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ary term which seemed to apply most
closely.
They were not satisfied, however,
for the application, obviously, was in
accurate. The land-water airplane
certainly did not graduate from water
to land form with age. So one de-
signer coined trade term, "amphi-
bion." The word had no dictionary
authorization and no legalized ex-
istence. It was appropriate, however,
and 1t stuck and gradually spread to
all airplanes Of that class.
The word "amphibion" now is used
by many in the industry and is used
exclusively in the Aircraft Year Book,
publication Of the Aeronautical Cham
Der Of Commerce. And now the word
has been given the stamp of approval
Of the photographers and so has come
to occupy its ofhcial place in the
language.
In the new Funk Il Wagnalls
dictionary the word "amphibion" ap-
pears as q noun. with the definition:
An airplane constructed to rise from
and alight on either land or water"
Aviation, during its brief span Of
life, has given many words to the
language. Many of them, coined
during the past decade or 80. have
found their way into ofiicial usage and
are on the tongues Of laymen. Such
words as "tailspin" and "haywire" are
common. "Haywire" dates to the
Transforming" days Of aviation, when
repair parts were not to be found
everywhere and baling wire from the
nearest farm lot was used to splice
broken struts and spars until perma-
nent repairs could be made. Thus, Q
"haywire crate" came to mean an air.
plane which had been smashed up
and was temporarily hung together.
Such an airplane was not apt to be
reliable; it was . crazy makeshift and
the pilot who would fly such a ship
very long was regarded as . little
haywire.
These are just examples. There are
literally hundreds Of aviation words
and phrases in the lexicon of the in
dustry. Some scores of them have
found their way into the dictionaries.
Many are obsolete, so rapidly is avia-
ton growing, and others are so
specialized as to have no meaning yet
to the layman.
A PROMINENT Of two prominent
officers Of the Army Air Corps as
officials Of the Fairchild Aviation
Corp, producer Of military and civil
aircraft and aerial Photographic equip
ment. has been announced by Sher-
man M. Fairchild. president.
Col. John H. Jouett, pioneer Army
airplane and airship pilot. has been
named president of the Fairchild Air
craft Corp. at Hagerstown, Md, and
Col. Virginius e. Clark. one of the
early Army pilots, who was chief
aeronautical engineer of the Army
from 1915 to 1920. has been named q
director and vice president in charge
Of all engineering.
Col. Clark, designer of many types
Of highly successful military and COM
mercial airplanes, resigned from the
Army in 1920 after two years as the
first commanding officer of the Army's
aeronautical experiment station at
McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. He later
was chief engineer of the Dayton
Wright Aircraft plant of General
Motors Corp. and designed the winner
Of Navy competition for q shipboard
amphibion and other successful mill
tary aircraft. When General Motors
discontinued its aircraft activities in
1928. Col. Clark helped organize Con-
solidated Aircraft and became vice
president and chief engineer. His air
plane designs there won all of the
Army and Navy competitions in which
they were entered.
Col. Clark pioneered in retractable
undercarriages, flaps. spoilers, engine
cowlings and designs Of airfoils, in
cluding the famous U. 8. A. n and
U. s: A. 16, and the even more widely
known Clark u and Clark Y wing
sections. His wing sections have been
used on large proportion Of Ameri-
can airplanes, including many record
holders and such famous aircraft as
Col. Lindbergh's Spirit Of st. Louis,
the Vought Corsairs, the Wright
Apache, the Glenn Martin T3M Navy
torpedo planes. the Douglas round
!,
and observation airplanes and the
Consolidated Army and Navy train
ing planes.
Col. Jouett left the Army in 1880 to
become associated with the Standard
Oil Co. of Louisiana. In 1882 he went
to China ut the invitation Of the Chi
nese government to organize its air
force and establish an aviation train
ing school, He was elected treasurer
of the National Aeronautic Association
recently.
RARBER and beauty parlor service
for passengers on the large air
line transport planes now being con-
structed or designed was . topic OF
discussion at an air transport trafdc
Just held in Kansas City,
Mo, by one of the transcontinental
airlines.
Huge airliners Of much greater
in capacity and perform
ance now are being given considera-
ton by airline operators as equipment
that will be used In q relatively few
years." 1t was explained by onicials
Of the line following the conference.
THE service Of meals on board and
other comfort facilities now provided
Is q small indication Of what can be
expected on planes In the future.
Shoes placed in the aisles outside
doors will be shined at
night by . porter who will accompany
the plane. A barber and beauty OPP
orator will be an addition to the
service personnel and 1t will be pos
Sible to have suits and dresses sponged |