Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-18

loss. This they are willing to do only
because Of an abiding faith in the
future of aviation. They feel that If
they can but weather the present de-
preston they will enjoy solid success
when conditions begin to improve.
Cruise Stop Scheduled Here.
Sportsman pilots who will participate
in the second annual Winter cruise to
Florida in connection with the all
American air races, to be held at Miami
beginning January 5. are to stop at
Washington Hoover Airport at about
Amateur Air Pilots Association. which
is sponsoring the cruise. has announced
that 1t expects between 40 and so pilots
to take part. Last year "a planes made
the cruise.
new event in connection with the
cruise will be handicap race over the
last lap of the course between Daytona
and Miami for a prize of 50 500 and the
Henry L. Doherty trophy.
Pilots participating in the cruise are
to assemble at the Aviation Country
Club. Hicksville. Long Island. Tuesday
morning. January g. The main flight
squadron is to take off there at 10
O'Clock that morning. A number of
prominent sportsman pilots. including
several Of the Eastern governors of the
association, are organizing State flight
squadrons, which will rendezvous at
some centrally located airport in their
home States and join the main group
either at Hicksville or at one Of the
control stops.
Washington is to be the first con-
troi stop. other control points being
Greensboro. N. C.: Augusta. Ga, and
Jacksonville and Daytona. Fla
The cruise is to be flown under direc-
ton of Contest Committee composed
OF A. Felix du Pont, jr.; Eric Wood, F.
William Zelcer, Lawrence Tenure, jr.;
John S. Reaves, Maurice Ames and
Jessamine Goddard. The cruise is lin
tied to amateur pilots as defined by the
United States Amateur Pilots Associ-
aion.
Engine Weight Reduced.
The lowest specific weight ever
achieved in a standard radial ir-cooled
aviation engine is claimed for a new
engine which has been granted an ap-
proved-type certificate by the aeronau-
tics branch, Department of Commerce.
The engine weighs only IL pounds per
horsepower and very closely approaches
the ideal set by the late Thomas A.
Edison, who said that the aEplane en-
CINE must be reduced to a pound per
horsepower before aviation could be con-
sidered as emerging from its infancy.
The new engine is new only in the
matter of approval by the Department
of Commerce. Actually it has been SUBJ
jected to exhaustive service tests for a
period of a year to assure its depend
ability under actual operating condi-
lions. On top of the years actual serv-
Ice the motor has passed with flying
colors the gruelling tests to which the
Department of Commerce subjects all
engines submitted to it for approved
type certification.
The engine, produced by Pratt &
Whitney and designated as the Series
TIC Hornet, Is rated by the Depart
ment Of Commerce for TOO horsepower
at 1000 revolutions per minute. Its
weight, without accessories, is $40
pounds.
The new engine IS being equipped for
use with adjustable pitch propellers and
Is designed not only for commercial OPP
Grafton. but also for military use. It
Is regarded as one of the years out
standing aeronautical achievements.
The TIC has a total displacement of
1890 cubic inches and a compression
ratio Of to /. The engine IS super
charged by blower gear having q
ratio Of 10 to !. At full throttle the
engine consumes 0.55 pound Of gasoline
per hour.