Evening star., 1935-04-28

Six hundred passengers were flown on
sightseeing trips over Washington
during a period of four days. Two
charter trips were flown to Havre de
Grace, Md, in one day and an emer-
gency charter flight was made to
carry a physician rom New York to
Baltimore for an operation at Johns
Hopkins.
Paul Chande, student pilot at Col
lege Park Airport, College Park Md,
took his Federal examination for a
private pilots license during the lat
ter part Of the week.
Brock to Be Honored.
A practicing physician who took to
flying for sport and who set out to
prove to his own satisfaction that it
Is possible for even an amateur to fly
day after day without fail, regardless
Of weather or any combination of cir
cumstances, on Tuesday will come to
Washington to receive national honor.
He is DR.. John D. Brock Of Kansas
City, Mo-, who for 1900 consecutive
days has not missed his daily air
plane flight. 1t is not alone for this
record-unequaled by any commercial
or military pilot in the world-that
DR.. Brock Is to receive tribute, how
ever. He also will be honored for the
beneficial effect his efforts have had in
promoting flying generally, not only
by private pilots in their own planes,
but also by the lay public as airline
passengers.
National aviation leaders will gather
at luncheon in the Mayflower Ho-
tel Tuesday, under the auspices of the
National Aeronautic Association and
the Aero Club of Washington. to do
honor to the Missouri doctor who re-
fused to believe that it was not pos
sible to fly daily in all kinds of
weather and who shamed scoffers by
setting out himself to prove that avia-
tion can be made independent of the
elements.
Got Laughs for Views.
DR.. Brock started flying as a pas
time and then began to use it in
connection with his practice and for
regular travel. Back in 1929 he over
heard a hangar debate on the posi-
bility Of flying daily, regardless of
weather. He ventured the opinion
that it could be done, even by an
amateur Seasoned commercial pilots
laughed at him. So, every day since
November Is, 1929. DR.. Brock has
flown. He has flown in fog, snow,
rain and dust storms. He has flown
in gales and with ice on his wings.
For nearly six years he has taken to
the air every day to prove to the
whole world his contention that daily
operation of an airplane is a practical
possibility.
One day DR.. Brock undertook his
daily flight in raging blizzard which
stopped every other plot in hundreds
of miles. He took of and got into the
air, but was forced down without
actually leaving the field. Undaunted,
he waited for several hours and then
took off and few for a half hour in
the storm.
In 1891 he flew his plane on a
goodwill tour to every State capital
in the United States and to the prin-
cipal cities of Canada. In spite of
frequent bad weather conditions and
his lack of familiarity with much of
the country over which he few. he
kept strictly to schedule and never
was more than an hour late through
out the trip.
1t is Dr. Brooks opinion that the
hazards of bad weather flying are be-
ing rapidly eliminated and that air
line schedules soon will be just as de-
pendable as those of any other form
of transportation.
The kind of weather that is dan
gerous to aircraft" he said. 'is Just
as dangerous to trains, boats and
automobiles-the kind of weather
which makes it impossible to see
where YOU are going. Blind flying