Evening star., 1934-07-29

former Federal rules.
| flying equipment, qualification and
experience Of flying and ground per-
sonnel maintenance of the equipment.
a!rways and navigation facilities,
ground organization and operations
procedure.
One of the important features of
the regulations is the requirement
that. pilots shall not engage in sched-
uled interstate air passenger trans
portation until they have qualified for
Commerce Department scheduled
air transport rating by meeting ex-
tensive experience requirements and
demonstrating ability to fly by instru-
| ments and radio alone.
In administering the airline regu-
lations with this explicit authority
and Jurisdiction" Vidal said, "the
| Bureau of AIR Commerce of the de-
| partment will continue cooperate
with the airlines on new problems
| that will develop in the future, but
/ at the same time it will insist on
rigid adherence to the requirements
which are regarded, from the stand
point of safety, as representing good
practice and good judgment in air.
1 line operation"
Cross-U. S. Record Sought.
Belief that the United States can
be spanned, from the Pacific to the
, Atlantic, in Slz hours, will be put to
the test on August 81, when number
of the fastest airplanes built in this
country will take of from Los An
geles in the fourth annual Bendix
| trophy race, a feature of the opening
days program at the National Air
Races in Cleveland. from August 81
to September 3. inclusive.
The racers will leave Los Angeles at
dawn. it has been announced by Cliff
| National Air Races, and will fly to
Cleveland, finishing line for the Bendix
race, and then continue to New York
in an assault on the present trans
continental speed record of 10 hours 4
minutes and 55 seconds.
Col. Roscoe Turner, who now holds
both the East to- West and WeSt-to-
East transcontinental speed records,
will be in the Bendix to defend his
title. Jimmie Haislip, record holder
! in 1882, also will be entered. Both
these BendiX veterans have faster
ships than any of the long distance
racers they previously have flown.
Benny Howard, noted as a de-
signer and builder of racing planes as
well as one of the best racing pilots in
the business, is reported to be pre-
pairing a new plane for the Bendix,
Henderson said Although the death
of Jimmy Wedell has eliminated one
of the Nations foremost spe ilots
from the Bendix this year, three of the
Wedell-Wiliams speed planes are
available for other pilots.
Prize Money Totals $10,000.
Total prize money in the Bendix
race is $4,000. with money for the
| first prize places. An additional S2,500
| has been posted for smashing of the
/ tranScontinental record.
/ Sponsoring this annual transcon-
tinental speed classic. Vincent Bendix
is making an outstanding contribution
to the progress of transportation,
I Henderson said Each year the
/ Bendix race brings new speed records
| And each year our air transport planes
| gain speed. The designers of the speed
! planes see their handiwork reflected in
/ the air liners constantly. The stream
/ lining, the adding of power to motors
| and all the other things that make
our air liners faster are a direct result
of the designs that go into the racing
! jobs
/ The first Bendix race was held in
1881 and was won by Maj. James H.
Doolittle, who established a transcon-
tnental record OF II hours Is min
utes from Los Angeles to New York
wOmen's Meet Planned.
A rigorous competitive program is
being arranged for the countrys
woman pilots at the flying meet to
be held at College, Park Airport. Col
| lege Park. Nd, October 81 in con-
nection with the regional meet here
of the "99ers," national women pilots
organization.
The meet will include competitive
+ acrobatIc flying under rules of the
/ Washington Air Derby Association,
which is sponsoring the meet, a para
chute jumping contest to a mark. a
25-mile race, aerial bombing with
regulation contest bombs and other
/ events to be decided upon later. Plans
/ for an aerial dog fight" have been
abandoned for fear that woman flyers.
unaccuStomed to the hazards of mill
tary combat flying. might collide in
fight.
The flying meet will be preceded
! on October 30 by a regional conven-
/ ton of the 9eers, with headquarters
at the Willard Hotel. A business
session is to be held in the afternoon,
followed by series of social events,
including q tea. cocktail party and
reception and ball.
/ The Washington Air Derby Asso-
/ citation. in lieu of an August flying
meet, Is planning a moonlight steam-
] boat trip down ths Potomac for thu