The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-08
World
OF
Aviation
BY BILL CAMP

Committee on Senator McCarran's
aviation bill.
A subcommittee Of the House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee today was making
final deliberations on the bill Of
Representative Lea CD, Of Cali
fornia, to establish a Civil Aero
nautics Authority. Observers pre-
dicted a favorable report from the
subcommittee within a week.
Senator Truman, appearing at
the opening hearing on the NC
Carran aviation bill, described leg
islation now pending in both
branches of Congress and declared
Government agencies concerned
with aviation were agreed that
legislation to control economic
and safety phases Of aeronautics
was vital and would be passed dur
ing this Congress.
Thirty.three aviation editors Of
leading newspapers this week
were returned in giant T. w. A.
skyliners from the Third Annual
Pan Pacific International Aircraft
Show in Los Angeles. The editors
had been guests Of 7. w. A. ana
Paramount Pictures.
The editors made the first flight
over the new route 1naugurated
by r. w. A. to the playground at
Boulder Dam and Boulder City,
over the Grand Canyon National
Park. With the new airline service
route, one Of the garden spots OF
the world becomes available to
the vacationer within q few min
utes' flight time from all connect
ing air carriers.
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Flight characteristics of the
o. S. Army and Navy air services,
heretofore unknown except to
those in the regular services, are
to be made available to Bureau
of Air Commerce inspection per-
sonnet. Three engineering in
spectors have been assigned by
the bureau to Langley Field, Va,
to study four-motored bombers
with. two airline maintenance in
spectors, in a brief training period.
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A sudden rush for reservations
to Norfolk and Virginia Beach TO-
day followed the installation OF
daily air passenger, mail and eX-
press service yesterday by Penn
SvIvania Central AirlineS.
Two new ships, christened the
Stars and Stripes and the Stars
and Bars, were put on the route
yesterday. They will make the
trip in so minutes, cutting travel
time between the Nations Capital
and the nearest resort from one
day to one hour.
C. R. Smith, president Of Ameri-
can Airlines, today reported an in
crease in traffic of more than IA
per cent for the first quarter OF
1888, compared with the same
period of last year. On Americans
Southern tranScontinental trip
from New York to Los Angeles a
% per cent increase was shown,
with comparative increases on
other routes up to SO per cent on
the Chicago-Fort Worth flight.
Only 1884 passengers were car
ried during March, 1887, while
22,425 were carried last March.
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Polish Air Lines this week re-
ceived the first shipment Of a
$525, 900 order for the new $50
mile-an-hour Lockheed transport.
Two of the all-metal twin-engined
Lockheed GAS" were delivered
from Los Angeles to New York.
The planes will be used by Poland
in its. regular air service routes
between eight nations.
More speed by air was assured
travellers today when United Air
lines placed two new Douglas
Mainliners in its regular coast-to-
coast service.
w. A. Patterson, president Of
United, revealed that Test Pilot
Ben o. Towards flights in the
new planes showed possibility Of
flying between New York and Los
Angeles in less than Is hours. The
new 2,100-horsepower planes make
. top speed Of 227 miles.
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Senator David I. Walsh, chair
man of the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee, today advocated the
construction and development Of
American dirigibles to provide q
merchant marine of the air."
Recommendations that the Gov.
eminent Should proceed to the
construction of training ship of
three million cubic feet, capable
of carrying land planes for take
offs in mid-air" were contained in
Senator Walsh'S memorandum
urging private capital to encourage
construction of passenger airships.
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A report next week by the Sc
curities and Exchange Commission
on its application for a regiStra-
ttcE St stock to enable the con-
Struction of a giant new dirigible
at a site near Richmond, Va, was
awaited today by the Transocean
Dirigible Corporation.
II the registration Of stock is
approved, the new dirigible com.
pany will begin construction with
in 80 days on a revolutionary new
dirigible propelled by the use Of
Ventura tubes, with four motors en-.
closed in the vacuum tube through
the entire length of the ship, from