Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

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half the wing. is In existence. - The
group as now constituted includes the
Goth. 49th and 96th Bombardmert
Squadrcns, the seth Service Squadron
and the I'd Photo Section.
The wing will be completed by the
creation Of the 9Th Pursuit Group.
Headquarters for this group have been
established at Langley. Two squadrons.
non existent since the World War. will
be reconstructed March IS. 1882, as the
33d and 35th Pursuit Squadrons. The
55th Pursuit Squadron. now active At
Mather Field. Sacramento. Calf. will
be moved to Langley about March /,
next. The list Service Squadron will
be created next March to round out
the group. Another pursuit squadron,
the 77th Pursuit Squadron. also at
Mather Field, is to come to Langley
en- March / for duty until its perma-
nent quarters are available in the
Hawaiian Islands.
Langley Field will continue to be
the home of the 10th Airship Company
and of Flight A. 10th Observation
Squadron, which serves as the detach-
ment for the Coast Artillery School.
Langley also Is and will continue to
Be the hong Of the Langley Memorial
Laboratories of the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, one Of the
largest aeronautical research establish
ments In the world.
Brooks Gets Group.
Brooks Field, Tex, will become the
home of the 18th Observation Group,
to be formed by transfer Of group head
quarters from Dodd Field, the 18th
Observation Squadron from Dodd Field,
22d Observation Squadron from Max
well Field, 88th Observation Squadron
from Post Field. Fort Sill, Okla, and
the 1st Photo Section from Dodd Field.
The 62d Service Squadron, now ut
Brooks, will be attached to the group.
The great composite wing which will
defend the Hawaiian Islands will be
formed by creation of three squadrons
and the moving Of others. The head
quarters Of the organization, which will
be known Is the 18th Composite Wing,
have been created and not are active.
A wing band will be organized. Three
groups will form the wing, two Of which
now are active. One is the 5th Com
posite Or up, composed Of the 4th and
50th Obs, rvation Squadrons, now at
Luke Field, the 26th Attack Squadron,
now at Wheeler Field; the 65th Service
Squadron, at Luke, and the 18th Photo
Section, at Luke The 18th Pursuit
Group will be composed OF the 9Th and
18th Pursuit Squadrons, now at Wheeler
Field: the 36th Pursuit Squad ron, now at
Selfridge Field, Mich; the 77th Pur-
suit Squadron, now ct Mather Field,
and the 18TH Service Squadron, now at
Wheeler Field The third group, to
be created, will be the 10Th Bombard-
ment Group, to be composed Of the
23d Bombardment Squadron, now at
Luke Field; the 30th and 32d Bonn
bardment Squadrons. to be created; the
72d Bombardment Squadron, now active
at Luke Field, and the S0th Service
Squadron, now at Mather Field.
18th Group ut Mather.
March Field, Calf. this month will
suit Group, headquarters of which will
be established July IS. Two new
squadrons, the saith and 73d Pursuit
Squadrons, are being created this
month and will be joined by the famous
95th Pursuit Squadron from Rockwell
Field, the 64th Service Squadron, now
at March, and the 23d Photo Section.
also at March, to form the new group.
The 18th Pursuit Group. at March
Field, and the It'll Bombardment
Group. now active at Rockwell and
March Fields, but to be consolidated
at the new Marin County Field. will
CO1lSIiIuLS tIIS nc" lou ooniUoA oihcAt
Wing.
Aibrook Field, Canal Zone, win be
the base for the 18th Composite Wing
to be composed of the goth Pursuit
Group, which now has its headquar-
tiers at Mather Field, Calf, and the
9Th Composite Group, composed of
Observation, Bombardment, Service and
Photo Squadrons, now active at France
Field, Canal zone.
In the Philippines there will be the
4th Composite Group, to be composed
of Observation, Bombardment, Service.
Photo and Pursuit Squadrons, all now
active.
The remainder of the Air Corps or
ganization, except for less important
changes, will remain virtually undis-
turbed during the remainder Of the
five-year program.
Passing Of the RS-1.
The RS-1. largest semi-rigid airship
In the world, has gone to the Valhalla
Of obsolete flying equipment, the Junk
yard. The ship. the largest owned by
the Army Air Corps, was dismantled In
the Fall of 1928 and the parts stored
awaiting reaSsembly. The time never
came, due to lack Of funds for support
of the lighter-than-air branch Of the
corps. and the remains have been sold
to st. Louis junk dealer by the sal
wage oficer at Scott Field, Belleville, Ill
The RS-1 was built for the Army by
the Goodyear Tire q Rubber Co.,
Akron, Ohio for experimental purposes.
After three years Of flying it was
ordered dismantled because the bag had
become too porus for further use. On
its last flight, in the Fall Of 1928, with
Maj. w. Z. Kepner in command, the
big semi-rigid weathered q terrific series
Of thunder and wind storms over
Arkansas and Tennessee. The winds
were so severe that the nose cone Of the
big bag was stove In.
The design of the RS-1 was new in
that a V-shaped keel was used, in the
inverted position, as the stiffening for
the bag, which otherwise was non-rigid.
Pilots Are Warned.
II any exhibition parachute jumper
gets into trouble in the future the pilot
Of the plane from which he jumps Is
going to have some explaining to do to
the Department of Commerce. Warm
ing has been issued to all licensed pilots
that they are responsible for making
certain that proper safety precautions
are taken when exhibition jumps are
made from their planes.
The pilot of the plane from which
the jumper steps of into space is
warned that he must make certain be-
yond any question of doubt that the
jumper is experienced and has ability
to make the jump with reasonable
chance for q safe landing. The pilot
who takes up jumper without having
satisfied himself that his charge knows
enough to Jump properly is going to
have to answer to the department.
Not only must the pilot look into the
qualifications of the jumper; he also
must see to 1t that the jumper wears
two parachutes which have been in
spected and approved by the Depart
ment Of Commerce and must see that
the jumper conforms to all regulations