Evening star., 1949-11-11

make that confusion. I am almost
sure the airplane was a Gas or a
Lockheed. Perhaps the two-end
ruoder can be confusing from the
back, you know, but I was sure that
the airplane was a C-45.. I mean
that Beechcraft, q TIL, or 4 TT.
Repeats Question.
@. Eric, I think I have asked you
this question, too, but let me repeat
here just q minute: Tell us again,
If you will, please, the tower instruc-
tions to you, what you heard from
the tower, during the time that you
were turning 80 degrees to the left
from your south heading, until you
got on the final approach?
A. Nothing said the tower at that
time.
Q. Did you say anything to the
tower?
| A. At that time, no. When I was
closer to the runway I called them
and I told them that I was on the
approach.
q. Where were you when you
called them?
/ A. That was few seconds before
the descent.
@. What would you say your alti-
tude was, your best estimate on al
titude?
A. At this time I was perhap
1000 feet over the ground.
Q. Eric, on this final approach, do
you recall whether you were over
water or over land?
A. Over the water.
@. Can you visualize the Wash
ington National Airport right now?
A. Oh, yes.
@. Can you make an approach to
Runway 3 over the water all the
way into the runway?
A. All the way, you mean?
Q. AL the way on the final ap-
proach, can you be over water all
the way?
Not My Way to Fly.
A. I would not like to answer
these things, because this is not
my way to fly. I do not take care
Of the small details on the ground.
Q. Tell me this, as you remem-
Der the airport and the terrain
around here, would q straight-in
approach, for landing on Runway 8,
be over water, or would it be
over land, or would 1t be part OF
each?
A. Part Of each, guess. un-
derstand the landings like this, to
the left, you know dndicating).
Q-On this Anal approach did you
observe any other aircraft?
A. I was observing all the time,
but did not see any. any airplane.
I was watching the first one right
touching the ground. Right touch
ing the ground. That should make
it No. for me. saw the other
one land.
Q. DID you actually see that air
plane land?
A. I saw it land on the ground.
@. On what runway? -
A. The same, the No. 8.
Q. You saw that airplane land?
A. saw 1t land.
Saw Airplane Land.
9. And you saw that airplane land
when you were on your final ap-
proach?
A. In my 1inal approach, yes.
Could you tell US how many hours
you have In q PISS?
A. About 80. .
Q. How many total flight hours
do you have?
A. About 5.oo0. ! '
Q. Could you tell me q little bit
about that pattern, what kind of a
pattern 1t Is for landing on Rum
way 8?
A. I cannot tell you exactly the
headings and the attitudes.
Rectangular Pattern.
Q. To the best Of your memory,
what would that pattern be?
A. It should be in Q rectangular
pattern.
Q. The downwind leg, then, would
be parallel to what runway?
4. I don't understand what you
mean.
b q. The downwind leg would be
parallel to what runway?
A. Yes, it would be parallel to
No. 3.
Q. Now, Eric, before you took oil,
you have told us that you gave some
communication to someone else to
deliver. Would you tell us the cir
cumstances Of that, pleasef
A. Before I took of?
Q. Before you took OF in this air
plane, when you were back on the
ramp there at the hangar, you gave
. message to someone, believe you
said.
A. To come to the tower.
Q. Now, will you tell us . little
bit more about that?
A. That were Mr.. Aubin.
paul Aubin, president, Universal
Air and Marine Supply Co., which
had q contract to sell the P-38 to
the Bolivian Purchasing Commits
sion.) I called him. I told him
will you please call to the tower