Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
successful Of Ito kind In the United

successful Of its kind IN the United
States.
william o. Buell.. Legion president,
e. Kreis, transport pilot, as vice presi-
dent Of the club in charge Of the
mems department, and Of Miss Mary
Craig as vice president in charge Of
women's activities.
Emmett r. Carroll has been elected
vice president in charge Of new MEM
bership. Miss Harriet z. Sackett,
formerly secretary, has been elected
secretary-treasuer.
Although there have been woman
members Of the Legion since its Gre
alton six years ago, they previously
have trained on the same basis as
the mer. Miss Craig hopes not on'y
to substantially increaSe the number
Of woman members Of the Legion, but
also to enter more woman pilots in
aviation contests this Summer and
next year.
Kreis received all his training, up
to the highest rank of official licenses,
as o member Of the Legion. Miss
Craig and Miss Sackett also received
Miss Sackett was one Of the f1rst
air policewomen in this section Of
the country and Is director Of the
Washington unit of the Women's Ma
tional Aeronautical Association.
Candidates for membership in the
Legion may enroll with Mr.. Carroll,
student pilot in the Legion. By letter
addressed to him at 4700 Sixteenth
street. The club conducts its flying
activities at College Park Airport, COL
lege Park, Md.
Quesada Shares in Record.
Part of the credit for the new
| transcontinental airmail speed record
made a few days ago by the Army
Air Corps goes to a native Washing
tonian, Lieut.. Elwood r. Pete" Ques-
ada, who few the last lap of the trip,
| from Cleveland to New York.
The Army record, Of IA hours and
8 minutes. from San Francisco to New
York, is the best ever made in flying
the mail on the Nations main trans
continental trunk-line. The time in
cluded regular stops en- route. 1t was
pointed out that the recent fight made
| by Col. Edward v. Rtckenbacker ana
| others in a Douglas transport plane
with the last mail carried by a private
carrier prior to cancellation OF the
airmail contracts, while made in an
hour less time, was flown over route
279 miles shorter and with fewer stops.
Lieut.. Quesada, who completed the
run In a Martin bomber. has been
| on the troublesome New York-Cleve-
land route, over some Of the worst
flying terrain in the country, since
the Army took over the airmau Feb
ruary 20. Regarded as one OF the
best bad weather pilots in the service,
Quesada has maintained a record in
keeping with the finest airman stand
ards on the bad stretch.
Becoming convinced early IN his
flying career that the pilot who knew
instrument flying was the pilot best
equipped for his mission, whatever it
might be, in civil or military flying,
Quesada started out to learn every
thing he could about aerial naviga-
ton and blind flying. For years he
has kept pace with the development
by the Department Of Commerce and
the civil industry Of aids to aerial
navigation and has used them when
ever possible.
| The results have been shown in
his flying, of which the public has
heard nothing at all. Bad weather
flying has become routine to the
young Washington officer and he kept
| out Of trouble and pushed the mail
across the Alleghenies in some Of the
worst flying weather in the history
of American air transportation.