Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 176, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1928 — Page 12

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Aviation CITY WILL JOIN IN CELEBRATION OE AIRADVANCE Double Observance to Be He,ld Monday; Mail Line Is Year Old. Indianapolis will have a part in a double aviation • celebration next Monday—the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first airplane flight by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, N. C., and the first anniversary of the Cincinnati - Indianapolis - Chicago air mail route. Plans are being arranged by the Embry-Riddle Company, Cincinnati, air mail contractors, and Postmaster Robert H. Bryson for observance of the double anniversary. Wilbur and Orville Wright, who built the plane, tossed a coin for the honor of making the first flight. Wilbur won, but the plane, after rising a few feet, stalled. It was Orville’s turn next and he kept the plane up twelve seconds, covering 120 feet of ground. Looked Like Box Kite The plane had the appearance of a large, wide box kite with struts supporting vertical and horizontal rudders at the rear. The engine was at one side of tne pilot’s seat, to prevent it falling on him in case of an accident. Since that epochal occasion, aviation has progressed far. Today airplanes are being manufactured that will rise to nearly 40,000 feet. Planes have stayed in the air more than sixty-five hours, traveled’4,466 miles without halt, split the air at 319 miles an hour, crossed North America from the Pacific to the Atlantic in eighteen hours and forty-eight minutes, and from Atlantic to Pacific in twenty-four hours and fiftyone minutes, traversed the Atlantic and flown to the north pole. The last two years has witnessed more real progress in aviation than the twenty-three preceding years. Mail Spurs Flying One of the greatest factors in advance of aviation has been the postoffice department’s establishment of air mail routes. Bob Shank, president of Hoosier airport here, and the oldest living air mail pilot, was one of the four pilots on the first route. The other three have died. In 1920 a transcontinental mail route was completed, cutting twen-ty-four hours from the fastest train time, eighty-seven hours. Night flying was inaugurated in 1923, although it was not until July 1, 1924, that regular operation of through day and night service was begun. A year later overnight service between Chicago and New York was started. The air mail service was turned over to private contractors in 1927 and since that time a total of twen-ty-seven routes has been placed in operation, covering a total of 12,739 miles, of which 8,000 miles is lighted sor 1 night flying. Another 5,000 miles is scheduled. Plan Air Sales Agency James A. Perry, president of Curtiss Flying Service of Indiana and Captain H. Weir Cook, head of the Ourtiss flying school, flew to Lafayette Wednesday in connection with establishing a sales agency there for Curtiss airplanes, for which the local school has Indian? distribution rights. Airmen Stop Here Visiting planes at Capitol airport, West Thirtieth street, west of Lafayette pike, Wednesday included a Travelair biplane piloted by G. L. Unruh and George L. Hart, en route from Bradford, Pa., to Wichita, Kan., and a Ryan brougham owned by the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, Ft. Worth, Tex., flown by E. J. Johns and George B. Fredell, from South Bend to Louisville.

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Weather conditions at Indianapolis airport at 9:30 a. m.: Ceiling, 2,000 feet; visibility 3 miles, hazy. Temperature, 40. Wind, southeast, 13 miles an hour velocity; barometric pressure at sea level, 30.20. Air Trophy Winner Here Lieutenant James Dyer, San Diego (Cal.) naval air station, who landed at Schoen field, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Wednesday, en route to Washington, •'where President Calvin Coolidge will present to him the Schiff memorial trophy, was to continue his flight today. The trophy is awarded each year to the naval or marine pilot flying

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the most hours without accident to plane or occupant. His record was 1,251 hours, approximately 500 hours more than the winner last year. He was accompanied here by Mrs. Dyer, and while in the city they were guests of Miss Mary Catherine Coulter, 2161 North Meridian street. Hoosier to Build Hangar Plans for .anew hangar at Hoosier airport with capacity enough to accommodate even the largest trimotored planes, were announced today by Harold C. Brooks, Hoosier airport secretary-treasurer. The new hangar will be of permanent construction, with concrete walls and steel roof, large enough for about fourteen ordinary planes. It will be the only hangar in this section of the country large enough

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tiss company’s equipment to three Robins, and several more are to be obtained in a few days. The company also will obtain several Curtiss Fledgling training planes for its student instruction. Passenger to Ft. Wayne H. H. Lindley of Marion was a passenger on the Capitol airways plane from Detroit as far as Ft. Wayne Wednesday afternoon.

Extension to Air Firm Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—A sixmonth extension of the license granting the Texas Air Transport Company use of the flying field at Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., for landing planes, was announced £y the war department today. Girl Would Be Mail Flier WASHINGTON, Oec. 13.—Post -

master-General New made public today a letter from Miss C. N. Meyer, New Orleans, applying for a position as an air mail pilot. He advised her of the hazards of the air mail service and told her she must learn how to fly before her application would be considered. Fokker Lands Here A Fokker tri-motor plane, piloted by Milt Girton, en route from New

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York city to St. Louis, landed at Indianapolis airport Wednesday for fuel.

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