Evening star., 1935-10-27

general and staff have been installed
in new Douglas twin-engined high.
speed transport airplane. 1t is de-
signed to serve as a flying Office in
which the staff can be moved as a
unit, with facilities for carrying on
work while in flight or at rest on the
ground.
The airplane is the standard COM
mercial type air transport airplane
except for the interior ARRANGEMENT.
Immediately to the rear of the pilots
cockpit is radio room with sending
and receiving sets. enabling the COM
manding general to keep in touch with
all units OF the force. A locker COM
partment for confidential maps, dis
patches or data is alongside. The
commanding generals Office is imme-
diately aft of the radio room with a
connecting window. This office con-
tains desk with two chairs, and is
to be used for conferences with staff
or other officers during emergency
flights or maneuvers.
To the rear of the Office, occupying
the central section of the fuselage are
four chairs with desks on either side
Ct ceLter aisle. These are for the
foul members of the staff heading the
G-l, CO, G-3 and Ga organizations.
Desks are arranged to hold stationery
and writing equipment and have ex-
tensions for the study of maps and
large drawings. Buffet, lavatory and
ample baggage facilities are provided.
Four District of Columbia residents
are among the 81 graduates of
the Army Air Corps Advanced
Flying School who have just COM
pleted courses at Kelly Field, Tex.
They are Jack j. Neely. Raymond j.
Reeves, Hudson H. Upham and Robert
W. Hall
year ago. when members of the
new class began flying training at the
Air Corps Primary Flying School at
Randolph Field, they were members
of class of 142 students, comprising
63 officers of the Regular Army, 8
officers from foreign countries. and rs
flying cadets. only Al per cent Of the
original class successfully completing
the one-year course.
Thirty of the 81 West Point grad
yates who began flying training a
year ago as members of the class have
received their wings. or 49 per cent,
which is somewhat higher than the
general average of approximately As
per cent over period of some years.
One Of the graduates is Maj. Ed.
mund W Hill. Air Corps, veteran
lighter-thau-air pilot, who now holds
the ratings of airship pilot, balloon
observer and airplane observer and has
just added the only remaining rating,
that o. airplane pilot
With exception of the three foreign
student officers. who will return to
their respective countries-Mexico
and Turkey-the student officer grad
uateS will be transferred to the Air
Corps. The flying cadets will be as
signed, under their cadet status, to
active duty with Air Corps tactical
squardons for a period of one year.
Should their service during this Pc
riod prove satisfactory. they will be
commissioned second heutenants in
the Air Reserve and, should funds
then be available, will be given an
other year of active duty with Air
Corps tactical squadrons. this time
under their status as Reserve officers.
Capt. Albert F. Hegenberger, Army
Air Corps. world renowned expert in
development of radio blind landing
and aerial navigation equipment, has
been assigned to duty as squadron
commander of the 30th Bombardment
Squadron, Rockwell Field. Calf, with
the temporary rank of major.
Capt. Hegenberger was in charge of
the development of the Army blind
landing system which has been
adopted by the Bureau of Air Com
merce as the heart of the bad weather
flying equipment now being installed
on the Nations airways. He was the
first pilot to make a completely
blind" flight from take-off to land
ing and also has flown as pilot or
navigator on a number of history
making flights, including the first
flight from the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands.
Maj. Hume Peabody, Air Corps,
who graduated last June from the
Army War College here, has been as
signed to duty as executive and
operations officer of the 18th Com
posite Wing, Fort Shafter. Territory
OF Hawaii, with temporary rank of
lieutenant colonel.
Lieut.. Col. Harvey S. Burwell, Air
Corps, has been transferred to the
office of the chief of the Air Corps
here. from duty with the General
Headquarters Air Force, Langley
Field. Va. He will serve as G. H. @.
Air Force personnel liaison officer
Lieut.. Col. Martin F. Scanlon. Air
Corps, commander of the station
complement at Boiling Field, who
recently received his promotion from
the rank of major on the permanent
list, has been assigned to the Ameri-
can Embassy at London as assistant
military attache for air.