Evening star., 1933-12-31

HOSSl ana Paul COdoS, France, new
from New York to Kayak, Syria, to
establish the second world distance rec
ora OF the year. They covered 5,6576
miles IN 54 hours, A minutes. Balbo's
squadron completed its magnificent
night, returning TO Italy after an ab-
sence OF six weeks, The Lindberghs l.
ished their crossing of the North :
lantlc. Pan-American Airways began
S5,oOO,OOO construction program.
September.
James r. Wedell established a
world landplane speed record of 3O5 SO
miles per hour over a 3-kilometer
course at Chicago A French plane
reached an altitude Of $4,000 feet in
a nearly successful effort to better the
world airplane altitude record O: A.
976 feet, held by England A division
OF SIX Navy patrol planes flew non
stop from Norfolk, Va, to the Canal
Zone, 2,O59 miles, to set a new world
nonstop seaplane distance record.
Richard G. du Pont scared 1915 miles
from Rockfish Gap, Va, TO Frederick,
Md, to establish an American glider
distance record and to open a new
glider terrain in which it Is expected
new records may be established. Ros-
coe Turner again lowered the West
u
with total elapsed time of 10 hours
4 minutes SIS seconds.
October.
The German air transport tender
Westfalen again took up station in the
middle OF the South Atlantic for fur.
ther flight tests which may lead to
early regular ocean service. A new
world speed record for 100 klo-
meters of 1908 miles per hour was es.
tablished by Lieut.. Col. Guglielmo Cas-
SMELL of the Italian High Speed Flight.
Pan-Amerlcan Airways opened its first
Chinese line, spanning 1000 miles from
Shanghai 20 Canton and opening q new
phase of world activity for American
aviation. The Graf Zeppelin visited
Chicago and started back home on her
forty-fifth ocean crossing Russian
stratosphere balloonists climbed 1l.s
miles for new world altitude record,
which, however, never has been officially
recognized. Alexander de seversky es.
ord of 1908. miles per hour. James
R. Wedell clocked an unofficial 800
miles per hour in landplane speed
trials, bettering the official world record
by nearly 25 miles per hour.
November.
LIeul- OCHlOT. 1nOHldS q. w. Settle
and Maj. Chester L. Fordney set an
official new world altitude record of
61.237 feet in their stratosphere balloon
Hight. The Department Of Commerce
and the Civil Works Administration
joined forces in the greatest airport
construction program In history. The
Navy began acquisition of 1872 new
planes out Of public works funds The
Department OF Commerce began a cam
paign for construction Of 10000 light
planes for private flying. The West
fallen plan proved feasible when q Ger
man plane used it as base on a South
Atlantic crossing and another con-
tacted the steamer on q test run. A
French military squadron, emulatinR
the Baibo flight, started q mass fight
around Africa.
December.
The Lindberghs climased their long
tour with a l6-hour hop Of 1875
miles over the South Atlantic and re-
turned to New York It was the
fourth trans-ocean fight for Iindbersh,
the third for his wife, and It drama
uzed as has no other fight the ma
turing plans for regular ocean trans
port service. The French Black SouaS-
ron. en- route around Africa. visited a
number OF points in the French Konao
and Sudan. Frances Harrell Marsalis
Helen Richey established a new world
endurance record for women, refueling
IN hight. at Miami, Fla, and still were
IN the air when this was written,