Evening star., 1933-03-12

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than 100000 were on the coast-to-
coast route. said to be the most travelled
long distance route in the world. The
1882 mileage Is expected to be exceeded
by a large margin this year, following
the delivery Of the new Boeing twin
motored high-speed transports, 60 Of
which have been ordered.
The 70-foot wing of the new twin
engined monoplanes will carry a dead
load Of approximately 361a tons, or
nearly six times the gross weight of the
entire plane. The wing spars are said
to have tensile strength of 100000
pounds per square inch. The landing
gear of the new planes will Withstand
landing impact of 331z tons, it is
claimed.
Racer Adapted to Transport.
A new transport plane based on the
design Of Maj. James H. DoolittIe's rec
ord-breaking racing plane is being pre-
pared for production at Springfield,
Mass, and is expected to carry eight
passengers and baggage at maximum
speed OF nearly 225 miles per hour, ac-
cording to unofficial reports received
here.
The transport ship, like the racer.
Will have blunt-nosed barrellike
1uselage, short and very thick, mounted
ABOVE the monoplane wing. A super
charged horsepower air-cooled en-
gine IS planned as the power plant.
Preliminary tests are to be COM
pleted by the middle of next month, it
is understood. In appearance, the plane
Is to be much the same as the racer
In which Doolittle established a world
landp!ane speed record of 296 miles per
hour last Fall. reaching maximum Of
309 miles per hour on one lap.
Hostesses Travel Far.
Twelve hostesses of Eastern Air
Transport, eight of them on regular
flying duty. have completed their second
year Of service with total of l,52O.-
600 miles of flying, or an average of
81.
Two Of the girls. Miss Beulah Unruh,
pilot in her own right, and Miss
Marian Cook, have flown more than
250,000 miles each on schedule flying,
Miss Unruh leading all the hostesses
with 278000 miles
In addition to the eight flying hos
teSses there are three airport hoStesses,
one of whom-Miss Edwina Davis-is
stationed at Washington Hoover Air
port, and chief hostess. These four
girls also have put in flying time,
averaging 44,700 miles each.
Though there are only IL of these
hostesses and only eight Of them on
regular flying duty, there have been
more than $4,000 applications filed for
the positions. Two Of the flying hos
tesses live in Washington. They are
Misses Ann and Carrie De Priest, sisters.
Gun-Range Warning Issued.
Warning that military and civilian
airplanes flying along the Washington
New York atrway northbound are COM
ing within the firing range of the Aber-
deem Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md,
and not only are endangering them.
selves, but interfering with Army ord
nance work, has been issued 70 all
pilots.
While all firing on the range Is sus-
pended whenever an airplane is sighted
over the firing ranges, it was pointed
out, there Is always the possibility that
an airplane may not be seen until too
late and may come into the path Of
shells.
Relocation Of parts Of the Depart
ment Of Commerce lighted airway be-
tween Washington and New York has
Drought the alrway close to the edge
OF the restricted area at Aberdeen. The
air commerce regulations requiring air.
craft to stay on the right side of the
airWay as precaution against collisions
between planes flying IN opposite direc-
tions Is bringing planes which fly too
far to the right of the airway over the
firing range, endangering them and in
terfering with the work of the proving
ground.
The edge of the firing range has been
changed so that now it comedies with
line running through the red airway
beacons numbered GLIB and 62B, it was
announced. This leaves a lane to the
| right of the central beacon line in
which pilots may fly with safety, so
far as gunf1re is concerned Pilots using
the airway are asked to familiarize
themselves with the boundary of the
firing range and to stay clear.
Fuselage Parts Standardized.
What is said to be the simplest and
strongest airplane fuselage yet devised
Is being demonstrated to Army and
Navy aviation officials at Washington
Hoover Airport by A. K. Longren of
Kansas City, inventor Of the structure.
and Paul M. Hewitt. pilot of the plane
and associate Of Mr.. Longren in the
development work.
The new fuselage, of all metal con-
struction. is built up entirely Of
standardized parts which, it is said.
can be assembled or repaired in the
field by any mechanic who can operate
riveter. The assembled fuselage is Of
monocoque type. the skin being dura-
lumin double the thickness and eight
times the strength of ordinary con-
struction. Any portion Of the skin may
be replaced without disturbing adjoin-
ing sections.
The demonstration fuselage flown
here by Hewitt and Longren is Of open
cockpit type similar to Army observa-
ton planes. The principle can be
adapted to any type of airplane fuse
lage, it is said.