Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-09-13
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AVIATION NOTES
MOUNTAIN FLYING

Tie noCky mountains. In that case,
there are a few things to re-
member. First of all, air is liquid.
1t follows the contour of the land
over which it is blowing Cor flow
lng). Most of the winds in the Rocky
mountains are westerlies, blowing
toward the east. AS they cross the
Rockies, they naturally tumble
down the eastern slopes and there
are great falls of air." The force
or pressure of this air sweeping
down adds to the pull of gravity,
and sometimes pilots have trouble
getting their planes high enough to
60 over the Great Divide.
"Never fly where you can't turn
around" is the advice of Eddie
Drapela, veteran mountain flyer of
Grand Junction, Colo, intrepid vet
eran who knows what he is talking
about. He often flies small planes
$4,000 feet high - and carries pas
sengers. What Eddie means is:
Don't fly through canyon between
walls that won't let you turn
around
Other advice to flyers in the
RockieS-or other mountainous re-
gion - includes such fundamentals
as checking the winds aloft over
your take-off point. If those winds
aloft are over Is miles an hour,
keep your fingers crossed because
you may encounter turbulence over
the mountains that will flick your
plane 1000 feet up or down in a
minutes time.
it, is another bit of Wilson advice
to the novice mountain flyer. Also,
don't overload your plane. And be
sure you have a plane with a high
rate of climb. A CAB report shows
that the lives of five Colorado resi-
dents were claimed in two noun
tain crashes because the pilots
failed to heed the placarded CAB
loading weights of their planes.
Clouds, storms, wind and tempera-
ture are all hazards in mountain
flying. The best thing to do is to
talk it over with an experienced
mountain pilot before you try it
yourself in a light plane.
World famous Yellowstone
park once again has been linked
to the nations airline network.
Western Air lines has started
two flights daily to the West
Yellowstone airport, resuming
service suspended in 194l as
wartime measure.
LICK OLD PROBLEMS
Misunderstanding and interior fog
ging - two of the highest prob
lens to face flyers since Kittyhawk
have been licked A new glass
coating technique for plate glass,
laminated safety glass and multi
pie glazed units in aircraft wind
shields has been announced by
Pittsburgh Plate Glass company.
The development follows years of
research in the field. The new tech
nique Utilities a permanent trans
parent coating, which conducts
electricity from metal bus
bars around the edge of the glass
1t also adds to the strength of the
glass.
AIR ROUTE SET
Pan American Grace Airways,
Inc, will provide direct daily serv-
ice between the United States and
Buenos Aires as soon as CAB APP.
proval is received. Flights will COM
mence at Miami and go via Colom-
bia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile
and Argentina.
NEW AIR ROUTE
Opening of regular commercial
air service between Lima, Peru,
and New York by the Tampa, New
Orleans and Tampico air lines is
expected in the near future. A sur
vey flight between the two points
recently was completed by Capts.
Hugh Wells, pilot, and Patrick
Byrnes, co-pilot, who were flying a
80 passenger, A. engined Sikorsky
flying boat. They covered $500
miles in mapping the new route.
The flight was believed to be rec
ord hop for a flying boat.