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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05

and he will hear either the "a" or
en- signal and will be able to tell i'm
mediately that he is of the course and
to which side he has wandered. BY
correcting his line of fight until the
single long-dash signal again Is heard
in his head phones he can once more
reach his true course though he may
have no sight of the ground
Every is minutes the radio range sig
nal will be broken by the station opera
tor, who will come into the circuit with
radio telephone and speak the stations
Identification, followed by q detailed
weather report and the correct time.
IF fog blots out field toward which
the plane is flying the operator can in
form the pilot and tell him where he
can land safely either short Of or
beyond the fogged-in area.
Weather Reports Bi-Hourly.
The Navy Department has announced
that in the near future 1t will estab-
lish system of bi-hourly weather re-
ports from the following new points in
its Atlantic network: Urbana, Va.
Princess Anne, Md, and Dover, Del. In
addition there will be available at the
Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Va,
similar bi-hourly reports from Cape
Hatteras and Cape Lookout, N. G.
Bi-hourly reports are broadcast at
present from am. to pm, daily
from Navy flying fields at Hampton
Roads, Quantico, Va, Anacostia, Phila-
delphia, Lakehurst, N. j., and Dahl
gren. Va.
The Urbana station will handle re-
ports of Importance to pilots flying
across the Rappahannock River, an
area Of rapid weather changes. This
is q heavily travelled Navy airway be-
tween the National Capital and Hamp-
ton Roads The Princess Anne and
Dover stations will handle reports of aid
to pilots flying the Navy airway between
Hampton Roads and Philadelphia.
The reports from the two North
Carolina coastal stations will be includ-
ed in the Navy net broadcasts from
Hampton Roads for the guidance CT
aviators flying dwon the coast past the
dangerous and stormy North Carolina
capes.
Civilian pilots contemplating long
flights along the Atlantic Coast in the
sixth and seventh naval districts, in
which these stations are included, may
receive special weather reports from
naval radio compass stations along the
coast by application to the commandment
of the district or districts through
which he is planning to fly. Upon re-
quest for weather reports, the radio
stations will be prepared soon to fur
nish dispatch reports containing in
formation similar to that now available
through the Navy net, the Navy De-
partment has announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
CITY AIRPORT PLEA
TO Be PRESENTED
Aviation Industry Leaders to
Hold Meeting Here on
January 13.

Leaders of the aviation industry in
the United States will present the In
dustry's plea for establishment in the
National Capital Of q model municipal
airport at a meeting in the New Will
lard Hotel January 10. The meeting
was arranged by the washington Board
Of Trade with the cooperation Of the
National Aeronautic Association and
the Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce.
The meeting promises to be one Of
the most important In the history Of
the campaign for a National Capital
airport and will bring together members
of the Senate and House, Federal avia-
ton officials and leaders of the In
dustry from all parts OF the country
Henderson Will Speak.
Among the speakers will be Col. Paul
Henderson, former Second Assistant
Postmaster General in charge Of air.
mail, who is known as the father of
the modern airrnail system and who
now is vice president of Transcontinen-
tai Air Transport and National Air
Transport and an executive OF other
leading aviation companies; Senator
Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, war
tional Aeronautic Association; Maj.
Gen. John j. Organ, president of
Colonial Air Transport, and probably
G. S. Casey" Jones of the powerful
Keys Curtiss-W Wright group.
It is expected that the record at
tendance of 1900 at last years airport
meeting held by the Board Of Trade will
be materially exceeded this year, as a
result of the cooperation OF the two
nn,tak
Among the guests of honor Will be
members Of the joint congressional
commission on the District of Columbia
airport, members Of the District OF
Columbia subcommittee Of the Senate
and House appropriations committees
the chairmen Of the Senate and House
District committees, other members OF
Congress interested in aviation legisla-
ton, F. Trubee Dawson, Assistant Sec
S. ingalls,, Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy for Aeronautics; w. irving
Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster
General in charge of airman; Mai
Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Aeronautics: Mai
Gen. James z. Fechet, chief Of the
Army Air Corps; Rear Admiral William
A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau o.
Aeronautics; chiefs of the aeronautics
bureaus ana DIVISIONS OF the Feoeral
Government and other Government Of
flcials connected with aviation, ofncerI
from the Army and Navy flying fields
and officials Of local commercial n.y.
ing fields.
Drawings TO Be Exhibited.
One Of the important features of the
meeting will be the exhibition of the
is prize winning drawings submitted In
the $4,000 Lehigh airports competi-
ton, recently closed. These drawings
show the most modern airport designs
based upon all available experience In
airport construction and operation.
e. j. Murphy, president Of the Board
of Trade, will preside. Plans for the
meeting are being made by the avia-
ton committee, headed by Lawrence Z
williams, chairman, and by Robert j.
Cottrell, assistant secretary OF the
board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
LUFTHANSA ESTABLISHES
BLIND FLYING COURSE
Pilots Learn to Handle Planes in
Heavy Fog or Night by In
struments Alone.

The Deutsche Lufthansa, the largest
European air transport company, has
established a course in blind living at
its Berlin Staaken base to accuston its
pilots to handling planes in heavy fog
or at night by the aid of instruments
alone, according to a report to the
Department OF Commerce from Assist
ant Trade Commissioner A. Douglas
Cook at Berlin.
The company has equipped three Diff
ferent types of planes used on its lines
with special blind flying equipment.
The pilots are seated side by side in
these planes, the pilot under instruc-
ton having his vision outside the plane
completely obstructed by frosted glass
or shutters. The other pilot, acting as
instructor, has an unobstructed view
The pilot in the closed cockpit ran
see nothing but his illuminated instrI-
ments. From the instructor pilot he
receives orders to hold certain course
change the course to any given new
course or to carry out maneuVers, pos
s1ole mistakes can be corrected by the
instructor through the second set of
controls. "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
WASHINGTON AERO CLUB
is TO HOLD ELECTION
Adolf Z. Barta Will Be Nominated
for President by Board Of
Governors on Monday.

The annual meeting Of the Aero Club
Of Washington will be held Immediately
following a luncheon In the New VIII
uary 10.
The business will include election of
officers. The board of governors will
submit one nomination for each Office,
as follows: President, Adolf K Barta;
first vice president, DR.. George K
Lewis: second vice president, Admiral
D. W.. Taylor; third vice president,
Brig. Gen. William e. Gilmore, as
sistant chief of the Army Air Corps;
secretary, Lawrence e. williams; treas
urer, DR.. w. @. Brombacher, and
trustees, Lieut.. Col. c. de F. Chandler,
retiring president: Prof. G. r. Marvin
chief of the Weather Bureau; Mai
Gen. George o. Squier and A. F.
Zahm.
Reservations may be made by mail or
telephone through the headquarters of
the National Aeronautic Association
Barr Building, go Seventeenth street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
|AWATORS STUDY
| ICE ON PLANES
Formation Serious Problem
Under investigation
at AnaCoStia.

During the last month Navy test
pilots at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta
ton have engaged in a study OF the
action and effect of ice formation upon
airplanes in fight. The formation Of
ice is one of the serious problems in
connection with Winter flying. having
caused many forced landings, especially
on the mail runs.
A local test flight was made around
thu flying field on one of the days dur
ing the month when ice formation was
at its worst. The temperature OF the
air was between 81 and 80 degrees,
just below freezing, with steady drizzle
falling from very low clouds. The
moisture froze Immediately upon con-
tact with the ground.
The flight was made by Lieut.. A. P.
storrs in a Navy F6C-4 fighting plane
with J-6 radial air-cooled motor.
Lieut.. Storrs circled the field at 800
feet, remaining at that altitude Is min
utes. At the end of this time an in
crease in motor speed of 100 revolutions
per minute was required to maintain
the original air speed and altitude be-
cause of the formation of ice.
Lieut.. Storrs reported that there was
a distinct stiffening of the controls and
the plane seemed appreciably heavier.
The ice formation could be seen build
ing on the wings and tail. The plane
was landed after 20 minutes of flight
and examined. A solid layer of Ice,
approximately one-sixteenth of an inch
thick, was found on the leading edge
of the wings and tail, extending back
over the entire surfaces In a very rough.
wavy layer of varying thickness. Ali
wires and struts we're coated, as we'll
as the fuselage and cowling. No ice
was found on the propeller.
During the month the airnail planes
on the Pitcairn run encountered ice
formation several days and nights,
some of the ships coming in heavily
loaded and several being forced to re-
main on the ground, forwarding the
mail by train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
BERLIN AIRPORT CLEARS
183,845 MARKS IN YEAR
Receipts From Restaurant Conces-
sion and Admission Fees
Add to Income.

While many American airports are
struggling to break even on costs, the
Berlin Tempelhof airport. one of the
worlds largest airports and one of the
Oldest successful fields, closed the bust
ness year with an operating profit Of
1S3.645 marks, according to a report
received here by the Department Of
Commerce.
Receipts of the operating company
increased to such an extent that not
only we're operating expenses met and
the funds required for depreciation
raised. but there we're sufficient funds
available to pay the interest on current
loans.
Receipts from restaurant concessions
and visitors admission fees constituted
an important item In the budget of the
airport, and arrangements we're made
to increase these revenues by constru-
ton Of four large halls and enlargement
Of the restaurant facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
j. S. LEAD NIGHT
FLYING DURING IN 1929
J. ~
Canadian Department of Ma
tionaI Defense Let's Con-
tracts for BeaconS.

While the Department of Commerce
continued to install lighting equipment
for night flying along United States air.
ways during the past year other coln-
tries were following its lead and in
augurating day and night airmail serv-
ice. ts
Canada has been especially active Id
preparing airways for night flying and
the department of national defense,
which controls all aerpnautical activi-
ties in the Dominion, has let contracts
for the installation of numerous beacons
at airports along airways.
After thorough study of all airway
lighting systems the. Canadian govern
ment has adopted the standards Of the
United States, though for the present
1t will place its beacons at greater in
tervals than the i0-mile standard used
in this country. On-course lights viii
be installed with the beacons to fash
code numerals indicating the position
OF the beacon along the airway.
on-course Lights Changed.
The Department of Commerce during
the year changed the design of on
course lights, which project q fixed
beam Of light along the axis Of the air.
way, from "A to Is inches In diameter
The department. now uses red course
dicate that no landing facilities are
available, and green lights, ut beacchs
where intermediate 1aEding fields or
airportS are located.
During 1929 the Department Of Com
merce placed with the General Electric
Co. an order for beacons and on.course
lights which was the largest ever placed
for airway or airport lighting equip
ment. 1t called for supplying 400 "a
inch revolving beaconS equipped with
course light flashers and auxiliary front
mirrors to replace the louvres formerly
used. Seven hundred 18-inch on
course lights are included with the bea-
cons. These, beacons and on-course
lights, now being shipped, are to be in
stalled early this year on new airways
all over the country.
New Type Bases Used.
The Department. Of Commerce also is
obtaining, $50 new type bases, designed
by Government engineers, for 24-inch
beacone and course lights. They will
replace the old type OF base furnished
70 the Post Office Department for the
tlrst lighted airways The old bases
were not designed for the addition of
on-course light hashers.
The Department OF Commerce also Is
installing few electric code beacons,
consisting OF two lamps mounted one
above the other at the focal point of
fresnel lenses and arranged to flash a
definite code, These lights are mounted
on 2O-foot steel towers at points where
closer marking Is required than Is af-
1oroeo by the standard l0-mile beacons
or Tor the marking Of transmission
INES crossing rivers or Government
property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
ACTIVE FLYING CLUBS
IN NATION NUMBER 146
Survey Made by National Associa-
ton Covers Activities in
1900 o. s. Cities.

There are 146 active flying clubs IN
operation in the United States, It was
announced last night by the National
Aeronautic Association following u
survey OF 200 cities, conducted by
the Private Flying Club COMMITTEES OF
the association.
Many of the clubs do not own planes,
1t was revealed by the survey, ana
only few carry any form of insurance.
The flying club field is being culti-
waited by the light plane manufac-
turers, who see in it many outlets for
their product.
The flying club movement is recog-
nized as a stimulation to private flying,
which can be obtained In no other
way, due to the splitting up of COSTS
Of airplanes and the subsequent upkeep
costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
improvement Is Marked.

Improvement Is Marked.
The fact that these flyers were
advanced shows marked improve
ment in the leagues flyers during
Winter meets. A certain amount
of perfection in the construction
and flying of the miniature mod
els is necessary before a flyer can
be advanced. They are first given
a plane which can be easily flown
and built, and as they gradually
become more experienced build
ers and pilots plans for more in
tricate models are given them.
Blacksmith, Phillips, Thomas
and Everett we're advanced to
Glass D, while young Hodgson
stepped up to Class E.
T0wIes IL q Winner.
The contest began with the
class for aces. Robert Towles, a
leading District pilot, thrilled
spectators at the tiny airdrome
when his neat model scared about
the room for 3 minutes and IL 2-5
seconds, to win for him first place
in his class for hand-launched
scientific models.
Ernest Stout, one of the model
plane pilots who made good at
Louisville in the national model
aircraft finals, was q close second
In the hand-launched model con-
test. Harry McGinniss was third
In Class A, Billy Streets was de-
clared winner and Frank Sails
hurry nannnd Thara Was no third
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05

meet. va
John Pendleton triumphed over
his opponents when his ship took
first honorS in Class d. In this
class Billy Won Berenwit3 was Sec
ond and Jack Callan third.
william Pizzini Wins.
In Glass Civilian Pizzini won
first place, and second and third
places went to Monroe Brandon
burg and Blair Bennett.
Walter Everett was given first
place In Class E, with Albert
Drescher second and Joe Baker
smith third.
In Glass F, Buddy Hodgson won
first place, while Emerson Thorn
as was second and Denny Will
liams third.
John williams refereed the
meet, with Bob Williams and H. S.
Harbour as timers.
Next Meet January IS.
The next meet of the District
Model Aircraft League will be
held at the Mcfarland Junior
High School miniature airdrome
January Is.
The league will hold meets
throughout the Winter season.
Plans on which the league and
its council are still industriously
at work have been made for
monthly city-wide meets. This
will enable all model aircraft
clubs and other similar organiza-
tions to prove just what flyers are
klaA lannA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
EUROPE TO TRY AIR. RAIL.
Freight Service to Serve More Than
100 Towns Planned.

The great American air-rail passen-
ger services will have European cousin
in an air-rail freight service now being
worked out in England, according to
information received here.
Negotiations are under way between
the Imperial Always and railway COM
panies whereby goods will be gathered
from more than 100 provincial towns
and sent to London to connect with
air freighters to Continental Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Bell Named to Chamber Job,

as general manager of the Aeronautical
Chamber Of Commerce has been an
nounced by Frederick B. Rentschler,
according to report received here from
the New York headquarters of the avia-
ton industry's organization. Mr.. Bell
has been acting general manager since
the resignation of s. S. Bradley last
July,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
SQUADRON RECALLED.
Torpedo Unit Used in Training at
Annapolis Back With Fleet

Torpedo Squadron e-s. which has
been stationed at Annapolis, Md, since
June IL last for duty in connection
with the flight training of midshipnen
at the Naval Academy, has returned
to tbs aircraft squadron Of the scout
ing feet, the Navy Department has
announced.
While at Annapolis. where six tor
pedo planes were used by the squadron
in the training of the nidshinmen.
officers and men of the squadron nut
the "middies" through the prescribed
course Of flight instruction, Including
aerial navigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Improve Roosevelt Field.

Roosevelt Field, N Y, is being i'm
proved by the construction of eight new
steel and concrete buildings, which will
provide 1000 square feet of hangar
space and $4,000 square feet of Office,
shop and exhibition space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Automatic Hangar Doors.

An electric monorail locomotive" to
move hangar doors has been installed at
the Cleveland municipal airport. Power
is conveyed through flexible cables, and
the doors are operated by means Of
push buttons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Lloyds Enters Aeronautic Field.

LloydS Of shipping fame viii appear
in the aeronautical field in the near flu
ture, and airplanes as well as ships will
be classified. A committee of Lloyds'
rangements for the issuance of certifi-
Gates to aircraft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Model Aircraft
BY GEORGE WATERS.

model airplane pilots flying their planes the
meet staged by the District Model Aircraft
advanced to higher classes after they few their tiny ships
the required time given by league ofncials
Blacksmith, Douglas Phillips Walter
Thomas and Buddy Hodgson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Paris to Stage Air Show.

The twelfth international aeronauti-
cal exhibition will be held IN the Grand
Palais, Paris, in November, 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
Resales a Problem.

mobile industry, the marketing of
trade-in used planes threatens to
become serious problem. The
number Of used planes which will
be traded in for new planes or
which may be resold will be
greatly increased during 1880, it is
4,906 airplanes whose ownership
During the past year there were
4,906 airplanes whose ownership
was transferred, according to rec
ords of the Department of Com
merce aeronautics branch. This
was more than double the number
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-20
What About Auto DeathS2

XXTHILE we're opening the pages
w of this conservative publica-
ton to blood and thunder, why not
give the auto victims chance?
They certainly would make a
longer and just as grewsome a list,
But if it is felt they are not en-
titled to such distinction, because
no federal law was involved, why
not include those who died because
Of marine rule in Nicaragua and
Haiti?
In fact, one can think of quite a
lot of interesting material that
might be put into the Congressional
Record if permission to print ac-
count of dry killings is to be taken
as a precedent.
What is more, one can foresee
that the substitution of this ma
terial for the long-Winded speeches
which generally have filled it thus
far would add greatly to its
reliability and attractivenesS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-20
Change Name
TINE padlocked place will change
"a

TINE padlocked place will change
a its name from Stagger Inn to
Joe'S, and resume business under
new management.
Another commission of learned
men will receive an appropriation of
the public's money and go into a
long huddle.
Eventually it will urtruck its head
from the sand and announce that
enforcement isn't altogether perfect
yet. We shall be told in 1910 that
the law hasn't had time, as yet, to
justify itself, and that we should
all be patient and respect such parts
of the Constitution as have not been
whitfield away to make room for pro-
hibition.
The 1910 commission will suggest
that enforcement be transferred
from the department Of justice to
the department of agriculture. This
will be applauded as a sure way to
bring about complete aridity. An
effort will be made at Albany to pass
a state enforcement act.
There will be a brief squirt OF
indignation because an agent in
aiming at the back tires of flee
ing automobile, has shot a piece off
the fiagpole on the Chrysler build
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-20
HEALTH
Health Programs Vital in Factories

Medical Association points out four
specific ways in which the Industrial
surgeon may be of benefit to the
plant and to the workmen.
The first duty is to fit every work
er to the type of employment that
is suited to this health and his abil-
ity.
Furthermore, he must be able to
carry on this work without danger
or impairment to himself or his fell
low workmen. Second, the indus
trial surgeon studies the conditions
in the plant as they concern the
individual workman, the group and
the employer and makes every adj
justment possible in the interest of
health and safety.
The department Of industrial
medicine also educates the workers
in personal hygiene and in accident
prevention.
Finally the industrial surgeon
makes a study of time lost through
illness, through accident or for
other reasons and endeaVors to save
such time for the employer and the
employe by getting at the cause.