, 1935-01-27
AERO MEETING
COMES TO END

Following a two-day discussion OF
ways Of improving the comfort and
performance OF commercial airplaneS
the important maintenance commit
tee Of the National Aeronautical
Chamber OF Commerce closed its
semi-annual session here Saturday
afternoon.
The committee. which drew more
than 40 we'll known aviation figures
to Brownsville. reelected Walter A.
Hamilton of Kansas City, superin-
tendant OF maintenance for TWA,
as chairman and selected Cheyenne.
Wyo., as the next meeting place.
Hamilton Is well known in the aero
nautical maintenance field.
Most Of the visitors planned TO
leave Saturday night and Sunday.
but a representative group was 70
remain over Monday In order to give
the Pan-American reuair shops a
thorough inspection. Many OF the
visitors went through the Pan
American plant Friday and Satur-
day.
Both the airline and manufacture
erS' representatives were high IN
their praise OF the Pan-American
plant here. stating II is n Of the
best to be found IN the United
States.
The two sections OF the commit
tee held joint meetings Friday and
Saturday. discussing recent trends
in aviation which mske toward
greater safety and comfort. This
committee. working In cooperation
with manufacturers. Is credited
with developing many Of the safety
devises now In general use by COM
nercial airlines.
Sound-proofing. ventilstion and
other items which make toward
greater comfort for passengers also
we're stressed az the two-day session.
The necessitv for lighter and more
powerful batteries was emphasized
at the meeting.
The air lines representatives here
for the meeting were w. a. Hamil-
ton Of Kansas City. TWA: Paul
Braniff OF Oklahoma City. Braniff
Air Line: VIM. B. Click Of Fort
Worth. American Airway Line; w. p.
Hoar OF Cheyenne, United Air Line;
II. ID. ingalls,. American Airway
Line: s. Paul Johnston OF New
York. Aviation: j. p. Lamont Of St.
Paul. Northwestern Air Lines: w. 5.
McDuffee OF Fort Worth. Bowen
Air Lines: VIM. Miles of Monroe.
La, Delta Air Lines: Paul Moore OF
Fort Worth. American Airway Line:
Sterling <. Perry of Dallas. Braniif
Air Line: G. Regan Stunkel OF Fort
Worth. Bowen Air Line; r. d. sun
dell OF Brownsville. Pan-Americn;
Fl. o. West of Chicago. United Air
Line; r. w. Barker. secretary Of the
maintenance committee OF the Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce.
The manufacturers representa-
tives here incl,ded X. J. Boedecker
Of Patterson. N. j.. Wright Aero
Corp: Ray Brown Of Akron. Cen
eral Tire; Homer Bredouw OF Kan
SaS City, Bredouw-Hillard Corp:
John L. Bunce Of Pratt a. whitney,
manufacturers Of aircraft engines;
Thomas p. Colby OF Detroit, Berry
Bros; G. Cole OF Santa Monica,
Calf, Douglas Aircraft Co; Robert
Drake Of Bradford, Pa, Kendall Oil;
W. II. Dubois Of South Bend. Ben
dix Brake Co: Hal Henning OF New
York. Texacos L. o. Quintler Of Ak
ron. Goodyear: r.. II. Isaacs Of New
York, Eclipse Aviation Corp; r. w.
Leedom OF New York. B. G.. spark
plugs; j. Pedlar Of Akron, Good
rich: NJ. G. Pope of Atlanta, Exide
batteries: Frederick e. Pyne Of
New York. PACO; Carl F. Schory OF
Hartford. Hamilton standard: Carl
ID. Squier OF Los Angeles. Lockheed
Aircraft; L. w. Trees. Of Los An
geles. Seintilla magnetos.
Oscar Wallace and Phillip Salz-
man Of the department OF COM
merce also attended the session as
did D. J. Mallett. c. K. Shealer and
j.. Lauver OF the Pan-American.
Brown and Drake flew In in their
private plane as did Colby.