Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

ment which IN three pTlef mOnbnS
has swept the National Capital
from q position Of dark obscu-
rity to one Of national importance
On the country,s aviation map Is due to
rise TO still higher levels during the
coming month.
During December the number Of air
transport planes entering and leaving
the National Capital each ~ hours on
regular schedule viii increase to 50 or
more. and direct mail Ind passenger
connections will be afforded TO every
part of the United States, parts OF
Canada, Mexico, Cuba and the west
indies, Central America and ell but one
Of the South American nations.
More than $50 pay passengers now ny
70 or from the District Of Columbia
everv day on the established transport
fines The amount Of airmail handled
here has climbed month by month 70
ever higher totals, and now exceeds
go 600 pounds per month.
DEVELOPMENTS planned to take enecC
during the next six weeks are expected
to elevate Eastern Air Transport, Gov
eminent mall contract line, to Key
uosition In the countrys mail ana pas
senger air transport structure. MAIL
and messenger plane Of the line at the
end of that time are expected 10 De
living a total of 10000 miles every "a
hours, or nearly 4,OOO,OOO miles year,
on regular schedule.
This line is to bring into use all OF
the latest mechanical wonders createo
in the battles against storms, Jog ana
darkness. Robot pilots, geographically
and electrically controlled; artincial
hnrizons. controlled by horoscopes,
which function accurately and auto.
matically. regardless Of the position OF
the plane: radio range beacons. raolo
communication and the most modern
weather service will be complneo 70
e,d in the rigid maintenance Of sched-
NE vital to successful transportation
hv air or by any other medium.
December 10 Is to mark the beginning
~ 4 GREAT program of expansion on the
coastal air line. On that date paSSen-
9er service from New York TO Rich
n,ond. va. win be extended TO Atlanta,
ca. 70 connect there with the new
southern transcontinental line 70 Los
Angeles. .A.
n have three 18-passenger, CW1n-en-
lined Clrtiss Condors In service between
$l1ir cItv and New York. These planes
are the largest air transport ships IN
this mart of the country, and are sur
nassed In size in this country only py
the four-engined Fokker F-S2 type, now
An use in the Western United states.
with these planes on hand. service
between this city and New YORK VIII De
materially increased. Several paSsen-
ger flights will be made daily, ana Lne
number Of mail flights VIII pe incrs ,;ssst
"a eight q day, with regular oayngnt
nights in addition to the present serV-
ice. flown mostly at night.
IN January the passenger line VIII
h. extended from Atlanta, Ca, TO MI
ami. Fla., connecting there with the
rreat n-American international sys-
tenn. Twin-engined Curtiss kingplroS,
= new type Of air transport plane, new
to WaShingtonians, VIII ny the Inc
south Of the National Capital, inciuding
the washington Richmond section.
Az soon after January ] IS possible,
aar,n,dinr uDon the installation OF air
nav euuipment by the Anyways DIVISION
~ the Department Of Commerce, an
entirely new "switch-od" line from
Riehnond to Jacksonville, Fla, by way
81 the Atlantic Coast, Will DC esCap-
Fshed. The present coastal line runs
far inland, touching Greensboro, N. ";
so,,fn Carolina and Northwestern
TseorQia to Atlanta. The new line VIII
connect with the present line at Rich
Tnood and Jacksonville. Both mail ana
veneer win be carried on the new
PnaIta
DEVELOPMENT Of aviation to the point
where it reasonably may be expected 70
become q means Of private transporta-
ton for the average citizen depenoS
upon production Of planes which rely
FOR safety on built-in stability rather
than on plotting skill.
IA long step in this direction has been
taken In the development OF the auto
Qyro plane, which was demonstrated 70
fhe NAVY here recently, In the opinion
Of Can't. Thomas Carroll, for 10 years
dean Of the staH Of test pilots OF tine
National Advisory Committee for Aero
sThe aviation industry" Capt. Carroll
naid. ''has been waiting for long time
for q machine which, from the stand
point Of safety, would not represent
about 90 per cent plotting skill and 10
per cent stable aerodynamic design. APP
plication Of flying to the workaoay
Transportation needs OF most persons
clearly hinges upon this point.
s'In the autogyro we have been given
such a machine. In fact, one might
say that the element Of personal safety
Is governed in the autogyro in q ratio
Of about 10 per cent plotting SKIN 70 w
per cent inherent aerodynamic safety.
This safety of the rotating-wing craft
Is about as high as can be hoped Tor IN
any field of mechanical transport.
$50 far as flying students are con-
cerned. IL seems TO abolish the very real
and psychological hazards which beset
the student on even the best OF modern
training ships. After very little ouai
instruction, and that Of the most eie-
nentary nature, q student can be al
lowed to learn the finer points OF man
euvering the autogyro by himself. HIS
instructor need not worry about ms
ability to land or the likelihood OF his
wettirlg into a tailspin through loss OF
living sneed. The autogyro lands itself
easily on any selected spot, and II mas
no such malieuver, intended or invol-
untary, as the tatlspin.
"Of course, q novice win not ny the
machine as eficiently or as well as an
experienced pilot, but in the case OF an
s autoryro he Is safe while learning. He
a placed In much the same position as
when learning to drive motor car.
Mistakes are not necessarily dangerous.
II he becomes confused he can stop ana
let the ship land itself"
DEVELOPMENT Of mediums Of mechani-
cal transport, in the opinion OF Tom
Carroll has waited upon the nVention
OF devices which could successiuliy
check and control the speeds OF ghicn
fhev potentially were capable. Railroad
trains. he pointed out. could travel al
hirh speeds long before commercial
train schedules reflected these speeds.
THE present efficient air brakes made
possible the safe speeds now attained
On the railroads. Four-Whee! brakes
have done much the same for the auto
mobile. . ~.
~T7ne autogyro,s Carroll said, lis the
f1vnk heayter-than-air craft to embody
n its design the ability 70 check its
s,W,n gueed safely. Incidentally, this one
factor gives an amazing sense OF Sc
eurfty while Tying this machine"
There have been several types OF
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