Evening star., 1935-04-07

would tremendously enhance the pres
tige of American aviation and would
increase its dominance in the air.
plane export field. with resulting ben
eft to every branch of the industry,
the ASSOCIATION believes.
Planes Capable of Records.
Among the new American airplaneS
which the N. A. A. has found capable
of world record performances if they
are put to the trial are the new Doug
las and Boeing transports, now in
standard use on number OF alrllneS,
the Lockheed Electra transport, also
in common use; the Beechcraft BIZ
plane transport, the Northrop Gamma
transport and the Vultee transport.
The new Martin trans-Paciflc plane
now being completed at Baltimore for
PAN American AirwayS is expected to
be capable of setting at least a half
dozen world marks. It's predecessor,
the Sikorsky S-42, established eight
world records on a single flight. There
is new Fairchild amphibion which
offers definite possibilities.
The world landplane speed record,
lost to France by narrow margin,
can be recsptured by the latest We
dell-Williams racer, in the opinion
of N. A. A. officials.
There are many landplane and
amphibion records for speed with va
rying loads within the grasp of Amer
ican aviation if it only will reach for
1n nf i
nine records open to American wom-
an pilots with every hope of success,
it is pointed out. They include light
plane speed and altitude records,
landplane speed records with load
and amphibion and seaplane records
The N. A A, revitaliZed under the
leadership of its new president, Sena-
tor William G.. McAdoo of California,
is seeking to coordinate all aviation
interests in this country in a cam
paign to regain the worlds major air
records, promote air travel through
out the United States, crease public
interest in the whole field of aero
nautics and stimulate the building up
of the civil industry and the military
air defense.
Aids College Club.
As a part of its campaign, the N
A. A. has taken an active part during
the past week in cooperating with
representatives of college flying clubs
in the organization of National In
tercollegiate Flying Club. The ma
tional body was established during a
two-day conference here and has for
its goal the building up of private
flying, not only as a campus sport but
as a medium of recreation and travel
in later years.
All the officers of the national club
are college students. Grover Looming
pioneer airplane designer and builder
and donor of the Looming Intercol-
legiate Flying Trophy has been elect
ed honorary president. To lend sta
bility to the national club, in view
of its constantly fluctuating men,
bership due to annual graduatlons'
the club created an Advisory Board
composed of members serving three
year terms each.
The Advisory Board is headed by
William r. Enyart, secretary to the
N. A. A. Contest Board, and includes
as members Charles L. Morris, State
commissioner of aviation for Con-
necticut and former president of the
Yale Aeronautical Society; John D.
Ackerman, head of aeronautics, Uni
versity of Minnesota and Minnesota
State aviation commissioner; William
B. Harding, former Yale Flying Club
member and now prominent New
York sportsman pilot; Prof. Leslie A.
Walker, head of the aeronautical de-
partment, University of Alabama, and
Prof. Stanley Meikle of Purdue Uni
versity.
Beacon Field Expands.
Establishment of new flying school,
construction of new hangar and the
acquisition of additional flying equip
ment have signaled the opening of
an active season at Beacon Field, on
the Washington Richmond highway
near Alexandria, Va.
The Beacova Flying School is being
directed by Marvin G. Solomon and
is operating a Great Lakes open
cockpit trainer with a 95-horsepower
Cirrus engine, Stinson Junior cabin
lnonoplane and will place in operation
an autogiro as soon as hanger space
can be provided for it.
A new metal hangar go by rs feet
in size, with 18-foot clear headroom
inside, is being constructed. This
hangar is about twice the size OF
the existing hangar.
Among the students of the school
Is Arthur Godfrey, radio announcer
and program director, who is building
up time for his transport pilots
license. Godfrey holds a private
license and now has about 100 hours
of flying time toward his transport
license.
A program of exhibition flying, in.
cluding a parachute jump, is to be
given at Beacon Field each favorable
Sunday afternoon during the coming
season. The public is invited to wit
ness the show without charge.
Bill Payne, at Washington Airport
has started night sightseeing flights
for the season. Charter flying ha'
been brisk during the week, with
flights to Norfolk, New York and from
Wilmington, Del, to New York ano
back to Washington.
Mount Vernon Airways, just south
of Alexandria, Va, is completing
overhauling, repairing and repaintinl
buildings and equipment for the sea-
son. Overhauling of a Taylor-Cut
training plane is being completed ane
the ship is to be on the line today.
Miss Harriet Sackett, one of thu
most active Washington feminine ny
ers, has bought a Waco plane witt
an OX-5 engine and is keeping it a
Mount Vernon. Cy Coppage and r. A
Rawson also have new planes there
Airline Conference Called.
High altitude passenger flying. re
noval of ice from aircraft in flight
use of the radio compass for air navi
cation and instrument landings
traffic control at air terminals, de
velopment of new flying equipmen
and other flying problems will be dis
cussed at a conference of representa-
tives of the Nations scheduled al
transport lines with officials OF tn
pureau of Air Commerce tomorrow a