Evening star., 1933-06-11

Ippolito Catoln Salvoni of the Italian
embassy, and John Berezoski of WASH
ington. Hubert J. Burrows. negotiator
Of Mexican affairs, who recently soloed
as a Mount Vernon Airways student,
Is preparing TO take the examination
for license.
Among those operating and flying
from the airport regularly are the Dis
trict of Columbia Air Legion, Miss
johanna Busse, Clarence Bruce. Con-
rad A. Fike and r. A. Rawson of Wash
ington and Cecil coppage of Alex
andria.
The airport landing area Is being en-
larged to accommodate the increasing
, local and transient air trafic New tile
floors have been laid in the ofices and
waiting room and concre.S walks and
loading platforms are being laid A
parachute packing and repair service
has been established there by Edward
Butler, who makes demonstration jumps
every Sunday at the field.
Bendix Composition Keen.
With several special long-range rae
ing planes under construction for the
event and others being rebuilt to i'm
prove their performance. competition
for the Bendix transcontinental speed
trophy, to be flown July 1, promises to
be keener than ever. The race, for the
first time, will be flown from East to
West
The competing pilots will take of
from one Of the New York airports,
probably long before sunrise on July /,
and the winner is expected to arrive in
Los Angeles during nidafteroon Of the
same day. flashing across a finish line
at the scene Of the National Air Races,
to be held In the California city
The winner this year viii receive .
cash prize Of $4,000, with an additional
~ 900 bonus II he succeeds in lowering
the existing East-West transcontinental
speed record Of IL hours and 80 min
utes, set by Col. Roscoe Turner last
November.
As In previous years, the contestants
may land to refuel or may fly nonstop
as they choose Or as the fuel capacity
OF their planes dictates. They win be
required. however, to pass over the new
Hendix Municipal Airport. South Bend,
IND. where they win be checked as
they pass the 600-mile mark in their
2,500-mile dash.
The Bendix Trophy was first award
ed In 1881 and has resulted in the
shattering of all previous West-East
transcontinental speed records In the
two years IN which 1t has been posted
for competition.
Maj. James H. Doolittle was victor
In the first race for the trophy, cross
ing the finish line at Cleveland and
then continuing on to New York to
set q new coast-to-coast record of II
hours and 16 minutes, clipping / hour.
Q minutes and 8 seconds from the
record Of Lieut.. Comdr. Frank M.
Hawks,
A year later James @. Haizlip won
the event. knocking 81 minutes off the
record time Of Doolittle and setting the
present coast-to-ooast record Of 10
hours and 10 minutes.
Haislip. Colndr. Hawks, Col. Turner.
Jimmy Wedell and perhaps Doolittle
are among those expected to fly in
the Bendix this year. The Bendix
portsnt Of the 's COMPETITIVE 10 S aSi ayiation ,m,
events. since It has led to the develop
ment Of special long-range high-speed
planes which have been the basis for
some OF the fast transport planes now
being placed In service on the Nations
air lines.
High-Speed Service Opens.
The fastest multi-motored air trans
port schedules in the world are to be
inaugurated today between New York
and the Pacific Coast, when United
Air Lines will slash 10 hours on its
coast-to-coast flying time. The new
schedule calls for 20-hour fight
eastbound and 211a hours westbound.
The difference Is to allow for the pre-
vailing westerly winds.
The new service will affect air line
schedules throughout the United
States, and officials Of the Post Office
Department, who must approve and
assist in working out the new sched-
ules. have spent many weary hours Of
work reconciling the differences ct
junction points throughout the country.
An example OF the difaculties ems
countered In working out new schedules
on Nationwide network is illustrated
by the fact that Pennsylvania Air
Lines, operating between the National
Capital and Cleveland. where connec-
ton Is made with the United system.
has had to rearrange its schedules four
times within two weeks to conform
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