Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1928 — Page 9

AT7G. 7, 1928

Aviation FLIER TELLS OF SEA LANDING IN FLAMINCPLANE Captain Courtney Relates Thrilling End to Atlantic Flight. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Captain Frank T. Courtney, British transAtlantic flier and his three companions, whose rescue in mid-ocean by the Steamer Minnewaska thrilled the world, were prepared today for another round of entertainment after a night’s rest at the Ritz-Carl-ton hotel, i The crew of the flying boat Whale —Captain Courtney, Hugh Gilmore, radio operator; Fred Pierce, mechanic, and Elwood Hosmer, financial backer of the flight—arrived aboard the rescue ship late Monday and were given a typical New York welcome—Steamer Macom, Grover Whalen, parade up broadway, city hall and Mayor Walker. Courtney Tells Story Captain Courtney, told how he landed his flaming plane in a rough sea at midnight by the light of the flying boat’s own flames. “I didn’t have much feeling when it happened,” said Captain Courtney of the sudden termination to two years of preparation for the flight. “It all seemed so absolutely unreal. “Up to this point—it was about midnight—we had no trouble. The machine and engines were functioning better than ever. “The whole business from the time 1 saw the flames until we hit the water could not have taken longer than 20 or 30 seconds. “We were flying at 1,500 feet and everything was dark, but comfortable. “I first saw a faint red glow reflected on my windscreen. I looked back. Whole Rear Afire “The whole rear engine was blazing, and even as I looked the whole thing shot up in a terrific sheet of flame. “I looked back for Pierce, to point it out, I suppose. But he’d already seen the flame and he shot up at once into the engine room and turned the petrol off. But the fire did not go out. I felt that we must be near the water and so I flattened out and the next stage was an automatic attempt to land. The instruments were useless. I had no hope of seeing anything. “But I looked down and I saw the glow of the burning engine reflected in the water. “With that bit of glow I managed to hold the machine in something like a landing position, and the rest I must have done automatically. We Stood in a Row “The chief thing I remember after that is the four of us standing on the hull, looking at each other and watching the thing burn. We were expecting the petrol tanks to go up and so we stood in a row and waited. The flames werei burning rather brightly within three feet of 800 gallons of petrol, when all of a sudden we w 7 ere in darkness. “Perhaps a wave flicked them out. We were in a rather heavy swell. “Then we got busy. We talked. We connected the two boat hooks

Excursion to Chicago s42® R T °^ d Half Fare for Children 3 and Under 12 Years Saturday, August 11 Special train of all-steel equipment will leave Indianapolis 10:45 p. m., Central Time (11:45 p. m., City Time); returning leave Chicago 7:00 p. m., Central Time (8:00 p. m., City Time), Sunday, August 12. Stops at 63rd St., 53rd St. and 43rd 3t. Stations in both directions. City Ticket Office, 112 Monument Circle, phone Riley 3322, and Union Station, phone Riley 3355. BIG FOUR ROUTE

CHANGE of TIME LATER DEPARTURE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 The Tippecanoe to Chicago Leaves Indianapolis 5:00 p. ro. Leaves Boulevard Station . . 5:15 p. m. Arrives Chicago 9:40 p. m. Effective same date The Hooaier (No. 31) leaves Chicago 5:00 p. m.'Standard Time (6:00 p. m. Chicago Daylight Saving Time) and arrives Indianapolis 9:45 p. m.

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Detroit Builds Gigantic Airport

Detroit is to have what is expected to be America’s greatest air terminal, designed by B. Russell Shaw Company, Inc., airport engineers of St. Louis. The airport comprises more than six hundred acres with concrete runways, each three hundred feet wide and five thous-.nd feet long. In the upper left corner is the large midway building, and in each lower corner is shown airline and civilian hangars.

prepared for such an emergency, and made a wireless mast. “Gilmore sent out an S O Sand got no reply. We decided to save our power till daylight, when all operators are on duty. “At daybreak we sent another SOS. The Celtic answered immediately, and a few hours later we were saved.” U. S. Leads in Amphibians The United States, according to the Aeroplane, leads in the use of amphibian planes, with Loening amphibians most in use. Some of the amphibians are O-L Bs—Obser-vation-Loening planes of the eighth design, equipped with the Pratt & Whitney Wasp 425 horsepower aircooled engine. Other O-L designs are also in use, with Packard or inverted Liberty motors. Air Meet in Colorado Bn United Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 7.—Aces of the Rocky Mountain region and many pilots from other sections of the United States are expected to be here next week to take part in the Pikes Peak Air meet, beginning Friday. Prizes totaling $6,000 are to be offered contestants with many special events on the program. Goes by Air to Lecture B'j United Press PITTSBURGH, Aug. 7.—Dr. Harry C. McKown of the University of Pittsburgh has purchased a Monocoupe plane and plans to fly to lecture engagements in Johnstown and other nearby cities. During the summer Dr. McKown is giving courses in secondary education at Erie, Uniontown and Johnstown. According to Dr. McKown, he will be able to leave in his new plane in the morning for Erie, teach several classes, and be home in time for dinner. The flying professor and Mrs. McKown, his wife, were married two years ago in an airplane, flying 1,000 feet above Central Park, New York. In the ship with them were six friends, including two women from

Excursion to Cincinnati Round Trip To Shelbyville . .$ .75 “ Greensburg.. 1.25 “ Batesville ... 1.50 Sunday, August 12 # Special train of all-steel equipment will leave Indianapolis 7:00 a. m. Central Time (8 :00 a. m. City Time); returning leave Cincinnati 7:15 p. m., Eastern Time, same date. Tickets at City Ticket Office, 112 Monument Circle, Phone Itlley 3322 and Union Station. BIG FOUR ROUTE

the University of Pittsburgh, who were witnesses. Airport Near Wolcott Bu United Press WOLCOTT, Ind., Aug. 7.—An airport for the use of mail planes is to be established one-half mile west of here, the United States Government having just concluded negotiations for leasing sixty acres of the Joseph Esmond farm as a site. In addition to strings of lights, a revolving beacon will be Airport Site Issue Up Detailed report on cost and condition of various sites being considered for a municipal airport by Mayor L. Ert Slack’s airport committee, will be presented to the committee this week when its meets with the Chamber of Commerce industrial commission. The report is being prepared by Paul H. Moore, chamber aviation secretary, and will include such items as per acre cost of improvements, estimates on number of hangars necessary and cost, waiting rooms, operations office, lighting system and other equipment. The committee also will consider j report of A. P. Taliaferro, Department of Commerce airport expert, who recently inspected various sites. Taliaferro made recommendations on several sites not announced. Propose Air Mail Route Indianapolis may be located on another air mail route in. the near future, it was learned todatf through a letter received by the Chamber of Commerce from the Uniontown (Pa.) chamber. The letter said the Uniontown chamber has been in correspondence with the postoffice department in regard to a route from Washington,

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D. C., b yway of Wheeling, W. Va., Dayton, Ohio, and Indianapolis, to St. Louis, Mo. Information on the amount of mail which would be available here was asked in the communication. Ride in Famed Plane BICKNELL, Ind., Aug. 7.—John and Jane Ballard, children of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ballard of this city rode in the plane used by the mother of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh while in Detroit, Mich., with their parents. The plane carried Mrs. Lindbergh to Mexico City a few months ago. Planes Visit City Visiting planes at the Indianapolis airport Monday included M. E. Headley, pilot; N. A. Wolcott and B. N. McGregor, passengers, in the Packard Cable Company Stinson monoplane, flying from Warren (Ohio) to St. Louis (Mo.); Bob Bergen, with two passengers, flying from Frankfort (Ohio) to Cincinnai (Ohio) in an International biplane, and W. G. Shelton, flying from Dayton to St. Louis in a Waco 10. Try Endurance Mark By United Press • PARIS, Aug. French aviators, Favreau and Demarnier, started from Le Bourget field today in an attempt to break the world's endurince flight record. The present record is sixty-five hours, 14 minutes, made by the Germans, Risticz and Zimmerman, on July 17. The Frenchmen are flying over a course that extends from Lebourget to Calais. On the first lap they made an average of ninety-three miles an hour. The fliers hoped to remain in the air until Thursday at midnight.

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—Aviation — HUGE DIRIGIBLE TWSHS TO MAKE TESTHOP SOON British Blimps Wot Built for Atlantic Flight; Carry 100 Passengers. By United Press LONDON, Aug. 7.—The two largest airships in the world are nearing completion in England. At Howden, Yorkshire, the R-100 has progressed far enough for parliamentarians and visiting dignitaries to make inspections and take tea on her spacious promenade deck. Test flights are scheduled this month. Th< R-101, a similar type of ship, is rapidly being completed at Cardingto.i, Bedfordshire. The ships are of 5,000,000 cubic feet capacity. They will accommodate 100 passengers and a crew of forty. Those who journey in the air liners will have all the conveniences of modern ocean travel. In order that they may get a good vie\# of the territory over which the ships pass, the promenades will be inclosed with transparent material. Not for Atlantic Two-berth cabins, a large lounge and dining room, an electric kitchen, a bar, in fact everything except a swimming pool will be provided for air travti. The lounge will measure 33x64 feet and the dining room will accommodate fifty passengers. The lounge may be used for dancing. Lieut. Col. V. C. Richmond chief of the designing department at Cardington, has said that both ships are planned for the Indian, South African and Australian routes, and not for the Atlantic crossing. “The ships could easily make the non-stop flight of 3.500 to 4,000 miles across the Atlantic,” he explained, “but they could not carry a sufficient paying load. They will probably go on the Indian route first where stopping places will be about 2,500 miles apart." Oil Instead of Gas Lieut. Col. Richmond outlined some of the new features of the R-101 as follows: Heavy oil will be used for fuel instead of petrol, which has been blamed for all airship fires. The length of the ship is only five

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(British United Press) LONDON, Aug. 7.—Silent, almost invisible airplanes, capable of wiping out unsuspecting populations with sudden showers of gas and bombs are being experimented upon by British, French, German and Russian governments. Experts predict the early development of the new type of machine which would alter the whole character of warfare. An almost soundless airplane motor already has been produced and the problem now being worked upon as regards noise is the production of anew type propeller which will not have the high pitched note that at present gives the first warning of an approaching airplane. Experiments are being conducted with invisible paint and new meth-

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