Evening star., 1936-08-16


instrument flying and expert in their
use," Maj. Myers stated. This flight
is all the more remarkable because at
this time the research establishing the
underlying principles had not been
accomplished. They simply knew they
had to depend on their instruments
II they were to come through.
Many historical flights have been
accomplished since that time, and
without exception each and every pilot
was an expert in instrument flying.
The successful blind flyer must
correlate his senses to his instru-
ments"
To Col. Ocker. Maj. Myers said, "be-
longs the credit for supplying the
original problem for solution and the
development and application of the
technical side essential to that solu-
ton" To Maj. Myers belongs the
credit for conducting the medical re-
search that resulted in the discovery
of the basic underlying principles now
universally acknowledged as the solu-
ton of the difficulties encountered in
blind flying.
SEVENTY-TWO new airport prof.
ects have been added during the
past three months to the Works Prog
ress Administration national airport
program, according to progress re-
port made public today. The airport
program now includes SOC projects at
438 locations, ranging from minor i'm
provements to large-scale operations
at major air terminals
Expenditure authorizations for air
port projects made by State admins
traitors rose from s23,111, 1886 on March
81, the date of the last report on avia-
tion activities of the w. P. A., to S40,-
690,290 on June 80. The major por-
ton of the sl7,000,o00 increase has
been assigned to projects started
earlier this year, to insure their en-
tire completion or the completion of
useful units.
Four seaplane bases now are under
construction. The airmarking of
towns and cities is progressing in 80
States, under expenditure authorize
tions of approximately 100000.
1t was reported that So airport
projects have been completed and
that others are approaching the COM
pletion stage
Only one project is listed for the
District of Columbia. This is Boiling
Field, for which expenditure of STAT
781 has been authorized. This project
now is active.
Maryland has three projects. all
active They are Baltimore, Sl,225.-
480; Dundalk, new project. S727,
and Statewide airmarking activities,
s8364
In Virginia IA projects are listed,
of which 10 are active. The active
projects are at Bristol, s26.264; Dan
vile, s7,693; Gordonsville, s6,1o2;
Hopewen, sl7,e33; Lynchburg, two
projects. S63,394 and s13,097; Parks
ley, sl3,260; Richmond, s23,450; Ro-
anoke, s40,643. and Statewide air
marking. S14,769.
One project is completed at Frank
lin, where sl6,260 was authorized
Three projects have been tempo
rarily suspended, at Hopewell, Peters,
burg and Richmond.
The total authorization for Virginia
is s252,844.
AS A result of heavy increases in
air travel between Washington
and the West, United Air Lines has
increased its schedules to seven round
trips a day between Cleveland and
Chicago, connecting at Cleveland with
airplanes of Pennsylvania and Central
Airlines from Washington.
The trip from Washington to Chi
cago, including the transfer at Cleve-
land, requires hours. the eastbound
trip being scheduled for hours and
Is minutes, due to the prevailing
winds from the west.
EASTERN AIR LINES. which oper-
ates between Washington and
New York, the most frequent air
transport schedules flown over any
route in the world by single air.
line, has reported that its volume OF
air express increased almost 100 per
cent during the first six months of
this year, as compared with the same
period last year.
The exact gain was 938 per cent,
according to Capt Edward V. Ricken-
backer, general manager, and was due
in large measure to increased ship
ping from the South over the Miami
and New Orleans routes to Washing
ton and New York.
Rickenbacker also announced in
creases of 39.7 per cent in airmall
carried and of 16 per cent in revenue
passenger traffic. Passenger miles
flown during the six months increased
23.6 per cent, or an increase of 4,383,-
891 miles.
June of this year brought a gain
of 1857 revenue passengers, as COM
pared with June. 1885, while 27,400
pounds more of air express were car
ried during the month than during
June year ago.
DEVELOPMENT by the Bureau of
Standards, in cooperation with
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, of a revised form OF
carbon monoxide indicator for use in
aircraft has been announced by the
Commerce Department.
The aircraft outfit was prepared
by modifying commercial units
already available by reducing weight
and size and by substituting an ex-
ternal ventura tube for the usual
vacuum pump. An alarm has been
developed which sounds when the
carbon monoMde concentration ex-
ceeds 0o2 per cent.
The maximum amount OF carbon
monoxide in air to which a person
may be exposed without harm for
one hour is 004 per cent at ground
level, the amount falling of with alti-
tude. Carbon monoxide in quantities
dangerous to personnel may be pres
ent in the cockpits of airplanes or
@hn anr;ra oo naI1ac nf airehinS This