Evening star., 1940-09-15

deadly in their own way as the
German StukaS now raining death
and destruction on English soil.
Until recently, the streamlined
beatuy of these fighting planes at
tracted mostly young people. But
since the attack on England began,
adults as we'll as the younger gen.
Grafton flock here daily to study the
latest advances in aviation.
At the entrance to the hangar
shaped building on the south end
of the fair grounds are two OF the
Armys latest type of fighters, Bell
Airacuda and a Martin A-22 attack
bomber.
These planes have stairs leading
to platforms that run along the
outside of the fuselage. Peering
down through the open top of the
plane, visitors can see the interior
from close up.
At the controls are dummy pilots.
The entire nose of the ship is Of
bullet proof glass so the bomb
sighter up front can warn the pilots
behind him of an attacking plane.
Next to the pilots is the machine
gunner. Since his gun is mounted
out of the top of the ship, he aims
only at planes that are above the
craft. Directly behind him is the
navigator. On either side of him
are Instruments. and moored to the
fioor of the plane is table with
map of the country on it.
Next. in the very tail Of the ship,
Is another machine-gunner with his
gun pointing out of the bottom so
he can protect the crew from at
tacking planes below. Each of these
men can communicate with the
other through a specially installed
radio.
Sound Effects.
As you pass through the door of
the building, the bright beacon
light circling the ceiling inside at
tracts your attention. At the same
time. the 'oud whine of diving
sirplane strikes your ear. 1t sounds
and looks very real, until you find
that the screams Of the dive
bomber" are merely sound effects
from one of the many miniature
movies reviewing the life of a Navy
pilot in the training school at PEN
sacola.
Not only Army craft but tran
port and private planes cover the
$1,000 square feet of display space
In the gigantic building. Eastern,
Pan-American. United, TWA and
American airlines all display at
least one plane and some have spe-
cial demonstrations of phases of fly
ing.
A pilot demonstrates blind flying
while visitors check up on his ability
by watching a miniature plane set
on an overhead cable. The model
responds to the pilots handling of
the instruments in the cockpit of
his plane.
Skeleton models of Army planes
show their operation. A trained
pilot points out the minute details
of complicated fighter and ex-
plains each major part.
Show Air Progress
Most of the aviation exhibit is
devoted to Army fighting planes
but the commercial side of flying
is not ignored Along the walls in
glass cases are small-scale models
showing the progress of aviation
from the time of the first airplane
turned out by the Wright brothers
to the four-motored clipper ships
OF today. Each inSetted diorama
marks an important step in the
history of aviation.
Early in June, motion pictures
which vividly portrayed every phase
OF flying were shown on the largest
screen in the world by the New York
Museum of Science and Industry,
one of the sponsors of the exhibit.
These movies will be shown again
before the close of the 1910 fair,
probably. in connection with Avia-
ton Week here.
After you have seen this magnifi-
cent exhibit, which is the next
thing to real fight, you can go
even further. For 81 you can take
an actual 45-minute trip over New
York and surrounding country in
a large transport plane owned by
one of the five major airlines. After
you 60 through the building and
take one Of these flights, you can't
blame the sponsors of the Aviation
Building if you don't know some