The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

Speaking of Doc Stawowczyk you should have been at the air. port when he came in from Flor.
 ida last Sunday night. After
 record flight from Miami, Doc cir-
 cled the field shortly after dark and with the runway lights on
 came in for perfect threespoint.
 His old friend Lou Griebel was. on
 hand to start, Kidding him at once.
 Lou said Docs nose was so sun-
 burned we didn't really need the foodlights."
 | Jimmy Sharkey, sales manager
 of the Milford Rivet company and
 a. licensed pilot, entertained group of his friends in the air
 over Milford and Bridgeport last
 week.
 On the new Fairchild Super S-71
 being built by Fairchild Aircraft,
 Ltd, of Canada. the oil lines are
 wrapped with thin layer of leath-
 CT. the purpose being to permit the oil to continue flowing if the line should break while at the same
 time fracture in the line would
 be easily discerned on inspection
 by the discoloration of the leather.
 Take 1t. on no less an authority | than Jerome Lederer, chief engi- | neer of the Aero Insurance Under- writers Bureau, that "the econom- icalS limit in cruising speeds of | land planes may be reached in | 1935-36, for this country at least.
 But the longer distances for which | flying boats are designed coupled 1 with increasing foreign competi-
 tion indicates thta for many years l>great things can be anticipated in
 the progress of flying boats" The flying boat. Engineer Lederer says,
 may be the leader in the deveiop-
 ment of fuel economy. higher cruis-
 ing speeds and paylnad efficiency. Leading airlines of the country
 are watching with interest the proposed flight of Roy Hunt.
 speed pilot. who plans substrato-
 sphere flight from the west to east
 coast in February.
 Roy intends to come across
 country at an altitude of between
 25, ,oOoa nd 30,oO0 feet. The cabin
 will be rubber enclosed to clini-
 mate the necessity of a special fly ing suit.
 And lest we forget 1t, Igor .Sikor-
 sky noted designer of amphibions
 and flying boats has returned from an extensive tour of Europe where he studied aviation construction and conditions. The midnight oil will be burning in the laboratories
 at the Sikorsly plant for the next
 months as Inventor Sik6Fsky works
 out many new ideas which he
 gleaned while abroad.
 It sounds a little like the imagin. ation of a press agent but at least it's good story to tell around the airport so here's what an
 American Airline worker tells us.
 A plane St Louis bound has just the pilot was informed by radio
 that he must return for additional
 mail cargo. His first stop was tp have been Peoria but swinging around he dropped back into the airport five minutes later. As the
 steward opened the door out jump ed chap who had a ticket for Peoria. Without looking to see that this was the same airport he
 had just left, the chap said, "Oh
 boy, that's what I call speed. I
 never. thought We could make 1t that fast.'' tg We can look for much activity this spring in the air reserve divi- sion of the Reserve ofiicers' asso- l'ciatfon of the United States, inso- far as Connecticut is concerned. The reserve officers made an ex- cellent choice for air chief when they named former 0 oyernor John H. Trumbull as chairman of air reserve activities. The former | governor was known throughout his term as "Connecticut's flying l governor.
 By solly hero. we are right at the end of tho column and we had SC much to tell you about this week 1 that we didn't give you that pro- missed j formation ofs transport pi. lots Well it'Il bs along one ot theee stormy weeks WheN fyins HsMslis low and visipiIisx poor 7tI f2tt M N fIS 4. Fl F '.z "