Evening star., 1933-06-04

most striking fashion.
Corps in its successful experiments al
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.
| The committee also urged that the
study of methods and devices for the
automatic navigation of airplaneS
should be continued stating that there
is every indication that this line of de-
velopment will be a great saving IN the
energy of the pilot personnel and will
also improve the functioning Of the air>
| craft" Il
| Automatic or robot" pilots are con1a
ing into more and more common use
| The go new twin -motored, high-Speed
Boeing transport monoplanes which now
are being delivered to United Arl1nes
for use on its transcontinental systems
are to be equipped with automatic
scopes. These will relieve the human
pilots of the nerve-racking task Of
flying the big planes in rough weather
or in conditions of low visibility and
will leave them free to concentrate on
problems of navigation and the study
of weather conditions by observation
and by radio contact with ground
stations.
| Weight Reduction Essential. \,
"In all new developments" the COM
mittee reported, "an important conskA
Grafton Is that the weight to be carried
by the airplane be reduced to minf
inum and that as much as possible Q4
| the weight of any system of aids be Qa
the ground. Simplification Of all opeSE
ations and equipment aboard the atrs
plane Is desideratum."
In dealing with the matter Of futuIQ
research, the committee said "a il
report:
There are number Of important
problems awaiting active work, re4
search on which would materially aid
the progress Of aeronautics. One of
these is the development of systems OF
collision prevention.
Another important problem IS the
design of antennas for high-speed atr>
planes. The aerodynamic drag of ans
tennas has not yet received the conS
sideration which it warrants.
"As result of increasing volume OF
flying through icing conditions, the
icing of airplane antennas is serious
| limitation upon the use of radio. The
loss of radio signals and in some cases
the breakage of antenna wires or masts
indicate the Importance of relief from
| this condition"
The committee Is composed Of Harry
H. Blee, director of aeronautic develop&
ment, Department Of Commerce, chafrA
man; DR.. j. H. Dellinger, research divi-
sion, aeronautics branch, Department.
of Commerce; Capt. Albert F. Hegen-
berger, Army Air Corps; F. c. Hings-
burg, airways division, Department Of
Commerce; Thorp Hiscock, Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce Of America; Her.
bert Hoover, jr., American Engineering
Council; DR.. Lewis M. Hull, Radio
Manufacturers Association; DR.. George
w. Lewis, National Advisory Commits
tee for Aeronautics; Lieut. Comdr. A. y
Price, Navy Bureau Of AeronauticH -
M. Ryan, Institute Of Radio Engineers
and Ray Stearns, National Electrical
Manufacturers Association.
New Schedules Added.
Following consistent gains In pass
senger traffic which have resulted In
two consecutive monthly records, East
ern Air Transport during the past week
has put into operation two new sched-
uleS, one in each direction, between
Washington and New York Passengers
and express are carried on both new
trips, the northbound leaving Washing
on-Hoover Airport at 2 pm. daily and
the southbound leaving Newark Airport
at 2:40 pm.
During April, Eastern Air Transport.
having taken over the "every hour Oh
the hour" service Of the Ludingtou
Lines, broke all its previous passenge4
records. May showed an increase 81
more than 1000 passengers over the
April total. Eastern Air now operates
daily services to 28 cities between New
York and Miami, in which territory -
operates exclusively.
| Buys American Plane.
Lady Drummond- Hay, famous Eurov
pean journalist and flyer, should by now
| - faI I1n fr1a
testing of new American-built four
place Waco cabin airplane for which
she recently made a special trip to this
country. The plane was shipped to
Europe on the deck of the Bremen.
Lady Drummond- will use the
plane in conducting the business of Iet
news syndicate, which covers the Euro~
pean continent. She holds her own
pilots license and is qualified as navf4
| gator and Is said to have had some ex4
perience in blind flying.
She is known in America chiefly as
the only woman passenger on the Graf
Zeppelin during its dramatic first trans
atlantic flight and as the only woman
who has made flight around the world,
also aboard the Graf Zeppelin.
New Students Enrolled.
Nine new student pilots have been
enrolled during the past two weeks at
College Park Airport. College Park,
Md, bringing the total number Of stus
dents now under flying instruction
there to %.
A wide variety Of occupations are
represented by the student group, q
majority of whom were recruited from
the National Capital. Among the stu.
dents now taking dual instruction are
a policeman. radio engineer, an un-
dertaker, a garage manager, a railroad
engineer, motorman, salesman, q
diplomat, the wife Of an officer of the
Army Air Corps retired physician
and his wife, surgeon, plumber a
hotel manager and truck driver The
list of solo students includes represent
atives of nearly as wide a variety Of
occupations.
Despite the upset financial conditions.
there are indications that the number
of private airplane owners In the Capi-
tai will be considerably increased this
Summer. A number Of the students
now at College Park are considering
the purchase Of their own planes as
soon as they obtain their licenses and
several others are planning to purchase
planes which will be flown by hired
pilots until their new owners learn to
fly.