Evening star., 1935-10-06

put on their flying show without the
interference of the masculine contin-
gent.
The girls have scheduled three main
events which they believe will appeal
to spectators and are inviting every
one to come out and enjoy the fun
The meet will be followed by a supper
in the new club house at the airport
for members Of the derby association
The program will include an aerial
golf game to be played entirely al
the College Park field: a new type ot
relay race and a parachute Jump BY
Miss Helen Frigo, who has earned
laurels both as an exhibition jumper
and pilot.
The pilot-golfers will "drive off" BY
taking off In their planes and drop
ping golf balls attached to small para
chutes. They will land and play the
balls to hole from where they drop
In the relay race one member Of
each team will be in the air and two
on the. ground. The flying member
completing her flying lap, will drop
q ooAAAHo6s ~ yLl6 A1OA LNoS, III q oH4
of good, clean fun. to bean" No. z
on the team. No. 2 will retrieve the
bag and run it to No. 8, who will
sprint to finish line on the field.
Harriet Sackett and Johanna Busse
are responsible for most Of the ar
rangements for the meet. Mrs. Gene
We've M. Savage, who was in charge
OF the very successful all-women' s
meet at College Park last year, has
just left Washington with her hus
band, Capt. Charles M. Savage, Army
Air Corps, who has been transferred
from duty as adjutant at Boiling Field
to the Presidio of San Francisco
While here Mrs. Savage earned ma
tional fame as racing pilot. She
was awarded the Washington Air Derby
Association Trophy last year as the
outstanding local pilot Of the year.
The N A. A. air progress program
which began last month and is to con-
tinue into November, is a part of the
associations effort to make the United
States a world leader in the air. The
| association, having inspired record
flights which have put this country
into world leadership in the number
| Of recognized world aviation record:
held, is seeking now to bring aviation
| to the attention of the non-fiyine
public. Meets and air events are beine
held daily in all parts of the country
The association has announced that
the Federation AeronautiQue Interna-
tionale, of which it is a member, has
accepted an offer of a prize Of approx
imately S500,00 from Monte Carlo fol
an airplane race around the world in
1887. Plans for the race, which Is
expected to be the greatest competitive
air event in history, soon will be un-
dertaken.
Col Harry H. Blee of Washington
has just been named by the associa-
ton as American representative on g
new Commission on Air Law Of the
F, A. I. Dr. Karl Lane, meteorological
expert Of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. has been named to 6
new F. A. I. Commission on Aerology
John J. Ide. European Representative,
Of the National Advisory Committe,
for Aeronautics and N. A. A. repre-
sentative in Paris, has reported tt
association officials here that a new
world classification for light airplanes
on a basis OF engine displacement
rather than weight. has been approved
and that new world records under thi.
classification will be open to competi.
ton in 1897.
Ide also reported that the F. A. I
convention in 1885 is to be held ir
Warsaw next August and that Eng.
land has invited the federation Il
meet in that country in 1887 and Ger
many has asked permission to play
host to the 1888 world conference.
New high-speed schedules between
Washington, Atlanta and New Or.
leans have been inaugurated during
the past week by Eastern Air Lines
following delivery Of new twin-enginet
Lockheed Electra monoplanes.
Under the new schedule travellers
may leave Washington daily at 11:3C
pm. arriving in New Orleans at
am. or at $40 pm, arriving in New
Orleans at 9:35 pm. Local stops er
route are made at Richmond. Va.
Winston Salem, N. c.; Charlotte, NC;
Spartanburg, 8. c.; Atlanta. Ga, and
| Montgomery and Mobile, Ala.
Ships of the Lockheed Electra type
it was explained by Paul H Brattain
general traffic manager Of the airline
are especially designed for fast local
service, making stops at frequent
intervals, but still maintaining fast
elapSed-time service. They are
powered by two Wright Whirlwind
engines developing 440 horsepower
each, and it is said the plane will
cruise at $50 miles per hour with 10
passengers, two pilots and 500 pounds
Of cargo.
Capt. Edward v. Rickenbacker
general manager of the airline, ex-
planned that with the new ships it is
possible to establish "a supplementary
mainline service and to bring ex-
press-plane speed to this field for air
transportation
X \ X X
New records for passengers flown,
passenger miles and express poundage
were established during the first half
Of 1885, according to a semi-annual
survey just completed by the Bureau
Of Air Commerce.
During the six months from Janu-
ary ] to June 80 scheduled airlines of
the United States flew 28,729,128
miles, carried 377,339 passengers on
air journeys totaling 162,858, 746 pas
senger miles and transported 1921 ,013
pounds Of express. These totals are
for all routes, domestic and foreign,
operated by United States airlines.
The domestic routes during the
half year few 24,642, 1874 miles, carried
3l9,484 passengers, flew 139,436,311
passenger miles and carried 1,412,s6e
pounds of express On foreign runs