Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 July 1928 — Page 19

JULY 27, 1928

—Aviation—

AVIATOR FACES DIFFICULT TASK FINDINGCOURSE Pilot Must Be Accurate at Figures, Calculations in Fog, Night. Hu Times Special NEW YORK, July 2S—A ship at sea usually takes it bearing once a day, at noon and following a compass course it can plow the seas for twenty-four hours with comparatively small error, especially on large liners which have automaticaly controlled helms. But not so with an airplane. The difference and the difficulty is this, a ship at sea is influenced by the wind to far less extent than is an airplane; its speed is practically constant, whereas that of a plane varies, if only slightly, from one minute to another, depending on the steadiness of the pilot and the flucuations in the strength of the wind, easily determinable in a ship, are extremely difficult to detect in a plane, and the same can be said of changes of direction. Finding Air Position To find an air position in the daytime four things are necessary: a bubble sextant, an aerochronometer rated to Greenwich apparent time, tables for solving the triangle and a chart with an aircraft plotter (combined protractor and x-uler). With these instruments the naviga tor must first determine the exact second of time. This is a fairly simple matter, the exact sun or star time being obtainable from two aerochronometers, one set to Greenwich sidereal time and the other to Greenwich apparent time. Next a lien of position is made by observation through the bubble sex--1 tent. When the horizon is visible it is used in preference to the bubble, . clue allowance being made for altitude; when it is not the bubble forms an artificial horizon, and a slight error in this respect may throw the observation out by several degrees. Use Sun in Daytime The line of position having been observed and plotted, which shows the plane to be flying in a given direction at some unknown point, it is necessary to solve the triangle formed by the observer’s zenith, the Pole and the observed body. Special tables and instruments are compiled and made for the solving of this triangle, some of them very complicated, others reasonably simple. Once truly solved, a second line of position is formed and at the intersection of the two lines the exact position of the plane is found, and it is thus possible to correct the compass course. In the daytime the object observed is, of course, the sun; but at night it is a star. A special type of bubble sextant is preferred, an aerochronometer and star altitude curves. ' Fog, Storms Hamper The method of determining the position is exactly the same, except that almost invariably the bubble has to be used for the horizon, which is rarely plainly enough visible at night. Natffifhlly, when there are no heavenly bodies to be seen and no horizon, as when flying through fog or storms, celestial navigation breaks down and planes are dependent on radio direction or the compass, bank and turn indicator and the inclinometer . Instrument flying was used by most of the long-distance ocean airmen. However, with the development of radio it seems a fair observation to say that radio will play tion and will for all practical purposes displace celestial observation. But that day is not yet. Sets Local Record Kermit Micklethwaite, advanced flying student at the Hoosier airport, Kessler Blvd. and Lafayette pike, set an altitude record for the airport this week when he reached a height of 11,500 feet in a Travel Air biplane with an OX-5 engine. Not having sufficiently warm clothing, Micklethwaite became so cold at that height that he was forced to return to the earth. Thursday he made another attempt, wearing warm clothing, and with only a light load of gasoline, but ran out of gasoline at a height

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New Flivver Dirigible

The smallest dirigible ever built, less than forty feet long, recently made a second trial flight at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and was proclaimed a success by Army and civilian engineers. A four-cylinder motorcycle engine propels the craft, which weighs 700 pounds and carries a load of the same weight.

of 10,000 feet. The first attempt required two and a half hours and the second an hour and fifteen minutes. Micklethwaite plans a third attempt in a day or two with warm clothing and more gasoline. Autographs Air Letters Postmaster Robert H. Bryson for the past several days has been spending his idle moments during work hours and at home in autographing letters to be returned by air mail to stamp collectors, Aug. 1, when the new air mail postage rate goes into effect. The present air mail postage rate Aug. 1 will be reduced from 10 cents each half-ounce to 5 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for each additional ounce. Today Bryson said he had received more than 700 letters to be autographed and mailed to stamp collectors on the Chicago air mail flight the evening of Aug. 1. It was expected several hundred more would be received between now and that date. The reduction is expected to treble the amount of air mail letters and parcels. No special cancellation has been provided for the occasion, but the new 5-cent air mail stamps will be used for the first time then. Hunt Coyotes From Plane Bu United Press CLEARMONT, Wyo., July 27. Bob Garrett and George Ostrom, hunters, have devised anew game requiring many kinds of skill. Shooting coyotes from an airplane is considerably more comfortable than shooting them from horseback, at any rate, Ostrom says. Ostrom is a former Government hunter. He and Garrett started out looking for coyote that had been making raids on a herd of sheep. They found it after an hour’s hunt and Ostrom killed it with a shotgun as the coyote streaked for safety. Plans Huge Plane Bu Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 27. Building of a forty-passenger plane at a cost of $60,000 is planned by the Lawson Aircraft Company, which is negotiating to move its plant here from Trenton, N. JV The company, capitalized at $1,000,000, was formed four years ago. The local Chamber of Commerce rejected one offer of the company to come here, but there are indications ajnew offer on another basis will be made. Planes Pass Inspection, B)/ Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 27. Federal inspectors have approved five Waco planes used in passenger service at Dresser field, local airport. Fliers on Business Trip Bn Times Special VINCENNES, Ind., July 27.— Reed G. Landis, son of former Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, came here from Chicago by plane on a business trip. Seeks Airport Data Bu Times Special SEYMOUR, Ind., July 27.—The airplane division of the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Mich., is seeking data regarding airport possibilities here following appointment of E. C. Granz as Jackson County distributor for planes manufactured by the division. Active at Greensburg Bu Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., July 27.—A committee composed of representative?, of various civic organizations is collecting and studying data with a prospect of establishing an airport here. Charles Thompson and Robert Bass, aviators, have advised the committee that a suitable field can be obtained for about $7,000. Plan Flying School Bu Times Special TEFFT, Ind., July 27.—An effort is being made here to raise $5,000

High Ambition J-jU United Press PALO ALTO, Cal., July 27. Allan Hoover, 21-year-old son of the Republican presidential nominee, may enter a flying school. Alan had a brief flight over his father’s home, the Stanford campus, and the lower San Francisco Bay region late Thursday with the United Press correspondent. He rode in a big tri-motored, all-metal Ford ship operated by the Standard Oil Company of California. Young Hoover sat in the cabin smoking a cigaret throughout the flight. He said he had been in the air several times previously. Like his father, he has been tremendously interested in aviation.

for establishment of a flying school. Howard Duggleby, who has 250 hours of solo flying to his credit, would be the instructor. It is planned to locate the school 'ear Rensselaer or the Kankakee River. Air Tour Near End MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 27. Assured of victory in his long race for the Edsel Ford trophy, barring accidents, John P. Wood, Wausau, Wis., hopped off with twenty-two other pilots on the next to the last leg of the national reliability air tour at 10:02 a. m. today. Chicago is today’s destination. Cat Dropped From Plane MADISON, Wis., July 27.—A1 Meyers, commercial airplane pilot, was sought here today on a warrant obtained by William Busse, county humane agent, who charged Meyers with dropping a cat 1,500 feet from a plane to see if it would land on its feet.

In the Air

CONDITIONS AT 9:30 A. M. (Compiled for The Times by Government Weather Observer J. H. Armington and Donald McConnell. Government aeronautical observer.) Ceiling unlimited; visibility 3 miles, barometer, 29:83; wind west, 9 m, MOVIES THRILL RUSSIA Daredevil Stunts., of Americans Fascinate Soviet Crowds. By U nited Press MOSCOW, July 27.—Motion picture thrillers of the type which dominated the Amerclan screen some years ago are still at the height of popularity in the Soviet Union. American “westerns,” daredevil jumping, melodramatic serials—some of them apparently years old and long ago discarded at home—can be seen in scores of cinema houses here. They foster a peculiar notion of American life among the more literal minded Russians who have come to think of the United States as a place where folks do breathtaking stunts and make hair’s breadth escapes every day of their shocking lives. Town Hall Sold for $23.50 WINSLOW, Ind., July 27.—The town hall here has been sold to W. O. Barnett for $23.50. It was used not onljf as a meeting place for the town board, but also housed the town jail, fire department and was used in elections as a polling place.

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—Aviation —

GREAT ADVANCE FORECAST FOR AIR INDUSTRY Guard*Flier Visions Ocean Routes, Storm Control in Few Years. “It is safe to say that all army aviators agree with Colonel Billy Mitchell that the air service should be separated from the army and navy,” Maj. R. F. Taylor, 113th Observation Squadron. Indiana National Guard, said in a talk on “Aviation Progress” before the Indianapolis Real Estate Board Thursday. “The war department, however, has made some great progress in aviation,” he added. “It has some of the most modern ships in the world, but we have so few they arc only samples.” Weather control for benefit of aviators and farmers in the not distant future was forecast by Taylor. “In forty of fifty years, at the most,’’ he told the realtors, “scientists will be able to break up storms before they get started, and will be able to regulate precipitation. Foresees Ocean Roads “In not more than 15 or 20 years w< will have regularly established ocean airplane routes, using huge planes with a dozen motors and refueling at floating islands.” Taylor described advance of aviation in the United States from the early efforts of Prof. Samuel Langley, who provided the Wright brothers with their inspiration. “When I compare the early airplanes with those of today, I have a great respect for the pioneers who risked their lives in developing the airplane,” he said. “There have been no Government subsidies for aviation since 1903, when the War Department appropriated $50,000 with which Langley built a plane that fell in the Potomac on its trial flight, he said. The Higher the Safer "Wright brothers made their first flight in December, 1903,” Taylor said. “In their early flights, they stayed as near the ground as possible for safety. Now aviators consider the greater heights safer. “The World War gave aviation a great impetus, resulting in development of new type fighting machines Fastest planes in the war travelled about 125 mile an hour. Now the army has planes that will fly 250 or more miles an hour. “Planes used by the Indiana National Guard, the latest army types, including the Curtiss 0-11, are as far advanced over the war types as the war types were advanced over the Wright brothers’ first plane.” Army fliers did not get parachutes until 1925, Taylor said. “One doesn’t realize how much a parachute means to a flier until he sees friend after friend die unnecessarily when a wing breaks or the plane bursts into flames from machine gun fire. “Parachutes would have saved many lives in the World War. All

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Air Mail Over Arctic Is Latest Idea

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Within two years, says Vilhjalmur Stefansson (inset), famous Arctic explorer, the air mail will be flying over the great frozen wastes, from New York to Pekin. Her 3 is the map of the route Stefansson says he has outlined for persons now engaged in planning such a service.

that is necessary in using a chute is to jump and wait until clear of the plane before pulling the cord. A parachute will operate safely at any distance greater than 250 feet above the ground.” Flying an airplane, mile for mile, is as safe, if not safer, than riding in an automobile, Taylor said. “Seventy-five per cent of plane accidents are avoidable. Newspapers usually print stories on all airplane accidents, but they do not tell of the safe flights,” he said. Taylor urged the realtors to mark their subdivisions with arrows pointing north for benefit of fliers, declaring some of the smaller towns in Indiana had better air marking than the larger cities. Flies With Air Mail A passenger on the EmbryRiddle Company air mail plane from Cincinnati to Chicago Thursday evening was Frank Chino, advanced student of the Embry-Rid-dle flying school at Cincinnati. Chino made the trip to obtain experience in using navigation instruments on the plane. Flier Stops in City Pilot Howard Behr, flying from Wichita, Kan., to College Park, Md., in anew Travel Air biplane, stopped overnight at the Indianapolis airport.

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Bob Shank Recalls Early Flying as Stinson Pupil

Hoosier Airport Head Flew With Famous Family as Pioneers. Announcement Thursday that Katherine Stinson, who was one of the world’s greatest aviators from 1912 to 1918, has retired from flying, today recalled to Bob Shank, Hoosier airport president, his business association with Miss Stinson and her “flying family” thirteen years ago when Shank was learning to fly. After making two fairly successful attempts to fly an airplane without . instruction, Shank was taken under the wing of Katherine’s brothfr, the now famous Eddie Stinson. and was given instruction. Taught In Texas “I first met Katherine in Chicago." Shank said, “when she was flying an old model Wright pusher type plane. Eddie was building two planes, one for himself and the other for Katherine, at the time, and I helped build the ships. •“A short time later Eddie and I went as instructors to the Stinson

to Cochrane, Ont.; Ft. Churchill, Hudson Bay; Ft. Rae on Great Slave Lake; Ft. Norma, on the Mackenzie River; Ft. Yukon, Ala,ska, Nome, Alaska; thence over ninety miles of ocean to Anadyr and Okhotsk in Siberia, where the TransSiberian railroad is met. Then to Pekin by way of Vladivostok.

Flying School at San Antonio, Texas, managed by Katherine’s mother.” In 1916 Shank and Eddie Stinson opened a flying school at Houston, Texas, which they operated until Shank and Stinson became Army instructors when the United States entered the war, in 1917. Stinson taught Shank to fly in two hours and forty minutes. Old Course Four Hours “It was easier to learn to fly the old fashioned ships,” Shank said, “because they were slower. Os course, there were more crashes. The usual instruction time was about four hours.” The usual instruction time required now is about ten hours. Katherine Stinson, who once held both the duration and long distance flight records, now is living in Santa Fe, N. M., and is the wife of an aviator, M. A. Otero, Jr., New Mexico State auditor. Student Gets Plane Anew Waco 10 biplane was delievered Thursday by Lieut. L. I. Aretz, Lafayette airport manager, to Carl Volter, Indianapolis. Volter, a student of Aretz. took his solo flight Monday.

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—Aviation — U. S. AVIATION EXPERT VIEWS AIRPORT SITES City Delays Purchase of Land Waiting Report From Washington. With a promise to forward a recommendation on the best site for a municipal airport early next week, A. P. Taliafei'ro, United States Department of Commerce airport expert, returned to Washington today after inspecting prospective sites here Thursday afternoon. Taliaferro arrived here at noon by train and was taken by C. L. Harrod, general manager and Paul H. Moore, aviation secretary, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, for an auto trip to fourteen sites. Later Taliaferro and Moore were taken for an airplane trip over the, city by Lieut. Matt G. Carpenter to view some of the sites, from the air. Taliaferro refused to comment on any of the sites until his written report is completed. Must Zone Airport Area The Chamber of Commeice is working in cooperation with Mayor L. Ert Slack’s airport committee in an effort to obtain a municipal airport. It was stated the industrial commission has four airplane factories in view which may locate here if adequate airport facilities are provided. One, a $10,00,000 concern, requires a 400-acre airport. In addition, for Indianapolis to be made a principal stop on the Transcontinental Air Transport planetrain route, an adequate landing field must be provided. Need for zoning ground surrounding municipal airports to prevent erection of undesirable industries and high building was cited by Taliaferro. Declares Condition Ideal The Department of Commerce gives first-class rating to airports 2,500 feet square with proper equipment and hangers, he said. Such size tract would contain about 350 acres. “I think conditions around Indianapolis are favorable to aeronautics. The climate and geographical conditions appear to be ideal for commercial aviation,” Taliaferro declared. Taliaferro said a city is obligated to furnish ships an adequate place to land if it desires to keep pace with aeronautics development and bid for the commercial business.