Evening star., 1935-04-07

Vidal, director of air commerce, OF
purposes and procedure.
The bureau has no desire to dis
cuss either regulations or the present
airways system at this conference"
Vidal has explained. Instead, we
are anxious to discuss with the opera
solved in the interest of increased
safety and performance"
Vidal pointed out that the bureau
now has authority to engage in de-
velopment work and has undertaken
program seeking improved types Of
airplanes suitable for operation by
private owners. Similar develop
ment, in cooperation with the air
lines, of transport airplanes and en-
gines might be possible were funds to
be made available.
Among other problems about
which We should like to secure ex-
preSSionS of opinion as to possible aid
from the Bureau of Air Commerce."
Vidal said. "are high altitude flying
and further de-icing experiments,
upon which one or more airlines have
already been working. Also the in
creasing difficulties presented by
traffic control at air terminals will
be considered and desirable trends in
future lighted and radio-equipped
airways adaptable to the more modern
type of flying will be discussed
The bureau will report to the oper-
atorS on the progress its engineers
have made in the use of the radio
compass for navigation and instru-
ment landings. Installation of radio
landing facilities along the midcon-
! tlnental route from New York to San
Francisco also will be discussed.
Maj. Crom to Speak.
Development of sources of supply
of war materials for airplane manu-
/ facture will be discussed by Mai. w.
H. Crom, Army Air Corps, in the
regular lecture meeting of local Army
Air Reserve officers at pm. Tuesday
| in the Air Corps projection room,
Munitions Building. Capt. w. v. An
dreWs, Air Corps, will be instructor
| in charge.
At the same time the tactical en-
ployment of anti-aircraft artillery
| will be discussed by Lieut. E. B. Gray,
Coast Artillery Corps, at a meeting
in the Signal Corps projection room,
Munitions Building.
| Last Monday Capt. Andrews dis
! cuSsed the functions of the new
general headquarters air force at a
/ general meeting of Reserve officers
Capt. Andrews is the brother of Brig.
Gen. Frank M. Andrews, command
ing the G. H. @. air force.
British Subsidize Gliding.
Great Britain is subSidizing gliding
through a grant of $4,000 a year for
! five years. In connection with the
awarding of the grant the British
Gliding Association has been COM
pletely reorganized along lines agreed
! to by the British air ministry.
At present, according to informa-
tion received here by the Soaring So
ciety of America, the glider clubs
composing the British association
own 100 gliding and soaring planes,
which are used by approximately 900
members. Thousands of new enthu-
| siaSts are ito have an opportunity to
get air training which they cannot
afford to get through membership in
the many we'll organized British light
airplane clubs.
Britain's largest club, the London
/ Gliding Club, is planning an immedi-
/ ate expansion of its facilities at its
/ gliding base a 117-acre tract near the
town of Dunstable, in the heart of
/ the Chiltern Hills.
The British subsidy is based on a
belief that the importance of air.
mindedness in the defensive armor
of nation has been proved beyond
cavil and that Great Britain is too
vulnerable to air attack to overlook
any means of building up a real
enthusiasm for flying among its peo-
| Pile.
Germany and Soviet Russia are
particularly active in sponsoring glid-
| ing and soaring through govern
mental subsidies and the German
gliding schools on the Wasserkuppe
are acknowledged to be the most ad-