercial aviation the world over. With
out going into a digest of all the Won
derful facts and figures which might
be said about this record, I like to
point out that "a per cent of all sched-
uled mileage on your transcontinental
route was completed. The record is not
only astonishing, but commendable
and only holds for the future my
prophecy Of record more wonderful
than that of the past 10000, 900 miles.
They say that the first hundred years
are the hardest. This must also be
true of the first 100000 miles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
SMALLEST TOWN IN AMERICA
HAS WORLDS LARGEST AIRPORT

Picketwire, Colo, known as the
smallest town in America, has what is
said to be the largest airport In the
world.
Picketwire, town Of II houses, with
q population estimated at 80 people,
Including kids and saddle horses" is
laying out q landing field embracing
10000 acres of perfectly level country.
All that was necessary to convert the
area into the largest and --LATEST air.
port in the world was to clear away a
few cactus plants, lay out a circle and
put up wind sock, the Department of
Commerce has been advised.
Picketwire Is on the Purgatory River,
in the heart of the Colorado cattle
country, and is Al miles east of Trini-
dad, directly on the Pueblo Amarillo
air passenger route of Midcontinent
Air Express, which follows the Denver
Amarillo natural gas Pipe line. A rrtr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
AIR TRAIL BLAZERS
TO FORM ALLIANCE
Pioneer Days in Mail Service
to Be Perpetuated by
Proposed Association.

The stirring history and the COM
partnerships of the pioneering days of
American airnail will be perpetuated
through the creation of an association
Of those who took part in the blazing
of the aerial trails which have been fol-
lowed by the modern airmail and air
transport systems which now link every
part of the Nation, according to plans
now IN progress in the National Capital,
The association will be known as
THE Airmail Pioneers of America" and
will be open only TO those who were at
tached to the division of airmail serv-
ice of the Post Office Department and
those whose services were officially rec
ognized by the postal authorities.
EligibIes Number Only 200.
There are only about 200 persons in
the Nation eligible for active member
ship, and many of these have risen to
positions of high responsibility in the
aviation industry. This small company
is credited with having laid the founda-
ton for the modern American air
transport industry.
The purpose of the association. It
has been announced, will be to bring
together ''all persons who made a dis
tinct contribution to the Inauguration
and development of the airmail service
from the date of the first flight of an
airplane with mail to the close Of
Government-ownershi of the airmail
service; to collect all data relating to
the history of all movements leading
up to Inauguration of the first perma-
nent airmail route between this city
and New York in 1918. and other in
formation of historical character; to
protect the interests of the airmail
pioneers; to guarantee, so far as pos
slble, the accuracy of published matter
concerning airmail personnel and per-
Torrance; to prepare an airmail regis
ter, with biographical sketches: to pub
lish periodic news letter concerning
past and present activities of the mem
berShip; to participate in current avia-
ton activities, and to arrange for re-
unions of members for purposes Of
fraternal fellowship and concerted sup
port of aviation.
List of Officers MinimiZed.
The list of officers will be small in
Guiding a president, secretary and
treasurer and an executive committee
Of nine members. The committee on
organization, which is the result of the
first gathering of airmail pioneers. held
recently in New York, is headed by
James C.. Edgerton of this city, who
was the first superintendent of flying
operations of the Post Office Depart
ment airmail service and who was pilot
of the first plane to complete a sched-
uled airmail fight over a permanent
line i'll the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
BOYS TAKING TO AIR

Rush to Enroll for Aviation Courses
in Italy.
CASERTA, italy (P.-Italian youth
has become air-minded
The Royal Aeronautical Academy was
forced to employ extra help to take care
Of the rush Of applicants for enrolment
for courses beginning october 16. Only
so will be selected.
They must be between II and % and,
beyond the psychological and physio-
logical aptitude" for flying, must be
possessed Of good moral and political
conduct" and must be either bachelors
or widowerS without issue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
FRANCE IN NEW DRIVE
Decided Steps Taken to Promote
Airplane TRANSFORMATION.

The French government is taking de-
c1ded steps to promote French air
plane transportation, according to ad-
vices received here by the Department
OF Commerce. Foreign competition
will be beaten off so that French
operators and manufacturers may
nave the fullest possible opportunity
to expand not only in France but In
its possessions and on the routes be-
tween.
Under the terms of a new decree the
French government will assume full
control of the establishment and ex-
ploitation Of international air routes
over French territory. The COM
mercial transportation of passengers
and goods between any two points in
french territory and between France
and the French colonies Is reserved by
the government to French aircraft
alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
PNEUMATIC GLIDER
TESTS PROPOSED
Washington Man Explains
Construction Will Be Almost
Entirely of Rubber Tubes.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatCh TO Inc star.
BALTIMORE. July 5.-A pneumatic
glider" plans for which have been
drawn up by Taylor McDaniels Of
Washington, will be constructed and
tested in Baltimore within the next
two months. The craft, according to
McDaniels, will be built almost en-
tirely of rubber tubes, enclosed in
seven layers of balloon cloth, so as to
retain an air pressure so great that
the tubes will burst before they will
bend.
Tubes Used Total Is.
These tubes, said McDaniels. will be
ID in number, and will constitute the
wing spread and a center spar to the
skid. The landing gear and pilots
seat will be of the conventional glider
type, while the wing-loading cap acity
will be 400 pounds.
Plans call for a wing spread CT 20
feet, with width varying from feet
in the center to feet on tie tip
The thickness also will vary fl Om 20
inches to 10 inches.
McDaniels points out several features
of such a craft. One important fact
Is its ease of transportation. The
plane, he said, can be debated and
PoSACA AAAOO q SICd1LICl u Willie OLlC
conventional glider is very unwieldly
to ship and because of its frailness Is
exposed to great risks.
Main Cause of Accidents,
The designer also explained that in
most glider accidents the pilot is in
jured from the splintering of wood
and not from the speed of the fall
He said that the craft usually glides
to earth, and if the smashing of the
wings, landing gear. ETC., coulA be
avoided there would be far less danger
to the flyers. If the landing Is too
rapid, the worst that can happen Is
a blowout" There's no wood or
steel to injure the pilot.
McDaniels Is still experimenting with
various kinds Of rubber for his tubes.
He said that this appears to be his
greatest difficulty, as he has been I'M
able to secure the type desired. The
cost of such a craft. if produced in
quantity, would be about 5000, it is
estimated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

vate telephone system runs along the
gas line with telephone every 20
miles. This line forms the only con-
Meeting link between Picketwire and
the outside world. The town is so
miles from the nearest railroad and
81 miles from the nearest doctor.
When Pilot Leo McGehee landed at
PicketWire recently with a Midconti-
nent plane full of passengers it was the
FIRST time an airplane ever had landed
in the vicinity. A few days later Pilot
Hadley Hershey landed there with an
other Midcontinent plane and the town
decided 1t needed an airport.
The entire population turned out,
cleared the cactus, laid out the mark
ing circle and erected o wind sock.
Pilots report they can land anywhere
on the $4,000 acres and taxi right into
town. X
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Model Aircraft
BY GEORGE WATERS.

local model plane pilots the Detroit na
learned. ~ " '
They Everett Meeks PendIeton pilots rep-
resentng the Aviation School Of America
respectively. - 80 e''
Defeat however, affected slightly The plane ride
and from the contest managed to keep the
burning within him. - '
1T the greatest thing that's happened me- Everett
Il learned great deal about model plane building and flying
nntes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

tunnel probably will be carried on
between midnight and morning
There will be short periods dur
ing the day when emergency runs
may be made. At no time, how
ever, can the tunnel be operated
without at least two hours adj
vance notice to the power COM
pany.
Fitted for Propeller Testing.
The 20-foot tunnel has met the
demand for a place in which pro-
pellers may be tested aerodynam-
ically with actual engines and
fuSelages in place. An accuracy
impossible in flight tests is OBJ
tanned. Various parts of the air
plane-fuselage, landing gear and
tail SurfaceS-alSo may be tested
full scale in this tunnel. Full size
wings, however, cannot be &C
commodated. Such tests must be
confined to model wings up to IL
feet in span.
The propeller research tunnel
was built to meet the need of an
accurate means for making aero
dynamic measurements ON full
size aircraft propellerS, 1t has been
explained by the engineers in
charge of the tunnel. Tests on
model propellers in wind tunnels,
they pointed out, were not salts
factory because the detection of
the model Is different from that
Of similar full-scale propeller,
introducing a large error in some
cases. The difference in scale and
tip speed between the model and
full size propeller also caused
errors.
Committees Design Cited.
The 20-foot tunnel was de-
signed by the committee to meet
the requirements for accurate
propeller testing, and construc-
ton was completed during the
Summer of 1927. Testing has
been carried on continuously since
that time, and the results have
had marked influence on aircraft
design and construction.
AS the 20-foot tunnel fulfilled
the need for an accurate means
Of testing propellers, the 6O-foot
tunnel will satisfy the demand for
the accurate testing of entire air
planes. The aeronautical indus
try should benefit materially from
this project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Airplanes Mock
Webster's Fight
on Western Mail

One transcontinental airway
now brings the West Coast Just
two nights and a day from any
city along the New York Atlanta
Miami airmail route, and soon the
great southern transcontinental
airway will know the roar Of air.
planes speeding at 10 miles an
hour between the coasts. Yet It
was just a few years ago that
Daniel Webster, scowling 11ercely,
arose to oppose the appropriation
Of $4,000 to establish q mail
service to the West. Webster
Numbered the following:
ITO what use could we ever
hope to put these deserts and
these endless mountain ranges,
impenetrable and covered to their
bases with eternal snow? What
can we ever hope to do with the
Western Coast of 5000 miles,
rockbound, cherries and unin-
viting, with not a harbor in it?
What use have we for such
country? Mr.. President, 1 will
never vote one cent from the
public treasury to place the Pa
cific Coast one inch nearer BoS-
ton than it is today!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Town Equips Aerial Police.

Aerial policemen who will maintain
radio communication with police off,
Gals below are to be put in service at
Robbinsdale, MINI, it has been reported
here. The aerial patrol will be main
tanned through the cooperation of q
flying service and the planes used will
be specially marked to distinguish them
while On pOliee duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
AUXILIARY PARACHUTES
IN COMPULSORY LIST
Their Use by Airmen Making
Voluntary Jumps Will Be Re
quired After August 1.

The wearing of an auxiliary para
chute by all persons making voluntary
parachute jumps will become compul-
sorry after August l under an amend
ment to the air commerce regulations
1t has been announced by the aero
nauticS branch of the Department OF
Commerce. The regulation is in line
with the departments safety campaign
The regulation provides that two
parachutes must be worn by all per-
sons making parachute jumps for pur-
poses of exhibition, testing. training OF
demonstration. The auxiliary para
chute, 1t was announced by Clarence
M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Com
merce for Aeronautics, must be so worn
that it can be operated in case the first
parachute fails to function or becomes
fouled on any part OF the plane or
body Of the jumper.
Mr.. Young pointed out that while II
is common practice for parachute
jumpers to carry an auxiliary para
chute, there have been fatalities caused
by failure to observe this precaution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

Use Too Many Types.
Model plane pilots here build too
many types of models. Out there those
boys concentrated on one or two types
OF planeS-and 1t was an assistance, too.
Why some of the flyers kept their tiny
models up for IL minutes or more dur
ing the indoor meets. The best could
do was an endurance flight of Z minutes.
And even that flight was unofficial.
Anyway, I've learned something"
Johns enthusiasm proves defeat is
no burden to carry. He tells about his
trip.
Gee" says John, IT never believed
that our country could look SO beautiful.
IL makes you proud to be an American.
The f1rSt thing that struck my mind
after we took off in the plane was the
TACT that height apparently does away
with the imperfection in landscape,
making the world look like a billion
aires garden, taken care Of by thou
sand gardeners"
Carbon Wins Prize.
One local boy. whose name finds its
way for the first time to this column,
won bronze medal at the Detroit
tourney.
He is Jack Carbon, a Senate page.
Jack placed tWenty-fourth in the junior
scale model contest with his replica of
the Boeing fighter. We want TO hear
more from him. Jack--wTtte a little
letter to us-lets make connections.
Thirty-two hundred dollars in cash
prizes, three trips to Europe, and more
than 200 trophies and awards are in
the hands Of happy boys from all parts
OF the United States and Canada as
the contest came to q close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
French Air Budget $50, 500, 900.

The French air budget for the year
ending March 81 next totals approx
mately $80,500,000, or an increase of
$5,000000 over last year, according to
word received here by the Department
of Commerce. One of the largest items
Is for substituting commercial sir lines,
totaling $7,840,0 900. An appropriation Of
$4,000 was made for encouragement
Of aviation touring" by financial aid to
private aircraft owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
AIRMAIL HITS MOSQUITO
Propeller Blades Discolored With
Blood of Insects Slain.

The night airmail is doing something
about the mosquito problem, although
it IS entirely unintentional, according to
Eastern Air Transport, Inc.
Countless insects, many of them the
biters, nestle down in the velvety grass
Of airports. The mail planes drop in to
take on and discharge cargoes, then
roar across the fields and into the air
again. While the craft is laundering
along the ground dozens of the insects
take of" too, in an effort to escape
the mysterious thunder that is bearing
upon them. The airplane's propeller and
wings become discolored with their
blood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
New Radio Beacon.

Another station in the network Of
radio beacons along the Atlantic Coast
has been put in commission aboard the
st. Johns Lightship Florida. Plans
Canaveral, between Jupiter and st.
Johns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Air Sickness Mostly Mental.

OAKLAND, Calf. (P).-Eight per
cent Of air travellers are susceptible to
air sickness, according to q survey by
Boeing System on its Chicago-San
Francisco and Seattle-LoS Angeles
routes. The main cause of illness, the
company reported, is mental.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
GET FOOD IN FOUR STATES
Boeing Line Serves Meals on "a
Hour Cross-Country Flights.

Eating is placed on an interstate
basis on the new Boeing 24-hour pas
senger line between Chicago and San
Francisco. On the Westbound trip
breakfast Is served in Chicago, lunch
over Omaha, dinner at Cheyenne and
breakfast the next morning in San
Francisco, after completion of the trip.
Eastbound, the passenger has mid
Cheyenne and arrives in Chicago in
time for dinner. All meals are served
by Stewardesses in flight except at
Cheyenne, where service Is in the new
administration building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Pupils Build Plane.

The aeronautical class at Centennial
High School, Pueblo, Colo, soon will be
ready to test fly an airplane built by
the class during the past Winter from
old airplane parts. Arthur Prior Of the
Pueblo Aero Club win make the first
2iEhk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
Swiss to Buy 1o5 Planes.

The yodel may be done from greater
altitude now. This month the Swiss
National Council a1located 10000, 900
francs for the purchase Of 105 new mill
tary atrplanes. The Council Of State
has approved the measure.