Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-16
BY PAUL HARRTSONN
NFA Service Writer


NEW YORK, Oct. l6.-Because
there can be Just one supreme boss
Of a successful transatlantic flight,
William S. MacLaren chose a wom-
an to be his co-pilot on the airplane
Tradewind.
Together they will attempt to
carry the first airplane payloads
on a round-trip flight between New
York and Paris, and MacLaren Is
confident that If there is any troll
bic enroute 1t isn't going to come
from a mutinous crew.
The crew" who is Mrs. Beryl
Hart. agrees. Bill will do the navi-
eating and she will spend most of
her time at the controls. going where
Bill tells her to go.
Far from ~resenting this assump-
ton OF masculine authority, she
tries to minimize her importance
IN the venture. Naturally / Jump
ed at the chance to make this trip
she said. 1T viii be an important
flight and a valuable experience.
But success is entirely up to Mr..
MacLaren. He's the boss"
She's Skillful Flyer
SO 1t would appear hat the Trade
winds co-pilot, although red-head-
ed. pretty and agreeablely femin-
Inc, is very well disciplined. This
also despite the fact that she Is one
Of only IA American ome TO hold
a transport pilots license, and has
more assorted day and night fly
ing to her credit than some men who
have dared the Atlantic.
The flight of the Tradewind, sche-
duled to start from New York City
early In October, will be the first
gesture of a group of financiers to-
ward putting heavier-than-air ocean
flying on a commercial BASIS and
a regular schedule. 1t is similar to
the project already being develop
cd between Europe and South Amer
lea by way of Africa and the Cape
Verde Islands.
I'm not a stunt flyer" MacLal
en- declared, land there will be no
chances taken that We "a possibly
avoid. We are not going TO refuel Il
the air, or try to break any distance
or speed records"
We're going 10 carry some freight
TO Europe and back by the safest,
sanest route. and i believe we can
make money from the start
To Make Two Stops
He pointed out that nonstop
ocean flights cannot become COM
mercially feasible until planes are
developed 70 carry large sargoes
IN addition to their fuel. MacLaren
fAZVnFA-A ill - -aa-sk - - ~
muda, thence across TO the Azores.
and up to Paris. With these COM
paratively short hops, ~refueling at
each landing, he can carry q pay
load Of 1000 pounds. AT $40 a pound
which is believed the amount gov
ernments will be willing TO pay for
transatlantic air mail if and when
contracts are to be let, a single |
round trip would almost pay for a
plane such as the one MacLaren
has chosen for his initial attempt.
Il Is a Bellanca monoplane equipp-
ed with pontoOns and a 300-horse-
power Wright Whirlwind motor. Ex-
cept that II will carry the latest
navigation instruments and a pow
erful two-way radio set, there are
no novel features about the ship.
IT'S Just an ordinary plane" the
pilot said, and. TO my way of think
ing, Just an ordinary flight. Though
I'm a navy-trained flyer, we made
four trans-ctNtinental hops. and I'd
rather cross the ocean than fly
from coast to coast.
Favored by Weather
Ocean storms, unlike those over
land, are at least dependable. On
the southern route we have chosen
movements of storms can be accu-
rately plotted, and with plenty Of
steamers to give us meteorological
data we will know just what TO ex-
pect. Fogs. which have brought fall
ure TO many a flight along the great
circle route to the north, seldom
are more than 5000 feet in height
where We will fly.
On the northern route, flyers
have found average winds OF IS to
40 miles an hour, but the trade
winds between Bermuda and the
Azores are only from 3 to 10 miles.
Our elapsed time for the trip 10
Paris will not be more than half