Evening star., 1933-07-02

Hingsburg Leaves Aviation.
Reorganization of aeronautical ac-
tivities of the Department of Com
merce, involving the transfer from the
Bureau of Lighthouses to the aero
nautics branch of the airways division,
has brought about the separation from
the aviation organization Of Capt. F..
G. Hingsburg, for seven years chief
engineer of the division. Capt. Hings-
burg remains with the lighthouse
service, in which he has served for
many years.
Capt. Hingsburg has been in charge
OF the airways division since the be-
ginning of Federal aid work in behalf
the installation of approximately 19,500
miles of Federal airways into every
corner of the United States.
The work Of the airwayS division
under Capt. Hingsburg has made pos
sible the present leadership of the
United States in airmail operations
and in night flying, and has been re-
sponsible to large degree for the sue
cess of air transportation.
Capt. Hirgsburg was a world pio-
neer in the field of airway aids to air
commerce. He was assigned by the
Bureau of Lighthouses to begin the
passage in 1925 of the air commerce
act, which established the aeronautics
branch. He was the first Federal Off
cial assigned to work under the act,
and the plans which he worked out,
prior to the actual setting up of the
aeronautics branch. became the basis
for the great airways development
which then began.
He has had charge of and has been
directly instrumental in the develop
ment of most of the aids to air trans
portation and civil aviation in the
United States and has had a great in
f1uence in the development of such aids
in all parts of the world, having been
consulted by aviation leaders of many
of the nations which have followed this
countrys lead in the establishment Of
airways systems.
Under his direction the division has
built and lighted for night flying q
total of 19500 miles of airways and
has constructed a total Of 3S5 lighted
intermediate landing fields, 81 radio
communications stations, 68 radio range
beacons, "a radio marker beacons, 49,
500 miles of teletypewriter service.
1923 revolving airways beacons and
1865 flashing beacons. The airways di-
vision has employed a maximum of
1000 persons
Capt. Hingsburg. a native of New
York, makes his home here at 5118
Chevy Chase parkway.
Elevator" for Airships.
The new mobile. telescoping airship
mast, which has been constructed at
the new Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale,
Calf, future home of the U. S. S.
Macon may be used as an elevator to
hoist the Macon from ground level to
the greatest height of the mast, 160
feet, in overcoming the adverse effect
on take-offs of ground temperature
inversion.
OF course, the mast will not lift the
entire weight of the airship, the actual
amount of lift probably not amounting
to more than few hundred pounds.
The ability to lift the ship, however,
may save the dumping of several hun
dred pounds of ballast or even of fuel
in order to gain the added lift neces-
sary to overcome the temperature in
version
The Sunnyvale mast is similar in ap-
pearance to that developed at Lake
hurst, N. j. 1t consists of a pyramidal
framework of structural steel, mounted
on four railway trucks 80 feet apart
in both directions. The minimum
height of the mast is rs feet and the
maximum 160 feet The mast has a
total weight of 300 tons
Extended to its greatest height. the
mast can withstand side pull of
10000 pounds. In the low position it
is designed for side pulls of I'D to
$4,000 pounds Power for operation of
the mast along its tracks, for operating
the mooring winch, and for telescoping
the mast, is provided by electric mo-