Evening star., 1934-04-29

orous aviation examination required
Of pilots.
All successful candidates will be
given the regular ground and fight
training course, lasting full year. at
Pensacola. Those who complete the
course successfully will be commits
stoned either as ensigns in the Naval
Reserve or as second lieutenants In
the Marine Corps Reserve. They will
be given a year of active duty, the en-
signs with aviation squadrons of the
fleet and the ieutenants with the
Marine aviation souadrons afioat or
at the shore bases at Quantico. Va,
or on the Pacific Coast.
After the year Of active duty, ir
1896, these officer pilots will revert
to inactive status and will be assigned
to Reserve aviation squadrons, such
as VN-6R and VJ-7MR, local naval
and Marine Corps Reserve squadrons
at the Anacostia Naval Air Station.
Information and application blanks
may be obtained from Lieut.. Cloukey
at the Anacostia Naval Air Station
between 9 am. and pm. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Ship Shore Service Resumed.
The ship-to-shore airmail service OF
the North German Lloyd's twin steam
ships, Bremen and Europa, will start
for its fifth year about May 3, when
the Junkers seaplane D-2271 is cata-
pulled from the deck of the Bremen
between 600 and 800 miles of the
American coast, q day before the
steamers arrival in New York. The
Europa will catapult its first plane of
the season about May IA, a day be-
fore docking in New York. There
after the service will continue regu-
larly until October.
The schedule calls for a total of
SO ship-to-shore fights during the
season. The service is to operate
Jointly under the auspices of the
North German Lloyd, the Deutsche
Lufthansa and the German Reichs-
post, with the cooperation Of Post
master John H. Kiely Of New York.
The flights to Europe will be made
four days after the sailing of the
steamers from New York, the planes
fying direct to Southampton to make
connection at Croydon with the air.
lines to Europe. Delivery of mail Is
expedited as much as two days by use
of the airplanes.
The planes are all-metal. low-wtnp
Junkers Ju-46's, equipped with Amer
lcan Hornet engines. They are twin
hoat seaplanes with a cruising radius
OF about 300 miles at speed of 125
miles per hour. The catapults are
about 70 feet long, the planes being
launched by compressed air at an
initial speed of 60 miles per hour.
Each plane carries a pilot and CO.
pilot, who is radio operator and me-
chanic. During flight, constant radio
communication is maintained between
alrpIane and steamer. The pilot OF
the Bremens plane Is Count Sieg-
Tried Won Setback and his radio-me-
chanic-copilot is H. Dierberg. Pilot
Diehle and Copilot Won Hagen are In
charge of the Europas plane.
Last year all SO scheduled fights
were made and mail delivery in New
York was expedited from 8 to 48 hours
depending on weather, winds and
other factors.
Air Violators Suffer.
Swift retribution was visited upon
more than one-third of all aviators
reported during the last half of 1893
as violators of air commerce regula-
t1ons OF the Department of Commerce,
OF 277 flights in which violations
occurred, 104 flights resulted in ac-
c1dents to the aircraft, the aeronautics
branch OF the department has re-
ported.
A total Of 383 violations occurred
during the 277 flights which were di-
vided as follows: Acrobatics, 102; low
flying, 64; licensed aircraft flown by
unlicensed pilots, "a; flying without
position lights, %; dual controls con-
nected during passenger flights, 20;
numbers not properly assigned, 16; and
miscellaneous, l24. The miscellaneous
violations involved conduct contrary
to public safety, flying unlicensed
planes in interstate commerce, traffic
violations at airports, students violat-
ing terms Of permits, noncommercial
pilots carrying passengers for hire, and
overlooking.
There also were 81 nonflight VIOLA
tions which included infractions not
Immediately connected with flights
such as failure to submit reports re-
quired by the air commerce regula-
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