Evening star., 1936-04-12
FATALITY RECORDS DROP =: AVIATION NEWS

and are being made the subjects Of
further development.
Private and sports flying progress
Is being stimulated by the National
Intercollegiate Flying Club. which re-
Gently concluded its second annual
conference here after adopting a well.
rounded program intended to en-
courage increased flying by college
and university undergraduates and for
a continuation Of flying by graduate
members of the club.
The Sportsman Pilots Association,
Of which Chester H. Warrington Of
this city Is national president, also Is
working to promote private and sports
flying. Scores Of organizations, such
as the Washington Air Derby Associa-
ton. also are at work throughout
the United States to encourage flying
for sport and business.
The greatest increase in the manu-
facture Of airplanes suitable for use by
the private owner occurred in the
one and two place cabin monoplane
type. In 1884 there were 100 airplanes
Of this type manufactured, while last
year the total sprang to 460. The
number Of three-place cabin land
monoplanes increased from 81 in 1884
to SO in 1885.
The survey Of the year in the air.
craft manufacturing business also re-
vealed another interesting feature.
There was substantial growth in
the size and capacity of a number
Of individual companies-one of the
goals Of military procurement Off
cials. 1t is to such companies the
Nation must turn for its volume pro-
duction of fighting planes in case Of
emergency.
One light-plane manufacturer IN
particular increased his production
from 73 airplanes in 1884 to 227 in
1885. Another in the same class in
creased production from 60 aircraft
in 1884 to 118 in 1885, while another
showed an increase from in 1884 to
SO in 1885.
There were 1877 companies or indi-
viduals producing airplanes for do
mestic civil use in 1885. Six COM
panies manufactured SO or more air.
planes each. or approximately SO per
cent of the total for domestic civil use.
OF the total production in 1885. 1,079
aircraft were for domestic civil use,
BIT were for delivery to military estab-
ishments and 2e5 were exported.
A sixth daily connecting air pas
Senger service from Washington 10
Chicago and a third daily fight to
Los Angeles are features Of new in
creased Spring schedules established
by Pennsylvania Airlines and United
Airlines.
The new schedule provides depar-
ture from Washington at 5:45 pm,
with arrival in Chicago at 9:58 pm.
A breakfast midnight service to
Los Angeles has been established, with
departure from Washington at $50
am. and arrival in Los Angeles short
ly after midnight. The new schedules
boost Uniteds schedule mileage to q
total Of 100000 miles month.
Mrs. Joy Bright Hancock, Navy Bu-
reau Of AeronauticS, has a spirit at
tuned to the brighter side Of life
and it is her delight, when handling
the routine information reports from
naval aviation units everywhere. to
Gull out, dress up and issue items
like the following from the Naval Air
Station. Pensacola, Fla, where all
Navy flight training is carried on:
If current experimental work con-
tinues for a while longer, Squadron l
may be expected to furnish some val
liable data on handling and treatment
of stowaways belonging to the orders
'Felis' and 'Rodentia' Some time
ago an instructor and student had
considerable experience with the re-
actions of a Pensacola rat Of supe-
rior size and determination during his
first flight. The rat was dealt with
summarily, being given an aptitude
mark of S and sentenced to walk the
plank forthwith. Sentence was car
ried out on the spot and flight re-