Evening star., 1930-06-14

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ing, 50 far as Is known, was made in
the same plane used yesterday by
Lieut.. Soucek three years ago. On
that occasion the motor went to pieces
in the air while Lieut.. C. G. Champion,
U. s. NJ, was attempting to establish
q worlds record. He dropped more
than $1,000 feet, fighting flames In
his motor on the way down, and landed .
In cornfield near the air station.
Ahimeter Registers $4,000 Feet.
Though his altimeter recorded only
$4,000 feet when the connection broke
Lieut.. Soucek's Paragraphs are being
calibrated today at the Bureau Of
Standards in the hope that the cor
rection may show sufficient increase
over the altimeter reading to establish
q new seaplane record. Under the in
ternational rules Soucek would have to
rise to an absolute altitude Of 38,688
feet to establish q new record.
On the new worlds record Of 1876
feet, which he established last week,
the barograph when checked showed
a gain Of more than 1000 feet over the
indicated altimeter reading.
Soucek planned to make another sea-
plane altitude flight today If the wealth
er Is favorable. The broken oil con-
nection, at the top Of the supercharger
gear case, was repaired in preparation
for the attempt.
Yesterday evenings flight was made
hurriedly after day Of waiting for
the weather to clear. Lieut.. Soucek's
bride of two weeks joined him here
yesterday and they were on g shopping
tour in downtown washington when
Lieut.. Soucek noticed that the sky was
clearing. He telephoned to the sta
ton and requested that his plane be
warmed up, fueled and made; ready for
flight.
Seven Miles in IS Minutes.
He drove TO the station, made a quick
change into flying togS and took on at
500 pm. Less than q half-dozen per-
sons witnessed the take-off. He climbed
seven miles In less than rs minutes and,
stil was climbing steadily when the
connection let 60.
,.o, II noticed % . MIN !. collecting over my
Soucek said. II wiped 1t of and noticed
that the oil pressure had dropped to
near the bottom of the gauge. 7 saw
oil on the wings and cut on the motor.
Though the oil was very hot as 1t
sprayed out OF the pipe, it froEe as 1t
struck the wing and collected in a pile
on the wing, resembling q mass of tar.
AAAo 0Au tAOb pVbnl 10 IuGlJ unLu the
warm air Of lower attitudes was reach
ed"
OIL is delivered to the supercharRer
under pressure of approximately 100
pounds per square inch and the oil
spraying through the break under this
pressure rapidly emptied the oil reser-
voir.
The supercharger is used to compress
the thin air of upper attitudes to a
density approximating that found at
sealevel for delivery to the engine.
Without the supeTcharger an aviation
engine cannot get suf1cient oxygen to
burn the fuel injected through the
carburetor at high levels
Soucek landed at SAT o'clock, after
hour and IS minutes in the air. His
plane was caught by q light breeze
and drifted out of the sight Of OBJ
servers at Anaoostia, behind Hams
Point
Though he was scheduled to leave
the National Capital today for New
York, Lieut.. Soucek decided to remain
over for another attempt today If the
weather permitted. In case the at
tempt is blocked today the Navy De-
partment Is expected TO authorize an
other attempt early next week. Lieut.
Soucek has been ordered 10 report for
sea duty aboard the u. s, s. Lexing-
ton, aircraft carrier, beginning June 16.'