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W a sh i ng t on , D , C.
The p ur pos e of t hi s l et te r i s t o k ee p t h~ p er son
ne l of t he Ai r S er vi ce b ot h
i n W as hi ng ton a nd i n t he f ie ld i nf or me d ~ s t o th
e a ct iv it ie s of t h e A ir S er vi ce i n
s en er al , a nd f or r el ea se t o t h e p ub li c p re ss
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F OR RE LE AS E J UL Y 1 4. 1 92 1
B EL IE F ~ X PE D IT IO N O F AI RP L AN E S T O T HE P UE BL O
F LO OD
T he e xp ed it io n of t hr ee a ir pl an es s en t ou t f r om
P os t F ie ld , F or t S il l, O k l a . ,t o r en de r a ny a s
si st an ce p os si bl e i n c o nn ec ti on w it h t he f lo od a
t P ue bl o, C ol or ad o.s er ve s t o a dd t o t he a lr ea dy l
ar ge f ie ld of u se fu ln es s i n w hi ch t he a ir pl an e c
an
be u ti li ze d. T he w or k e xp ec te d of t he p la ne s s en
t t o P ue bl o w as ,t o p at rol t he
Ar ka ns as R iv er , F ou nt ai n C re ek a nd t he ir t ri bu
ta ri es a nd d am s a nd k ee p t he c it yLn for med i n c ase a
se co nd fl ood or a ny dam s or r ive rs ga ve way . T he fl ig ht
le ft
f or Pu eb lo on S un da y a ft er noon , J un e 5 th , b y w ay
o f D od ge C it y. T he p l an es w er e
e qu ip pe d w it h m ac hi ne g un s, r ad io a nd p hot og ra
ph ic e qu ip me nt , a nd p il ot ed b y
M aj or F ol le tt B ra dl ey , A .S t, F ir st L ie ut en an t
F re d C . N el so n, A .S ., a nd F ir stL i eu t en a nt K , N .V
va l k: , ~r : ,A.S" w it h F ir st L ie ut . Jo s e ph T . M or ri
s, A. S., a nd
S er ge an ts G al l, S he pa rd a nd C or po ra l B ru gh a s p
a ss en ge rs .S ki rt in g a n um be r of he av y s tor ms , t he
f li gh t l an de d a t D od ge C it y, K an sa s,
a t 6: 45 P .M ., a nd f ou nd t ha t c it y i n a s ma ll s ta
te of e x ci te me nt a nt ic ip at in g t he
f lood w hi ch . i t w as c on te mp la te d, w ou ld r ea ch t
he re a bo ut n oo n t he f ol low in g d ay .
S ho rt ly ' a ft er l an di ng a t D od ge C it y, a he av y r
ai n b eg an , w hi ch c on ti nu ed u nt il
11 :00 o' clo ck M on day mo rn ing , a t whic h t ime the f lig
ht t ook o ff fo r P uebl o. C on-
f li ct in g t el eg ra ms f rom o ff ic ia ls of t he S ta te
of C ol or ad o a s t o s er Vi ci ng f ac il i-t ie s w er e r ec
ei ve d b y Ma jo r B ra dl ey , w ho d ec id ed t ha t it w as a
dv is ab le t o la nd a t
L am ar , C ol or ad o, a pp rox im at el y 9 0 m il es f rom P
ue bl o, a nd t ak e on a dd it io na l g as i n
or de r t ha t t he p la ne s w ou ld i n n o w ay 'b e s tr an
de d w he n a rr iv in g a t d es ti na ti on i n
ea se g as an d o il c ou ld not b e s ecu red . Sh ort ly a fte
r l and in g at L amar , ano the r
h eav y ra in f ell . D uri ng sl igh t " le t-u ps" o f t he s
tor m t he p lan es we re g ass ed, an d
a t 4 :0 0 o 'c loc k t he r ai n h a d s ub si de d t o s uc h
a ri e xt en t t ha t t he f li gh t a ga in t ook
of f.f or P ue bl o, f ol loW in g t he r iv er u p t o t ha t c
it y. N o t el eg ra ph ic c om mQ ni ca -,
t ion a c ou ld b e r ec ei ve d f rom P ue bl o, b ut t he M ay
or o f L am ar h ad b ee n i nf or me d, i nan un of fic ial way ,
th at a s ec ond fl ood h ad str uc k Pue blo , w ors e th an t he
f irs t
un e, a nd th at a fiv e t o t en fo ot r ise wa s o n i ts w ay
an d req ues ted t ha t th e rad io
op er at or s b e p re pa re d t o r ec ei ve r ad io m es sa ge
s f rom t he f li gh t a s tQ r iv er c on di -t ion s f rom L a ma
r t o Pu eb lo , Ra di o c om mu ni ca ti on w as h el d w it h F
t. L yon s b y L ie ut .
Mo rri s. Th e rum or o f t he s ec on d f loo d p rov ed t o b
e u nf ou nd ed ~ a nd F or t L yo ns w asr eq ue st ed t o i nf or
m t he t ow ns e as t o f th e F or t t ha t n o f ur th er d an ge
r n ee d b e a nt i-
c ip at ed i n c on ne ct io n w it h t hi s s ec ~n d f lo od
.T he fl igh t ar riv ed at t en mi nu tes p ast fiv e at Pu eb lo
an d f le w ov er t he ci ty .
Th e f ir st imp res sio n of th e cit y t hat o ne h ad fr om t
he ai r w as t ha t of a c hil d's
t oy v il la ge w hi ch h ad b ee n i na dv er te nt ly k ic ke
d o ve r b y s om e c ar el es s f oot . Theb us in es s s ec ti on
o f t he t ow n w as t he p or ti on w hi ch h ad r ec ei ve d a ll
t he d am ag e.
B ox c ar s w er e s tr ew n i n al l c on ce iv ab le a nd i nc
on ce iv ab le p os it io ns ; i n b ac k
y ar ds of s to re s, ,u ps id e d ow n a nd c ros sw is e of th
e t r ac ks . B ui ld in gs s ee ~e d t o be
~ wi ng in g a t al l p os it ion s f rom t he ir or ig in al f
ou nd at ion s. O ne l um be r y ar d, w hi ch
for mer ly occ upi ed ha lf a blo ck , w as st run g ove r a ll
of t he l ow ~ par t of t he cit y.
One s tee l b rid ge sp ann in g t he A rkan sa s Ri ver w as br
oke n i n two ~ nd th e sec tio ns ,
l ay a lon gs id e of e a ch o th er . Af te r c ir cl in g t he
c it y, a l an di ng f ie ld w as s el ec te d
f ou r m ile s so uth of P ueb lo' s b usi nes s di st ric t o n
t he ed ge o f t he t own and w es t of.
3l ag d umps of t he Col or ado Fu el a nd Ir on C omp any . Th
e fie ld wa s a n e xc ell ent o ne,
~e arl y a m il e lo ng a nd h alf a m ile w ide , le ve l a s a
f lo or , w it h h ar dl y a ny d is - ;.dvant ages , '
...........
C ol on el H am ro ck , A dj ut an t G en er al o f t he S ta te
o f C ol or ad o, a rr iv ed a t the~ji el d s hor tl y a ft er t
he p la ne s h ad l an de d, a nd t he of fi ce rs w er e t ak en t
o t he '
on gr es s H ot el , a t t ha t t im e t he h ea dq ua rt er s o
f t he C ol or ad o N at ion al G ua rd a n9
o lo rado Ranger-s I w ho w er e i n c ha rg e of t he f lo od s
it ua ti .o n. B ei ng l oc at ed 0(........,
i .g h g ro un d, t hi s h ot el f o rt un at e1 y e sc ap ed t
he f lo od . Itw as v er y c ro wd ed a nd _" ,_ "9 r y c os m op
ol i ta n i n a p pe a ra nc e . I t s ee me d t ha t e ve ry on e
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whatever was wearing ~~niform., .Ex-emergepoy o-fficers,
National Guardsmen,Colorado.Rangers, Ex-Royal Air Force officers,
Marines and Sailors thronge~ thep;Laoe and, togetl1er with oi
vilians carrying guns and 'wearing' various kinds ofbadges, made
quite an interesting spectacle. A dynamo of the flooded
electricplant was put in operation which furnished the hotel with
l~ght, the only build-ing in town so furnished.
No flying being ~equired the next morning, an inspection of the
devastateddistrict was made on foot. Dead animals and overturned
automobiles were strewnabout the oity. The mud in some places was
four and five feet deep. One Italiansettlement was completelY
washed Qut; nothing but faint signs of former founda-tions beil:!g
in evadence, and all buildings in direct line of the flood
wereeither washed away or their foundations so shaken that they
were unsafe toenter. Crews of" men in rubber boots and armed with
shovels were hard at work
.. .endeavor-i.ng to clean up the horrible mesa. It is' nearly
impossil~le to vf sua.l.i.ae
. the destruction caused by the high water unless ona were
actually on the groundand witnessed it. The excellent spirit of the
citizens, many of whomhad losteverything, was remarkable. '
In t~e afternoon patrols were made of ihe rivers for 50 miles,
and favor-able reports were returned to Military Headquarters ~
There were no further cloudburets in the mountai~s, and no further
d~nger fpom the river was imminent. Dailypa't rol.s were made until
Saturday morning, at which time the Adjutant Generalreleased the
night so that, i tcouldreturn to Fort ,Sill. '
i LieutEmant-bo1onel Cables,EngineGrs, requested ,that a mosaic
'map be madeof Pueblo and a numbar of devastfited mountain towns.
An add:i,tiona.l plane, morecompletely equipped for making mosaic
mapEl, was requested 'from Post Field inotder to effectively
aocomplish this mission.
The flight left Pueblo at 1: 30, returning by way of Dodge Oity,
arriving at'Post Field at 8 :45 P.M. making th,e return trip in six
hours and fifteen minutesand bucking a strong wind all the way.
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AIRPLANERACEr:ROMH.ARTFORD,C ON N , ,TO SPRINGFIFLDt~lSS' i N n
RE.1'1!.1!!i/ .
Lieutenant R. C. Moffat, First Corps Area, ArmyAi;:/Service,
piloting aDeHaviland 4, was the winner of the Charles K,
H~~ilto~'Memorial Trophy offeredby ,the Hartford Municipal Aviation
Commission for the-recent airplane rae e fromHartford, .Oonn , to
Springfield, Mass., and return. The act\,lalf1ying time forthe
48-mile course was 25 minute$ and 35 seconds.
The Charles K. Hamilton Memorial Trophy is one of the mast
handsome awar-dsoffered re~ently for any aviation event. It is a
massive silver cup, bearing
, a likeness of the plane piloted b y Hamilton when that famous
pioneer was makingt'he most sensational flight of his' career . The
twphy was presented to theHartford Aviatiop Commission by Seymour
Wernyes9mith, magazine writer of thatcity. It was named in honor of
Charles K.. Harn.i Lt.on., inF,l.smuchas that famousbirdman,who
died in 1914, lies buried only a mile or two from the newmuni-cipal
air port at Hartford. and it W a ~ near that city that he made his
earlier
"attempts at air naVigation. ' The race to Springfield on June
11th wa~ almostto a . da.y eleven years from the time, in June
1910, when Hamilton captured the$10,000 prize offered' by ,"The
NewYork Timesll,for the f:i.:rst NewYork toPhiladelphia flight. .
..
The race at Hartford-waf; on a handicap basis', and John M.
Mille.r, ofAtlantic Oity, piloting a Curtiss Oriole, was i3.close s
ecoad to Lieut. Mo.ffat.
losing by only ons minute corrected time. Charles
(lICasey\~')Jones, a1eo ., piloting an Oriole, finished a .cLose
third, outdistancing the next nearest
competi to r s ,, Mr. Jones captured a bomb dropping contest,
making a perfect score. Pilot
Stuart Chadwick, former army pilot,who is! nowmaking the new
Hartford fieldhis home base, was a close second. Lieut. Lott of
Bridgeport, Conn., cap.tur edfirst place in a landing contest in
whtch fo~rt~en planes entered, an~ also wonin an aerial acrobatic'
.exhdbi tion. A navat f.\eaplane was winner in. a rac e alongthe
Connecticut River, "Har-tford to Middletown 8,ndreturn, AnHS boat
actually
\madefaeter time but lost on its handic~p. ,Judges for the
events at the Hartford AViat~~n,Meet were Augustus Post,
Secretary of the Aero 'Club of America;
Ma.j{)rLl?()~iardDrennan, commanding the Ar:tY'''Jaer;ial
detachment at Framingham, Mass.;Capta;in 1J!ereditii of the Air
Service;,
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,
and Major William J.Malone, Connecticut Aviation Commissioner.
Lieut. Samuele; Mills acted as supervisor and Lieuts. Fasteneau and
Wat-render, Air Service, assist.
II edt
,
Brainard Field at Hartford is part of the Hartford Municipal Air
Port andin the unanimous opinion of fliers who have visite4it, if?
the best aerial-field
.' in New England. Itwasestablinhed and is maintained by a city
appropriation,The Hamilton Trophy was accepted by Laeut, Moffat on
behalf of the U.S. kr,,
, Air Service, and it win be displayed in Major Drennan's
OffiC~S /,ston.
L1EUT. PEARSON"SFLIGHT TO 'IHEGRANDCANYON.IN ARIZONA~ _. (
V 3599 A S3
Lieutenant Alexander Pearson', Air Service;- in making his
flight to ' i :. y '1 e Grr,,'1c;
Canyon of Arizona, had another interesting experience following
his attempt to
negot'iate the NewYork to San Francisco transcontinental flight.
Itwill be re-:called that on this journey, while flying from El Pa
so to San Antonio on February, .'loth, his plane deve l oped -m o
tor trouble and he was' forced to c oms down in a can- ../
yon acutn of the Rio Grande r'iver. His plane was subsequently
recovered, by an ex-pedition sent into Mexico for that purpose; a
new engine was installed in theplane and it was f}own back to the
Del Rio Airdrome. An account of this expedi-tion will be given in
,a future issue of the' "News Letter". .. ' 'The flight over and in
the Canyon was made between 9: 00 and 10:00 A.~. onJune lOth .
Ideut, Pearson states .that at the beg5.nning of this flight there
wasa slight east wind bl owi.ng and that it was very warm, the air
being quite calmexcept for "heat s we ll s" . I t was just as
smooth over and in the Canyon as outsideexcept for a strip along
each wall, where there' was a very .not iceab l e rough region.
rtween one-fourth and one-ha l f mile wide, undoubtedly "caused by
strong uprising
rr-rerrt s of air heated by the canyon walls. Lieut. Pearson
thought that there)u1d probably be a downward current of air in the
middle of the Canyon to replacelat rising near the walls, but it
was not noticeable. This was probably due to
\e fact that if there were such a downward current , its
downwar-d velocity wouldl not more than that of the rising current
at the canyon wall~ . This conclusion
,s arrived at by assuming that there was no longitudiJ;lal or up
or down streamsplacement of air in the Can10n and that the region
of uprising air extendede-haH mile back from the canyqn walls, This
woudl.give a rising air volume one1e wide, and as th~ average width
of .the canyon is 10 Ir!iles it would leave awnward column of ai~
nine miles wide to replace the rising air, I~s downward
velocity should therefore average about one-ni:nth that of the
rising air. Strongcross wfnds had the effect. of, greatly Widening
the belt of uprising air. on theside of the canyon opposite to that
from which the wind was blowing, but did notchange the column on
the oth~r \side. "'.
Lieutenant PearSon started for the Grand Canyon from Nogales,
Arizona, onMay 31st, making stops at Phoenix, Preecott, Ashfork
and'Williams, and selecting'landing fields at each of these places.
He arrived ~t the Grand Canyon on Ju~e4th and spent the day in
conference 'with the Superintendent of Parks and in look-ing for
possible Landd ng fields. He states that no place closer than
eleven mLlfrom the Grand Oanyon Station was found that was not
covered with timber. Fai.good emergency fields were found to the
north, west and east of Anita and one ,.Coconio, one-fourth of a
mile 'east of Anita, Which is one mi.Le long and one-cfour Lhof a
mile wide, 'flat, an~ with good appr6aches from north, east and
southwest.This field was covered with sage-brush 18 inches/high and
had prairie dog holes ~nit, but could be made suitable for landing
at an expense of $150.00' or less. Justto the northwest of Anita is
a .sl~ght rise which is flat on top and on which anexcellent field
could be made, as a space one-half mi)e square with approaches
.from any direction is available. It is level land without any
pr.airie dog holes,
but is covered with sagebrush. The attitude of this tract is
6,100 feet, and itm/'luld only be necessary to dr-ag it with a
railroad ~ron to put it in excellent
This was the most practicable 'field found in the near vicinity
of the can-is i t is on the railroad, 15 miles airline from the
Grand Canyon, and it would)ut little taput it in condition. The.
nearness to the railroad is an impor ...
ltem, as all SUPPlies, even water. must be shipped in, and roads
are none tooPassengers for or from Grand Canyon could be carried to
and from Anita on
lroad or an aut o in one-ha.l f h our- at all seasons of'the
year . .very good emergency fields. exist all the way between
Williams and Anita and
e .ea s t as far as the San Francisco Mountains and to the west
for 30 miles be.Anita and Grand Canyon.
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I n s u mm ar iZ in g L ie ut . P ea rs on 's r ep or t, t he C
om ma nd in g o ff ic er o f F li ~h t " B" ,
1 2t h S qua dr on , s ta te s , th at a t ot al o f 14 fl ig ht
s f or 'a t l tal of 2 2 ho u rs a nd 5
m in ut es w er e m ad e a bo v e a nd i n t he V ic in it y of
t he C an yo n d ur ing a p er io d o f 1 4d a y s , 420 g al lon s
o f g as a nd 5 0 q u ar ts o f o i l b e i n g c o n s um e d . H
e i s o f th e b e -
, l ie f t ha t c om me rc ia l f ly in g a cr os s. t he G ra
nd C an yo n a nd i ts v ic in it y i s e nt ir el y
f ea si bl e a nd p ra cti ca l b ut w ou ld r ec om me nd t ha
t a p la ne of a t l ea st a r at e O~.
c li mb e qu ~l t o ~ OO f ee t p er m in ute at 7 , 00 0 fe et
a nd a 1 7, 00 0 f t. c ei li ng b e r e-q ui re d o f t he o p er
at in g c om pa ny i n o r de r t o as su re t he s af ~t y of p as
se ng er s c ar -
r ie d, a nd t ha t n o f ly in g o ve r t he C an yo n be p~ rm
it te d a t a n, al ti tud e o f l es s t ha n
1 1, 50 0 f ee t a bo v e s ea l eve l o r 3 ,50 0 f ee t a bo v
e t he n or th r im u nl es s a p lat ea u
e me rg en cy f iel d i s bu ilt ; t ha t i f s uc h a f ie ld i
s bu il t w it h' 40 0 y ar ds r un wa y.
f ly in g f or s ig ht s ee in g p ur po se s m ig ht b e c a rr
ie d o n w it h r ea so na bl e s af et y a t6 ,0 00 f ee t a bo v
e s ea l ev el o r 1 ,0 00 f ee t b el ow t he s ou th r im /p rov
id ed t he p la ne
w as p il ote d w it hi n g li di ng d is tan ce o f t he p lat
ea u f ie ld . F ur th er mo r e, n o fi el d
s ho u ld b e b ui lt c lo s Br t ha ~t wo mi le s o f t he r im
of th e C an yo n o n a cc ou nt of t he
b um py a ir c on di ti on s n ea r t he C an yo n w all s w hi
ch w ou ld t end t o ma ke ta ke o f fs a nd
l a nd i ng s d i ff i cu l t.
O n J un e 5 ~h L ie ut . P ea rs on , i n c om ~~ ny w it h t
he C hie f R a ng er o f t he G ra nd
C an yo n N at io n al P ar k, w en t d ow n i n t he C an yo n
t o l oo k o v er t he p la te au . T he
p la te au i s 3 ,' 75 0 f ee t a bov e s ea l ev el a nd w hi
le g ,e ne ra ll y le ve l) it is r o u g hor f ul l of s ma H r ol
ls a nd h ol lo w s Id e ut , Pe ar so n s ta te s t ha t a l an di
ng o n a ny
, .p a rt o f t h i' s p l at e au w o ul d a l mo s t c e rt a
i, W .y ' rB s ult i n a cr as h, though n o t n e c e ss a r i -
'
l y f at al .. T wo w .a y l an di ng f ie ld s o f 4 00 o r 5
00 yar-ds in ] e ng th b y 7 5 y ar ds i n
w id th c ou ld b e b ui l t on t hi s p lat ea u a t a n um be
r o f p la ce s a t a , c os t o f ab ou t
$ 1 ,0 00 e ac h, a s t he su rf ac e o f t he p lat ea u i s o
f d e co m po s ed r oc k a nd c ou ld b e
e a si l y w o rk e d. No o t .he r l ev el o f t he c any on i
s a t al l s ui ta bl e f or a ny k in d o fa n e m e rg en cy l an
di ng f ie ld .
O n J u ne 6 th L ie ut . P ea rs on s ta rt ed o n h is r et ur
n t ri p t o No ga le s a nd a rr iv el l
t he re o n J un ~ 8 th . O n t he f a ll ow in g d ay h~ f le w
t o W il li am s) A ri z. , w hi ch he
u se d a s a b as e b ec au se o f t he c lo s e p ro x im it y
o f t he f iel d t o to w n a nd t he a va il -
a bi li ty o f g as a nd o i l o f go od q ua lit y. I t w as al
so t he c lo s es t f ie ld t o G ra nd
C an yo n t ha t c ou ld b e u se d, a s n o fu nd s w er e a va
il ab le to p re pa re f ie lds c lo s er . . ,O n J un e 1 1t h, t
he d ay f ol lO Wi ng L ie ut . P ea rs on 's f li gh t o ve r th e
G ra nd C an -
y on , h e l ef t W il li am s a t 8 : 25 A. M. , f ly in g b y
w ay o f F la gs ta ff , S an F r an ci sc o
p ea ks , L it tl e C ol or ad o R iv er , P ai nt ed D es er t,
M ar bl e C an yo n a nd K a ib ab P 1a te au .
T h eI ' e w e re f e w, if a ny ,fi el d1 3 t ha t c ou ld b e
l an de d i n a t a ll a ft er l ea vin g S an
E ra nc is co M ou nt ai ns , a si i i s r ou gh . s an dy d es
er t t ha t w ou ld s ur el y c au se a c r as h.Th e K ai ba b p
la te au i s a hi gh r ol li ng t ra ct of l an d h e av il y c ov
er ed w it h t im be r.
T he re ,i s o ne u n iq ue s po t i n t h e P l at ea u, c al
le d B ig P ar k, w hi ch f or s bm e c ur io Us
, re as on i s ba re . I t is ap pr ox im at el y o ne -h al f~
mi le w id e a nd 5 m i l e s l O R & , l y i n gin a s ma ll v
all ey r un ni ng n or th a nd s ou th . I t i s th e o n ly p la
ce o n th e p la te au
o n wh ic h a l an di ng c ou ld b e. m ad e. L ie ut . P ea rs
on l an de d t he re a t 1 0 :2 0 A .M . . H e
st at es t ha t i ~ i s a v ery g oo d f ie ld , a nd c an be u
se d b y a ny pl an e, wi th ou t a ny
pr ep ar at ion , i f t he p la ne c ar t t ak e o f f a t t hi
s a lt itu de - 8 , 80 0 f ee t. H e t oo k o f f
w it ho u t a ny d if fi cu lty a nd f le w i n an d a ro u nd t
he c an yo n fo r h a lf . a n hc ur , H is. ex pe ri en ce s w er
e s im il ar t o t hQ se of t he p rev io u s d ay . H e d es cen
de d 3 50 0 f ee t b e -
lo w t he so u th r im o f . t he C an yo n a nd 45 00 f ee t b
el ow t he n or th r im . N o d if fi cu lt y
w as e xp er ien ce d e xc ep t t ha t t he m ot or b ec ame ve
ry h ot , d ue t o t he h ot a ir i n th e
b ot t o m o f t h e , C a n yo n . ' " , .O n J une 1 5t h L ie
ut . P ea rs on ma de a no th er t ri p to th e C a ny on , ta ki
ng o f f
a t 2 :2 0 P.'M. i n a s tr on g aouthweat w in d b lo wi ng 4 0
nn Les a n h o ur . T h e a ir ' w a s
'ex t r- em aly r ou gh a nd b um py a ll t he w ay ' t o t he C
an yo n. He c ro ss ed o ve r a nd b ac k
a n um li le ro f t im es a t a lt it ud es o f f ro m 5 00 t o
4 , 00 0 f ee t a bo ve t he r .i m, a nd fo ul 1d
t ha t t he re w as n o d i ff er en ce i n r ou gh ne ss o ve r
t he C a ny on a nd l an d a t c or re sp on d-
in g a lt it ud es . H e d id n ot d es ce nd i nt o t he C an
yo n f or t he ' .r-eas c n t ha t it i s v er y
u np le as an t t o f l y i n s uc h c lo se q ua rt er s d ur
in g r ou gh w ea th er .
S ti )l a not he r t ri p. to t he C an yo n wasvmade ' by L ie
ut . P ea rs on o n J u ne 1 7t h, h is
e xp er ie nc es b ei ng s im il ar t o th os e o f pr ec ed in
g . fl ig ht s. O n J un e 1 8t h M r. H a l H .
B ul le n a rr iv ed a t Wi ll ia ms f ro m K an ab , U ta h, f
ly in g a C ur ti ss S ta nd ar d w it h 150
h . p, K i rk h am 6 C u r t i s s M o t or . T h e w ea th e r
w ~ s i d ea l - c oo l a n d n o w i n d . L i e u t .P ea rs on t
ook o ff a t 7 : 5 0 A .M . f or t he G ra nd C an yo n a nd r et
ur ne d a t 9 : 5 (1 A .M . M ov -
in g p ic tu re s w er e m ad e o f t his f li gh t under a ut
ho ri ty o f th e C hi ef o f Ai r S er vi ce .F ly in g c on dit
io n s w er e l ik e t ho s e o f t he f ir st d ay a nd t he re w
er e no b um ps e ve na t t he C an yo n w al la , a s t he y h ad
n ot h ad t ime t o he at up th is e ar ly i n t he m or n-. "J . n
g .
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E ST AB LI SH ME NT O F ~ ]; ~' AV IA TI ON F IE LD A T B U FF
AL O, N ,Y .
T he B uf fa lo A ir cr af t C or po ra ti on a nn ou nc es t he
o pe ni ng o n, J ul y 2 nd a t B u ff al o
o f t h e ir n ew a vi a' ti on f i el d, k no wn a s 1 1 40 rr
isFieV, a nd o ff er t he A rm y A t! ' Ser-v ic e th e f ac il it
ies o f th ei r ," ie ld g rat is . Th e fi eld will b e o pe n t o
the g e n e r a lp ub li c a nd n o c ha rg es w il l b e m ad -e e
xc ep t f or s er vi ce s a nd s up pl ie s. T he ,B uf fa lo
A ir cr af t C or po ra ti on p ro po se t o u se t hi s f ie ld
p ri ma ri ly a s a n a v ia ti on s ch oo l a nG
hc pe t o t u ~n o ut m a n y s uc ce ss fu l avfat.or-s a nd m
ec ha ni cs . T he p e rs on ne l o f t he ir
or -g ar na at d on c on si st s p ra ct ic al ly o f al l e x-
se rv ic e m en i n t h e U ni te d s ta te s andC a na d ia n f or
c es .
C U R T I S S - IJ \ ! l l ~ N A C O M P A & i/
T he f ol lo wi ng c om mu ni ca ti o~ h as r ec en tl y b ee n
r ec ei ve d' fr om t he C ur ti ss -
I nd ia na C om pa ny , K ok om o, I nd .
" Th e C ur ti ss -I nd ia na C om pa ny h av e j us t I OO ve d
on t o t he ir n ew f ie ld , a nd i n~~ ' or de r to le t t ~e ge
ne ra l p ub lic k no w w ha t we h ave do n e. in t he p ro mo t
io n o f a er ona u-
y t ic s, w e a re g qi ng t o ha ve ' a b ig A vi at io n M ee
t o n Se pt em be r 2 0, 2 1 an d 2 2 .} Du ri n g the l as t tw o
y ea rs the C ur t is s- In d ia na C o mp an y hav e en jo ye d t
h e r e pu ta -
t io n o f h aV in g t he l ar ge st a nd b es t e qu ip pe d c
om me rc ia l a vi at ion f ie ld i n t he U ni t-
e d s ta te s. P os si bl y t he re a re ot he r' fi e~ ds w hi
ch h ad m or e a cr ea ge t ha n o ur s b utw e d o not b el i ev e
t ha t t he re w er e a ny t ha t h ad m or e g rou nd ' wh ic h co
ul d a ct u~ ll y b eu se d f or l an di ng o r b et te r f ac il
it ie s f or f l yi ng t ha n ~ ur s. H ow ev er , e ar ly t hi
s,
s .p ri ng w e h ad a n o pp or tu ni ty t o s ec ur e a l ar ge
r f ie ld w it h a bs ol ut el y n o o bs ta cl es
i n a ny w ay an d gi vin g u s a t l ea st on e- hal f m tl e r
un way i n e ver y d ire ct io n . Of
c ou rs e o ur n ew f ie ld i s m ar ke d w it h t he r eg ul at
io n 1 0 0 f oo t c ir cl e a nd 6 0 fo o tc r os s a n d is i n e
ve ry w ay u p t o t h e G ov er nm en t r eq ui re me nt s. We e x
p e c t t o ' n o t i . f y
a s n ea rl y a s p os sib le ev ery p il ot i n t he U ni ted S
ta tes wh o ow ns a sh ip an d a skt ha t he co me h er e an d t ak
e pa rt i n t hi s Me et. ' T he p rog ra m h as n ot b een a rr an
ged a ~
y et , b ut u nd ou bt ed ly w e w i ll h av e a p rog ra m w hi
ch w il l k ee p t he f li er s b us y d ur in g
t he ir st ay he re . Ga sol in e an d oi l wil l be fu rn ish
ed fo r a ll o f t he m ae hi ne s du ri n[
t he ir s ta y a nd t he re w il l b e a ut om ob il es a t t h
e s er vi ce of t he , f li er s. W e e xp ec tt ha t t he re w il
l b e ma ny t ho~ sa nd s of s pe ct at or s h er e f rom a ll p ar
ts o f t he c ou nt ry
a nd t he re i s n o r ea so n w h y t hi s s ho ul d n ot b e a
h u ge ' s uc ce ss , a s t he p eo pl e i nIn dia na a re ve ry e
nt hu sia st ic ab ou t f ly ing . T her e w il l b e ~n y p ri zes
, cu ps , et c. ,
a w a r d e d b y t he -v ar io us f ac to ri es a nd m er ch an
ts i n t hi s l oc al it y a nd w e b e li ev eth at i t wo ul d b
e we ll w or th th e W hi le of an y p il ot t o co m e h er e. ' W
e al so e xp ect
t ha t we wi ll h av e at l eas t 25 d if fe re nt . ty pe s o f
s hi ps o n ~ ur f ie ld a nd w e a nt ic i-p at e t ha t t he re w
il l b e m or e t ha n 1 0 0 V is i ti n g s h ip s ."
, /
M UN IC IP AL L AN DI NG F IE LD A T H ART FO RD , C ON N. '
/
,. ' r
M r. H ir am P er cy M ax im . P re si de nt of t he Ha rt fo rd
A vi at ~o n C om mi ss io n, r ec en t-l y ad dr es se d a c om mu
ni ca ti on t o th e A ir S er vi ce i n w hi ch h e s ta te s t ha
t t he C it yo f H ar tf or d h as a v er y f in e M un ic ip al L
an di ng F ie ld u nd er t he d ir ec ti on o f th eC it y o f H ar
tf or d A vi at ion C om mi ss ion . T he l a nd in g f ie ld is l
oc a te d d i re c tl y souc..
o f t he ci ty , wi thi n th e c it y li mi ts a nd d ir ec tly
on t ho we st b an k of t h e C o n n~ c t i-
. c u t R iv e r. The d is ta nc e f ro m t h e H ea dq ua rt er
s B ui ld in g 0~1 t he Av ia ti on F ie ld t oth e ce nt er of t h
e c i ty i s a p pr ox i ma t el y 1 t m il e s. Th e f ie ld is L
s ha ped . Th el ar ge r l eg of t he L i s n or th a nd s ou th a
nd i s a pp ro xi ma .t el y 2 t5 0 0 f ee t l on g n or tha n d s
o u th . a n d a p p ro x i ma t e ly 1 0 0 0 f ee t w id e e as t
and w e s t . The e as t a nd we st l eg i s
a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 5 0 0 f ee t l on g e as t a nd w es
t a nd a T) pr 0x :: ,m at el y8 0 0 f ee t w id e n or tha nd s ou
th , : lb e n or th a nd s ou th l eg i s' v er y c ar ef ul ly g
ra de d a nd a n a lm os t p er f e ct
t urf su rfa ce pr ev ai ls o ve r it s e nt ir e a re a. In th
e ce nt er o f t hi s no rt h an d so u th
l eg is a l ar ge w hi te c ir cl e a s a m ar ke r, m ea su ri
ng 1 0 0 f e et i n d i ar l Je t era n d t h r e ef ee t wid e. I
t' is m ad e o f c rus he d st one an d k ep t' whi te wa~ he d.
'
O n t he f ie ld t he re i s k ep t h .i gh t es t g as ol in e
a nd f ou r g ra de s o f l Ub ri ca ti ng
,1, i n c l u d i n g , caut o r oil. A r e gu l a r M u ni ci
pa l c ar et ak er i s o n t he g ro un d s ev en. ys a we ek . Pu
bli c fl yi ng i s do ne c ons ta ntl y. t her e b ei ng t wo p lan
es at t hee ld a ll o f th e t im e. T he se p la ne s a re o wn ed
. b y p ri v at e i nd iv id ua ls w ho u se
em fo r ta k in g u p p as se n ge rs . ' ,
L ie ut . M of fi t, o f t he Ai r p er vi ce S ta ti on a nd t
he F ra mi ng ha m A ir dr om e, M a s s . ,ce nt ly vi sit ed th e
F ie ld an d p ro no un ced i t th e b est i n N ew En gl and . Th
er e i se ar f ly in g g ro un d f or a t l e as t o ne s qu ar e m
il e, a nd t he c on di ti on s a re h a rd ly
c el le d a ny wh er e i n t h e c ou nt ry
f'
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A ER ON AU T~ CA L N ~N S F R O M O TH ER C OU NT RI ES
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T HE A MP HI BI AN tS M ER IT S
T he r em ar ka bl y f in e f li gh t o f t he V ic ke rs A mp
hi bi an -N ap ie r m ac hi ne f ro m t he
S ei ne to t he T ha me s h as ~ ~ ga in ra is ed t he q ues ti
on of th e fu rt he r de ve lop men t
of c ivi l a vi at ion w ith s pe ci al r ef er en ce t o the p
os si bl e f ut ur e of L on don a s an
a ir p or t. It w ou ld s eem th at t he pr ac ti ca bi li ty of
t he s che me n ee ds no f ur th erd em on st ra ti on , f or t he
f li gh t i n q ue st io n, ' fo ll ow in g o n th e t es ts c ar
ri ed o ut b y
t he A ir M in is tr y on t he Th am es , ha s c le ~r ly s how
n wh at g rea t a dv an ta ge s w oul d ar is e
f rom s it in g a n a ir -li ne te rm in ai in t he he ar t of
Lon don w it hi n e as y re ac h of e ve ry
p lac e.of b usi ne ss i n tb e met ropol is. Al l w ho w atc he
d t he a li gh ti ng of t he Am phi -
b ian on t he r iv er s om e w ee ks a go, th e s tar ts f or he
r r et ur n f+ ig ht s to B rook la nd s,
a nd h er a rr iv al fr om P ar is t hi s we ek , m us t h av e
ob se rv ed t ha t t he se ev ol ut ions w er e
c ar ri ed out i n a v er y s ma ll s pac e an a t hat t he m ac
hi ne h ad an a mp le c: le ar an ce w he ns he p as se d u nd er L
am be th B ri dg e.
Th e m att er is b ein g ra is ed i n t he Hou se of C om mon s
i n a qu es ti on b y M r. Gi l-
b ert , wh o h as as ke d t he Se cr et ar y of .s tat e for Ai
r wh et he r it i s p rop os ed t o e s-
t abl is h a n a ir st at ion on the Ri ver T ha me s. Inf or ma
ti on i s al so s oug ht a s to t hee re ct ion of a pi er , t he
us e of t h e st at ion b y c om me rci al a vi at ion c omp an ies
, th es ha re it he P ost Of fi ce ma y b e e xpe ct ed t o t ak
e'i n u ti liz in g s uc h a s erv ic e, a nd t heq ue st io n o f
r iv er n av i. gat .ao n a n d t he i nt er fe re nc e o f t h e a
ir cr af t t he re wi th '.
, Th e c omm er ci al a ir se rv ic es of t he c ou nt ry a re
st il l r un w ith Gov ern me nt h el p,
a nd a ir me n a re a t p r es en t' s ti il i nv es ti ga ti ng
t he p ro bl e m o f a c om me rc ia ll y e co no mi -
c al a i rp l! ne .' T he r em ot en es s o f a ir dr om es f ro
m t h e c e nt re s of c om me rc e w il l a l-
w ays be a s tum bl in g b loc k i n t he pr og re ss of , c i v
i l f ly in g. A mp hi bi ou s a ir cr af t
r e mov e t ha t d i f fi c u lt y . L ond on T im e s .
T O I ND IA B Y A ~R IN S IX D AY S
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Pl an s a re now b ein g m ad e f 'O r a g re at fl ig ht b y R
3 6, En gl an d " s l at es t a nd
l arg es t Air sh ip , t o Ma lta , E gyp t an d In di a. Al l s
or ts of pr opos al s a re b e in g
c ons id er ed a t t hi s t ime , an d i nst ea d of a tr ip t o
I nd ia i t , ma y b e d ec id ed t o
m ake a non -s top jou rne y to M alt a an d r et ur n. S hou ld
a de ci si on b e re ac he ~ t o
m ake th e t rip to Ind ia , h ow ev er , th e R 3 6 wi ll m ake
a s top in E gy pt f or r ep le n-
i shm en t of fu el . It i s e xp ect ed th at t he fl ig ht t o
In di a wi ll ~t ak e s ix d ay s.
T he f as te st t im e b y r ail an d s tea me r i s 2 1 d ay
s.
A w on de rf ul f ea th er -w ei gh t r af t, f or us e i n t he
ev en t of a f orc ed d es ce nt
on t he w at er , ha s b ee n d ev is ed f or cr os s-C ha nn el
a ir ex pr es se s. T he ap pa ra tu sc om pr is es t wo c yl in de
rs of c om pr es se d a ir W hi ch , w he n t he v al ve s a re tu
r n e d ,
i nf la te i n 3 0 s ec on ds t wo f lo at s, a nd e na bl e t
he r af t" t hou gh i ts t ot . l w ei gh ti s on ly 5 6 pou~ ds ,
t o s u ppor t a s ma ny ' a s f ou r p eop le . T he r af t c an
be st ow ed
a lon g t he t op o f an a e ro pl an e f us el ag e.
L ie ut en an t P ar er , t he A us tr al ia n a i. rm an , p ro
po se s t o s ta rt o n a f 1: 1, gh tr o un uA us tr al ia t hi s
m on th , aecompam e d b y. an c bs e rv er j a m e ch an ic a nd a
c in em at og ra phope ra tor , f o.r th e p ur pose of r ais in g
m one y to b uy ' a m ac hi ne for a n a tt emp t t o fly
a cr os s t he P ac if ic ., .
H o l l a n d
T he l ar ge st a ir dr om e ~ n H ol la nd h as r ec en tl y b
ee n e st ab li sh ed a t Ro tt er da m,
s ev en m il es f rom t he c it y. ' It , is r at he r m or e t
ha n 1 ,1 00 y ar ds l on g hy 7 0 0 w i de
a nd , b ei ng p er fe ct ly f la t a n d o pe n, i s w el l s
ui te d t o th e r e qu ir em en ts of a ir cr af t.
A t em por ar y r ail wa y h as b ee n ~ ade t o bri ng g ra vel
a nd ot he r b ui ld in g ma te ri al to
t he s ite , w he re a l ar ge s he d h as' a lr ea dy b ee n e
re ct ed . O ff ic es h av e be en p ut u p
a nd pr em is es f or C us tom s, wi re le ss ", me te or ol og
ic al o bs er va ti on , a r es ta ur an t, a nd
a t ow er f or i ll um in at ion b y n ig ht a re e ~t he r a lr
ea dy i n e xi st en ce o r pr oj ec te d.
T he w hol e h as b ee n p la nn ed on d at a e mb od yi ng t he
l at es t e xp er ie nc e.
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F r a n c s '
In a n a rt ic le i n , th e L ond on O BS ERVE R b y M ajor C .
C . Tu rne r it i s s t at e d t h ati n t es ts of' c om m er c ia
l a e r9 p la n es a r ra n ge d , by t he F r en ch U nd er -S ec
re ta ry f or Ai r,a F ar ma n " Gol ia th " b ip la ne , d ri ve n
b y t hr ee S al ms on i2 6 0 h .p . e ng in es , t ra ve ll e4 ,ac
ros s c oun tr y a d is tan ce of 2 , 8 0 0 , mi le s i n 3 4 hou
rs ( fl yi ng t im e) . T h e couree
w as P ar is -O rl ea ns -Ro ue n- Me tz -D ij on -P ar i6 . ~ t
h ad t o b e f low n t hr ee t im es , w i t hh al ts a t a ' nu mb
er o f s p ec if ie d p oi nt s, h al ts , e ls ew he re d is qu al
if yi ng . It is
e xp ec te d t ha t o th er f in e p e rf or ma nc es w il l be
p ut up i n t his con te st.f or t hef ol lo wi ng m ac hi ne s a
ls o w er e e nt er ed : A B le ri ot 4 -e ng -i ne dt ri pl an ej
a. L a t e c o e r e3 -e ng in ed b ip la ne ; a nd a C a ud ro n 3
-e ng in 'e d bi pl an e.
,The F ar ma n t 1G ol ia th " i s a d ev el op me nt , f ro m t
he tw o- en gi ne dF ar ma n , da il yf ly in g b et we en C ro yd
on a nd P ar is . It w ei gh s ( fu l1 y l oa de d) s t t on s, e
mp ty a bo ut3 ton s. Its "userut l oad " i n t his te st was 2t t
ons . Th e p il ot w as M ons , N,G ona n. Th e sp ee d of 82t m il
es p er h ou r a v e r a g e for t he c om ple te t our i s v e r
yg oo d, i nd ic at in g, o f co ur se , a m u c h h i g h e r a ir
s pe e d i n ~ al m ai r ; in s uc h a tourw i nd i s f a vo u ra b
le in on e p ar t an d a dM ers e i n a not he r. bu t t he n et re
su lt .i s
r ed uc ed a ve ra ge g ro un d s pe ed .
I...r ,
" AND I L EA R NE D A B DU l F LY IN G F RO M ' I 'HAT"
' Tak ing of f t he f ie ld on e d ay f or a s hort p ra ct ice
flight. I f ac ed a b re ez eo f a b ou t .15 m ile s pe r hour f
rom , t he s ou th . t he "T " up on t he f ie ld b ei ng se t i
n
a cc or da nc e w it h t he s ou th er ly br'e e ae ; I w a -s.
i n th e tt i r p e rh a ps 40 m in ut es , d ur -
in g w hi ch ti me I had fl ow n 25 or 30 mi le s in a sout he
rly d ire ct ion . M y ret urn wa s
prompted by i nd ica ti ons of b a d w ea th er a nd a d es ir e
to re ac h t he gr oun d b ef ore
what s ee m ed t o b e a b ad r a in st orm , p il i ng u p i n
t he w es t , sh oul d b re a k. On ap ..- pr oa ch in g t he f ie
ld I d is cov er ed f r~ th e st ock in g on th e w at er iow er a
nd f rom t he
f la g a t H eadquar-t a rs t ha t t he w ind h ad sw un g to t
he nor th an d h ad i nc re ase d c on .s id er ab ly f rom t he 15
m ile b ree ze wh iCh ha d b een b low in g ove r th e f ie ld a t
tna
ti me of m y ta ke- off . "H ow eve r. t~ e l an di ng " T" st
il l i ndi ca ted t hat la ndi ng s
s hou ld be ma de fr om t he n ort h a nd I c ~g 1t at ed f or s
om et im e w he th er t o l an d i nk ee pi ng w it h t he " T" or
i n k ee pin g w it h m y b et ter ju dgm ent , a s b as ed up on
th ea ppa re nt c ha ng e i n t he d ir ect ion of the w in d. My d
~i sion w as fi nal ly pr om pte d
b y t he f a' ct t ha t s ev er al o ff ic er s w it hi n t he ~
p re ce di ng w ee k o rt en d ay s h ad l 1e en
r ep ri ma nd ed f or i gn or in g t he " 1 ' ' ' i n the ir la
nd ing s, an d so I d ec id ed t o m ak e t hel an di ng f ro m t
he n or th . C ot Id ng ' in f r om t he n or th , I p la ce d m y
wheels o n t he gr-ounr'
: it t h e e xt re me n or th er ly end of t he f ie ld , b ut s
oo n f ou nd t ha t t h' e b re ez e o n, m y
ta il w ou ld ma ke i mp oss ibl e s top pi ~g th e s pe ed of t
he p la ne pe for e re ach in g th e'
bu il din gs on t he s out he rly e dg e of t he fi eld . It ra
ve le d a s f ar i n a s ou th er ly
d ir ec tt on a s I da red an d at the l~ t m ome nt pu ll ed a
gr oun d l oop w hi ch t erm ina te d
i n t he p la ne l an di ng ' on i ts b ac k, ' mu ch t o m y d
is co mf it ur e.
Q ue s ti on - l~ at di d Il ea rn a bou t f ly in g f ro m t ha
t! "
On e Q f t he 't hi ng s W hi ch p ro ba bl y i mp re ss ed m e
mo st , d ur in g m y p ri ma ry t ra in -
i ng , wa s w at c hi ng a c ad et ta k e off . Hi s motor cu t
out j us t be f or e h e got t o s om e
t ele ph one w ire s an d h e t ri ed to hol d h is s hi p up ov
er t he m i ns tea d of g oi n g u n de r
t he m, w it h t he r es ult an t l os s of f lyi ng sp ee ~,a
nd a cr as h. Im med iat el y af ter
t he crash, the s ta ge c om ma nd er g at he re d h is s .t ud
en ts a ro un d h im a nd s ai d; " Se ey on der , s ee w hat h ap
pen ed to .that.' b i r d . Well n ow. lot m e t el l you fe llows
s om e-
t hi n g. Y ou s im pl y c an ' t h old a sh i p up in t h e ai
r w it h y our a rm s , n o m at t er h owm uc h y ou p ull up on t
he .s ti ck. n . T h at s a yi n g still r in gs t hr ou gh m y h e
ad w he n
fl yi ng - "Y ou c an 't hol d h er u p w it h you r
artJ\s."
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S Q U A D R O N N E W S
M ar ep F ie ld . ~v er si de ! C al if or ni a, J un e 18
O ve r a t hou sa nd p eo pl e v is it ed M ar ch F ie ld o n T
Ue sd ay : J un e 1 4t h ( Fl ag D ay )
t o w it ne ss t he T hi rd A nn ua l A ir S ho w. M aj or Y ou
nt , c om ma nd in g o ff ic er . i ss ue da c or di al i nv it at
io n t o t h e p . ..b li c, a nd t hos e w ho w er e p re se nt w
it ne ss ed o ne o f,
t h e r oo st euc c e a s f u I a n d sneo t a c u L a r - a e r
i a l e x . h i b i .t i o n s in t he h is tor y of t hef ie ld .
M us ic f or t he oc ca si on w as p ro vi de d b y th e P o' st Ba
.n d. T he re w er e n in e
t hr il ll ng e ve nt s o n t h e p r og ~a m. p ar ti ci pa te
d i n b y a u oz ~n p il ot s a nd a s ma ny
p la ne s. E V. er yt hi ng f ro m t he " ca de t' s f ir st s
ol o" t eo a er ia l a cr ob at ic s was
d emo ns trat ed , An a lt it ud e r ac e, a t hr ee -c 'o rn er
ed f SO -m il e r ac e a nd " th e d ea d
s t i c k " Landdn g s ee me d t o oc ca si on t he g re at er
Lrrter e s t, FoL l o wd n g t h e a e ri a l
e ve nt s, of fi ce rG a nd e nl is te d ' me n g ui de d t he v
is it or s a bou t t he p os t, w he re t he y
w er e p er mi tt ed t o 0b se rv e t he Lnte r e s t d n g f e
a t u r e s 0 f t h e s ch oo l a t c lo s e r an ge .L ie ut . H
ar ry C ol li ve r h as j oi ne d t he " Be ne di ct C lu b" , h av
in g b ee n u ni te d
i n ma rr ia ge l as t w ee k t o M is e ~ e1 en O 'D el l of L
os An ge le s.
M a jo r S h ep l er W. F it z Ge r al d , c om m an d in g o ff
i ce r of t he Re pa ir D ep ot a tR oc kw el l F ie ld , C ap ta
in R an dol ph a nd Li eu t. Va na ma n w er e a er ia l v is it or
s a tM ar ch F ie ld o n T h ur sd ay .
. F i f t y p l a n e s d u r i n g t h e pa s t w ee k ma d e a
tot a l o f 426 f li gh ts c ov er in g a n
a pp ro xi ma te a er ia l m il ea ge o f 1 5 , 5 5 0 . a n d c
o n su m i ng 2 3 9 h ou rs a nd 1 5 m in ut es f ly .
i ng t im e. P re li mi na ry i ns tr uc ti on r eq ui re d 1 88
h ou rs a nd 30 m in ut es ; t es t f li gh ts ,
1h ou r a nd 5 0 m in ut es ; a nd m is ce ll an eoe s f li gh
ts , 4 8 h ou rs a nd 5 5 m i n u t e s .
A ir S er vi ce M ec ha ni cs S ch oo l. C ha nu te F ie ld , R
an to ul . Ill. .... J u n e 21
' !' heA ir S er vi ce R es er ve O ff ic er s R eu ni on , h el
d a t C h an ut e F ~e ld o n J u ne 1 7t h.
t o 1 9t h, w a s a n u n qu al if ie d s uc ce ss . T he o b j
e e t o f t h e R eu ni on , w hi ch w as h el du nd er t he d ir
ec ti on of M aj or w m . C . M cC hor d, S ix th Cor pe Ai r O ff
ic er . a nd M aj orG e or g e E . S t ra t em e ye r . , C om ma n
da n t 0 f th e A ir . S er vi ce 'M ec ha ni cs S ch oo l, w as t
Q
b ri ng A ir S er vi ce R es er ve O ff ic er s t og et he r, s
ti mu la te t he ir i nt er es t i n t he p os tw a r .A i r S e r
v i c e a n d g i v e t h e m a n op p o r t u n i t y t o f l y .
.
The Re un io n s uc ce ed ed i n a ll o f t hi s a nd m or e, f
or n ot on ly d id t he o ff ic er s
p re se nt ob ta in t he ir f il l o f f ly ~n g, b ut t he re w
a~ or ga ni ze d t he S ix th C or ps Ar ea
A ir S e rv i c' e R es er v e O f fi c er s . As s oc i at i on
, w h ic h p r on i is e B t o f il l a l on g f le t w an t.T hi s
or ga ni z at io n t oo k f o r m o n t he e ve ni ng of J u n e 1
8 th a t a m ee t in g o f t he
R es er ve O ff ic er s a nd t he o ff ic .e rs O f. CM nu te F
ie ld . C ap ta in P hi li p. K em p, R .M .A .,
A .S " w as e le ct ed c ha ir ma n 0 f t he O hi ca go C ha pt
er , w hi ch w il l b e t he p ar en t chapt e.:o f t h is A ss oc
i at i on . ~t is p la nn ed t o h av e c ha pt er s t hr ou gh ou
t t he S ix th C or psA re a. A mo ng t ha a i ms of t hi s o rg an
iz at io n a re : T o f or m a n a as oc ia ti on of Re se rv e
O f f i c e r s 0 f th e Ai r S er vi ce i n or de r t ha t i n
for ma ti on a lon g p rof es si on al l in es ~
c an b e q ui ck ly d is se mi na te d; t o ke ep Re se rv e O
ff ic er s i n t ou ch w it h e ac h ot he r~
t o p r ov id e a n o r ga ni za ti on ' wh er eb y t he s en ti
me nt o f t h e R es er ve s c an b e c r Ys ta l-
l iz ed a nd t he ir w an ts .m ad e k now n t hr ou gh t he p
ro pe r c ha nn el s t o t he p rop era u th or i tY ' ; a n d t o
provf.de a n u cl e us f or t h e. o rg a ni z at io n o f , f ut u
re A i r S e rv i ce .R es e rv e u n it s , A t ot al o f 42 o ff
ic er s f ro m Il li no is a nd M ic hi ga n w er e p re se nt .M
an y o ld f ri e nd sh ip s ? fe re r en ew ed , i nt er es t i n t
he A ir S er vi t:e was s t i m u l a t . e d ,
~ nd c on si de ra bl e p ra ct ic al t ra i~ ng o n t he p re
se nt Ai r S er vi ~e p la ne s w as g iv en .
It i s be li ev ed t ha t t hi s r eu ni on w il l h av e a f ar
r ea ch in g e f r e c t,O n S at ur da y e ve ni ng , J un e 1 8
th , t he of fi ce rs a nd l ad ie s. of C ha nu te F ie ld
g av e a h op i n h on ~r of t he Re se rv es . E ve ry on e p
re se nt h ad a v e ry e nj oy ab le t im e.F la t; D ay w as c el
eb ra te d a t C ha nu te F ie ld o n J un e 1 4t h; t he t ro op s
of t he
p os t b ei ng r ev ie we d a t 1 0 : 0 0 A .M . b y t he C o m~
an da nt o f t h e S c ho ol , t he M ay or o fR an to ul a nd s ev
er al G .A ,R . v et er an s . A s ho rt b ~n d c on ce rt f ol lo
we d, a ft er w hi ch
t he t roo ps , c iv il ia ns o f t he p os t a nd c it iz en s
of R an tO Ul w er e a dd re ss ed b y t heC om ma nd an t, t he Ma
yor o f R an tou l a nd s ev er al of t he p rom in en t c it iz en
s. I n th e
. af te rn oo n t ne p os t b as eb al l t ea m s ta ge d a n e
xc ii in g g a m e v nt h t h e O ut l aw s ( at ea m . c om po se
d o f t he s ta rs o f t he A ir ' S er vi ce Me ch an ic ~ S ch oo
l T wi li gh t L ea gu e)
a n d w on o u i 'i n t he l as t i n ni ng . T he g a m e w as
w el l a t te n de d.
S om e w ee ks a go t he T wi li gh t B as eb al l L ea gu e w
as o rg an iz ed , M as te r S er ge an t
H um ph re y T .B ec k b ei ng e le ~t ed P re s~ ae nt . T he
le ag ue i s c om po se d of f ou r te am s,
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m ad e u p o f t he p er eo nn .e l o f t he p o a t, E ac h T
ue sd ay a nd F ri da y' e ve ni ng t he set ea ms 'm ee t a nd p
la y 7 i nn in gs j us t a t s u nd ow n. V er y k e ~ n c o mp et
it io n h as d e v el ~
o pe d. T he p eo pl e o f R a nt ou l a re t ak in g c on si de
ra bl e i nt er es t i n t h is l ea gu e a ndh av e d on at ed a l
ar ge t ro ph y c up f or t he w in ni ng t ea m a nd a p en na nt
f or s ec on dp la ce . T he o r ga ni za ti on o f t h is l ea gu
e h as p ro ve d o ne o f t he b es t s te ps t ow ar ds
d e ve l op i ng m o ra l e w h ic h . h a s e v er b e en a t
te m pt e d a t t h is p o st .
2 4t h B al lo on C om pa ny . F or t B ak er , C al if or ni a,
J un e 1 8t h.
T he 2 4t h Ba ll oo n C om pa ny , o pe ra ti ng t wo b al lo
on s, h ad a m o d er at e t im e i n t hea ir t he p as t w ee k,
m ak in g t hr ee . fl ig ht s f or a t ot al p er io d. o f 7
hours, and 54m i nu t es . d e sp i te t h e f a ct t h at b o tt l
t i me s t h e w e a th e r w a s v e ry u n ta v or a ,b l e f orf
l y i n g .
T he c la ss i n B al lo on F ab ri c W or k s ta rt ed l as t w
ee k i s p r ov in g v er y s uc ce ss -f ul , a n d a l l a va il
ab le m en a re a tt en di ng s am e.
"
C r is B Y F . i~ l dl S a n F r an c is c o. C a li f or n ia .
J u ne 2 1 .
T he n ew b ui ld in gs f or C r is BY F ie ld a re c om pl et
ed a nd r ea dy f or o c cu pa nc y.M a j or H, H. A rn ol d, A ir
S er vi ce 'O ff ic er o f t he N in th C or ps A re a, h ad a lr
ea dym ov ed h is . o ff ic e f ro m t h e S an ta ' F e B u il di
ng t o t h e n ew H ea dq ua rt er s a t t hi sf ie l d .' .
A rt il le ry o bs er va ti on w as r es um ed l as t w e e k. F
or t B a r ry h av in g c al le d o nt he p la ne s t wi ce f or 'o
bs er va ti on o n t he l 2- in ch r if le s. C oo pe ra ti on b et
we en t hep l an e s a n d F o rt h a s r e ac h ed - a h i gh d e
gr e e o f . e f fi c ie n cy , O b se r va t io n , o n s h ot sas
s en t i n b y t he p la ne s a re r un ni ng f ro m e ig ht y- fi
ve t o o ne hundr-ed p e r c s 'n tc or re ct . R ad io e om mu ni
ca ti on ' fr om p la ne t o F o r t c o nt in ue s t o b e 100 p e
r c e nt .
' C a r ls t r o m F i e l d, A r c a di a , F l o ri d a , ' J
u n e 1 5 .
T he s t ud en ts a re m o st ly o n c r os s c ou nt ry o r h a
ve a bo ut c o~ pl et ed t he ir c ou rs e.F or t M e ye rs a nd S
ar as ot a a re b ei ng v is it ed r eg ul ar ly e ae h d ay . S om
e o f t hec i t he ne r em ar ke 4 t he y t ho ug ht t he y h ad a
n A er ia l T ax i l in e i n- o p e- ra ti on b ec au se 's h ip s
w e re 80 n um er ou s u nt il t he y i nv es ti ga te d a nd f ou
nd t ha t t he s tu de nt s w er et ra i n in g in c r os s e oun t
r y f l y in g .' _
C a p t a i n L. A pp le by a nd ~ t. J. M cM ul le n f le w f
ro m M on tg om er y. A la . A ir I nt er -m ed ia te D ep ot i n a
D H- Ar dm on t l tM ai dll in 4t h ou rs o n S a tu rd ay m or ni
ng . T he Y r e~p 6r te d a n e xc el le nt t ri p. C ap ta in A pp
le by c am e t o t hi s s ta ti on t o t ak e h is a ir -p la ne p
i l( )t f ly in g te st .
Major . .Ralph Royc e -and M a j or E. N a id e n f l ew c r o
ss - co u nt r y t o J a c k so n vi l le ,Fl.a , on Tu e sd ay a
nd r et ur Md t he n ex t d ay , r ep o r ti ng a n e xc e ll en t
t ri p.
C a pt ~ in R o me y n B . H ou gh , l et L i e ut . R ob er t M
. W e bs te r a nd 1 st L i e ut . J ul ia nB . H ad do n o f t he
A ir S er vi ce . h av in g c om pl et ed . t he ir t es ts . a re
n ow r at ed a sAir p l an e Pi l ots , .
T he C ar ls tr om F ie ld B as eb al l t ea m j ou rn ey ed t o
F or t M ea de , F la ., ' a nd m etd ef ea t a t t he h an ds o f
t h e' l oc al f as t t e am b y t h e 'sco r - e of l ~ t o 8. I t
was ah ea vy h it ti ng c on te st , S ca gg s f ea tu ri ng f or F
or t M ea de a nd S gt . J oh n D ee , ofC a r l st r o m h i t t
in g a h o me r u n.
F ly in g t im e f or t he w ee k s ho ws a, totaJ. of 36 s hi
ps i n c o m mi ss io n w it h ag ra nd t ot al o f 3 49 h ou rs .a
nd 4 5 m i nu te s f ly in g. a nd a t ot al o f 3 43 f li gh t~ f
ro mt h is f i e' l d.
Hdgl!s. 9 l st S q ua d ro n , M u ni c ip a l , F ly i ng F i
el d . E U ge n e. O r eg o n. J u ne 11.
L as t T hu rs da y n ig ht t he A m er ic an L eg io n o f E u
ge ne g av e a b an qu et a nd d an cei n t he r oo ms o r th e l
oc al C ha mb er o f C p mm er c8 , a nd t he w h ol e o rg an iz
at io n w as Ln-v i t e d. N e ar l y, a l l t h e m e mb e rs 0 f
t he o om ma nd w er e p re se nt . T he " c ho w" w as v er y~ ~A
d, t he c r ow d a nd t he f lo or w e r e e xc el le nt , w hi le
t he m u si c w a s b e ~ o nd p r a i se .
ryo n e r e p or te d a w on de rf ul t im e.T h e S q u ad r on
s e nt 3 s hi pe t o P o rt la nd o n T hu rs da y, L ie ut . B at
te n w it h M r.
i el l a s p a s se ng er . a nd S er ge an ts D eG an no a nd W
oo dg er d. W hi le i n P o rt la nd ,P e nd e ll h a d a c on fe
re nc e w it h t ne D is tr ic t F or es te r o f t he S ix th D is
tr ic t
C ap ta in ~ ch ar d D er ~, C ,A .C ., f on ne r ai d t o L ie
ut .- Ge ne ra l L ig ge tt . f or me rIS A re a C o mm an de r, v
is it ed S qu ad ro n H ea dq ua rt er s t hi s w ee k. H e is on
an ex~e d au to t ri p t hr ou gh O re go n a nd h as r ec ei ve d
h ie o rd er s t ra ns fe rr in g h im t o
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.'Fl igh t "B ". n st S qu ad ron . Ca mp L ?w is , W ash ., Jy
ne 1 1
A r ec or d i n s po tt in g a nd r ep or ti ng f or es t f ir
es is b el ie ve d t o ha ve b ee ne st ab li sh ed h er e o n We
dn es da y, J un e 8 th , w he n a f ir e l o~ at ed n ea r P or t
An ge le s,
a d is ta nc e o f 8 5 m il es " WaG r ec ei ve d a t t hi s b
as e b y r ad io a nd r el ay ed t o t he
D is tr ic t F or es te r' s O ff ~c e a t O ly mp i~ b y l on g
d is ta nc e t el ep ho ne i n a t ot al
e la ps ed t im e o f f iv e m i nu te s. An ot he r f ir e w a
s l oc at ed t he s am e d a. y a nd r ep or te e' . '
i~ a l ik & man ner i n s ev en m i nu te s. Ol ym pia i s t
en m ile s f rl m C am p Le wi s.A n ew l an di ng f ie ld h as b
ee n p ut i n s ha pe b y t he P os t U ti li ti es D ep ar tm en
t
of Ca mp L ewi s. Th is f ie ld co ye rs pa rt oCt he se ct io n
o f the p ara de gr oun d ju st
e as t o f F ou rt ee nt h S tr ee t a nd i s a d e ci de d i mp
ro ve me nt ov er t he on e u s ed i n t hep a s t , in t ha t i t
h as b ee n c ar ef ul ly g ra de d a nd s moo th ed , a nd a ll i
nt er fe ri ngo bs t ~c l es r e mo ve d .
M at he r F ie ld , S ac rg me nt o, C al if Ju ne 1 1t h.
. .A R es t C am p i n S ta ni sl au s N at io na l P ar k i s n
ow i n p ro o e s s o f p re pa ra ti on ,
M aj or B , M. A tk in son a nd C ap ta in A. D . S mi th , w it
h a d et ac hm en t o f e n li st ed m en ,h aV i ng p ro c ee de d
t o t ha t p la ce to mak e t h~. ca mp r ea dy, Th e c am p w il l
be i n .c ha rg e o f C a p ta 'i n Sm it h, a nd , w it h t he e
xt re me h ea t e xp er -ie nc e d d u ri ng t he s um me r
m on th s i n t hi s Vi ci ni ty a nd l on g t ir es om e f li
gh ts o n f or es tr y p at ro l d ut y, t he
p il ot s o f t h is c om ma nd w il l f in d a w e lc om e p la
ce f or s ho r -t p er io ds o f r el ax at io n.
, O n M on da y e ve ni ng ' M r. T ho ma s W at t, a ny" S e dr
e ta r y f r or t S a cr a me n to , d e li v s r-
e d a n ta d dr a s s a t t he S er vi ce C lu b. J ud gi ng f
ro m t he a tt en ti on p ai d t o h i s
r em ar ks on .t he a bi li ty o f y ou ng m en , t he a ud ie
nc e e Vi de nt ly f ou nd t he s ub je ctm o r e t ha n m er el y
m om en ta ri ly i nt er es ti ng . M r, W at ts w as ' a llyn S e
cr e ta r y a t
M at he r F ie ld d ur in g t he w a r.
L ie ut en an ts J Qh n H , S l at te ry , E ug en e B , B a yl
ey a nd A lf re d E ., W al le r of t hi sc om ma nd a ct ed a s j
ud ge s a t a c o mp et it iv e d ri ll g iv en , by t he s ix c om
pa ni es of t he
S ac ra me nt o H ig h ~ ch oo l c ad et s a t C a rr ag he r F
ie ld , S ac ra me nt o, on J un e l a th .M ajo r A . E . d e H er
mi da , wh o i s i n ch arg e o f th e c ad ets t his y ea r, sa w
a cti ves er vi ce in Fr an ce a nd It aly d ur in g ~ he wa r, a
nd h as p ut so me o f t h~ s nap o f t he
a rmy tr ain in g in to t he b oy s' wQ rk . I n t he o pi ni on
o f t he j ud ges f rom M ath er
F ie ld , C ap ta in T om C ox g av e n ot o nl y t he b es t '
dr il l o f h is s qu ad ro n b ut h is w as
t he b est dr ~ll ed un it ~n t he H ig h Sc ho o l Re gim en t.
T he o th er f ive c ap tai ns r e-c ei ve d f av Gr ab le c om m~
nt , b ut m in or o cc ur re nc es l os t t he m t he f av or ab le
c on si de r-
a t io n a wa rd e d Ca pt a in C ox . . ,
Fi rs ~ Li e~ t. Ge org e W . P ar dy , 9t h S qu adr on , l eft
o n t he 6 th f or a l ea ve ofa bs en ce of 2 5 d ay s' , H e ha s
b e en w it h t ha t s qu ad ro n s in ce i ts or ga ni za ti on ,
a ndt he c o~a nd is s or ry to lo se h im . H e i s u nd er or der
s t o rep or t t o Ma ni la , P , I "
f or a ss ~n me nt t o du ty u pon t he e xp ir at ion 0 f hi s
le a ve . . 'O n J un e 5 th C ap ta in Al be rt D . S m it h, A ir
S er vi ce , r ep or te d " ba ck f rom t heL et te rm an G en er
al H os ~i ta l, w he re h e h ad b e en u nd e~ oi ng t re at me
nt s in ce t he
ea rl y p ar t o f A p ri l. H is c on d it io rl ~ s v er y m
uc h i m pr ov e d.
" ,8 th A ir s hi p C om l la p y, C am p : a i' e rn e ,' E l P
a so , T e xa s ) J u ne 1 2 . '
P ra ct ic e m an eu ve rs , wi th a C aq uo t b al lo on w er e
c ar ri ed o n ti ur in g t he p as t
w ee k w h il e a lt er at io ns a nd r ep ai rs a re b ei ng m
ad e: on t ne a ir sh ip . O n W ed ne sd ay
t he b a ll oo n w as m an eu ve re d a cr os s t he c o un tr y
o ve r v ar io us o bs ta cl es , c ro ss in g
s ev er al h ig h t en si on W ir es o f 1 3, 00 0 v ol ts a nd
1 6 o ve rh ea d c ros si ng s w er e
s uc ce ss fu ll y ov er com e. T hu rs da y ~ o rn in g t he b
al lo on w as m an eu ve re d o ve r t o t he
n ew S ta ti on H os pi ta l, n ea r M t. F ra nk li n" a nd p
ho to gr ap hs w er e t ak .e n 0 f t h e' ho sp it al b ui ld in
gs b y S e rg ea nt R ho de s o f t h e ~ st P ho to gr ap hi c S
ec ti on .
F ra nc e F ie ld . C ri st ob al , C an al Z on e, J un e 4
.
, A l arg e pa rt y of en li st ed me n of t he po s t in sp ect
ed th e c an al l oc ks a t Gat uno n W ed ne sd ay on a t ri p s
po ns or ed b y t he S er Vi ce C lu b h os te ss . T he v is it t
o' t he
l oc ks w as m ad e d ou bl y i nt er es ti ng b y t h e e xp la
na ti on s of M r . S . M. P er ki ns oft he 'L oc k O pe r~ ti on
s O ff ic e, w ho g ui de d t he p a rt y a ro un d t he l oc k m a
ch in er ye ha mb er s ; t he c on tr ol t ow er , e me rg en cy d
am s, a nd t he h ug e G at un L ak e s pi ll wa y.
F ro m M r . P er ki ns ' e xp er ie nc e i n o v er t en y ea
rs ' c o n ne c ti .on w i th t ~ e c a na l , t h e
p ar ty g ai ne d m an y i nt er es ti ng f ac ts a bo ut t he c
on st ru ct io n a nd o pe ra ti on of th e
, er i~ s of l o bk s. ~-10- V -3 59 9, A
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The officers' polo team, after two months 0 f constant practic e
since the laf>t
games, w~ll meet the strong team of the l2thCavalry at Camp
Gaillard th~s weekend, and although the reputation 0f +.he
Ga;.llllrd plJ.ye!'s pr-crai ses a clo se game,the France Field
team is cor.fiden;j of v.i.cto ry , Undar the ]ellde-:-ship of
Lieut.
Clark, field.. captain, the team has werk ed herd
a':,;,pr-aotd.c.e and expects to keep
the season's record clean when sticks a.J;'e cr0sseJ with the
Cavalrymen., > The teams engaged in camera 0DSCu.ra prac td c- e
put in a busy week over the
target and at the very start. o f tre sc hedu le tr.e bomber-s
are nakd ng someexc el.Lent scores. On a. ~ha:-.t !,ost8d at
headquar-ver s , eac h team is scored on a
percentage baais, the fligh':.s ever the target sco r ed out of
possible strai.ghtbull's eyes, and the riv~.1!'y be tween the teams
is t,.mdiY1g towards high averages.
Up to the present time 1st Lt. A. L. Foster and Corporal
Blooms-crand havescored the greatest number of bull' seyes, while
1st Lt. H. B. Chandler andCaptain A. C. George have ma(fe the best
aggregate scor-es , ,
. On Monday a three plane formation was made to scatter flowers
at the~Kount Hope cemetery, Cristobal, in connection with the
Memorial Day exercises
there. The pilots of the flight were 1st Lieuts. B:essley,
Chandler and Moon.
Several cross-country flights are planned for the coming month
in orderthat the replacement Qfficers Who recently arrived at the
post may become
acquainted with the landing fields in the interior of Panama.
N&arly all of theofficers who established the inland .fields
will be Leava ng the post in the nearfuture, and the benefi tof
their explorations is to be passed on to the succeed-ing
pilots.
8th Squadron (Surveillance) Airdrome. McAllen. Texas ,June
11
The solitude of the camp ha~ been considerably disturbed during
the past
two w~eks when members of the Texas PresS Associa~ion, fQur
hundred strong,
were interested spectators at the Airdrome. Some of the scribes
from Houston,San Antonio, Dallas, Waco, and other Texas towns,
signed away their lives and
too)< a glance at the Magic Valley from above. Needleas to
say, thp,y we:re agree-ably surprised at the picturesque cou~try
beneath them, and enjoyed the sensatioa
of riding thru the clouds propelled by four hundred, horses. Two
notablepassengers were Anne Webb Blanton, Supt. of all Public
Schools in Texas, andColonel Davilo of the'State of Tamaulipas,
MexiCO, who was, the official repre-sentativeof the Mexican
Government. The edito~s who braved a ride in the cloudsunanimously
agreed that in the past undue publicity has been given to
airplane
crashes, inferring that more should be said 0f the safety 0 f
the airplane.
During the Texas Pr-eas Convention a huge barbecue was held one
night atReynosa, MeXiCO, and the little town across the riVer was
kept open till mid-
night. No passes were necessary to visit Mexico, and all the
officers of CampMcAllen visited our sister Republic with Governor
Noff and the Pre~s Committee.While over there the party had the
pleasure of meeting General Lopez, Commander
of the Matamoras District, and his staff,.Major Rut~s Soott, who
commanded. the Aviation Supply Depot at Kelly ,Field
during the war. recently paid a visit to the camr. At preeent he
is at hisranch at Santa Cruz, several miles north- of Eci.in1urg
Our small station, pleasedhim very much 'and he promised .tQ pay
another visit in the near future. .
On June 22nd a Field Meet wa s held at the C~valry post; and
with hardlyany previous preparations our little organization romped
off with third honors,a~dwould have easily w on the meei if some of
our entrants had been placed ina
few more events. The particular star of the meet was Corporal
Wallace L. Maylin,8th Aero Squadron, while Acting 1st Sel3geant
Young, Corporals Haynie and Colsonand Privates Walker and Boyd
contributed largely to the succ eas of the Squadron.
Air Service Observation School. Post Field. Ft, Sill, Okl,l, ,
June ] , .1 ' .
As everyone who has been at Post Field knows, high winds and all
kinds ofLr currents prevail here most of the time. Lieut. Theodc r
e J. Lindorff claims
ie discovery of a new convec tion current which he rep"x:t3
prevented him from.king a landing one day lad week. He made
uevt.raL 8..~t.err.pt.s to get down, but
'ys that each tillle he t.ouched the field this new cr.r r onf
caused him to bounceny feet in the air, nece~sitating his going
around.again. ~e finally got the
ip down, safely' and proceeded to confidentially tell all the
pilots on the line)ut ihis new air curr~nt. However. no one was
dismayed by this new discoYery,the flying went on as usual
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,Ai r S er vi ce O b6 er va ~i on S ch ool , P os t F i el d, F
t. S il l, O kl a. ( Con t' d)
T he s o c al le d H ood oo S hi p N o. 13 a lm os t b rok e i
ts e xc el le nt r ec or d f or .r el ia bi li ty W ed ne sd ay . M
os t o, r' th e of fi ce rs l ook a t t hi s s hi p , a sk an ce w
he n
t he y g o -cut on t he l i n e t o f ly , h e a v i n g a s i g
h of r e l i e f w h e n t h e y f i n d i ta lr ea dy i n t he a
ir or ot he rw is e n ot a va il ab le . , Ma jor Cl ar en ce L . T
in ke r h ad af or ce d l an ct in gw i t h i t W ed ne sd ay - s o
o l d 13, daspd,t s t he h a nd ic ap of i ts number
s ee ms d et er mi ne d t o l iv e d ow n t he p ~p ul ~r s up
er st it io n t ha t i ts n um be r i s un lu ck ~ T h e n ea re st
i t ha s c om e t o c au si ng a ny on e w or ry s o , fa r w as on
e d ay w he n a p i e c eof i ts r ig ht e xh au st p ip e f le w
of f, ba re ly m is si ng t he p il ot .
The e nl is te d m en g av e a d an ce i n t h e S er vi ce C lu
b T ue sd ay n ig ht , a bou t 35c ou pl ~ b ei ng i n at te nd an
ce . L ee 's O rc ;h es tr a f ro m L a wt on f ur ni sh ed t he m
us ic .
T he se d a~ ce s a re b ec om in g v er y p op ul ar w it h t
he e nl is te d p er so nn el , as e v i d e n c e db y th e g row
in g a tt en da nc e. '
L ie ut .- C ol on el P au l W . B e ck , A ir ' S er v ic e .
.h as b ee n r el ie ve d a s s tu de nt o f f i-c er i n t h e O
bs er va t io n S ch oo l a nd a s si gn ed a s A ss i~ ta rt t C o
mm an da nt o f 'P os t F ie ld ,
' vi ce M aj o r Fo ll et t B ra dl ey , w ho i s t o t a ke t
he E ng in ee ri ng c ou rs e a t M c Co ok F ie l( ~)
D a yt o n, O h io , b e g i . n n i .n gon or a b ou t S e p t
e m b e r 1 s t . ,B y d ef ea ti ng t he O b se rv at io n S ch oo
l D et ac bm en t, t he 2 2n d S qu ad ro n B as eb al l
t e~ c li nc he d t he i nt er -or ga ni za ti on c ha mp ion sh
ip of th e f ie ld , m ai nt ai ni ng a' pe r fe ct p er ce nt ag e
f or t he s e as on . The C o m m u ni e a t _ io n s S c h o ol D
e t a c hm e n t , ' ,w e r e
t he ir n ea re st c om pe ti t6 rs w it h 3 g am es w on a nd 2
l o s t . 'P ra ct ic al w or k, s uc h a s I n fa nt ry -A rt il
le ry l ia is on ', r :e co nn ai ss an ce a nd ,
o th er f ly in g m is si on s i n ~ on ne ct io n w it h t he S
ch oo ls , w as i nt er ru pt ed d ur in g t he
w ee k b y in te rm it te nt r ai ns . A ll s ch oo l t h eo re
ti ca l wor-k h as b ee n c on du ct ed a su su al , b ut t hi s r
ai ny d ay s ch ed ul e w hi ch w as d ev is ed i n o rd er t ha t
a d di ti on al
i "h st l' uc ti on c ou ld b e g i ve n w he ne ve r w ea th e
r p ro hi bi te d f ly in g, i s n e ar l y e xh au s te d
f o r t he e nt ir e s ch oo l t er m b y r ea so n o f th is r
ai ny w ea th er .
3 2n d B a ll oo n C om pa ny , C am p B en ni ng , G a. , J un
e 2 2.
T he b ir th of a d au gh te r, An ne , on J un e 5 th , w as a
nn ou nc ed b y L ie ut . Am br os e
V. C li n to n o f t hi s c om pa ny . -He h a s b e e n g r a n
te d a t w o w e e k s ' l e a v e w h i c h h e
w il l s pe nd w it h h is w i f e a nd l it tl e d au gh te r i
n 6 av an na h, G a.P ri va te G ur fe in ( Al ia s G r if fi n) a
dd ed m at er ia ll y t o t he C om pa ny 's l au re ls
J u n e l4th b y wi nn in g t he d ec is ion i n a b oX in g m
at ch w it h a ,h ea vy we ig ht ( 20 0 l bs .)
a t t he M aj es ti c T he at re a t C o lu mb us .
C a pt a in W i ll i am E. K ep ne r, A ir S er vi ce , a rr iv
ed f ro m Ar ca di a, C al if ., o nJ un e 6 th , w he re h e w as
on d ut y w it h t he ' 1s t B al loon C om pa ny . C ap ta in K ep
ne r e n-
j oy ed a 2 0- da y l ea ve en r ou te a t t he -h om e of h i s
p a r- e nt s i n I n di a n a.
T h e B al lo on C om pa ny i s p r ep ar in g t o t a ke p a:
rt i n t he g ra du at io n d em on st ra -
t ion 6 ch ed ul ed for J un e 29, 1921.T he Ai r S er vi ce B
as ke tb al l f iv e w on t he c up f or b ei ng t he b es t t ea m
a t C am pB en ni ng , a nd n ow t he b as eb al l t ea m i s e nd
ea vo ri ng , to f ol lo w s ui t.
K el ly F ie ld , S an A nt on io . T ex as , J un e 11.
O n T u es da y, J un e 7 th , t he 2 nd D iv is io n c el eb ra
te d t he ir f am ou s v ic to ~r y i n t:, jb at tl e of M on t B
la nc M as H. T he c om pl et e r ep rod uc ti on of th at b at tl
e was c a r r i e d
ou t a s f ar a s p os si bl e, t ne b at tl e b eg in ni ng w
it h a s im u la te d b ar ra ge a nd c ou nt erp at te ry w or k,
a ft er w hi ch t he i nf an tr y w as a dv an ce d i n a s er ie s
o f th es e l in es ,
t he f ro nt l in e b ei ng r e- in fo rc ed a s t he ,o bj ec
ti ve w as n ea re d, . A p at rol of f i ve S ,E .' s e st ab li
sh ed a b ar ra ge p at rol f rom H m in us f or ty '
f iv e m i n ut es u n ti l H p lu s f if te en m in ut es . At
H p lu s t we nt y m in ut es t he t hr eel ea di ng s hi ps a tt
ac ke d a nd d ro ve o ff t he -t wo D eH av il an d p la ne s w hi
~h w er e p ro te ct -i ng a su pp os ed e ne my b al loo n. T he e
ne my b al loon w as s hot d ow n a t H p l us t h ir t yf iv e m
in ut es , a nd t he t wo ob se rv er s m ad e p ar ac hu te j um
ps . T hr u S OQ e e rr or t he
b al loon , w hi ch w as s up pos ed t o b e a n e ne my b al
loon , w as a nc hor ed i n f r ie nd ly t er -r it or y b ut w e w
er e f ai th fu l t o ou r or de rs a nd f or t he b en ef it of th
e 's pe ct at or s
s ho t i t d ow n a ny how . A , ra th er am us in g i nc id en
t w as t he f ac t t ha t t he b al loon
p ar ty w as s o in te re st ed i n t he b at tl e t ha t t ho y
fo rg ot t Q p u ll d ow n t he b al lC lo n.
M os t of t he of fi ce rs f rom K el ly F ie ld a tt en de d t
he b ar be cu e g iv en b y t he
o ff ic er s o f th e ~ nd D i vi si on i mm ed ia te ly a ft er
t he b at tl e.
O n T ue sd ay n ig ht t he u su al e nl is te d m en 's d an ce
w as g iv en a t t he H os te ss
H ou se j t he K el ly F ie ld B an d f ur ni sh ed t he m us ic
a nd a ll h ad a ni ce t im e~
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T he d an ce g iv en o n W ed ne sd ay n ig ht b y t h e e nl is
te d m en a t A ir P ar k N o. 5
w as t he b es t o f th a s ea so n . T he ir i ns ig ni a w as
p ai nt ed o n t he wa ll s, w hi ch a dd ed
g re at ly t o t he a pp ea ra nc e o f t h e b al l r oo m . D
ur in g i nt er mi ss io n a r eg ul ar
d i nn er w as s e rv ed . w hi c h w as v e ry d e 'li
.eiousrand e nj oy ed b y al l. T he e ve ni ng w iJ )l on g b e r
em ~m be re d b y a ll p re se nt .
G r e at e n t hu s i as m wa s s ho w n i n B as eb al l d ur
in g t he p as t w ee k. T he K e ll YF ie ld P os t T ea m p l ay
ed F or t S am H o us to n T hu rs da y a ft er no on , w in ni ng
t he g am e b y aSCOl'e of 15 t o 3. T he g am e w as a o ne - si
de d a f fa ir t h ru 6u t and K e ll y F i el d wasn ev er i n d
an ge r. T hi s v i ct or y a lm os t c li nc he d t he p en na nt
f or K el ly F ie ld i n t heA rm y L e ag u e
T he re w er e s ev er al b as eb al l g am es b et we en t he s
qu ad ro ns d ur in g t he w ee k.
T he 2 7t h S qu ad ro n ( P ur su it ) f or fe it ed i ts g am
e wi th t he 1 7t h. T he 1 7 th S qu ad ro nm et t he 2 0t h. S qu
ad ro n. t he c ha mp io ns o f t he B om ba rd me nt G ro up , F
ri da y a ft er no ona n d w o n b y a s c or e o f 10 t o 3. T h e
g am e wa s o ne -s i de d f r om t he b eg in n in g.
T he H o p C om mi tt ee a rr an ge d a n o ff ic er s' d an ce
a t t he A vi at io n C lu b F ri da y
n ig ht . T he S an A nt on io B an d f ur ni sh ed t he m us ic
a nd e ve ry on e h ad a g oo d t im e.
T he 1 st G ro up n ow h as t en o ff ic er s a ss ig ne d a s s
tu de nt s f or a d va nc ed p ur -s ui t t ra in in g. T hi s c om
pl et es t he e ig ht h w ee k 0 f t he c ou rs e. T he s ch ed ul
e f orn ex t w ee k i nc lu de s a er ia l g un ne ry , d um my b
om b d ro pp in g, c am er a g un c om ba t,
s ev e ra l p ro te c ti on p at r ol s, a t a ct ic a l f or m
at io n a n d s ev er a l l e ct ur e s.
L ie ut en an t W il li am J . W hi te , A ir S er Vi ce , w as
g ra nt ed a t we nt y- fi ve d ay
l ea ve o f a bs en ce t o t ak e e ff ec t a bo u t J un e
lOt~, 1 9 2 1 .
Ballo o n .CQrnI 1 anyNo . 31t C , i 3 . m " QK n o x e o K y t,
J u n e 1 ) ,. ..
D ur in g t he p as t w ee k t he 3 1s t B al lo o n C om pa ny
w as v er y b us y p re pa ri ng i tsf ie ld e qu ip me nt t o ta
ke t he f ie ld i n t he B ri ga de m an eu ve r. T he B al lo o n
w hi ch t hec om pa ny h as b ee n u si ng w as d ef la te d, a s i
t s p ur it y h ad g on e d ow n, a nd i t i s t o b e
c ar ri ed t o t he n ew p os it io n a nd i nf la te d t he re
a t n ig ht . A n F .W .P . a mm un it io nb od y t ru ck w it h a
w in dl as s o n t he r ea r h as b ee n r ec ei ve d f ro m t he 2
nd F ie ld
A r ti ll er y a nd i t is b ei ng e qu ip pe d f or us e a s a
b al lo o n t en de r. H oo k s a nd r ac ks
a r e b e i n g p l ac e d o n t he s i d e s t o c ar r y al l
t h e ma n s u v e r- g ea r. s uc h a s l on g r op e.s ho rt r op
e, r es t r op e, d ou bl e h oo k s na tc h b lo c ks , s pi de rs
,e tc . T hi s is n e a r l yc om pl et ed , a nd i t was u se d T
hu rs da y o n a m an eu ve r. T he b a ll oo n w as t ak en o
ut
a cr os s c ou nt ry a nd s om e v al ua bl e p ra ct ic e h ad
.
T he B a se ba ll t ea m s uf fe re d a d ef ea t o f t he H e
av ie r- th an -A ir t ea m o n T Ue s-d ay . T he t ea m i s no t
d ow nh ea rt ed , h ow ev er , a s it i 8 s ho w in g i mp ro v em
en t a nd t hes pi r it i s t h er e. T h e e nt ir e c om pa ny p
ar ti ci pa te d a s r oo te rs a nd i n t h at r es pe ct ," pu t
i t a l l o v er " t h e H e av ie r- t ha n- Ai r D et a ch me n
t.
M rs . B en so n , w if e o f Li eu t. B en so n . a rr iv ed M
on da y, a nd b o t h~ q ua rt er edf or t he p re se nt a t t h e
O f fi ce rs ' C lu b.
T he f ir st o f t he s um me r s tu de nt s c am e i n Mo n da
y - q u it e a f ew o ff ic er s a ndn on co mm is si on ed o ff ic
er s o f th e N a ti on al G ua rd - f or a p r el im i na ry s h
or t c ou r sep re pa ra to ry t o t he c ou rs e t o b e g iv en t
he r eg im en ts .
F ai rf ie ld A ir I nt er me di at e D ep ot ( Wi lb ur W ri gh
t F ie ld ) J un e 11
S at ur da y, J un e 1 1t h, w as d es ig na te d a s Wi lb ur W
ri gh t D ay , i t be in g t he
o c ca si on o f th e a nn ua l p ic ni c o f t he c iv il ia n
e mp lo y ee s o f t h is s ta ti on . A l l o f
t he o ff ic er s a nd t he e nl is te d p er so nn el w er e t
he g ue st s o f t h e c i vi li an e mp lo ye es
a t t h ei r p ic ni c a t T ec um se h P ar k o n t h e M ad R
iv er . T he d ay w as v er y p le as an tl y
o cc up ie d w it h a n i n te re st in g p ro gr am o f at hl
et ic e ve nt s a nd b an d c on ce rt s, a nd o nM on da y m or ni
ng t he e nt ir e p er so nn el r et ur ne d t o wo.rk w i th r e
ne we d errtbuai.aem , de...d la ri ng t he p ic ni c t o b e a n
un qu al if ie d s uc ce ss .
G ol f i s s t il l f in di ng i ts e nt hu si as ts a mo n g t
he o f fi ce rs o f t he P os t, a ndo ~t er R et re at e ac h n ig
ht w he re ve r y ou f in d of fi ce rs c on gr eg at ed y ou h ea
r t he
r it e o f v ar io us d ri ve rs , b ra ss ie s, m as hi es , e
tc ., b ei ng a vi dl y d is cu ss ed , Nor Id 's r ec or ds h av e
b ee n b ea te n a s y et , b ut m an y o f t he o f fi ce rs . i
nc lu di ng t hel rt er ma st er , t he A th le ti c O ff ic e a nd
t he C o mm an di ng O ff ic er , a nd , i n f ac t, a l l
t he o ff ic er s, a re g ra du al ly c ut ti ng d ow n t he ir
g am e, s o t ha t o ld m an " Bo ge y"
3 n o m or e t er ro r s t ha n t he o rd in ar y h op i n a . "
Je nn y" . A h an di ca p m at ch is. ng c on te mp la te d i n t
he n ea r f ut ur e, and a n e xt ra e di ti on o f t h e N ew s L
et te r,1 b e r e q u i r e d t o p u b l i s h t h e s c o r e
.
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Fairfi ald AU'_Intermediate Depot (Wilb~r.ightField) June 11...
CQnt Id ,:.\~~.
'The class in music has shown exo eptional improvement, and
public recitals,
have been given with the gre'3:~'6'3t success, The class is
greatly in demand 'and.
are gd vd ng co nc er-ts at the var-i ous surrounding small
towns, '.
Work on the swimming pc oL is progressing rapidly, The present
hot weat he.:causes aUto view the o parat ions of 'trw Ut.a l itd
es Officer w:.th interest. Th!!lplaneo! ;the Athletic Of' f i.c e
at the 'preserr'(, ~,im"3are to er-ecb a gymnasium and',
running track over this pool, in order tha,t Lnd oo r- sports
may be promoted. '
The bas ebal.I team played a tear.] of semi-professiona.1s in
Dayton on Sunday,
May. 29th, and won easily by the score of 15 to 5. It is
becoming a problem
to find teams capable of furnishing competition against the Post
Team, Seve~algames are contemplated for this month, among them
being return games with Ft.
Thomas, Ky, and the 5th Corps Are~ Headquarters, at which time
it is hoped
revenge will be secured for the 1688 of the first games, '
The Engineering Department is continuing in its rush fo I'
production,' Two
Martin Bombers have bee n turned out and testM ,also twoDH
Hospital ships ,andone Po kk er , Ten Wright, four Liberty and one
Nler'Jedes engines have been rebuiltand tested on the blocks, The R
a d i o Department has retuilt and tested seventeenTelephone
Receiving sets, (B,C .12) I and fifty Air Driven Generating Sets.
(S ,C. R.73)
Mr. Richard Phillips landed a~t this field with motor trouble
while on hisway from New York City to Arkansas City" Flying alone
on a pleasure trip in anS.V,A. plane, Mr. Phillips had f~ve forced
landings due to ~otor trouble prior
to landing at this field, He expects to get away sho r-t.Ly
,Major George E.A. Reinburg and Captain Shiras A. Blair, with their
families,
were visitors at the Wilbur Wright recreation camp on Indiana
Lake over the
week end.
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V oL V. A !R -LE R..2.J C 1 C N IWSInf~ation Group
Air Service J ul y 2 2, 1 92 1
The purpose of this letter is to keep the personnel of the Air
Service
b o t h in Washington and in the field, informed as to the
activities of the Air
S er vi ce i n k e ne ra l, a nd f or r e l ea s e t o th f p ub
li c p re s s . . J.FOR RELEASE JULY 23..J-.192L
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THE EXPEDITION INTO MEXICOTO RECOVERTHE PEARSONPLANE. .
A very interesting report has just been received reciting the
details
connected with the expedition across the i1e'xican Border to
recover the air-
plant.? abandoned by Lieut, Alexander Pearson ip February last
when, flying from
El Paso to San Antor.io, he was compelled to make a forced
landinr, in a canyon
south of the Rio Grande River, due to his plane developing motor
trouble. !
Th e expedition proved to be a success in every way and the
plane was
. covar sd , More remarkable, however, was the fa.ct that,
although this ship was
expos~d to the elements for several months, it was found to be
in such condi-
tion that it was only nec es aa ry to install therein a new
motor on the spotwhere it hqd landed to enable it to be flown back
over the Rio Grande to United
States territory. This expedition denonst'rated what could be
accomplished in
the way of traversing unknown territory on a mission of this
nature/or onc
-' ....~ilar to it, with ad r-ol.ane s :rom the home base
serving as l;i,aison.
, , Communication 'between tho airplanes and the exped iti.on
was maintained".
by a system o f ground panels devised prior to the start. Tl.!
planes not onlymaintained e f' f i.c iorrt liaison betwe an
headquarters and the eJ.pedition, but on
,several occasions, when food arid wator ware almost exhausts;
and pigeon messag ee
had been sent asking relief, the aviators from the Sandersvn
Air-drome circled,over rt.ne party, dropping water , rations and
mail. The water was dropped in r egu-
Lat icn canteens, placed in grain bags filled with hay I about a
dozen to a bag.
'Tone 0 f the canteens burst, despite 'the fact that one bag was
dropped from an
alti+,ude of at least 1/000 feet. On the other hand, canned
beans, hard tack,and jam, dropped from a lower altitude, opened up
wide. The coffee and bread
stood the drop O.K. A little experimenting along this line would
no. doubt
... develop 0. sy st.ern,o f dropping articles from airplanes wi
ttl no damage 'to the con-tainer or contents. .
After Colonel Sedgwick Rice, the Commanding ~fficer of Camp
R.E.L.Michie, Del Rio, Texas I had made the nec essary
ar-r-angement-s with Colonel Ramirez.
Chief Jf Staff of the Piedras Negras District, Mexican ~rmt, to
allow the expe-di ti~n to C TO ss over tho Rio Grande with the vi
ew to recovering the abandoned,
plane, Lieut. Colonel Charles O. Thomas, Jr'j Cavalry, was
assigned the task of
reconnoitering the road to the location of the plane and to
determine the fe.a.si-bility of reaching it with a truck.
On April 28th Colonel Thomas, wi tn Mr. Barker 0 f Del Rio,
Texas, andMr. King 0 f La Par a da I Coahuila, MexiCO (acting as
guides) Lieut. Doolittle 0 f
the Air Service, and tW"r Mexican guides. proceeded to Villa
Acuna. Coah\.lila,
Mexico, in three automobiles, and started (jIVer the Las
Vacas-Zaragosa road to ;
the abandoned plane. In the afterno~n of the same day, Lieut. A.
Dayton leftthe Del Rio ad rdr-crne to' furnish liaison with the
party. He met with a mishap, .'
however, the ~rankshaft of his motor breaking, and he was forced
to make a landing
six miles west of El Mosco Tank, Coahuila, Mexico. Lieut. Dayton
and Private
Horowitzl
his observer, abandoned the plane and walked to a goat camp
where they
spent the night. The next morning they were discovered by
Lieuts. Moore andSelzer who had been dispatched by airplane to
locate them. Thesc latter officers
dropped a message to Colonel Thomas notifying him of the
location of Lieut,
Dayton and Private Horowitz, ~nd they were picked up by his
party a f~w h c u r slater. As was the c~se with the Pearson plane,
a .new Motor was subse~uently
installed in the Dayton plane and it was flown safely back over
the border.
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