Evening star., 1934-11-18

company officials and heads OF the
Post Office Department. it was an
nounced that an eight-hour schedule
in both directions will be maintained,
cutting four hours off the present
schedules. Day and night operations
will be carried on.
The first daily plane southbound will
leave New York at $40 pm. for
Miami, with stops as follows: WASH
ington, Ass pm; Raleigh. 6:45 pm;
Savannah, 848 pm; Jacksonville,
9:45 pm, and Miami, 1907 am.
The northbound day flight will leave
Miami at 10 am, arriving at Jack
sonville at 1907 am; Savannah, / :09
pm; Raleigh. 3:12 pm; Washington,
ASS pm, and New York, $50 pm.
The night Florida Flyer, south
bound, will leave New York at l0:4O
pm, arriving at Washington at 1855
pm; Charleston, Psi am; Jackson
sonville, All am, and Miami, 6:40
am. No other stops are scheduled
on this night run.
On the northbound night run the
plane will leave Miami at 7:30 pm,
stopping at Jacksonville at 9:37 pm,
Charleston at 1l:08 pm, Washington
at 2:08 am, and arriving in New York
at $40 am
The night "skip-stop" service will
permit the big Douglas planes to oper-
ate at the high attitudes in which they
develop their greatest speed and eff
cheney. The advantage of climbing to
high altitude is lost if there is too
short an average distance between
stops, it was explained.
New Airports Described.
Several new or improved airports in
nearby Maryland and Virginia and a
new identification blinker in the Dis
trict of Columbia are described in the
latest Notice to AviatorS issued by the
Navy photographic Office.
Chesapeake Air Ferries Airport, an
emergency landing field near Cam
bridge, Md, is located between the
main highway and the Choptank
River about miles east of Cam
bridge, it was announced. The land
ing field extends northeast southwest
and is $500 feet long by 200 feet wide.
The surface is sod. with natural drain
age. There are no distractions other
than a 15-foot growth of underbrush
at the southwest end. An orange
wind-cone is provided and telephone
service is available. There are no
other facilities.
A new commercial landing field,
known as Spring Hill Airport, is being
completed at Salisbury, Md. This air
port is T-shaped, with runways north
and south 1850 by 200 feet and east
and west 1,780 by 200 feet. Surface is
sod with natural drainage. There is a
20-foot pole line across the east end
of the east-west runway, 15-foot pole
line across the north end of the other
! runway and low scrub growth to the
south.
Specification fuel and oil and minor
repairs are obtainable. Work of en-
larging the field is in progress; within
several months the north-south run
way will be extended to a length of
1000 feet and the east-west runway
to 2,450 feet. A 100-foot marker
circle and hangar will be constructed.
Staunton Municipal Airport, an
auxiliary landing field about 4 miles
northeast of Staunton, Va, has been
completed to replace the old Fort
Defiance auxiliary field formerly in
operation about 7 miles northeast of
Staunton. The new airport is east
of the railroad and highway The
landing area is V-shaped, with two
landing strips-north and south,
1900 by $50 feet, and northeast
southwest. 1900 by $50 feet. No
service facilities are available.
Announcement is made to all pilots
of the operation of a new flashing
| beacon on top of the Dupont Circle
Apartments, on Connecticut avenue.
The beacon. installed and maintained
by H. L. Rust Co., is operated from
sunset to am. 1t shows 20 white
flashes per minute, with a greenish
tinge toward the top Of the light.