Evening star., 1931-12-06

Of the Royal Dutch AirInes, which
completed Asst out Of 461 scheduled
flights, for an efficiency record of 9a.2
per cent.
Airmail down in the British colonial
lines of Imperial Anyways increased %
per cent for the third quarter Of the
year, as compared with the same period
last year the heaviest traffic being on
the Indian air service, including Egypt,
Iraq and Palestine.
A German aviation body known as
the National German Air Traffic Asso-
citation has been formed to further Ger
man aeronautics and to act as a central
organization for all national flyers and
groups interested in aeronautics.
French Encourage Gliding.
The French undersecretary of state
for air plans to ask for special fund
Of nearly $4,000 to encourage the de-
velopment of gliding. The money would
be distributed to gliding clubs as gifts
and subsidies. The program also in
cludes organization of national Gid
! ing center, comprising an institute OF
aerology and practical aerodynamics, a
| field for gliding and gliding school.
Charges for landing and storage Of
| aircraft at Greek airports have been 50
| planned as to encourage private air
| plane ownership and operation. Pri-
vately owned airplanes belonging to
army officials or TO members Of flying
| clubs are exempted of all charges for a
! period of five years, other planes being
| taxed according TO size and purpose for
/ which used
! The legality of Federal rather than
provincial control over Canadian aero
nautical development has been upheld
! by the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council, acting on an appeal from de-
cision OF the Supreme Court of Canada
! The finding upholds the validity Of leg
islation passed by the Dominion for the
regulation OF aeronautics which had
been challenged by the provinces.
! The Privy Council has taken the posi-
| ton that uniformity of legislation gov
erning aeronautics could be obtained
| only by veSting power in the Dominion
| government. This Is in line with the
efforts which have been made in the
/ United States to bring about uniformity
| Of State and municipal aeronautica
/ regulation, the Federal Government ir
this country having jurisdiction ovei
only interstate aeronautical activity.
A larger edition Of the German tail.
less airplane Is being built in the Focke-
| Wulf plant for entrance in the 1885,
round Europe" flight. 1t will be DOW.
cred with a 00-horsepower engine, al
compared with the 28-horsepower motor
IN the original plane, which has at.
tracted world interest.
New TailIess Plane.
The tailless plane is thick winged
monoplane, the wings having a heav,
Sweep-back. The elevators and aileron.
are located in the trailing edge of thu
wings, with vertical stabilizers anc
rudders being located at the wing tips
The rudders move outward only anC
one rudder at a time is used for turn.
ing the craft in flight. Both rldder,
may be operated in making a landins
and, moving in opposite directions, they
act as brake
The wings are built solidly into tht
fuselage, forming virtually a single unit
| The nose Of the fuselage extends fee
ahead OF the wing and has the engine
mounted in the rear, the single pushel
propeller clearing the trailing edge Of
the wing. The pilot is seated almost
in line with the leading edge of the
wing, with small landing wheel di.
rectly under him. The main landinf
wheels are well to the rear.
The take-off Is said to be easy, at q