Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06

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Indies, Central America and South
America.
The Eastern Air Transport passenger
line now operating between New York
and Richmond, Va with local stop at
WASHINGTON Hoover Airport, viii be ex-
tended TO Atlanta. Ga, on December
l and to Miami, Fla, soon afterward.
Better Than Human Flyers.
The automatic pilot, known as ''gyro-
pilot" in the Army, will spell the
human pilot, handling all the flight
controls of the planes. The mechanical
pilot, the Army has found, can fly q
course through storms or fog, in the
toughest weather, with greater &C
curacy than any human pilot. Gyro-
scopes form the nerve centers Of the
mechanical pilot, making instant and
automatic corrections for the slightest
change in direction of the airplane
on its course. holding it in absolutely
level fight at any predetermined alu-
tude and keeping the wings level.
With the gyropilot installed, the hui
man pilot need only take the plane of,
put It on its course, and then turn
over the controls to the automatic pilot
which assumes all the mechanical dut-
les Of flying the plane, leaving the
human pilot free to study weather in
formation he gathers by radio, make
connections for shifts in wind and
handle navigational problems beyond
gthe scope of his metal comrade.
win Get Other New Devices.
In addition to the gyropilot, the new
Eastern Air Transport passenger planes
are to be equipped with the Sperry
artificial horizon, directional gyro indi-
Gator and two-way radio for ground
communication. This combination of
equipment will be the most complete
ever installed for commercial opera
tions, 1t is claimed, and will represent
the first extensive effort by any air
transport line in the world to apply
these latest aids to air navigation to
the problems Of overcoming bad
weather.
Eastern Air Transport. which holds
the contract for flying the airmail from
New York to Miami, now operates an
air passenger line between New York
and Richmond, with the local stop being
made at Washington Hoover Airport.
The new passenger line extension to
Atlanta will give the National Capital
direct passenger connection with the
new Southern transcontinental airmail
and passenger line to Los Angeles. Ex-
tension of the service to Miami will
permit passengers to fly from this city
and points north to the West Indies,
Central America and South America.
ID. C. to Panama in Two Days.
With both extensions in service, the
passenger line will connect with the New
England and Canadian system, the
Northern tranScontinental line at New
York, the central transcontiental line
at Philadelphia, the Pittsburgh Cleve-
land line in this CITY, the Southern
transcontinental at Atlanta and the
Pan American Always foreign network
at Miami. Passengers can fly from
Halifax to Miami in two days or from
this city to Panama in the same length
Of time.
Direct passenger service from the Ma
tional Capital to any section of the
United States including all of the Pa
cific Coast into Southern Canada and
Mexico. within 80 hours or less will
be possible
At the same time the line is extended
to Atlanta, on December /. the passen-
ger schedule between New York and
Richmond, through this city, will be
increased, II was announced today by
Capt. Thomas B. Doe, president of the
transport line.
Oficials of the line have been fight
testing the latest types of multi-mo-
tored transport planes for the past two
months in preparation for equipping
the line with the most efficient types
available today, Capt. Doe said Com
plete radio equipment and weather col
lection service from off-the-line points
are being Installed.