Evening star., 1932-01-17

! the beginning of the year, AFFECT
and have had an immediate Stlm-
lg it has Witnessed an aviation meet
f the best of the year. Such meets
ley stimulate healthy competition.
be one of the major developments
speed trophies having made their
the program of speed development.
new trophies, announced since the
ed by the air pioneer, Bleriot.
! types produced since the Inauguration
Of the new Navy high speed program
1t has retractable landing gear, in
closed cockpits and a new type of rear
gun mounting which makes possible ex-
tremely effective covering fire without
exposing gun or gunner to the terrific
slipstream. The Senate authorized in
vestigation of air and ocean mail con-
tracts.
January 16.-Mail, passenger and ex-
press service between Chicago, Sioux
City, Iowa, and Sioux Falls and Water
town. S. Oak, by way of Omaha, was
inaugurated under Post Office De-
partment contract awarded to United
Air Lines, extending service of this line
to total of As cities in 19 States. The
Ludington Lines put into effect on all
! its lines passenger fare reductions
ranging from 5 to 25 per cent. The
round-trip rate, Washington to New
York, was cut from $40 to $3.50.
Philadelphia rates are ST one way, and
S13 round trip; Norfolk rates, $40 one
way, and Sl8 round trip.
Tribute to Record Holders.
American aviators who established
official flight records in any of the
recognized categories during 1881 have
been invited to the second annual Aero
Club reception and ball. to be held in
the willard Hotel at 9 pm, January 80.
The first of these events, held last year,
brought out many of the Nations fore
most flyers and was so successful that
it was decided to make the event an
annual affair.
The new record holders, who have
been invited and some of whom al
ready have accepted, are:
Russell N. Boardman and John
Polando, world airline distance record
of SOILS miles, flying from Floyd Ben
nett Field, N. Y, to Istanbul, Turkey,
July %, 29 80. This flight also is the
international airline distance record for
airplanes, class C.
Walter E. Lees and Frederic A.
Brossy, international duration record
for airplanes class C, of "a hours 80
minutes, at Jacksonville, Fla, May
1928.
Kenneth w. Scholter, American alti-
! tude record for light planes of the
fourth category, of 17,467 feet, at De-
troit, April IL. This mark is higher
than the present international record of
! 1907 feet, but not sufficiently in ex-
cess of the record to qualify under
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
rules as an official record.
! H. L. Child, with a passenger, Amer
ican altitude record for light planes of
the second category, 10,898 feet, East
st. Louis, May "a.
Women Set Many Records.
Miss Edna Rudolph with passen-
ger, American altitude record for light
planes of the second category, 1924
! feet, East st. Louis, May 81, breaking
! ChildS record of a week earlier.
Miss Evelyn Bobby Trout and Miss
Edna May Cooper, international femi-
nine duration record, refueling in
fight, for class C airplanes, 123 hours,
Los Angeles, January 4-9.
Miss Ruth Nichols, international
of class c, 28,743 feet, Jersey City,
N. j., March 6.
Miss Ruth Nichols, international
feminine maximum speed record for
airplanes, class c, of 210.636 miles per
| hour, Detroit, April 13.
| Miss Ruth. Nichols international
! feminine airline distance for airplanes,
class c, 1915 miles, from Oakland,
Calf, to Louisville, KY, october 24-25.
Mrs May Haizlip, international fem
! inlne altitude record for light planes
of the third category, 1907 feet, st.
Clair, Mich, June 49,
Ar,o1ia uyI,o rocoi,toJ
official recognition last year for eStab-
| fishing an international feminine rec
ord for speed for 100 kilometers for
| airplaneS, class C, 174,897 miles per
| hour, Detroit, June 25, 1890. Miss Ear
| hart also was credited with record
| for airplanes of class G for speed over
a course of 100 kilometers with a load
of 500 Kilograms, 171.438 miles per
! hour, Detroit, June Is, 1880.
A number of records, though not
recognized as official international or
I, American records, were listed as mis-
! cellaneouS records" made under off,
cial timing and observation. These
holders also have been invited and
several Of them have already accepted
Their records follow:
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, round
the-world record for airplanes, leaving
Roosevelt Field, N. Y, June % and re-
turning July l, elapsed time, days,
! is hours, SO minutes, SO seconds.
Frank Kurtz, junior maximum speed
record, l24852 miles per hour, Orange
County, Calf, June II.
James H. Doolittle, tranScontinental
speed record, II hours, 16 minutes, 10
seconds, average speed 217.757 miles
per hour, Burbank, Calf, to Newark
Airport, N j., September 4.
Miss Amelia Earhart, altitude record
for autogiros, 18,415 feet, Willow
Grove, Pa, April Z.
James H. Stickler, American duration
record for gliders, Glass D, hours. %
minutes, S seconds, Elmira, N Y, Au-
gust IL.
Air Motors Muff1ed.
After much experimental work, fol-
! lowed by service trials, Ralph G.. Lock-
wood, Eastern Air Transports chief en-
gineer. has announced the completion
of muffier for airplane engines which
reduces noise approximately 10 per
cent and at the same time reduces
back-pressure by one third Many
previous muffler designs have failed be-
cause Of the building up Of pressures
which reduce engine efficiency.
The Lockwood muffler. after being
used on trial for nearly three months,
is to be installed on each of the big
l8-passenger Condors operating on the
coastal run through the National Capt.
tai. This is believed to be the first
time any transport line has developed
a successful airplane muff1er.
One muffler is used for each cf the
two engines. The interior of the
muffier takes the shape of a screw, or
the rifling in a gun barrel, spinning
! the escaping gases, causing them to
travel an additional 48 feet before
reaching open air and at the same time
providing two and one-half times the