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Commerce, which will fix maxi
is methods and retirement bene-
oard, which is empowered to deal
working conditions.
the first drive" to Congressional Air
port, Halpine, Md. Succeeding holes
are at Site 57-B, near Bowie, Md;
Hybla Valley, south Of Alexandria,
Va; Beacon Field, near Alexandria;
Capitol Airport, near Kenilworth. D.
c.; College Park Airport; Congress
sional Airport, Hybla Valley Airport,
and College Park Airport.
Each golfer must furnish his or
her own golf sticks and balls. The
golfer must be the pilot contestant.
Each contestant will be furnished
three parachutes for dropping golf
balls. Score cards are to be fur
nished by entrants. Each pilot-golfer
will carry a scorer of the opposite
sex. Balls must be dropped from a
minimum altitude of 800 feet, follow
ing which the contestant is required
to make normal landing, taxi to a
designated line, walk to his ball, re-
move the parachute, drop the ball on
the exact spot where it was found.
and play it to the hole. In case of a
lost ball, the contestant may drop
another 100 yards from the pin, but
at cost of five strokes. Par for the
course has been set at 81 strokes, on
what basis no one knows.
The various holes bear the pic
turesque names: "Slip-Stream," Neck
O. Fash" "Side-Slip," Skid" Flip
per-" "Stabilizer," Longer on
Gambler" and Home"
There will be no entry fees and no
green's fees. Those wishing to enter
are asked to notify Chester H. War
rington, president of the Derby Asso-
citation, at 2o35 Seventeenth Street
Three-PIace Planes Lead.
Three-seated airplanes are by far
more numerous in the United States
than planes of any other size, accord
ing to a survey just completed by the
Department Of Commerce Aeronautics
Branch. The survey shows that sin
gle-engined airplanes outnumber null
ti-engined airplanes by S,451 to 800,
and that more than 1000 airplanes
were found to be powered with engines
OF 80 horsepower or less.
The survey is taken to be indica-
tive OF an increasing proportion of
private and non-c commercial flying in
many parts of the country. 1t is the
belief of many in the industry that
much of the immediate future of avi-
alton lies in the growth of amateur
and sportsman flying, and that for
this purpose atrplanes of one to three
seats and with relatively low-powered
engines viii rank in the majority.
On June !, the survey shows, there
were 1878 three-place, 2,445 two
place, 816 four-p1ace and TOO one
place airplanes. There were A air
planes capable Of carrying 16 or more
persons, including crew.
Although single-engined planes
greatly outnumbered the multi-en-
gined so greatly, the multi-engined
designs lead in the proportion carry
Ing Department of Commerce licenses,
nearly all of them being licensed
About 25 per cent of the single-en-
g1ned planes bear Identification num-
bers only, the remaining three -fourths
being licensed.
OF the aircraft in use in the United
States on June l the majority were
manufactured between three and five
years ago. OF those in use at the
time OF the survey 576 were manu-
factured this year and about 200 we're
manufactured in 1926 or earlier.
Code Advantages Outlined.
In calling upon the aviation in
dustry to establish scheduled air
transport and manufacturing trade
associations the N. R. A. trade as
sociation section has cited a number
OF advantages to the industry which
it believes may result.
1t was pointed out to the industry
tnat as an outgrowth of such asso-
cations there may be established a
committee OF operators to cooperate
with governmental departments for
the promotion of independent avia-
ton. establishment of a program for
the further and more rapid develop
ment OF personally-owned airplanes
also Is held out as an activity which
may be carried out through a func-
uonlng national association.
Such associations, it was explained.
may serve to improve public recogni-
t1on OF aviation activities; to establish
a code OF fair trade practices; to study
misunderstanding taxi rates and CO.
operative service; to promote insecti-
eide control facilities, forest patrol,
aerial mapping and similar activities;
to promote municipal and State police
| aviation activities; to promote safe
| flying and to discourage hazardous
| flying.
It is pointed out by the N. r. A.
group, in memorandum to all air
transport operators, that the inde-
pendent aviation operators of the
United States now are preparing a
code to include all miscellaneous avia-
ton activities, to be known as code
of fair competition for the commercial
aviation industry" The code will be
supplemental to the two existing avia-
| ton codes.
Airship Discussion Renewed.
With the approaching completion of
the great German commercial airship
LZ-129, which is expected to be
christened the won Hindenburg,"
discussion of the possibility of trans
atlantic airship base in the vicinity
of Washington has been renewed.
Dr. Hugo Eckener, who will be re-
sponsible for operation of the new
ship, as he has been responsible for
six years for the operation of the vet
eran Graf Zeppelin, is very keenly in
terested in a line from Europe to
Washington. He has personally in
spected local sites for an airship ter
,ninal and, in cooperation with Amer
ican interests, has made thorough
going studies of at least three sites,
the nearest of them at Hybla Valley,
south of Alexandria, Va.
Despite the set-backs airships have
suffered in the United States and
virtually all European countries ex-
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