Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 92, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1928 — Page 14

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Aviation RACE TO COAST TRUE TEST OF PLANETMERIT Advance Made in Aviation in Last Year Will Be Demonstrated. * By Times Special NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The entries for the Transcontinental Air Races from New York to Los Angeles, the second division of which started today, show the progress made in the United States since the race to Spokane last fall. New planes and many new motors Indicate how successful the last twelve months have been in development of machines and power plants. When the list of more than seventy planes entered in the various classes this year is examined, it is found that ther eare two outstanding improvements. One is cleaner design and better construction; the other, the increasing number of engines of low and medium horsepower which have been placed on the market to take the place of the OX. Thirteen Types of Engines No less than thirteen types of engines are listed among the power plants this year, whereas last year there were only two in the races, the OX and the Whirlwind. Nearly all these motors are aircooled radials. Some are of entirely new design, some rebuilt foreign motors, some of foreign design which are being built in this country. Nearly all yet have to be thoroughly tested in actual service under difficult conditions and over a long period of time, which gives to these races the aspect of a laboratory test for airpbne motors. Nothing shows me weakness of an engine quicker than a long, highspeed flight, and many a plane which limped into Spokane last fall proved that parts of even the most reliable motor in the race needed strengthening.

Real Test For Flanes These races bear the same relationship to the development of the airplane and the airplane motor as track races did to the automobile. It is the engine and the plane that win races in the long run, and for this reason these cross-continent derbies have now a much greater importance in aviation than had been anticipated. Although the non-stop race, which starts on Sept. 12 will be the most spectacular, the other three classes probably will mean more to those interested in the technical side ol aviation. There are seven entries in the non-stop race this year, two Lockheeds, two Bellancas, a Stinson, a Cessna and a Buhl special. Four of these planes use Wright Whirlwinds and the Lockheeds will each have a Pratt & Whitney Hornet, with w r hich it is hoped they will make nearly 190 miles an hour. Mountains May Be Snag Just what the Lockheeds will do with their heavy engine and a heavy load of gas is problematical. They will have to take off with more than Goebel' lifted on the West Coast, but, on the other hand, the/ will not hit the mountains as quickly as he did, and he had no difficulty in climbing to 8,000 feet in a short time. One of these planes will be piloted by Major William Thaw of Lafayette Escadrille fame. In the other classes there are at least twenty-eight types of planes. One is a low wing monoplane, the Mohawk, and one a sesquiplane. The monoplane predominates, and the cabin type of plane is common even in the smallest class, in which hardly a cabin plane was entered last year.

Hassell May Visit Danes Bu United Press JULIANEHAAB, Greenland, Sept. 6.—Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer, pilot and navigator of the airplane Greater Rockford, may go to Denmark before they return to the United States, it was indicated today. The two pilots, rescued after they had tramped through Greenland for two weeks after their machine had been forced down, went by motor boat yesterday to Holstenborg, on the coast, where it is considered likely they may board a vessel that will take them to Denmark. Air Course at N. Y. U. A three-year course in practical aviation will be offered by the evening engineering division and the extension service at New York University this year, Prof. Collins P. Bliss, associate dean of the college Os engineering, announced today. The course is designed for workers in aviation who have not had the time or preparation for the advanced work of the Guggenheim School of Aeronautics of New York University. Classes will start during the week of Sept. 17. City Airman Promoted Earl F. Ward, Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ward, University Heights, has been named chief of operations by the Interstate Lines, Inc., new Chicago-Atlanta air mail route operating company, it was learned here. Ward, an air manl pilot since the World War, was graduated from Manual Ttraining High School in 1916, and served as a Marine Corps pilot in the war. < He was one of the “Big Six” pilots flying between New York and Cleveland, and holds the record for speed with a loaded plane. Recently he refused an offer to accompany Commander Richard E. Byrd on his Antarctic expedition. 6 66 Bill* Malarial Germs and quickly relieves Biliousness, Headaches and DUBlness due tr. temporary Constipation Aids In eliminating Toxins and Is highly esteemed tor nrodncln* copious watery evacuations.—Ad vertisement.

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Mammoth ‘Zep’ to Undergo Tests Next Week, Leave for U. S. Oct. 12. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor FRIEDERICHSHAFEN, Germany, Sept. 6.—Graf Zeppelin, the world’s biggest airship, began inflating today for a series of round trips to America as the first step in regular commercial service. Test flights are scheduled to begin a week hence and the start to America, Oct. 12, the anniversary of the Los Angeles voyage. Commander Rosendahl of the Los Angeles is here for the tests and will make the journey as an ob-, server. Dr. Hugo Eckener, interviewed at the Zeppelin works on the shore of Lake Constance, said he is confident this is the most efficient ship yet constructed and that it has many improvements over previous models. Believes Safety Assured “I believe its trans-Atlantic performances will offer convincing proof that this type of craft is competent to maintain regular transoceanic service, regardless of weather,” he said. ‘‘We won’t chart a course to America until we actually start. “We will follow the best available weather and will maintain constant touch with ships and shore, and thus will be able to go around or between storms, something airplanes can’t do, because their radius is strictly limit*. J. “However, I have no quarrel with the airplane. Both types have definite spheres. We expect to remain in America for a fortnight, flying over some of the principal cities before we return.” Eckener will command the dirigible, and intends to fly over New York, Washington, Baltimore and other cities upon arrival, before mooring at Lakehurst. Flights in the Mid-West are likely later. Will Seek U. S. Capital Visitors are barred from the grounds here. The writer was shown over the ship. A company probably will be formed with American capital to inaugurate a German - American trans-Atlantic air line, maintaining regular passenger, mail and express sailings. Thus the British apparently are beaten in the race to establish the first trans-Atlantic air-

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Aviation NINE BOMBERS LAUNCH LONG BASH TOCOAST Gruelling Test Faced by ‘Dragon Flies of War’ in 48-Hour Hop. By HERBERT LITTLE United Prew Staff Correspondent SHREVEPORT, La., Sept. 6. Nine yellow-winged, brown-b'died dragon flies of war, each sixty-four feet in span, set out today to fly 1,600 miles in forty-eight hours’ elapsed time—more than half way across the continent. The bombing planes of the second bombardment group expect to set a record for travel in their huge transports, in addition. They must do it to reach Los Angeles in ime for the opening of the National air races Saturday and to comply with their “war orders” to mobilize on the West Coast to repulse a theoretical threatening enemy nation’s fleet. Today’s mission, as set by Major Hugh/Knerr was to fly 000 miles from Shreveport to El Paso. Tomorrow an attempt will be made to fly to San Diego, where the fliers car rest, and take a short hop to Los Angeles Saturday.

Eight hundred miles in a twoengined, five-ton bombing plane compares with about 3,000 miles in an easy-riding pursuit, observation or passenger plane, and nine bombing planes flying in formation makes the pilot’s delicate job of handling his bulky machine about twice as difficult. Yesterday the flying fortress covered the distance from Montgomery, Ala., to Shreveport in five and onehalf hours’ flying time. Major Knerr had planned to spend last night at Dallas, but bad weather delayed the departure from Montgomery several hours and additional delays were experienced at Monroe. La., and Shreveport, when it was necessary to stop for refueling. At Monroe the supply of gasoline ran out after half the bombers had been refueled. It developed that two truck loads ordered the day before failed to arrive, and it was two and one-half hours before the bombers left Monroe. Landing Lights on Planes All airplanes on the Embry-Riddle Company, Cincinnati-Indianapolis-Chicago air mail route, have been equipped with landing lights for night flying, Donald A. McConnell, local representative of the company, announced today. The present schedule of the route, leaving Indianapolis at 6:15 p. m. daylight saving time, requires use of the lights for landing at Chicago each evening. In addition, the lights are avail-

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This is an actual photo taken by the new sextant camera to be used on the Byrd Antarctic expedition to determine latitude and longitude. The black spot near the center is the sun; the horizontal line is an artificial horizon and the figure below shows the degrees of variation from the real horizon. The chronometer hands show the exact time, and these combined facts are all that are necessary to determine the operator’s exact position on the earth’s surface.

able for emergency landing on the route. Lands in Cornfield Bti United Pn s# MARION, Ind., Sept. 6.—A break in the gas line forced Pilot Martin Young of Kokomo to make a forced landing in a cornfield, south of here. With him were V- U. Young, Gary theater man, and Don Young, Steubenville, Ohio. The plane had taken off from Marion, Ohio, and was en route to Kokomo. It was not damaged in landing. Boy Blocks Jail Break By United Press PRINCETON, N. J„ Sept. 6.—The Princeton city council paused in its official work to thank Pasquale Ceraso, 11, who saw four prisoners escape from jail and reported the escape to police. He will be rewarded. The prisoners were recaptured. In the Air CONDITIONS AT 0:30 A. M. (Compiled for The Times by Government Weather Observer J. H. Armlngton and Donald McConnell Government aeronautical observer.) < East wind, 11 miles an hour; barometric pressure. 29.39 at sea level: temperature, 65; celling, unlimited; visibility 3 miles; ground haze.

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