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A year ago last' Oct ober We announced rosretflll1v that circumstances were such as to r:2a:t:::e it ncces sary to C' Ls c ont t nne the News Let t.er for the ~ t l me be i.ng, ':'hi8 state of affa:..rs no Lo.ize: obtains, so now, after a lapse of 14: mont.hs , wo are 118.P'"Jj tG'1.I1Pouncc t.i1fJ,t. to '188 an every-clay expression, "we ar e dcinc; business at t:'l(; old sta.udl1, t ue Crief of t he Air COrIJShavi ng ,~;i eri i,lis a ppr ova.L to the I'es unrot i on of t he rews Lot t.e r , v T;lfjr'C were also several o che r factor'S whi cr, t nf'Luenced the d ec.i s i.on to r8SlJJ:18 pub l i cat i on , first anc' f'or emos t of w'dch w~.w the reorganization of the t ac t Ic a'L elements of 'une Ai~' C,~rl)~;into tho Goneral Headquarters Air Force. ",'lith the creation of this new organi~ai;io.a, it is naturally to be ex'pec~ed tha.t rcany pr ob Lens 17ill ar i se , the nat.u re of which will be unf'ami I>I a.r to most officers in the f i e Ld , It is felt that putlication such 9.S the l-Tt:ws Lotter can serve a vcr;,' v.rLuab Le p.rr pcs o ir, nat nt.aard ng s c.Li dar Ltv and co-nrnirri t~r of i;}~eref:1ts Ln t r,c Ai I' r.or')S. ',i l t h tik r-es t r-i c t Lons upcn pub'l i.cit~r, the pub Li c pr cc s can no t b e oxpe c t ed tc s e rve as an ade quat e meddu:n for !),cql1ain.tint~ Air::'or})s tJ<3rson:dul with "'P'0 trae as pcc ts of in~ilhmts transpiring in t ho Air 0urps from t ine to ti'11EJ. It will "oe the end eavo r to nake t'1~ lTewG LettsI' constitute t'.8 neec cd agency f'o r setting forth a t rue inteI'}Jret.a.t Lon of Ai r Corps prcblems and of disseminating information on ma t t er s of , vital conce rn , --Jfollowing the sus tens i ou of tl'"i8 now:: Lct t e r , as vt Ime went on there was a {:To".ving s ent Lment that thu.r'e is a r oa.L 110"c} for a publ i oat t on of this che r-actor to serve the pur-pc-ie , not c'11y of kcepi'1{~ each :.ir Oorps station in t01.1,::;11 with t he fun c t i ons and accr mnl i s hrnen ts at ot her s bat t cns , but, in thus knj,ttL:..e:; togtJtn0r the wL~ely sur:ar,'t8c1 activi tics cf t.ho Ai:::' Corps, prove a moral i'e c t o r Ln pr orno t i ng t ne il'tar(;;st, of i 1'.S pcrnonr.o l - hy s t.r engtherri ng t hs feeling tha t thl.:J ar e an integral part of one s.v';t.u~J. all Lnt e rcs t cd in thv same objocts and. strivine: towards t hu ::;U~l.J erid , The pr ob Loms of tho .Air Cory><; 1'1.1'<3 IT.c3.TJ.y ~lnc varied. For IT.3.ny of th3f:l !1(0 preCudbJ!t can be f'cund upon which t c cas0 t;'~e solution. Since one per-s on t s Leas !!JaJ'inspire ideas in o th er-s , a r-ound.-f.ab Le di s cuc a i on on avi at i cn .ca t t er s carried on in the pa,;cs of tho IJews Let Ler Will, per'18.-PS; af'f'o rd a :> our ce of aid in the practical s(., Lut i.cn of Cl1!' Air Cor os problems. ~ =t is ho pe.l to start the new year w.t n a :Je\';S Letter which \7ill prove of c:'a:x:imurinterest and bcnef i t to alL Air CCI'}JS e rs cnne l , 'Ibis is its pr i.mar-y pur j.os e , but e xpe r i ence has also shown the.t the NeV:3 Letter can serve as an excelLent med i urn of inforrot ion t c c Ivt Li ans interested in av i.a t i on , The people have a ri{;ht to know .... hat ~lrOs'Tes,' i:; 'oe i rig made in the air arm of the mili tJ.ry forces of this ne.t i cn , and such Lnt e r-cs t on their part shou'ld by all means be encouraged. Ar"lO!lg the mat e r ie.I whi ch 7.'i11 appear Ln the ~Je71s Letter will be late cha:lt':<3E of TlCilicy in av i.a t i on ; tb-.: La t ea t ord",rs on changes i~: pe r-s onne I or e t at i ons ; pr o j ec t ed activities; new t y pcs o'~ :'irplanes l~oing cent rae ted for; i t orns of ir.'';c.;r:jst in t.e cnr.Lce.I ,:uv\Jlopm<.lnts at bh }ateriel j)ivisio:l; out. '-":t... '. + 1 .L.... . .n st tano ' i.rig !llf)~ t acm ev..'!lU!2.vS; dcv eLcprsent s zn ,.,c;n~~res~\7l t.. r es pec t t 0 th e ) - 1 -;V-07H ,A.C.

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Hav::nl~ thus set f'o r t h t he ainis arid puzpos es of the News Letter, let it be said her .. as erapha t i.ca.lly a s '.'Jor2s can cc nvey the meaning that cco perution is e. prime nee e ss t uy , It ii; abs c Iut e'Ly e a sen t i e.L to have tLe v:holehearted and en t hus t as t i c cocper at ion of alJ. Air Corps personnel - post comrr:m'.o.ers, ether of' f'I ce rs 0.n(1 en l i s ted men - in or der tha t the NeVis tet tel' can accomplish what. it is setting out to do. Ol..'~..?LQ..is _~~!...~e.LY~~_'L_but in ~'r.i-=-~c t2-iJs~~~~ Iml.:i..t_._'y~yeXQ..u,L_a~.2~~tCl..r~ce .Ever:r officer or e.1listed man in the JU r Corps, Air RLserve or National Gw.rn .Air Corps who 11<'1[1 new Ldcaa on c pe rat i on , supply, rra.t nt cnauce , or anyt"ing else having to de with flying un i t a is c or di a l Ly invited to take p.dvan t.a.ge of the Hews Lc t ter as the medi urn for pr es en td ng his ideas. For example, Cl:,l~l c.f'f i ce r who believes Xl0 has an out s t and i ng maintenance sy s t ezn shoulct wri to about it 1:1 the Nuv:s Iev tor, t.r.er cbv gi vinl~ others the benefit of ht o 8xperiencefor the good cf the service i_:~nerally. i::1anya poc t commande r at an AirCorp6 f i eLd thinks he has the 'b eu t organization ever ass em-, -clee). Wh;y,:, Everybody wants t o know. Pe rha.ps 8),;18 crew chief t hd nks his crew is t he best that e ve r i-us t.Le.: a vTing "r hefted a wrench. Vll\j'? Tell it in the Hoy's Letter, and pe rha.ps cu!:,eune 01,,8 will wa.:\.~eIp and tr:,r t.o eteal I his stuff, \'Thich is wha t we want t l.em to elo f or the s ake of efficiency. The News Let tel' requests eve ry c orans.ndi ng of'f i ce r to assign to a sui tably qualified c ffi eel' the task ();~ pr cpar i ng and for'ifCl.rciin(; ret":U1arly mat erial for the .Air Cor-pa News letter. ?hi:1 material ahoul.d be pr e par-e d in narrative ferm to attract and hold t he .rt t.en t i on of the: r eader , Enc'ieavOl" will be made to issue the ~:ews Lotter tw i co a month, and ccr ros pondent.s Sh011ld forward their cont r Lbut i on of Jf:!J.t(;riaJ. fr'r this publ i cat i on tn the Office of thu C~licf of t he Air Cr.ros on the 5th and 20th of every mcnth , It is desired t.c f1,ak(; e ve ry page of the N0i'1'S Le t te r Lnf'c rrna t Lv o as \7811 as Ln t cr-es t.Lng , and it is f".r 'het ':,01' to have a small and sn~pp;:t publication w i t h geod, ,j'aic:r mea tin it t han :" bul.ky ene 17hich is mere Iy s lri.mrne ove r by d the reCid.er ~nd then cas t asi oe 8S l',8inE; nwor thy to spend any til'1t; to give ita thoroU',;h l'eC-i1ir.g. The success of the New:; Le t t e r will d'YQGnti in a la.:cge measur-e on the whoLe-Iio. ..r t oc end eavo rs of i ts c or-r en ponuen t s in the field, and With thair c oo peru t i on , as well ".s t ha t o f c:v<:;;ry poc t (;CmI!1C'!1(ler and all other Air Ccr ps 'Pursonll<.;l, it will DO pos s i oLe tc prcr.uce 3. pub Li cc.t i cn cf va.Lue and interest which will r e f'Lec t r ca'l cr od l t on t::lt:,'i.ir Corps. '.'ie ,:;xten(] tc ,'::.11Air Corps per s onnc I 'Just Y'ishes f01' a most hQnpy and pr os pe r-oue lIem Year anr: c Los o with the h{jpeth~t 1935 will prove a banne r year iI'che history of the Air Ccrps.
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GF.E1"rINGS FEOMG"ENE2J\:LFOr1~OISTO .ALL Am ~ORPs PER8017NEL Through the meJ.iulUof tho Air Corps News Letter I dosireto e:,:tend. the hef1:l:tiest und best wishes for ID35 to each and eveT'Jone of the Air Corps persoIll1el. I hG.YO had th," publication of the Air Corps Lows Letter resUIrA,d, in ord.er to :promote a ccrrbi nu rb Lcn of the S1.11IU fino s:riri t of cooperation tr .. .t has always e:..:isto(l in cur o~ n gairi zub i.on as a "'hole. T:lO prOS]?0cts for success in attaining rmny of tho o1,)jccts for ... hich wc hwo labored together :01' ~ny years havo never arpea~cd bri~htGr. With tl1G organization of the Gon01'2.1Eoad.qu:trto1's Air Forco, we rrrw hope to secur-e a closely knit, uniforrrJ.y trained fightinG io:rce capable of c;:'rrying oub , under tho direction of tho Corrrmnd i ng Gonernl in tho field, tqc st1'atogic~Q nUssion of t~e Air C01~S to moot and repel air attacks against the continentol United Statr:;s, [mel to Fcrticip:,te with ocher An:T:!orC0S in r'JDotiI'g arid 1'0P?~?-~ng a;,tacks. of gr ound ('.nJ. l);:,'1['.} surfr.co forcos a:;ainst our coe.sbs and borCters, or 'In nrun our torrl tory. With the adr'.ed fund s bcl ud cd for tho Air C01'PS in treo l33G Fiscal Year budget r-ocoromez:c-S\.t.ion ~h? l:ro:;idont, of :wro :mp~e 2..r~a suital'10 ~qUip1DClr..t C';:ll. bo secured. for ull 0";U' Ulllts and actl'Tl~l.,S. 1:):;.':0 Y8ar e.;.lG'1Ci. oflers 81)<';l81:d1([ o1Yj}ortl1l1.lt1';'S for groo.t. accomp Li.shments in 't:.he Air COTpS, and I invite all cur persol,mol to p8.rticipa.tc therel!l by tho fullest dis1Jln.y of pro:por initiativG ,-1Ud. dovot i on to prof'css i.ono'l duties. B. D. FT110is, :'.hj or Gonerol, Air Corps , Ch i ef of tLo Air Corps.

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I welcoITD the ouport~~ity afforded to me by the Air Corps NewsLe\ter to extend in this first issue NewYe~rls Greeting to tIle units of the G. H. Q. Air Force, as well as to 10,11 ir Corps personnel, all of whom will play an essential A part in n:eking the J,ir Force 5. success. The period until ?/arch 1st, the effective date of the organization of the Air Force, viill be utilized in organizing a stdf ard }neparing a genoral plan of ?peration. The Air Corps personnel to be assigned to the var i ous station corrpl ement.s wi H ~turally have the very closest relations vrith our Air For ce poople. The corrp'l ebe cooper'ab i on of .i.ho station coi.ml.emcrrbs will be. an i:nportc.mt f'acbcr in securing suoc ossf'ul, operation. The relationships with all Air Corps activities not included in the G. I:I. Q. Air . Force will not differ in essential details from those which have always obtalnod. It w1ll be rrv constant effort to promote the fullest lxnderstarding on the part of all concerned in working out our mt"-1.al problems and rcspo:1.sibilitie:h The Chief of the Air Corps has assured me of his cooperatiQn to socu~o this result, so that there is evcry reason to believe that to~~ork in the Air Corps, as a whole, will be maintained at its present high stancla.rd. I can not say very much at present as to my plans. Eovzeve r , one of the early objectives to be attainod will be to equip and train all Air Force 1.ll1.itsso that they rray be able to bo self-supporting for more or less exbend.cd periods of time separatod from their bases. EventW'~ly our wings and groups should (10COITlO fa.-:1i.liar, as organizations, with operating conditions throughout the wholo United states.

F. M. Andrews, Lt. Colonol, G., S. ---oOo-~vro carried on at the l.m.toriel :Ili r-e vision at "right Fio1d, under the Equipment Branch The Secretary of 'dar. Honor'ahLo George H. and the Airplane Branch, with Lsf LieutenDern, upon r'eccrrmenda'bon of the Chief of i ant AIG.on:R. Cra:lford, Air Corps, acting Staff, Genel'al Doui;las MacArthur. has appr ov- a," Proj ect Engineer in n.ost cases. 1'he eO.plans covering a serios of mid~wintor" eguipment thu.s developcd was service-tested test flights by the Air C01"'PS the IJorthin by the First Pursui t':'roup eluring the wincentral "cetion of the TJnitecl States. Major tel's of 1931-1932 and 1932-1933 with Najor Ralph Tlo:lCO, ir Corps, CouocmilingOfficer of Adlai H. Gilkeson, A~.r Corps, in charge of A the First Pursu.i t, Gro'J:p, Selfridge Field, rrany of the tests. As a result of thoso Michig3.!l, will 1,,0.0.a group of 13 airplanes tests and the infor.YD,tion gained, f'ur'bhoz of the late~t t~es during t~e latter p.art lir.p:ovemcnts w~ro incol~ora~ed in tho czof Jan1k'1.r:Y fl1gnt.s ext.ondi.ng OVClr porari a pGr~Eentcl cquJ.prne:c.t whJ.ch 1S novr ready for iod of about one rr~nth. It is plaIll~od to oS-la further tost. tablish the ba<;o of operations at Dul.irt.h , I YJ1lilothe prcvrous tests wore restri.~tGd Minnosot.a , conduct, various tost fliChts in to P1.1l's'.1it c:ir:pla:lcs, the forthcor::ing midthat loci-uity for about threo weeks, and t.cr'- winter expedition t.o the No bhwesf Trill inr rr.inate the ens's with an exbondcd flight to elude tactical drrlnnes of all tho classes, Great Fa.II s , l.Ionta..'1a,and return to Solfriclge orgarri aed into a skeletonized composite Field. As th~ crBracterization of these ~roup, con~rising 3 Eoeing P-2G Pursuit flights indicates, their p1.L"':'posc 'will be to ~1a..'1esand 3 Boeing r-12K Pur su'ib planes,4 rmke 20 th?rous:;h tcs~. of. A~r C0;r'Psogu~prI'A~:"tf,hr~in :3-12 BOffi?erS,~ Doug as C-43 Obserl to det''Jr,~Jlne lts s1.lHo.blllt.l '.I:J.l~c(',L',~':::\Ll"'g vabi on :planes, 3 Cur-b ss L-12 Attack pLanes i ('rpetat:'!.cn. .md~i!J sub-aer-o weabhcr conditions. , and 2 Bf311ancaG-2? Transport planes. ~f'hoairplanes t-o be utilized in tLis flight Among the eq'..l.ipr:lent which will undergo a are the.')newest typos and ropresontative of troro11gh t''lst under condi t i ons appz-oxi.mvbtho various classes of Air Corps fl,'.cLlg ing that of the Arctic regions will be wheel equipJT~d;. slds, a landing g02.r combination of a'l.rheel Fivo year s ago , Ln January, 193;\ 1:.lJ.0 and :,',ski adant.cd for Landi ng on both bart' First Pursuit Gro'.rppG.ricipc."ecl in V:llclt':.'8.S and snow eove~'od ground; devices for S+.arttcrrwd the "Arctic Patrol Iligh\)., also uning Ol1[;ines ire :~cro weathez-, such 20S fire der the cOrrT'D.nd Major Royce, This flight of pots, blow torches and engine heat8rs; enof 21 Pur su.i t ai rp l ancs traversed the ar oa Fine covers; flying clothiIlg, such as jackfrom Solfric).8c :i!"ioldto Spo::ano, Washington, cts, trousers. vests, boots, helmots, etc. j and roturE, under the most sever-e wcabhor po"'er plant insk"llations; priming fl uidl':, cond i tj ons , d.uring the course of which tho gcosoline and oil. Field shol tors will also Arrrv p iLots experienced rrnny hardships due be provided f'o r the 'Personnel. to tho illtonse cold. For his Lcadcr sb.i.p on Tho personnel of the High:', including tLis ocvas i on , ;,!pojorRoyce was subscquorrhl.y the Cormend ng Officer and a Flight Surgeon, i avrardcd t.he M~ckayTrophy, this flight being will consist of 20 officers and 27 enli~ted cono;idorod the ;mst rroritorious one perform- WEn. Cf the Cfficers, all but +.vIO, the ed by tho Air Corps during that year. Flight. Surgeon and the pllOtographer, will 13cc:>cd u,,?ontho da~a obtai~lGd as a re~ul t pilot adrp.Lanoa, of ~hlS fllg~t~ e:A1l8nrmnts Wlth new equ:-pm:mt A rrurribe.r tho airplanes will be c'i!uipof desJ.gned to lmprove cold weather operatlon Iped with ra.dio trunsrratting and receiv1ng ARMY AD. CORPS WDJ'TERESTFLIGHTS T

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s e t s , and al.L 0:':' them >'lill have the required numbe.r oi' s":,8,n.c:L,rd flight ins tru.:,1Ont s ,Sl.']?:plwkmte:l b:: such obhcr inst:UlllC:lts 3,~ rray t,~ d,';,cid'3Q '.:'.pOll b:{ tnc .b.ir Corps Mat'::.:rL,l Dividon at V'riglet Field, I:a?ton, Ohi o, The 1;";0.1' Dcpc1't;Y>0nt h~~s ar-ranged th0 Iorthcon:ing t'3ck in order that the equipm:mt rre.y be porfec ,6e1. as ';;110 :,:es~.llt of :,Jractic::1l operatinG tes bs ,m.':!.cr severe cond i b i onc of oo.ld v;oa1:,1:e1'.

Linut. Julius 'I'. Flock, flying in the vicinity of l'mvlerton, 'Lexas , and forced to ,jump when leis ~notor s caxt ed to c1isinte~rata, set s:J.il with his parn.chnte :1'01' terTa irrro. only to view witll al.arro that cacbus IJlpnts vrer-c ev:,1'Y'.'lhero bel.ow h i.rn, Hu had to l"YJOj:e the best of a bad sitiwtio;.l, :-.11J the; injrricc he sustained upon landing wer. n:ri.nOl' but vury uncornf or-t.abk o, C::-.t,'"rpillo.:r~'; huvo Is 1Id;a-oi: bar bod ,'!:i.'''8 :8:1C -s , OHO of tlw:!1 ---eO,,--'~cing Col. .: in:rbe~gol. L "both?~ i)orb?0, ,,.d.rr;l .1,' 1l"Dl'Gjyun{.'ul t"ian csc bus ,,1'.01'118 J,f;.~L J:'}S .CATFEPILJ:,A:~ CLDI, ;,;00'0 - :1ue,;ti.o:"l. but it ~::; s,1id th:;,1; c:;\ct'-lS !-:j}tOl"US ':;.3}130 Lnf'ec b i.cn, . The1><;; is ai; least one or':;<..G:li;;;ation 'l't:lOS0 Second L1.G1:t. Le::.:to,/ A. Raine:,' ar-l P-rt. t>:,ogross is (1~"f 'a:y-s uP' aa-d.s , 'Jhe f'arr.od r..yth.... '1~\.r-tJ-:l.1J:?r"es t~:,idgtJ had .. r-l, 1"ath0r c:i'.ci tir .. e~,.-' ... 3 iJal C(l,tGrpilh,r C'luo , co'nposo<l of L";en and ,:)ericmc.~ WD61" they 'aere f or-ced to ;hIlp from ;':'"OlTJ81: vTb'J .n~:1c.lc force(l :pClr":l.Cl1l.1.te jUII'I1:-'S. r:j,\c !r-:,L .A'c,'L<.;cl: ':D1f),1'J,3 0.'18 Lo t,hc: f'a.i Lrue of t.he . \0":1;:-:' of 1~h.,) cat ondar- .loal' 1934 sew 6;-8 :l..3;l~S \ ene; j.no cra.nlcsh:"?:~t. LOllg s t.r-eeros of .:iTo ont;:.Q Ci-~-:;orr-ill<.l,r Club Rc[;ist,]r, comprisine ,b.:.:,st fr on GIl around the englne and e spcopersor~lGl clG,3f;ifit~cl as f'o'I Lows t Air :':;o1';)s inlJ.y fro.n 10'18 czhausf sbaoks and ,irar:, tho officers, 13t~; e:J.isted men, 07; Lir ]c;scrvc DC'-,tO:1 porti.ons 01.' the en[ir~o. L'i eut , n" "1 l' l' 1 '.':)SG!'VC 001",::)5 c-':;..~c,:'rs, .:..'.c:U1C:r s'::"{.r .J(l r-ocici.ng "" .n ., 't' " t"no Vrl:lgs rt:-~ n Slg OIY~C(;:r'S, :~'..i.e(.~CG B 1; of'f Lcor-s of o bho.r -Qr3.lJ.c1,OS of the "Rc[S',uar IU21 /01' r..b "?L~,YOUt'er to j11l!lJ? arrl c,t tho Al7if' 4; 1i'lying (~Qf.ict3, Air'':orps,:'9; Na1';:"'10 tL,o ',)C3<Ul rollin[; ~)oth fLaps end ;;ta+'io:rcl G,lp"r'l o.:fic0TS, 11; Ib..tiol1f.t1 Gu.:::.r(L \',,:; L...ZGT. '::h.) pns"on;->~T .l i.d, not juqJ, 'Uld r.nlistcxl Elti<1, S;o2:fL;ers of the U.S. :~3.vy, ijh" p;'loJu crul d no Longer ::;tio;c to tho 38; onl i s t.ed mcn , i].S. lIf,v<J, 28; ND,.'.ictl ~G\cont"c.1:Gl)G'~,[-!.1)~:o o.,' tre h:.at n....YlC1 sirokc he servo o;'fiC0rs~. ;j; H8::,,"al 2escr~lc~ ul1.1ist<.;(.: js-bo~\d ~.. ? i:"l tbe cockp i b , pur-hod back "his 1 r:en, 2; 0; fic8~S, l.~.rinc; Corps, 2(;; C:'_-\~;oS;t"l,.)s and \"12.vcd t:le J?[V~sen8or to ,~.;t out. listed ror; , ~;.S. lI;al'i ..... COJ:ps, 11; l'hrino c lAs Pv c, I'rcs'{jriJ.ge ~,t'l..rtea. over' the s i d c , Corps ::\cs;crv0 officers, ~~; ci viJ. ion ai:' Y -eil (:'1 :J'~Q0 s ccrncd to bUT"t f r o:n 3.11 07,'n' tho p i l.o b s , 30; othcr c>'riliaris, 204. IS1~i;l. "" Il1c~ud.:;d in th;} l~st_ of ';8'"- :1CneS,3,J.'c 2,j I L~mt: ,~::e~ne::, Get o''.t.on t1~G lett sii:~, '.... a.terplll: .rs, 03C11 OT i'''lOffi rtade t'110 J-JIDp',; ipl'1c,Li1L ,",J.S a oo t or th ; "top of the C')CE:yH t ..." ._aI ..... I..J' '1', :"'i .i,W.... "plng -'. "Ill h'gh -'OU-"o. Ct ap ,:.1).1. ... H'.,. ,lr-'"!) , . r 1.1:.l. ...r, .~~1.) C'. ~. >,"..a. C _ .:.. .t. JO~-'P""', .:.!. !Ull-,-'~, ...,.1.r (,..-.. el... h t (). 1'.,1 s: ...... threo jD.nms, and tl1+.J ,:~l.~iuf C8.tGrpillrj,l"' of. jhio ro o'.'lievc -t,r,l.~J.,t he woul.d c l ear -c,h<.J \TC~'th:)!H al:::.'-- Colonel ~~~'_,:_~.:l!;s Lil .. b8~",I~h.' c<...r- i~ic~~l fin .'.U1 the Land i ng 1!iir0s. A. d =.I~.:sj~'~I? riGS fo ...... r;.Of1.rves, -.so~'t~lti~.aI "tacc't"E7j-i:- '~':. to"":",. >:n.\s not hi~~h enough ~.nd he J~~i the Land i.ng u t :3..1 of 721.1if;-:-S3.'Til:g, j-'mps ha-rc,t:,'11S far I'.lir -'s ":i th h~r; s~Olrn?h .md ri7,l~~ Le::. Cra .... !lcecn lre.c1Q :G1 bh i s COU:::l'~I'".f' TLo:;efJ.gu:,"oS iH11) out- on t"1>:lwJ.:1j'rn pr0.p!',r:);bJ.on for m:have 'been cornp i.Lcd J..':r.~OL.l. "e"Oort;s 01 jL.:nns ~ .'Jth0r j~J:':P ,g,J.:=. i::_f7,)ossible, o.s strccIT.;..'3 of sa-there'.: fr orn 'TG,rious :':;0'11'0,'8 but t::-.;ro is .ifiro completdy Gi~;ulfod the ,irings '.n(1. tho no frJaX0ntoc tl:at t:iO~,T arc co i-r-ecc , 3.iY1CO \~~iJ\) of th,:) :tlls,)1~.~b0. it }-l..asno: Dt...en 'Dos:,~ib10 to E:f:~.(O un aCC1.~.ratc I 'l:Jb.()n Li,.':1.:::0. ~.~iLGY J:1it bho Lai.d i n.; vJ"ires, -cl: .ck 0"" lTIor::1"oY'c,\T -im.ar.s rrudo by civilia:l fl~..c: said .chat, G7.:I'ythi::.~.g ~:,rcnt ~bluc.~~ lio ". c,'-. v "v . '1""-, s t.:>v~" z- t~ i.).' t 1,' .. '1..1' '" ...l.L '"' L: 'atu' "','1,~" 1,.. ,,),:,f , 1'l'y~("-r' ". _ ..... , ,-,r .." ._J ........ _l. ",'-, !Iilt~: ~~-\02;is~:.cr oi Ju11~Cu.t,.:r:.L:}lle.r' Cl'iJ st.o"p's~tt~Gt'rO'Ll'~':"-: :r~Sllil~t~ at ;~;.in1, riC pu.l1od tho ,j1r.!ps by saloLG.Lr yc;c1'l"S, as lollo':;s~ ir'i:pco~cl of t.~0 "pc;.rac::~u-!:;c. A CGC':ncni; ,cttor J

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suf're r Lng f r-orn the burns", he statc raf'b 8,1'0 ava.i Lab.Le, and tk:,t it is cont cmrrovcnont of nlf body s,;Gr1ed aut o- l)Lltcd tIiat or.ch radio station vri Ll. DC promabi.c and. vTitho'lt effort. Trc 'bl ow 011 YIfy' vieLd ',',Hh a spare radio recei VGr on or belegs did not s corn to hu:ct, G.Y;,d it 'N,':,S a foro Jon'.IDry 1, 1935, which will be utilizp'Leasanb sensat ion, suc); as I cxnc r i onccd ed to guard the day and night air t.ranspoz-b when divine from a spr-Ingboard into a swimcompunies dlcl,in f'r equencd os 'I:ilich 0,1'0 in mi ng Juol. Aftel' I pul Lcd the rip cord and use on t:1e c.i rway where? the station is 10ViUS co,l,;-bing bowar-Is the; ground the s i ghb of c-:;,ted,. 'i'he announcernerrb goes on to say: bhe pilot, who hnd no t opened. his parachubc "On airways where more bhcn one air trans'yot did not look so plClasant. As soon as port rcd io cha.i.n frequency is in s irnul, t3.Y:.his chubc oponcd I glanced back to bh: f'Laro- eous use, tJ-:>,e rad i,o recoi ving "latch shall inz ur,rl roaring pirpl2.De that crash.:;d tr.ro',Jgu be alternated bet'deen them to co i.no'i do 'with the -br,,~s to the gr01,Ul:i." the tro.nsnHting frequency being utilized Flyin0 c.:,J.~c,tFay Vi. Olmst~arl chose an unby the aircraft ncaros b to bhc s bab i on, usual, 'way of leaving his airplane when bhc 'I'ranspor-b companies desiring their chrvi.n 'viP.le CarDG for him to rrako a forced jump. The f roqucncy cl18l'mcls to bc~ thus gurrrd od shoul d o i Lcrons of the Bo;'bb:~ ,ii1'pl8.no sut u very koep air':mys lUs'~rict offices Lnf'o rrned conbad fluit8rir"g aftor llittillg v.::.ry rough air c;rnins 'sho fruquo:1Cios in use, the th:o of cur-reribr-, At tho time he was riding in tho til(;) daily si~if~;s from day to nie};t f'r oqucnII ju:rrr," soat just forward of tLo co-o iLot , c i e s , etc. All ar::"al1f;ome'lts shall be ef'Vihon the cdrplan',} sta,rted the violent f'Lut> fec t ed w i,bh tIle express 'Q'lde::"'sto.nding that terinc or 7ibrating, got dovzn from tho t'1e listenhl,g ",ratC'l on 3,105 kilocycles is S08,t and T:atched tilO ailerons through the continuous nnd will be accorded preference sic;o vri.nd ows in "'~:r.? ru..d~o operator",. 00:::I i~ t}le ~vent o~' i'ailu:ce involv~ng one. of jJartmon{,. 2'he orrc ar e a.i rp'l.a.;o v.a.s 7lb~,,,,t. bhe rnJlo rec e i ver-s at the radlo statl0n. inc; D'clly .md he ',~aVT'.1 scc t i.on of k,G l'igLt "It is corrberrp.l at.ed that all tVfo-V;3.Y c:.ilcron tc,u off. l,l's.1:ing his "ra.y 1'01"."-:,1',1 plane-to-crOtD.ld courruni cab i ons with Departfrom the Ta~lio operator's coq'al'trncnt to t'lC rnerrt of Comce'rc e a.i rvray s (,p,tions ":ill be f ron ': 0" the bcrnb bay , he stood on tLe Lorob eonduo bcd 0,1 3,105 kilocycles as soon bay doors and 31'C1bbcd t.h. or.J8rgoncy re l c.asc all a.i rc raf'b are equipped for U;:0 of this cable lead.inc fr-orot~'e pilot's cockpit. ':J11en nat i onaj calling frequency. It is felt, he pulled th,; o",1,)J.o, bl,o bomb bay doors rell hovzovor-, th:1t g round personY.Lel should 0.130 open and ~:r.ef'ol I out ,/: t.hc a.irp Lanc , ,:c;t f'o.I l ow 8.5 closely as ?ossible all r'1',Uo first, arld t~lrn8a. 07,1' so that ',/r,on the :p""r;,1.-conmmications involving aircraft in fliGht ohubo opened he ,'las falling hr.ad down, TLe over tl10ir own socter of the airway. By so oponing-' of t!lC raracLute cor roc t ed his I'osi- d o i.ng , they nay traoe the progress of bi or., thoW;h not very gClitly. f'Li ght-s and bhcr sby anticipate the pilot 's . Lt 1::: t.i rre tho ailerons S'G',1't8(1 fl '~ttorrE;q.uirements bo'b.: as t.o weatl1er ir:.for:mtion ing, th" airplane 'IIC1S at an alt:.tu(~e of and gr-ound service." ;;;,SG:J feGt . Cadet Olmstead sta\;ed tJ:<:t According to the December 26th issue of "chile d)~,cendir.g c'.itcr ti>le :para.chute- opened the "Weekly Notices to AiI'!"10n", published, ho had e, :>01 ing of "dangL.ng in the e.i r' I by the ~3u:ceau of Air COIIIlJCrCO,the r1an to until close to the gr ound , wh cn it scorned have Bu--eau of .Air Corrmerce :Radio station::; to COlX 'tp at him very rapidl:f. stand continuous listening wabches on 3,105 1:":.'::'00 2IlCl L'i oub , Sydney D. Gr1.c'bbs, Jl'., kilocyoles af't cr <Tw'lu",ry 1, 1935, has boon atten:ptcel to Leave his 1:'ursuit pl3.J.le, v;hich d,e:;:\3Ti'ed,to a lator date pendine the acfe,ile'!, i.: ',"ospond to Ue cont.ro l s d'~rinc a qu.i s i b i on of the nocessary add i.t Lcnal, equipsp i.n , alld each t,imc he Vias -bhrown bacl; into lfu:,nt. Tho p:'e58nt system of p:air:tah:iI18 th'l .sr:o.'G. Finally, by 'brnc i ng both 01 bows Li s t.eiri ng watches 01. air tra.'lsport oha.i.n on tho t5i'e of the cockpit arid placin[: his ar cqucno i os and on ;1,,105 k i Locyc Les on 1'0heels 0:1 tJ,e c;rlge of the s co.b , :-H] ':'as abl o ouest will be corrb i.nued until furt~"r 110to null hLJ::;L,lfovor t~,e left ,::i.,~e of the {ice. ---000--airnli..U. o , It... ~-l"t r free illC lilysolf c fran: 'l~ h.. a.i rp'Lane ,11 A"T1:,1Y l!ERO~J\.lJI'ICAL WJSEl)'M mC};IVE3 UcCOY Lio,~t. G:::ubbs stated., II I l'crw:ilbel' rv.:el1ing P.A2ERS for -bll":': ::i}? co rd, I rcmerrlbc;r noJvhi:r:g rr..oro urrb i I I carno to later :~n th0 TJl'Gsonc',; of a He3. :Florence L. McCoy, t1:o widow of forfC:,I'!Ilcr. rhe ta,il sUl'fc~ces bit' me a hard blow I' TIler :1~l,j JWc1c'SC. ~vlcCOy,h[l,S j'lst p rescnbor on t:',j s i.d o of the hcad , YolLow p,::.int ''''.13 ed. to the. Arrrry Acronaul ical Museum 8.-V tho I'ound on the hG~met and, al t.hougl; in::! l10l,;):;t Ma:['or:"ol Division,Wright Fiolcl,Da:;toE,Ol"io, ':nsn't torn, rrv 'Jar was split upen severely." a valuable collection ef war mo(1,'15,,::'3ro---0 ~o--nautical documents, and photocrcphs I'or-baining te early days of the p_'DCrican Ai::- Sc'r'lice .AmonGt:lO large. numbe r of 'lhotogrflphs An announoormrrb was !;"[lie in a r ,;cc:"t isone 0?;1articcl,.1r int0rcst YeO,," k".;:cn L: Cc" usc of t.nc Ai:c ,:~om;,erCl' Bulletin, v:blisL,;d tobor, 190'/, a.id :;hO'i;S tile I?alloon Detuci;by tho Bureau of Air Comrmrco, D0P~l.l't;Dcnt of :~.]nt of i.h.: Sic~r..al Corps at that ti:-;,o. Ono Corrrnorno , tu the ef'f'eo b t'18,t b(~gir,n:;'lll,; Janof' the .nen in 'bhe FicGuro, T'riv::~te Vernon uary l, 193[':, a conti,',uous rccoi'Tine ',latch \.L. 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AmcricELl r;el.tlcnnn who eive,.; ~...a') Ll ;;0:00 ins-(;,:mces) ir.l'ossi b'l c to fill. i hi::; all to his Counbry ami The "ffi~ers vrho -passed a'l:rayVlere Lieut. -Col. :'.:lliT\.i.::A.S, dopart.ur e :E':J.,VPS us irqJressI~.i;; Ho race :,. Hi oka,n , C~tntains Wendell H. Ez-colzl.oy , 1") bertr. Solff, J chn G. ',7hitesi'les , 1st Lts. ed iri tll th3 greatness ,.,1'his Leadcr-shvo , bno ~:i::.cily and considerate cure It") ('>xe';;'cisY;illia.TT.:'. I;00li t bLe, John A. Kasc , Frederick r.re:.trisk, Otto 'ilienccke, 2nd. Lieuts. l]'rank ed frr bho rneri "f his oonrcand and !Lis '.Ul~, HC"I!C',ri) Arthur B. Koz-vi.n, J ohn v, st:!'i blin[, til'iu3 ei'fo::ts t<" be of 30rviceG" hi,; comrnir.i, by as 'well '1,S t,... his i:at.i...,n u T., Durward o. Lovzry , Hobert A. I'runt C'.I'.d ::-ler'ocrJjC. Gioner. '::he ""doran flyers W:10 TilZREFO:F.E, 'I'ho Go.1 oston CLa-pter, 'tl,p,ser-rp v W8rc with the Air Corps during and since th", Cffic")rs AssociatiJn, in :::lcetinc usse:nb1ed, war were Colonel Hickam, C8."Jtain:-;:3rcc.kl cv, do draft this resolu.tion of respect and of ~Qitesides, Selff, Lieuts. ratrick a.~d La;e. symp::.thy and ccrczerid. cur member-s to follow C:1ptf;'oin'.'3r"'okloy, who spent n cen;,;ic~,ord)le t he G:'=:plp cf this brdL"r officor so t1m,t part of his conmi s s i.oned service at the Air when tne S1.:blime Celeotial .Jur,ler rings ,.,lIt Corps 1Btcrlol Division at ryri~h~ Field, ~nd hi" (Cheery net--" we ,ray fir.d ource.lves pr8fICr some yccz s was tGst pilct, V73.S G,:;r:,'rally pareJ.) as he "m,~, to re'[lc:.,t to Supreme t Eead0u".J.rters l'cady for duby - and 2':msi~er.)d nne "E the rcos t "e;:pe::G p~lok; in "h~ A~r CCI'O':s. .lie wac en duby In bho "edirect cur Secr,')tary Lo ::pread 11, CO?y Materiel Li,:.risi0I:. Liaison Sec b i on , Office d: cf tId:::; r-e so.luiri on en t,l~e ."linut("):;of '-'ur thG Chief of bhe Ail' COl"pS, at the ti:::(: cf rLcetlr<;, trot the original be serrb '\;C the hL; death. Ca.pto,in 8cL;:'f had ,... S,! served. 2:, 1 .3.")7'8:,-:e('f'a.ni Ly , a '~.?tY t'"' .tl?~ S8crG'bary, nf t,O"UJ:' .)f duty in tho La.a.i son Section, f'ol.Low,';3,1', a CO'DY te' the Cn~ef ":C -,ur C",ros CUlCl c",?ies to- the Gcl'lIanCliDfjGenGral, Eighth inc whi.ch he was assignod t') duty ,.,n tho ;-';02t ~ , 'tt ,\1" ' -~Of\st. L'o:r:ps.tU'ea, ann "~,Al'.,Jut;ant, ,/"("2'" J."" .,reok't o e lJo.. l.t. (,i:;e.!lS, lieut.-Colonel hickwn, vzhoso Las t as:_d,_:nrr.ent '1'''1.3 t.hat ,.,f COl'''rolclin3 Officer of the Capt. O. '",C" Pre~;iclent." 'Illird Att'lc!:: Grour at FQrJIj Cr-oolrctrb , Gal ve s t on , Tho Ga176st.e>n Chaicbe r r-f Cor,:.mrc'l 1:)" a T GXa3, wa.s the fir;:;'\; Cl:ief c:!:' bl;e Infor:ratlon st"nclL1g vobe unarrirro us Ly adoj bed th('> f"l1cv'in;:-:resolution: Divisicm uoon the crea,tion cf the Office of "'"J2.::~:::&\S, It has p l cas ed Alnighty God in the Direct;r of Air Service. He wac the) hi:' I,nini to "lisdom to cull unto ,:Tim .. ur father of t1le Air Corns Hevis I,etter a..TJ.C'" ycri'ri end and associate, Herace :,. Jac,,::arn, hars because we knew hi;n so '1'1011,his 1.:ntir;.ely Lieut.-Col. Air Gems, United States A~ del.Gh oezne as a V8ry great shock. A gorro'l ec:. rcan r:: hiGhest r.ilit::tI"'J ability and o,c$:U, in bhc full sense ":f the ,:erd and 0i an ron.~,lisbnent and sterling :pE'!'sonal integri~xtrerr.~ly lcvab~o dispr.siti~n, he maQ0 friends ty - a ~atrict leader ar.l soldier. 'Whnrever ho verrb , and those friencls r..owsaJ.ly ijl~D T[E~iEtw- J:uring h i s 8.;;socinticn vi:i.hil r~ss k~ lic ~~s kind and considerate at ull this 'l:~dy he -NaS ~1,~:,1'1,,11 tL18s ur.t.i'ring in times and invariably had a cllE~0rful word f\lr hi,~ o;){'1'or1:,s behalf of all civic 1'l.ctiv'i.i.n overyon. Let it not b,'.l 3.SS'E'cl tha.t he's;),:; t~os l;.,,~d '!)c~~0r.n:mts,_~:d ~l:'r.;;ls Gzt"nri.ed. 8.00V"l bs'\.:iilg r-epr ircazrls -,'.'her0 they were deh~,; CGonerD,'V10Il: and tne;,', GI 11:t:~ ccrrmnd , served. Ee rli(~ bl..Ls k tll.G,l,uet-n' s taste and. !.:::J "i;fY"-(Eb S, t.::e i'StUll[; no t (' r'f tar.' in. a hi;:;hly co'l orf'ul, f'asr.Lcn , bl~t whenever he bri~, bho realL::atir)n of P'::' irrepe:.p".b:'c +00k anyone to tade his v.o rds bore :10 stin.:; loss tC' the City cf Galveston, r'.nd, best 0: all. he --oul.d disrr.iss the inci,iU'! T;;'ji;iiI:?C1.lli Bi, IT I1ESOL1), t hc:djtyroV' .. dent i'r"rr: his mi.nd alrXJ;'3t in::t=.tly, and if he saw you shortly c,ftorm:u:'C!.s ',','ould have he Gal v:,ston, ~h~::oex:,v~' C(\m.':l:~,": F~c~i:r...[' ..1'y ec;:1'" 'cllrcugl: ~ts "'I.::ll~ta~'y JU~.J,J.r0 vo'(::nuttt:c, -roh, sazo ldnclly, ohcvrf'ul. -.o.rd foryc-.:.. One cfficiul1y =ecor~s its deep sJ~at~y a~d r"l:Iark'3d '.'DOU-G him tbel,t 'IHo' s the eml:; iran regrGt for his unti;Tely Qeath. wt"e could. cuss me out E::1Ci rcakc rue lil:e it." .l,;;;,}j j3'::: IT :?U2:tLOCIi RSSOLVill that syn:pnthy Of 2, koor; , alert mi.nd , G"l'JI:.ol Eic1:am, a be ,,).:ter:.dcd to t.<18J'ileL"1bers his fac.tly, of )r.o~t :>'J.'u13tanetingfficer, o who corrrranded the I an~. cord ec of tr,is resel ubi.on be ::ld i vf'r'~1 'ltr~st respect and. the highe:;t adrrd rab ion gf' to thorn, GOthe Comcand.i g Officer, n .~ crt [oIl -"itt. ".'homhe came in contact, was the type Crr-cxo t t, 'I e::as; 'I~'lO Cerrrrand is' General, i,r. ef leader whommen wcul.d follow and fi;.::ht for ";0 the last gar'". It is not given tiil s':ery Iran I :LiDhtl~ '_:c!'pG Area, Fort 8a:.1 Houston, 'I'exas ; 1,10"'; Cr.ief ,,1' Air Corps, l..;niteo. 3tate;; .>\rn:w, to pOSGSSS all' these admirable 2~ttri bubcs , and. WasLington, D.C.; and th~ ~ecretary "f t.he high esteen in vrhich he was held 'by every-1;;a:', YTa,sl:.inGton, .C. D one who 'was iortunate to kI'--"'W him may readily G..:\Lv::s:ron CEIAl,lBi.'R OF C'OiIiIOO:C::'~, }~~e beon suxmised by an outsider had he been G. G. l,~oore, :present at the hI il1gton National Ce:-r.eterJ r,n Frosid.ent.' , Ncvanber lOth, tl~t sad day when his' r~ins were laid to rest, ar.cJ. ...bserved the V'ery larg.::I gatherill[: p:r"lSell1; t(,_:p~ him their last V-6714, .A.C.

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Thl::; CDP.';(JcAAhtm i,:1o""ntion of ~'el'l'ci::;g to t\e J\rn(l Ai.: :.;drps a:.J.a, covering the past year is Ls sued :t\or the l::for;':':l..tion ".IlJ. corrvarri ence of those o.Gsh'ing to cnmpile special ar-. b Lcl os upon any of the subjects. contained therein. It is not i:1tend.ecl to be comprehensive on any of the sub j oc b s trGatod but merely to form a su:m:mry of the topics of Lnf'orrra t Lon available. It is also intended. to be su..f io l ent.Ly corrpzehens ive to form basic infomation in any popula.r wri t6-1.1Jl conce rnkng tho history of tho Air Corps
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of th . : Air Corps in continental UnHed. st:.tes, together with certain Observation Irrp rovcd flyL:g cf'fi.c i cnoy , rrarkjo deve1op'lid Service ur.it.s , There .... rill be very f'evz ir.,.. mont 0:: aircrqft and acce ssor i os tht-)r0'co. aid.s :redlate changos of s trrt i on of Air Corp s 11Yli ts to flyil.g, outstffildirlg flir;h'c -perf orrranc cs , Lr.c i dorrt to the creatioll of bhe new orS2-'1izaconst r cc t i.on of barracks, (11JLrtd:,;, war ehcuses tion, thi;; announcercenb stc:::tcd; that tho var r';'10. other buildings. at ~~01ds ai.d s'bations, 1"Us o1em;Dts ?f this force '!lill, be a'!; soveral 1!;Jj?rOV(~L:C::'1t 18J"a.1l1.~ of l~olds, cbo; , were fly:mg helds thor'Jug:Cout tne count ry , arrong the Lcad Lng factors which corrb r i.b-rbcd to but will be subject to the or<lers of tho Comthe subnbunb i al, pr ogz-css made 'oy the Air Corps lm:1iler of the central oxgarri zab i.on and Ln an dur i ng tho year 1934... I errorgoncy vlill be prcpared to concentrate a.b any point wi tl;,out delay. The head of the ConPEF.Smr.iIEL oral Ecadq'Jartors Air Fo rce Vi'ill be clirectly 1 und~r tho Chii;;f of Staff. At the close of the?iscaJ. Year e:dincs The a:-.l:ow;,C0J1IC:ltfurther stated that "the cT'J::'J.e 30, 1931, there were 12S~; of'f'Lcer s COTG. 0rg,:w.:cizaJGion now cr eat.ed is a ter;,tative 0:10 . mi s s i.oned in the Air Corps, 1;egu101' Army. In i Aitor a:i:yproxlva:t.cly a year of test, it, is add.itiar::. to the above, tLc!'o 'I'ro:..'o 58 s ocoi.d ' hop ad that the 103S01:3 derived will penn t of Li eut enarrbs of tho ).e;.;u1ar Arrn;r of athol' i:,rpro',rer.:JOnt ever the Pl'GS8l:t plar:.. !\lthoug~l brnnchec of the service ':'ho-;re).'8 dekdled. to several years rmy be ncc eaaary to achieve a the ).ir Co'rps and undorgoing 1:/ ing tr'dni:lg fbal solution, it ~ray be said. that tll:.: idat the Ail' Cox:,s Traicing Ce:,ter. The Air tn.l step, alone, cons'b i but.os by far tho D.. JSt Corps 1'lO,S still 351 officers snort of its ilTI')Ortu.nt and evolutionary stop tm'iard.s ITDdaubho r i sed sl.rongt.h of 1650 coirr-ri s s Loned ofernizatior:. of the forces of the TJnitea stat.es f'Loer-s , hha': has been token s i.nco the World WQr. 'l'ho Tt.c cr:.listod, ~jtrcnG~l1 of bhe jl,j'~,_C")Il':::; at ,pl'i:"cipL.ls. in';ol':cd in tJ:is ~kl'.are t,rans-. JGhe er.d of the F~sc,l 'Y".lar '\'!'X' 11,400, a: ic I Ud-j ~>:~nd81,tal 111 the~r full J.I!!Pl ~cat a.ons , and vall ine 31 S Flyi:lg Cad e hs , this figure co:np8.:J:ing doubtless ir::.iJuoI:.ce the dcvo'l.cprocr.b of other fa'rorably with t:'1e strength a110tkd by tho arrcs as we l I as of the Air Corps. Oppoz-buieSec1'etOll'Y cf ':;ar at tho end of bhc Fi VQ- Ycar ity has :'10t yet been gi vo::. the other arro.. to s Air C07J?S Expans i on Program o,:t' .14,532. mOJ.Ol:'liz..; to thD extent cons Idez-cd nccoasa.ry ""'-0" for the Air COr;?3. "mon such oppo rtu::'li by is ac co r-Lod, nl:.:Jth0r in peac0 or war, it wl.Ll, bo aBGAHI:AI' I ON ITev: Urri -t, s : nec cs sa.ry to p r ov.ir' e for t.he full !!'.obi1i.ty l'L~';.;-:;':rrCor-ps urri, bs or'garri z ed during the and pm'wr of all arms neccs sexy in a f'ubure war of m.1.jor c;xtO:l1;. The e;.'fect 00" all nJ.liyear wer-e the 39th, 58th and 'i'4th PU1'SUit tary Occ'2[l;:_.iza~io!l is likely to be nnrl:od. Sq'J3.drm\s. In aJ.clHioE, 10 now Air Corps do""'bile the buJ.l.: of th3 A:.r Corps org~'\::;,izeta~h!riC;:;,ts were cstabl Lshed , blrus provid.ing b i cns '.1'8 Lr.cLudcd in the Il8W Air Force, Cell'01;'0 for each of the nine Corps Areas, one for }I'o:::t Levri s , :'Tash., and. one for tho i.h.i ted tui::l ele;mnts, 511Ch as Game observation and ac:.rr-i:listl:'ative un.ic s , w.ill z-e.m i,n und oz- Corps states L;ilik.ry Acarlwl'Y at West Point, J'TSW'l _4..:::"8C.. :1J1Yl:~;..l1d.erf;. T:l.o un i bs aSSi[;I1Cd to thc: ork, :ihe d.c,;tachr!!8nt for tht~ 8th Corps Area ";ras in 8xictCLCC prior to tho pust i;~al ~,-,ntrQ,~ .b.ir~'orce llU;Y be reorg~'t:nizcc:. by the ~orce Corrmna e'r so lar as .:cay oe neccas.u-y ~rcar. for tho conduct of the te"t. It is hoped The :?irst Bombrsrdrror.b Brigado Hcadr, J8.rters th8;i.;, ire. gen'Jrcl, t.horo will bo 2. WL1lnTcJfD ('f and the 23th Commuaic'ltiar.s Soo b i.on cct Lar.gof D0rson::',el to cff'ccb the r00r[~aniley Fid,c., Va., vnre demobilized, 0:. :'i;;:;;>"ce,'T"-- shiftLlg z,:.tlon. J::10 change ":rill be 1:1rgely D.. Sl':.iftbc r 30, 1933, the per soi.ne'l tLeroof bransf cr.. red to the Huad quar-t cr-s G.l{. Q. Air Fo rc c , oa-- i;,\S of control." ':'h8 Ge:r:.8ral Hcadq'.Jarters Ai::, Force w iLl, gan i z cd at that -fido. the following(.ay and COl:'3ist of the' f'o Ll,o.... Till" un i t s t tra.Ylsforred to Bolling Fidel, A:kl.cos'cia, I).C., 'Iead quar-ber-s of the G-e;,le:::'alE8oduUD,rters on ]'o-;:;ru,<ry 28, ID3'1. Air ,orco and tl1e ieadquartel's SQ1l."1UrOL of Ih0 G.B.O. Air Force: '.- :l'hE;-se'c'ret.ary ar, 0,1 Doc.nnbcr- ~)7,l:X;;4, tl::.e e-:.E.:~. ,<,>,Le Forc.e - La:lgley Fide, Va. Ls b l!'ins,:IeC\i:,~U'..rters Ha-ni Lt o.i Field.,Calif. announced his crrrpl:0Vi.:J. of a t"'s:; oI'ga.llization ~l;- 8rcll Toi'1'F;D~cGe'i::r.Grou:p~.-~.urq'1..cLrw::>s ai-ie' of thr) General FIead(1uarter's Air ]'Ol"CO, e:i.'fecthe Sth, 11+;'1 2'n ~lst. Bor,,'bardmont 'Squcd.ro::s' tiv0 at once. At tl~e same t irne it "12 aruH:_~uiJ_1.JO:-' Fir:.l,i. nouncod that Liout.Color.el Fr-ank I,1 :n:.d.re.:.'s, \"G 19t;1 30n::.bar(~;nent ::;'r01.lTl, HtY'i(Juartl3TS Air Cor-ns , had been c1esignc.:.te(1 '.:.S J,.:;" ':om''''-lJlo '3r of this c er.t ra.l i.z.cd ail, f orco , .;,j,.~'r hec,d~~rl, 30th,." ~:."d, ~J~,~ Dombar(iment SCl~u::..dl'ol1G.. nClC.,:-:rcll l' ~olu, Cal~l. 1uarters at Langley :Field, va. ~'he 17th Ai,tack Orcup - :Iea..:1quextcrs '-LC:d The nrcw GCT'_era.lHeadouaz-ber s Air ./orce 3'H:l, 73d and. 95th Attack S:r,lCJi:rol.s - h:trcn will consist of practically all ~~e Gombat - G~ i.T-f'i?l4,A.C.

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Cr0ck0tt (to be; lmv'~~ J..;o Barksd3J.. e Field be[ ,f?re Juno 30th, 1935); ?lst at Br-rksdale F1uld 2m1 24th e,t S::ott :n,ld. FLYING TP.AINING ?lyi.Efl,_c;.~.ets : -xn ~i~ol.:ti;'nt c~lFnF:eaffecting Flying Cadets was the fJ.Pllrova1 L>y the ':Jar Dep:trtrnent of a :gla:," to coirb i.nue them 11.. n.Ie r thr.t status for an Ll~(li tion.:;w. year 01. training with Air Corps bacb i.cal, L4'1.~ts o'l.Lowi g th'03i1' graduation f n f r orn tb3 A.dVc:lIl..c0UF1yillg School. This pl0.J.l ~e~t into 8ffect with the ad~~cGd cInss wh i ch f,ri1duatud from Kelly Field Texas in F ob rtliU'y, lC3'if. Tno p rac'tJ.'ace of avre.rding , .; ' s~u(~ents ~h,j ~'2.til~S of f1A.irpb ... Pilot!! upon ne t,~eJ.r gnd.~:tl.on ~!'om.the Advn,llced ~yi:ng Schoo.I comn nucs 1.11 effect. but ]'lyln,( Cadets arc no:' cocrrd.s s i onod in the Ail' ROSUi'~;i' until a.nar thoy have completed thei::..' addi tionul ye,.'..r 0;;:' b:ilin:ing ,'rith tnct ical units. and pro'.rid.8d the :;:>roficiency tl'.oy Lave atto.ined a.s,~li ~ary )Jilots warrants their being sO CO','~J:LSSloneu. At the end of that ti;r,c they a,,'e. C;i rell another year of activo duty under ~ tno1.I' Re sez-ve comni s s i.ons with Air Carl's bactical s quadz ons , if funds 0,1':. avad.Lahl,o .~t_c;c1:onts t..:;:i.E::;J-_at _~~1. inIL~~l~GradU3.t_~ ,.. !.I~~.~.he ll.r......:...?n~ 'I'raJ.n;llELelrt.0r.: ' ,-,?iJvIssl.oned. off1GCrS, enl Ls'bed P.'.J3Il and candlQ,,;:!:;esfrom ci\Til life, are so'l ocbcd each :four non chs to abt cnd the Pr irm.ry FlyiIlf~ 8C:1001 at F<::Lc1QolpL }i'ie1d., near ~)cU1 Antor..io, To:.-as, since thoro arc three enterinr, c'Ic.ssos such 7(;<11'. During the calonda.r year 1074 , - J.. J.. 1 or 60"f' 1CCI'S or th"'" l<.esulnr f ., "" .1 ,,0 "a OJ: e A:I.T'TJ and 371 Flying Cadets. or a fjr:.md.tota.l of 4~>1 s budorrb5, started 'sTaining at t;.,e Air Corps l'\:'1,ir,in~ Center; 145 Elyir.g Cnrlets ent,~ring ~,ho ::12.1'oh,1;)34, class at iic.'1dolph }l~eld., 150 .cly:i.ng ~adots t:ne Ju.ly, 1934, C1LLSS,tmd SU officers a.. d 76 Flying Cadets n the October, 1934, c Las s , There we;c grOlluat ed f ro.n the Air Corps A.-hraIlCod vL'l8 Fl SchooI at Kelly Field, Tox","s, during" the cl),l,?ll.claryear 1934, a 'botal of 205 flying students; cm:;prisin.,; 55 officors of the Regular .A.rr,-ry, 1C: sra(; uates of the U. S. Uaval AcaflroV '.';ho ','101'0 not conroi ss i oned ir... the NaV'J"uccause of lack of vacanc i cs and who rocaivcd rl~.rLlg Cadet u:c>pointn:cnts, and 140 Flying ..., ~, J.. > L;3.cte.vs. l"'i1l .e riurc.h , 1034, ol ass gradu;:1.ted 7 .L of'f' i cur s ar.d 63 iJ'lying C&:l et,s; the; <Tuly,1931", class, 5 officers end 57 Flying Cadets, and the Ocbobo1', 1~)34,cl[',ss, 44 officers arrl 30 FIJicl[, Ca.Ie'bs
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A1.r ul aced ir..to 'rr.'.ct:'cal U2", thd onl.y instrur~Grlt landing sys ber i "hicll proYed itself by ac bual, P0rfor.nunc ,., iX'Jorim;Jnts in Lns bru.norrb 01' hiind ~a~ings r~~Qboon conducted by the Air Corns for a loll'; perio,} of ti:oo. The systorr. re::.~chcd s'..lch a 2cegroo of practic[~.bilitY bna. H, vrarrant.od the tre.ining of pilots Ln it.."ne-e,. :'nd sorrc oJ.' them had been trained. 'iih'I' the A:cr-:rAir Corps 'book over the oner-abi on of tho Air Y.:1il , it \"/8.S afforded the 01J1.01'tu:.li by of exte 1ding the] tr:1.inin,r.: of its' pi, . . ' 1o~s a.n l.:lst~u,'Ilcnt landings. _. steps ',,'en; in1.t:w.t .... Look.i.ng to the everrbunl, d inst-;.112.tio!~ on all airpl~nes of tnc TrCU1scontinental -~.O V-6714,A.C.

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bet. eerl Nev.a.rk , N.J., CoU'.:-l 0~'.kland.,G3.1. ,)$7,800,000, allottd. by the Public Works for the of iIlstl'~J::j:mt Land i.ng GquiPID:jr,.t, 8S w.,~ll as . Ar~r Air Corps, will be q>Gnt for p:1rchn.s~nr; t1iC 0sta.ol1shuent of ground 1n'";tall8-t'.ons for vrr acns type,> of cO:"libat o.1rp1p.nes, lIlclul1ng ins.tl'u:nent Land Ings at. the In:dn tGr:.liY1':~lsof j,':vlio e'rlipr.l("n~.u, .nchino guns, sparo pa.rts, spar-e thr~t rOllt)..:nginos, and other necessary oquip,;:.Jnt. , T',wlvC) 0:1' the n0W Martin T'-le bo:JJing In Juno, 19,.54, tho Assistant Secretury of rlanes 1';o:::eequip-J-'Jd for instr'Jrnent liJ.:L.lirlgs, VTar, Hen, Harry H. Wnoc.lring, appr-oved the mi~rd six of 'chOn)being sent to the ~i!ostGrn :one OJ:' corroxacbs to the Glenn L. j;fartin Co; , of Balof VlC 1:n:r:; Ai~: Corps Air I.6.il 0}?cr:1-l;,iO IS, to timoro, lyil., for 81 Dm;lbing 'plo.:1c3 8.t a toted' operrsbo out of Oclcl:J.rit,:')olt k:~.;:c City [111(1 .cost of $3,19~),'150, ana to tho Wrir;ht A0rona1~tiChcycnno , and i:,h~ ro:n:.... hling sL..: to bl.o Eas a- cc.:.1Corporrrb i on, of Paterson, rT.J ~ ,fOT ~;80 e.,ir"rll ZOJ~') :;"01'opca-ab i.on l.VOl' var i ous r out.cs :!,)laIll. CTIGinLs D,'u a total cost of $1, '705,737:. in that .0.1' ca.' 01ficc:r.s who had. been trainliltl . In the) .norrbh of 'Je,c':.:mber O:'lIlO'1.rlCO;:l0nts ,;'.:ore in instrllllent Landi.r.gs -,'fOre as s igned tho du- :~~.ao or the Q:mJrd of cont racb s for i.csr ~,irpla.nos ty of piloting t'WS0 airplwloS. Th0 fir<ct i inr the Al'l'V Air Corps as follows: instrl,-'1l0nt Lcnd i.ug sto,t,ion for Air iJ.k'1il use 1 s: c::ontr<Jrt in bhe total crrourrt of $1,99<:,'100 Vias co'~lotGd at }jewal'k, tho oa.::;t'lril t"rrnL"J.- I'bo the Cons o'l Ldn.t.ed Aircl'r,f'0 Corporation, ?'li'0.1 of tLc transcoddn..;nt:;1 rouJ~." o.l,May 3:1, If~o, ITQ''! Yorl:, for trIO-senter Pursuit ty:?e the clay before. tJ10 Am'V lrJiJ,ub'U.ra~d ~tJ f'.:l.st . curclano:,. u.ir'::u.i:',. schedul o 'J/~ross tho cOl',tin:mt.T'Jfts I .~~ccrrbz-aob for '/1 Obs er-v-vbi ori t"rne ai:r:;:lenes of' this hlstulJ.atiol1 Her" couducb cd on 1~\y Ito the Douglas Aircrdt CO;J':1)any,Ir..c~ ,of Sa.."1-G':', 8th,'.1'1dor tho cUroctioll of C,~"ptc.iaAlboI't F. IMor.ic.l., Cnlif., in the bocc.L arrounb of Eegenbergor, Air Corps, of-bhe Materiel ~Jiv- :,$1, '3:'):"),394. ision at"ri,;ht Fiolcl, Dayton, Ohio. Tho (1C- I A c(1l1tr".ct for 35 Bas ic rl'r3.ir..ing e.i rp l anest tU2.l ins t:cum..:ntflyins 0,11(118I,d iDg at l;o.,lD.r~:it,) tLe Sovcr-sky Airc raf'b CorporClt ion, Nev; ~~ rk o on.thc.t l!.::cy ':'3,3 :.?crforT.!'...:;d C3.J?tcdn Jrur"s r:.ICity, by Ln tho total ozrounb of $754, '738. Po.rkor-, Air C01'})G, :::'orFor test pilot at i A corrc raof for llO\. ttack bype ::lirpl::U:"3s to ,7righ-l, Fidel, vrb') rcc.Jiv"d trc1.L..i:1t; hi i::.' ;t}le Fo:cthrop Corpore.o i.cn , Inglewood., Calif. ,in s~rw:r,('nt lew.ill L1f in 1:J33. 'Lv:;s,. tests pr cv- i the to';ol amourrb of $1, E93, 400. ed hip-hly succos s ful , , ; Devdu-p;uens of Ne'T .Airpbnes: ,'.... t C' t t (1' \ I ---"t . '1.hC ",.1J:'vorps c;y~f" ll. 0:" :"1:'~ d'~' ~ ,~mt-.,'";" h[;) '. i 7" '----:-<r-itly!,e~ 01 "1' J.t ~lry U e-lrc:,:1:" ', h ava.ng ,)ev~~I?,J. u 1&""1 .~:ag 'Vl["l,~~ S',18CCiS.1::'_ t Y 8.:P:P ~C(;. 0 lllC:;'" ; Ol1.lJST,(;J:.o.~n3 p~rrcr;;.:clllCe cnr ruc t er i s a.c s we re :-;p,30rl-c:,c'b i;:r:,l 8.il'})1~;;r:'8s, ospic ic.l.Ly th,:; 'JD.r- ! 'Pc'cel.lic '~d dur i.ng bhe- yt,a.r, th'~e -b0h1['; the P-29 tin Bombe r C,-Ie) , as /r";;'liously stgttJcl. In It30::::'n:;) sLlg1e-se:J.tel' Tur-sui, t, 0guip~)ccl "Ti tll service t~"ts 8,t nri[;l1t FiclJ,o'l(;r'~3_0 intel "'1p ):rC!.lrLr,~ed :::-att C: Whitney C3-l::'~O) en~;'ine, P s trcL'TJnt lar.dings wore .rado , in "\Ii::!ic:-' :ri- i o.:ld. 'Lho 2-plac(; Pursuit, 26 Consol idated Aircraft lots fror var i.ous s(,ations throug:'lout bl.o iC6rpon~t ion (:2- 30) equi.pped wi, t1:1a SUr'~31'chC\.r['service r'cc e i.vcd il-,~trl:Ctior~nll tra:i.nir:.[; in iA C'.lI't.i:';:~;-':"right .~1,~-J.5'iO) eng l nc, ~l1C f-2S ~s f?::; l:lrd.bg ]Jr?ce~;:t;::e~ Upon cO::'Plotio:~1 of ,l?vT-dng ,))::mopl~"1?, f iJll-rneta1 c')nstru.c~ion o "t;!',OS,),Jsts, t triO ~>1.::' l,;orps l::::-_drng e':ll1FBl.,n'\; Ivrs. t.h cnc'Lo sod COCK!'1"t; mill retr::.cteoble 1m:drr..g was turn(.rl 0781' to br;o D,Jpart0.o:'lt of Con::n.;rcc:go""r. This is t118 first ""irpL'.no of the 'P'JXwhcz-e i'c l"oc,i vcd , [1;;."tor exbons i vo tests by :sui t '0;;1'8 to -possass both of these J.'c::.t,.ll'os. that I'cpe,rt;cnr.t, t~:o unnua'l i.f'Led inclors.;rr,ent IThis r.Lr-p Lano , w::tich is exb rorml.y clar-c:r:.in of the jir0ctor of Aorci11'.1utics, and. has been i strGi:JZI1lining rmd de"ign, is 0Qu-;:t?I'eci ::01' inst<:.ladopted for '01.0 cO!TIJ18rcia1a.i rways of the ! LatLon 0.:" a r:~d.io r cce i vel' and tran;:;rr.i tt0r. 'l:he ~o1.l.."'ltry. :F-30 is :~lso a low-wing rcononLanc cl ~11-rr.Jta1 Tho oificors who cru&lififYl i:l instrument I construction, havLl[. a TIlCUOCOC1UC; i'u:;eluge, siJelarll3.ingsVTill late:r be se:.t to various Air I type su:P3rc~larLor'J.r,d retractable) l'.lnd.inr, ;02.)'. Corps posts, 8S soon a.: iEstr1.l1,l0nt L:r..rling i T-.o ?ombardr::ent t:i']?e pIanos, thee, Glenn L. ,}(",:,.',:,.5"t,ran be corrp'l et.ed J.::rl fur~1is';ed at Wn,rt5YL(r3_10) am. (:e-12) , were :p1ac~d in 5ertEose pusts. A 'Got'11 of 43 t:cucl:s for in.vi.co , and d ovo'lopmerrb vro rk continued tbroU{~h J. t ,GT..c.ln:::r r"" e;U1u.ll1g S t <..l. t' on.s ar e '" .l.~ , 3urUHJ8n 1 .:I' a ,'.1' '1 1 (10S1:n", , S'ullCaeS ari.l 11Tlj?rovo(1 w~"PCS or c.ng:1.n;?s. 1m"T ?Cill~: p;:,,':c;I;J.sec out of ~ubl~c ':orks.Ful1dsi :O"v)lo:prnm:ct,work on~he .:.',tack,a.i:cpla:n8 \ C~Jlfor "he '7"'..l,1' 101.1:;t::;rt:..cel 1.l.."1J. 11'. che ..\.11' bs bo.red .rro und 3ln~le ong i ne , 10':;-7>rng ~ronoplar:e COlTS. : t:n' 0:.', A sa.ti sf'uc boxy ;;:0,101 '.\":;':: (' eve'lopcd Y.:lich THE All; CO::PS~EC.ENIC."L '0::;;Om, 111:,>"t" -pre:.'ent rC(llll1'or:!(mt~:;for tj.1L:; 1; "DO, 8.l;1. : 1i~ ~.r")'Y'OCUi'cnj(;D.iJ ~:re.s. rulort&u:n. i u . -'D'l1'inc: tho Fi scal '{~8.r c):riliinb'"un::: 30, J I T~1C:r:';] "rert,) no nev' Qovc.:lon:nBl1ts Ll connec b.ron t' 1 93'1, 3J - Air Corp":1Gr;,~ar Ar:',y of'fLcor-s , ::';35 I .,'l.ir Co:!:p:,; 0Illistee', :r.cn and ,1 leTaci ona.L (~ua;.,'cl ,':.-i h the Ob;;,:oxvd.tion t,TPC:; 'i:tp1 ane , save thnt t a '3nl istG,l ::-.' brE!.d.'':''E~t(;,l ..m from '0118 AL Cor-ps 10;lC :,-LG B~mb'-1rd..'U(;nt plane 'I!D.S con'! 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Devolo:pment of, -.n.::, sC'l~d steel '1'o1)c11.:)rbIa.de verlS""lso a.nThe c:c-:vs:',apJeiBnt of:1vigatiorm.l aids 1,,0 f'Lyi ti.atccl. -" ing r csul, ted ill 'Lb.o':procuron;cmt of iIT!Provccl A~ti-,oHi~s vrer o .li:roctecl bov.a.rd s th<..:dcc:l1cuL,ting nachi ncs . a snE.ll eX,9crllr".mt81 vc'l cprneirb of spof :iOlclillfS as 2, ,"C'clLS0:" f'ab- pel'ldulous sC:..:bnnt, end 3. sustr drift meter of t: lcr"ti:n.,j ai r cz af'b structures. Fo:c tLb ';)ur- d co i.gn superior to t'lat now in usc. :pc.,,, s'P,cicl er;uil)T1Ur.tV:2"o in,stc"llcd at Enshr-uoerrb d<.J'Telopmcnthas l'll'oduccd b1prov;"rl[:lJG FiQl:j, Day to::.., Oh i o , for we l d i ng 8.1,cd typos of yi'o-cirivun instruments C:1.ua'hle of urni num c.l l oys und s'::'airJ.h~ss stod b7 bo bu ! l'olic::5:Jle op",Y3.tion in extremely cold t0IOPOr2.tho.; spot arvl S'3c:::oq pr-ocos ses , unJ :,;pecificp,! bur es , cd ti .io boz-s, C'uto:'t:ctic pilots, d,~-icers, b ions VTer,;;P::opr,red to o1'a[)18 cor.t.rnc t.or s to I c.Lco br i c fl.~01 "aug,os, and a r0swrvo-ana-:r.ain ' iJ:stal1 t.:!is ()l'~ip!l'1Cmt nd conducb t~,e c::a i t::'lI'!l-:: f'uc.L szi tch-07er s ignaf devi cc which 0.1}lcri1!\.nt.s1 rmrnifacburo of 10'11s t rcs scd :p::1rtR.i so p"~ev(.nts vapor 10c~; in f'uc L lines. J0- I In t.'lC n:a+:.tur of 1ulcric,"ting oils, S,li N,;'\'l night f::.yin;:; os,uip,nont was procur-ed c.bll> f!rar;es J2aving 2, .flat viscositJ. cur-ve : for one f:;'eld, and the, li~:;J:-lting system of sovCl:,d Low pour POi:lt wcz o G.()Vc1o:pJci for .:;cri OD othcJr :c'i31d.s '.m,s rcvised.. 1''1'10 large clay-;'io(. t(;~;t .Lo 'P0rmit t:w s'~;utinb of on3i:::1-S i ancl-rrigLt wind ind.icCltors wore set u:IJ for sernt 10\'T. L ,.,"'''' c,k..... abur '-' ;'.... u _.. , '-'C :'>0c'l C"'Dt ,~t ~,_ Jl~'-:I.'''''''---Q\)~.~ o .. ,.;Lho.rt l.'-" .. _,e... c. .. a j.... -i ce .l ..... ';lllTr.J?'cJ.o::. : A 1'.0'1'1 JBtLod of tovli:lg targets, using JVUJ.SJ'll"t:~ct5.c r'.lb"bcr 1"i~S d.Qvclop:.xl [\ncl r.!;J.o~\t- i nila rope in 'place of s be e.l c2,blo, was inicd foj,' ,;o17cr",l srticlos of s-!;ml(lC1rc1. eq':ipItin.tod, pcrmittb.g croate:::' flexibility of opexmcrrb , s-ich ':.s refueling hose, fuel connccIc.,tion and. resulting Ll r-educed expense, tions .i:l gc;.s01hl.O 13..::"85,"c,:::.11oou'vcc1'le S0co;tS! A new type of tOVT targct was d.. veLopcd by e ar.J, s'-'crci3c.;,1;or [;.J.SK"tS. Tires and bub..s ! t:l0 :,btcriel Division, which is capahl c of rmle 01' t;lis rrat3ri~1 vrer e a.Lso submi ttcrl i. ba i n; tow0cl at SU, ods up to 200 miles per hour, for si,;rvice tesJG. i or douo.l e tlle speed 0:.': previous typos. This st~'0-'l'cliLe cas i,n .. for ltcn,1i:J.GiThc0:L" 3S I incroasco. speed is due to a change in targot wero ,m,;c st2z"daru for :::.11,'.OW o Q u.i-omc, it, , :;,nd I dcs i gn, the new t3'?c bo i.ng almost a straiGht oth0r t,-'pC~3of til'es and t,~:.:os I"2duct.,el to I s Lceve , opened a',j each end, imposing very 1it::;ubs;,itu:to standard f'or usc on ol.d.rr cluitltIc.: drar: other tllSl1 the frictiOl'lal dz-ag 0:;:' :"lCnt. the> faeric. The former design was a somi-dir:Jevolo-or"Bnt of Lnr;in8s: . igible tYrle, conc-rshapcd , closed at t'!:J.oroar, -m'.--;'-E,,?:-~,ft ~;n~;~lli,-(i::3Vdop;~':lt, o:ff):c,ts Ian'!- :bhc n:~1u~l:.lCld, open b:y a large ring. l The wcr o ,',(:'10<:;.,0. pr:t.nc1 :pal ~y to r<.Jl1::,omL.'ts !V!O::.gJ.lt all' InJ!!r~soll~1 an tJ:~o cone reduced of tr~crci:n ~,l,S'well as acccasoz ies , c::'!8o.J.yillg It:1U SF0>~d of tile pl[~no considerably. This nOT; riovr f ..;Clt',~ros. Thus, now L.oicls of 01c10:::, I targ'Jt 'I'n::; dev\;10p3d in two sizes, one 3 ft. typO;I'lg:'.nos, but ~'Tith Lncroescd pavor o;:ti in Cl.ia.'Thctor nd 30 f'c .~t 10n[; fo~~ a.'l"J.ti-C1ira !Juts u,nu wi t.i, supJrchar[.ing to :'"::'E(neraJ,tii craft pracb i.co , and 0::8 2 ft. Ln dianuJe.er and t')d'8S, ';Icre ulacod. in service. Tn COJllY~ClS f:J<et lOD:; for aeri,tl GUl1XlC:ry practice. t i.on 'I"..,i th :,:,::u;~)t...;rcb.8,r[:er .0.7clo-or..L0...~.t, a a rF;~w'~a~~oy '.::as ~?v.;;l?p(;d- ~o;:, tur"::Jinc tucket~ :03CC::'ATIONS .d.:ID AW1J:mS 1'-1111Ch l::CJo::.'a:ljol~./ us 1>:,:,ovu1 :,n '.;osJ :O:.lP<.;o):10l' to D0COI'CJ-'~] ODS and CT'1,:':' .Is :-:eJc during the culth . :; p:r,v~.o'~s ::atc;rials used. I enlar ycaz- 1234 to ,til' :::;O!'J:1S J.1cl'sonno1 for hoC:T0':L<::..:C':nO;:~':rOiU" AT l!'I:zL:JS "lD S'1'1l\.r.::l01jS !roic c:J"ld']cb or distLv;',liS:'1orl sorvico in con!l.oct::'on wit,:.l flying arZ, cnumer'a C eo, bolow. ])u.riIJ{; tLc y"';i..1T, onst.a'uc'b i on 7.'01';: '\'1::,3 in! c DisknF;uishoc1. Fl'!inr: Cross: ~._---....--'-:._~-~.~~---"ro 'P:;,'ogro~.:s roany 0:: t1'.0 Air COI?:: fi;;lcL> and I at C:lpt;:;,~n,,;.lbort .l!. :wgcnb0:Cf,c~r, ~,,~r ,-,orps, stations in the United states, tIlis hav i.ng i in rcco;:;ni tion of his rro s t 'IlCJ,l uabl,o oonbr i'bub_on::cdo nossible tnroug>, the alloc!3.tion Ition to t~'1e sc i cnce of av iab i.cn in conneo'b i on Ior t'l8.t purpOS0 of Public ':rcrks fm-.rls :~nd Ivrit:t. insb'u'Y.cnt flyin-::. 'flas, on !.:ay 16, 1934, f':.rJl..i~. c...}y,:\ro'Pria.tcdin t118 It01ief Bill. Un-:T)r.;sentcCi. the Distiq?:uishcd Flying Cross Oal:: dol" Pclb1ic 1,';o1"k5 ... f11 "l.0.s, constru.ction vlork Iteai' C111st.er b7 the Secrotarr of '.'Tar at the ~'r,'J.sinitiateo. at 30rl:sdalc ::TiGlcl,La..; Harr.iA1:4Y ;"ar ;::o1::e(;o P:l::a:lC Gro'l~d, '::ashington, Uta!'. l'iE'lJ., CC'lif.; L3JJglo7 FiQlcl, V::'e.),;:,:UC- ID.C. j It ",as at '.7ri;:;ht Field, 'unclor Captain well Pidii, Ala. j l,larsh<::ul .?ic"J.l, Kans:J,sj '"wcen'Jer[or's su')or7ision, that the inst:::'11l!lidUoto'!."E Air Depot, Pc. j :.:itchd };'i .1;, Ime:lt landil,: sy~Il.;m p:c'cvious1:-' roc.'ltioned har1. NCi'T Yorkj ?atterson Field, m,ioj P:'.liPi:lS Il'cacl'l,.:d its prOSe:Llt oj,':ficicncy a.nd prac::ticaField. 1,':0..; Pap0 -reiclel, ~T.C.; Post :d'icl-l., !bilit;'. This officwr na.de tnc' first solo Od''\..; :Ei8.JJ.dolnh idrl, F Te;~,sj Solfrid '0 linstrum<.Jnt lc:mJ.ing on May 9, 1932, flying i:l. 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'Ca;p'E,ir.s Hr\rold lv:. McC:lcllQncl, Bay A, DUl~"";, :Joh:, ;J. CorLE1c, ;'.:e~tsicl8 T. Lar-son: Ls t Li0uts IcTo:2r.. ~3. C-rifx'j.t:i, :1;alph A. Snavely, C}'"~..r18s H. !H(),in_u'cl, ~lo;-: iLcClcll.an, Lavrr ence J. Carr: 1r;.d ! Li(:u~. L .. onc.rd 2'. T'2,rn:LU1: 1iJc1.c~:,ur 80ri;8::1:1ts ':12,1: tcr F.E::org, Artie L. Revert: 1'cc:hnicnl 801'! g.;a:ib Vnlliarn 'S. 1.oor eherd , Greeory.A.. l.. itc:", I ell, Ad c Lpli Cattarrius; SJ,aff 8"::'30a .. s Pl.rvbo rrb iB. i.;iller, Anton F. Gill, Rua C. H~3.Ycs, ~i:arlin \Jl>:.dy , l:~oy '7D'.i-(,c, Ous t.av Sonncbur'g , Lynn H. }~~c:QUL;tO:l, E'~;:lry V. Puz cnskd ; SO."['01:::1t Ed':mrd ";1. iI _~ ~. 11;:;: Cor-po ro.Ls Arth-,lI' E. Loftus Cus~1:i 2:~c1. VaI-"CC . ).~.. .._:.1r~~\. I~ .. n,.co .azi"""lC' of fxccz-s ~l r'",.,.,."-,' ns ""o~~ (' "'0"-'--~'1:;~ ' vr~:I;'I.J~"'~.:,,\'J~1_;r''''.l.1~~ . a.de' .cA In D.J:.;OO~~CL, 11. 1' C0rl:ls, r~c;C"c.0C. bIio .. !fIi,;"t to F~,irlJ(1d:s. Bo bl. 1?ilot C-:5:'~ 01'881':v~:1.:tion l-.l;':'ll,.::s, t:l3 fOrl'DCJ."' bo in-: 8.,:~corr.ni?2~nicclby Tb .. Al'":'s]:;.;-.,n Flirj-~t: 'C;JrrJcrc>,l Wilmor 3. Ho;f~cDli :'.nd t1:" latter 1):/' --c:'IierT~Q';j1,star:.ding acr:i2v.:.r;;2l-t crcrEte'c. IPri~J::,t .J L(nis Krc.:,u:.0. Upon the ;lrr1w;,1 of bhc .. to the AI': y Air Corps :1.:, 1'C::2nt YCClrs -:i'-1,,; trc iA::!."'.;::;l::m. Fli).-"t :~t :i!',-dl'b,:,rl:s, tLosc f'our- ll:C:l fl'~ gnb 02 ben },cp"t.; p Eorobor s (n-ln\ f r o.c ~'l-,c;'-,- "."" 'p'; "l-.d "':p '-"">:::>.... H'l~ .". ,,1-..+. ""V'~'O"'''~ and used ("s 0_' .....~ iIlgton,~[,.C., to Fa i r banks , Al.askc ..: and l"Ct-U":l';~~'.H)tO['::c:,:,'_?Lcl"'S';i,Tl~l r:'.:7i:~2.to"t.s on phot.ogrr .... pLic v/h i oh 1"",volvcd. a total di;~ta:'.,c!J os4,,:rraJ.c,d :ot 'JCi;;,;'I.O"lS. apiJroxirra,toly U,29CJ mi l oc , Lcd by JJied,.COllI Gi']):,,:.L. OCLrly10 ~', .~(idonour~ A~~ Co~s, :.::os orio l Horiz-y II. 1.rnoJ.el, Air Ccc-ps , :F'light Coo:tl."_ ;,,;~-;':'TcC;8UPP\i Ol~~cor, S bU'G d i.d nov az-r avo rrnnd:)r, th,o :nlght, ':'k.ich cO:'.:pri:3,,,d 14 olfi"'oJG :~'oLba"ks '.mt.;l July 30th. He vras used GS ci~rs and r~s cnl Is b .::d. :--:0:'1., Jcook off fro1'.~ :':;011- J;~vi~.;~~t:)r (1uring -G!.:<::: l)J:::.ot.Ot~ra:phic r1i.ssions, in in; Ficlel, :J. C,, on t}:u 1r.orair..,...; 0::" July ::!.9, ! cc,16i'ciOL t.o o.ssictircg the S'.Ii''Il1y Of:;'iccr. 19.A, and r-oached Fu,irbUJ.:ks, 1..las]::8., at 11 :30 I C<:,ptaLl GOO1:80 ':1. Godr',8.rd, accor;:}aniod by a.r,,,, Ju1,/ 24th. Tl:e total flyin,:.; t iroe :e'or !'Icc;::.-dc-l Scrgc.ant S'lyuol ~['. Bush 2.:.,0. ::':orgccmt this trip -tlfV:' 25 hour-s and 30 ini nub cs , t::o iA:."ton li,..;: 1:; C;.1., {',r:.~volil,g 8.S did C::'"pklin ~idc1JO'.JX, B-JO c.irylancs a'rerD.ginc a s:Dcod of 0::,pro:;1!'[1~( r"i1 '.,:cd. wat cr , ar-r i vcd (1t :I!",1i:'02nK:Son July rrately lE,7 rrd.Lcs an hour ovor tL" rhstc,nc0 of i 2?t~.c vii t;-, :r!,.-,.otogr,-"phic equiprlCnt, and sd; up a 4, mi.Los , . i fLld. 'IlLotoJraphic la1:01'E'.tory. He ac bcd as :;"bo:p=:;on r out.o to .Fairgnr.J.-::s vcr-c ITL1C.8 ::-t il)h()tosl'e;[):-~cr ('l~lrir~j rbotog~a:phic r.ii s sd ons , Dayt on , Ohio; lEi:1I';'03.polif" i~:iD11.; "irilu1ircg, j -r:_',.cr'::.l'son:lcl 8.DOVO l::.a."Yk;d r, .. "t'~~"ncd. to 'L~~~c:ir ) HanHobc:., C:1l1ao.a; ;:;egiIn, SaskatcllO"raIl} Ec1- :}o:::.e ,,-':,;',t.~.orlSshortl./ fellowi1:{; t}'e (1,,,p<.n:turc rront.on , Al.bcr ta., Pr i.nse Goorzc, 31'i-t.is' Colof t:,e AL.:.'hm FJ.igb.t 0~1.their hor:e;/8,rd-bound 11.lIl,bia:l.lu ~'ihite HO~'S2, Y'Jl-;:o:'l'I'cr:ci-tory. T'A:.r-ljoc',r""ey. . in,; th8 stay in Alaska, ovur 20,000 SU.14J.l'C ' E'li,;ht,~ ir. 8, HUJP.nit-:tria.n Interest: milas of JGorritory ";:as pllOtOr,:r3.ph::od froT:; tl-:c I A::"l1"f--;iiI'::Bn'Tn~l:,co Panarra C:1;r.al Zono early a.i r by th(; Al'IlTf airL0n. :i'l t;.:e 7='''',1' -/Iel'e c.fl Lcd upon to Derfon, one 0:': The r cburn jo'..U'noy V,-c1S ;~ade vice J",:1.'.s,"u, i VlOsn flyiI:g missions Ln hl.lrrar.l t.ar iar, inter.Al::.:.ska, arid :~cattle, ::r(1shington, -1;1'.0 str~rt i e,-G ~'!hich t'1ey had often acco!rrp} ished on many from Fa i r banks b,l.i.ng m2rl0 on t'lc; .':'.ftornoon i oc.iac i.ons ill t~',ej)ast. Personnel f rorn the of All{\'..lSt 16th. '['ho trip :f'ro::; ';U11.0:111o ~:catikr1rica.--;. t Legatio:i; Ee:rniolic of Pana.ra , "{Tore tl 0, ~nvoh~in~ a d~ston~(; ~of 990 mi.I os! v~.s t'l~ v.i c ti.ns of a ser~?us"_auGorr~ bil~ accid8n:trf.o.'ic 1.1'"- a ilyu:r, tlITJC of :) hours an.I 4" D1Ll-,-:-hlC'" OCCUlTed near .o.o o:a"oo, uO .uiLcs sout; .. utos, or [1t em average sp.'cd, of 1'15 miles an 1.-;:0::;[; of Albl'Cok 7idd, on the Pacific ,;i~.(~ of hour. It was t.!:le longest Leg of the orrt i r o !Fa::Jf..1; ''1.. ::otifie.:l of trw a.::cic.ol1t, tte C0TI1TC..ncljOlU'ney and was lJ':'Qe l;l70r t:ho wr,ter, fnllo-:;:Ln.: G.cncrc-w. of the Panarza Canal Depar-traerrt oring t}~'J cons b li::1c. 'I'Lus fo:, the :fil~S+i t,i:X0 !d.c~e(l t:.l.8 Corrrrandi.ng Offic~_.)r Albr001: Field. in 8.viaticJD hi "to:::'y, AJ.:;.,:,kco ';'Te-S Li.nkod -:;:i.th li,,:-;o:b,,001..:y t.o d.i.spclt:::h an a.i.r-o Lane to the cc;.:t. h~,,;mtc.l Urri.t od 3tat8:-; ~~y a LX'i.:;:'. :~OJ:-stor se':.) o~~ 1;f;e accident and. trar.s~'ort tll,1 Lr.flipht of Amcric3.:-: ,~irplc::r,;)s. Th:J Fli,~Lt i~1J.r,A '9 ..;rsons to tlcc Gort:;ls Hos~ital. r etchcd '::::csllington on P'l:!USt 20th. '['ho :'0! 'l'"o ,i:!-olc.n,;, a. C-29 Tral.i.s'.1ort, o.e,,-stGd turn t.rip h'om'Fair'han1:,;" to'!asl:i:cgt:m, a dis--j:from Al :"1'0-;);-;: F:~el(l at 4:28 p.m:, laI1.do(1. at Hio ta':tce of 4,290 [:11..10s, 1"cl,~': i;:;-;vlc :LLl e" fl./in[:o iB:ltO f.it 5:31 p"nj., (ill~l. ac.::J,in Trade the t,rir i::'1 tiY'ilo of 26 hOU1'S or u;l-, ..m aVi.;rLci'C sre"d Df j40 lY'.~:l':.lt.es. The re1'sons invol v3d ir:c the acci105 185 an hour. Ii.ms, 1'0:: t>_o cnti:'o JO;.1rl,'m:ct V'Gre t'l;eo ;~)n, t1-.1'08 womon and a b3.by. ney, th:; tOGal f1:;'ing ti:',-,.e 1'."c1S Lour,:. ~,r:d i It is ;o"tirrated 51 that it ':JQ',uel have; r09.'..liroci 30 ninutes, arr:l U-.,e averagc speed a:,)DrOX~]'.ate...Ji'o',:~' l::.mrs to transport tho injuxGd persons 1y 161 1~D.lcs an hour. by automobile, the road connectin_~ .Rio Hato O:'l1J one minor accicle::.t r3.1'red. t.h8 0',,:'].,1'- Viit.h Fcum.:::.a City boing J:'at1:lor rough. 7'b~ pasvti ::;8 perf ~(~t perforr::a.nce ol tllO :l8V,r EO':.1bir.g 28:1[~0rG t,T'c.."vc-l\)d. i.:..'1 1:'--lj cc~n:i:'o:rt c1'~l'ing .+-ho plar:;es. i\ctor failul'e neco,~sit;.1ted a forced <i'J-mi::.'.l"~o flight. landl:lg in tL3 ,vater at Cook Inlet. T}-.c I CJ~ ,.;u:.1..)13, 193.1:, Ar!Tjj .nirmon in the Pa:1.<:J_TJ'a plane ':78.s tov!Od ashore, pl'orr:ptly l"op.'.'..ircd,a.nd ICcwaJ. Z8no i.l.~~ain porEormed an erraIId of morcy. ula.ced in perfoct flying condition.. C'cot,::}-,cCJ.UG, city a in Hor"duras, was Vi.;it8d by .. Persor..nel participati!Ig in the fligcl'\:. ~n 2, d.(;stl ..... 'Ctive flood, as a result of which YrallY ad,lition to Licc:t.Colonel Arnold, v/ere h""Jors ,people "ere L;ft hO!llE:lcss. There wero no tents ~lph Ibyce, Hugh ,J. Knerr, Malcolm C. Grov/i lor nnt0:dal for th0ir croation available, aIld Air Corps, in r::ocognition of his pioneerine fJ.L(r-ts in c onncc t i on with -Gh.~dov,lapIn"'Lt of methods and uroccilu)'c of A.,):;,'ial Fr.Ji1t18r ::)0f or.sc, 'I'ho flic'Lts 'perform.;d by Copk:.in Larson Lnvol vod in"tr1.lIn,.mt t'3k~-off:, f ror'. r;.:,r..l laI:din3s 0:1. both 181'1: and v:u.ter, proc,)cding tolcsisr.ated points at s'Ja and r,;tur:..ing the ref Tom ~uylcr i:~sb:u;:.';:lt flying (;0]1"i tiO:'lS. 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tho Honduran I::ini3t0r wired the American J!J:inider at Pana.ra., r'-'lJ.uosting tb~t Arrrrf t cnb s ' TE:S OFER1'l.TIOH THE Am MAIL OF bo rushed by. n,irplane from tile Canal Zono to' Tegucigal~a., Hondure.s , for the use of the J::L, Al .' Corps took over the operation of survivors of the flood. Eleven bombing keG Al:' ;,i.."il on Fobruary 10, 1~34, pursuant to planes,naro .. ed by 13 of'f i.cc.r s and. ~~5enl.i s bcd , an E),oc;-tivc n Order of ~he Pres~dent, of February nxm,proL:ptly transported fifty t.crrhs to tl:o 19th L1e actual carrJ~::-g of the ~;I'nl began on stril.-::en ccrr.nm I t;y. N,;cdless to say, bl:o G,)V-, Fobr~ry ,19th, . and ter: .. 1Jnated, on Jur.e Ls t , Three e rnrrorrbvof "on(l.~ras 'Has ,:.<.1rrrly.,{)1)rOciat~Vl) ~orr~t~,:'~al /~:J.e~, wero estab~~sh:d,~ th:, Eastern of t'::.c 1':>T01rpt a i.d :i'l;n~.orod 'bv cic ArrriY Au z.one , ,,~th L~'J.a.q,1D.~ters at N",warL,lJ.J., the CenCorFs. ~ . 0.' trCl.l Zone, vzi th He1~dqUQrte;rs at Chicago, Ill., A morri, later, an Ar.'f/ airplane oa.rr i cd and tl1~ ''Testorn Zone, wit::. Hcadquar-t.or s at Sait rror e t:18.l1 SOO pounds of clething fro:-,; Sn;.l La .. , C~ t.y! Utal.l. Ico '. .. . Joso, Ccs t.a Rica, to 82.11 So Lvado r , W}'OI'Oa lJ:z:no ~ur ;m.~l routes wo r e esto.bl~shed a.n tho tornado caused rrr.ioh' su{,:i'Ol'i:lg cuwPg t.110 inEp,stern Zone ,f our of which wea-o wi t.h NO':7D.rkas habitants. Tho American jiinister to Cost.a the sk,rting point and b ermi.ne.Ls as follows: . Rica s bat cd thn.t t:w ac b of 0",n(;rosi ty on Boston, Chicago, :Iliru:n and Louis. The fi vo tho part. of tho United'Statos in plc~.cing t: ... c others vrer o from 1!IashingtonGo Cleveland; ClcveAITrfI,(3.irplano at t,:~c disposition of t.ho Cosland to .'.cr1phis, 'I'orm. ; Atlanta, Ga. to st. to. Rican Rod CrosshaCl. at tract cd oons Ldoa-abl.el Locd s , Mo.; ]Jctroit, Mich., to.Toledo,'Ohio, at t.errb i on, and Ch.i ccgo to Jo.cksonville, Fla. Int8rc<:;.:2.t}:.:'~. ar: A~!rfl T~~nsE.I2!~~t So~: TLe four routes of the Central 20:10 wero , ,lnwrccgting an Amv-:-rra,:"s~ort a~ou~ ~30 f'z-oin Chicago to De.Llas , 'I'oxas ; CI:icago to Choy-' m:-L??O~:c a t soa 1.;:nco: con(!~t~or:.:;; OI,l:il1utod enno, Wyonri.n;j; !.1Qn~his, TO.ru1., .to Fort '.'Jorth, va sa D~l~ ty ",re.s a rout:-:l0 aar nav i gab Lon prob- Texas, and st. Louis to Kansas City, lilo. l?ID ~cc~l:rp~~s?~d by /;~r 1 Corps p::rsQ:;.,me~, s baThe four routes of tho Vl.Jstern Zono woro b C ... fru'.l.C:~lt T"k~ r.~ty'<'o ~an ]J~";:,,o C~l~f Salt d i oncd at ~,o.ch.",oll f ]~G1Q, r-tor.onf.ao.,Gal._ . . t 1tl +'1" t ~.f., ,. ~Co v ~ ~'-" u. ur~ng .rio rronn 1 0 11J<'W. ~110 ~ 19h ,'InS .,..+, Ci t'r .we".v "cattle u... 1'1aslc ~ Chovenno ~ t " P c bl to rmd e in ill" Amph.i bd an pL\JJ.o, '1ri th C'.llti.1in .w, .~. ~', ,~,_, ,I ."" "-"." ~e 0, w., t i.d '1 L' - .'1 t L' t',:; ".r Co.Lov ; anc Cl_vJ0n..l0 t.o San Erunc i sco , Cc.l.l~f., "\3S Sl C ........ _:.~rsonas p~ 0, ,lOU ',"":~ via. Salt Lcko City. G?ctz a.s c~v~l,;ator ar.d Li cut., Ro~or ":Llr'1'. ~ iLcaz ",', "'." "'_ " . ~ _ Li.arm as' I"'" '0 o~erator """d'o lY"S~""'''' \T c. ,,,,,u..1. (.. J;l. ol.... l:l ~._o ",1.. ~c'6c O.L t"10 ",,1::0~ namod - r out.cs 'h total 1"'" rn". t -a t' . vxas rocd::-?d by ,1:0 ComD:ldi;~g Offioc;r:~ o~ 1 .:~ ~,G.),;: ~a.::~ng 1:" ~ cons i c~'a a on 't 0 nurn ... Pocknell i~o.ld fro~!l.t]c Tr.C:.l'?POI,+.~,R2FU':"\~l.C, .t.:~~s f1~'11l.1.,da.~1,j, tho;e '.fere. a total of 'bound for SeJ1 Frnnc i.sco , g~v~ng Hs ost.u,'ct1C, 5,:,0 "':"-:-'''-'ssc.,_cd;ucd tobo .LloVIl1each day. ed posiiion.at 4:00 D..rf~, the f(,llovrLlg clay. A~r l,':.. .l op,'.rat~ons u were suspcrd ed on March Tho interccption proble,] v[['.s ha; '.J.:Cedby d.ead 11Cti1 p.. cl r-c sumed 0:::1 n ;,;.::r:.'o11 19th, ,'ri th the nuror eokon'ir .. C' - AHo: ~ tLe ne~c",sa.r.(c~~f':Jut~Gio:JS I ber of routes rcdacecl, ,vLc.: throe for the Eastwere rrao.c , t.h8 a i.r-o l ano .cOO,-:: rx I rom Locko ern ZOIW., two for t.ho CC::l'cra:). and four fer the woll Fidel., io,t. 7: CC" a~u" illl.d. in. Slii..ihtl ... 11.0 e\! J.' r '.:r(,ster- Zono. One T0. U :;0 ,:8.3 ac.d ed to tho Centhan an hotrr and a half W3.Scircling OV(,1'. tral Z01'W on Apl'il 8Lil (Chicago to st. Faul , tl1e ArLrrfJr2..n~po!t arni.d s b the cl.cer o 0.:.'1 ;,iim,.) and this r out: Latnr extended to Fargo, ~and-wavH;.g., o~, trw :pa:.,,~engers VTI'o swarred I Nor'l;;l ]Ja}:ota. ':.'1::, above routos totall ed 7,249 he cleo~? 0. cne vos~.~l. 0 " I :-'rl.lc;s. ::'aking into consid.eration tho numberThe ~ll' ~ccs_at G.J,evo.1_a.:Ci....'-C~llO: 101' trins f'Lown daily, there wore acotal of One '-'q,\8,CI.rol101 lTI PUl's'\.m j)1a:.les from i 2(:: ;)2r)~mi I w schodul.od to be f'Lown c ch da~ 11' id. ~'l" I"~ Cl ',. , 1 I .J,.Air'" r., \3.,.,.Ll , e ""a y. ~e r i, Do .t ~e c , I, G. orrens , r'~Ci}., D.ne... I l.eil operations by the Air COrDS on ' uhroe Pursu~ t "lanos from tho A~r COrDS 'I~.t . t 't' . t '.j.. t~ al S 1, 1 'i. ':", .. 11 T." Ld I' nt ..:;. , . tl,OSO 0;.1 rou OS wore errainab ed as follows .ac C "00 0.1, L",,-,;:Vle.r~e CoL, .ionr gomcry , f'our v' 7+1.. h, o "k St'-1 9'h 12th .Ala. ,u&rticiuc1ted Ln tho Kational Air Paces 1 t' or~-O .~Y7t' V"", aLt",eq.c t "1. y J" , c- ' t ' l ~ 1 A' t '. 3 U n X;U... n "0 a" cno on une ul s a t" Cl ov~ and, Oh i.o , ugus t 31 - S,?pto;~oer . , rrl,,, ._~ an rv.., ~'.". , ,." s 19.>4. 1ho So,;wd~o:1., lea by qapi,am Gc,?rc;o F. _... . to~al" ,:,.~l~t of Ol.;,:~ ~lO'ln" ';:s .777,389 : Tourtellot, All' Gorps, 22.... ClC.. ~C:1.stl'atJ.Ol."S l~ounL, VO t",e ..~ld3:\2C on Sc;.ca.ul"'d cdps , flovin daily of ,'ill1E.mvors in r:-ai'S for:1').-[;io1'1. F18 cotallcd 1 ,[',9U, 1::;0, 8.l1d tc',o hours of sched.uled throe pilot,s fru,1I'R.xvTe:.l FLcl1, who ':.,(;r" I trips flown totalled J.2,897.44. In addition to -I; erHlcd t:.- "lIion on tho FlY-inc; Tranc3e" p.'rt1;.o hOl.,rs flov::n o.ctm.lly r.arrying the rrail, f?rmud viLcG-to-vrir.g ;r-,?:neuvor~ which ar?'(l~f29!458.1}~u:s ':ror? flmm.on su::h mi~sions as . hcult cwl l}azar~o~~s.~o~.::;' slI1~lG, ~~~~Or.;~.lC <;t~,'::u.n~strab1on, mul eng~neerlng and n:a~l plano. L"d by Cap .,0.11 , ...... CL(Jnna'\.~. " ".. t: T~c.~llL'Q' t,rio, whose t,,'TOoutboar'cl. :flier3 Vl8rc '::'~.(nts. '[ TLJl'o ';Tas a Ull.arlil'li ty of opinion in all cirEl. S. HWlscll <:lnd. .E .. "'illi,,;,:lSon, die' loo:r:os, des t;'Q;t tl-,o '1T:'Tlkr of 193'1 .1C\S tho most 38I=1Ellnun ~~lrns, vnn[;ove;-s, ulv.cort"d ,l:-lli1CU-:, V,)rn .t'lis Gcmb:y :..-d "'.',xpori.onccd in rra.'"1.y : yoars. vers, a'l(~ := ]~?lly tvro-"Gl:ll'~S ~f c, ~p;-n as If ]JoS})it.:; tho dif'ic' .. lti ,S 'Vfhich beset : tho Air one i18no. cnly- I';oro on a s::.ng.le st~c.(. C ~ .",,... . ~ l.'h., ,'" . '1 t' .. 1 ~r t" 1 E'l' . t' U 11 B.a orp" C1~-~Db U_.'~ ,:lJ.r.rH'~ 01)ora Ions, pr~nc~pa .,a.lOI1."1 lY!nr:,.l ~on 1::<1 oon 'co: .. '1Y 1.., f' t ~o---b-::-'i-l"-----.-'-'-----:-r 1., [,.uu, ,:lS b (;) 0:':'0 s,~ t c d , t' a mOS'Gunusual '0 an d 1','0 11'00 D..l oon t"a.:x;, L'<.J1).roser::G~ng CEO , 1 ~, .. t ~t '. f b. d" th . t . 1 AI."!)T !!.ir C ~,-, .<." t d'" ". T,r . t. 1. pIO OJ.olc' s ,ru cn 0 no s~ng ": . ,Ol..t~" J}ar,,~cl:pa e ,In T'HO~,.a.~ona . "a .~ ,-,,'1 .,~ 1 c.t .~ '"Ga.t1' er, conn,"ca t'.:Lon, 0 I '. .t EIIYffi1':atlon balloon RacG, wh1.ch str;U'ted fro1..1 p~I~". o~ r;'J~ HI". J,.o.,. l)llS ~ Bhmir.:l,~,., Ala Julv '''I 1014 vi~' Canlffig,t b",. ~.,"tq.)rest:ing to , note f' tLCl.t the .mnil logt J Ju, ~~. J:l.~ ;J t d. ' 1 tain ':IJ.lliill;1? F~ood, ~~ir CorES, pilo'b,with or,'Lcsroy: :)y ';-'~J',r.C::C::l . 11':.::S c'lrryi~ ~ir l~t LJ.(~,:,:t,. -:i.R., G~ll,:sp~e r;s a~c;.e, al1~ 1st m.'1.~l.:..;;?urL\3d. to ]l'01.l...'l.Js n 1930; 2,807 ~ L~eul,. 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1;0 the Atlantic C03.?,t, that i;;, fro:n Oddand I ney in " flyinc time of 41- hours, or at an CcI if', to Nev.azk , N.J., on l.~y [5, 1934, Q. 1'8- (;l.Vcm',ge speed Off 192 milos per ro,x. Stopr; nnrkable rocord. of 14 1:.ou1'Sand 8 minutes I en route were roa-Ie at CJ1arleston, S.C., 8.~:.d. Lapsed time was os-b"blished. Six Arrrl;,T -piI Pope Fid'l, Fort BrG,gr:. N.C. lots relayud -bhe load of Hail ac ros s the \ ArrK;l'iean eontin?nt, ,flyipg l,~'u-bin Bomeol's, scrarrmc FLIGHTS \ (B-J.O) and Cur-t i ss ,~-12) Attack planes, at , an average speed for the' entire t:;'i-r of 2, n81 In a(jdition to tre r?~tional Geocrr;,uhic 50~i18~.of l~l ~iles pOl' ho~, ine;ud~l1 stops. \ c~oty-A~~J A~r Co~s stratos~hGro,Ylig:~t, prolvhrtlnDombe:~s were used 111the ";0s-born Zone i 'nously JDent10118(1 1:1.connect.Lon "Inc:. t.:o !rom San :~'ranciseo to Cheyenno , and in tho I award of tho Dist:.n8'1ic;lLd Flyi:':Jg Cross to Basts1'n Zono from Chic,.,go, Ill~, to NevlEcrk, \1.lajor K;:rpn(:lrand C:1"T)tainsstevens "nd AudorN.]. Tho A-12 .Attack plan:;;s VTCroub i.Li zed I ,30n,tbo .A,i,r Co rpn ;~t var-i ous vpcr iodc of tr.8 in tho Ccntml Zone f r om Choyonno to Chico-go.; year un,l,~rbook sp~ci(,l fli;;hts for ::;cicrJ.tists Fi r,;t Lieutenant :::~ob(-,rt . Sohocril.e Ln, i.ir L 'I of tho :,hss[J.Chl~'ot \ s Il.StHuto of T,:)c!'~YJ.olo3Y Corps, in a Martin Bomber (B-IC) s bar-bcd the and t;lO C(llifo~ .. iA. Institute n of T;x~r...nolo6Yf r,;c.Jrd run f r-orn 8;"n F'ranc i.sc c at 3:2U a.n:., '\f'o r t,~o T)'J.rposo 01 ",idinr; i.hen in th:, s::.C1dy =~,5"~ern Sk'.ndard. Till''''., and covered the cliso T:1C0Gol'ology, COSl~ri.C rays, ,.;no. the d',","oloptanco of 671 rni.Los -b. Sol'i Lake City, Ubah , ,ment of n.rvr sys boros to b'e crrp l oyod in tr.c '1at en cworage s::oced of 200 :ules pCI' hour, I tUT... study of :Tl.:.tool"ology. First Lieu.t. Carl B. 1f.cllGr"iol, Air, ,COrp~3'0.1- II so flyi:J8 a i3-l0,ITB.c.8 t:--,u noxt lee: of tlco R.'\.DIOCOJJi:C:'NICATIONS flir;ht to C:Lcyellne, a d i st.anco o " ";15 mi.Les , I at th; 821Ile rat . ) of sp .od as :Lieut. Sci:.oen- I T::'8 inCl'eased etqJlo:nnent of radio commmi1 ,,::.;in,arTi vi::J! '":t. (): ,5:~ 'j..,~. i ca.t ion Lr, corrjunco tor;-.Yli J01:. 11.il" Corps O]?!3rc..Picking up the I'Soll at Chcycnne , an 1:..-12 ,I b i ons wa, occrs Loned by ne""rand impl'cve(l Attack plano, pilo'~~cl by 3nd Lle',lt. Cra-ren i eguip!nerrb, "oEsistL1[ of n8':'- f r equcney :rete1'::;, C. Rogers, Ail' Rosez-ve , cover-ed "bY; d i s bance Ira:Eo cqui-or:ent te~;t sots, raj i o z ec 'iver c s of 482 miles to O:ro}la, Nebraska, at ai, 8.'1101'- cille.tors,' I airplane rrd cr-opionos , and t.h,__s t anage speed of 165 mi Lcs ]).01' hour , At 11:23 I de.rdizc~,tion of long range universal fro'luency 3.. m ... Captain John D. Ccr'ici Lle , Ail' Corps, i 'cransmi t t.ez s, Irrpa-oved aircr:'l't ran.o :;:,ec'~ppiloting an A-12 AttacLC ::>1&'10,r-esumed the I b ior; '"~:3 acoonp l i.shed through the 10c<'"l1izing jou.rooy and cover-ed bhc distance of 426 milesl ,3..'1d neut:!.'c:.lizine of l'B-!l.io i:ilterforcmco a.. nd to Chicago at an average sp.aed of 157 D'UOS I -bl'e USE; of r.:,bwo-vri re ungrounded sy::;tom. pur hour , Both Capt;Lin Cor1{il1e and Li.oub, Plefers 1';";-,'0 hand i cupnod b,f hcadwi.nd.s iT; 1,:'UIE'"lJVZRS th~ir flight across tho Cont ra'l ZO:1c. I Doparb i ng 1'1'01'8 Ch i cago at 3:Fi :p.,n., Liou'l:.j J,J.<.?Jo bud[;okrcr li;,1itations, t no como i.ncd IA"u.r1 Estos, Air Le soz-vo, pi~otinz; a l.~rtin I_HI' COJ,:?s m . .nS1.l'J"eI'S were Le Ld in the Cal.endazBombar (13-10), covered tho 018 mi Lcs -Go 1:;(;0.1'1:' .. -1. 5 Cleveland at en average speed of 208 i.ti Lcs 1!',;r :;J. Ileriod of t'ilO ",6",ks, :71'01:1 Auglls-b pCI' hour, Th8 last 103' of the bransconb i> i 2S-bh to ')0"OteP-lb;r [-bh, inclusive, 11 Geueral nenbal, trip from Cl..Jv .?Jland to Nev::1rk '1,)<: ! H.'adgyarte'i's CO:J'1C'J'..d Post Exorcise, puroly cover-ed by Lsb Llout. Elwood It. Q,uGsacla,Air ! t~:.eor2tiGal i:a nature, was held by tho '::ar DoCorps, also pilotil1G a 5-10, in tl,a rcc,arki p::l.rtr<:od 1'0::" th,:; pur'po~o of afiording fiel,,ably f'r.s b ti7X of one hour and 40 minuts, or I trG.inil:g to l:igl:cr corcrand cz-s and staffs and a~ CUl '.1wrage s~oocl for :tliO di8t,;nce of 4:06 i t'? cr.~?1; o:~i~tiYl[; :fll:l:ns and c. eton;u.no, the rro.cmi Les , of 243 n.i I CG pCI' nour , L lout. ( ... 18s01.- ! t1cab11l ty OI th", Four Lrrrv Or,-~anlzatlon. da al'riv8~ u.t lJevJark at 5:23 p.:::., Eastorn ! Tl-3 p'11.,ticipation oithc Arc'if Ai::: Corps in Sta..."'1dard bu. ~ i t' ,i~ E:Glcise f,'o" Sc;ptembcr 21.1to Btl'" ','.-as T:r,op:c'Gvious r eoord for i). -b':r.a,nse0IiG ... in n i illt')IJ.d~,l -[.CJ b:::L1C th~: -:;'c:1or301 oaC.q'l1o'3-!'ters F Air Gal o.ir ~r:D.ilt"'ip, !'e.de by '!, C;~lrrntJrGi.l coro- ; Fm'G'''; Irrt o ,',etion for t o fi;t;:;t time ,'U1J.i. bo " :p",,,ny, i'rcGI,o::; Ar.g01,:;s to Nowark, 'li:) .Al;u! S0rv~. to c,ovolo-::l its r::obilii;~/ 'U"l'lc;t.rildng q'10rqu,~, 17ov;",>:exico; 1{!32.'.sc~~s City, lAo., ,~~~ld. lpo~:r(n.". Coll..lInb-1J.s, Ohio, C' di~;t~)_~co of ')4.:;[ 1.'ill..,s', ! T.:.G l~c~e.dr:~J.n.rtdr:.~~!.~. Air Forc-. V\~3._i 10G. "\frets 13 hour-s :;.nd 5 2: .i11U~:',-:S or s.t ~t....1::;Vvr:-.1go I c<.::be~.r-1.-G lt2.,!:i-03...:.-1 ,A:rsf,,;r..;~~l,1:.J., ar; d ocns i s t.od .. ... snood of 1QL""ul,'s U"1" :-O'll'. In t.'lis C".,";,) :' 0" 1':' ,.,'t'ic,-~'" +'''''0''1 tl'o J'''fico 0" '0'" e'liof se~r.b '1~ (h::.ri;~! t: ~ ,~'~Le i cr'b;~:;'"~_ ir ~las~:ingt~n,D. C:, th Frig" .::l " " , ." . C" "t l' 1]) , ana 'hence J..' 0'.3 ,"::n1_cargo ."as no t tTa~ls-1I ,':'.d1er vonera 1 0scar. ..,es t ov-.r , "",SSlS t an t,!UC:' ,., f erred from nbne to plano, onlJ cl:angec 0:2 i of t.>.e Ail Coz-ps, as cOl',m:m;]er. S-baifs cf .. pilots toinc.:- lll8;le en routa. ]'::.e tr,~n3con! h,it:"er .Ail' Co,-..ps'.. its v:hic:l mot 2.t t"i:5 10m tiner.tal ai:;~ rrrdl ',rir flTlm Of tl~e .Air .! cal Hy to d i scusu anl plan the fur:.ctionir,g ~f Cozpc was 247 Liles 10nl;cr t>2,n tl~8.t covered I t.J.C' G.H.'~. :,i:' Fe reo in 7rar wore as f'o'l LowsI by -b1c.oOTiTl"":ercial c ,'tirpL1LO and. imrol v"cl fiye [T-IuacJ.q"Erterc, nf t'1.(; Third Attack G-'"oc..1", Ft. intermco.iato stops w113r8 rrai] liG.3 -bra..lsforreJ.! 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Eis tlppJ.ica-IHi va.be Ly owned and ~erat('d and. .known CiS tion to ta~:0 -hh" full f'l/i.ng cour so a, thl) i r Co1l8ge Eai.k 1l1rp"r1j , Co'I Lcgn !ark. Air C"rps 'Irain~.ng 08nter h:.inS apl._rnv'1(l, he ,:,1a:;:,yl::cr:l, being the ].rcatir\TI ('f numerous ~egan rafrcshe::- f:1.yir.g t.-raining at 3rc..:iks and hist('rica.l IJinlesr clL;ccveri,...s and <1Fi;ld, GCIDflct,0d th",. rri::ar;; course 1::.1 ~~me, 7?1C':p::;~nts in the art. and scient'.,.... ':~ avia( 1928, and the adv=G~d Cl)DI~~P at, Kol.Ly :EJ.cld b i ori , :i:0r such USA and :P1L""1'0SP and f"'r at.her .U . . . 1" . ~~~. f l' lo-':.Jlng .IJ.ugus o , Sp'::ClC1. lZlng.J.n. Ln Tur-s uat ':Fulj?r\~3F;S, --.:; as ~r') 1" .J..(n~rs: 11./:l.D[:. He ':mc; .tJ:ercu.i?0n r2.tGd "Au}:J_a:ne i '['l1e sum of ",,10C\ UCiO bp, arprc-prJ.atrd f(,r Pilot," p.ffcctivp Cctrr':)er 30, J.9;;8, and t.he crpa.tir1ll. purchano and devd"rrn)?nt of pl"-c<SQ ""Tn 8xt<:mC.ed acb i.ve duty with the First:C ...ll:3g" l'ark ~'"h1"lart, Collpge Te.:c;.::,l.n:''Y1cmd .. I'u:l's1::.it CrcUJ:l at ~e1:t'ridgc :E':bld, il1:8h. I I~!.8 r.um r.f ~:5J.O()O 'be appropTioJed t,o. (''')n()n F,.,orua-ry 19, 19~.9. L'ieut . Theisen was i str'J..Gw an ao_m;_r~istT8.t,ion 'buildini.; f'r tJl?' ~o!I1lJi~;r;icned 2n(1 Li oubr-narrb, Air Co rp S, EGgu- i ,s,ir:,-:.-:.l't, ,,,hi.-:';1. shall f'clltain a ffic'no:6al lax .il.:::rrri~ II,.., r8I:;:;"ined at Scl:i.'ridge 1<'j.e1d un-.lJ.L-J.1 l18,v.i.n.s panc12(:" 'llIcn it:3 ';;;;.11s +'h", names til GCJji;i:'mb""r; 1931, .,.,rhE,l1he -:.as as s i.gried, as i t ,:1 t.h 'hrief biog:Cd~.hical l1oticp,~) ,)f such a :d,'ld,cmt at the; ;.1a.ssa,cr_1.J.~;p,tts Ins~i't-,lt8 rf i :rirIlC8r i'lYfT:3 as can bp aut.hentica{-f'd a." 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Telat t'lis air:wrt shall be de"\relI C'p8,1 :.:cr a;';'G1ll' ar:"a. c;p,.,rt-flyillt:; uses, fil' I:'J:d ,ra'sn e:;g?:rlff,c:nta1 :flying where rca3:'.TlELhly [1?0ssi"::;le uri!,,-~r ~;ljnll X'l..:.lcs and :re.cuJ.Q:ti[ln~ as '1;hl-)folln'.:ing E ill:; -"ere recently intrcduc-' me.Y 1::') prCl\JJlr;ated, end fC'r military uses "'c. J.n the Ihuse "f R.:::prpsel~+;ati 7es: vYhec.'8 mili tcry crises(')r PIDer6~ncies ('all H.B. 2<330 by ",i'. ,John VV.l';Ir;CorJrsck, nf f"'r the use "f sa."'r.l"'. That this ",iJneer n:2\mMa:;,;achu. SC,'ht:3. 1: That 8.n Air ("'I]"1.)S brm'oarom0nt 'rial '.1ilJl.~rt 'he ur:der t.he su... C'ervid "'n cl gr01J:p h8 esta1,lished inGhe '-ic1ni ty rf {;lo"" r';osret,ury ('f '!rHY , it beh1g unde~'si.~."",:,1. 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The T.nspectinnj)ividon, Of'fi co of tno J:lief of the Air Corps, will t ake adva nt age of the oppo r t un i ty afforded b~r tJ~e re sunrot i on of tJle Air Corps News Letter b~l f ur n l sh i ng certain ilL-I'ormA.tiOl1 wilicli, it is believed, will be of interest to tile Se rv Lce , ~)articu18rly to Bn.;ir~:;erinr; Officers and :)Hots. ":c fe.w ':'iorc:_s~eLitive to the orG:Hliz:l~ion and officers as s i gne d for duty in tbis Jivi2ion are :~ven below: ~r118 Chi ef of t I tio Di II i sian, i .A.iT' functioning di r e c t Ly under the Chief of the Air Corps, directs t ha vi ns poc t i ons, nne: ot he r ac t i v i t ic s . Fro;:'! t i me to t ine , the Cllief of the Division mate s oxt e nde d trips for direct co nf'e r ence s 'Tri h Corrsna.ndi n ; Officers t nnd En;;ineering Officers of the various service activities for the ~ur~ose of talJcinf over variOU3 difficul tie s e ncour.t er-eo in su-}pl~/ .:1110 General ai rc raf t maintenance. An effort is !Ik'3,Qeo soe e d up neccssary~_ctiO;'l t to e l Irnt nat e any difficulties encountered. The direct Ln soe c t i on of the e n.ci nerr-Ln ; ac t i v i tLe s att:le var i oun fields is cor.duc t ed by f our co.nrm s s i one d officers ,Zilown as Technical Supe rv i so r-s , each a l de d ~y a no nc orrm ns i one d o+':f'icer as a s s i s t.arrt . ~Co f'ac i Llt.a te such ini c t ns , ry 11[:S d into four inspection areas" wi t h one Technical Supervisor a nd o ne assistant co nduc t i ng t he inspections of all Air Corps an3, N",tiorLal GuaT,l Air Units ill his area. Ca-otaiu Huc:h A. Bivins, 'Nit:l heR..oquarters at Fni rf'Le l d Air Deoo t , Pot t er so n Field, Oh~o, a s s i ot e d b~TSt&f';: Sel'~::e:<nt Frank J. Blair, conducts the inspections for the central area. Ga'Jt,"lin 1LJ. Tooher, a e s Ls t.e d by Staff S8r,;::eant Oliver 3:. KinG, wi th headnuo r t e r s at t he iHr:Jletown Air De-lot, P'L, inspects the stations of tile eastern ~.ren. Caot a i n A:nes S. Albro, assisteel by Staff Serbeant ,-'::lliott Scott, wi th he ad.quar t ez-s at the San Ant orri o Air De po t , ins~)ects the stations of the southwestern area. Ca'?t2in Char Le s V:. Sullivan" assisted by Staff Ser,,;eant Ross P. Peck, with :-lead_ouarters at the l:t0cl:well Air De-Jot ,:;81if., Lrisvoec t s the stations of the western ;,.rea . Re oor t s of all Llspection trips are r cnrot Ly ma d.e and f~rwRrded in order that a c Lo se contact maJ be mai rrt.a i ne d be twe e n the Cr.i ef of t he Air Corps and the v~rious stations.
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Dur i n.; the 'pa s t ~,re;'.r i L ha s been no t e J Ll[< t, several f'o r ce d Lanrt.i n~;,; hav e pro b'lul? been the r-e su], t of 8 1[,i lure ill t n: f'ue I system due to tho DO r t. s of the f'uoI c oc>; no t be i n., in co:rJlet.c' rt:::i.:;ter. Cn.ref~:cl il1v~)stit:;(1,tioa has shown that so.ne t i mes the Dl.'!y be twc eri t:-L8 f'ueI c o c'c c.orrt r oL h,;11d18 and tile v a.Iv c i tself ,c:ive'3 the 8.:J'JO:lrClYlceo FeE; -)ilot 'vl'.at t~le fuel is f""Jli:r t ur-neo o u whe n , t in r er.Li t y , the o'x:nL,gs ID'lY nut 'o<e> ire f'u l L rC,::ister. AIL10w;hJro-bably understood by 811,,:oLLots, it :i_s i)e'lievo0 in o r de r to cnLl, attention aGain to the fact t hat w~le:b.'~tB:~L:l~"JDtrol ndl e , one sl.cu.l d feel ha a 11 settl in{; into -place 11 and then try the hand.l e to see t hat a v e r-y sr::all"unouut of~)laJ is observed on either s i de . The f'o Ll owi ng li t t.l e verse m.": ni d in r ememoer i n.; this mroo r t a n t "point: An Dirnlane looks miGhty fine When you an'rollch it on the line, :But if gas valves were set by eye 'Twere bettor you donit try to fl~ Fntil .:;ou check by feel! Jifficul ties in this respect h'weLJeen not.e.I , particularly on various models o f t:1.t::Keystone Bomber, as due to the pr-e se nce of a universal joint in
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the control shaft ,'1 ,.'."reater .unount. of lil:),y is usually noticed. Some interesting and useful re:,c,rch aLon; t h i s line VIRf' acc orrrp'l i shed some months (;l{;O by Captain Paul 2ic:lter, t he n ::~n<inh:;rins Officer at LC11c:;ley Field. A recent rns"ti~~facto1'Y Report from one of the servi.ce activi ties has called attention to t he )reseuce of an exce s s ive nu.ioe r of bl ow J.10l8s in wheel co.stings 0n one of tl~ SID'lller air~lanes. 1"1'01:1 ne of tho fields o Cades word thclt t r oubl e has been encountered in 0-383 ai1'':)13nes when t:-1C excess gcsoli:i1e d1'a1:..1OeCOL'lCS ;)lu,gged by dirt falling from the top of the nil' scoop. At such times as excess gasoline fails to 11'21n out 'pr ooer Ly , an add i t Lona I fire haz.ard is p re se ut ,
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A series of tactical operatio!.s have been ca r-r i ed out. Tt.tdics and types of forrrntions ~~rried."?llt auri:?,~ _~he -pest l'8~N n:?nths by t:le ~:sed were tLosp. best s u i ted for Pur-sui, t in l'1.rst 1'lrli) ~':"t'ClJ'.1;-,lsne.o. at lVarcn FIeld, r:J.verthe attack cf Boubr.rdrncnt., and the nl'-Ll'les side, Calif., und e r t;:<J-,'irect:icn of Lieut.used the f'o l I ovi ng types of anmI::'lnt: Col. L~:. Arnold, COE~':;:&ll,~il:i: GL_icer, 'ltiliz(1) Single-seater illrsuit, arrrcd vrit.h "yr.ing Pur sui t and Bornbarrirrer.t tactical units oh rorri zed :~,Ocaliber rmclri.ne "l,ns. equipped with_ the latest types of ai:'craft (2) Sint:lc-seater Pursuit, a~IDPclvi.t.h fiX8d now in service. The units em{Loyed in these s:Tnchronized. 50 caliber rrach i ne Ef-'--l'lS or tests were the 3-ah, 7,;:1'd anc; 9:.Jt;1 Pursuit s:rull cannon. Squadrons of the 17th Group, with Boeing (3) Pursuit a.rned with bor;;t-o.roT:?in8 F~car 1'-26)" a.i rn Lanes, and bl,e 9th, 11th and 31st -with a oapac i t;y of f r o:r: 15 to 40 'bvrr.b,; of BmribardlI2e:lt Squad ro ns of thc 7t1:~Oroup witb. fro:n 50 to 10 1 bs, we L;b.+-', B-12 1.'artin !'ombers, In preporini3 tJ--:e h!~erception -.:roblcrr:.s. an In 8eneral, tbe operations wer e conclucted atteupt Vietsmule to secure O'Vcrations 0'':':1' wi th the -planes either carrying actual st<:mdall kincls o ;' teTrain. Thu", in sorrE of the ard arrrarrenb loads or equivalent. In all p ro b- problcT:).":, tile ',ornbccrdr:'.ent started rhc i r :"'.isLerns it was ei ther ass~d that there .l8.S a . sicn over t:1e ocean, in ot.hez s , far cut U7pr well tr'lined gr-o.u.d cbservation uni t which t!le desert, and st ill ot.hor s ovo r +-'.ho':"'Olillwould. report the aoor oach of "hostile" D,ir- t a i nc, Accardi !lel:;, the Pur r ui, t ,',as gi 7811 craft or- scouting planes were ac bca Ll.y c;;~,.. an oppo r t.urri ty to vo rk Ovr;r ve ry '.':lried t.8rployce. for this p"rpOGe. Ob-iervat ion D:1ints rain- at var i ed al ti t'~Ges. In as r.zu.y Vrobon t.he PoTOUlld 'ilere se'l cct ed to CO~jfOl':',as i Lerns as 'oos a i blG, i,he Jornbarc1m,'n+ st3.1'1'.,"",l nearly as possible to tnose that woul d be I from di spe r s ed arc;'\::; and aS3erri'.;I"c1.O'Te'1',1. selE:c~ed un~<)r ao tua'L war con~~it i cns and. ~no'lIl: pOiLt bof'o r e ('onti11:-rin~; t.o ~heir 0 b"hostlle" a.i rp Laaes were reo;nred to 1'0010 I Jectlve. In all Cit:--"'~;, tne IUl'SUlt .... ""2.s their Dositicns when pas s i ng over t-"cese given such inforr:at.i,)n 'l.S L1ey '::o;:ld I10r:=lpoints" in c8rtain types of interception lJrob::'~d.y receive from cro'~Dd lc,ok-out sbtion,:; 2I:d lems; several minutes were perrrJittc'd t) t'..te fosition of thes.'") obs2rvatioD statior::c elapse before the mes sagcs v.er e d8livered to ~was va r i od to a"S'-ll:le f'r or.t lines at varyln3 the intercepting units, as t:1ere would nece s- ! d i s tr.nc cs from the obj ec t i ve of the l.oorl1bardsarily be a sna'l I delay in v.ar- time due to : morrb attack. the operation of' the network and tY0 b i.rre ria- :l:ne tb,: required to issue nrders 2.l11 clear cessary for the issuance of field orders, al - I the a.irdrc;lle, the time te r each vari?u3 u.ltithough all un i is are "on the alert". Once in t'J.des, tr.e :rany oohc'l orrnents ar.d al tl tl:d.C<; the air, howevcr , all po s i.bi on r epo r ts wer e used for o.ttac:cinc: clements, t hr-i r relative given direct by radio to the unit corrmande r s po s i t i ons with r cspcc t to the ~O!l1L-)3.r:3.:Lent,s.r";,d. and, likewise, c;'.lcceeding orders werc give:-1 the c>rder of at.t.acx by the clp!:lonrs for:r;:.; an direci; to ttl"; pilots by radio by the various I ext r ctccl.y interesting GIld. instl'ucti...-e s t udy; urri t rormanders. : 1,11 this "ata viill be c on.pi Lcd by thl" Lnf'o rThe following phases of serial o-perations r:1.1ticn I:ivisioL, C:"fico of tl,e Chi r-f of t!:e were covcred r Air Corps, f.i.r:d f::en':;. to tte: .Air C'b:rs Tb:td:::al a. Interception of Bo:.,bardment by Pursuit, : Schco I , the O'TCr~~e'lSclepc:.rtments ar.d , at the when Pursc:it i::; Loca t.ed at or in U,e Lme(~lr cr-uos t of the Co_::-"canr3iw; Of'f ic er of t1:'.8 ate vicinity of the objective. C:,c.2ral !-leadquarters Air"Forcp, to "'line und (1) \'Ihen Borobaz-drnent app rcaches in a s0j:'aratfl G-roLp Conrmnde r s of +;lP Air Fc rc. direct line at an altitude of 18,000 feet. ,This Lrif'orr.nt i r-n "."ill be for official us o (2) 'ilhen Bombardment apuroacncs in a : onl.y, Still f'urt.l.e r data J'cla-':ini' to arrrndirect line at an uni.nown altitucle (high, 'l1l8:-"t. ,-),uipt1cnt ani technical fl:.ndio::in[;, interrnediate end low). will l::E)f'J.rnisl:G,~ to the Chief of the (3) I'ilien Bombar drrerrt approaches on an ;l.atcriol "ivision. unknown course at an unknown al t~ t'.:Qe. These u.1lrer 1O'ci1' bo raf.o ry tests If) aro to be b. Interception of Bombar-dment, by Fur-s ui,t, continued at :.';ard: Field, it is Ul";,d<,rstood.. when Pur sui t is Locat-ed to one f'Lank of the : Undouhbed.Ly , as the later tippS of aiITlanes objective and of the attacking Jombarci:nent. tare furLished to other Pursuit and. "'omtard(1) Vlhen Bombar-urerrt approaches in a iment units, bhcy v.i l.L dcr i rc to car-ry cut direct line at a known al ti t11-1e. i si:ni lar tests. It i c to be honed thl-lr) car; (2) When Boinbarrlroerrb ap-proaches on an [be rrade ava i Lab'l e corrp Le te e~rl~pm<:3ntcf,~a:''::unknovm course and unknown al ti tude. i era guns :tor both ?ursui t and 3C'IDba rclrr.c , 000 _ nt A total of 26 interception problems were :that still ::X>.'e realistic data rray be securea. -22V-GilS, A.C.

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THE NEXT STUDENT CLASS AT FORr LEAVENWORTH In an announcement recently issued by the War Department regarding the compositil"n ('1f the next class of student officers to pursue the course at the Conn:andand General Staff School at Fort Leaven~orth, Kansas, the names of 11 Air Corps officers are notQd, as follows: l~jor Carl Spatz Washington, D.C. 10jor Gerald E. Brower Yanila, r.I. Capt. Cnas , C. Chauncey Ft. Crockett, Texas Capt. John D. C~rkille Ft. Cr~ckett, Texas Capt. Wm. S. Gravely San Am.tonio, Texas Cap b, Fred'k Von R.Kimble 1vlaxwell Field, Ala. Capt. Caleb V. Haynes Langley Field, Va. rosr FIELD CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED Capt. Chas. M. Currnrings Washingt~n, D.C. Capt. Warren R. Carter 1~ell Field, Ala. rost Field, Fort Sill, Okla., the home of Capt. Victor H. Strahm Wright Field Ohio. Ca~t. Leland R. Hewitt W~~11 Field, Ala. Flight "E," 16th Observation Squadron and the Capt. Clarence P. Talbot Maxwell Field, Ala. 1st Balloon Sguadron, Air Corps, boasts ~f Capt. Edgar E. Glenn ~axwe11 Field, Ala. several new aridrrod er-nbuilding projacts comCapb, Morton H.McKinnon Rockwell Field,Cal. p1et~d during the past year. 1st Lt. Hoyt S.Vandenberg 1v~xwe11 Field, Ala. A new Squadron Barracks, Fire Station, In1st Lt. Ralph F. Stearley WJCL'\."Well }'ield,Ala. firrrary nine cCmnlssioned officers' quarters , 1st Lt. Walt0r L. ~~eelGr ~~e1l Field, Ala. and twelve noncorrmi ssicmed officers quarters The School starts the first week in Septerrr w~re completed and are nnw nccupied. ber and extends for a period of ten rronths. Last year the old balloon hangar at Ross Field, Calif., was disrmntled and moved to ---000--P03t Field, and the renovating ana reconstruc.APPOINTME:NT HE':l OFFICERS FOR 'IHEAIR COPJ?S tion was corop'l OF ebed in December. The aluminum p~inted surface of this building reflects the A prelimi~Bry exa~ination will be held on light to such an extent that it makes a landFebruary 2nd, and a final examination on April mark visible from a distance of fifty rrales 2, 1935, of applicants for appointment as on an average day. second lieutenants in the Air Corps, Regular Air Corps corrnussionedpersonnel station~d Arrrv, in accordance with the provisions of AR at Post Fi~ld are as follows: 605-5 and special conditions as set forth in Lieut.-Colonel J.N. Reynolds, Air Corps Circular No.2, War Department, January 16, Instructor at Field Arti11~ry School. 1935, viz: Captain Ira R. Koenig, Corrnanding Officer, 1. Ap~lications from eligibles desiring to Air Corps 'Troops and 1st Balloon Squadron. compete in the announced exuminations should Captain W.C. Farnum and 1st Lieut. H. be submitted to the corps o.r a and department e 1~Csrmick, 1st Balloon Squadron. cermanders in accordance with Section III, AR Captain D.G. Stitt, Comcand irig Officer; 605-5. Captain F.C. Wilkins; 1st Lieut. Vi..Karnes , E and 2nd Lieut. H.F. Uregory, Flight E, 16th 2. Eligibility to compete in the ex~nination will be cOluined to candidates, who are Observation Squadron. qualified flyers, falling within the scope of ---000--the following classifications: a. Who fulfill the necessary mental, rI(\ral, LArtGE CLASS M THE TAGrlCAL SCHOOL and physical quaJ.ifirations for appointment as second lieutenant in the Regular Army. The rresent class at the Air Corps Tactical School, Vaxwell Field, N~ntgomery, Alabama, b. VJho have served a minimum of tvvel e v months on active or extended active duty as is one of the Lazge st in its history, comprispilots with a tactical unit of the Air Corps. ing 50 Air Corps officers, 5 nfficers from c. ~bo have efficiency ratings of satisfac- other branches of the Army, 3 Marine Corps tory or above for every period of active duty, officers, one officer from the Mexican Air or extended active duty. Force and two officers from the Turkish Arrnv. d. Who are physically qualified for flying. ---000--~. 'Whohave not yet rsaohed 29 years and 9 HEAVY AIR TBAJ'FICAT NJAXWELL FIELD rronbhs at the time of f i.nal, examination. All anplicants who have not served as pilots on active or extended active duty within two The Operations Dispatcher at N~ell Field, years from date of making application for ex- N~ntgomery, Ala., reports that a total of amina'b on will be required to demonstrate i 119 airplanes arrived at and departed from their proficiency as'pilots before the board I that station from ether Air Corps posts beconducting their examination. I tween January 1st and 15th. This heavy air 3. Each a-pplication shoul.dLe accompanied I traffic was due to the Air Races'.. Miami, at by the necessary documentary evidence subst.an-I Fla. The visitors were gladly we1corred and Hating the candidate's claims for exomption mal... friendships begun years ago at other Y in educational ex~r~nation, as well as creden- stations were renewed. -23V-67l8, A.C.
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tions to these requir""rren+'s shoul.d be made (lnly by the approval ('If the Secretary r f War in each specific case. Those ,l'..ct qualified A statement recently issued by the War Deto meet. the standard oualifi~atinr~s sho'11.d b"" partrrent anncunce s t:hc.t tile Ilon, George H. ,utilized or disposed f,f in accOl.'0DnNl with Dern, Secretary !"l 'NG.r, has :r:.ow appr-oved a. : the fl)llo,:'ring }aragraph: plan subrnitt"d by GeneI'd Dougl.as lIe.c..ArJehu:", "Aft8r 15 years cf service, all Air Corp.s Chief of Stdff, in accordance vnth the re~ort officers should be tested periodicallv by a of the Special War Deparklent Cc:rcittee, L:ead- 'qualified beard, to determine their qualified by the Hon, Newton D. Baketr , -:rhieh will in- ! r;aticns as flying officers. Those call;l.ble augur-abe a syst.em of ter:cpora:::yprOlrDtion in ! of meeting the conditions givt1n in (8) abnve, the Air Co.rps cased on nO:l-availabili ty of 0f- and others as deerr.cd desirable, should be dEro fir;ers ~f suitable per-Innent r-ank , [1Y.,l :prr"vide i clared 81igi ble as }ilots ff'lr fly ins I"lorrrrnnn. just r6vmJ:'dand corcp ens2.tion for -thes0 :per, duty, tr ... is, 1:e-corrrrand c orr.ha.L squad vcns af f<;JrIuingduties and oee,ring reS;}OllSibilities of and groUfs. h~gher r'ank, "ThoSfl f'ound disqualified as pilnts fnr Enumerated arrong the r::ore i.rr:pe-rta...'1t posi' flying (:nr;1TanJ. duty, unless cOIT'ing within the tions includ~d in this policy is the Ccrrmander :prcvi~ir-ns of 8xisting retirArr~nt ~A Class (If the G.H.Q.. Air Fo rce , whcs rank v,"ill be : B Lavrs , shoulc1 be iivided ir:b0 bwo gro1...l'sPither the.,t r-f Brigadier-GenerD.l or Najor(a) t-hos," capable and. qualifip.d fC'r no.1,;dJohGeneral. His C'hief r-f Staff will have the Lng duty in the Air C0rpS; (0) t.1)Cs~LOt. carank of Col-mel, and four General Staif ('Iffii pabl,e or nUE1.1ifiedfor piloting 0r noneel'S the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. , pilIJting duty v,ith the Air Corps. The rank of :2rigadier-Golleral will gr- to the! "The r..('\n-:c)il~tinGgro1...l'referr?~. t.~ above cOIDU'.ndersof the 1st 8....'1d 'flings, and t,hat : shr-ul d includo t,h""sp deer:red <Jl1al~:!:J.Gn 2:nCl. f?r (1f Colonel to the com,onder cf the 3rd Wing, such duti8s as high commandand staff? ~n the and the oorrrrande rs of tr:e COIJ!,osi Wings in te 'Air Coll' s , "enior officers of the engJ.neAr Hawaii and the Pan."lIIE Cane.L Zone. The Chief , group and rrr"curement-sur-pl;y grn';P of t1;e Air r-f the Materiel DivL;io::J. and tlle Directcr nf eN"8. TL.ey sheuld be requut>d. v("' ~(lnt~nu~ the Air Ccrps Training Center will have the , aerial experience and fulfill the legal reral'.k of Brigadier-GenereJ., as nov: per:n:cncntly gui:rmnents to draw flying -pay. provided by law. The r2nk ,.,f Colonel r"r Lieut. "1'h"'se [1isaualified for Air Ccrps duty as Colonel will Co tn the nirectnrs of Ellbineor'per (b) abrv8 should be given the ~ptirn nf ing, Procurement,. Suy,ply,. ".te.; De~ot Co::~. t.mnsfrcrrin?, if q"JBlified! ~o a FO~~ ~r3; heads of var a.ous S01-,1')018; seru or sta.... : br anch of tile Arrrrr, ('>1' retJ.rJ.ng w1.th 2;:;/0 of ,.,fficers "n the staff cf Derc.rtT ..orrt C4--:d Corps t~eir base 11ayI,er ye:u of ~C'n:missir-ni'lJ. S~rArsa Comrande rs , StaJcion co:.JPlc!len':;ccrrroand; vice 1.::;:. te 75 rercenL" "'rs trill be Colonels> Li.cut o-Co'Lone.Ls or . Se~ret3.ry f'lf War George H. Dern has a:pprl'vNl8.jors; Group Cor.rmnd or-s '!rill be Li',ut. ."d a policy submi HE'd b.:( Gent;'ral :1:lae.tI.r:,hur ~,o Colrmels; Snua.d.ron Corrrmrvle.ra , L:ijors, and (:D.I'ryth8se rero:,roendatul11s Lrrbo effect,. 'r'his ~light Conrreindez-s , Captains. The J;'0licy D~SI"l i I'olic~has ~e~n ~oncur:;?d in by Genera'!lncl1.1des Lncz-eas ed rank fl"lr rrZllYmanor pos~, Foul.rLs , ChJ.EI "1 the AlI' C(11J1s,arxl 1J.~ut.tions. Colonel k:drrws, d as.i gnat ed as Comr:a:nder, The ~7ar De-cD.rtruentste.te.:::e:'1t g0es nn to say 'G.E.'~, Air Fe reo, th.t the reo~bnnization (If the Al~.J Air Corps ' 'I'he J)1a.'1prescribes a standard r f fl;ying in 1926 and that now unde r way 3Ju:rsuznt to i pr0ficiency which r8quires all rated .1;nrplane the recoIIIrlendatbns of the Spocial ':Tar Depa.rt- . pilots e<f t.he i'.rr.rv Air Ccrps on a f'Lyd.ng star;:ent Cownittee create rrzr,y ocoa.s i oris where ! tus to fly -. .. J'lllif'lr Air Corps officers are cL11AC] '.)on to u i A rrd ni.rmm. of 100 hours reI' yAar ari corr:plJ.}erform duties and 'bear res:ponsitili Uos 0f , ance vri t h the provisions of the curr~n~ annupositior"s no rrre.l.Ly involving hi':;1er r'ank ar.d. ! 2,1 training directive, inol ud.ing a rm.rnrnzn r-f compensation. This sitU2tio:1 Vias r3coc:nized : (1) 35 hour s ' avigation, inclUding. nl;e by the Congress in 1926, vzheri it :passed. the : flight ,..,f at least 500 mi.Les wi.bh a rm.narnrrn Air Corps Act, but its ur')visions witn r esoecb r'lf t-:m interrD',dia;r;e Land.i.ngsPersor'.nAl s ba ~o teII:iporary incrpa,e(l. rank: have heretofore : b i.onedd thiH the ('ontinpntal ... lirri bs ('f the Ceen held in abeyance. i Ur;.itecl stn.tes will r... .ake n?t less than bwo SL41IDA.."'illS OF :FLYING PROFICIE1~CY : flig'.lts 0:f at l")ast 200 mi.Les each over thf! ':LheWar De-:;a.rhcen'3CC::T"U '3tee f'c r t1:.0Arrrlf ; I:e11art.r:nenl; Co=erce Airways, using the r-f Air Corps nade the f'o LLowi.ngspecial recorr:rren- ! ra(l.io avi,r;atiol'..al aids and com;uni~atio:r; faQa~ions relative to the flving proficiency,..,f 'cilitics thereof. \~ere praci;~caDle,fl~ghts fC ,. the indi vic;uals of the Army Air Corps: ove r the Depa'r trccrrb 0 orrrnerr-e .s.arways my I1AH Air Corps officers 'of 15 or less years' ,be C0rLhinedv,Hh the requirAd flight "f 500 :;emce should be q;Jalifi~d pilots. A stc:nd- I miles. . . .. ~r~ quali;ication should be est~blished ~Tin-. (2) 10 hours' instrument fly~r~, J.ncludJ.ng :str:iti vA1y for all Air C0rpS of'f'Lcez-s of 15 , a mi.n.imm of 5 hour s und."r the hood. cr less years' servi~e in the Air Corps who ; (3) 10 hours' nicht flying, iBcluding a 'ire r;lar.ed all flying duty. This star:.dard i nir<bt avi.gabi cn flit~ht of 2 hours' duration. 1ualificat,irm should include annual. flying as i 4) 5 ilOurs' forr:ratinn flying. ~ilo-l;s of no b Le ss than 100 hours, iBcluding a i Corrrrand i.ng Generals of Over-seas De-partmen~s r~asonan1'~f'eJ:.'c:~n+'8.~e cro~s-'Jountry, 'If inI are authc.rized tf' eliminate the Seo-milo ava:::;\:'r'JIrr::n+.. rd.f;h+. fo:nO. l'U1:l".;J-.'i(~TI t:Jyj 1'~. EY0Al'- \ gat,inn fli[~l1ts, if the physical and geogra-24V-6718, A.C.
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phical lbn tations of their departr:J.ents are :ray be r- btainable. The Boa.rd will give raresuch as to roake this requirement undul.y hazarful consideration to the availability of flydous. Ar~y,.,ther r easonabl,o aviga'ti.on r~quireing equipment and other local conditior~. ment dAGIl16d desirable by a Depar b.rerrt CO:l1rIlli.~d-, The proceedings will be submi, tted to the War Departroont for final action thro'w,h +,he er rmy be subs td tuted ther~fol'. Where such Chief ,.,f Air Ccrps and the CcrnTk~dir~ Genersubs t i t.ut i ori is ,Lade, the 1:7arDepartment will al, G.H.Q. Air Force, respectively. be infC':rr:'ed~f its natrure , After action by the '!far DepartJoont on the The flying Lndi cat.ed in each cat egor'y above reports of the ooards, each individual found will be in accoz dance with Teclu.i cal, Regulaf0r pil,.,ting tions prescribed cy the Chief of the Air Corps. to-be nC't capable or qualified 0r non-piloting duty with the Air Corps will In addition bo th"'se rded e.i.rp Lane :pilots, be so notified. the following classes of Air CC1~S persol~el Where the individual objects to this clasv,ill bF>recuir8d to fulfill the r equi.r error.t.s sification, he will so notify the War Departof this paragraph in acoc.rlance w'i th their, merrt , ','Thenthe necessary instructions for a flying ratings as to hours OLd tJ~es of DUSfLisht test will be issued. sions VIih the exception or iEstrur"ent flyL1g t Re sul, ts of fhght tests vrill be fcrwarded under the hood: to the board which recomnended the r-lassifi(1) Thos") holding both pild and observer c~t~on of the ilrliv~dual. The board will rati~gS but flying on observer stutU3. then, c~ter a c0rrplete r~view of the flight (2 Airplane obse'rver s, (3 Ba'l Lor-n 0bservers (nC't on duty with 8. test report, rr~~e specifiQ recc~ndation as to the classification in which the individba~loon snuadron). ual shoul d be placed as a result of "bhe (4) All 0th~r p8rso~~el C'n flyiLg status li3ht test. Th~ proceedings will then be except student persolli1el a.b the Air C0~}lS fcrvTarc:od through channe.l s 'to t:'1e War DepartTraining Ce~ter. lDent fer action by the Secretary ~f War, In ord")r to check the degree of compJi",uce -h i.ch ac t i.on will be final. with the prescribed sta,ndards, the Sec~et2ry No 0fficor vrill be r-ernc ved from flying staof War will appoint not later t:0811 ,Tuno 30th tus as a result ..,f the process described annually two boards 0f ehree field Air Corns officer; ")ad" for the adnri iri st.rub i.ve e~:a.;li;k'l.- above unb i L his case has been acted upon by the War Depaz-trnorrt , Those 0f:fieers found tion "f Air C0rpS ..,ficers as ind2.cated!:JeloI. f Lna.LLy r..OG canc"ble or (1uo.lified for pilotOne beard vvill f'unc t i on for all personnel aning or non-ril~ting duty Vii h the Ar;rrr Air t signed to the G.II. Q. Air Force 0.11:1 the rther Corps wi l.L be utilized for ground duty in for all personnel not so assigned the8 the Air Corps, "r en ~ther duty unl ess p1J.Yboards to be knovm as -sical1y or ,.,thennse disqlm1ifie~. Flying Proficie~~y Board, Office, Chief of ---000--Air Corps. FlyinG I'rofieiency Board , G.H.Q. Air Fo.rce, AEHIAL I&\TIEV! :mR liJ00R GENE,~ MALIN CPAlG These boaz-d.swill classify persor.:D,el as follow~: Those Wh0 have cOJr~liecl with the sta,ndard,.,f, On the same day that Amelia Earhar-b landed flying proficiency and are (lualified for . at Oakland in her trans-Pacific flight fr0m piloting and flying comrandiduby. Honolulu, the entire 17th Pur-sud t GroU[' ..,f All 0thers grouped into classes as indicated Narch Field swooped down upon HaLulton Field belNT: at 10:40 a.f;Jo, for refueling. The ~.bsence Those eligible for piloting and/or flying of the fast Martin 3cmber a.cnng the 39 ~urcomrand duty, that is, to cc.rrmnd squadrons sui t pla,nes, which is the plane of the First and group s , Pursui t Wing Comrandez-,Lieut.-Cel'mel Henry Those capable and qual.Lfi ed for nori-p i Lot i.ng H. Arnold, was noticeable. The Wing Comrrmder duty in the Air Corps. This non-piloting group' had flo~n to Crissy Field, where he picked will include those deemed Qualified for such i up the Corps Area Conrmnd.ez-, Major-G0.np.ral duties as hi.gh corrrrand and "staffs in the Air Malin Craig, well known to soldiers ,.,f the Corps, combat duties other than piloting, a~fl World War as the Chief of Staff of the Third senirr of'f'Lce.rs of the engineer group and proArmy. In Less th= half an hour, the 39 cureJrent-supply gr01:1' of +:1eAir Corps. pl anas had been ser-viced at Hamilton Field, Those llOt capable or q~~lified for piloting arill they joined the Wing Commanderin ~ si~uor non-piloting duty witll the Air Corps. Labsd ab baok on Sa,n Franc i soo , which was The Boards ;'ri11 also classify the f'ol Lowi g n really an air review in honor of the the 9th into the Groups indicated above: COI}lSArea Co~der, General Craig, who Airship end balloon pilots. The standard of will leave scan on a General Staff assign~ flying prof i cdenoy for this grou~ will be premerrb in Washington. scribed by the Chief of the Air Corps. As an afterrrath of the review came the reAll ,.,fficers who on -June 30, 1935, have been turn of the 17th Puzsu.l t Gro1!:'to Hamilton suspended or rmnoved from flying status for Field at 1:15 p.rr~ The vi~itlng pilots were physical or 0ther reasons. the guests of honor at a celebratien during Non-rated officers of the Air Corns not on which the new Officers' Club a.t Harai.L ton flying sbat.us , Field Vias dedicated. On the following afterThe Beards will rreJ(e a detailed exmm~tion noon, at 1:00 o'clock, the entire GroUDflew of flight records of Air Corps personnel on back to lfJarch Field to be ready frrr th~ flying stat.1lS and ,.,f such other evidence bearduties,.,f the coming week. ing on the iruli vidual's flying proficiency as V-6718 , .A..C.

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an "\il:'];J:t\'M" ~ P'IIi'ti.cn. thereof :i.rrr:cAdiat ely "lhanges tn ice. and the 'he-mpJi\ra,+,u.r~ r1~ 'i'hpre is rerrinted herp, exce rptis fr0m an in-.the sl.uah mixture tends to rise to the ireR:L.lr-.g te~gstir~ articlo ~nthe abrve subject, v~itIF-oint, sinco ar,y mixture rf i08 and vmtAr asten by Mr. EclYc'aI'd J. Minser, Chief Meter,.ro10- I'sumes that te::::Iperature. T'" freeze the rerraingist, T.W.A., Inc., and J?ublished in the Air .iug vm,t"r, the heat "f fcy,ioll is 2.bsorbed by Corrmerce Bul10tin of Decemb3r 15, 1934. WIT. jmeans nf evaporation end/er absorption by th~ 1,;inSBr states t112t hie prirr..ary coneli t,iC'ns ,.,ustl structure r-f thA o.i::"olan8 and! "11' "lool -i.ng "hy exist in the free air before ice vnll fnrffi on I the pasrinG air stream. aircraft, r.. rre.Ly , that rr.risture a must "be pras1 Since in areas cf stror..g ror."Tpc.tior.., W8 can ent in v~sible f~rffi, arA t~8 air teo;erature I eA0ect tn fir..d the larg~st cloud ar~rlets RrA rr~t,be 340 F. 01' less . ~'lliile i8e has f0~jL : g:~atest mr~un~s rf li~uid ~at~r, ~lAar i~8 at hlgher t~eratur8s, lnstr~Bntal error\Cr 'wlll 0CCur If ehe temperature lS below 34cF. lag in the ther.xomct~r is unQoubteelly a ~0n~ To avoid dangerous icinG it will rr~Jr be netric'ltnry factor. VU10re frort has f0~lTed in cpss&ry tr avrid such ~rpas. Generally, in 8100.1' air it is Que to a celd aircraft enter~~rrber over levAl C01h~try, pxcpp+ in thundering a waI'IJ'lr air rraas f);: high hu.::tielity. In sbr-rras of nzrrked intensit,y, verticel oonveo",i the:r. r-f th8c5e t-",-I"\ onc.i bi ons , ice f"rmation c til"\E eliminishos re,pj dly at Leve l s ab(,"Te is gen0rally light and r-f slight hazard; 1(' feet" and therefore bho SiZA rf SUII,.,e is clas sifi pd. in three tYlles - 8lee.r "'1' ported ilrn1Jlets and the cll'ud. elr'nsHy will glaze, rIDe ar;.. frr,st. d Cler1~ i~e, srroo'ch and i 21s0 dininlsb rapidly. kb these levels also, glasGy Ln appear'ance , lTE,ybe rough if frrrmed the teIlTAraJGuro iG far below frepzing arrl in the I>r8sence I'f sleet "11' snow. Very t,.ma.- rirr.o ice wi Ll, be the general f'o.rm, Certainly 0iCl'J.s and elifficdt te' 'break Loo se , it has this 'beccrces a. far safer light rath bhan at -b~u krovzn t" f'o rm a.t the rate "f one Lnch ll'~ler Lcve'I s , rer rrinute in the presence "f sr~w. Fre~zin8 Silli'e a 001& aircraft will accelerate iOA rB.in al.ways forms as ~lea:' iCA. I f"rrw.,tiC'L, ['" climb from a cl'l1. air s bra'ba " 1.. . +' 1 .I.h' - " . L'.JJY-A, a vzm,t e (',:paguo lce .."I:rrr:1ng 2.1rne eni U rou~~1 t: 'I'.aI'ILer deriae c - t')u df'4".ar...c.s au +,v)n. ... 'bering Adges and. buL.a.il:g out in en i1'ro[;111ar On fll'Le:d.1g suoh 2. c10"J.d., AVA1'ydrc:rl",'b ~r.:-;bJll'P""nosc..dITa::;::;, is nrCi.inarily easily r crrr-v- I cn::I.Gc,::"3d viill. freeL:p ,:1: ,n.:-,t inGtorJ,l;"lrA Ael by cribration ana. shock, but at -rery lew i rnly s8vere.l T:llllutes '.nll O"l TIACflssary tc t'etq:>er~.:..turAs i+.s t"':nacity incrca.s<"s 8.J.J.d the 'lrad a rh.ne vTit.h ice. If (".limb is rrai:r:tair:fo:rmaticn if J?r"lor..ged r-eaches dangerous p:1.'O- ! c;d at t~lA EB..'drr.umrut o pCEi:i:;siblA, the inverp("\x'+;i,.,ns. I Si0D above tlee cl"D: YJ:1Y loa r".~(".he(l bAforlj ice .. ?'ros+' a lip,ht ,,""Tstallin9 forro...atir;r.., never I has fcr.r?d to a dOI:C(TC1.l~, '1."';;l'''e c . , .. ~J ,.. , mh8 f ac t bl t" 10.(3 ..'ll "-1" : '. C'era.8 a.n ~lAar t' 'l..Sf;'Jmes any elegrp."1 "f :wgni tude and. f,cnera....Ly I .. ,"10.' rlisa1Jpears as Gr'lon 8,S the aircraft rpaches I air at cubf'r-c e z i.ng <;(:I1[Cl'~'.'ur8s shcul.d Cl.lv;ays the S3ITP t8lXiJerature as the Clirl.;hrou[jh which be bo rne in ".iT-n. 'ither:. i(',~ has f0J:'IT'd.it ~an it; is flyill[;. I usually 'b8 rrrcoved :"y r,vav:cat,irn in t,h~ clear :F:r.""m r"lpf"lrts 'ln nun:erous. icing cOJ;:dHicns, : air ,:cc::re ~r b?loVJ, G. r;lo1.Jl ;:tTa~'8,. H'l'.'!~V""':, f i J.t 'N"tel nntRd that c18ar ice fnrIDecl In ~louds .rreCl.Ill '0atl0n In t. .no fo!".;} 1'1 r-aa,r. rccur:;, In,.,f wazm air rrass I"\rigin while rime r.;enerolly ?rN1Snd ice will reS'L~ t" and tbi; c'canger . (),'curreel in r.r'lld 'l'Teather mass cloudsIn shoul d rent be lest Sl,>~t r f , as t.r:e fnrrc.atlr'ln clcud~ fl'rrring in air with the ten~cratUJ.'e be-I will be rarid. 8nr~ in clear air Q'1e~ nC't l~r fr8Azing, the v;aber vap~r available never Ifor.m i~e at sue-freezing tenreratures. ~xceed8 5 gra~s p8r cubic meter, this arrnunt I ---rOo--1,onr0asing r<Ji-'idly wi th decrea~;e in t"L'l1Arai ilOG=VIELL FIELD A BFSY I'LAr'i: tl.~8. A clO'1(1 f'o rmi.ng fr0m v.a.rm wist air -H:Lll b0 c.crrmns8d nf large droulots, dens al.y \ d.istrlb"G.'::'C)({thr01.lghr'lut the c:;'oucl, while r"lel The Rt""k'lTell Air De:?d b LrW "busily engagrrnist. air will r-esul, t in a C::'0'C.d r-f SITi1ll pel in IT.king th8 neccs sary changes in tLA d.rr-r..lets vlielely c1i3:Persed. Th8rei't"re, in : ~i;<Ht,in Bczobcr s , Aileron La.Lanr-o '.'ieighbs,confl"rlng ~ t.hro'J..gh C' ",="',0 air rrac s 810u(1.. cC'n"i! b ro.l L e" e r l"~ h :rr"?" 11 :e1':;, anc1~"(1:\; 1::0," Pq'C.lpbl J. '" "...... _. "c Q8:ca1l1y ITl"'r"\Vla.ter 'lnll bo encount e.red reT merrt are bpi2l.g insi:.).:!.~.nd. C:::-se~.-1.2!~; ar"l J ~i -b arpa. bCl:r:g Pq1.u:r:t"~~v,C;-.G. . .. ~ . h"'<L8:--:i.C-"::"C: t ,"cC'. . "n,' f or a ~in~e i~e dljes no t f'o rm above a ten:per;::,ture cola v.ea.thez- nes t ln~.:"p 1"'J:t:' ,c' ,.,~"TJLtp,r. "If 34"", t.hp frpezing (If r-on.Iens ed water rre'Ihe "!J()rk is rr(yros:;i:n: r,m:;'a..:. .-, ",,~"+'}-Jlugh . 8"lnts the ITJJst int.eresting ar.d al.so :r'.J.zzling "1.:n'C.s<:al" 'wp::;.JGhpr or.L; t '.('",,;'c' .'l " ('.m. (,lli t"l c ~ }ro--:esG '1f iop, ff)rm:1tion. The chan.;e of the a haT"cice:-p sir.cP th8 ~Q.c~:(':: he,_,J,:: srar~e at water drq.let to ir:e ori r-o LL'i s i.ori ':ii th an Rrck:rell ncce s.s.i tates lT08::;1; r f F:is .;;"1'1: being ."'..irplane appears to dcpond largely 1...l'0n t,hp arne C"lt r f dor ra, e-"ap')rat,i,.n pro~8Ss pf lovr8rin[r, thp tClTppraCC[Jt2in S, ,T. Idzorpk arri vpd at, l'''cbvpll +'-.ll':'f'l. It is known that Yru.ter ran lw cor-Led Fiold f'rran TW:JD.::a and lws :.p\:en CiPr t.h8 comtar oe10'.1 the frepzi:ng Tl"\int and still retain rnar.d rf the fidJ.. H" :!:'.y,:.::iC' ,.B.""J (',la. frieLd:; :+,s lio';.id f'orm bub a sligh't, disturl-anc8 who hav-i been e0081'2..:.- r.'.wCtl L.~ cL:Th-91 -/Till iJ:i:-'3eliately change it t,., ice . 1'he 1're:;frrm the time hL; r.::-d,,;~'s '.,Tn i~,l:cd. ~n~e of :;aline s'C.bstances in frA" air drnrB.r. l1arcld Gatt,y, "ntil 1','((n'-,>- ..,r. d.uty in :etR 7,'Ox:ds to It"-iT~r th8 freezing pni::1.t,:Of) the Offic8 rf the CLi~'f e:f 1~W 1\.i.:: C'r-rL'S :.n '1;~liar811:\;ly the date ,.,f such a li.g.uiel iJ~~ WaGl:ingten, rppcrt8d ~~"r r~}''[3D.C'''t dl.:ty. "1ith s:;n.?ly ne of r"ld'lo~ii f:I.'C)e~ing po:..nt. th~.Adva...~ced ..{-\.dgaG;rn Training ~-;lit. The 111"",-0" ,h:'H.l_, ..+,, ,nLi.<"h has bqATL s'\J:Der-coo18el,i ,...fIlc,ors rf "DRt unIt vrill 7!"'lcre:, his help , ~ ~! in their pioneer work I'P. sun C11.t'v'es,sters, ptc.

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OF NONCOl!.l.IT S3IONED OFFICERS

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A list is given b31Q','rof noncor.mi ss ionod I")ffic"lrs placed for pro~tion to 1~st0r Se~~eG..t and Tec:~.ical SerGeant, ELIGIBJ"E J"I3T -----,._------_ EffecLivA
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th"l respective p.ligiblp. Air Corps, Jan~J 1, 1935.

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J;luax'J 1, 1935"'

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ELIGIBLE LIGT :F'("Irr-e~bniccl 3ergeant. ' Air C"'r.Ps Effective Ja..uary 1, 1935

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No.

N0. 73. JackSO:1, Paul B.

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ChaTles 2 BolliLgAr, John 5 IH'::':claine, Anarrius 6 Co:::. Fletcher H. 8 King, B8njar:un .J. 9 Vfnitesiue, r~nw. 10 Tay10A, Gust A. 12 Albee, Li.di.asI~. 15 Rogers, BirlJ.ard. 16 Napier, Wythe J. 17 TinGle, Dan W. 18 Both)'10,Jl'l.li18S U. 1'. 19 A'lE1.'1]s, Arthur E. 20 HilA'!. ':rilliamJ.

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Carl

C.

70

77
73 79 80

Lo i j ~ , I-<icllc'),rtl E. r ?il~~i:ns, J0 .ieph .A. 2cha8fi'cr,C~J.riG J .!I.

21
22

Ar!:old, George
Mocuey, Harry Srrr~11, allard B. B st. John, RUOI"'Il V~~1ell, Edcil C. Miller. Edwa.rd i;'-;e'ctew.n, Edward W. McI{LJ.i[,ht, Chca-Les E. L0cncr, Jl"'s~ph H. Howe, Sidney C. tLcArl".rcw!S, J elm l,hlloy, Stephen A. Hobson, :B:url r,e~catc, Trter WaHers, Clyc:.c L. M.cl~ ;;ely, I'alph Vl11eeler, Ad.am L. 8'.l:Zgs,.J ohn M. Lef'f'Le r-, Charles II. Kendl'ick, Br'yan J. GiJ.rpentcr, :;:I,.,s::; Kohn , Lc ui,a Witsch, Henry A. lInloney, PhiliJ;' :E. Gordon, :B'reierJcl.;: ,.1. Moslander,Charle:;;:E. G'~c1llSon, l-;els 'E. Wing, IiicLard E. Lcydl, Clydl?! 1,';. ~Ghee, Loyd H. ,'Jhcullard, De'l.ana ~onberlin,G0orbe r. HitGl1C'IT, Ervin W. 0~Q~~dt, GA~rge :E. 8':.ei:1, Jo~'",?h J.

23
24

26
27

28
30 31

1'ec;cha,"n, 1.(\).3s,,11 C. Valtierra, Leooardo Gibbins, Stanley K. 81 Glasscock, Harry e2 :Fishol', George H. 8:; P""'iaro., Hi chard, C. S4: Je,ell, Arvin 13. 8:5 Kozibcski, Ed':~rarcl Afl 87 Luellcr, Cha.rLcs 83 l.~erian" A"L...~ust,.,A. 88 !l~"l:~ C~_-.2".~.L G~ J.:. Z, 90 L.3.1:h,'wrs, 1.:2lu",1 A. 91 f'Ir::e:.:;, Olirl c. 9" Dreier, Elrrer L. 93 l/aro'll,.J clrn J.
9/~ Sf) 2. 3
1

Miller, Si dney More'Vci ,ll:lrcus F. Coul I:/nl2.':C1, J wr.es L. RiffH, George W. C1'\'/P i de::,, EdV:-ard.J. Keogh. Jor..n 7 :P'lI<YB ri , Benj arrd n F. Edwar d ,1. u " McIntire, 9 B1.lI' bori, C-D,.,rge 10 J~h~s"'n, Carl L. 11 Teverba~h. L3~ 12 JI~?g,~en:an,}-I['~lo'y J. hercnrt 13 klc~ler, 11 Lulcowslci , John
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1 2 3 4 5 6

Far:r~r, Almon 8.
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J~U'N,

J' (' hr. ~3. , If:,,:. B,

21 :.:irmfOnt es, Leonar'd

Fitzra~ri,.,k, William l'Lorris, Se'::EGS 2"= Denni ng'bon, Richard 25 Ki rby , Henry
Srrte,
J'us~c(',

:F'i.~z~~!'ala., Jar:! E.
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33
34

35
36

37
38 39 40 41
42

97 93 93 lrl 102

101
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~ ~:1?P,;r, lIr b~sf'")n "tel'cl'!, Art. ..nrr l'.~:'Jore, ili:r.'gil Foz-r-as b , ,J a:res A.

Cat~i1:riU3,Adolph 'IncIr:i.1s, He bert H.

26
27

lUll'vil1
Eclv,r>,",'d

E.
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28
28 30 31

N')-;T.:en,

Eartley,

Er~est

N.

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In7
109

43 44 46

llO
III 113 114

Panrl.Lcs , Arthur 8~ot-t, J~lliott l'.kc:rs, 'rhrrnton E8.cD,lb,..,r.:., ~O"..:ert E.

Gr<.',y. l"Ienry E. :i.3rces, \:;illiE.lIl1 1"::'

32
33 34.

Willie E. Bikle, Charles R. 8r:u.ch, ForAst A-;kerly, Er-race H. :F'v1Je:rts, ]'r8d A.

'I'o(;l:C'y,
'I'hr-rnas

F.

47
48

r'TJ8r.

Howar-d E.

49 51
52

53
54

~eorGe 3 Sproesscr, '1 Eayos , Tatrinl: J. ..,

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L..ciiadden, A:r"l"81 ::ifj Davis, Jolm L. 36 Frnti vnak , .t.IicAAGl 37 Colb, Besnla 38 !,::J.Ul'O, ,J ohn A. "'(1 rass~~tr~~, FrQnris M. Wv 4() Jones, Gel"'rge ::;.

41
E 42

Van :J.out0n,David

55
56

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'aebe:r, Loo TI. ~"u':l1,ap, Loy C.

Dani.e , ITtor.:.:ns

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13alar:-ke, Har-ry CC,TP~, I'~ilight },1. r_i(>~, 1:\(' "t:er~ i~"

57
58

25
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Vlhi~je,BcLj2min L. ~rirm:.c , John {"" E.

59
60 ~3
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32 Grab sky , V!c,Hpr 45 Earri S('ll. C-()t""rlZe

50

61 Willi~mo,Wallace 82 Brown, Lee :E.

NcCartney, ~orge H,,:rb , DOI1.8.1:r. d

H.
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66 86
180

~5 Blais, Jffi:~S G. 67 Ghoska, BenjaLin A.

S8 139
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':Z'nner, VTilliam H'"Jl'l,sr, W",J.ter S. J:.e<o.1'7, v srnon G. Will:\f,,:r:d, Li'lon O. !.pl-l"l, 'il11li8ID Y.

103 103 112

l;a'.'ids, Ilvjald Li11, Jarrcs .,-. Star.o'/lich, steve Jones, ~illiamL. Casey, Tat:rick ~. 1~11er, Joseph J. Hazr.or, , Wilfiarn T.

};cC~rn,vJ,Matheu A. Ke::'r ,:"'ayrrDr.:.d 46 J'oobcr , Asa C. 47 8:!'1::.'vvJ~ e I L. Car-r 48 ILohar d , Georgt~ 1,1. 4~j Joyner, Charles 50 -;-,lJ,.llaS, ;;;al tel' E. 51 l:o::ibur"lci, 1,~ich3,el \1..

52

Chna'bh;~4U, I~oy D.

53 l.Qrxoy, ':"hil ip P. 5.~ Cro s c , c:.1.L:.r1 e:-l :.:1. 55 2l1cffielcl, ~'.Til1iam K. L:. 5G Gil 'onrt, Cl~,l':'d.O G7 Frankli,n, H8n.:.'yL. A<'L:::lIU J. 53 Viel,.,,...k. 59 O'ram, George H,

60
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SN'geants

(Continued) Kunsch, Perry W. Hansen, Henry P. 1:;:3 Ham:-Jack, Robert ,!{ 124 ChaUc.r0n, :Jorvel1e 125 Flm';er, "Abraru:..m 126 Bathe::>, George H. TJ 127 l-nartini , .~onry 128 Yeager, Adolph C. 129 Carr, Gporge iN. 130 Mickey, Evp-ret-t 131 Criss, Karl Vl. 1::32 Huf'frran , Ernest J. 133 Hal terrr.an, George W. 134 Purk i as , Gerald M. l'T Ton1l0Y, 'I'horre.s P. 0'-' 136 Schuette, .AlfrAd E 137 IfJac!)er.rcOt t , William K. 138 RiviAr0, ,Tean E. Ka."d.rr,ir lvL.A . 139 Witv:idd, 140 Chinigco, Josarh Cc.yus r. 141 Peterson, 142 Weeks, Alvil1. C. 143 <Tolly, Art,hu.r lL'J:4 McKO\':n,Ylc:.'l H. 145 :i.lcGhee, Lester L. 1,16 "-,o1'rJ.s, 'Walker W. h7 Hagan, Georgl'\ M. 1':8 Nowland, Gus "\T. 1.:9 Sh0d1h01'n. ~Erhard 1::;0 F.a:y" Flo;yd .t.
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61

62

63
64

65 66 67 6.9 69 70
71 72

73 74 75
76 77 78

Falls'; Clyde'L. G.J:dn-s!', Edgar W. Moss, Grover C. BaJ:'lrrv', Ro'be1't L. Kirby, Louis A. Langston, ,,;Hbur E. Walton, Jcseuh I" Peacock, Floyd H. MC'rris, :Hec;.oen Ho:i:'f::rnn, Leonard L. MaJlcEtLUS Goorce D. , Yueius, 'Iony Fagan, Lc;.'chp,rVl. Greem'), Rober t E. W"l' J..runs, Lecnar d ~.l. Ha:c.'ris, Janes S.
H'u,[;t, }i'rmik

91 92

93 94 95
96

97
98

99 100 101
102 1~'7 \..),' 1".1 v.~

79
8') 81

82 83
84

85 86 87
88 89 90

Pas <>1::E' D., :Sdwin Vblf!'l, ,Tack DarkGr, Ari:htT C. K~~borb' Joseph Mehnert, Vii11i;::m Serrbez , Hernan F. 81",a:cl, Eiles B. Blesh, I~arl S. Fisher, Elmer H. Bright, Clarence Skd,irn, :SdVic.rd1i' .L. Ma.s-Lerson,' J~hn A. BAllS on, Harold P.

105 lOG 107 108 109

110 III 112 113 114 115 116

C' Jaires "'. Dearborn ::::dwinJ. 1.:cCle11an John A. l:Iarshall Chauncey L. :klJerson Harolcl B. ='~f.nnolt Paul D. lle::'::lett :B':redericks, Joseph M. Sil va , I\L::l1cl :32.und en, Golan It. lel H;YTOOS, Sc:;-'u.... :;rm1n., VIelter D. Ce ::."10",'1 ~ F3:cold F. :;?la'ct., G:-a::c.'L"rl1 Lp"::.::,s.;1.i::a,, .weo FaL:, "ohn,A. "'.'fest, Henry L. P~iC:l2Xc1son, Tic-merL. H'0pJ:le,He1:r:er B. Dewing, John B. 'l'uifl]' , :~CL.it&:rd v Worthen, Bn,y .L-'. }3cylcs, .Jarr:.esH. Dossett, Elrert

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lw.:1'f,ton, Jac'~ 4VJorT1S, Willic;m C. 117 Gor::cm, &"l.J.rewJ. 118 ::Conc1,t, oward H IJ.9 Jcr;.;:;en, Ol.uf T. 1::-:0Leonard , D[;,le F. ---000---

,,/ :FI\O:ITIEH D2FK~SE: BASSS :r'OH 1:Em AHiIT .tUR CO:'PS Under a Bill, H.li. 41:30, in'crcducecl in the !S'0211, and i:)quip, or cQ~lete the constI'G1'lHouse "f Rcpresentc,tives Jam13.ry 17, 1935, by :tion, instal1~ahon, and e.'uip::nent, at ">8.ch the Eon. 'J., ;.~l..Tk;'lilc0X, of ?loric:.a, ani wr..icl: 10:: s2id posts such buildings and utili tie;;, w",",s re:r'err!"l(:, to the i,:ilitcuy Aff"'irs Co:nrcittee, [t.oc.ird ce.l, 'oui.Ld i.ngs Ll,n:iutilitie3, landi:ng th0 Secreta...ry of 'il<"r is authorized. to locate Ific,lcls and rra.cs , and all utilities and apand eS~Bblish fen' t~e use and CCCll:,tl"'r.cyf ~he jpu::-'te::K'r.ces t:loreto, o in~luding :erwva..l of Army Al.!' Corps on SltoS to be selected by hdza ,e:astJ.a1! (,1..lc".r-ucrs, rad:;.n,0, dza.inage , rnads, g On land nO'er(YJt1.eL"c the Uni tea. States or he1'0- ;vT81;([;, ap rons , docks, runv12,ys, a.'Y1!11J.i-ll by tinn after, und.er the aut1l0::.'~ty ,.,f this .:'c'b, to be ,storage, se~;"'l', v.at or, ?ovrer, stat.ion and donated. to the United Stat8s, te::1 mili bary 'airdl"O:::lOlif,h'binc. t81e:?honc and s i.gna'l , posts io be known as "Frontier Defense oB,ses," !fuel scorage , Me, fuel aistributi('n sys boms, i"l:rlesuch :Fost in each of t.he fc110vring ar-eas as Itl"21lSp0rJGa,tir>n of personnel. and purchaso , indic8;bed beLowt ! re~':Qvc:/:;i,'D, 8;.),(: t.ri.ll1.s,~ortation r-f n:aterials, \'T '" p " . ,-.'. t.c ' ( a; ~JGvr ,-, !cllg 1.1' .anr area, ~a 1V:Dlne, ~,jC'w La."l:pSLl11'8,a::.; na s J,ldl,:;;"en ma.::/ b e necessary 111. T,O proVB.ljs\,-chu::;etts, :;:O,hcdeLs'Laud , r;r Con.iecb i cub, IT;ide :];,1. ir case for one wiI',,[j cO:clsist,in:s I"\f a ~b) ,~cutheastern Atl,:L:ltic ar-ea., r:11 the Scuth lorio ~)omb'1rdr.1cmt, gr-oup and one coas b d.ef ens e .Atlantic coast in the state of Yloricla. !c~ou:D,or t.he f'TJ.ivalmt thereof. The (e) Gulf,.,f :':bxiec area, in Louiciena or i1',,;dini: fields of each such base shall be' 'TeXas. :c'.):l:.~,'~T' C"u0d so as to be ahl,e to acccrrrcodcbe .. 1 (d) Southwestern Pacific Aree, , in the sbut};,-li~l 0,:1 er.:e:",';"T,Cy t least a l,OCO airplanes. 'n'l. l)aJ.'t" ()f C;,;:,li 0 i'hi c.. . i.' . ;I.'he cost f'f P3r,n such 'base shall no';" ('\:;ceeed (e r: J , .t:'. ., J C 't 'Je~':'Gra1 P E.i,C~.i.~C~~~,re~},t 1::1 tine u~P .. _;C OJ: ~.l C.I,u ~J,lA.Ju. ... "C- -.-" Californi"" no r-bh of Sal Jose. , To e.ccl"lT:,!?lisht.his project, a SU"Il not t.o (f) Kort~lVrestern Pacific area, in Oregon, [exceed ~190,CCO,()CO is aubhcri zed t.o bo aplIashin,~to:;::., ("'1' 1(1.a."10. Ipronri:-"ted, and t.he Seor e bary cf War is au(g) GrAat Lakes e.roo., in :rew York, Ohio, !'b~wrized to accG'ptf'n behalf of thl'\ Urrited Mi~hi5':tn, Illinois "1' Wisconsin. \. ';;.atcs, free of encmobrances and without S (h) .Alaskan ar8a, in the '!'errHory ('f cost to the United States, the ti t18 in Alaska. [f'ec sirnp1e to s'JCn lands as he ,ray deEm (i) p~~ C~~ area, in the ~anama. Canal (necessary 0r dl'\siratle at each of said sites 2'nYf:. _ Ito acccrrp'Li sh tho p1..:.r!Josesof t1:is Act.. \,.]) Pocky Mountain area, in Utah, Col 0rado , ---000--r;r 1;J~rGlrin;. . Alroroxi:::"s.tcly 1122 Army ai.rpLanes were "lnder tH~ Ju~t the ~)ecretc..ry of War is fU;:flo~:n 0::' De~er[~,?r 17th last t o Gdebrato th<:lr ~_,)+,hr)L".L7.r-,d "11.1'8c+,0d ~oIls+;ruct, a.nend +'0 Nab.l)I19J. AV1atlC\n Day. -~SV-61l8, .A..C.
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NOCHENEY V~ FOR1934 A lit~ whilA pi10t cf an ~irplane fnreed d~wn . . . o'?-t "f conbz-o.l , He gr:ve up his own rpportuAlthough rAnogmz~ng the vrorth nf sev-3ral an- I r.~ty tC' oscape by ur gang and surc<\qd.ir.g Lr; stanc~s of heroi? conduct r~ the part rf Air getting his passenger to j1~ ~ith hi paraCorps flyers durJ..n3 the pas c year , the Beard f')f I chute to safety. That, accompl, J. shed , 7 ""las J.t Officers which considsrs reconmendaticm.3 f"r too late fr;r him to jUIIJ.P. No a.ward.was rmd"l awards end trophies in the Air Ccrps, r"lcorrrr..ocl-I for thl') year 1930. ed that the Cheney Award fr,r 1934 shcul.d not be' Although the inc"rr;e f rom the trust f'und made, but t.~t the award furJJi,be perrri ttd to Axceeds $500 per year, which is the arrounb accumulate a.n the custody ~f e;he trU$tefl. of the cash c.rmation, the rprrainder, incl'lldThis Award, 'which is given eo.ch yea!' f'r-r the ing the unawarded sum for 1934, is plaep,d in outstandi~,g. act , sf valor,. ext:err:e . forti tud~ or I' a sinkillfi\ fund. fo: ~ossi b~e use in case IL"re self-s~crlflce J..na h~Ln~tarJ..ar. lnterest In than a sJ..ngle J..ndJ..vld~l J..Srecorrrr.ended for cormec t i.on with the "peration of aircraft, and ,I the award as was thl'\ eas for the yr-ar-s which carries wit.h it an eno.Lurrarrb nf C500, is . lS31 and i933. In addi tirn bo thA cash conrr.ost highly prized by nfficers of the .Air I sideration, ~ach rl'\cipier.t cf bhe Cheney C~IT' , Regular Arrq, Air Reserve officers. s and I Award is presented with a br0nzc plaque with enlisted men eligible to receive it. jhis name engraved thl'\r~on, alsn an Angraved "So high a standard ,.,f heroic self-sacrificp. I 6ertificate ('If Award describi:r:g th~ heroic has been set ~y ~he :previous win."l.ers ~f th"" (teed perf'lImed. Award, that tile board of Avsrd3 was r:J! thA ---000--opinion that this s bandard should not DALrwerod. through the presentation of the Awal'd for ENLABGEME:N'I' CF SCHOEN FIELD any but a rro s t highly mcri tior-i.ous act," stated Wl8.jor-GBMrcl B. D. Foulds, Chief of the Air The Re[;ular Army field at Fort Benjarr:.in C'lrps, vIll" app.rovod thp. recollID9ndati"ns r-f the I harrison, Indiana, has been e!'~arged from Board. "H8r(')ic act~ were perf?r1ned last year 195 t<;> 210 ~cres, 3.?cording te- an a::tidq. by n:embors of' the ihr C"rps HhlCh have been subml tted cy Capbo.i.n sta..'lton T. Smith, Alr s-~itably recogr.ized by obher awards I'r d baC::orps, COI!1.B .. d ing nffic~r of thG.t field. n tions. cut just because the Chonsy AlIrardwas i From a rough, rolling, middy fi81d. 'if available fnr dor~tion ~as no cause f0r prAabout 95 useful acre~, Schorn Field, 10 s""nting it without ('onsid"ring the high purrr.iles northeast ,..,f End i anapr-Ld.s Indiana, has , pC::;8for which it was F!statli shed, " Ii been Lncz-eao od to 211 ac r-es , half of whi~h Th':)Chcn"lyAward was esta-blished in roermry has been g:::-adp,dnd tile drained. a Th,yc.ghit r-f Fir:~t Lieutenant William H. Cheney, Air ,-. _ ' is still rolline it is srror-t.h surf=<>d, and Corps, whr was killed h. an air co'Ll i s i.on at all app rr-aches have beer. made muoh 8af",r F"Jggia, lta.ly, on Janc:ary 20, 1818. The doi throuGh tre8 r errovak s around the p,dgFJs. r~rs are Lks. }!:ary L. Schofiel~, "f P8tprb""rl', l Schoen/Fipld has been made a ~ectangular NewHa."l:!Pshire, and Mrs. Ruth Chene-y ,streeter, field, 3 4 "f a mile long am. 1/2 nile widl'l, of N~rristovv.n, N.J., rrother and sis~er, with no obstacles ~n the west end, 8~d the r~~~ective1y, nf the dAc"lased officer. near8st obstacle 125 yards on the LC'rth, Thus far, three Air Cnrrs ~fficers, one A~r leaving a clear t:::-ifL"l.glp, about 40C J~rds of Res8:t'V8offic"lr and five J.l.ir Corps enlisted I at bhe Longes t approach, varying to zern at men have been recipients ~f the Clle~ey Av~rd. I'the shortest approach at the sn'llth edg~,and ';he first _award was .Imde in 1927 to I\iastAr . 130-foot, tele:phC'Ile lines ~n th; past. s i.dc., v~rgeant Harry Chaprran for conspJ..cu"us bravAll types ~f rr~dern shJ..ps, J..ncludJ..ng P-26, f!':ry in t,he airship ROUA d.i sasbex which C'C?-12 and 1'-30 Pursuit airrlanp.s, A-8 and curr"ld in Fe bz-uai-y , 1922. Lieut. Uzal G.Ent, A-12 Attack, and several types of B0r:ebardAir Corps, receiv"la the a,rord for 1928 for Iment, Transport, and Ooservati"n ships ha,e his her"ism during the Natio~~ Elirr:ination 12nded without aifficulty fr(')m "bstacles or Eallonn Thlce in that year. When tha balloon mud. w~s strunk by lightning, Li<mt. Evert, the The rolling surface is a great aid tn }~lot, VBS instar~ly killed, and the balloon drainag8, and at no plac~ is the slo~e ~w~ghtfi~~. Instead of jumping with his greater than 18 inches to the ICG fq~t, the }ar';'Chu~e, L. eut . Ent! mindflu. "f the danger i a,veragA. slo~e be~~D about r ne f(,,\l't to the "f ,;h8 Galleon ~xplod~ng any rr.J.nutp ana. un100 fe~t, w~th b i.Les through -the bott0!LS 5War8 "f thl'\ fact tha.t Lieut. Evert was bebetween sl"pes tl' carry mlay the und~rYr"Jr.dall help, rerrained in the basket and engr-ound waber, which in S~l'ing is about four d.~av""rea_ r-evivp him. 1:.0 feet underneath the surface. Lieut. V{illirun A. li'l.theny rl'lceived the Cheney This work has beAn rin.de possiblA by an Award for 1929, Fri vate J ohn E. Smith for 1931, average of about 50 men under C'iVA and FEPA ?I'ivat,~ Arden M. Farley for 1932, and 2nd Lt. corrbz-xl, for the past year and at th~ :Prp,sent Iv:i.llia."Il Bogen, Air Res~rve j Staff Ser8eant L. time therA are about 70 FEJ.<.A ,vi bh men :"oy D. :Codd and Sergeant Thomas J. 110gers f"r shovels and wheel barrows rer;oving all the _933. ~he ~ircumstanc~s cor~ected with the swall knolls and sIT-oothing cut the small "'.vIardfor these years were those involving hollows, making excellAnt grass runways that :.eroism in r~scuing :i.rr:p8ril"ldairmen from the even the softest cond i tions viill saf'e.Ly w~s'::kage c.f burr.ing airplanes. Thp. award f"r handle "lv8rything but the heav i as t Trans~ 1931 was ~,].Sl) pT<>sented-to the 1at"l 1st Lt. pnrts and Brmbers. hib8:rt D. It!)l"r, Air Corps (posth'JIrLmsly) who, Due to the fact that the cozrmand er' cf thl'l ,.,n A'1g\l~+' 23, :"'331, ga.llan:Uy ::;acrifi~ed his 309th Observation Squadron, lYiaj('1r .E. Cox, C -29V-6718, A.C.

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Reservp-, is manager of the IndianapolisnlOO-acro airport, whi.ch is e<J.'~ip'PEJd ith nr.dcrn w 2000 feet by 100 feet r-un':lays, az-rangerrerrbs can be rmde to service any Larj,e ship f'o rced down at Indiana-J?olis clurin[s the spring tha':{Qut that right :.'Bl\:8 conoz-cbe rt:n~;ays neces sery , as the Schoen FiGld. service truck wit~l C;2~soline and oil can re3,ch th,,,,, eiI'Dort i::1 45 rai.nut os for ar:.y eu:.crge:1CY, and a c"i:-evl ith trl;..cl~ an d trailw ... '31' is ava'l.Labl,e bo care for any crashes vri bh i.n a hu.~drsa ~iles of Inaia~pcli~. OrLO Rezular Army of::ice::, 8 en.l isted;J8n and 2 Civil Service errp10yees are static::1e~ at Schoen E'iel0., whi.c.; is a ={eg':~L~r,Lr::.~1Jr station rom the Fort Ben jazni.n l>,:.-rison reservati'J11 and serves as tile trainin~ st3,{;::.on for tho Lr.d i.ana Rc"erv'3 units. 'I"m thousand gallcns of aviati0n [eseline and fiv~ hc:ndrqd gallons of botb ~inter ~~ s~~er oils ie; tb'} averc,ge stock ()f fuel on hand and ar::cessr;ries f~r the stanc~c.l'd t:;pc e:~Gines ar-e r\:lgular s br.ok , TVi0 hour 8;'~e:::gency service from the Fairfield Air Denot at P~tters0n Field is available. . }'iclcl 'boundary cum flood lights are due for lDstallati~n ~i thLl 60 d<:~rs, :r.aking botb GcJY and r~r,hi service available f~r ~ll tYF8S of ships, . and the l!'cri ::3onja;-;rl,nHar r i scn "Tc1ter 1;r'-Ner and rn-clio rras bs a.r e clca:,'ly li[;':1'\"80. by ruby r~d. 1,1,") bes , Officer;:;' r1.:art8rs in tho Schoen F'i cLd Oficprs' C::lub a.ro m-c.iliC,:lo at 25~ P02 night ~,er -reYSe:l for crisiting ofi'icers 9;n"l. thdr families. 'Ihr()'l.c;h 1;ho 'benef i ts o f the 'iecovery organi7.,:,tions~ Schoen Fiel:l and r:.cr_y L1L"1icipal flelds in IndiOLD, are very rn.ch improved for landing safely. EIC lo:l":<yis bcnefi0erl t;J.Tou,:;h t~tical ~ffi~iency ~f the Air Corps due to -the 5.,ncrc8scd nurncoz- of airxi Ld a.ry 8..":1r:: .zni.o i.paL field'" f"r rzaneuvezis , and the courrt.ry thr~'Llgh the funds S}?ent Ln prep8.ring t.ho,n ar d t,he inereas"Ii safety ff'r bhc c~!Lercial pilot. ---000--c,

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AT MIDU1ETaWN AIR :DEPOT

A fli8ht of 12 airolQ::18s ret,IT::1ccl to Fert Cro'.;kc1;t" 'J'exn,s,. Janu.:,:r:r IG~h fror;; ;~i~m::i-,1:-"1., where CI.e:!X)r_strc~t::.on::; w~::.'e glYB::1 ')~; il.1:,-.:;acKo.rr nations and ,...tIler ta~ti.c8.1 e:-::e:,"ci es in r-ons ncct i.on \'!i t:" tLe All-.ib:c::.,ica:l Ai:: ::::::'..ces. ~'he flight lef~ Fl"1r~ C::"(')c~~et~ 'Janw:,ry 7t~, gein[; and retllILlng VlC, lat"'n J.\iJ1:S'-", La- ; -' e:'s:;;~ola, TalldlaGsce anC La~~eJ.Q..."1d, Floric:n. 'ihi::d. Attack Group 1,eTSf)Tmel pa::t ici ]J8.t i.'Cl~vr('r.? :.uj. E.L. Nai(len, 1st Li.cut s, ~).~~'J. Iv'~""lY~'';'"'J..(), ~'.J.J. Mos10Y, ~Ld Liou{;::;. P.R. l'obGY, lLI(. Cro'-'h8r, The. ~"Te8tlAY, J.=:. ]\'J.,-\rics, }'.E. C;.:;.,lhc'(.:ll, i.'d..S. SaV3,gPl, P.G. Meis8rlleldcr, G.Il. :,iurcl".isr):-_ Cl:-Ji Rob ArnoLd., Major}<'.C. Vep;n, ,:cEcal Corps , acccrr:p:"-I.ird -the fliGht. :;:1".<') pnlistecl rum v!"'re , l{:as+,er SeTgeunt A. :;1. 1:01tz:m.n, Staff Scrcea...::ts

Crnstruction ~f th~ new ~fficers' quarters at the :,liddletown, 1'21. Air Depot, has : been CCIDfletod, and tho officers of post . h<svo roovod into th8m. Tne::;e quarters are . rco Iez-n and u?-to-da~e in pver'J r"lS1l"lct, and are superlatively cowcrtabl~ Fl.S c~mpar~d , with the t errporary war-tiu:.o c('1::1strunt,~.r,ns :?reviollSly used as rffieeTs' quarters. Th~ new company cfficoTs' snts hav~ garages : built as seoara'be struCbll'Rs. In the fi~lcl ~fficGrs' S8~S, however, a Garage is ir~or?orc:kd as :part of tl".!) structur!': ~f 88.1'11 set of quarters. The tGta,l cons brucb i on cf new auartcTs cOluoleted includes tWf' fiold officers' sets, six~ double sets for cr':-;:rpanyofficer:;, and ~no ecuble sot fer Vffirrant offic0rs, a sufficiont nu~ber adequatoly to house ~ll the cOlnl~ssinned person::1el cf thp Deot. In add i Li.on to the new cuarter>:;, a new Of:'ic8rs' 1.:OSShas been coqletod, and is gral~.ually ueir..g I'urrri shed , A squash I'oc:rt :las also been built, and a tennis cour-t is in :prrJCoss t'f constr1::.ction. Obhe r cor:.structioll PIG.l ects on thPl, J;0St c'_re p~'cc",ec'.ing ra:pidly tr'1;vard con::levl"n .A. new'(~edC;Ui),rters B1.'ildin8 has been con::d;~ted emU. no:, occup i.ed , New roads az-o b~ing built &~d str0et liJbting installed. A Lew, very ~odcrrl, cor~lctelJ eq~rp8d Engineering Urii, t :ms prCl[;ressc'd about 95 l'ercrmt t.~warrl , ccmp'lob i cn , and i J-, is expected that thb De-pot ~ill evo::hu:.lly have an "7EJr:b~ul ,'a-r;aci ty e f 50 airpl'J.:~8s and 75 engines I'pr n:cr,:'.:.h. The old Engir:.eering Urri, t, v.;hich is in the vicinity Clf the new cffiC'~rs' quarters, ~ill be razed, p~d the area it now "ccup i.e s YTill be sro,ded arid Lendscaped , Olrr-"3ted field. ho.s t,een cons i.de.rab'Ly Irr-p rovcd d'L:.Ting Ele past f'ov; mcnbhs , Nuroer-vus hazr.rdc 10 fiying have. bor-n el irnir..at.ed. and 10w area~' ir~ thG fidd have 'boon fill.~o. and gracl8l1. ).. iE:r::',-vrd ni[llt n lich'Ging sys bom nas ~"),;p.ninstalled, r-omr-Lr t.o ,'-iUl rOITrtr: CO::1trols 10c?t8c!. in the - telcph~n8 p.xchange to k8TIrit rperation rf the SystPID at eXlf , horrr of tho niGht as neede,l. A:ner the 01d C:::::.cf;in8l"1rinr; 'LTnit i:::; rCJIlOv<,>(l, the fielcl will : be ::."..:rEler pztend:::d. 'l':lOse nov; strc.1Ctur"s fill sr-r-o'l.y felt noec.s, and will add imncn,su-rably t.o the Clf:.':'icion-l; ol)('l:atioll 01 t:i:18I)e-pof.. 1::1b~th d~, ;;ig:). ,mel. C0Ldr1.;c,t.iC'n, thp np'ir buildings are , a crccli t to 'c.lw;:'1.lE.::'tc:rrra::;t-cr CO.l1'3, which ,V,de; rec'T)c.:1~,ille f',~: their prpc1;,i0n, and to ! tho Ail' CC'rp;J. d,-C:~~l-irill US8 t-hp:rl t1'.(' morc, . ~f:iciently to rc~d2r service to the G.H.Q. , .hir F0rce ani ot.t~or Air Corps ac bi vi 1;,ies.

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~.F.Morivreather, S.J. Krovorrbka, Z.J.LichAay, Tl~r,~8 ~;2::loe:::'s Gf the 'I'Jlird Attack Group, K.A. Hube:r , 1. :,lir81:Dntes, Teer..r.ical S(}ri.~8a;'lt Lc t :Sie'lt-. ::::'L'. ::,ilcy, ''-'nd :Sil'mts. H.P. J .A. Fillr .. ns, Serg~':l,nt'-JI.~A. Filkins, i Scrber:mt Luglin G.:1dP.I'. B'.-~i.:,cr, ,JJ~., are now und.orJ.D. 3t,ophonson, Corporals 71.C. Gri::JSlp,~/ and f'rders toCckCP 'Ge:::t in thc Cold Vi2at,her '::'est H.F. Vand~r0rift. i :Flight, based ~,elridb(' :"'icld, using 3 ---000--Curtics A-12 plc:nes. rhey will 1'roc8o')o. to l;:ajor Ih'w+,in F. ::;r; ar.l on , A.C., r",turnpd to I SelfridGe 1!'idd by way ef .:vrigb-t Field., f8.~il:i.aT ~nTrounding::; ou ,],,,n. 15th, and a.s surred' where special f'q1.ilpment is t,o be installed. ":onrr.ar.d of 13011hcg 'Field, D.C. he nreviouslv 'Staff Sgt,;. E.D. Duggar, 1~.:F. hliltz and Corp. "',oI:lw,nQ0Q t,rll.s fj"'Jd"T-ly 2(J,1~19 Aug. 18:'22 E.N. ~cales.Jr will accompa...'lY -che Til"l'!;s. -30V-E7lS, A.C.

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COBFS IlE:::LARES G.H.Q,.

AIR FORCE A FORWARD STEP

The If:'inutc }/lDnlf in its next issue will car rv an article on the Arn(f Air Corps, to which, troon the request ')f tOle edi tor of that publication, ('eu.ef;al Foule i s co nt r l but ed tt~3 following f or'evo r d : The action r ec e rrt Ly to.~(C:j. ;r the '!h-r Deoar traerrt in ~mttin:::; into operation b the Lans wLic1~hav e been in course of ~)rc'Jal'ation for a rru.nbe r of ye a.r s to organize a G'3neFil :EleadquBrters Air Force, to include all the t ac t i ca'l combat units of t he Air Oo ro s st"l.tioned in the corrt i nerrt a.L United States, is t he most Lrnpo r-tan t and forward Lo okt n; sin;le step ever ta:::en to secure a mili tar~T air uni t of ade quat e strL.:in[:: ower to Lnsur e to the Uni ted States a r'opc r defense in the air. This force will be "f (1 s t r e ngt.h and have a cohesive control, uniform trainin.:;, unified command and.. read l ne s s for ac t iv e o-perations which will penni t the Chief of Staff, under whom it serves directly, to cmnl.oy it immediately upon the occurrence of a mejor el:lCri.~ency, with all the advarrtage s to be secured by Jbeerving the pril~i~les of war. Of t~esc orinciples, the conce~tration of effort, the objective, sur~rise, the offensive unl secvrit~ are of ~rimary importance, nnd the mobilit:r of at r craf t is such as to y)ermit a s,':ilful Jeader to apply these uri'1ci-oles with tellinz effect. The admini stration of all t he se t ..ctical uni ts 'und.e a siw~le command a.fr fords, a Lso , greater f'ac i l i t in peace time o-ie rn t i on in 811 tllC'.t e r t.a.i ns to t e chrrl cr-I control and Air Corps suppl y . It 6ives to the Chief of the Air Corps, as well as to all o t ce r s in the '.7ar Deoar-trnerrt who ar e concerned v;i t.h the technical cout r-oI a nd supril.y of t he G-. E.Q.. Air Force, a s i ng.le r e soo ns i ble headollarters to deal with. It is believed t.ha t the technical <)f:iciency These deve Loomeni.s ,justify air is now in process of than has obtained in the more r1"-;Jid~jro('~ress may now and conml e t l nz the ecu i oment the -)~oole in feelin,';' that be i.n.; Lace d uoo n a sounder' -oast. be exoe c t e d in im-proving of the G.H.Q. Air Force. their home defense in the and mor e adequate bas-is

---000--of wcat.he r conditions the ele;r.ents of this flight took off at different times and by The "Stark Systcm" of inst-rur:lellt flying is means cf radio assombled in thA air for now being taught at the .Air Corns Ad'rB...'lce3F1ycontrol. One of the lI:'1st out.s band i.ng ing School at Ke l Ly Field, Texa~. The SCB-183 features of this flight tn Miami was the radio sets installed in the BT ad rp'l anes at r-ema.rkab.l e perforrranc8 cf this ~CR-183 set. this School are functicning very satisf~ctorily The rerfoL~nce consisted cf approximately and local facilities are ample for all pilots 30 continuous rad i r- flying hours without a and students to obtain training in both beacon single failuro or interruption cf comnu.ri> flying and radio orier:taticlll flOur lirrJi.ted e:;-pe- . caticn all the way from Kelly Field t" ri'mce has already helped many of us d ur Lng the ; Iv~iar'li and return, bho r e being r:0 rra.i.nt enmorning 'weather flight' to 17,OCO fe8t," says ance or inspection of the radio equipment. the News Letter Coz-r-cs oonderrt , and he then . Ancther nobewor bhy instance of radio cornadds: "Allother instance was a recent seRrch ormunication perfcrwnnce encowlterod dur~ng ganized for a rrassing pi10t and airplane. Eadie 'this flight ~~s tllat while,flying t~ward telt-phone comnunication with Kelly Field was the Pensacola Naval .Air Station, Selfridge maintained up to 150 miles f rom thB field and. Field was heavd giving Laxwe.lL Field ::U1 searching airplanes were constantly talking to O.K. on signal strength with an ~5." each other. In all, some 37 airplanes were ---000--sent over diff~rwnt ro~tes and all control reA Bill (E.R.4129) '~as intr0duced in the mained at Kelly Field. i House by Ern. C.;. ifuite, of Id~ln, autbrrDuring t.he air races at Miami, bhr-r e was : izing an app.ropr Lat i.on of net to exceed among others one flight of seven BT-?~ air. $4,COO,l~O for the establishment of a'l Air planes equi-Pl'ed vrith SCR-183 sets. On account I I'er0t near Lewi.s tion , Nez T'e rce Counby , Ldahc, -31V-6718, M.e. INsrRUMENTFLYING VEhYh'RLrFUL IN OfEllATI01;SJ

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LIEtJrENANT-COLON"EL m.,HOFACE MBEK HICKAM +:ae ... ". Ca. _.J5Wi$x.. m-...... .. ~.~m;m=, .........
The following brief sketch of the life and ,10, 1926, Both i'ffiMrs t.ook to t,heir service of the late Lieut.-Colonel Horace M. ,chutes and Landed saf~ly albeit Hieka;m s airHickam, Air Corps, bas been prepared for the I plane had bec:n cut alrmst to IJie~M s th"J Annual Renort of the Association of Graduates 'pr~peller ~f the other shi? This ir~tiation of West Point: ~f Colenel Hickam into the faTed Caterpillar On the histcric slopes of Arlincton, on , Club cccurred in the presencA c f a large asNovember 10, 1834, a '~st thrcng of the semblage cf officers, ~nlisted rrBn erA news friends 0f Lieutenant-Colonel Herace M.Hickam, camerar.n Gathered to witness the forrration Air Corps, gat:iered to 'flu,yhim the lest flyir..tj and tactics of the Schor L. earthly tribute. His (Leath occurred vJ'!Aile The Tassing cf CoLoneI Horace Hickam leaves performinr, the duty he so much Lovcd, "hen a !Sap in the r anks of th", Army's flyers which his airplane struck a sligl1t elTl1)ank"nen"'; in I can neve.r be filled. EVAryrcan ,':as his landing at the post he comranried, E'ort ' f r i end and admirer,And all areo. unit in unCrockett, Texas. His w:rbi;rely death dc}:'rivGd stint'3d pn1ise of his life and accorr:pli,h- .. 'th~ service of an outstanding and brilliG.Ilt I rnorrt s , officer at the very threshold of a still ---000--wider usefulLess. , Colenel Hiekarn was born a.t Soencer, Iridd.ana..' AIR CO,ErS OFFICERS Fr. LEAVEN"'ORI'H,KAN3. AT August 14, 188S, the son of Willis and Sally i Meek Hickam. His father was a la'Nyer in It is net generally knovrn , 0r r<\alizE'd, that Spencer, allil Horace atte!~ed grad~ schcol and about 40 Air Corps officers are en duty ~t high school there. Upon corr.pleting hiGh thp, Coirmindand General Staff Scho";J.at F""rt schco I he attended Lnd ana Univorsi ty :':'01' one Lcavonwo i r-bh, Kansas. Four' officers are memyear, receiving his appointment to the U.S. bers of thn school faculty, 15 are students Mili tary Acaderqy"'hile there, in 1904. ir. the s eccnd year oLa.s , duo t0 graduate in s He spent four years at West Pr-Lrrt , ,ihere he Juno, 19:::;5, and 1'1 are in t,n" first year excelled in f'ooboeI I , track, and gy'Dnastics, cl as s , due Lo gra(h:ate in -Fune, 1236. 'i:he and graduat-ed well up Ln his class ill 1908. ren:aining three "ffic8rs are ~r..du~y wi, bh He was oc:missioned 2r..dLi.eut enanb , Febr'Jary : the Air CCTIJs Det.aohr.ient, there bRing a size14, 1908, and assigned to the 11th Cavalry. ab.le ad.r-d.rr-me 'nith cinder runways and a On April 20, 1913, he rr~rried Helen E~~b8r,cf ' modern double sized hangar en the post. Toledo, Ohio, of which urrion h,'o children ,The ",fficprs on the faculty r-f t.he sohool were born, Martha Agnes, Mrq 11, 1913, and are Lieut. -CoLonel Georg... H. Br~tt., Majers John Baiober-, AU8ust 10, 1914. After his rmr-- I 'I'Lorm.s J. Hunley, Jr., Cecr-ge E. Strat~rneY8r riage he served in t.he Ph.iLippino Lc.Lands , ; and Capt.ai n William E. Far-bhd.ng. where his son vras born. TJ1JC~l returnin::; to ' Air Corps sturl8nts in the second year the United states he served ';ith General cLasc are Maj0rs William 0. Bubl or-, Heward C. Pershing in Mexico, as a !I'.om':,er f the 7th o : Davi dson , Hubert R. Ha.rre-n Huber-t V.Hopkins, , Cavalry, and received the :~ilYcr star Citation I John C. McDoill10ll, Captains Earl DeF'Jrd, for gallantry in action egainst Cervantes' : Iclwal H. Edwards, SamL. Ellis, GeersA I". band ef Villistas, at 'I'or-och i o , Me~dco, April: J('lLrJ.s:m,Iiar-ry A. Johnson, Fr-ank hi.. raul, 22, 1916. Lowell H. Sidt.h . Rabh H. WoetFn, Jehn R. During the Wrrld i':ar he entered aviation as i l.Torgan, HO~.'C;Ji.t OIls, andh'l sf ~ieut. Kenncbh a temporary l\:rijer in the Signal Corns, reN. ~'Tall:er. ceivir..gihis corrrni s i on OI".LAw"ust s 5,1917. He '-jUr-COrps officers in the first year class qualified as a J,mior Mili bazy Aviator at ' are kljors Carlyle H. Wash, Donald Wilson, F.oekwell Field, Calif., and was then ass~gJ.1cd: Harry E. Y'J1..:Ilg, Captains ~~les y.Banf~ll, to t:18 comrand of Jorr and. Carlstrom fly~ng ,To~ll1 DeF. Barker, Rol and J:)~rm1,.Robert "'. fielcls, at Arcadia, Florida. I Br'eer.>=l, Byron T. Burt, Jr., Howard A.Craig, Aft.er the ArrrJ.sticc, Celonel Eickam was as- "Ja .. mes T. Curry, Jr., Jame:::; . Hodgps, .A.:dhur P signed to duty in Washin2"ton, :D.C., as Chief B. McDanid, Vincer.t J. Me 1C'y , Georg~ M. of the Infonnation Division of the O:Cfice of Pa Lme'r Howar-d , K. Pa.T.8Y, Charles McK. the Directrr of Air Service. Fz-or., Len ont Rrb i nson and Davt.ori D. Watson. ward his duties becaw~ increasingly irrport.ar..t, Air Carrs on duty with the Air Corps ~ he discharged them in a, rmnner to win bhe I Det.achment. are Capta.in Younger A. Fitts, h ighesb praise of every inEediate supericr 'Lieuts. EUGeneH. Bic8 and .Iamos L.Jllck.S:Jn. ~d th; admiration and affeet.~on of a~l those A list of Air Corps ,0fficer~ who are ~o wlth Vhlom served. he Just prlor t~.hlS last I attend the n~xt class,at ~hc Ccrrrnanda~~. corrrrand at Fort Crockett, Colonel hlCkcUll General Stafr Schocl ~s glven elsewhere ln served four years as a roomberof the War I this issue r-f the News Le~ter. Plans Division of the War Depart~ent General i ---000--staff. :Ihen he left this ~uty in July, 19~2, Cel. Jacob ?1.S. Wuest, Air Corps, wil: he was f~ven a letter c!.hlghest corr.mendatlon , shortly assrune commandof rtockwell Fielc, ~ by Gene~al V~r~hu:, Culef ?f Staff. I' Calif. , War Dept. orders recently issue~ r6.. One ~f the. thnlhng expeneJ?-ces. of Col?nel , lieving him as IVlilitary Attache t.:lGerrran", H:-ckam.s vaned career wa~ a ml~-alr e<;Jll1: Sweden,Norway, Denmark and The Netherlan~s, Slon wlth the plane of 12Jor Gel~er, AlI' . I from station at Berlin, Germany, and frem C~rps, a fellow s~ndent at ~he A1r.C~rps ~ac- I dU'byas Ass~. l.ulitar,r Attache for Air :'0 tlcal Sohoo L, dur Lng fo:ma.b... n flylng on lv.ay I Austrl<;l., 8wltzerlund (IDdCzechos.1!"lvakia, x : effectlve on or about ATril 13th. -32V-6718 , .A..C.
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list. Those who rray become phydcally die: Qualified for tha perforrranr,e ('of th~ir duties The creation of 'a separate pz-orrot Lon list , as flying officers shall be !'lEgible ft'r refor the Armv Air Corps is the purpose of a : tirement for physical disability. Bill (H.R. 4351) intr0dueed in the House of ' An Air Corps officp.r, uron request, may bo Representati ve s by the Ho"1;John ? McSV:!8.in, I t rausf 9rred to anothBr branch of the service, k. C" of South Carolina. !' in which event he shall take rank and grade Under th8 provisions ~f this Bill, the narncs thereir- in aecordanc~ with his length of cour of all officers of the Air Corps of the Regu- \ rnissinned service as computed under existing lar Arrrcytelo~ the grade of colonel will be laws governing the branch to which trADSplaced on the list and arra"1ged in ttie same , ferred. relative:>rd0r they now have on the Army proI ---000--mo t i on list. No officer whose name appears on AIR CORl?S TROClPS lviOv':E INTO HAl,'tILTON FIELD the 0rigir~ Air Corps prorrotion list shall be ccnsidered as having less corn:nissioned servic.e On the crisp afternoon of DecQ."Ilber 4th, th~ th~ ~y '1f'ficer ,;~,?se name i~ b~low h~m on" f1rganizaticns of the 7th Bombardment. Group, th~s l~st. All of ti oez-s corrm:.ss~()Ileda n bh a I it.h full 1 t. i t March Field to Air Corps after the fonTation of the original I ~~ t~ .pac~s'tenfra~~e( a mhe guid Air C0IT's prcrr:o, on list t.i shall be pLac ad :,he1'&-, '" e ~ l~drrtl~~tRea~(' 7ta' BrU:bO~~~up' the 9th h c .I. . d' tb 1 t1- f " d I oris co .ua. qr~. C'. f'" o~ a n accor Vi~'" eng H 0 l:c'r:nuss~o~e s:rI 11th and 31st Bomb. Squadrons werp, cvacuat,ing va ce , Any o~hce~ wh?se po aa t Lon on the A~r I their cuarters at March :Fi81d for the occupaCorps rrorrot~on l~st,lS cha.~ged by sentence of 'I ti~n ot their new 11abitat at R~Dilton Fi~ld. a general court-rrarhal or by law shall be . T' " . ' Gr~p t 1';1'mi. JJa t e d on the afternoon r-f the ' ,. d eeme t o. h ave t1lEl sarre ccrrrru. ssrone d' sp,rv~~p, , next ne da d when the whit e stucco VI'8.1lsof t,he as the off~c:r next below whomhe may be pJ-ac- now o~~ters at Ra~ltnn Field amazed offied by such cnange , " . ('.er and soldier alibI vrith the beauty of deIn the rratte~ of p~olI'.ohon. A~r CCI1?s <;ffJ.sign and comfort, which was followed by a cers,when cre~lted w~th 3 yea:~ co~ssloned feeling of complete satisfaction when h~ se r-vaoe, prcv~ded_ ~hey are fly ~ng ")ff~cers, I stepped wi thin his own (,uarters. The bunks shal~ b?cO~d'1st ~leutc~n~t?j aftfetr 7 YIP2,ars I has b8cn set up for the-soldier, and he l~d co~ss~oned' serv~ce, Ma~,alns,;~at' er years c~~y to drag his bedding from the barracks C~I!II';lSSlOn~servlc8, Ll3.J:rs; Cw. e r 20 years, ~ bag to find himself a fit bed for the night. Lleutenant Cc1onel~, and ~t8r 26 yea_s! Succulent ~d~rs of fresh meats and vegetablffi All flYlng off~ccrs of t,r.A corning from t.he kitchen his Il('SCorps ?e10w the grad~ of ~olcnel :hall be protrils. His apnetite showed amazing rrcrorrr~t8d ~n the ord:r ~~.thelr stand~ng on the tions as he de~oured huge portions of steak AJ.r Corps prorrctJ.on Ilst. d ~ 'd~ , Lirr.itc:tions as to. the numb?r of of~icers ~n anTh~p~ol~s arrived ori the 5th. (The Bombtne var acus grades a s presc:~0cd as ~ollows. ers hal been ferriod down a few days rreviThe nwnber of ~olone~s shall :ot b~ Le~s than ously). Organization was perfected in a few four nor mor-e "han SlX percen .urn, and bhe numd d +h8 o t nd group assi=nts ber of JJieut.-Colonels not loss than five nor ay s , ,a~ MI P . s Claa~en'e L' T~~l';nr' v:rho tb t t ' f th t i' 1 imb W"1reL.G.ap. ia, Jor ~. c ..",.r., rr.~reff:an oa gn t:Pher:~n UIll 0 e t:a nl;mt~r brought the Grouo to the new station and beC o. 0 leers en e J:l,lr oros promo a on a s t d U1 1 t d his Fest and the aggregate nu:nber cf Ai,.. Corp, s officers CndaID' enPoc; AC"d"n.r:: ()~r'Lt~(J ,e Tas"T, Eedc , w.ho t .' . bh d f f'" 1 1 L' t ~Jl ' d r a LTrouo Juvan, gar noyes , ~n. e hgralles c " v bvolone t'h leu2~'-v'J one.i an I had functioIli'Od as the GrC'upAdjuto'i:'t. at M l3.J0r sr a no t e ess . an 0 no r rr.ore . th an IN h w' 10. (" t D L Hut 1:' '1' o onrnan d40 percentum of the total humber of officers . 1arcJ.-r -+1~8 f: 'l~da}J '.f. on'nJ"~ T~r.,=~;~~i ~ nrriv.. I' t Th BO]l t'h' 1 er n_ r.n e a e oe are LlJCi o.r ~.Y,_ .. , -" "" en th e rircrro t a on a sn, e 1.. au 'Horlzes '1'" ' . t d t E t.", '~'~c<'lr and +.~ ,a was appo i n e .LOS xecu J,V" .'-" .. " , prom:> a oris t 0 t'nose th ree g:.:a d es 0 f A lr Corps ! C 't L .'.. "C, P R e"'~b "r' _~ ~,' _ fl' .J:'.(." fIt' th 'd I ::1p. ewi.s L., ,pp.,e a" u.8 ""-," . l bxecU y i.ng O.L~~ce:s es~ na~ . ~ :ec;,~ne ~~_ I t i vc, Cap t s , Haz-o.I.. "), Sm;,th 37'(: .b.rthu1.'G. years of s~rv~?e only ~n?"far a" 1t. a s n:Ce~ I Hami.L tcn r esumsd thc5r ant, ;,e8 i;iC; Corr.:::Bl1ders s?,ryldte, nba.i n dthe m~llll:nf''!:UIln f:fr~l, Jlerc",nffGc:g:n the lof th,e ;'lst and l~,tl. Bcm'!:a.:'I'I-:.::nt : SqU9.drons, fae o l~cr gra es , ,0 yang I) a.c er-s I 't' 1 C, ,h. l' D" ,,'c.': , ~all b t d " d ~ th respiOC a ve y. apv. -i onu ..t , ",'It 1 .~ ivas a" . ~" h e p~o~,eA ~s prOV~Qe ~or a er \ signe~ as G.O. ?f the 9th B0mbardrrA,~at Squa~e r~c es 1,. t , I'IT\!' ,_.l t th P s i d t : ron, and Capt. 1:ev2H:iJX 1,1.My"'rs as C.O. of . "uen apr ~cc: i.on a s rrac.e 0 e re,~~ en! I the 70th Se:,,'vice Sql'C',,'.~:OL. A~r Corps offJ.cers troy be placed on bhe r-e t i rSitua.ted in beau[;i.'uJ. :,:s:!.'inCOU"ltyin thA ed li ~t, a~ter 30 year~ s8rvic~. Howev~r, ex- ~eart cf t~e "":3(b;~c:' "S-U;r r e , r:::.ITlj .i tori Field cept a,n t~:ne of 'V!8.r,a.n corrput i ng Leng bh of 13 acc orded tl'e d i s ':::"ct~lm of :.occ.:.-:,;; the service for retirernent, credit shall be given Irrost beautiful of ell Air Cor~s rcsos. cart. for one and one-half the time heretofore or IHoward Eo. Nurse, Consbz-ucbi.ng q.M., dpsigned hereafte.c uctually detailed to duty involving 'I and built the field on a :plan that teok ae.flying, and credit shall also be given for all ,vantage of the natural beauty of the lcca~e. other time ssr counte,d tmmrds retirernent. The For Lnsbance , the quaz-b s of the cf'f'Lcer s , er n;umbcr of such retirerr.ents annually shall not I tho hosp i t.al , thl'> Offirers' Club and IroD,y cf exceed six percenturrl of the authorized 1 the noncC'rrnUssioned officers' quarters nestle strength of the Air Corp~. alI'cng thR hills, where fine old oaks an,i Vlliena flying officer of the Air Corps roach- slcping grass rIots set theJn off. Th~ sures 54 years of age, he Imy. upon aprlicatioI". 1'01mding ('.(Om::t~'y alsC' 'n:'.ty at.t.1..et-.,tivl'l. is ~o the Prccident, be placed on the retired -33V-6718. A. C.
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THE MIAMI AIH MAJJEUVEPE unit ~ould be talc",n p,as ily, th~ imv~:oit ion By an Observer of ~ fin~ of $lC0 upon o~r. kiLd hrst, th~ . . . , City of Miazr.i, Ip,ft A. fF)eling of regl'p,t. Thl'\ The Miazm A~r llane'.lvers, held en January l~"',jh. "grrmnding" (1 Captain 'Icurto.llrt was IHt,pd l~ th.::;.."'ld.l2tI:. prl')ved again that the City of in time fl"r him tC' lead his ::;q'):1.drrr. again lv~anu apprec~,:"tes and h01;1O::'3 the ~n ':r11ose I'\n the ccr-,('rJ.d. day cf thp, rac~::;, but 1/:ajC'r Li.ves are ded i.cat.ed to hul~tary avi.at i.r-n. : Ralph EOYl"i8, conrrand i ng the 1st Illr::;d_t, The first a:'l'i val,s at tl:e ;..unbipal Airport Gr01.11', depart8i from Mia.u ::;till "rn t,hoq Vias an C'1rganizatio:::. pre:?arecl to ;relcome and ground!' as far as :r'articipating in th", "hmr l"iare fcr the visiting pcrscIlllel, both civilian l'l<as crnop,rned. and rrcilitary. There vrere a numcsrof rars The d~mrnstrati'"'ns staged by th0 flight I')f held inside the boundary of the field to proI nine r-lane::; frl'\m the 3rd Attack Grcur ~~re vidp, L'IILadiate trarls'Pjrtation from Juhe air1 very imrr~ssi ve. }'hi::; flight, undr- r t~e plane p2rl:ing area to the locker roorrs. Other lea~p.rshir ("i 1st Li~ut. Il'\n Mayhew, 8w~~t ~ars W0re provid.ed C'utsidp. of the g2,tdS for i dr-wn thp, fi"lr1. ir. ~l"ihol/"ln of elp,rLAnts, tr2n~artation to ar.d f~o~ the hetels. TransI r-I"l~ ~f p,l~ITPnt::; and flight liLe, Ip.nving porta.tion fr/"llD the hotels be the field. was the sppctakrs v8ry much i:lJ[re8sPd. wi th thA easily c btained. by a telenhone call to tht'J speel and r/"l-NPr ,...f l0W flying ~.;Tiati('n. 'Ire.nsportat,ion desk. For- the saf e by of the Tho NJarim~s a.rrivArl dur ing the dprvnstr"lr flying pc;1'.iurr.cnt there Vias a check and Locke b i on r-f the 3rd Atta.ck Gr0ur ...,n thp, s econd room ::;ys'CE:'rrlinst<:\lled in the north hangar. day. Umla;unted by the threat of an advanc'Ihis sys b om was operated -Hithout the loss of a ing Li r;e of Atte.ck ,,"irplanp,::;, thp ;i~rin('l single 8,rticle. squad.r/"ln glidEd to a gracpfcl Land i ng j'lSt Because CI the low cniling and p"cr visibilnh~ad rf the Attack f~rrrr.ticn. Twcing the ity nort~ nf 1uarr.i th8re ViaS a d.el~y "f arair aga.in near the end I"If the 1rcgr8.ffi, the rival of rrany uri t;, thus the grand aerial reMarine urri t dt>r::-:nstrp,t6d a numc8r of frrrmview scheduled for the op orii.ng day ,,-as :postt i ons and bh-m stag;,d an inter(')sting "lxhibip'''ned. urrt i.L J!'riJay, Jel1l1ary lltn. The first t. i on e-f rU-'-8 'borcb i ng and srrok e scrpl"n work. day's proE;ram VJaS no b seriously curtai18d, This e:J1ibiticn was cduca.tional 8,S wnll ""s hOl';eve:r, as 8ach event Vias o.l.Lowod rro re tirr.e exb r erre.Ly spectacular f rr-rn the v i ewpcirrt of t.han rriginally :planned. 01' the 'Pr08rGn'a the avernge citizen in the [l'ancld,and. Arrrw . J:he ~utstandin[; military event ~f the openDe:y-onstrati/"ln Ur:its ITi;?ht rla("1" rr.-r>. '"'rqhalng day was the precisio::-l cleconstration persis upC'n rrarieuvar-s d as i gned t,1'\ educate the f'oTILed by the so l"ial18d ".,;(''l1 on the Flying avp.rage citizen to tt.e trp'11endcus F(W,Tp,r f e 'I:ca1?ezA." '[his team f ron, Lhe Ail- Cr rp s Tacair f"rcp. tical Sch001. led by Cal)tCLin 0.L. CLennault, WLile the limited space available in this 8Gnior Inst.1'uet,orin IuJ:.s-n. t Aviation at t~1e letter for'hid" a ddC'.iled rp::;urr-" o f r.Il th8 Schoel and Post Operations Officer, vrith 1st flying and social activities included in 1i811ts. J.i'I. Williamson and '!7.~. kcDo:ru,ld, Air this year! s prl'grcm, the dcl" f'r rrrrvt i.on ~es8J:'ve, ac wing rr.en derzons br-ab ed the ul, tirnate technig1.l6 di sp Layed hy thl'1 lJatioral Guar-i a.n l'len:ent 'I'earn ':iori<.:. Socoo r-f the ma..euver-s "rri ts and urri t s from t,he 1raining Cr-nbr-r e:Z:8c1.lGed by this b eam reouirecl tL.iI:~~ in t.crms cr nnc t be over-Lr-ckod , Likewise, th", a.ir nf tenchs nf a second, vrh.i.Le nthcrs rC(1uirea races for civilian craft VlprA b~;th int8rest}<Jrfect flyin;:; t.echrri que at hiGh sppsJs. 'I'ho in,:; and exc i ting. In f'ar-f , thr p'1.tirA rroapplication /"If such t:b::ing and techniqne to the . grQln ":las cornpl8te with dprr:onst1'qtions and tac:bical f'o rrrab i.cn exe ro i.s e s sho'ul.d r:'ocluce an i exhi bi tions wor bhy cf All-American Rac<"s. f'I'ganization r;f maxi.mum ef'f oc t i venes s in I Ent.or-te.i nmsnb f cat.ur e s )f th8 rrrgram wer e combat. !18xtcmsivp, and var i ed . CrmpliITntar;r tickets 'LhG tear:l executed Imneh:a.'1...'ls, ha.Lf rolls, to rractically every amus ornerib crmt"r in single Slill~) rolls roll on top r;f a loo:p,suins Miana were distributed to th2 vi~iting r"rin fnrmati~n, the'~oTI,ation rell and a saulrsOllDel uri'lL arrival. Several ba1l~, currplirel ~age roll startinb from a leop in Vee and mentary to visiting rilcts, WAre held. :he conclUding 1'ri~h a loop in Vee. The Lacf named ba~l of' tho ArsI,:ickf;r Club wi bnens ed thf' :::>.mane'IITer re(l'ured the assembly of the elerrent una en cf r-Ld f'r i cnd s serarc.ted by yl"ers O! col~JIT.n, ur i.ng a series d of tlrr'ee loops. ~ervice c:nd the instp.llatirn. r.f C~1('1]1.,,1 Tne w'Hcnstration sta~8d by the SauE1dron cf Char-Les h. Danforth, the 3enll'lr Alr CO~3 P-25'" of the Lst :rursuit Gr'aup was-a ceautiofficer rreser.t 8,t the Races, as Chief War f-ll exh ibi ~ion of squadr-on oont ro l and maneuv~a~k. Th8 iVlayorI s cli~er and ball .m~ ~ner. Cc1:rta~n George "? TourtellC't, the scuadJC'.yed by rmrrv , All p i Lot s V1Prp,pntprTa:..r.ed. ron cm:Tcmder, issued his instructions b}~ either on the br-aoh ('1' by privat" rartie~ ~adio telephone from the leaQing airnl~e ar..d given hy the r8siJents of l~Rmi, RId some ~ue~essfuliy arranged his flig~ts ro1~ elemcr.ts by crth. Spveral nf :he visi~ors en2,~'pa In a numbo r of perfect f'o rrrrrbi.ons , the rrnst the annual par-ty of tne War B'i rds , striking nf which was the "AC" oompo sed r-f 17 S:h8 City o f :ici.arri certainly ~xprt'd it2 airpl:m8s. It was Axtremely regretta.ble that best ef'f'r r-t.s toward rrak i ng thp. Ai: Mancl:rthe bursting bomb maneuver::; of this unit r~Ars Ilot8w~rthy ~vents f/"ir 8very pll~c wh~ sulted in a nunber ('If airplanes flying C'v'er a~tpnded .. Sc0r~s ~f citizens gave thei~ t,he grand stand at a. VAry low altitudc on the tllDA tl"\ bh i s end, and no O::1.A ,:/hl'\ bad C011firs~ day 1') the mAd. Vfuile the action of i tact with the Cba i rrran of thp Air 1ia'" Corn~he L"'1'a'l't.rrcent of Co=ercElt..llfficial in gr01md: mittec, Mr , R. V. 1Haters, can eYAr fc:r[eu a.ng th<') r;oun.mJr1nl.' fl.lJr1 :Leader of hho rnr::;uit his nnfailing co ur tc sy or his un:'lngging -341[-6710, A.C.

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MAXWELL FIflJD T'1SJ:1SUITERST MIAMI AIRBACE3 A By the News Lettpr Cor r aspond orrt
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Carta.in Clairp L. Chennault, Air Corps, veteran Fursuit ril~t at W~v8l1 Field, again 18d his wingmen tbrou';h their usual thrilling rerformance at the Air Mpet at Mia~i. Acc~rding to the 1'/811 known Be,vinal1 M. Cleveland, Air Writer, N~lJell Fiela's rursuitors, who have been dubbed '''IheMen on the Flying Tra[HlZ8,'I held the 8r~wd spellbound with acr~batics in forrrati~n. He says that the team, led by Cart. Cher~ult, with 1st Lieuts. John H.WilliillDScn and Willia'1l C. McDonald, ,Jr., Air Heserve, as wingrren, from the Air Corps Tactical Scho~l, did wing-~vers, sl~w ar.d snap rolls, loops,and finally a turn and a half ~f a spin with ~ perft>.cti"n that s8"'med as if the thrp,e rlm:,es were activated by ene rr~nd. This is by no ;Deans the first tin:.e~'.lI' Pursui t Tca~n has thrilled great o rowd.s 0f sper:tators. The'! flew in th8 National Air RaCE'S at Clev91ar.d' and were featured on th8 ~~ogrpJn, following which they rarticip~te~ in the Georgian Americi-U1 Ah' 3h"w he l.d CLt Atlanta on Armistice Dav, At Cleveland. bhe v wer~ dubbed 11'lheMe!) on t,he Flying 'I'rapez. II' The origir.al tea'1lwas oompo sed ~f Capt.a.i n Chennault, 1st, Lieut. Hayv.ood Hw:sPll,Jr. and 1st Lieut. John H. Willi~~~on, Air Reserve, but Lieut. Hansell was det.a i.Led to rursue a course at the Tactical School ~nd. was roplaced by Lieut. N~Donald. The total flying 8}~erinnce of the threB flyers arrourrt s ..... 0 all;'st 10, oeo hours, 't,ith alrr!1st thirty Y0ars in flying sl")rvice, "'hich ~~kes for safetv and enables ~he team to perform the rro s t difficult rmneuvers::i th the grace and ease which a.Lv'ay s characterizes its work. Captain Cher~ult is Station rperaticns Officer at Maxwe.l I Field, in addition to being Seni0r Instructor in Tursuit Aviation at the Tacticel School. He hac assem1:1ed and trained his Fursuit Team, and is c er t.a'i r.Ly do i ng himself and the service proud by th~ir re~Ikablp, perforIrances. '%bile the team was at Cleveland, Poclif Lo"cland, writer f0r the Cleveland TLAIN DEALER, corrpo scd the following "'Ihich is thought most a~rropriate: They flnat through the air with the greatest "If eas"', These three FCr:JWn:en called. the "Flying
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Oh, they f10at through the air just ~s straight as a rule, These gallant young IIlP.nrom the Tactical f "chool, They have ten times the kick of the ('le.. ar,l1ymule, And the fair hearts they've ,;to18n away. ---000--COLOrADO AIFMEN Ar;; MIAMI AIR RACES

The National Air Faces at 1.1iani, Fla. were attpndeci by the f'ril.Lowi ng membez-s r-f the 120th Obser"ration Souadron, CclC'rad" Nati0r.al Gc:ard: l/.ajr-rirgilD. V Strr..f':, Captains Charles J. LaGue, 'JJilliam E. Hunter, Nolie ~1umry, 1st 1icuts. Virgil W. Vaughan, George E. Batty, Honry 3. Hought e-n and Waster Sgt. Jack Burnell. Five airplanes were flow;. to Miami, 2J:1d f rom the stand.pdnt of training it was a wonderful trir. Of courso, frC'm all ,.,therstandpoints it ~~s a trir which ",rill'he h-e Ld in' fO:-Ldmrmrry for rmny years t'"l r:ome. ---000--ADVAliJC'.ill AVIGATION
'rEiGNING AT nCCKWELL

A srr,JP of brenty "fficers f r om various pest::; thrruGhout the Air Corps are new at Rrcb'hll Field, Cor cnadp , Calif., t.ak i ng a short c"urs~ (six weeks) in Rvigation training ar-d instrUQsnt flying. They started soL!"'!")l y>!Orkonc,jon.lay rcc rrri , January ng 14th, awl are in class fr~m 2:00 a.m. until lwon each day, the ~ftern"ons being spent in flyin~ avifation :rr~s~icns rver th", racific ~r inc~ taki~g training in instrun6nt flying un-i er the hood in erie r f D~clcwell Fidd 1 S specially equipped BT-l airplanes. ---000--COlTSTm:CTION 'NOBK AT MAXV/ELL .FIELD COMPLE':'ED

The 25 nee" sets ,., nfficsrs' qc:arters "lhieb.have been under cons t ruc t i.on at Maxwell Field, rJr"ntgOIT2ry,Ala., have beEn complEted and the last sP.t t.urned over tc ooc upazrbs on Jam::ary 7th. ':'Lisc0rrr10tes the projects for building at I,B,:Z:VIell Fi 81 d , and wi th thp grading and s8e~ing "f 12~4s nearly cornrleted N~xNell Field hill pr8sent ~ne 0f t~e rrrst beautiful and 7~dern Ar~. pests tl")sightS8C'rs. ---000--30LLING LAlIDING FIELD SHeWS DlrROVE1,'iE1U'

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A c('ntiJ!~C':' ION In the article nn the Caterrillar Club in the last issue of the NeNs Letter, the numbpr of jDffiJ:ls 1919 "ras given as 22. 'I'hc~('l'rect f,.,1" number is 2. -35-

Th0 s<=c,.,nd eek ~f January was a busy one w at th,) orerati"r.s ~:ffieC) at Sr::lling Field, ",.C., vrithrrnnyvisitors from all cvor the country passing t-hr-ough the field enrnute to and from tLeir home ste.kiens. l!J3ny favorable conrcorrha W"Te r8c6i Yed on the i!fl','rOY8d condit i on r-f the, Land i.ng field, due t,e the several runways which have recently been installe~. '~lhi10 not the best of Air Corps landin~ fields, II as se r t s the News Lett-or Corresr,"ndpnt, l~rllin6 Field cnn no longer be called the wor s b , tl ---~Oo--1.'-6712, A. C.

Harold E. Eads Robert E. Eldridge Bob L. Farrmr A new class of 150 stud$1tS will beGin Walter F. Fisher training at the Air' Corp! P:r.im9~ryFlying Bussoll LeBDYFlelo School at Randolph Fielci, Ttnas, on l.1arch 1st, Bar-nhard G. Fcr tmanr, next. This new class of FlyingCadek cornH. HOyt. Fr eeman prioes 130 candidates from civil life, 16 p,nJohn Lor-en Fr eund Li.c bod men from bhe Ar;[ry Air Corps and ,t enlis~ea men from other branches of tho military ,. WilliarD P. Friar George A. Fuller service. Arthur E. Graham The ccurse of instruction for Flying Cadets Ca~l Willianl Handy Covers a pericd of one year at the Air Corps Bela A. Harces Training Center, prb:ary and basic courses of Jorm Spencer Hardy four rrr.nbhs each being given at Randolph lTield Bruce :'"".Parv700d and an advanced course of L)Ur ircrrbhs at the \ Ired A. Habf'Lel.d Advanced Flying School G.t Kelly Field, Texas. Upon graduating from the Advanced Schoc I , stu- I Foz-re sb Hawor-th William L. Hayes, Jr. dents are presented with their '";Jings," given Howerd W. Helfort the rating of ".AiI}Jl(me Pilot,1l and assigned Richard M. Hobbie, Jr. to duty for the pez i od of one yeQ,r, unde r their Flying Cadet status, with Air Corps Tac- i Albert Carl Eu1:::bel Charles N. Hulvey, Jr. tical units. At the end of that b i.rne, bho se i Taul Cl.aybon Hutchins Cadets who have de'~.Qnstrated the reC'uired efficiency as rni Li tary -pilets are comrd s s i.onod i LOo'le11F. J chnsori , Robort E. Johnson second Li eut er.arrus in the Air Reserve. 'I'hey are then a.as i gned to extenc1.0Qactive duty with Elvin Carl Jehnston Air Corps tactical uni vs under their ~"tat'.lS as l'.obert L. Johnston Roy A. Kamb Reserve officers, provided fund s are p.vailablQ Dennd sWill iam K86f for that pUl'pose. 'I'he r iva'l cy between the States cf CCi.lifornia I Ralph M. Kellogg and Texas in the !ratter of representation of I Eil ton C. Keene native sons in the classes un~18r;joing instrucI J. Williams Koett Charles W. Kyle tion at the Air Corps Training Center still Ch.rr-Le s C. '[,c.,ncaster,Jr. pr evai Ls , In this instance, Texas with 21 students takes the lee-d, followed by Califori Alfred '3. Lathrop nia with 19. Los Angeles, as is us~lly the ~u:r.t,on Lee .. . Al bert 'if. Lor-ibard i ni. case, leads the cities represeLved with five I Hoy Ih. Long stud~nts, the cities of New Y01'k, Detroit and Plainview, Texas, being its clcsest competiCl:'l!ence K. Longacr-e i .hnS'us MacJ.Jachlen tors with three each. I l1cmus G. Wclllister A list 0f the st"Wients selectee:. for the John J. McCG.l'thy, Jr. March class is givon below, as f'o'I Lows ; Willia.rn L. M:cCracl:en FLYING CADETS - cnJ:J.JIANS George E. KcCauley Walter w. Ashworth Ha.ni.Lt.on , Mo. JohnJ.lvicIntosh Arthur W. Ayers Lebunon, Pa. Pona Ld Curtis Macy Harvey G. Bates Veriotta, S.C. Clifford D. 1nddox Dalene E. Ba i Ley Spokane, Wash. George WeI te:.: Mo..lagarie Willie Barten Jef:erson City, Mo. Rober~ Anderson ~vbI'';'1. Williw" R1.:ssell Beerr.er Spa1'k;:;, Ncvad.a Charlcs 1v~. M~~rion Rotert J. Binford. Jr. Chicago, Ill. Pranc~.s J. If.:a.rtin 'I'harras L. Blalock Ja.cksonville, Fla. Herce:r:-t C. Meade Hiram Bowo r Carlisle, Po . l.iicl:ard F. Ue-;:tin Willard O. Bo~rran Berea, Ky. Char-Les G. Miller, .Tr. Glen... E. Brass TJ. Oke:::a..'>OkJ.a. , George E. Kullin Lav,Tence K. Brooks Cla'rton, :N.Y. Robert S~s MurJ.ord fimion .Judd Brown N8Y~,da, 'I exas U:ax Nail Willis James Br-own Hus i.cn , Idaho LTohnL Nnrris W. Robert Browne All:a:::'illo, 1c::as Fr0c' C. Norton Bertrand B. Bruce Los Angeles, Calif. Henry F. Burns Utopia, Te:::.3.s I ~aok Eay OJ. dJ:wm Virgil Burns Bloomington, Ind. 1 1.'.0 bert L. Ohnger Wilbur D. Camp Arlin,jton, TeYBS I Patrick C. O'Railly J an:es Richard Camp bell Ontario, Cal if. I Jarvis D. Faz-s l ey Kirker Carrpbe l l, ChCD~aign, Ill. EHert 1'02110 Cer L XJ. Petersen Chester ':J. Cecil, ,Jr. Atil~ne 7 'I'exas Charles ';J. Coi t, Jr. I'a2.o Al to, Calif. ,. Franc i.s Milton .reterson Al ton Combs Mid,'lletovm, Ohi o . j~r:1c)st Q. Tetrey Willianl Edward Cref!\r Spa:::i.sh Forks, Utah I Kenneth Fietch Harold F. Cunni.nghern F:ranklin, 1'0.. ?ichard E. Purdy Fred Har-ron Daugherty Dal.nar-b, Texas Sir:l'cson D. Tuttler Waurice Dale Minneapo l i s , Minn. Cle."i:de"'3. Quillian, Jr. Byron B. Dees .Arrarillo, Texas I Chris H.W. Rueter -36NEVI FLYINGCLASSAT RtUmPH FIELD

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Greeley, Colo. Los Angeles, Calif Ylainview, Texas Beebe, Ark. Aberdeen, S.D. Pearl River, N.Y. Bartferi, Conn. Washington, D.C. Florence, S. C. Muscatine, Iowa. New York City Assoc i.at ed , Ca.li f', Los Angeles, Calif. Logansport, La. ClareTOr.t, Calif. Crawfordsville, Ind. r a.sad ena , Ca.I if . SacraIrnto, Calif. Sioux Falls, S.D. li1ontgoIT..Elry, Ala. Bal tilJlC're, Md. Ulii versi ty, Va. Gilmore City, Iov~ Lafayette, Ind. Orraha , Neb. Scranton, Texas Bellevue, T'a. Mount Vernon, Wash. NewTlymouth, Idaho J:)ove , Vas s, r PinckneY'ville, Ill. Ett sbur-gh , Pa. Cedarville, Ohio Lexington, Ky. T ase.dena, Cali f, Nixon, T exas Detrci t , 1<lich. Hartshorne, Okla. Willia..'IJsnert, Pa. New York" City Glendale, Ariz. Ogallala, H8b. Osceola, Iowa L()s Angeles, Calif.
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Harold S. Rume'L Robert W. Ryder Phili-p M. SalaH Herbert n. Schultz, Jr. Joseph Selliken Hobert Curtis 8ext.en Mp"urice 8.'1armon Thorra.s J. Shelton, Jr. Na than Sil ve r smi til Paul H. Sonners Keith Spratb Kermit n. stevens }Jk'u'yin S"Gevenson Sam B. stewart J f'.Jn3SC. Stu=Dnt

:FLYING CADErS- CIVILIANS (Continued) Sal t Lake City, Utah I Sanferd. W. Stuck Minneauolis, i\unn. Eussell T. SutherlaI1d Erookly,.;., N. Y. \ T 9rry G. Talkington 11.1 arceda , Cali f . 'David D~val Th?mas j JoseJh h. Toml~nson Grafton, N.D. Los Cruces ,New MeY-ico I Jarlll3"'3 . Tr'3w L IAuJ.rin 1\. Walker College Statio~,~exas Plainview, Texas I Dwane Leo~; Walla.;::e Brooklyn, N.Y. 'Beverley Howard ,[arr!'ln St. L::'c:is, Mo. Josl~h Welden Westbrook !Sairfi91d, Iewa Or'Ti118 H. Whiteneck Portland, Oregon Hobert Carroll Woed' Lisco, Neb. Norris 'iluorpel Austin, T9xas :saward E. Yetty, Jr. Xenia, Ohio :FLYINe;. CATI..STS EI1LIST:E:Dl~E, AIR M CORPS
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Kansas City, Mo. Ch8~aign, Ill. Crystal Springs ,Miss. tetroit, Mich. El rasa, Texas San Diego, Calif. Univ2~sity, Ala. Wic~i t.a , Kanna.s T'La.i.nvd ew, Texas Bro'Nnsville, Texas Aline. Okla. Ha)T1esville, La. Kingston, .ll'lass. Hutchinson, Kansas.

Harry J. Andress, Jr. Macon B. Anorews Robert Eranc i s Bur-nham Ralph C. Euz-ho'Lb , I--J:. Ira Lee Ellison George M. Eastham, Jr. Wolcrtt A. Far i ss Jesse A. Hays Jarres P. Howerton Strubbe McConnell, Jr. James H. McDonald Charl i8 l.IcNew John T. V~rshall Boger M. Roberts, Jr. William H. Ward John Doyle Vnlitt

7200 Bombar drrerrt Squadr0n, L11.1-:e Field, T .E:. (Albany, n. y.) 68th Servic") Sql:;;.clr-::n,Larg'l ey Field, Va. (tfJOnroe, Va.) 1st T'ur cu'i t Grcup, Selfridge Ji'ield, Mich. (Buttl" Creek, Mich.) G5th Service Squadron, Luke Field, 1. G. (Port Clintcn, Ohio) Hors. A:lvan0ed-I;'l,linf, SC~'l.OC'l, K.:.;llyFieJ.d, Tex. (Atkins, Ark.) Air CnIUS Detacbrr..ent, :ft. Leavenwo r bh , Kans. (Lincoln, ~~eb.) 46th 3C'1COl Sc:ill.l.drnn, lia'1G.oluh Field, Tpxas (Sac".'amento, Calif.) 20th .3c:X,'bard::r.cnt Squadron, La""gley Field, Va. (AcIl'e, Va.) 79th I-"l'TSUit 2qL:.adron, Barksdale Field, La (Pa1.1ls Valley, Okla.) 7Sth Pur su i t, Sr;l:arlron, Ba.rksd al,e E'i"'ld, La. ($hreveport, La.) 46th Schuol Squad.r'cn , Rando Lph Field, Texas. (11'[018, 'l'eXE!.S) 73rd Pur su.i t Sql.:adron, lv.1archField, Calif. (EldC', Okla.) Rgrs._ Sql:a~ron: GHQ. Air .Fere",.,:,.Bolling ~ieB, D.C. (Ka.'1sas ~it~ ,Kan.) 90th t-ur eua t Squadz'on , l'.:arch l' leld, Cal ~f. (Menlo Park, Ca.Li.f', ) GSth Service Sa1Jadron, Nichcls Field, P.1. (Pitts'burgh, fa.) 53r(~ 3cL1r'(jl Squadron, Rando Lph Fiald, Texas (Austin, ~Texas)

:FLYING GADETS - EKLISTED 1YIEN, 0TEER BRANelIES OF SERVICE rrivate::; Laurence Eugene Ayery Clarence E. Jac::C, ~r, Elbert D. ReYDol~s Earl 7iilloughby

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---000--BILL T:'WFOSES :1:EBABILITATIOl:GF

Under a 3ill (Iei.P. 4131), House of Eepresentativ-es 'by !v,.C., of florida, a surnnot is aut.hr.r i zcd to ~e app ropr Lab-rd , for the CCIlst:rl1ction and installation at Chapman Yield, Miemi, :Fla., of' such buildings ".nri utilities and e.ppurter:ances thereto a" :ray be necessary, as fclloNs: $18,000 Eadie st.at i or. 2,:500,0)0 Officprs' quarters 1,3CO,OCO Bar-racks Nonoorrmi s s ioried efficers' quart,ers 1,.168,200 :='0,000 l)'ire 8-.'"1dguard IGO,CeO Hosuit31 and detachITent barrack S5,COO Fast Exchange ~O,Oc::O Ea.i Lroad S"Dur 1J,000 Incircerato~ 20,000 Ov.arterr:E..ster'r:B.u)."Genance lCO,OJO Theater and gyr.nasiurn :)0,000 Sewage disposal 53,000 Enlisted men's service club 75,000 Office-rs' rres s

I Bcathouse rage Lnt roducea in the I Eon. J. If..:;.rk Wilcox, r system to exceed t.s,556,500 II 13i.'Jcery MDgazil~es to be exre:lcled
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TclB'(:hone cC~1struction l1~m]'t. rrra-rt.e.r warehouse c Or-dnance warehouse 30, COO Tho, Secretary ~f Wr::ris authorizeel, ,:,hen , d i r eo oRelby bho 1. res~dent, to accep b a n be:':J.o.lf'of the Unitea. state:;, free of enCl:rG;;ran,JCS and '!,'Hhout cost to the United 1 state,'" the title in fee sL:;ple to such , ~a-;::cl, as rrr;-ydeem ::.ec?ssary ('1' desir:;-He a n tne va c ...n, ty of Mi anri , Fla., r as a s~ te fer 7uoh increases in the aviation field I and lor th.) building area as he rray deem j necessary. Section 2 of the Bjll, there is auUnder -37V-6718, A.C

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sian of airplanes and neronautical equipment suitable for the training ('f the .A.irRes~rvc; to foster the establis~~nt of suitable airti('\n and installation at Chaprran Fiela. of such dromes f~r use of the Air Res~rve; to org~ technical buil:iings and utilities and appurize the Air Reserve into tactical arA admintenances thereto as !lay be necessary, as follows: istrative Ullitsl to ~repare regulations for appo irrbrcerrbsand prorrotions in the Air ReImprovement to landing field $1,750,000 serve and to plepare esti;mtes of appropriaand building area 100,')00 tions necesGa~J to provide facilities,equipRunways ment, sUfplies, and training for the Air Re2,200,OCJO Ha.ngars 80,OGO serve, for su~ssion through appropriate Air Co rp s Warehouse char~81s to CongresG. Head~u~rters and operations QL1alified Air Reserve pilnts shall be building 83,0,00 eligible to ra]{8 practice flights at any airParachute building 30,000 drome of tli'., Air Corps or Air Reserve under Gasoline stcrage mm distribution 55,000 such regulations as the Chid of Air Reserve Paint, oil and dope storage 25, aoe may prornulgate with the ap~roval of the Chief Field shops. 250,000 of Air Corps. Prevision shall be male for Paved aprons 100,000 flying pr~ctice of nOGless than "ix hours Photo building 50,000 per ironbh :for any gualified Air Reseryc Camera o'bscura 5,000 F Hot aPll.:..y ing thorefrr. Night, lighting 25,OCO 1<'I"'r inju.,-'i es sustained in rractice flights l:achine-gun butts 5,OeO the ~ir Reserve pilots shall be entitled to / ---000--the 28,;.'1'28 ~c:r, hospi tlliza.tion, u::d.ical, or o t ...r bcne ii, ts as a.l Lowed ,ilctc .e of the Air ';:ILL PHarOSESCREATION OF ANAIR R88R,VE COTT'S for :injuries sustain~,d in line of QUcV, In the event I"'f death frOIDinjuries The creation of an Air Re se'rve , for the pursust:,ined ill practice flights, bho dependpo se of :1Jromoting the nat i.cna.I air de:,;'ense, is errb o of the deceased Air Rcse rve pilnt shall proposed in a Bill (LR. 4348) iLtrodl:~ed in be er.ti'cled to U18 some burial, :..ndermi y, t the House of Renrescntatives by the Eon. Jehn ! cr other benefits as allc.wPd dependents of J. I!cSvrain, M. C:' I Air Corps rilots fatally injured in line of Section 1 of the Bill outlines a declaration 1 duty. of l'olicy, as follows: "It is hereby declared bo be the poli..:;y of ' Tr'ovL;io1'.s sha.ll be rn3.r'!.e C1rdcr all Air to I Heser',e pilets who :TOy apply therpfor. on Congress to mako aJeauate prcvis:on for the \ sud; t crros as the Chid' of Air R8s~rve rray Air Reserve t:;at it r;;:x:/ be; rmncd i abe'Ly availI desiSlzt8, with approval of Chief of Air able fl"'r effective use as a s"-l'Jclement to the Air Corps should nab icna L plJBrL,encyricrrand." ! Corr::;, to periods of active duty fr0ID time In the c r ea tion of the Air 'R,)scrye, bho Bill I to time, wbic:h reriods of ac'b i.ve duty shal.L prevides tl~t it shall consist of all R3s~1've I embrace intensive Lns t rucb ir-n in latest Air officers now hol('i1'.(; CCI:.. ni ss i ons in the Air r Corps developments, to the end that Air ReReserve and who ho Ld an aer-onaub i caI rating 88r're pilots may be kelt Lnf'ormed of mili .. zecogrd zed by the l"a1' Dc?ctrtrr;ent, and all who tary aeronautical progress. rray hereafter be arp0inted in the Air Reserve ~oOo--under regulations now n::isting or hc reaf't.er issued by cornpevent authority. EADIO EQVIPLDJr FOn AIRPLANES The Air Reserve, to be administered as a seJ;arate d epar-bmerrb of tho Air Corps, will be 'I'he policy of the Chief of the Air Corps under the c:harge ()f a TInserve of?icer, to be pertaining to radio equipment for various tynr:'s cf airplanes vri Ll, no doubt be of genknovrn as the Chif'\f cf Air Reserve. He shall eral interest to the Air Corps. This policy be appointed by the President and serve for a term of four veal'S ll!'~CSS sooner reI Levad , He in p,eneral provides for airrlanes t() be shall serve ~~er the Chief of the Air Corps, equir~ed as .follows: and during such service shall hcld the temp')BombarWT.ontj bservation, Long Range; and O rary rank of field grade in the Air Reserve en Cargo - Conmand Set, Long Bange Liaison Set, active duty, being entitled to the seme pay, Rad io COIri,ass, Instru;nent Land ing equipment allov:ances and flying privileges as snell offiand InL3rpLone. cer in the Air C~~~s. Attark - Ccrrmlet8 Corrm~d Set, Badia Conr Per.d i.n.; approp:riati('>ns by Congress, the cost pa.;::;, L'lstrumerlt landing equipment and 1n~f activities of the Air Reserve sh811 be paid terphl""ne. frem f'nnos hAretofore arprcpriated for the Air Observabd on, Corps and Anny - Short Range C"rps Heserv8. Liaison, 11o,dioCorrrass, Instrument Landing rhe Chief of Ai~ Corps shall furnish the egu~r:ment and Irrbe i-r.hone, Chief of Air Res~rve such assistants frrnn the tu~suit - Conrzan. sRt.' regular p8rsor~el of the Air C01~S, ~r from Basic Training - Ccrrmand Set, Radi('l Comcivilian employees under his jurisdiction, as pass, Instru~[,cnt Land i.ng equipment and rre.y be necessary to effoctuate the purposes of Lnbc rphor;e , this Ad. The COnJU11)lCE.tioncf t.his pl::r.! depends, of The duty of the CLief ,.,;f Air Reserve will be cour's e , upon f'unis inde available. Funds to fo:r:mclute rlansfor -I:.he suTply and trainare Lncl udod in the Budget estirrates f('r ing of t,h8 .Air J1e::;erv"fl, nc Lud.i g the rroviL n the Fiscal YEJal' 1936. -38V-6718., A. C.

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The Air Cc.rps at the pr es snt time number-s a~nt; its "iloting :persoffilel 60 enlisted rron who hold flying retir...gs L the Rcgul.ar' Arrrv, 54 being AL'Plane Pilets and 6 Airship pilots and Balloon Obser ver s, IrLcluded a.rr-ng these 60 enlisted pilots are 17 1hster Ser30a~ts, 3 TeclUlical Ser;ectilts, 13 rtaff Sergeantc, g Sergeants, 2 CCIIorals, 9 Priv-~tes, 1st Class, and. 8 'I'rivates. The 6 Airship Pilots and 3allc~n Obcervers are: ! Fcur of the enl.i st.ed men listed above are :Mr. r:lgt. Albert C. Ga;:;''cJ.e }'t. Brasg, N. C. LancLey Field., v-: i memboz-s r-f the fa.'11fJr1 mythical Cat0::tillar Mr. Sgt. Arvin E. Miller La~[,18YField,Va. : Club, namaLy , Technical Sergeants Slebenal"lI', Mr. Ggt. Ronald E. Shor b Scott Field, Ill. . Swisher, Prive.tes Gebelin and TrcwBo.k. The ~tr. Sgt. Olin Brevm SC0tt I<'ield, Ill. Sgt. Harrison C. :b"inley last nazoed is a S8~OLd degree m."mber. :B'ort Sill, Okla. ---000--. Staff Sgt. Josepn F.Jmrr~ The 54 Airplane :Pilots are enur.Brated below, SIGNAL CORPS RADIO HEFAIR SECTIONS as f'c I Lo-vs t ' lv'"J,sterSer i:,ea..~t s stewart C. Smid.< ----.-Xberdeen, Yrl. '/Vi the pu.."1JOS8n dew of securing maxith ~ irnzn ser vrce from Si~;l1al Ccrpe aircraft r-adi o '"Samuel J. Davis ]Cl.r;:sdale Field,La. I equipment, to insure that such "'quiprnent is John L. Waugh 3arksd:'.le Field,La. in first class cperating conditi~n prior t~ Car l bon P. Srrith Brocks Field, Texas the (;.')1 iver.f r-f recnndi ticned airplfilles to '"Chester F. Colby Ch2nute Fidel, Ill. 0rgnr-izations, and in general to ~s'"Cecil 3. Guilo Fairfield A.D. ,Ohio ! tactical *Feter Biesiot Kelly Field, TeY~s i sist in the maintenance of Signal Corps radi0 e,:uilJm8nt p0rtainin.s solely to the Air Ra.yrmrl.d. Sl,eekwnll Fort Levzi s , Viacll. Corps, Sigr~l C('rps l;adio Repair Scctions BrJyd R. Ertl'rine Msrch F'i o.Ld ,Calif. have hBGll establishecl at the Mi':dletown, Juliu.s A. Kolb Panarra Canal Zone Fairfield, San Antonio ann. Hockvell Air "'James A. Lee Pb i.Id.rrr.i es n ! Depots. These sections e.re an integral -part Ezza, F. Nendell R'lnd.oiph Field,Tex. Be rnar-d Wallace liBndolph I<'icld, Tex. of thece Depot-s and function und ez the ':'epct ~:nidneerinr::;Officers. Technical SerGeants Frank J. Sie ":Jer;c;ler'--- '-'--selfridge Field, The officer in irrmediate charge of the l'aul B. -Jack son Panama Canal Zone Section will nr-rrra.l Ly bA a Sigr..al Corrs r-ffi, eel' a ssigned to that specific duty by W2,rDeDougLas i". 6Hishex TaYk'1.:'IE. Canal ;3one Staff Sergeants i pertrn':Jnt orders. Paul S. Blalr ---rrrooks Field,Tex~s i Circular No. 1-8, iscued by the War DepartJulian M. Joplin Chan~te Field,Ill. I men t , Office of the Chief Signal 'Jfficer, that radio Tracy K. ~orsett Duncan Field, Texas I January 10, 1935, rrescribes O~al E. Henderson Dilllcsn Fi~ld, Texas eOUiplIJent::08Cei ved at Signal Corps radio starl'ilaurlce M. Boach Hawa.i ian Depar-bmerrb ; tl~ns will be inctalled, tested in flight ~f Jerome B. McCaulcy Ea~aiian Depart8ent necessary, and removed frcm airplanes by Air Fred O. Tyler Langley Field, Va. Cvrps ~ersolu1el. Radio equipment requiring Pay Vi. Clifton liaxvrell Ji'idd, Ala. , "ray rm nor- repairs vrhich cannet be satisfacJohn H. WilliartiSon h~~~ell Fi01d, Ala. torily ~,d econorrUcallyp{rformed locally 'I'horra.s w. Eaf'f'ez by Ramiolph Fh;ld,Tex. will be shipped by airplane transportation Arthur Hanson .s.oclC';rell ield, Cal. F t" the ~igrml Corps property officer of the Gilbert E. Layman Mitchel :Field,N.Y. Sigrill.l Corps l~dio Section sPTving the control area in which the property is 10cated. Sercoi3Ilts I<'t. Crockett, TeL"Ls The equipment -Nill bo tested, adjusted, calL"ren Cornell Duncan Field, Texas "'John 'H. Price ibrated, ror~irea or rep:a~6d, ac LRy be r~Hawaiian Depark18nt Charles C. Cunningham quired by conditicn3 and rircULsta"~es. Langley Field, Va. BEuldolphL. W~od The work rerfor:lf?<:t by 3igral '':::orrs R3,di~ lIaxwell Field, Ala. Willia;n C. McDonald Sections will be in st~ist conf0rnity with !'an.c;.rI'B. Canal Zono Frederick H. Wilson sp ec i f ica't Loris and irs:, .."ctions ' issued by Randc-Lph Field, Tex. "'George E. Holmes the ,SiGnal Corps Aircrc1iJe :P.".A1io rabcry Labo and! or the 1,:ateri01 I'i vision of the Air COrporals JOhn D. Pi trean Barlcsdaf.e Field,La. Corps gover-ni.ng the particular equirzl1Pnt un1l1iddl~townA.D. .Pa, dcrgoing repair or al tarat ion. Daniel 1. l'-"oler Privates, 1st Class The repair of aircraft radio equirzront b~:b"airfi81d A.D., Ohio Long i ng to the national GU'1.rd to the Organr-r Nl'lel F. Pamsh li~rch Field, Calif. ized Reserves will be handled in the sRrnemanCo rnal.Lus K. DunbarLloyd L. Sailor Mc'1rch Field, Calif. ner as that belonging to the Begular ATIf'0" Robort S. Angle Philippines The Circular above referred to rrescrib~s Henry O. Bordelon Randolph Fi eld, Tex. tho mebhcd of d i spos i.ng of equipment reguiring Thomas S. Davis Fl~dolph Fiold,Tex. repairs by major disassemblJ- or rebuilding, l~rvin F. Stalder Reckwe.l L Field,Cal. the invoidng of unserviceable equirment, the .Arnold T. Johnson Scott Field, Ill. st~rage of equipment, the preparation of 1'0-39V-6718, A.C.

Trivates Vl!'!rnetV. Pnu:pit~h---Brooks Field, Texas , Hamish McLelland ~.bexd~en, Md. ; Lawrence O. Brown Fairfield A.D. ,Ohi0 : Vernon iii. B:rrno Ha:~1iltQnField,Caltif. r~ssell L. 7klldron N~ell Field, Ala. i Earry Coursey, KirJdlc+;C'wn .D., I'a.. A : John Gebelin, Jr. Rando l.oh Field., ':exas : Edgar H. Camp liand01Dh Field, ':i:eL'3.S , Ad.derld,.lffiPrivate, 1st. Class : Ja_:Bs lAo 'ire,:eek - I'a.irfield A.D., Ohif1. , "'Ccm;leT,edflying tr'aining prior to 1921
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PreSident, received his a;pp:t'('va.l, subject. t.c' the availability of funds to :purchase the aircraft and to PI'ocurl'l the persnnnel. The War Depa.rtmentstudy divides our A.:rrrv aviation on the assumpti('\n of a total of 2320 airplanes into a Gen<"lral oadquar bens Air H i Force, to cOLsist of approxima.tely 1,000 i tactical airplanes, the bulk ba~!l8 d the. combat, type, bombardment, attacK and pursUJ.t, : witt some lon~ range cbservatioD; also airCOL .A11IiREHS . ADDl1ESSES WOMEN I'ATHICY.CIC OBD"'....RS:- i nlanes suf f i ci errb f('r the defense of r'ur ~v9rseas possessi~ns, principally of cnmbat '7ith the new air program of the Arm.fas his typ~; Obsel~tion airplanes to accC'~any the therm, Lieut.-Colonel Frank M. Andrews, Air corps and armies, and Trair..ing and Transport Corps, Con:mander of the General Headquarters airplanes for use in rear areas. Air For'c e , in an address before the Women IS . Characterizing the General Headquarters ?atriotic Conference on Natio~~l Defense. held Air Force as the grp.at str:;.kir...gAlement ox' in Washington, January :,lst, stated that he I'lUrrcilitary aviation, Col oneL Andrews conknew of no subject which at present is of cluded his a~dress with the state~nt that greater irr.pnrtance from a ~ational def~nse we expect this ail- force to attack any enemy vie~~oint than air power, all(l that the conapproacaing our coasts if the fleet cannot, stantly increasing range I)f' action and strikfer any reason, operate in that area in sufing power of the airplane in~,ures for it a ficient strength to COpA with the ~itl~tion rapidly and continually increasing irl{lortance alone. We expect the General Headquar~ers in our sellerX' of national dcf'ense , Air Force to attack such enCIIT.f gz-ound rriTouching upon the conception held by rrany stallations as he may try to establish near that the next war will see the destructi~n ~f eLough to our b~rders to attack us. We begreat cities by sudden at backs f rr-rntae air, li~ve this air force will have a tremendOl~ using both 8Yplosivc ana poison gas bo~bs, Col. influence in preventing the effective develAndrews stated that in Europe ,where the QpITEnt f any type ~f hostile attack within n countries are small, censely populated and. its range of operation. c0rd3r upnn o r are ve1'Ynear each .,ther, the ---000--fear of such operatinns is great. Large scale PJ20Rr i'F F}'J)ERA.L A V1.AT IONCOMvlI SSION air bombardment has never had the test ~f war, and novorie (')a1l1 now acd'Ur[jtely predict it::; ultimate effect. We do knew, however, that it The Frcsident of the United states subprcdl~oes a t8rrific 'Psycholosical effect as mi t t ed to Congress on January 31st a report well as en,rIT.OUS aterial destruction. m It rnay of the Federal Aviation Commissionvn1ich be that in war of the dl sban t future, air at.. carries various recommendations fer permantack r-n a large scale will alone suffic8 to enb Federa.L avi at.Lon policies. subdue even a rrajor povIer. WhethGr or n0t the The recorrmendations of the Comnission with United states would sue f'0r peace because ..,f respect to the ArmyAir Co rps are quoted beair attack alone, suea attacks against our ' low, as follows: . vi tal areas would be a rrajnr catastrop:,e. and 40. The rrod'i'Lca bi.on in air force organl.f we must be pr8J'arE,d to preve~1t them. ~',;n 2_de-: zat ron now b'Oing put into ef'f ecb should be quate air f"ree of our (WlI1 is the only agency continued until tae n,erits or othe::wise viliich can meet effectively a threat from the shall r~ve been proven by experience. The air. e.rp Loyrnerrb of air force as an independent Asserting that the ~ar Dep~rtment, after a striking unit should continue under constant very careful study of tile var ious phasos enstudy, both in the Arm;land in the Navy,. and taring into un attack from the a.ir against the saoulcl. be developed to its limit by tachcal Ur. ted states by pc~.;sible enemy nab i cns , talc.i T~n~uvers and through the procurement of maing into consideration the strengt.h of their torial best sui ted to such independent C'l'erair 0rganization, the characteristics of their ations. aircraft at present and of thnse to be devel41. The T'ers0m161and eauipment of the oped in the Lnrced i ab o future, the conclusLn air forces;hould b8 further developed, and was reached that only by basing aviation upon w};ere necessary expanded, in accordance with ships or upon terri tor.{ near cur own could an fixed progrruns of regular gr(j'l1thtased upon enemyrraka such attacks upon us. After full the currc.r.. plans of the Ar::rry t and NaV'J. 'l'he ccnsiderati0n of the strongt}l of our Naval effectiveness of the forces should be kert aviation, .-f the possitili ties of the aircraft at bho highest pitch by constant attention carriers of the world r~wers, and of other to superior quality of eQuipment and of pershirs which might be used as flrating airplane sonnel, and by the conduct of training exerbases; and after consideration of Land areas c i sco under widely diversified clirratic and. near ('Iur borders which might lUlder any r~ason:ge0gra~hical conditions offering the greatable esti!lRtc be rcad available fer air "bases, 'est possible varioty of orerating problems. e the Via.rDepar-tmerrb deci.d.edupon the strength 42. Inter:se study and 'Prompt remedy and charact~r of rr11itary aviation we should should be given to the inter-relationship of have to prevent the developrrent of any situathe natior4l dei'ense Services. t:Dunwhich would produce a real threat. 43. The bu<lgetary practices of the Army Ihis airplane strengt,h, nubnii ted to the t I and Navy in resl'eet ~f ae.ronraub i.ca.l ma~ters Fresident, received his approval, subject to . should be standardized for easy comrarl.~0n. the a'railability of funds to purohase the ai1'- 'In both Services tbe funds fox eQuir~n~ , -40V-6'7l8, A.C. quisitions therefor, the keeping (If'records, the rendition ('If reports and the nmntena.nce of property accounts. Recomreniations he_ve been rrad e by the Chief of the Air Corps to extend the Si~nal Corps Radio Repair Service by astsblish:mg similar sections at the Air Denots in Ha,~ii, Tanarna and the Phili-prine Isl8.11d.s. ./ ---000--v:
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to be us~d on aircraft should be directly allocated to the authorities in charge ('f acronautical development, ~~d subsequently transferr~d. to other branches c( offices if necessary. 44.. A number of "Ifficer pilot::; r-f the ::-1.egular Arrrv av.d Kavy should b~ assign~d annually to the 'Jther S"lrvice, and given duty wi th other active air units. 45. The experi:rent,al and d"lvelcpment wnrk (If the AnrrJ and Navy should be carri~d on on an increased scale. The funds provided fl"lr such work should be rraber ial Ly incre:'f,;~d, as the necessary conseouence of the irreasing comnlexi ty of aircre.ft and ("neine const.i-ucb i on, Special al10cations should be rrade by brth Service::; for a I,articu1arly vigorous d eve'Lopmerrba.L campaign on high-powered and highly s'.lpercha..rged engines, and on pow~r-pl~~ts of dies81 t}~e. 45. Funds ap~r~priated fer eXFe~irr~nta1 purposes and not paii out when eA~ected b!"lcause rf a failu~e 0f an article to meet tho oontractors guarantee:.; or a f a.i Lur-> of any contractor to come forward with an article IDe8ting a SRrvic!') specification undo r which f'un.Is had. been set aside, zhcul d r erra.i n ava i lablo until used. 47. Th",ro should bo a 010ser r:eordination of A:rIT1Y anrl :Na.vy p,xp",rir:pntfll ar.d develop'TEmtal w~rk, end the Katinnal Advisory Comritto," for Aero:r?uti0s should be rr:ore largely used as an az""ncy fr1' such cJ0rdinatinn. A much higher degr'?e of un i f o.rrrriby than nnw 8xists shoul.d bo attained in auxiliary m::;,teria1 and t,he rr.f'thr,ds for its dev'CloIIJ::.Ant, and 0.1::0 in the practil'lPs of th", ArlIT] and Navy in such technical rr.F.it,ters as the, ~lalyzing nf ~ircraft for stren90th, testing for pe1'fnrn:ance, and so on. 43. Arrangnnent::; sh0clcl be made for the terr:rorary ~tt~chm8nt ~f a fAW 0fficers of thA Army ~nd of the Navy to civil activities, and especially to air transport, f'-ir study in I)rd8r that the ::>.r-md Sel'vicps rray speurethe gr,"latest beud'it from civil aez-onaub i.cal. eXDeriencEl. 49. "T.'h8 War and Navy DepartllBnt; should ad')}t the practic.'), vrh~r~ possible without incr~as~ nf erst to the gcvornrr,ent, of nnking reasonable US0 of tho f'<c i Lit i os 0f a'mrn'Jp.d c i vil c.irc ruf'f r-epa.i r s bab i ons f'o r r"p;),ir and service w"rk on military una nava.L aircraft. 50. Th"1'8 should bR imrBdiate and IJosi t i vo action to b:provE; the pror:Xltien si tuo.t i on in thfl Army, with :;pecial reference tn the Ail' ~or~s. 'The aut.lv-r i t.y t.o }Jl'(wid.e teny.orary rank In t,he Air Crrp::;. to rrako t.ho ra'lk G"1TITCensuratp with th<, r8sponC3ibilities h--Ld , should be brcadoll!'d and .hen used. 51. The aQthnrity to seleot a Chief of Air Corps f1'nm llifDng all the officers nf 10ng service in t,hat arm, whi.cr has LOW px-pired, shcul d be ronew",ct. 52. Thc rrax irrn-rn term ('f ac b i v> s e r-vi oo ','lith rog-liar f'o r cc s on the part '"11' ResArve rilnts grad"lKlt",d f'r em the ArEf/ and Navy training school:; shnuJ.d bc increased, at least tn thr,,'" ysars anr PCl'haps fu1't1'.,,1'. A cash payrrerrt : should 'be given uprH t,Arrdnat Lon of this a.'.lty ~,c. "as') t.h", chock transf""r"IlC8 to civil life . 53. Cad8ts acceptAd f~r trainjng in either ,he Army or NavJ flying schoc l s should b.:; 1'8quirsd t" t.akcl 3. d ef i ni, t .. obligati"'n to rerform a G.efini t<'; lJ"'riocl of acti""e dtrby aft,')l' gradua-sion pxce.n:::t as their r es i znab i ons roay 'be ac. , -41-

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54. The aviation Reserves beth of the Arlrrl and. Navy should be rw.terially strengthened, and shoulu receive a higher ~riority than they at presrmt enj oy in the8.llot:ned of f'und.s , Cons i.de.rat.Lon should be given 'he the establi~lmBnt rf AS3ist~~t Secretari8s of War and I"Jf the Navy for Heserve or per-sonnel rratters. 1'heir duties wcul d LnoLud.o +.he encourage.'1l8nt and rra i.nuenanco cf a rrr.r o e1'foeti ve l-\csprve f(")rc~ in bct.h Sr}rvi~'3s t -parbcularly with regard to the fields r8quiring a snecialized co~iliination of technical ability. and military tro,ining. 5,). The Arrrrr B.nd Na'ly should oz-gani zo special c.l.as s l fi.ca t i cns in the Reserve for essential pcrsonnel of a.ir line or8anizab i ons , and every. effort should be rrad e to secure tho onrollmont of such -personnel in one or t.ho other of the Resorve forces. 56. Thu 'VIaI' and Navy Dcpa.r-rrnorrt s should give serious s tudy to measur-es of secD:cing a guneral enroll:ncnt in some ~at.e[;or:y of t.he Reserve of rrivate pilots 2nd ~OITmercial pilot:; o t.hc r t.han those on:rloyed in air tre.nsport, to tho im.inteIDnro of an a"rrorriate check or, t.no iLCli virinal qualification::; of civil pilots, and to the 03tablishment of special training cour s e s to supjLv i::ighly trainsd civil rilots with :;uoh srcc:ifically mili tary trainiD{.i <:1:'; might be neres"ary to rrrcko t.hom imncdiat81y ef'f cc bive member-s of a r-e so rvc. 57. ~hcre shocld be created a new tJ~e of govo rnmorrr Lnsurunco for l~escrJ'o officers, co ve r i.ng the G.viation hCtze,:-d cxclu::;ivGly, available in arrour.t s snl:Jsh:.nt.ia11y bcyond tho present $lCi,C':CC limit at inn, and 'I,-it.b r-r cmiUlr.S az-bi t.z-o.ri Ly rra.i nbad ncd on a very lIuderate sccle. The T'ersor.Jlel of tho aviation :22s or vos shoul.d r-eoo i.ve tho sarro rrot.<.:etion in CElse of inju.ry or d ea'l.h in lino of duty as wcul.d ?o gi'ren t.o 2:\88u1ar rffiecrs und e r the sruno C lrcllins+'e...nrE-)3. 58. 'i'lio rro'rision for of'f'Lc e.r rcr30nnol of spcci~cl engineer'ing abili t:!" and ind.'L:strial exp'::;riconet; ir, tho av i atLcn fiold ~;hol)ld be' rocO:lsidured both by t.h8 Anrrr [mel by the Na-.Cj. An acloqc;ate 1l .l!n'LcJr. of such of'f'Lc e r s SllO,-:l:~ bo d ove l oped and [1 v eri a.s s ur-a.nce by lq~id::'..ti()n of attracLi'7c ca::-eers ill the Service. III the case of the Ib';Y at Loas b , 'poo reco'~rm,md t.I:e corrmi r s i on of s~ch officers in a :;t.:~ff co rp s to in,sure corrt in1.10US emp::'0J--mcrrt 0:: dut i e a connec t.od '/rith t.heir :::-p('..:;ialty.
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ning the first I"lf the y~~r, viz: 2ndLi~uts. Grout' training schedules emphasize ground C.C. Harris, Jr.,' ("If alveston, Texas; C.O. G training. '1his is duo to the fact that ,.,nIy \ Yuller, Ccnner3ville, Ind.; S.V. Payne, nine Bombers are at this stati,.,n and they must I Fannin, Texas; E.V. Rnbnett, Jr., nan be sent to P.cckvrell Field fer the installation Antonio, Texas; Clayt~n SGiles, Chicagc.!ll. of controllable pitch propellers, before th~y and W.E. Waters, Millen, GA. can be used. The f'therplanes here at this time are 12 FT-3A' s (4 to each squadron), Air Co~Tactical 3chl"l(\l axwell Field. 1 BT-2A (Hqrs. Flight) and 1 C-14 (Hqrs. Flt.) I Hence the flying training new consists only of i The Commandant, ~fficer5 and men ~f individual prdiciency flights with an occa1~A~ell Field were h~St5 to the City ~f sional avi~atinn flight. This Gro~T n~w has Montfcmery on Monday I'\vening, Jan. 14th. ~n 27 Bombers, f'our ("If "hich will soon be flovm I tho cccasion ~f the ~vernrrls ball, ~el~to Selfridg~ Field for cold weather tests. brating the inauguratil"ln("IfI"Iverncr G Bib~ Two ~f the Bombers at Bockwell Field wero Graves int~ office. 81"lme 5,000 ppnrle f7~m badly dama2~d wh~n Cadets Edv~rd W. Virgin and N~~tgcr~ry and surrounding citi~s wer~ ~r~sAlexander W. Bryant nos~d over after landing. ent for the grand march at 9:00 p.m. Th~ It is expected that our Bombers will be scene ("If he-ball vms Hangar Nc. 4, whiph t ready for flight ~y ~~ch 1st, except fer was beautifully de~oratp.d with fla~s and those four us~d (In the srecial rroject by the bunting for the ~cc~icn. Flags of th~ Chief (If the Air Corps. United states and of ~th~r nations, als~ th~ Captain Junius r. Smi bh , N.l8dicalCorps. has flag 0f Alabama surr0und~d the Gov~~nor'" been assigned t~ this station. b0x. Unit arms ("If he Arnv and Navy 'aFI'~rei t Officers recently reporting to this stati0n mi.x ed in with the cr',wd. and 2. brilliant Cl'.d were assigned a~ foll(lws: 2nd Lieut. Richard ! succAssful evening was ~njcy~d. Arranger::entsw(')r~ r.nd(' f~r th",I'resid~nt'l; T. King and;Bn~Lieut .Allen L. Eri~kscn (A~r ball tf' -be held in the ~arr hangar ~n Jan. Reserve) to the 9th BombardrrBnt Sauadrcn. lJajor C.L. Tinker, COITrrculding Officer, has 30th, a large crowd bei~e expectpd. designated Iv'.a.j"r Fabian L. Pratt., Ii,. C.; Lsb Two airplane aoc i dor.vs wi thin th~ IF1.s11 tyro months saddened the perscnnel at th",. a~ticT Lieuts. James W. Gpry, EngiMoring Offi'~er; al Schoel. The first ~ccur~od on Dece2Db~r and Jehn G. Moore, Op0ratinns Officer, as th~ 11th, when Capt. A.B. Ballard, A.C:, and.lst Aircraft ClaGsification Corrrnitteef~r this Lieut. Hicardo Castenada Leon, .Mp-x~can.Air station. F~rce, collided in the air. the rl~es The Secretary-Tr~asurpr of the Officers c~ashing and killing b~th pilots. The C~ CLub is 2nd Lieut. Roy H. Lynn. rraIldantof the Sr,ho~l, Lieut.~Col~nel J~ Capt. Devereux M. Myers has taken up a new F. Curry, with liiajors WID. O. Pyan , A.C .and gan:e here which ho ~alls Badminton. Th"l idea, Thomas L. GI"Ire, C., Carts. MeLvi.r, B ..A.9', h.. according t~ the captai~. is to knock ~ W~rren H. Carter and K~eth C. ~bGre~(,\7 shuttlecoCk baCk and forth 0ver ~.Det with a acccrrpurri ed the h.. y ("Ifi",ut. Leon tc: d L sroal.L racke t. The Public Rolati~ns Officer, 2nd Lieut. Mexic~ City as escort ,f h0~r. Eugene H. Bese bo , and the :i:'rovnst I'shall , ",fa Thl') spcond accident occurred on Janunxy F01ice and Prison Officer, 1st Lt. Walter R. 7th, vrhf."n Lt . Tan::'ls L. Majors was rlil" 1st Agee, have ~s their assistants, 2nd Lieuts. turning from .Ali~~ville, Ala., after f07zyJrnr.es Roberts and Joel L. Crouch, Air ReE. ing tr'\ that town on an ~rrp.nd ('f roor.,y (\ serle, res~ectivety. soldier from the fi~ld whnsc father V~~ ill. On thf." eturn trip, ~ad wpather and r 120th Observatinn Squadron, Colorado N.G. f~g a~parently b10tted out all visibiliv~, and the rilct crashnd le ITlles short nf the At preser.t we are taking delivery ~f 8 O-19E fip,ld and v~s i~stantly killed. airplanes from the Regular .A.rrrw through the 'The instructors nnd ::;tudf'nt.s :r-cturned. f'!l San Ant("lnil"l TIl"pnt. Fcur p l.anea Wl'lrp Air re... January 2nd after a WAll d~sf'rved holiday ~ei~ed to date, and L~wry Field persoru.el are vaoa t Ir-n and are hard at work again. Th., highly pleas"ld with their rerforrrance. School is in its 20th we~k, and thp, subj.ct Two rvf our 0-38' s weN ferried to the S.A.A, D'I now being studied is Attack Aviati~n. . for ("Iverha'~ and will be a~signed ~o the New arrivals at 1~xwell Field w~rA MaJar Ar]:ansas l:ati(lnalGuard. One 0.. 38 and cne Payrrr nd E. O'lTeill. who was assigned as :2n0-38E will be turned ove r tl" the Minnesota and structor at the Sch~ol in Balloons and AirMissouri Nati~nal Gl~d. rpspectively. sh.ir-s j Capt. William H. Lawton, M. C" I a ~ Four new !mn werp eomni ssi oned in 0UX Squadr~cant graduate nf th~ Flight Surg~n s rl"ln ecently, viz: 2nd Lieuts. Baxter L. r School at Randolph Fi~ld, T~y~s, whn wn~ Ireland, Eugene Cunningham, Daniel F. Burns assigned as Assistant Flight Surgeon; 1st and ''VilliamC. Ca.Lhoun. The Sqlladr0n Dl'W has Lieut. Ralph A. ~voly, from ~erch Fi~ld, a total ("If I"lffi~~rs 20 . Cal~f., assigned as Asst .Post CreratioM Off1cer and C.O., Or-dnance Detachment. Fort Crockett. Texas, JanuaEY 17th. ~hjor Guy D. Griggs, k.C., absent at the Army and Navy General Hosri tal at H,.t Six Air RfIlserv-a officers were assigned to Springs, Ark., for the rast s~veral ~nths, and joinod t,hp. ~hh:d At.tack (';,rnl.lp a six fr-r

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has been retired according t~ recent not~ficndinner V/O,S token of their 8 c.ppr8ciation t.ion from bhr- War JJepartldEmt. The persoillllS1 of the post w"lcrmed l,uj('\r Capt. Vim. H. T!"rI'lel1, :. C., is on JJ. S. at and Mrs .. lIartin F. iicanlon and are delighted Pando'Lph Field ,pursuing the courae at the to have their one time Conuand.i.nz Officer Flight Surgs0n' s School.. . Y8turn tr the field for another tour cf Majer Wm. O. RJ~n ~~s relieved as Pnst SLCCUduty. tive Officer a:,d d ot.a'i Led to the .Air Corps Board. He and Lieut. G0rdon P. Saville, who 8COTT }'I C:~ENG.2S .AIR GOBI'S was relicv'"ld as Ir.sb rucbor , are t.:C,ccr.Ly ('.ffinr SCpOL ETA1~Y HECGl<J) cprs so f::,r apno i.nt ed to t};e Eoa.r d , Tech. Sgt.. Her...ry :.:. Rli' .. was transf~rr8d. .s Dur inz tho tbirt8c21 .roribh period from from Kelly Fi01d to Hqrs. of the Seh,01. ,J~mrlI'~/l. 193~, to Jarm:lrY 1935, Scott Staff Sgt. DOI'..a.I d Villl1:lIns, pro;\l"kd Ls b i :F'ide} :.1:.... J. two IT.Y ...n in its Guar-d !rouse in Sgt., was T'"lJi evod as ECO in chargp o f Roprc , ,J,':nuc.r.f: 1934, .. only ?no rrCI1 in Fob7'.m.ry,ond ductirn at the School, ar... assigned d to Hqrs., r.',J DCcl a n conf'Lncrnorrt for t':18 ons ui ng e l even his former pr s i tien bt'ing ta,;:en r-ve r by Staff norrbhs , Dur inr- t.h i s ~OI.1C 13-:T.onth 'Corioei it Sgt. J ru.,:.es Po bins on. l:F.d 0:1(' Generc/L Court Martial, orie Sl)ccial Warrant Officer rerry B. -Taok sr-n d'3pe.rted I Cour t.-Icarb ial, and but eleven 0urr:r:'ary Courtsfrom this statif'lU and will be replaced. by 1,Ja,rtial trials and convi~-tions. Warrant 0fficer Chesto!', now absent sick in ---000--Letter!Tan General Hospital. The Baslce bba.l I season will officially open CA.::'TAIN BE\'EEI::X;'EDII~S IN EOSFI'I.A.1 oaz-Ly in. February. Uni f'-irms and equipn'..ent are en har.d ar.. t.he snuad rr-n teams are busily at d The sad noYTShas just reached lis that practice for what-appears to ~e thp largest C[:ptain t.:oll:n Bcver i.dge , Jr., Air CO!"9s, basketball year see:; at the field so far. died at 1;;:10 a.I:J., :B'cDT11Ery t , 0..1', the Ls The f0ur teams at the fielJ are the 51st and Vio.ltel' EGcd. General Hospital. 54th S~hocl Sq1.:2.dr()Ds, HE.adqc:arters. of the , C'::trt'1in Beveridge ha:i. "epn ill for SOrr:B SchOr'll, and bho "Spare Parts T88.ID, ~or:::rl'lseu I, rrorr..hc arid l;Coliical 01fic8r::; held. EO hero of 11.11 detachments. for his r ecove ry, He is cno of the ~eteran The 54th acquir8d several new rlayers since j)ilob of th0 Air Corps, enterinG the mililast y ea'r and pr-omi se s to furnish l'lenty r-f t.o.r}' service dur i rn; the Wcrld War. (''mlp''ltition. It will ce or-ached by StHff Sgt. He vtaskJc"Il ill vTl:ile attcndir..g the Air Stefhen P. Bialos, assisted by S@n Ne~s, fcrCOrDS 'Lncticul 3"hoo1 at Iviaxwull .. ield, F .Ala. n:.er Hawaiian Department Charrp i on, They prn811(( he wac hlood.ia tel,/ trcnsferred to the mise a raul t8ffiTI. Walter l~eed Eospi bal . First Lieut. Frank F. Everest., Jr. ,.Athletic Trior to 'b::'ini.i detailed tr'>thp :ar:tical Officer, has eauiFped Hangar No. 6 as a first School, CaTt.ain p. .".'oridge wan on 3.l:ty P.vS class gynr~sium, end as soon ~s the cackstors C:~ief of the Mat.or: 81 Liai::;vn Sed.io:c, are padded, a l'erf"lct basketball floor.wi~l Office "' Lho (~~ief of the Air Co rps , be ready f'o r the Inter .. Sqlk'1.dron ij<::'.IT:es.Vhth Wss.ain;:;ton. HI" ser'TIc'c1in that af'fi.oo for a the snapp:- neVTun i f'orrns and bho exco l Lcrrt . rcriod of four years. squadron spirit displayed by all the I'lrgan~zaOf a very Li.kca.ul e fcrsoIllility, Car t.a i.n tions for sports hore, an interesting season B8vcrid"e l,:ade rranv fr~en:is, and hi s Q8ath is prerlicted. i:::; a se~ere loss bhem 0..::0 7/,,11 as to the br-anch of the ser'.:iC'() .... hid: he Lcved so BolliLg Field, D.C., January 15th. mur-h , A devo t.cd husband and father, his less is The offic8rs of Bolling Field, with very an l-:.:r~.j.)t'::::-lrat:ler .. to r,.. o 8 ose ",vhQ we r c ::30 near ~ueh regret, bede good-bye tl'l Lie~t.-Colonel and do;:.r t" h im, an.' the s i ncez-e ;,:nr.,,'1athy E.C. Kress Muhl"lnberg !'In January 14th, vThcn he of th.c .Air Corps iS0xL.macd to his bereaved left f'o r his new assignment as Air Officer, fan:il,'.'. Headquarters 3rd Corps .Aree.. Colonel 1iuhlenberg had been our Co~nanding Officer only sir ... June 13th last, ce but he and Lr s , Muhlenbsrg, through t.heir personality, interest in. the Vlork and 'Pastimes of both C'fficers and enlisted men arld'U ... eir cordiality with all wi. th whom they carre in oorrbao t , had won a vel'y warm spot in the hearts ('I' the pe rsonne'L of' t.his corrrrand , His rrany friends arc very glad that his new a.s s i gnroerrb does Lot take him very far away. i The officers and ladies ~f Bolling Field I gave a farewell d Lnne r i 0 Col onaI end i\irs. Muhl"mb(~rg on January lOth Ilt tb\) Officers~ Chl.b~' ':1c~ RAse:ve 0fficers of the Distri..:t of '1 Col~,illia gave a dinner to Colonel Muhlenberg at the Army-l'iavi and Marine Country Club on the follm.,'in(j d;'y. The Colonel ha::o shown great irrt"lred in the training of Rp.sp,n-e Officer::; sirJ'(' coming t,(, Rvlling ],'jJeld, and this !

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The Chief nurnose of this publication is to distribute iluormation aeronautics to the flyin~ pe r eonne l 11. t he Regulal' Army, Re sez-ve Corps, Guard, and others connected vd th aviation. ---000-.-NATIOlTA.1J 13'RON:'IER AIR D:iFEJS:E. ASSOC IATION AlmcrGTNCi.S POLICY ITS

The f'o l l.owi ng policy was adopted by I by combat uni t s , for it is inconceivthe National Air ~1'ontier Dcf'eiise Asso- I a.b'l,e that serious at t acks on the United eiation: Stat3s in force could be launched ' liTo nr orno t e interest in and secure 18c;ainst several localities simul taneCongressional action to b:r:ing about the I' cii ..Ly , The location of the country or establi s hment of a sy s t em of' Air Froncountries at war i7i th us will indicate tier Defense bases in the United. States I in 8 e:;eneral WDy the most likely ani Insular possessions and a sUbstanti-j theRtx'e or the,.~tres of war and of 011eral t nc r e a se in the Air Force in connec- , a t i onc , The thro"telled sector wi t.hi.n tion therewith; to leave to the War De- these theatres wi] 1 be determined partment all po l.i.c i e s r e'Lat i ng to the ttrrough various sources - naval and location of such bases and questions miJi-'::,pry intelligence, surface ships, pertaining to their e'-Juifiment, personnel, and eubinar i ne s arid aircraft. When the training, and operation. I t aeat r e is de t e r.ai.ned , the Air Force Gerie r a.L Chorles E. '::ilbourne, G.S.C., w~.ll be partially concentrated to proAssi stant Chief of St af f' , NQr Plans Di- teet t hat theatre. When the specific Vision, ar.d ~iajor FoLl ett Bradley, tl1ro"l.t'16ainst a ny sector has been 10G.S.C. (~.C.), were present at tile inicqted, the Air FJrce will be still furtial meeting of the Association in i ther concentrqted to meet it and will Washil1E.,.ton, D.C. The War Jepart..nent into action as soon 3,S effective rehas announced that it is in acccrd with sul.t s can be ob tal ne L the above policy 1)1' t.ne Association and It is tmpo s sc t.Lc , and in fact highly expects to have an cppo rtum ty to show I undesirable, for each permanent station t~e ne~d for.A~r CorDS pOTIn~nent staIt? bo l~rg~ enOUGh to accommc~te the t.i ons a,n addd t Lo n to "hose 1t now has tW ...010 A1r .~orce, or even a ;:w.Jor porl in hear t ng s before tho D:L'esont session tion of it. To a t t empt such manner of of Congress. operation would be to alace all of General Kilbourne, who seve r s.L days 01'),0 I S eggs in on"; basket, and would ago denarted for t he PhiJ.ip-jines to asrendor the Air Fo r ce co ncerrt rat.ed sume his new duties as Oornnandxn.; Genthereon subject to :uajor d l,ea,.:;e in the era.1 of t he Harbor Defenses of lvianila event of a suc ce s ef'u.l, ho s t i l e eir atand Subic Bays , recently made "t statetack. On the contrary, each permanent ment in an ooe.n henr i ng conducted by air station will serve as a ba.se or the MilitaryA:ffCl.ir.s Co.nmi t.ee of the t rrucl.eus for the 0;2erc,.ti-:>::.of t>q,t part House of Representatives, to t he effect of tile Air Fo r-ce dee..u.d l,e .e er: r"T TO t hat what is r2.3emednece asary is to meet the t hrea; a':;!'l.L"3t +1/: are'. r::e1'7ed provide in GrtC'1. strCi.tef.':ic ar ea the neby tbftt perrianent ;t.'\."ior.. '1'1;.,-,".j ,c~licessa:r:.;)' ins~allations for t9-e se rv Lce ta~y facil~ t~e~ W:li :)e. Ci\,,~ne?,'3d by of G. H.Q.. A~l' For ce urn ts wnen co nce nSUl tabl,e c Iv LLt an fa ::;.ll tICS ~11 each trated in S1lCh ar ea for ruancuve r s . T:1.(: a1'8['_. Air Corps is now, and has be en for some i 'I'he growth 0-;-'civil a~iation,carefultime, eng['~ed in a. survey the sever- i ly fostered. by t he Fe de ra'l , State and al stratec~c areas. l0c~1 goverl~ents, together with the It .,light be of interest to l{now the fl"t:,iotic 1.ir-minriedness of local comsnec If'Lc pur oo se s of these baso s and , murrit i e s , lU3.;)T be expc.c t e d to supply briefly, the met ho ds of utilizing them i mor.t c f the operating fields which will in 'Pes.ce and in war. be ncce sca r;' in t he cv~,:}t o f i"letr. HowP~rst, let it be understood. that, e~E;r. a 1.leceS~<lTY step ~~l the pro"".l,;>:!.'?n while in peace ce r t.at n specific 1\.ir 01: ade qur t e aa r G.ffen~E. 1S the acqul",iCorps units w i Ll, be ao s i gne d a "pe rma- I tion <end co ns t ruc t.t on 07 the additional nent s t.a.t Lon!' in each area, actually I pe r.nanent Air Corps I'>tations, and their their o ccupat.Lon of these s t at Lonc will e qu.ipruerrt m.t:1 t~1e ne ce s sar;' n.i!'~lanes be permanent only in the se nee that land pe r sc nne L, Nhen thfc~ 1-,:-8 thus garthey will be located there dur i ng such r i so nc d , t he conmand i ng cfi:. (''-;~'S of times 8 sthey are not engaged! at some each will be spec i f I ca'l .j.y r,r.;a:.;ed with other locality, in maneuvers t n peace the accurat.e and cl.etb...;.l.~:l ., :t'rmination d or hostile operations in war. In .the of the Lo ca t i on , si ae , and. number-s of event of war:,)robaoly not more than a the required civiJ. field8 ne eue d in his very small number of the permanent staarea to ccccmmodate war oP2:rutions. For tions will be oc~u)i<:>cl.at the SC'J'll6 time such of those fields as cannot be pre-~~V-6725, A.C.

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which the harbor defenses constitute pared as indicated. above as an incident II st rcng points." It is by means of all of c omrne La.L air,aevelO"bu:.ent,uitable r-c s three of these agencies that the Army sites will be selected ane. estimates of provides for the accomp1i3b:nent of its cost in money and man hours will be prere apons'i ili ty for the direct defense b pared and held until war' is threatened. of the coast. Frequent pence-time maneUV8rs will be ---000--.held in the -areas se rved by e ach penna..; nent Air Corps station to perfect the PROMOTI011S AND CHANG:LS OF STATION training of the various units of the Air Oi AIR CORPS OFFIC:iRS Force teffil.1, to determine tho adequaand cy and pr8gress of the program to Drovide the necessary operatin~fields. . The tem~orary promotion of Air Corps So far, this discussIon has been limofficers l.norder to give thern suitable ited to the Air Force alone. However ,we rank commensurate with the duties must not forget that the Air Force is which they are performing is now under but one agency of national defease,althe ~r0cess of being accompli~hed. beit a most important one. The Navy,the T111.s atter (if insui'ficient rank o f m harbor defenses, and the other combat Air Corps officers for duties performarms and services of the Army are all ed by them is one which has been in absolutely essen.tial to adeouate dedebate for quite a number of years. fense, and to place entire reliance on 'I'he I.o r-rw Board in 1925, cognizant of o anyone would be Ute height of f'c Ll.y , this situation in the Air Corps, proComplete security demands all the se nosed a remedy for it by advocating agencies. Thei~ places and functions in t ha.t temporary increased r-ank be given the natio~~l defense scheme mey be those Air Corps officers e rf'o ming r roughly and bit ef Ly visualized as duties which called for h1gher rank follows: than that ac t.ua l Iy held by them. The primary function of the Navy is to The Air Corps Act of July 2, 1926, maintain inviolate our vital sea C0illffiUembodi~d the necessary authority to a~ard this increased temporary rank nications and dcny them to the enemv. In to Air Corps officers, where circumso doing it ~SYprotect the coast indirectly. If the condition and situat~on stances warranted it, but for certain valid reasons this particular proviof our fleet are such~hat it can and does operate effectively in any sen area, sion of ~he Act was not carried out unt il thi s year. our coast line covered by thQt sea area The S~ecial War Department Boa.rd, is safe rr om attack t;)T naval, air or headed oy the Hon. Newton D. Baker, ground forces. However. in view of the f'o rme r Secretary of War, and the Presifact that the primary mission of the dent's Federal Aviation Con~ission fleet reOQires that it te free to Dove made similar recommendations with reand operate in any wat.e rs , tile incidentspect to temporary inc~eased rank of al protection it may affold a given part Air Corps officers, and these recomof the coast is transient, and therefore mendations, coupl.e.. with the emphasis cannot be as si gned a pe rmanerit value in D~aced ufon tnis need by the organizathe Army1s plan of clE'fense. t~on of vhe G.H.Q. Air Force, produced The Army is r-e spon sLul.e for the direct a situation. which caused the War Dedefense of tho coastal and Land frontpar trae n', to set the raacnd nery in motion iers. This is necessary in o rder that ~C' make ~he p:;:oposit~o":1."of tem~orary the United States Fleet may be f~ee to l.llCrUaS8Q rank for A1.r Gorps orficers conform to the movements of its princian ac t.ua.Li ty. pal objective, wrii.c h is the hostile Elcewh6re in this issue of the News fleet. The development 0: a well-balancLetter is publirhsd a W~r Denartment ed Air Force as a. combat arm of the announcement, of the t enroo rar-v increasMobile Army gives to us a powerful eleed rark given to the coillmandlag Offiment for use in situe.tions wherein the cer of the G.H.~. A:r Force, his fleet has been ul~.ble, for any reason, scaff, and the commanders of t.heFirst, to nr-ev ent the ao'or oach of ho st i Le forS0cond and Third Wings. ces~to a Dositiou"from which they can Spacial Orders of the War Department attack. Like the Navy , t:leAir J?orce just issued announce further temnorary must be ready to operate illiiI'_ociiately on p~'o:Ilo~ion~ Air Corps officers, "f outbreak of war and can strike po~erful wnersoy Lleut.-Colonels Delos C.Ewmons, blows against the enemy while the latWilliam C. McChord, Jacob E. Ei ckeL, ter is still beyond the sDhere of action Frederick L. Martin, Majors Henry W. of the harbOT defenses and tho field Barms and Junius Vi. Jones assume the armies. In certain situations the Air temporary ra~~ of ColoneJ, and Majors Force may afford. direct support to the Oliver P. Echols, garold A. Strauss, fleet. In the Army's defense of the coast the Fran}: D. Lack.Land and Dudl ey :B. Howa.rd, tbat of Lieutenant-Colonel. G. H.Q,.Air Force af'f or-dsa long-range, The new assibTh~ents given to the Air highly mobile strikinG force, and the ICorps officers tenporarily promotei ground troops a li":1.e resistance in of -46V-6725, A.C.

AIR CORPSWiANEUV'ERS:nTHAVALRY C thus far are stated below: Brig. General Henry C. Pratt from Wright Field, Ohio, to Langley Field, Va.l as Wing COldman&"er,Second Wing, G.H.Q,. Dur i ng the past year, Flight D, 16th Air Force. Observation Squa~ron, Marshall Field, Brig. General Henry n. Arnold, Wing Fort Riley, Kansas, together with a deCommander of the First Wing, G.H.Q. Air t~c~lillent f rom Brooks :l?ield, Texas, parForce, remains at his present station, I t i o i pat ed a n the Cavalry School maneuvlviarch Field, Calif. \ er s , whi ch continued throughout a whole Col. Gerald C. Brant goes from :Brooks month. One flight, consisting of three Field to Barksdale Field, JJa. as Wing 0-19 airplanes, with Cant.af n Calvin E. Cownander of tl~ Third Wing, G.H.Q. Air Giffin as flight commander, cooperated Force. during the early part of the exercises Colonels Enmons and McChord remain at with the mechanized cavalry. The other their present stations, the former as flight, consi stint; of three 0-25C airWing Commander of the 18th Composite planes, with Captain N.R.Laughinghouse Wing, Fort Shafter, T. H., and the latin cornmand , cooperated with the horse ter as Wing Commander of the 19th comuol cavalry at first, and during the latter site Wing, Albrook Field, Canal Zone.' part of the maneuvers, with the mechanColonels Hal~s and Jones also remain ized forces. At their present stations, the former ,I The maneuve r s were very successful on as Commandant cf the Air Corps Primary both sides. It was the first time in Flying School at Ra ndo Lph l!'ield, Tex8,s, history that airplanes were used wi th and the latter as Commandant of the Air i the mechanized cavalr,y in such maneuvCorps Technical School at Chanute Field,1 er s . The results were highly sati sfacRantoul, Ill. tory, and it was found that the airColonel Jacob E. Fickel, Chief of the pl.ane is indis:pensable in maintaining Buildings and Grounds Divisi.on, Office \ constant survel Ll.ance cve r enemy mechanof the Chief of the Air Corps, ized forces, due primarily to the high Washington, D. C., a s sume s the duty of rnobili ty and large area of ooer-at.t on of Commandant of the Air Sorps Advanced this force in all directicns~ Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas; In the course of these exercises, it while Lieut.-Colonel Frank D.Lac'r~and, was a l.so found that it is necessary to at present on duty. in the Plans DiViSiOl' send out friendly airnlanes in a~rance Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, to reconnoitre for the "mechanized assumes the duty of Chief of the Fleld forces. Service Section, Materiel Division, ---000--Wright Field, Ohio. Lieut -Colonels Echols, Strauss and ,MIAMI FLIGHT PROVESVALUABk TRAIiUNG Howard remain at the Materiel Division, I Wright Field, in their re soec t tvc posi-I Brooks Field, Texas, was substantially tions of Chief of t he EIFineerin.rr Secr~presented at the recent Air RaC3S at tion, Chief of the Procu~ernent S(~ction Mlami, Fla., a flight of 22 airnlanes and Chief of the Administrative Section'l and pe r sonne I comprising 23 officers and Colonel Mar+in, uoon the completion 18 enllsted men, commanded by Lieut.of his present course of instruction at I, Col: G.C. Brant, cormnander of ~he field, the Army War. Coll~g?,. Washington, goes tak,l::g off or; January 7~h for lvliarni,via to the Matenel Di.v i s i on for duty as , Ba::.'{',Aa~e ana Maxwep Flelds. and Executive thereof. ! Lah.GJa~1.a., ~a. Land.i ng at Lakeland for F The Air Corns officers assi~ned to I gas,.tue fllght tad the pleasure of atduty on the s'taff of the Cornm~nder of I tend~n~ the. dedication of one of the the G.H.Q,. A~r Force will be stationed I ID?St s'91e~dld}Y planned and co nat ruc.be d at Langley Fleld, Va. I alrnsrts ln tue country. Possesslng sur. The orders issuei to the officers fa~~~~runw~ys! permanent bUil~in~s,IDeteoabove named become effective on j\J;arch I rol_blcal equi praerrt , et c , , ana Sl tuated 2nd, next. i on t~e shores of a lake three miles in The foregoing assirrunents to duties ~en6;,h and .~.~out one and one-iha'Lf miles involving t.empo r a.ry rank are merely a Iln vhclth, whi.ch af f or'd s an excellent harpart of the ehtire plan wbJch, the War bo;- for ,se~,plar:3:, t hi.s airport ~s the Department has announced will also in- ! pr~de of the cltlzens of Lakelana, who valve assignment of apprcrprbte rank to I t"':lr~led 01.1t en ma?s to at terid its dedicathe coromand l na officers assi zne d to I t rori. That evern.ng the good people engrouns and oa~adrons. b t~rtaine~ tue 12th. Observation Group ~ . ---000--\Wlth a ~lnner dance, and the perso~nel , .., frOID Byooks Field will lO~6 remember this VvarDe:par~men~'"lrders Just Lssued d1r~ct. I mo~t gracious ze atur-e of ho spt tali ty. Col. Henry ~. F~sher, nc;w on duty as.Ch~ef 0f, Several tactrcal pi-o b.lems were carried t~le :Plans D~ns~on, Off1ce of t.he Ch~ef of the \ out during the flight, and everyone is of Au COI':Ps: to :proceed on July lst,next, to the opinion that one flight of this nature ~xwell F~eld,Mc;ntgo~:y, Ala. '. and ':l'ssume ~u- lis more va.Luab.Le for tactical training hes as cornrand.Ing o... ce:r of that f~eld ann h I than many worked out at the Lome ail'G.rome. as.Ccmnandant of the Tachcal School. -47V...,6725, A.C.
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A recent announcement of the War Department is \' On or about March Ls t , next, the 31st to the effect that the principal members of the Bonibardment Sauairon, a '.mit of the 1st General Staff of bhe GEQ}ir Force. which offici- I Wing of the recently created General Heada.lly comes Lrrbo being on l,:arch I, 1935, have been; e'uarters Air Force, with 10 lv'.i8.rtinB-l2A designated, and have r epor'bed to the Air Force airplanes, will depart from Washin[.ton, Commnder, Lieut ... C:olonel F.M. Andrews, for bernD.C., on a one-stop flight to the Panarra. porary duty in Washington. The eventual strength Canal. Zone. The intelmedi,"te sbop will be of Colonel Alldrews' Staff will be about 23 Air at Mi&nU, Florida. for refueling. The Corps officers, and such ad,litional officers of squadz-on will be uncler the cormnnd of Capthe other Services as may become necessary, but, tain EarolC! D. Smith, Air Corps, who will initially, only a few will be assi:ned. As the have 15 of his squadron officers and 16 of need for addi tional Staff officers becomes appahis erlisted men accompany him. The home rent. they w-ill be selected. 'I'hose now d es rgnabsbtio:J. of tLis Squadr-on is at Hati Lbon et. are: Field, near San R'"-J.ftt.el, alif., C the new Air Major HUGh J. Knerr, A. C.. Chief of Staff. Corps field to which it recently rroved from Major Harvey S. Burwell, A.C., Assistant Chief }(;arch Field, Riverside, Calif. of Sta:f, G-l, Personnel. Tho ~urno3e of the flight is to provide Major Foll'3tt Bradley, A.e., AFsistant Chief routine e.i r nav igabi.onal and technical of Staff, G-2, I:J.telliL~ence and Public tr:1ining for Air Fo rc e personnel. Relations. Present plr~ns call for the squadron to Captain George C. Kenney, A.C. As s i s t.anb Chief proceed to Roclcse'l I Field. Coronado ,Calif. of Staff, G...:3, O}1erCltions and Training. on 01' about Fe':!ri.l2.ry10th, for the purpose Major Jose1)h T. ~Ik:l;arney. A. C" Asdsta.;-"t Ch i.ef of a check of the errui.pmenf at the Air of Staff, G-t., Supnly and Y"3.rPlans. Corps Depot 2t that station. From Rockwell Wing Corrroand.ers have been d as ignat.ed as hel'l, Captain s:ri.th will lead his Squadron f'o l Lovrs t to Washinbton, LC . fOT the take-off south1st Wing (";est Coast) I,ie'.lt.-Colonel Eenry H. v.'2<rd. ':!.'he ;:>12,nes wi.Tl be eq'.lip~ed with Arnold, A. C. the latest radio inst:::'uments and other air 2nd Wing (~ast, Coast) Lie~t.-Colonel Henry nav igeb ion e('yip:nent. C. Pratt, A.C. It vIill be recIl Led that ten si::rl.lar Arrrw 3rd Wing (Central Stntes) Lieut.-Colonel a i rp'Lc.ne , un-le r the conrnand of Lieut.-Col. s Gerald C. Brant, A. C. Henry H. Ar nol d, Air Corps, successfully As has previously been announced, Colonel carried out E' long-distance =1i[;ht from Andrews will be given the t~nporarY raik of I Was~in~ton, D.C., to F8iron~s, Alaska,and Brigadier General. 1,:a20r Knerr 'frill be teIImOI'FrJ I return, in the sumne r of Las b year. On Colonel, and the Assistimt Chiefs of Staff will ! the return trip, and for the first ti;re in be t.errpo raz-y Ld eut.enant.-Co'l ono'l s , The Comnanders aviation history, this ?liisht connected of the 1st and ;:;ndWings will be te:nporary .0rig1.1.- Alaska r nd the ira i.nl.and of the Uni.bed t d~er Generals, and the Comrande r of the 3rd V:ing Stat8s by air "I'.-i thout an intennediate stop, wlll be te::"porary Colonel. tile jo'u'ney from Junel:.ou, Alaska, to , '"" --- 000--Sea t tl e , Wasl~., be ing ffi:'ldein 54' hour-s , ANAIR-MH.1DED GO\'ERNOR On tlle Pa.ta.re ?Jir:~t, the 31st Squadron will Leave "h".sr,ington in the early morning Av~ation enthusiasts in t.he Sto.t~ ?f. WaShi~gton'l for : ii.arrd , a d i ste:lce of 912. statutc miles. par-t icul.ar-Iy member-s of the 41st Dl va sa on AVla. _ ' , tion, National Guard, are }"leased with their After bl;e planes are refuel eo., tne second Governor and Ccrrmande.r-d.n-Chd ef , "because Goverleg of the fli.dlt will be bo France Field, nor lIJartin likes aviation." . . Cana.I Zone, tlle planclS proceeding directly The Chief Executiv: of t~e state was act~ ve a.n ove r tIle Car i.bbenn Sea. The State iepartsecuring the new Natlonal Ouaz-d hangar at tel bs +-.~.,.. .. ,,' ", , J" Field, Spokane, and i::; a regular passenger across menu has a~.3.11r~Q .1 t1." uhe proper r'oz-ea.gn the State in National Guard airplanes. One of Governments for the al~l~nes to fly over his three sons, Dan lIJa.rtin, holes a student any of tlleir terri'~ories that may be brapilot's permit, while the youngest son, Frank, versed en route attends all National ____ ;.____ Guard camps each year. ,., t' ua n SmiJ-h~ persorme 1 Wl '11 incl ucle vap "s

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officers and enlisted men: students have been in this region, freeing Officers: the forests from,blister rust. It is in Major Fabian L. r~dica.l Corps, Flight this work that t~ Na.tional Oua.rd plaue~ \ coopez-abed ll".(jstly. Surgeon. 1st Lieuts . John C. MoC're Edgar T.' Noy~s . Badia communication has been another imporJalI'.es W. Spry Donald J. Keun taut phase of the ccoperat ive program. Every Donald R. Lyon Ghas. B. stone. III I Monday night the Squadron conducts cormumica2nd Lieuts. Lloyd R. Watnee Eugene H. B~ebe ,t:1,ons with the 148th :l!'ield Artillery, Idaho W;n. M. Garland Marvin L. Harding \ National Guard, at Coeur d I Alene; the 161st William Ball Chas.G.Vfilliarooon Infantry regiw:'l!:tt, Wasbington National Guard, Roy II. Lynn I Spokane, ar.. Repuar .1th Infantry troOFs at d Radio Operators I fort George Wright. Spokane. Staff Sergeanlrl[erUlard D. Wilson ---000--Sergeants Harold E. Cooper, Allan P. Cress Corporal RUdolph Lesnick PURSUITTO BECOME TTACK A Airplane and Engine Mechanics Master Sergeant """Clla,rles Gravlin F. Personnel of the 17th Pursuit Grou:;, March Field, i:1iverside, c.air.. lm:J.e noted with Technical :lergeants '!iill iam H. Blackden, keen interest the ai.nouncemerrt that this Nels E. Swanson, Karl T. VliedekaII1!, Staff Sergeants Philip P. Monroy. Francis L. I Gnup i~ shortly to be changed to the 17th 1 Attack Group. Al:ce2.dyAttack Tables of OrganKurtz, George Y. Nevnran, ThoIIlC.3. Tooney, F ,Attack Munuals. Supply Tables, and Mathew A. McGraw, Paul S. Patterson, Robert W. ization, tactical lectures en Attack Avia.tion are rcakStauffer. ing their ~p~earallce. Sergeant Joe Howard. ---000--Much of the m:t~cipated sorrow at seeing their units recomtituted to Attack and. hav.ADVANCED AVIC-ATION TRAINING UNIT STILL AT IT ing, consequently, to give up the singl!=!seaters has not been in evidence, probably The student officers o the Advanced Avigalargely due to the belief that the Group will tion Training U1Ut are now in their fourth be supplied with the new Northrup Attac~ week ,.,f instruction. With the roorning spent , plane. This plane has been seen at th~s in the cla.ssroom, the afternoons spent in the station on several occ~sions as B. result of air and the evenings dedicated to the solution test flights from the nearby factory, and its of problems to be turned in the next n~rning, pez-fo rrrance and appearance have been very the students are having difficulty finding all heartening to its prospective future pilots. that "spar.;," time sorceone foolishly told them ---000--to e'Xpect 8,t Rockwe'L'l Field. To break the rroncbcny and mintain the' merrba.L alertness" of 1u~ruAL INSPECTION DIVISIONC01~~~CE the students, trips +,0 Catalina Island. and the Douglas Aircraft plant have been added to the The annual conforence of the Air Corps Incurriculum ab strategic points. spection !)i;visior~, t'c r t~le discussion of ---000--tec~nical matters ~n cO!L~ection with aircraft mab.tenanco and inspection in bhe va.rious WEATHER BV.rtEAU flIGHTS BY NATION1'1L GUARD AI:RlvlEN Control Areas, was neld at the San .btomo Air Depot, Duncan Field. Texas, beginning A cooperative program with other goverrmenbFebruarv 4th. ~ ttc:ld.ng v:ere Ca-.:>tain1'.iClX F, ... a~ ';l-g;mcies. ha? beefl ca~ried o~ h:( th~ 41st Schneid~r, Chie~ of the ~h.specti~n Division, Dlvlslon AVlatlon. Nashlngton Natlona~ Guard. O~fice of the ~cief ~f the Air Corps; Captain St t' Jul 2 193" '1 t f th Di .. H.A. Bivins, Tecb.lical Supervisor, Fairfield , a~ ang . y, :' pl ~ so'. e va s ron Air Depot Corrbz-r L .Area. and his assistant, Av:atlon have bee~ maklng dally Weat~er Bureau Staff Sergeant Frcu'k Blair: Captain B.J. fllghts.for the alrv~y: weathe: statlon at Tooher, Technical Su~ervisor, Vdddletown Air Felts Fleld, Spoka~o, dash., :nth.th~ r:sult Depot Control Area; Cal:)ts.inAmes S. Albro, that 217 hours of v,eather fly~ng a s oday TecL'1.ical Supervisor, San Antonio Air Depot, recorded.. and his assistant, staff Sergeant Elliott The average flight takes one hour and 20 Scott; and Staff SerGeant Ross P. Peck, assisminutes, and altit,1d.es ranging from 17,000 to banb to Capbaan C. Vi. Sul Ldvan, Technical 20,OCO feet are attained. O)~gen tanks are Supervisor: Roch~rell .A:r Bepot Control Area, used on msny trips. Tenj?eratures of several '1'71".. 0 was unab'l e to a.bt.end , degrees bel~w zero were encolL'1.tered.' Every ---000--pilot in the Squadron has engaged in these weather flights, which have proven very satisThe annual inspection of the San Antonio factory to the Weather Bureau. Air Depot \las made January 28-29 by Cclone1 'flru. S. Br-rwnarig, of The Irispec t.or General's Many flying hours have been accumulated by Office. Washington, who had also Jr.:"C e the the l16th Observation Squadron in its cooperaprevious annual, inspection. Ccl., :::lrowning tive program "rith the Forestry Service. expressed himself as greatly pleased with Forestry District No.1. located generally in condi tions at the Depot and as having ncned the Spokane region, is the largest forest dismuch impl"ovement thereat since his las-G trict in the United States. inspection. For the last two years thousands of C.C.C. V-6725, .A..C. -4 the follovnng

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REPORt' OF THE FEDEBA& .A.VIA.TIr.N, COMMISSION (Continued) Under the heading of ''Propur~ment ~f Military and Naval Aeronautical Materil!ll'1 the Federal Aviation COnnUssion, in its re:port, made the follo'ldng reconmendations: . 59. The pararr.ounti!I!Jortance qualiof ty in nilitary aircraft should be recognized, and procurement pulicies should be fixed with primary reference to the sccuring at all times of the best material. Price should not be the ~rimary consideration. 60. The general ~urpose in the relations of the government to tue industry engaged in manufacturing Service aircraft should bc to maintain ~its sufficiently stable and sufficiently well o.rgand zed ao that they '\f.:;"ld be available for expansion in the event of 'trd.r. The strangth and efficiency b~th in design and in productior..ef the indi vi duaf rranuf'acv. turing units, rather than the number of inde~endent units existing, sh~uld be regard~d as the test of th!'l atirm's industrial pnl''U'edn
necs, 61. Prncurement policies should be planned to encourage the dE:volopment of integrabed

manufacturing units carrying (Intheir OViD. research, dev!'llopment,design, and production work. 62. The rractices of the government departments procuring aircraft sho\J.d, as far as practicable, be the same. The Federal Director of T'rocurement should promulgate the neecessary directions to this cnd. 63. Every ",ffort shcul.d be made to organize ~rocurement policy so that the supply of each general type of aircraft for replacement and for modernization should proceed at a substantially regular rate, and so that there may be a substantially regular flow of productive work in the plants of the aircraft industry. 64. The War and Navy Departments shoul.d so organize their technical forces as to obviate the sinillltaneousfunctioning of any perscnn~l in the roles of competitor and ~f judge. 65. The de7elopment ~f new t.ypes (If aircraft should continue to be prcvided for !'lither design competition or by experiby mental contracts for a specific article, but the rules now governing formal d~sign co~etitions should be rrrdified to all~w adnin~strative flexibility, and in particular to ~rcvide for the holding (f competitions in wh~ch design develcprr.entis allied with exper~mental c~nstruction of the article designed. 66. Th~ Army and Navy should adopt a policy in holding d~sign corrretitions by which details af the military characteristics 0f the aircraft and equipment desired to be created shall be disclosed nn1y to fully resp~nsible competitors, 0f ~~erican r.atinnality, and qualified for the work contemplated in the opinion of the Secretary ~f War or ~f the Navy. 67. The announcements of design competitions should include the staterrEnt nf the fixed price at which, subject to bonuses and penalties for perforrrance, machines from the best d8signs will be pUl'chased frnm the orig-

inators,.,f the typ~s. 68. Where the interests of the government cll';arly require that the construction of equipment from a particular design be thrown open to gener~l competition or that orders for such construction be allocated to others than the ,.,riginator nf tho design, royalties should be paid to the nrigh.ator in reimbursement f.r the right to use his drawings, calculations, and production information. 69. The attelI!lt intr'jduc!'l standard to a catch-all patent-license .clause into all developmental contracts for aircraft and aeronautical material should be abandoned. Repr0ducticn rights on patentable inventil'lns should accrue to the gov~rnment. in connection with a developmental contract for purchase of an article embodying the in7entions, ~nly in case the contractor is eng~ged to conduct a specific experimental developITEnt under governmenbal direction. 70. Existing provisions of law should be amended as necessary to allow direct sU'it (but not injUllctive proced~A) against a manufacturer alleged to be infringing a patent in connection with wnrk dcne .', him fnr the Federal Goverrxnent. ' 71. E:::plic;it authority should be granted to the Secretary of War and to the Secretary of the Navy to negotiate contracts for quantity purchases of aircraft and other aAr~nautical material, subject to the r.eguireITntof a f~l report to Consress in each case where the authority is used. 72. In 0rder that there may be no incentive f"Jran uneconomic expansion cf plants that could no t be kept refUlarly running at any-', where near their capac ity, it should be procureuant policy t,., void any concentration in a any erie plant of all abnonnally large proportion cf the tetal mi Ld, ary and naval work t then outstanding. 73. When purchases are to be made as the r~sult of a process of comretitive bidding, the Secretary of War or Secretary of the Navy should be authorized either to award a con.tract for the whole quantity sought to the bidder who call, est perform the work, or to b I divide the work aT~ng two er m~re bidders if that be in the best interests of the govern,ment. , 74. Where definite profit linitatinn is to be employed, as in the present Naval Construction act, it should net be applied to the individual contract, but, in the interest of eqU'ity, of sir.~licity of accounting, and of stirnulaticn of technical development, should be extended over all the wcrk done for the government Service over a considerable length of time. 75. Industrial m~bilizaticn plans in the field cf aeronautics should be pressed by the jC'int efforb of the Army and Navy. In Recommendation No. 62, reference is made t~ the Federal Director nf Pr(lcurement. This position was desi~1ated by Executive Order cf June 10, 1933, and Admiral C.J. Pecp les , who occupies this positicn, has already directed cV-6725, A.C.

the appointment of an interdepartmental com- ! of the whole Army. We propose that the see~nittee on aircraft and i:; proceeding to remove I ond objection should be met by reIlXlving he t at least the rro unnecessary and unreasonable discrimination that creates it. The Baker sb of.the existing contradictions. Board made a special study of the working of 'With reference to Recommendation No. 50 of the present law in individual cases and anthe Federal Aviation Commission, whieh relates nounees that under existing law there is now to the proIlXltionsituation in the Arrrv,with a '':Possibility advancing teIIlforarily of about special reference to tlleAir Corps, and which seventy-five percent of the Air Corps offiv~s quoted in the previous issue of t~e News c~rs." We recommend that the authority to Letter, the COnnUssion's discussion on this give t6IIlforaryromotion by not to exceed two p recorn:rendation as fellows: is grades be extended to I1ermit such promotion "The pron:otion status of officers of the Air in any case where appropriate certification Corps is unsatisfactory and destructive of mo- is made that the duty ~oses res?onsibilirale. It is recnranended that steps be taken ties and den:andsqualities norrmlly corresto improve this situation and that the War De- ponding to a higher rank than bhe pern:anent partment showld propose early ren~dial action rank of any officer currently available for to the Congress as a part of a general reyithe assign.rnent. If it is true that squadrons sion of the ArITlf's rountion scheme, upon the p now generally commanded by captains and first present effects of which the Ba~er Board has lieutenants should carry the teIIlf,orary rank conmented with appropriate feeling. of major for their comranding officers, it is As a general policy, the Co!rrnission reCOll- I no less true that Air Corps officers serving mends that new legislation governing Air C0rpS with the General Staff or upon irrportant duty persormel recognize the necessity for a conwith the Materiel Division at Wright Field or tinuous flow of proITDtion in spite of the dis- in the office 0f the Chief of Air Corps or in proportionately large numbersof officers in 0ther ailininistrative details are in many the lower ranks that the proper organization cases performing duty that not only justifies of any air force seems to reguire. A}propribut fairly den:aJ:lds naterially higher rank ate mechanism is needed for selection for pro- than the perrr.anent one to which the present motion, transfer to nonflying duties, and reincumbents have attained. tirement. The selection system should be such The mechanism ()frr.aking these temporary that outstanding officers of the Air Corps may prornctions should of course be suitably safebe advanced to thB higher ranks at an early; gtJP-rded, nd the temporary rank should be a age, while their flying ability is yet unimgiven either upon the specific direction of paired. Otherwise, important and:responsible the Secretary of War or upon that of a board air corrrrands ill be held by officers no long~ of high-ranking cfficersperiodically conw er physically fit, or by junior officers of vened to deal with the matter as selection inadclquateauthority. . boards are convened in the Navy Department. A general revision of the Army's promotion Whichever mechanism my be adopted. however, system is needed to provide permanent and there should be no further delay in applying really adequate relief. Any such revision the principle that was recorrnendedby the will be sufficiently slOW ir its workings to Morrow Board in 1925 and again by the Baker requirB a substantial arrDunt of time to recti- Board in 1934, and that should now be put fy prBsent evils ccmpletely. As a temporary into effect upon a large scale and under a expedient, while a perrrnnent program is being broadened legislative authority to meet a worked out and rr.aking itself felt, we urge situation so extreme that it partakes of the that temporary prorootion to rank conroensurate aspect of an emergency. with the duty currently perforrred should be A particular case of need for the use of made an accepted principle for general applitemporary promotion develops in connection cation in the Air Corps. The h:orrow Board with the appointment of a commanding general proposed in 1925 a lilllited se of such tempcu for the new General Headquarters Air Force. rary proITDtion in connection with field co~ Though the present law permits proITDtion by mands, and provision was made in the Air Corps one or two grades on account of field comAct of 1926 for temporary prorr.ution not to of mand,legal authorities have apparently quesexceed two grades in certain specific instantioned the propriety of extending that authoces. The provision has never been put into rity to the creation of general officers beeffect because of opposition within the Air yond those individually authorized by law. Corps, an opposition apparently based in part It should be perfectly clear that the comupon the fear that as a temporary expedient it manding officer of the General Hea1quarters would defeat the development of any permanent- Air Force should be chosen from among all the ly satisfactory plan, and in part upon an ancolonels and lieutenant-colonels upon the Air ticipation that injustice would be done by Corps list, that there should be freedom to giving temporaryproITDtions to officers holdselect the one of that group best qualified ing certain field cOlrr.~dswhile officers of to exercise the supreme field corrrrand f the o equal age, experience, ability,' and permanent Air Corps, and that the appointment should rank upon staff or headquarters duty would carry with it temporary rank as a Major Genhave no oppor-burri ty for corresponding special eral. To clear up the legal status, and to treatment. We propose that the first objecmake a temporary elevation by as much as tion be overcome by refusing to adlllit that it three grades possible where a lieutenant exists, and by emphasizing our united conviccolonel has been chosen for the command, Hon of the vital urgency of prompt action for specific legislation is needed. perrranent promotion revision in the interest The Fcde'ra.l; Aviation Comnission, in, exp La-51V-6725. A.C.
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nation of Recommendation No. 51 - that authorsirability ~f further rrganizational thanges ity to select a Chief of Air Corps from among .: rray; in: due course become apparent. all the of'f'Lcor s of long service in that arm" T.he, resent Naval orgam aatd on appears to F which. has now expired, should be renewed, be sufficiently.flexible to develop its air states: I forces. both ship-based and shore-based, for ''Ihe Air Corps Act ",f 1926 provided for what as much independence of action against naval was then felt to be an emergency situation due objectives as TrEybe foa::;ible. Bombing and to the.scarcity')f high-ranking officers ,in torpedo attar:ks from aircraft carriers have the Air Corps by allowing the selection of ~ already become a common feature of naval manChief, ::-f Corps , with the temporary z:ankof euvers. We assume that they will be extended Major General, from a~ng all the officers of as rapidly as theca"()acities of existing the Corps withf'iftee::> years 0rrrnre of service. eQuj.pmentand. the aocumulation "f' experience The rule for 0ther arms of the Servicl'l ,is that . I rend t. , the Chi~f mUst be a colonel -,r a general of the Xn the strategy (If independent air action line at the tiIIie"f his appointment. the long-range flying boat, shore-based,plays The.authcrity granted by the 1926 Act. exp i red an important part. That type of aircraft on July 1,1934, and when thenec~ssity of se~ als" has important functions in connecti0n lecting the newChie of Corps arises the Secwith Flep.t operations. They must not be neretary of War will -be Lirai.bed to a choice arr:ong gl ec t ed, We>,recomn:.end that national defense the colonels, of whomthere are now only nine nolicy continue to provid~ for r~val flyingand three'cf whomhave had practically all of I boat cnerations en a large scale, especially theirServiope}.~eriencewith lighter-than-air inthos~ areas where sheltered water for flycraft, lulless the expire~ a~thorization be reing boat operations is much I'lasier to find, newed. We recomnend that it should be done by ar.dmuch !rore wide1y diffused through the siUfle amendmentof the Act of 1926 to extend zone of strategic interest, than are suitable the bro'idopsdadhori ty for choosing the Chief fin.J~ls f?r landplane:.;.' I . of Corps. Wehope that in the near f'ubure Ref'ez-r i.ng to the numerd cak stren{Sth in airsome general action will be taken to improve planes and personnel of th~ ArI.rV' Alr Corps, the ArI.rV" FroTr>Jtionsituation and that a Lar gs the Corrmi ss i on, while d epl.oaing that the mil~r number of Air Corps officers of outstanding itaryair forces of the world, alTr>Jst.without ability and varied Service experience will have exception, are in process of expansion or of attained to the highest ranks as a result. more or less couplete reequipment and mode~ Wehave suggested: in the previous reco~enCaization ~osecure increased power, states tion that in addition to extending tho authori,that this must be reckoned wi+'h as a fact,and ty forrihe appo i nbmerrt-r-f the Chief of Air t:r.at the air pr(\gra'Il made in 1926 is no longCorps it should bespeeifically br0adened to er adequate either to the present apprecia~ , allow, a similar freedom in the appointrr-ent of , tian of the mi1i tary imrortance of aircraft the CorrmandingGeneral of the General Headquaror to the maintenance of the s+.anding of the ters Air Force. 1\ United states in air pewer; that while we are Touching on the modifications in the Ai;r laggard neither in numbers sf aircraft nor in For~e organizati~n now being ~ut int0 effect, their general quality at tho present time, we thi'! Corrmission stated .bhab the initial crgam.migh t ca.si Lyrbecome so if we fail to accept zation'of aG.R.Q.. Air Force must be considered the lesson::; of the ;urrent policies 0-: other experimental,a..TJ.d until this,solnticn has had Powers. adequat.e trialco:::::rmnt theren1} i,,; caithheld. It I':lviting attentirn tn the'rrogram ('f the is added, howeve r , that there is ample reason Navy calling for 1910 airplanes tl"' bl') in serbo believe bhaf aircraft have now passed far vice by 1941 in 0rd-"\r to keep the supp Ly IJf beyond: their fomAr rosition as uSl'lfu1 auxiliaircr~ft abreast of the needs of the Naval o~ ariecand must, in the future be cons i der-ed and I garri zutd on, as rrr-d.i f i ed by the construction utilized as an Irnooa-banf means of e:::ert,ing diI OfllOW ves se l s for the Fleet and otherwise, rectly the will of the Corrrrander in Chief. An and to the plans ~f the War Department for a adequate striking force for use against cbjecI program calling, fer an expansi~n tc 2320 tives both near and rerr>Jte is a ne~essity fjr a i ?lanes by 1938, the COrrnUssionstatAs that modern army, and. the :proj ected G.H.~. Air Fo ro e i nothing short of a radical change in the inmust be judged with reference to its effective. terr.ati~r~l situatio~ should be allowed to, ness ip this r-s.speo t.. int~rfere with the completion of these pro"Wehave no doubt, II the Conmi s s Lon states. grar..s or with the rrak i.ng of the necessary ap"that there will be a -progressively greater p:z:'opriatinns to carry them out. Long before measure of independ~nt.c .a-vf Lori of aircrai't in . their cOrrJ['letivn they may call f"r further militax:y o~eration ~s the capacitie~ of airrr~iifieatior, but for the present they affor craft increase. We interpret the present proa working basis which should be accepbed , po sal.s as a step towards p rovi.s'i.cn fC'rsuch inThe Corrmi s sion, from its own investigations, creased independence ,and as a. test of its efurgently recoumends tl"lat, what,ever n1JlJJeri"al fecti veness undo.r the strategical cond i bi.oris strength beauthcri:;;ed by the Congress, it be dictated for ~he United states by geograFhy and based Lot 0nlyon the estirrated numerical naticnal :pslicy. Further steps may in due. strength of foreign powers but also, and rrorE" course beCOMe nec'lssary. If the degree of inde- particularly, em the perf0rrmnce and, milit.ary pendencn :provided under the present p'Lan is so qual Hies of foreign aircraft, and the means used as to lead to the development cf an (>.ffec- available to thEm bo E"Xerttheir pewer Ufon tive strategy of .air f'or ce l'lu.ployment(ar"d' us. The Corrmission is of the (!pinion that f>,very0p1)c,rtuniby should be provided' to that prC"gress.has been, and will continue to be, end, both in the ArI.rV' and in the Navy), the de-, more rapid in aeronaub i cal, engine<>ring than 2V-6725, A.C.

in any ~ther branch of science applied to expected that the Commndt'lr in Chief can take ~haxge of eve~J peint that may warfare, and consequently that nu:n:erical II personal arise. In the British government adjustments strength is cf less inrortance to national security than leadership in quality of mater- 1 ean be nade through a Conmittee of IIIJerial Defense, upon which both military and civiliel and personn~l. "In this connection." the Conmission I i~~ members sit. It has often been persuastates, "it shoul.d be our nclicy not only to \'sively argued that a :Jepartment of National Defense should be cre~ted, with a Secretary lead in the development of" superior aircraft, of NatiOnal Defense and the nersonncl irrrnP-navigational ~Quipmen\;, and arrmment, but al so by means of corrpxehens ive exercises and I <Hately attached to his office as the int<'\rmaneuvers in time rf peace to evolve tactical I Service ccoruinating factor. Another possidoctrines appropriate to such e~uipment and I bility would be the designation by th~ President of a representative of his office, r~ to train a personnel of highest efficiency. It is considered important that such exercis- I spcnsible only to himself, who would sit nos a neutral member upon the 'rarious joint ~ es be conducted under various climatic ar~ geographical situations and designed to simu~ I boards on which the two armed Services are late as closely as possible actual war-time ! now equally represented. Asserting that while this matter lay becondi tions. yond its scope, the Ccrrnassion considered it The natural and conmon disposition has been to concentrate a substantial proportion of the sO serious that it reco~~nds that the whole nroblem ("of ilitary "rganization and ("f m aerial operations "f the Armv and Navy in relnter-Service relationships bo made the subgions where climatic and geographical factnrs ject of extended 8xarrUI1ation some approby and simplicity of supply problems perrrUtted priate agency in the near future. The Comcontinuous operation at high intensity. No such selective principle operates upon the de- mission records its belief that the present difficulties are not the result of any pecuterrrUnation of a theatre cf war, and the difliar defects in the present division of funcficul ties of war should be faced in peace to and the liff~t of practicaoility. In this C"Illlec- tions between the Arllilf the Navy. In cOUl~ries where there are three services, tion we wish to express our special oomnendawith an independent air force providing the tion of the experimentcl "perations "lfthe third, the opportuniti.es for conflict r'lf Arrrv and Navy in Alaska, and to endorse the opinion about who is to do what and how seem reoommendations of the Buker Board that milito be no less rearked than under our own twotary air operations in that terri tory should be put on a year-around basis on a substantial Service arrangsment. The need for definite rrachinery to coicpose such conflicts, and. to scale as a means of training personnel to opeffect in the last extremity an intervention ~rate under Arctic conditions and of developof neutral parties, is likely to exist und~r ing specialized e~uipment necessary for such operation. In the same connection. we single any systern. In elaboration of the recommendation that out for corrmendation also the Navy's plan to a number ("of fficer pilots of the Regular o send an aircraft carrier upon a cruise in A~ and Navy should be assigned annually to Ilorthern waters in midwinter to acquire expethe ~ther servic~ and given duty with active rience in carrier service at low temperatures air units, the Cornnission. in view of the and in the face of sleet and snow. We wish ! complications that appear likely t~ exist in also to anprove the recorrmendations of the joint operations of eny two distinct serviBaker Board upon the development of the in'ces under the best of cond i b i ons , whether strument-flying tech.~ique. Officers of the Arrr.v ir Corps have pioneered in extraordinary both be in the air or OLe in the air and the A developments in instrmr2nt flying, and especi- other upon the surface, d6ems it particularly important to insure c10se understanding ally in the development of blind-landing systems and bechnd oue, We urge that the Services ~f e~~ otherl~ problems by the officers of the ArrIlf and Navy air arms. .'Hh'lugh gen0. carry ~n diligently with research in that eral rotation of duty between the Army and field, and at the same time proceed to make Navy is manifestly impracticable, tho Comfull and rapid practical app'l i.cat.Lon of what missi~n believes it quite reasonable to rrohas already been learned." pose that a considerable number nf officers In the matter rf the inter-relationship of the National Defense Services. the Cnuncission, of each Service be given the npportunity 0f doing tours of duty with the other and of while ap~reciating the 8fforts now being made learning its operations at~'irst hand. S1;.rl1 for coordination, feels that the present d~exchange of pez-scnne'l ought to extend no~ gree of mutual understanding between the Arrrv oul.y to tactical units. but also to the :flyand Navy is less than right be desired; that the machinery for settling differences in nat- ing schools, to the tactical and ether Serters of detail lacks something in effectivevice schools and to tha repair depots ani ness and that the arrcu1gements for keeping ~ther technical installations. The constant interchange of personnel between the Na~~: comocanders in the field notified of their respective responsibilities in joint operations school at Pensacola and the Air Corps T 'o:nwith neiGhboring units of the sister Service ing Center at San Antonio is particular~_~are strikingly inadequate. There are, of recommended, aJk{ a detail of na'nll offi~ers course, a variety of devices which have been in increasdd nmnbers to the Air Corps Tacsuggested from time to time for effecting imtical School and of at least two 01' three proveITent in these ~tters. Final authority Air Corps officers (instead of the sing~e reposes in the President,but it is not to be individual that is now the rule) to the
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Naval War College. \7hile reccgn~z~ng the pres-i while in others they are, see~ngly because of ent shortages of off'icers in 'bot.h Services, the. lack of intensive application to the special value of the experience ga.i.ned throug1:l such ex-: probl ercs that they present, inferior. No changes and of the improveo.mutual understar.d- : reason is seen, however, why an intensive deing that rr;;:.y result appear so great as to ju.s- I ve10pment in the particular phases where we tify an assignment of a sITall percentage of th~ have been backward shoul d not be superposed regular officer personnel to exchange duby, I en the r errarkabl;e development that has already Reconmend.ing that the 8X1)erirr:.e:J.tal and c.e- I taken place in the United States in improving vel.opmerrbal, work of the .Ariuy and Navy shcul.d bE1 aer-odynarrd o and structural qualities and in conduc~edon an increased scale, the Co~~sI increasing the practical utility of mediurrr sion, while recognizing the importance of an i powered engines. adequate nurrillcr()I aircraft and t::-ained ]?or\ That .A.rr.eric&'1 engines of from 200 to 750 sonnel, in an air force, believes it quite as hoz-sepowez or thereabouts are at least the i~portant to insure in peace time that the eq1181of any others in the world in reliabiliequipment is of the highest ~~lity that the ty, econo~y of first cnst and of operation,and existing state of knowledge permits. A great general serviceability seems to be beyond deal of criticism had been heaped on the .Ar:-lf question. If evi.dcnce of that fact were needand Navy in the early years of the past decade: ed it 5.s perheps to be found in the uso of for excessive expenditures on experim'3ntal om;:1.nGs .Americandesign (and in many cases .cf work and not enough on quantity p rocur ercerrb of built in P_rr:erican factories) en 14 percent of aircraft. Assuming that this c r ibdci srnn:ay aE the aircraft in service en European air then. have bee~ valid, it no,'!.apP?ars tha.t t~e lines in the s:?ring of 1934. That degree cf Se rv i.ces are an danger of swa t(:h~ng to the op- Lnroed on the European n:arket was, of course, po si.be extreme. that is, instead of spending i p.:c',1e in the face of a strong natior..alistic too much on experiment and devel.opmenb they : tendencv in most countries to insist upon the seem likely to sperrl too little, fur it is i exclusive use ~f home products on air lines upon current experi~ntal appropriations and \ beneE ting by governmental sup:r;ort. It is a upon the wisdom with which they are eA--pended I curious fact that ,.,ur special weakness is at that the quality of our aircraft of a few , t,he two extren~s ~f the power range. Relayears hence will depend. tively little work has been done on high perThe past year was rrarked by incessant atf'o rrrance engines of under 160 h.p., a field tacks upon the quality of American military , in 1shich the British industry has made peculiaircraft, it ~eing alleged that they are in I' arly its Dvm. Engines in that power class every essential respect hopele~sly inferior to ,are, of course, of little military interest. corr~sponding aircraf~, of ~xrop~~n r.rigin. AS-II They meet the requirements of the private pisert~ng that some of +,neImsleaCi.~n:s ta"l;ements lot. s The upper end of the power scale, on made almost advertise upon their face ti:18ir I the othor hand, is primarily a mili tary reovm internperateness and exaggeration, and that I spons i bdLjty, There is a real need for high other statffiuents are undoubte~~y true, though Iperforrrance engines 0f 1,000 horsep'G~er (')r the implications drawn seem excessive, the wre..A considerable arr.ount r-f eXD~rimental Comnis'sion points to this as ,\;n. Lnbe re st.i.ng \ work in that zone has been done in' the United ccnmentary on the state cf the public rri nd I' States, but none of it has reached the point that bl.ese charges s eern to be essentially s irn- I of Produc bvon. To put into p roduct.Lon a first ilar to those beinG:made at the Sa.:T9 time in cLaas Service engine of. from 1,200 to 1,500 the ve:-y c01mtries wh i.ch have bee~ ~eldi1j?r".to I hvp , and wo~ghi~g approxi.mat~ly one pound per the Urri, ted States as exe..rnp18s ~:Ic:ltate ~he i horsepower a s L'ik al.y to requlre GE-vpraJ to . years British press has rung 'ITith assertions of the I at best. Such develupment should be given ren:arkable Q1lli.lities of Arnericen aircraft and the hi.ghest possible priority. of the iucJbility of the ava'i Labl,e British Reco=ending a spec i.a.Lwatch over the liquid types even to keep pace with Arr.erican corrmer- cooled engine, the Comuission states that the cial machines, while a s.ecb i cn of t:1e press in dove'l cprnorrb air-cooled power plants by the of France has debated f'ur Ious.Ly the rur'"uOrecl infe- Arr.erican industry s i nce 1920 has been so reriority of French military aircraft to th,,::;e roar'kabl,e that there has been danger that the of rr.l"lstof the rest of the world. 1iCluid-cooled t:Y:Jeswould fall completely by While avoiding statistical researches on the the waysHe. T~lO'J.gh air-cooling seems the aircraft of various nations, Wle Co~ission ideal arrange~~nt for rrost use, the liquidhas nev6rth~lef"s mad e enough comparisons in cooled t;vpes still appear to have marked adparticular lines of development to reach ccrvant~ge for certain military functions. Extain general conclusions, and it see~ clear Iperin~ntal work on that class of engine ought that ~~rican aircrat design and the aerody- i not to be allowed to lapse. namic qualities of Americ8-"'1 airplanes are at 1 Touching on the introduction of superchargleast the eq11~1 of ~ny others in th2 world. Itl ing in which the United States has also is in t11e variety of ]?ower-p12nt types and in ]?ioneered, the Cormri s s i on states tho.t while their spec Lal, adaptation to certain military lour rranufacturers and Service personnel have purposes that we are comparatively weak. The never lost sight of the virt~es of this develnet result is that Arr:erican mi.Li t.a.ry planes opmenb there a::?pears to have been an excess:powered with A..rnerican engines seem en the ive emphasis on the building of the whole whole, surveying the entire range of types re- equipment into the no rroal, sGructure of the enquired, to be as good as any that exist elsegine arid avoiding any addi b i.ona.I mechanism,the where. In some respects and in some particu\ resultant tendency being tu limit effective lar types they appear qui te beyond challenge, supercharging of service engines to compara-

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tively ITDdest altitudes. A diligent application of experimental effort is r-ecorrmended to the end that American rr~litary engines WrlY have available a wider range of supercharger capac i ty bhan is now CC;TImn. With respect to the diesel type of engine which also found its first successful aer)r.autical application in America, the Comnission feels that the wilitary and naval services have shown somewhat less interest than would have been appropriate. This type of engine, exploQing its charge by the heat of its o,~ compression rather than by electrical means, seems particularly desirable where long rallge is sought, due to its fuel econolllf,and it seer.~ reasonable to hope that diesels can be developed which will substantially increase the range available with gasoline a'~ilable in the sw~ aircraft. Most Eur-opean countries are taking very active interest in the aircraft diesel for wilitary s6rvice, and recommendation is rrado that the United states join their number. Fointing to the increa.sed efficiency cf present day aircraft engines, the cr.ange fron wondon to metal structure in aircraft with resultant increased cost of prrduction, the development of a mul ti tude of aoce s scr i es nc less irr r: partant in their eff~ct on efficiency than the airplar.e and engine themselves, the Corrrnission, after considerir~ the cost of keep ins up the necessary government testing facilities and laboratories and of those purely ~litary deYelopments which the Arrrr.f and Navy carry rm in their own plants, is left with the conviction that tc keep abreast nf progress the annu~l appropriation for experirr.ent end ievelopnent in the ~f and Navy can scarcely be less than twice t~~ 1934 figur~, which VBS $5,~OO,OCO. ~o be continued in next issue. ---000---

st anb it loses contact with one segment, it gains coubac t wi th the adjacent segment. Each segment is connected through a 12-vol t transfonuer to a small signal light over th~ appro?riate floodli0ht control switch, and the contact bearer oriented ~~th resuect to the cardinal points, so that the segrr.ent rmking conta.ct when the wind. is blowi.ng in a given direction causes a bulb to be illurrdnated ever the swi~ch controlling the proper floodlight bank to bo used for the given wind direction. ThuE, the operator does not have to take into consideration the wind direction at all when he Futs the night lighting system into operation, but simply turns on the control switch over which the sigr~l light is burning. ---000--'I'HE NEXT CLASS AT THE AFlVX IlmUSTRIAL COLLEGE. According to an anncuncerrerrt recently rrad s by the War Depar-bmerrb , a total of 43 officers of the Regular Army have been selected for c.etail as students at the Arm.y Industrial College, Was~in6ton, D.C., for the 19351936 course. These officers will report to t~e Director of the Army Industrial College between August 15 and 21, 1935. Lnc luded among these 43 officers are eight from the Army Air Co rps , nine from the Q.ivl. Corps; two, lill3dical orps; two, Finance C De~t. i four, COrDS nf Engineers; nine, Urdnance Delt.; two~ Signal Corps; ,.,ne,Chemical Warfare Service; ene, Cavalry; one, Coast Artillery Corps; one, Field Artillery; two, Infantry, and one, Adjutant General's Department. The Air C0rpS nfficers selected to attend t~e Army Industrial College are as follows: Lieut.-Col. Henry B. Clagett, Kelly Field, Texas; U::>,jorsubert V. H01Jkins, Fr;rt H Leavenworth, Kens.; Clinton W. Howard, ilffice of the Gnie~ of the Air Corps; Capts. Merrick G. Estabrook, Jr. and Iardoe :/lartin frnm Office rf the Chief of the Air Corps; 1luir S. Fairchild and Arthur W. Vanaman from Maxwell Field, Ala.; and Ls t Lieut. Park Holland from Wright Field, Dayton, O. ---000--STATUS OF FLYI;,:GTBA.I:HNG AT RANIOLPH FIELD

'HIND JIRECTION INDICATOr; FOil NIGI:."'T LIGh""J:ING 8'1 SI:E:t.1 AT OU:sTED FIELD The reITDte control system fcr the operati~L of the landing flood lights at Olm~ted Field, MiddletoM:l, Ia., incorporates a feature whereby the operator of the system .r.aycause the proper bacl{ of floodlights to be put into operation, at the same time taking into account the wind direction. I'l~isis a very v-aluable feature for this particular installation, inasmuch as a set of cont.rr-L sv'itches is located. in the telephone exchange, serre distal10e from the field, so that the system can be put in cperation as required by the telephone operator, whn, without some sort of vri nd indicator, woul.d have no means of knowing which bank of lights to turn en. The device for indicating '"hich bank of flood lights shnuld be used consists of an ordinary windvane mounted abovs the bui Ld i.ng in vrhi.oh the rerrote corrt ro L swi tches are located, and in the const.rucb iou nf vlhich is incorporated a oont.ao b bed.rer VIi one ocrrbacb segment for +,h each bank of flondlights on the field. The vane propor operates a srrall brush which ~~es electrical contact with one of these contact segments at a time, so that th8 particular segment with which contact is being made at any ~art~cular time dep8nds on the wind dir8ction. The cna.LL br'lch is of ::;ueh width that the in-

At this writing the 62 Flying Cadets of the upper class at the Primary Flying School at Randolph ?ield, Texas, are putting the finishing tuuches en their final stages of training. They are perforY-Ung s8yeral hours ~er day of both day and ni0ht avigation,and bhus far, according to t,he News Letter Correspondent, none have been so lost that they couldn't get back home. The 37 lower classrrlCnare cl~ing their training on the Primary Stage by perfor~ng all the acrobatics they can in their big PT-3's. ---000--The a~pointw.ent o~ Lt.Col. A.W. Robins as Assistant to the Chief of the Air Corps with rank of Brig. General, for 4 years from Jan. 1, 1935, and his assigTh~nt as Chief,Materiel Division,Dayton,O., was recently announced. -55V-6725, A.C.

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1'E"N ZH'....A.lJl.ND CITIZENSEXPBESS GRATITUDE U. S. TO . Extrernely grateful for the spontaneous response of the .Amen-ican Navy, Arrilf and .Air Force authc,rities at Honolulu in their coruprehens ive search for the late Flight-Lie'~tenant C.T.P. Ulm and his crew, Messrs. Geo~ge Littlejohn and L.J. Skilling, the AirpOl,t Beard, the Aero Club and the Chamber of Commerce of the City of NewPI~uth, New Zealand, joined in formulating a resolution, sent to the Hon, George A. Bucklin, Consul General for the United states in New Zealand, in which it IlJSTRUMENr FLYING BARKSDALE AT FIELD was stated that no greater effort cOl~d have been made to find the rrUssing airmen; tr~t the .Anadded irrpetus was recently given to inn:e.nner in which the search was conducted Vias sb'urnent flying at Barksdale Field, Shrevemost heroic and ins?iring; that the iErnediate port, La., by the installation of hoods and action taken to assist 0:18 of the British the latest type instruments on twc BT-2B type airplanes assigned to that field. HereErrvire's forerrost pionee~s in aviation will long remain in the minds of the Britis~ people tofore instrument flying had been conducted 1.1 PT-3 airplanes ord.y, The BT-2B airplanes and particularly the citizens cf NowPl~.mo~th, I bein6 equipped with radio and inter-phones to "Thom Flight-Lieutenant TUmwas a valued have peiTIritted trai:r:ing in radio beam flJ~ friend, as a rran and a great advocate 0:1:' ing under the hood, a phase of training aviation. w1:.icnhas recently proved highly important in It will be recalled that Ulm and his two the Air Corps. companions. in their mor.cp1ane "star of ---000--Australia," took off from Oakl.and , Calif. at 6:41 p.m., E.S.T., Dec err.oez-3rd, on a 2L1,08.AIRTACTICS DEl'/DNSTRA.TED AT FORI'LEAVENWORI'H mile flight to Honolulu, the first leg cf their long journey to Australia. For 18 hours the silver and orange-colored rr.~nop12nehad reared The 20th Pursuit Group, Barksdale Field,La. , on its way over the oce~~. Flying through led by lLajor Millard F. Harrrnn, Jr., Corrmandstormy weather at an altitude of 12,000 feet, ing Officer, made a controlled flight to Fort Lieut. Ulm rr.aneuvered for two hours, ctteIDftLeavenwor-bh, Kansas, on January 3rd, for the ing to pick up the radio-ci.irection beacon bej puz-po s.e of training in unit avigation and fore send i ng out his first 8.0. S. It -'ras at ,I derr.cnstrating Pursuit tactics to the Comnand 7:3~ av m, (Hawaiian time), l:eO p.rn., E.S.T., and General Staff SchooL Decerriller 4th, that the first warning carte from I The flights from Barksdale Field to F0rt the voyagers bhab they were facing t.roubLa, Leavenworth and return were made in accc rdthe radio messages stating that very litUe ance with a rcoverrerrt table as outlined by gasoline was Left , that the a~.I'IL8n were off the Operations Officer. Each squadron was their coua'se and did not know their position. assigned a different time of take-off and Di.stress mes sages caine from the ill-fatf;d airroute, and assembly points vrere designated plane at frequent intervals, the last one at within 30 miles of objectives. 9:30a.m. announcing th2.t the airplane Vias Upon arrival at Fo r-b Leaverrvor-bh , a flight afloat. A far-flung naval search was carried of two-seater airplanes, furnished by that on by 18 subrreorines, 3 mi.ne layers and two stat ion, was sent up to represent a host ile Coast Guard vessels, supple.rnenteG.later by i Bombardr.13ntp,roup. The :P-crsuit group intbrseme 35 airplanes from the Army and the Navy. cepted and "destroyed" the hostile BombardAll efforts to locate the three intrepid flyi ment by m~ans of machine gun fire from the ers proved in vain. flar~s and rear, and successiv~ borrilling atThe ~.Jayor of New :Ply,mu.th, N.Z', in a Jetter tacks from above. to the American Corsul-General, qUOt8Qa resoThe pilots who oade the flight were high lution passed by the Borouga Council on Bece~ in their praise of the courtesies extended ber 17th, in which there is conveyed the sinby the p er sonne'l of Fort Leavenworth. cere a~~iration ~f the people of NewPlflfouth ---000--at the wonderful crg~nization, t~e hu~anity In the Jan. 15th News Letter it was stated and sympathy d.i sp.Layod by the United. states . that two maps are being planned for use of Arrrv and Navy a~thoritie8 at Hono l ul.u in their . Ar:rrypilots, Map Nc.38A combining 5 present extensive, heroic and inspired search in coni Air Corps strip maps, viz: No. 17, Yuma to nection with the disaster tc .?light-Lieutenant Los Ang eLes j No. 31, Nogales-Tucson-Ph0enix; Ulm and his co~~ar.i(ns. It ~~s stated that No. 32, San Diego - rhoenix; No.38,San Diego New Zealand people will have great diificulty to Tucson; No. 39,L05 Angeles - San Diego; in placing into wc rd s their adrrd rat i on at bhe and Map No. 59, a nev- compilation (Washington wonderful r espc.nse of the American Arav and to Charleston, S.C. and Savannah, Ga., via. Navy authorities at Honolulu bo the diS':;l'ess Ri chrcond, Va. and Ft. Bragg, N.C.) to serve signals sent out by the imperiled ai T:,'16n;that the route to }/liami, Fla., now requiring the no greater effort could have been road c to find use of 4 rmps from Washington, D.C. to them; that in conrron with the rest of the Savannah, Map No. 59 will not be ready for Dominion the people of NewPlyn:outh a?preciate distributiun for aboub six rmnbhs , as the Hololulu's stirring effort and will not forget : preparation thereof began only recently. -56V-6725 , A.C.
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FANIOLPHFIELD'S .A:,1ATEUH RADIO gJ:ATIONW5AUC After a silence of two years, Arr..ateur Radd,o W5AUC has just been appointed I'Ifficial relay Station WSAIJC is back on 4',ho air at Fandol.ph stati")n. for this Leagua , and is he nd'l i.ng perField, Texas. This rr.odern radil'\ station is sonal. messages from the personnel of Rando'Lph nov; located in the Pad i o Laboz-at.o ry r-f the E'ielti to any acidrt:"ss in the Unit.ed states. Acade0ic Buildin~, and is cwned and cperated Havin.g join0d the AIT..ateur Net, W5AUC now by Private Charles Ken Sn1ith, of the 5~~d star~s air drills overy 1~nday night, at 8:00 Scl:eol Souadron, 1';.00 is (me of the I:lstruc:p.Il}", and a,ftQr drill exchanges radiograms tors in Cod e at tLe G:co\md School cf the Air wi th the otner member~ r-f the net. Corps Prirrary Flying Schoc.l , &'1c'operates the To insure positive delivery and speedy restation. in his sparo time as a hribby in. car-ry:ply, daily traffic schedules are rrai.nba.i.ned ing on experiments in the phases of short by W5AUC, ana. radio stations located allover wave oorrmun i ca.t Lor: devel.otxaent s. the states. This arrangement of schedules Tl;e tran~Tni tter f"Jf W51l.UC ~or sending code. . requires consid.erable tirr.e, and at -present s~gnals ~s one of the r.ost powerful and f~nes~1 there are only tl~ee daily schedules, but buil t outfits in the scubhvres t., It is crysrcoze besb s are being rrede and schedules added tal-cc.ntrolled, and tronsmi ts on a frequency daily. W51I.UCa.s aJ.so f'o rmed an All-ArrI:\Y Air h of 7036 kilocycles. It has a pov:er input I Corrs Net to facilitate the handling of rr.esrange from 10C to l,COO vra.t.b s , the maximum saxes between Air Corns fields, direct, and allowed for amateur rad io stations by the Fed:::01- emergency v;eathsr~ Lnf'o rrra'b i.on, eral Corrmunicat ions Commission. W5..4.UC has The receiving ec'uipment of WS-AUC consists carried on two-way co.rraurri.oat.Lon with 28 forI r-f 2.'1~1l-v'3.ve 12":'tube sUIJerheterod;yne, which eign countries, corrp r i.s i.ng sic: corrt.i.nent.s and \' has been adapted for the r-ecepb i on of code the trax'ircum distance attaine-i was 12,600 signals. The arrb enna system utilized is of miles, or half v.c.y c.round the world. VlSAUC a t;ype which reducE,,:; local interference and is a n:ember of the ~7.A.C. Club, ..:1:.iO:1compns-I aut.orrob i Le iGnition rad.iati('n to a minimum. eS radio arrat.eurc of the wo rLd who have oa r r i> To elate. V15AJC has about three hundzr-d ed two-way oornrmni.cat i on ,tTi h the s1:: oorrb i,nt radio oa.I L ~ards from all nver the world, ents - Harth Amerioa, South Ar~erica, EuroIJE:, . and m~re are oorrri.ng in every day. These Asia, Africa and Oceania. cards verify the fact that a twc-vray co~ The s bab i on is also a member of tho American I nication YIC;,S e st.abl Lr.hed between Station Radio Relay Leacue, whcse members assist:n W5ULC and the station which has fo~arded relayinG mes sag es all over the United States. I the card. ---000--/

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The 3.3rd I'ursuit Sauadron started. the calI 1J8w Or Leans , and Atlanta. To date there endar year of 1935 wH~, a larger rtaneuve r I' bave been but three casual ties reIJorted, one than has been reri'r:m,:ed by that EcnU1c1ron ha'.-ing been sustained in the football game since its trip to California in 1933. Besides betweon Langley Field and the team from the 12 cfficers ana 46 er~isted men of this nrgmr , N8val Air StQt,inn at Pensacola, which .~s ization, a:pproxirr.ately 10 0fficers and 10 en.-played. at f,~iarni (and which the News Letter listed men of nther orca'lizatio::1.s cf the 8th I CCrl'espcndent regrets to say VIas won by thl'l Pursui t GrauIJ, Langl oy Fielc., Va., were \ Navy), and the two C'1;hers being ailments attached to Juhe detacluT:ent ('f the reaneuver-, rrc s t.Ly caused bJ +,he cold all<l ')th;orvrise seOn January 4th, ">ne of'f'Lce r and 27 enlist.':Jd vere weather. hope is expressed that the rr.en departed from TJangley Field in r econnad sdetc.cbnent 'Nill return to Langley Field "n sance cars and trucks loaded wi t:1. equiIJa.ge for the scheduled date without further mishap. a rrorrbh ' s sta,y in the 'idd. While 110 cffici---000--a1 refort has been received, correspondence from the men who we~t in these cars leads to PHOTCGBAFHIC CTIV1TIES OF 2nd I'EOTO SECTION A the telief that they have TInt had the IJleasure tri? some of th'3rTl ant i c i.pat.ed, Cold and A dqtachroont cf three men acoonz ard ed the generally unfr.vor-ab'l o weather has prevailed Second Bornbar-droerrb Wing, Lm1g1ey Field, on since their iJ.eparture, eV8n throughout the the Fourth Corps Area Maneuver-s for -\:;1'10 purGulf States through which they have t:..aveled. pose 1"f pho bogxaphd.ng landing fields, etc. , The planes which were to car~y the re~aining and developing gUll camera film. Most of the officers arid enlisted men going en the roanrerraining personnel are engaged r-n a fi veeuver to Miami, Fla., were detained at Langley lens mapping project f0r the United States Field for three days due to the Q)nse fog Coast und Geodetic Survey. This pr('ject inwhich held the entire Atlantic seaboard in eludes about 250C square rr.iles of the coastal inactivity fnr that lcn.gth of tirre. They did area and the inland vrctterv,~ys from Norfolk, leave, however, 0n Jar~~"ry 10th, and it is Va., to the Neuse River in North Carolina. presumed they arrived at l;iiami the follewing It is being photographed from 5,000 feet as day to jcin the t ruck train. conb.ra.s t.ed with usual rr.a:pping altitudes of .After participating in the Air :Races at from lO,OOC to 15,00C feet, and while excelMi~ni, the entire detacr~'Dent has been travellent detail is being 0btained there is also ing by truck and plane through J~rious of the ro1 extensi\~ increase in the number of prints G1:.lf States, camping at such cities as f,iobile, and the arrourrt of Labora.bory work required. -57Y-6725, A.C.

TRA.INnm AT illu~DOLPH FIELD By the News Letter Correspondent Those who have been away from the ! the student. Training Center for some years would The glorified position of check pilot marvel at the change s which have t axe n has uracticall v gorce the way of the .Elace since the schools at Erooks and t1D~9-o~1l and the student who is making lv18rch Fields were concentrated at Salll.S:LBctory pro gre s s does not have this Randolph Field. ol~ ffiGntal lw~ard to overcome. The inIn the old days tbe basic ~raining was structor ani the flibht cOillffiander now more or less a duplication 0: the work pass jUdgme~lt upo n tile progress of the d.o~e on the Primary St2ge in a Lar ge r st.ude at TDose s:'~d::mt3 who make un~hl.p: Today, hOTIever, the basi~ trainsatisfactory progress ~re never brought i ng l.S more diversified and 'oro.O'ressive. beforo the Facul t ;' Bear-d unless the inThe instruction is RlTA.w;ed so that t he s t ruc t.or , flight,' and sto.ge commander, student's interest is not peTI~itted to and the officer in char~e of flying so lag through re-peti t i on . After t he mos t r'ecoar rcnd . Loose Leaf legs are submi te l e.nent ary phase, wni cn includes exnl ated daily on each '.,tudent, and once nation of controls and instrunents,"use s~orr.itted they arc never seen again by of b ra'xe e and throttle, taxying, t akeI t he Lnat ruc t e r , t.ms obviating his offs, Land i.nge , turns, climbs, slides, o,?inion of the stucent's work today bes~alls, eo i ns , a.ri r a.La, c hande l Le s , I in~ influenced bv the work that the el.ghts, cross-wind take-offs, forced s t ude nt ~id yes t.e r day. :!!hen a student ~endings and sLi ps , the s rudent 1 s week 11s t ransf'e r-r ed f rcm one Instructor to 1ncl~des: pccuracy, air work, foreGo.. anothvr, the new instructor does not Land'mg s , f'orrnatd o n dual instruction, 1 know v.ha.t Y,lrogl'ess t~le stulent made unstrange fie] d. landings, av i.gat i on.c.ro aa- I der t he old instruct::n. 'Ihis sy s t em country ~rips, ni ght flyinE, and instrui wac ado ot.e d in t he hope t ha t it would ment flyl.ng, end ~e does not knov wl~t force the instructor to Grade the stuis coming next. cent or:..l:Ton trW.t r~ ' S ;;'.ark. .av . Avigation and nif;ht flying have bee n ,,':'e believe we are do i n.; a good job di ecorit i nue d on the Pr Lma.r Stage "1nda:1,'O ne r e at Rando Loh :'i'lelu. <"L.dirvi te cri tiy i all done on the Basic Stage. In the last 1 c l sm, and t.ho se o+'~'icers who have not few years there have been add e d to the I been at Rando I Y,ll~ Field. receut Ly should :Basic Stage more instrument flyir.g, four try to get here in order to see what we phaae s of. str~nge fiele?- Lar.d'i ngs , and ere doing. nl.ght flylng nas been lncreased from one ---000--/ hour of local fl;y-ing j n t ne old days to I" omr "P" TI'T' .,,three p~.I.ases of local flyinG, LncLud.ing ~.b... 1 URSU ... SQ.D.I.\i. FI~LD EXEE.CISES L.J flood llght Land i.ng , wing ti? landings \ co' . ... and flare La.nd.i.ngs. In add'i t i on to Ulis,j . ul.nce Ji;muar~ 4vh, 11 of fi c e r a ~nd 26 the student secures 12 hours of rri..rht I e nl.Ls t e d l?en or th~ 36th Pur sui t :::;quadav i ge.t Lon . I ron, Gtahoned.a~ La~lg1c~7~~~lcl, va., Alth c th' n . .. , i rove been p"J.rtlcl'latll'l2: In 1l.81d exerized OL::.",n e ~v~r heo2~t:~~n~ ha s aut:1.or-! cines in t he Fourth CvrUS'l.Tea. Motor Sc .a s a r::-rt ? ~._e CU~.lCl.~~ of th~s I v chf cLe e were uced in co r.vey i n., the enc ~ol, r:"dlo a;.~ss~ons, lncl~l.a.l.ns T~dlo lliste.d .nen ana. cuoo l i es to the Wing ..~trol a!ld ~a?-l.o ,0eac011 flYIng,. t:-:llS. Concc nt r-at.i.on Ce:up' at the ,2"11 .Arne'." c IJ se of t ra i rn ng LIas not teen sl.ven i n I Airport at !vianli :nu .1.1 an the past, dUG to the fact t hat thi s r"" ~ School r~s not been suucliei ~ith the ne-: .l~e l.tl.ner~ry l~cluded tho following 8ngle;1 FIeld, ce e sar'y radio e quf pment :E.lis training i Cl.t t e s : 10 to l,':i~mi, a s ver~r essential in 'Jre')arinC a man to I Trunpa Cl;ndI'a.l Lahas se e , .J!la.; Mobl.le, t~:',{e his 1?lace in a .t.~cti,?81 ~rganiza'" A~~.: Ne,,: O~.:,.l~~~S,. 1a.; . JV:ol~tgomer~r, t~on, and we are ~OOKlll<? '~or\'l8rd to the AJ.U.:t,!Ol~ ::'.~1l.1.1~nG, Ga., Avlanta, Ga; , tl.me when the radl.O equl.ument will be Ito an;::,ley ...lela.. supnl.Le d . . i The puroo ce of the field exercises was The trainint~ of rie ruane nt per-so nae l is to q'U3~iI'~TL::.f1Hsin: also handicauped by the 18c~ of this (a) uccu~~tion and evaruation of equi-pment. The rcode rn facilities .i.nsto.ll-,' str9-n~e D.ir~romes day and rii ght . e d at Ra ndo Loh J"ield. rove teen a great . \ b I El.lployment, Trans':'orta'don and aid in imuroving the instruction at this iblvoua~King of Fl~rinb Ecnelons. Sc~ool. Eacn stege is subdivided into (c) ~mplo;yme~t, T~t~nS90rtation and use f+l.ghts, and each flight has its own 10f mi~ur~l.llilr;:.0011~ Fl.cld Equ ip-nen t Kits, bi Ll.owac , where ships, lockers for the Iand tJ.~elr. rcplcnl. shmont from di stant students, par'aclnrt.e s and flid.t office supply'pOllltS. are concentrated, thus obviating SUCll . \d) Adm~~istration, supply and logis~racttce as 60ing to one end of the flyt19s of dl.spersed units. . l.ng ll~e to secure the ~rtrachute when ~e) bpl~yment of mobile fl.eld radio the shl.p .is being flown fro~ the other lommunl.Catlons. end. EVerything is more convenient for ---000--..' -5 V-6725, A. C.

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~he previous issue ~i the News Lotter contained the Sergeants, listed in the cr doz- I'll' their standing list f8r pro[ootion to the grade of 1ester Serg~nt, also the eligible list for promotion to tho grade of Technical Due bo the lack cf SpaG8 it was net pcssib1e to puhl geants en the eligible list, and. a Lis t ('f thl'> re:lJ3,il:ing Gregg, En:r:ett C. Meeks, Jehn D. Harth, George J. Brock, Norris Vis':Jal, Ce rrrad n A. Gculla, Jack IJO\rak, Louis W. l.art.in, Paul H. Gutierrez, Arn~ldo Deeney, .J ohn ,J. Carr , ,Tarre s ':T. Hodges, Eerbert r'sFcrd, Lyrrari Warrtm, Eoriry ll. ;)elanoy, Sorr:~ol H. Ch;stnutt, He:r:r~ L. :i'a,.: '!""18S, UIa.x l,~crl'ist')n, Jay P. Arcibruster, Ot t o '::::et1.1,Dona E. B8ckharr:, Reuten 8. Bishop, Chalmers N. ALrrlnitis, J~cob Bryan, Hugh Weltz, William E. Flores, Alberto Williamson, Fenry Hall, Bolton Hunsberger, Horace K. Kolb, F,."ter, Collins, Jacob Mobley, 1.'n:mett A. IJiartin, Troy V. To',msend, J c e H. "J<;l.zo., Joseuh C. Pod raza., '~:Ed. tel' H. Pond, ~'verett L. l'1ielsen, Jean Lynch },:E1ri:m 111. Powers, Barron C. Prince, Kp,.crran K011y, Ber-nar-d F. Arming, :Ficha:rc~ S. Br-ov-ni ng , Earl H. Shello;y, Vcr 1 A. Hollis, Claud D. 1\1'Jlk8Y, LIJyd ':iin""er, David Koblitz, :i;onrcA KLow18s, Ja".;es B. Sl~rs, Robert F. Weeks, Ed/Nard ~arcia, Adelrro ~. Bur t , Albert 3. F~1rrel1, Herbert W. Br0vming, ;!lilbur G. GHirsky, -Iarocs L. Wax' Gin, :Kobert D. Mooney, J a:LPs T', Kirk~atrick, Everett Sulrr.on, Henry Bush, 1,a'll:1'81.ce

names ~f 97 Te~Jxnical ~erBea.~tG and on January I, 1935., on the eligible thp, ~~nes I')f 150 Staff Serg~ts en [;ergecmt. Lsh the ccmp1eto list <')f Staff Ser297 narees is giver::. below, as 011u'113: 275. M\lrdocn.. Edward Anderson, Gecrgo B011oll, Orval L. Villite, Andr'3w Harwell, Walter 1. Karri.g , Albert V. PerLins, William E. Jolrr1son, r~orge D. l.ir>rris, John E. Frost, ~el K. illtter, Pa.ul JI.. . 'l'uit~, Edward J. Edwards, Sal1ILle1 T. Dixon, Frank E. M:essflr, F1cyd HU[;h8S, T"d C. Greene, Charles C. J~rdaD, Martin M. Groves, Earl C. I{ogers, JI)Ln O. Grr-m, Eugene Stipe, Jehn H. Malczewski, Jehn Littlbjohn, Lynun L. If;axw811, ,Jesse 1:. Andrews, Arthur lJ'i2,rl~y, ,Jame:3 L. Kingslp.y, Wallace ~. Kirkwocd, Cecil G. Bezek, John S. S~ga::'ba<=, Ch~r~ol3 S. [louse, J ('soun iJ.. Brenckrr..an, Emil Wallace, 3te:r:len L. (>3.rr:w..dc, 'I'hrroas B. Hri vnak , J 01'.... C. '1

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Y~ager, Wallace H. Campbell, Colin A. Wickham, Peter M. Eggen, lviil P. ton Wehling, George W. Bremer, Robert A. I;eRosseU, Arrmnd J. Jr. Arthur, Jarr.es H. Gilbreath, Thomas J. Lea, Sa."TIUel R. Hackwith, Herrran L. Belles, Georgp- F. Cornell, William M. Hoble, Harold P. Midkiff, -Iaroe s R. l!'cye, Robert Mills, Erancd s X. l'lQLean Shem A. 'I ilghrr:a.n, lvlarionS. Blair, Frank D. 8mi t.h, Sarrison Thacker, Lloyd W. Brown, Abram 434. Cathie, Arthie L. 435. LeDm.lX Franc i s , 436. Henry, Harvey A. 437. Quirk, J",hn D. 438. Frey, Harvey E. S. 439. 3pauld ing, Halph E. 440. Hawkins, Milton H. 441. Bo bul ski, Frank 442. Tucker, Douglas M. 443. McMcnarrin, Frank J. 444. Meider, Henry W.L. 445. Giganti, James M. 4~6. Maidel, Nark J. 447. Boll, Thoms O.

In the mtter of act~l service in the A~, two of the Technical Sergeants on the eligible list f0r prornotion to h~ster Sergeant, published in the previous issue of the News Letter, have to their credit over 26 years; .one .l"irst. Sergeant, over 24 years: two Technical Sergeants and one First Sergeant, over 23 years; four Technical Sergeants and two First Sergeants, ('vel.' years: two First Sergeants, over 21 years: one First Sergeant acd ten Technical 22 Sergeants, ~var 20 years: one First Sergeant and five Technical Sergeants, ('vel.' years: one 19 First Sergeant and six Techr~cal Sergeants, over 18 years; two First Sergeants and eleven Technical Sergearlts, over 17 years; fcurteen Technical Serge~~ts ove~ 16 years; two First Sergeants and thirty Technical Sergeants, over 15 years: two First SeTgean~s and four ~echnical S~rgeants ever 14 years; one First Sergeant and five.Technical Sergeants, over 13 years; one First 3ergeant and three 'I'echni cal, Sergeants, over 12 years, and ""neTechnical Sergeant. over 11 years. Of the first 150 Staff Sergeants on the eligible list for promoticn to the grade of Technical Sergeant, also published in the previous issue of the News Letter, one has over 28 years of actual service in the A~my: two over 27 years, one over 26, four, 25: four, 23: four, 22: three, 21: eight, 20; Iourteen, 19; eighteen; 18: thirty, 17: thirty, 16: and thirty-one, 15. 1/ ---000--''BLI1ID'' VERSUS "INsrRlJMENr" ELYING at best, atte:,t0d to b.r the fact that some e>f the country's rnost eATerienced air rrail The fcll~wing interesting item is reprinted pilots not Lnr'r oouerrt'l y got 5nto bad spins and from the February 1st issue of tho Navy News tight hi~ speed spirals while trying to go Letter: through blind.' "An error which needs correction is the 'Instrument' flying, on the other hand, is a habi t some pilots have of referring bo perfectly ::;afe and sure method of getting 'Instrument' flying as 'Blind' flying. This through bad stuff. :::t sirn-;ly eans flight m is entirely incorrect. I Blind ' flying is exwhich is corr8ctly directed and ccntrolled by actly that, and applies to the cld days of gothe Lnd i.cab on of suitable instruJT.Bnts. This i ing through clouds, fog, or hea~ rain by is ~ust about the op?osite e>f '~lindr flying. simply 'hanging on' f~r a brief peri~d, trustLet s keep ourselves straight on this. (Thanks ing to the stability of the airplane and conto VF Squadron SIX for setting us clear on siderable luck to reach fairer weather. The this.)' air speed meter and perl1a.ps the whistle of the wires were the only effective aids to this ---000--kind of flying, which was a hazardous affair -6 V-6725, A.C.

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A Bill (H. R. 5057), Lnbroduced in the Rouse of Rc-presentatives by t:1e Eon. JOhn J. McSwain, 1.1. C., amends the Air Corps Act, a-pproved July 2, 1926, perwittir.3 the Secrotary of War or the Secret3.~:y c-f the Navy, at his discreticn, to purcbase abroad er in the United Sta.tes, with e r wi, th,..,ut oOP1pctiti0n by contract or rtherwise, slich clesign, e:k~'crai't, aircraft rarts, or aer onaut Lcal, aoc es scr-i.cs as my be nec easa.ry in his j'J.dg;1ent for e:.perimental purposes in the development of aircraft or aircraft rarts r-r c..eroI1.e;,utice.l acc es scr i.es of the best kind for the A=J or the Ncvy , as the caGe rcay be. Seve~al other p~rti0ns ,..,f the Act of July 2, 1926, arl') azreridod , theso dealingl'/i t:t advertising for hids 0n aircrafb, e.irc::oaft parts or accessories; the inspect ion ()f rr..:J,Ilu1a8turing Flants prodlic.i.::;.g aJ.:..'cI'aft fer the Army andl\aVYj the auditing of the books of contractors f-c.rnishing a.irc raf'b to tho govervnent, ami. the righJ~s 8...'1d privileges of e.i r,~r'1ft d2signers wh~ are the winners ,, desi,')!). cOl;:pet i tions for goverr:ment ai rc:r[~.f b. 'I'he Bill dsr B.lT8Eds tre Ne.t i c na.l Defense Act '"If Junt-J 3, 191'3, ['~, amended "by the Act r-f June 4, 1920, by ')C-'ovici::.r.g fGr -(,he ,~eteil of ..,ff ieers o f t:l1e Arrrr:! A:'l' Corp::; for te~TIrorGry duty with the Nav.! Lir Corp s and f'or cr.e d ei.ad I of "'ffic")I's r:- i::Le Navy AL.' Cerps for te;;'[Jcrary d'~ty 'N1. th the Arlf Lir Sor-~s. ---000--Baving in v~.evr t,lle esta~o~.iJh'UEmt a United statos Arro:y ai r 'be.se in Alas~;a. to p co vi de :J. supportine Ari~' air base ~t ~ f~70r:J.tlc ar3 stX'a~8gb Loc at.i cn fc::: -G1:.3 p:::otc~ticn d' the Ncrth Pao i f i c ann Ala,:ka,n (',o3,sk, an.i CC3..st c i ties, a B ill (E.:::t. 5064) ic:.1:;'C'11lc)d ~n t.he Reus8 of :Re:prf:;sentn.ti VAS by ~;he Hori.. j" "'111 1<'. Dockweiler, Iv C., rof Ca.i i f'o rrri.a , wJth"rizes .. ar-d dir-eets the ;:',r.;cri.. t.ary '1-::Wc.'~to acqll.:.re by donation, '[J',lrchJ.se nr ,":r-no":e:~L8.t !.on, 5"C:1 Land in Alaska I'1S he 'IE:1yd e ern r.."ressar:r and sui t::;.ble for tho a~tabJ"isr-.men'c ',f an i.~i~' dCTot-. A sum not tiJ exceod ~4.000,OQQ is au~~orlzed to be appropriatea. fer t_1e l.s+'aolish'rn",nt on such Land ')f a United states AI",~,ya i r d.,::."t by the construction and inst;3.1lc.ti-::::l the necec sary t :chninel b'lilc~ings, ut il it ies and ap pur-conances thereto.

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the art cf lyil~ as shall be pTes~Tib~d by t:;'l~ Secretary r-f Vle-T. For the errcou::.'a'Sroont the Junior Air Re s or-ve , th':l Secret'1ry 0 War is authorized to dotail Rqgu1ar flying rffic~rs, ~r Resel've :flying offi~'')rs caD ed. to ar.ti ve duty I to engage in the insGJ''-.lction and. training OI nudets ~f the JUT"ier ~ir Reserve in such private flying sC~100ls und cenJ~8rs ~f 3.ir t ro.i.rri.ng as Ir3iY be ?31ectecl f(Jr that purpos 0'), where the nuino 3I' '1f C8.d~te; shall nnt be less than tvmntY'lnd where, tbere arl', aprr0vd standards ~f instructicn oold t:rai.ning. Suuject tr the re~tricti'1n thut there Villl be no COnfl:LC~ -:ri th th~ work C'>f the A,,"uy Air Co rps ,c1~!J '-.lse I;f .A::::my air fip.ld~ is l'~noi.tted f rom -:.im'Oto time, also of ai.rI Lanc s , air~raft g"lr"e~ally, and Equipment belonging t'J the ilir Cr rp s of 'che Army, if enri wl.en in the jud.gm"lnt of the 3G'Oretary of W?"l, such uno is wise and proper in rrom:::tht~ ~J_8 art r f f'Ly ing and in t.he training nf stl.id Junicr Air ne~;crv". CertH~:a?es, ~f iiradx:::.h?n ~viiencing full meLl:Jer,,"un In v.il~ Jl,n:ccr .A~~rFeS0x--.re sh'3.11 16 i.c;::;usd" to a:CJ (,;de'Gs satisfactorily -pa;;sin['che f in al GX)J:j,ra:ci,~m and t<=;ct:;. .. They ::;:18,11 tiLen "0") cut:.~}'"'2. t", 'IF:ar, at ]:1"\asure , SUCD.uni.f'o rm as 3Ll1l 1:") TJr83~rib8d 'oy t,he ~Cr8::a:;:y rf V'hT. '1nd sueh insi::::ni>:- and ,..ther dE:sig:.J.e'),i:;;~C'l:: and d,,:oraticns the:..'eon rr 1.'''')rn ci v i Li.o n (,l,othing, as my Je presc~i~(;d. Co~oJet8 TAsord ,nll be kept nf 811 such grac;,mt.Js f f t:roilling f'o;. uso in i~,he event r-f a L~tir..nal cmer'~("'ncy. Tl:e Sec:,:,ekl.ry ct !"a..c:s t'.litror::. ,eO. ro ,'el~ect ~;"lC.J1 v ee r 3CCi yf the: r,1'::;t -pr.)U'ising ~d f';~:..cicn\, gr':cJur',~,:" of ~u.h'" llrirrary inaut.hor i ed J1' !1.:.::-th~r cf :"lstructi:)n for' A.perior'! r-f no t -,xcel'ld! inrj s i.x ly:n-l-.hs a.b any scl.oo'l or flying f i ol.d 0-:: tL,) Unit,-d Stat<.s ,~:":r:J and then to rfi"'r a+, If':1.st J or' 08.=:1. 7('ar of sad.d graduA.teoS in toh") pr~r.-.a:'Y i~.l:;tTl-"ct.ion hpserve c'?ffimis s i.rn-. as 30,~OnG Li,;\..::c,,-")nc1:.:.1ts .7;1..11.(1 i.o ca..ll ca.i d :::,;cy;o;"ld lir~"L..c~r.,CI'.GS to t-J,C bi sr> d.1],:~y ~.S }:eservp :::d'icF.r::-, in the; United stat",s Ar::rv .A i:.... Ccrn:--;, fer r..ir.h ':,ir:~2 as tte ;".:)(~r"t.ary r f 'Nar lray fromclmc tc tim~ pr()sGri bp..

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The "lrganization '1f' a -Iuni or Air Reserve t", A 3i11 (LR. 52;:'2) intYf;dur<ccl 't:r Hen.Ewing pX'crrote nationa.l deor:::"e is the pur'l)0se of a ThGIr.aso:l, M.e::., ref 'i'p7.!'s, spol:s t<., nll ur Bill (F.R. 4336), int.rodu8ed in the EJUSf) of the conrr.ivs ioned strE' ..ng"bll of +he Air ('orp;:; Representatives 'Jy the Eon, John J. McSwain, ;:,/ c;uly 1, 1935, to -\'.~lPLu~'ter of J.,514 cffiIvi. C. r>~rs, i~l g:'acl~.:; flT:n eol,u.D'31 t,? S~CO~L.1 lie-c.tThe Bill aubho r-Lz es and (Urect::; tnE' Secrf'!tl1ry cnar.t , InC1US:LV8, t.nrou2> CL!:-:::L.3::;l"Dll1ga:;:' S,""f War to nrf,aIliZA a civilian cozrrooncrrb "f the rud Lr cub e narri.s m-plir.;~,r:~3 .;Dr ~Qld. r~(,mni~ United Ste.t0s 1.=y, to be known and designat~d :ciODS 8.~; first (i.-;;e--;ond liE';u~tNBnt, in ttl" as the "Junior Air Re,,;en~e," ano, to p.s~Ga~blish I AL: P.e::;0-TVP; arvI a:-p grad'.'3-t,. s :-f the Air r'-.l1es and rG~,l~ti~ns f01' tho OI)8ra~i)n I"f s~~e. ~ m' l'~~ C ~t' Ct'l101' ~)r~Vl',J.~ns ~t' ., L )lT~s . ~~ i n r'a "c.: .',"" . ez-, r: ... All persons b0twee::1 the 1'1..:;e::; of 18 ar.d 21 years, I +-he B'i Ll, Ll.uthorJ.zr:, the rpcrlnt~ng '.j: th", ?!~ r')f sound phys i ca.l condhi'-,n and with educa.t i on li:;r2a~ st:C"lngth cf th~ r~i8gul3.r AI'lny to at least, equivalent, to" u. full Lligh school '" 1 .1135,000 ,LCn ~xclusive ... rf'.Thilirrin; S~t!~;;, 1 by tTdy 1, courue are 81igiblp. to -lie listed as cade t s of Lhil, and ca.l Ld.ng to actJ.V8 ::t:;.:, the Junior Air Reserve, and th<1 shall be ennof t,J PXr:8erl ;;;, ('('0 Rpservo):f'ficers .:>1' :;b$ titled to receive such "lmblem or designation to I cOPlbo.tant al"ms a'1d the Cllpmicol WIl-:::::e.:.\":i ..--: wear upon the clothing as th0 Secretary of V'ar I per year, thn nu:nc.E\r from each a,:'ln tC' (0") may IJ:res~ribe while rocci ving such course of. rrgulutF:c. ill acccl-dan0f) vii i:h'r8b})t'0\dve .~ ins~rue~ion and training in aercdyr~~cs and ~n ~~ssicncd str~n6ths. ~ -61~ V-6725, A.C.

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lTh1JSUAL MISSIONS OF NATIONAL GUARD AIR CORPS The National Guard aviation pe rf or.ns I ing and ex oer i.e nce in night na.vigation many missions in addition to the normal under winter conditions. A direct flying incident to their routine training. course was set for Albany, N.Y., and Two unusual missions were recently reoortthence to Buf'f a.l.o. A heavy snow storm ... ed to the Na't i ona'l GU31.'dBureau, o ne perand fuel shortage forced the flight to fo~ed by the 44th Division Aviation, New land at Syrac~se at 2:55 a.m. After reJersey Nat i ona.I GU3.rd, and the other by fueling the flight t.o olc off again at 26th Division Aviation, M3.ssachusetts 3:45 a.m., fl~rin:: above the storm to National Guard. Rochester, l,j. Y., where improved weather Four pl ane s under the command of Major conditions were met. Landing was made R.L. Cousey, f.J. N.G" recently narticiat Euffalo for re-servicing the ships, ps.t.e d in the se a r cn for the lost A'.'J.e1'ican and t he rcart e r the flight lJrOceeded to Airlines Condor passenger nlane in the Cleveland and return without further vicinity of Little Falls, tew York. incident. At the request of the General Ma~.1ager Extremely low t cmner-a t'ur-e prevailed of the American Airlines, the New Jersey over the entire rrute. Heavy snow on planes reconnoi tered an area e.pDl'o'C:mctte- t no grour'd et E"Ui'f210 made it diffily 200 square miles north and we s t of cult to handle t18 sh.l ps . 1'h(; r2,d1.0 Al bany. Wit:l flyLlP; co n-t i t i ons LO st ha.beam receivers D~l'c:1c"'.secl the Sauadby zarclous over desolate, t.r e acne rous ron ,;ave some trouble Lrri tially, but country in sub-zero wca.t.ne r , the r-eco nthe fli:;ht, nersol1Ilel were able to naissance was continueQ for over two clear this up without outside aid. The hours. The lost p.Lane was located by pe r so nne l c ons i e t e d of the r8gular Dean Smith of the American Airlirc2s, It cr!:lOi',t c rev.s without rno charri c s or techhaving been ".ecided to drop food ano, nieal pers<lu:lel. Ga;Qtain Edward S, ~edicine to l.he damaged plane, Lieut. Be c z; , A.C., Ma c s . N .li., waf:}the flight Emerson, of t.Le 26'l;l1 Division Aviation, comua nde r . Massachusetts NatLonal Gu~rd, was select-------ed for the mission. fu1ajor Copaey accornpaNational Guard l,la,nes, coast guardsnied Dean Smith back to the scene of t he men c.nd har bo r and. Bos ton no Ll ce were accident to co or di na t e the c i v Ll. and. ,',1:'1- recently rao bi.Li zod in '.111 Lnt.ens l ve but i ta:i.'y activitie s by radio and to lif",ht frui t Le s s ~lunt tCJ End tW:l bays rethe scene of the accident so the -m l i tary pc r t cd adrift on an ice floe in plane could dr oo its SUp Jlies . It tool: Dorchester Lay, mo re than a balf mile approximately two ~10U!'S until a successoff Carson Be acn , S'Juth Boston. ful drop was made at 11: 30 p.hl. It appears tLat t he boys W0:i.'eseen What the Alaerican Airlines tb0Ti.ght of pf ay ing on the ir8 off CarGon Beach the work of the Ne'N .Ie r sey Sqtad ro u can late in the af t erno on , SOllie Lndrv t dua'l ". f 1 ....... . t... b called. up t.he police S+;ctJ.Cin stating r<eRse~n.tfom ... h. p~v~e:'dwr~ ..,~nt"y" ..l~, B t.hat he had seC11 t.hem float off toward v. 'J:rl1 ,,'1, "e r~Sl er.J 0.1 111.,. con1,. cern, to NaJor Copsey, as follows: opc;v.~tc~ o n r7n_."~c:, a~'~,,:I'l1.ch ~:o.e ~ "D M' C Iloo"e ~rO!1 a selle .. snc e t ~"retcn_ng toear. ~e.Jor ~P,~8Y:" ~ . '"'. , _ ~". ward shore. u:wLll ir.g to romliclcr this I ~nsh to 1,;8."\.8 ttLS c:?portur,l'G.y to ext-end to ""r~"",.O'p a ,~C'",.. 'cs" t hr """ ,t t.h t b f .. ',.t~ i.".A,U. ... ",.I.c"C you an dth e rnr-n ers G f your or[. 1 '1 a on our 'l11~"C1. no r eoo r-t of anv m i !J.t.(;, lC" ,,1,.,.lld'en .na t ',,," ",,"I .r.: . t "-'- i I Slnce.re app r-ec i a'o i on or vile vu. ua.o e a,;S15 ance r-eached t ho t",; '''.1' , t..: , . d 1 1 .'. '," "1'.' tb' 'um, LJ."")O .. ,.~e U.l-Ll/.a t every ren de.re-i prop OyL.C)S ~;me:.lc:an .>;lr.__.nes a n .ne i r or a -, J.. to.' 1.. "... 1 th recent search f c r our lost airpl2lle. m(.a~;" a 'J JHe I r ( :;, flDO 2.3.-,- t.o -'-C co. .,e , em. Fly. Lnr: cond i t i.ons oyer desol3."ce.treacherous Alrplcmcs WeY,3 c''l.lJJ;'l for, and s t x '1'" f 'l., 2r" J' .. t' _. country in Jpen ai r-p l.anes in sub-zero weathc:r i 01 ('~'s (,', 'J~_e.Yvfl. .1V,:i.S~On a '",encung a required men who se devotion t,o duby was so hig":t-I t,cstlffic'r_lal. di nnc r to JaJ. -G3ncral ly.comnendablp. as to be oeyond adequate e:"'''Prcs.i!Jr~al1dY. 1"1 ~:"., vo lant ce r-od and hurried sion. ,LnQe~ scre2mlng mot~rcvclo esco~t to It would be cons i.dez-ed a favor 1)'[ i.merican I t.ak. the air iO'.L 1"sa1""zo1'o temperature Airlines if, t.h ro-igh a CO}}yof thi:3" letter, a for 2n hour's vain sear-ch of the harbor. better und er-standi ng of tJ.le duty pJrforued. by T~le r cvcr.t n.; rJ9rt~- of airman, Quickly your organization could be conveyed to th0se aJ,j or6~Ll'iz2ci. s 1.:aj0r GlaT(,ncf~ S. HQd"'e,
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cality where the boys were reported to have been seen, and so well was this work done that newsp~per offices were d~lllged by telephone calls from inquisitive South Bo s t.orrians . The f Li.e i s .flew back and forth over the area at an al titud.e of little more t han 100 f'e.et , scanning every bit of the ice. SutseGuently flares were thrown to lit~ht u o tui' ice field ad.iace nt to o-pen water as feT out as the main S11ip cha.nne l., Earlier the same day , sane of these same pilots participated in dropping faod and 6upnlies to four NeutucKet fishermen, marooned on lvluskegat Island for five days. ---000--17th PURSUIT GI~Olli':J FIELD EXER~ISES I

The 17th Pursuit Group, :~a.rch l3'ield, Calif., is now eng3gCQ in its annual field exercises. ~ndGr the plan being followed, one sr.uadr-o n at fl. tiLe s-oend.s two weeks in the field w:itn all personnel and eouipment. T~e 9~t~ .~rsuit Squadron was e ncamped at Pa.Lmdr.Le , Cal if, for one week and t.he n move a to El1::'oc Lake for t he second we()~~l e ncamomerrt, s ~bLEBRA;.rIOtJ A'.r HAldLTON :E'IELD for, under the Corps Area directive, ClliilPSmust ~e fuoved at lea3t once durTl'~ bronze plaque, pre sented 1y the inG. the pe r i od , Ame r Lcan Legion, at t.ne entrance of The first week is spent in :ield ex~ia,.:1:il ton Field, which commezco rat.e s the ercises to include t~e problems of sloriousheroisill of 1st Lieut. Lloyd field e ncarnprue rrt , field maintenance of .A...n.qrows HEudlt.o n , who rell : fighting as e qui pment and. t ac t i cn.I exe rc i 80S, air [3 i~orld W.'Jr "ace ;" and in meruo rv of and ground, frolli field bases. The ! whom the field is named, will be dedisecond we ek at r.'uroc Lake is s oerrt in cated by hundreds of American Legionaerial gunnery. naires of t~~ Fifth District in a serTile morale of the personnt;l of the vice cond.ucted. by a Past De pc.r traerrt Group has materially-increased as a reCo.anande r on Earch 3rd at ;:;:30 ').m. sul t of pre S8 nt act i vi ty aIle.. that in . 1'[:0 Lnv i, tation co Haari Lton Fi~ld was Lrnme d i a t e pros.?ect in aer~a~. bU.n?-~r , t ende red by liIajor G, L. Tinker to the and bomb dr opp i ng , The flrlILg wrrt cn .:Bjfth ilistrict GOI.li:C:cmder, under whose na s be e n done to dat.e demons t r-at e s the direction the dav ' s nroeram of business practicability of using the P-26 for \'~ill conmonce at" 10:00 ~.m. in Hangar gunnery with slight modification of 10 . 9, anCcwill be followed with mess the course as La i d down in 'l'r a i ni.ug at 1:,30 "p.m. in the dini:J.g rooms of Ret;a:LatioFs 440-<:0. It ha!l been found the four uni ts st.a.t i one d at the field. advisable to move the back bcunda.ry ---000--line fTom 1400 feet to 2,000 feet for 9') degree approaches and 181) degree apG11~1..RA.L WLS:::CV.::.R VISITS FELTS FIELD proaches. Experim.ents have also been made in Brigadier-General Oscar Westover Aselement firing v.i th t l,e P-26. In the ~is~2nt 8hief of the Air Corps, wa~ first tests It was fo~nd that 100 fe~t ~fCll:2neIS mos t recent uili tary guest. interval is too cLos e for the cro'md General Westover visited Felts Field targets to be used i.n pNli:1inc;cry firon his tour of t he Northwest, s:;}o:lding ing by elements. Tarc~tE s?aced at tV!Odays '"here. Durinc that time he 200-feet intervels were next tried a'1d inspected sites which Spokane is advocatit was found. :.hat this was too far. It ing for C18 location of a Re'~:ular Army has been tentatively decided that 150 Air Corps Depot, for which ~ongressman feet is the proDe~ interval f0Y ground Sam B. Hill, of ',iashil1gton, has introductargets fired upon by an ele!11ent. xd a bill in Congress, asidng for The limited exne r i e nce t o da.te indi~4,OOO,OOO. cates the f'e as i b'l Lt ty of firL.lg by Yhe General passed no comment, reuorts elements wi t11 safety and with more the Rews Letter Corres~ondent, other than anticipated accuracy. Early tha?- t~ a?,no~lce that he was goin~ to tests indicate a degree of accuracy of loo~ at PAA a1rcort projects in h1S wing men of about 5Q~ of the score of flisht over Washington.
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tID element leader. TId ts of March Field have until recently-been de)rived of the opportunity to fire machine guns and drop bombs in any quantity and. with any regularity due to the absence of a suitable range. b.utl:..ority was recently o bt.a.i ne d to use a dry salt Lake and. adjacent sage brush covered. Land at Mwoc Lake , a site si tuat e d about 45 minutes 1 air time from If-arch :Field b. the lv";ojave Desert. It has been found an excellent site, and its aCQuisition makes it possible for any organization at March-Field to fire any day , a fact w1...ichwill greatly stimulate carrying cut these phases of th3 training progra~. The personnel of t~3 17th Pursuit Group co"uidently believe t.nat any future gunnery and bor-b i n., matches in the Air Corps will :in6. tl1e:n well represented. EeL. ;rote: Attontion is invited to the ex.ocr:Lcnlc2 -of pilo ts of the <:;Oth Fursuit Group, B~rksdale Field, La., in their aerial ,unnery ~)racti.ce, utilizing P-?6's, repoIt of "which appears els8wneIe in this issue. ---000---

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The Tc-13 airshin operat8d by the 19th ~an~oldh Field, Texas, has been the Airship Squadron t~nble:r Field, Va., re-I scene of much activity .for the pas t ~en ce nt.Ly returned from Eialni, F111.., after months. 'l:ne filming of "The wear P~~~t having participated in t he maneuver s of I of tne Air," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer s J!..~~c the 2nd. Wing in field exe r c i se c conduc t ed ] of the Air, without interruption of !~yin the 4th Corps Area. inG training, is an a<:hievement of Wh1Ch The Airsilip vla~ preceded ~Y an ad;ance the Air Cor os can be Justly proud. If party of two off1cers a~d ~~~ht enl~stI this Dicture meets its e~~ectations, it ed men who motored to M1~~1 1n a convoy will be one upholding the high tradiof three truc~s. This gr~uD erected tions of the Air CorDs. It will be a t~e Dortable airship mast which bnd been medium throuyh which' the co~ntry wi~l constructed in the ShODSof tne souadronb~come more Air Corps conSC10US. W~th at Langley Field. T~le" airshi.? mooring such actors C1S Wallace Bce ry , Maureen site was established on Drivate land O'Sullivan, Lewis Stone, Robert Young, east of the Pan klerican Airoort. Jimmie Glea30n, Jack Pennick, Henry The TC-13 airship cen3rtedfro~ I Wadsworth, Robert Taylor, Frank Conroy, Langley Field at 10:20' a m, as schedulRussell Hard i e and Eobe r t Livingston, e d , although a dense fog covered the augmented by officers and ladies of airdrome at the time and necessitated EandoLoh Field, it should be a box offollowing the course of the radio range fice ~ttrRction. All the D8rsonnel be~con o~.Langley Fi~ld w?ich r~ihbeen and each activity of the Field played La.id on I'Hami. At 9.00 0 clock t._.at their part in the pr oduc t I on of this night while flyin6 o:f the coast of \ picturo. Richard Rosson, the diminuSouth Carolina the sky cleared and tive 'out dyn",mic personality, was the t her-ez.f t.e r offered exc eLl.ent visibility Director. Shots were taken of almost to observe the celestial bo cd e c by ever" activi ty on the field, from the which the course would. be steered. The tower of the Administration Building s~nip arrived at Miami at 4:30 p.::l., to the basement of the Ground School hav i ng completed a non-stop flight of building. At the Officers 1 Club midabout 900 mi.Les , sUI:1merb1.thing cce ne s were taken in The shi~ rEmained iB Miami four days, the chilly November atmosphere. Ladies during wnich time she demonstrated her in bat r.I ng suits did their shivering ability to ride her mas t succe s sf'ul Lv 'best to appear quite as if they were in such winds as ;Jiiauli offered for thi. s baskinG in the heat of a trop~~al sun. season of the yea .. ~. The hieher winds l!'or several weeks the f i el d :';;1d the were noted to occur in the early afteraspe c t of a thriving movie col ::my,wi th noon wi t h veloei ties reaching a maxi.mum the hu s t Li n.; movie company keeJing the of 30 m.:o , h. at the mooring eI te. One audience of aut ox.r aph se.eke r s ,gnd hero deino ns t r-at.Lo n fli::;ht of four ~1ours' duwor shf ppe r s ,SC~aIi:"?J.ingr9m p:'.,:-ce to f ration over the city of 1dawi. and nearpl.ace w.i t.h t.he i r ; udden mtgra.t i on from by communities was IT.~Co on ~he second ono sot-up to another. day in cooperation with the 2nd ~ing. On YebrQa~y 1st, the last of the comThe return flight to Langl ey F~eld pany "wrapped it np ,vith all shots in was made in 18 hcur s wi t hout s t ops , the the 1\"'1.6"rid slip':wd a'r.3.y, Leav i.ng a ship arriving at L2ng:ey Field at 4:00 Ranc.cl.ph ri0ld e t r angc l y cui e t after 2.m., where she hov er-vd in :t:lisht unweek.. and m');:.ths (y::.' aC"0:cmal ['::"tivity. til dawn, at v"'.ica tL 8 she was Lo.nde d The "\:.'-:.cture:'s utilI to be reviewed and and docke d , T~1e&dva:'lce party returnapcJ:c:;.rcd 'by the Arl:JY :BC2rd. iVi:::.jor e d to Lan~le;T FJ,eld l:hree, day s 10 :-c~. Hal'" S, deEL;r"ated';he V,ar Dec a r-tmenb This fl1ght den.onsvrat.ed the a01l1 t;y re pre sent.atlve , l1iJ,~t ma.;o final aDProvof the TC-13 airship to make non-stOD al~ :he Fovie Board, consisting of flights of auor oxirae t.e l y l,aOO-mile Captaens J.~c. Car.r.o , Arthur J~. n range, the ab i Li ty of her 'ge~sor..~1Gl n9- ]"aDt'~l'brook arid A, G. StricldBnd, a expect e o'uioment successfully to maan ca i n r ad.lo to m:':e thoir fil:,).l recc, il'.lenQ3Gionin contact t hroughout the fljO!,~)r, ',vit:1 t he the nea r f ut.ur e . lJame rumor had it base s t.a.t Lon , to fly '01i.l1d cuc ce s sf'u.l Ly t hat. 1-L G,k. is well pleased wi th their over a d.ie t ance of sev e r-al hund.re d miles production. and to make Dr)')er usa o-f"Je~jartm8nt of Au a great number of the movie comCorrme rce 8nd"1a'7 aids to n.v i ge t l on , pany took :part in the filming of "Wings" It is forecast that this ni~ht is at Kelly F1Cld a few years ago and are but the forerunner of more extensive kno~n by officers throughout the service, airship operations in the field ~Qade. the names 0'i~ t no se who tcok part in the possible when the sCcl'~",dror: orgaro zat10n pro dr.c t.Lon of t h.i s j)icLc,.re 8.J,cO given, and e qu.irxne rrt is modcfi ed and Improve d viz: :'al?-ta ~)(-11-, .::'Todul.i:r' Rj,.::~r Npnni ng , .. as a r e su'l t of the e -. er1enee ga i ne d ~ Pr-odu it f on :;'"\d l)ljC'l:i1eSs ~1!dn3.(;:r; Al from this field exe rc i se . 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t1::e, element leader. cality where the boys were reported to Ur.i t s of March Field have until rehave been seen, and so well was this work done that newapape r off ices were c errty ibee n deor Lved of the opportuniL deluged by t.e.Leohone calls frOID inquisi- ty to fire machine gullS and. drop bombs tive South Bo atorrians. The f'Ld e i s "f'Lew in any quantity and. with any regularity back and fo:rth over the area at a11 alti- due to the absence Of a suitable range. ty was r'e cent.Ly o bta.Lne to use d tud.e of little more than 100 f'e et , scan- b.ut:l::.ori ning every bit of tne ice. SutseQuently a 0.]:y salt Lake and adjacent sage 'br-ush covered land at Muroc Lake, a site sitflares were thrown to lL-.ht UT.> tnG ice field. ad.iace nt to o-pen vlater as f e.r out uat ed about 45 minutes' air time from t.:arch :E'ieldLn the kojave Desert. It as the raai n Silip cnarme l . I~S been found an excellent site, and. Earlier the same day , some of these its aCQuisition makes it nossible for same pilots participated in dropping 8ny organization at March-Field to food and sunDlies to four NantucKet fire any clay, a fact which will greatly fishennen, mar ooned on Muskegat Island stimulate carrying cut these phases of for five days. th::; t.r:.;.ining gr'em, The personnel pr'o ---000--i/ of tb5 17th Pursuit Groun co:idently bel ieve t.nat any future gl.mnery and 17th PURSUIT Gn01J:' n FIELD EXERCISES borib Ln., matches in the Air Corps will fincl them well represented. The 17th Pursuit Group,:larch 3'ie1d, Ed , ;rote: Att,)ntion is invited to the Calif., is now engagcci in its annual cXDerI"eiic,:, pilots of the :::;Oth -of field exercises. under tbe plan being Pursuit Group, :Be.rksdale:B'ielcl, . , in La f olLowed, one st.uadr on at 8. t i.t.e s'oe nd.a their aerial [,UUllery "')ractice,utilizt~o wee~s in the field witn all person1::1g P-?6's, repoIt ofcwhich appears nel and eouipment. T~e 9~th .~rsult Squadron was encamped at Pa.Lrndr.Le , Galif. el sewnere in this issue. ---000--for one week and them move c to 1',;11:'."'Oc Lake for the second wee~'s encempment, G1LE:BRA'rIOiJ kf HA:d1'I'ON :BTELD for, under the Corps Area directive, camps must be n.ov ed at Le a st once durTI'e bronze p'Larrue ,pre sented ty the inc'tne pe r i od . Amr;;ricanLegion, at the entrance of The first week is spent in f i el.d ex~2Ti.l ton Field, which coromemo ra tes the ercises to include t~e problems of *lorious heroism of 1st Lieut. Lloyd field cncampme nt , field maintenance of _i.1l4rews...dl ton, Who fell fighting as Ha, equipment and t5.ctic31 exercis8s, air a i~or1d W::lr "ace, II and in me.uo r'y of and ground, fro~ field bases. The whom the field is named, will be dedisecond week at },'.uroc Lake is s oent in cated by hundreds of American Legionaerial ~lnnery. naires of t~~ Fifth ~i8trict in a serThe morale of the personnt:l of the v i ce conducted by a Past De pc.r-traerrt Group has materially-in~reased. as a reCo.omande r on lIf:arch 3rd at ;:;:30 -J.m. sult of present activity and t ha t in I'Le Lnv i, tation co Haad Iton Fi~ld was Lnnae d.La t.epros~ect in aer~a~ b'Ull!1~ry t ende red by hlajor C.1. Tinker to the and bomb dro pp i ng , The flrlIJ.g wm cn }jfth Di st rLc t C,ollil!'81'1der, wno se unde r .()t3-S bee n d.one to date demonstrates the d~rt:ction the day's program of business practicability of using the P-26 for ~lll COLnncnce at 10:00 a.m. in Hangar gunnery with slight modification of 10 . 9, ane.. will be followed with IDess the course as laid down in 'l'r a i rrl g n at 1: 30 pv m , in the dini:lt; r'o oms of Reg'J.l.ations40-<:0. It ha e be en found 4 the four uni ts at.a.t i one d at the field. advisable to move the back bounds.ry ---000--line from 1400 feet to 2,000 feet for 9') degroe appro ache s and lSI) degree c:,pG1NERAL '#1S=OV~R VISITS FELTS FIELD proaches.

:Experi~ents have also been made in element firing lhi tLe P-26. In the th first tests lt was fOknd that 100 fe~t interval is too close for the cro'md ~arg~ts to be used in pNILdne.ry firInG by elements. Tarcets sj)aced at 200-feet interv81s were next tried a~d it was found. ::hat this was too far. It has been tentatively decided that 150 feet is the prone~ interval f0r ground targets fired upon by an ele~ent. The limited eXDcrience t~ d~to indicates the feasibility of firing by el~ments with safety and with more than anticipated accuracy. EarlY tests indicate a deg~ee of accuracy of wing men of about 50:10 of the score of,

Brigadier-General Oscar Westover, Assis~~nt Chief of the Air Corps, was Spc)lG".,ne st r cc errt mi.Li tary guest. 1 s mo Ge ner'e.L WestovT r visi ted. Fe Its Field on his tour of tre Northwest, s~eJding two days Lhe re , Dur Lnr; t.ha.t time he inspected sites which Spokane is advocating for t?1e location of a Re,::ularArmy Air Corps Depot, for which Cc ngr-e ssman Sam B. Hill, of '.la shin.gton, has introducxCi. a b l.Ll, Congress, aSKing for in ~4,OOO,OOO. rne General passed no comment, renorts the Kews Letter Corres~ondent, othor tha? to a~nou~ce that h~ ~as going to lOOK at P,IA. af roo r t pr-o je ot s in hi s flight over Washington. -6~V-6725,A.C.

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The TC-13 airshi-o cpe ra.t ed by the 19th Rando I ph Field, Texas, has been the Airshi"p Scuadr-o n t~ngle~r Field, Ya., re- \ scene of much activity for the past ~en ce nt.Ly returned from riami, Fla., af t e'r months. 1]:11e filming of liThe West p~~~t having particinated in t he maneuv er s of I of the Air, II Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer I s J!,;p~c the 2nd-Wing in field exercises co nduc t.erl ] of the Air, without interruption of f~yin the 4th Corns Area. inc t raf.ni.ng , is an achievement of Wh1Ch The Airsllip'vlas preceded by an advance the Air Co r ns Can be justly proud. If party of two officers a~d ~i~ht enlistthis picture meets its eA~ectations, it ed men who motored to M1~~~ 1n a convoy will be one upholding the hig~ tradiof three trucks. This gr~un erected tions of the Air CorDs. It w111 be a t~e Dortable airshin mast which Und been medium throu~h which. the country wi~l constructed in the shoDs of the scuadron b~come more Air Corps conscious. W~th at Langley Field. Tlle"at r sht; mooring such actors as Wallace Beery, Maureen site was established on nrivate land O'Sullivan, Lewis Stone, Robert Young, east of the Pan .k:::ericau" Ai roo r t . Jimmie G-leaGon, Jack Pennick, Henry The TC-13 airship c.en3rtedfro~ I Wadsworth, Robert Taylor, Frank Conroy, Langley Field at 10:20" a m, as schedclRussell Har d i e and Robert Livingston, ed, although a dense fog covered the augme nt e d b:r officers and ladies of airdrome at the time and necessitated E.audulph Field, it shou Ld be a box offollowing the course of the radio range fice ~ttraction. All tne nersonnel be~con o~.Langley Fi~ld w~ich r~ihbeen and each activity of the Field played lrud on luami. At 9.00 0 clock c..at their part in the Drociuction of this ni5ht while flyinG off the coast of i picture. Richard Rosson, the diminuSouth Carolina the slcy cleared and I tive 'out dynC'mic pe r sona'l I ty, was the t her es.f't.er offered exc eLLent visibility Director. Shots were taken of almost to observe the celestial bouLe e by eve rv activity on the field, from the which the course would. be steered. The t.owe r of tho Administration Building slli 'o arrived at Miami at 4: 30 p, ::1. , to the basement of the. Ground School having completed a non-stop flight of building. At the Officers I Club midabout 900 miles. SUI:1mer 1-thing sc ene s were taken in b The shi~ remained in Miami four d~ys, the chilly November atmosphere. Ladies during Wh1Chtime she demonstrated ne r in bat r.I ng suits did their shivering ability to ride her mast successfully 'best to appear quite as if they were in such winds as ;Jiiall.li offered for thi. s baskinG in the heat of a trop:!~al sun. season 01 the yea ... ~. The hieher winds 1!'or several weeks the f i eLc. :J.ad the were noted to OCCClrin the early aftersspec t of a t hr i.v i ng movie co} ::my,wi th noon with velocities reaching a maxtrnum the hus t l.t ng movie compe.ny ke eri ng the of 30 m, -0. h. at the mooring cite. One audience of aut oz.raph se eke r s And hero demons t rat.Lo n flight of fo'ur nour s' duwor shf ppe r s scr81i:'JJ.ing from p:.'.ace to ration over the city of 1daui. and nearpl.ace 1'.'1 their th ;'Qdden mlgrat i on from by communities was U:'lG.O on '.;he second one S'lt-UP to ano t he r . day in c0operation with the 2nd ~ing. On YebrQa~y 1st, the last of the comThe return flight to 12.ng10y F~eld pany "wrapped it rrp with all shots in was made in 18 ho'ur s wi t.ho ut s t opa , the the 1:I:'1.g" anG. slip'?ed a'r3./, Le av i.ng ship arriving at L~~n0:8YField at 4:00 Ranc.c l.ph rir;ld d,-anguly cui e t after e.ffi., where she hover<:d in :':'liGht unweeL~ arid, m')):ths (j:' aCc10r'Il1al ?::'.tivity. til dawn, at v','ich tL'G she Was l .... d nde The ';.'-:.cture :'s ntlll to be reviewed and and do c'ked , 'I~l.e &dvct:lce par ty r e t'ur nau-a:c:;.rcd bv the l\~I'.1YBC2rd. k:c.ior ed. to Lan~le;r F5.eld c hr ee ,d2.ys 10~c~. Hal'!:Ys, de['.L;Eated',~e Vtar De~'Htment This f'Li ght den.o nstr at e d t he 80111 t;y r-eor-ese nt atl . , lliJ."t maze final ve annrovof the TC-13 airship to make no n-rs't oo al~ :12e 1::ovie Board, consisting of flif';hts of anor-ox imr t.el y 1,OOO-roile Captac ns J.~C Car.r-o n , Ar t hur J~. range, the a-oili ty of her pe r aorincL ane?- ],aDt'~r'brook and J.... G. Str:icy,Ja:"ld, exnect eauioment successfully to maa n carn r ad.Io to m:':8 t.ho i r f i uo.I r-eoomme ds.t i.on in n contact t hro ughcut the fli;:,~]r, '.vH:l. t he the n~ar f uvure . JJame rumo r had it base s t.a.t Lon , to fly "01i.nclcuc ce s sf ul.Ly t.hat )'LG.k. is well pleased with their over a ciistance of sev er-a.I h.mdr ed miles pr oduc t i on . and to make nr)')er use 0'" Je:.)a.rtm8nt of As ,'1. great numbe r of the movie comConme r-ce 8nd'1a~;y 8.ids to nr.vi ga tl on . pany took ~art in the filming of "Wings" It is forecast that this fli:=;ht is at Kelly Fleld a few years ago and are but the forerunner of more extensive known by officers throughout the service, at l' ship operations in the field ~l1ade. the narr e s of t no se who. teak "Dart in the possible when the scy'.:.dror. org~n7~atlon pr-o dr.c tl on of t h.i s :JicLc:,re ,"l,Ie' given, and e qui.pment i.s modcfi ed and Impr ove d viz: :'anta ~kll, l:'y'()dul.r:r' R),.::~r }iIF..nn i ng , as a resi:l.l t of the e'\lerience ga i ne d proo.c:.' Lion r:..Y\d}jlj~llleSS ..: . N'd113.t' -:;T; Al from this field exe rc i se . 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RADIO REPAIR STATION AT DUlICAN FIELD i:ars'ball and Elmer Dyer, Air Cameramen; Paul Vogel, Harry Perry Bob Roberts, A new Signal Corps Radio Repair StaRay Ramsey, Kyn,e'Meac. Wilcur Br9dley, t i ori , ai.mi Lar to those at the other Air Joseph A. Veler.tine, rtobert Newl~ri, Denots, is be:l.n; Lns t a l Led in the EnIrving Gl.a c sber-g , Al WilliElms, Joc~cey g~r.e~rin~ D~partmer;t ~f the San Antonio :F'cindel, Walter Strange, Carae r-arae ; Al n All' i.epo t , Duncan :F ield, Texas, f'rvr the Sheving, Har r;: IvLrble, Herold B~).ldvlin, purtlose of securing the maximum seTvice Harry Parkai.nc , SaD Cohen, Glen St ro ng , from Signetl Corps ai.r cr aft radio equi pBill Strong, TIale DeV8~aan, Kay horton, ment and insuring tr~t such equi~ment WeI tel' Ra nkf n , Do na.l d Brie,Lam, Eci Garin, cperating condltion Jas. Higgins,.Jmnes Hac1n;tt,Kinp-' Kauffirau , is in first-class prior to delivery cf r eco nd l tioned airAssi stant Cameramen: Ha.nk Forester, John arid other Air Co r ps Selgra:rh, Lloyd Lsbe l.L, Grip; Dean Do r n , pl.ane s to tactical units. Tids Section is under the immePublickty Man; Bill Grimes, Still Man; supervision 01' li:B.jor Char Le s T. George Elder, Prop Man; Ja8. Brock, .. nn lo.iate Jo ! !v;cAleer, . Signal Corps, as Signal Corps Dullam, Ted F.a;}Tffiond, Sound Men; l,'att j Rad.io i,:aintel18.nce and Re pa Lr- Of fLce r , Gilman, Utility; Perry O'Brien, Al \Who joined the San AntonIO Air 18:~t Leider, Jol~ Jens, Wes Shalu~~, las! :JoY:~ITlb~r~om dU~;,>,. in the Of'f i oe I f Elec tricians. of "he urn er Skl.>ual Of'f Lce r . ---000--i ---000--If:.iillCH FIbLD PEhSO'::jj:r~L A BUSYOUTFIT AERIAL GUNNBRY FOh THE 20TH: PU'BSDI'f GROUP!

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The 20th P'C.:r-8Ui.t Gl'OlJ.p,:BD.rlcsc~le}'ielo,\ Aside from the field exercises and L8.., v.ill -proceed. to Cq.apm2.nfield,Micu>li, aerial ~unnery, the principal activiFla., on Fet. 15th, for t wo we eks I ties whi ch have kept the comnand at aerial f:l1nnery trE,ining arid t v.o v.e exs of Iv,el'ch :field., Ri.ve rs i de , Cc.lif., ('n the field exercises. M.')~or Millard. :".K",rrnon, jt:r:lp dur Lng the past 15 days concerned Jr., Commandi nr; Officer, w i l.L Ler.d the t he v l s i t of the Corps Area Inspector; Group, wh i ch will be comno ce d of the with parades, reviews o:"ld inspections 55th-, 77th Bnd 79th Pur sut t S\11:.adl'ons Lnc l de nt thereto; d[dly flying by ina ad the ?lst Service Souadron. clividualpi10ts to fill in their form ThG movement will be made in tV!O e che I>- 5'3, renewed interest in tlt.ich is enons,Ground and air. The zround echelon, cenecred by Circular No.6, War Departcomm-tndc d by 1st Lt.kamdn;: E. Tillery, rae nt , 1935; the daily half hour devoted will consist of 18 of the latest t.ype to close order flying drill Dy the Army motor vehicles and.. v'ill be used to wno l,e Group; much emphasis on the Link t raneoo r t me chari.i c s , e qu Lomerrt and Tro.iner ani Lus t rument flying; and supp l i e s , . . rr.a l nt enance and other duties 19beled Due to the inland Lo cat i on Rne' the routine. 'out which ca l ; for 951" of all c~os~ pro~irrit;y-.of c:i.vilian?oT.)ul~ltion to so Ld'ie r effort. tile bBrl(sc:.ale E'l e Ld ?eservT,tlor;" It 'has ---000--been impossible to fire t:1e t ow tCJ.rget phase of t he i:;'lm:lery course !IA.II Hope is BROOKS F12JJD SEEKS CTtJ1")!ERY RANGE eX'Jrcssed t ha '. in the n8(}1' f ut er-e a permanerit gunner~r c-unp may be, e s t.ab.l i s he d Br oozs Field is just now much internear the Lcmi ,:dana co a at ::md wi thin two ested ~n the ac~uisition of a permanent hours I flying of EarLsoD.le Field. Sit8 for a gunnery ani bombing range. Consider~b10 interest bas b08n evinced Horetofore, throu;.;h the courtesy of by pilQts of the ZOtt. Pursuit Group as to t r,e owne r , a t rac t of Land nCAT Port the outcome of aerial ~lnnery practice Lavaca , has been usc:i, but this year wi th the P-26 ty.')(; Pur sui t a l r pl.cne , the the land is no~ Qvailable, and a solulatest low-winG 30eing monoplane. Due to tion is sought ir. the nro"'Josod rrur chase the location of tbe machine glm.S, two of J,OOO e..c r e s at Snld~Polnt. Ho pe is feet, nine inches below the S~.L;hting bar, 8xDresced tlw.t ilebotiations may be conclu1ed in time for tLis year's gunnery. it ha e been found Lrroo e s i bl.e to bore---000--sight the P-25 for a" r~nbe closer tb~n 150 feet 'ai thout r-enov l ng t he r i ns; cowl1':18 fi:::st class .of officers from the Office ing. This factor, ooupl.e d with the inof the Chief of thG Air Corps takinr instrucreased sneed ~nd visibillty, tas ar0usedi mCl:'!; flying instruction at balling Field,D.C. , the interest. \ wo.s started. Jan. l?tll, arJ\. was COIL\l'C'sed This trin to Miami will be the first I C81'tai~s George C. ~cDolald, L.P, Hickey,of movement of traoDS by motor convoy since E. ,,:. Eild.r8th and I,iout. M.S. Gros s , Due to the arrival of the 20th Pur su.i t Group at the e}:tremely Lnc Lerrerrt weather, it 7/8.S not Barksd.ale }'ield on November I, 1932. "possible be conduct this cc ur s e of instruc---000--tion contim .. usly, bnt these of'f'Lc ez s have o

Air Corps of'f'Lcez s recently p rorrobed were 1~jor Walter R. ~rank to Lieut.-Cololilll; 1st Lt. R0bart R. Yeager to Captain; 2nd Lieuts. J.W. l1cCoy, P.li. bobey, C.G. Willia:nson and George P. MoodJ to 1st LieuteLar~.

uode r~pid vrogress and e}~ressed tbe~elves ac being n.os t errbhus i.ast i,o over this type of flying traininfs. The second class wi~l be started imnediately LTon ccmpletion oi# the present one. -65V-G725, A.C.

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C'".tiANGES 8rATION: OF To Eawaiian De-partment: 2r..d Lt. Chester P. Gili;e:r;-'irom Bark,;dale ._Field, sp,iling about Anril ~6th; To Fanerr.a Canal ZOl'.0: 2nrl Li euts, 1'lilliaro D. EckGrt, La;.lgle'yvield; Alber.t W. C'>llepherd, Selfridge F'i e l d ; Da.vi d E. Baker and Hobert Scott, Jr., Mitchel Field, sailing about Anril 4th. ~To Ph i Li.pp i ne s t 1st Lieut. Harold. Q,.Huglin. Lan'.:;ley ]'iorCi., sailing about Ifi8y Bth, a'l so 1st L'i errt s , Edwi,n R. French, Selfridge F'i.e.Ld , and Al va Lee Fa.rvey , Langley Field . . To LeniQ:ey Field, Va.: 2nd Lieut. Paul G. MITler, fr-orn Panama Canal Dept. 'To :litchel Field, N.Y.: 1st, Lieut. Iioland O. Akre from-~-----rra-Cane.l DeFt.; 2nd Lr eubs , ReI -ph P. Swof'f or-d , ,Jr., and }lillard C. Y0'L:J.'18, from Fanen.a Can~l Dept. To Crissy Field, Calif.: 1st Lieut. HerGert M. He~vstrom frum rc.nmr.a Canal DaTIt. 1.9_~n~h F::i:.elrl~e:;as: 2nC',Lieut. :Robert Burns, from Criss:' :F'ieId, Ce.li f'. T.) Fort Crockett, Te:ws: 1st Lieut. l!lelie J.--Couf,lee, from-Panama Can~l Dept. 1:0 Selfridge Field. iliich.: 2nd Lieut. Jarrm V.-cra-bb, from Panarra 0er1frl rept. Te Washington, D.::::., for duty in Off'ie,e of Chief of tne Ai::- Corps: Captain George S. Warren, from SelfridGe Fidel, 1,~ich. To Inglevroc0. , . Calif.: 0sptBin Edvrard 101. Robbins, from duty wjl3li the Boeing Aircraft C~., Seattle, Wash., to duty with the Northr~ Corporation as Air Corps Represent:l.tive. 'I'o Hoadquaz-t.er s , 9th Corps Area: Ls t Lieut. A.J. Kerwb,-lVlalone, from l,.arch Field, +'0 report to jejor-Genel'al Faul .3. l,ialone for assigr~~nt to duty. '1'0 Panann Canal Zone, saili"lg about April 4th: 1st Lieut~Draner F. 3enry, ~itch01 Field; 'I'hornas I.;. lilosiey, Fort CrGc~ett; Isaac W. Ott. Brooks Field. 1:lZLIEVED FRG'.r.mTAIL TO THE AIR COFfS: 2nd L'i eut.s , 1)et8r J. Kopc sa., to Cavalry Di vision, Fort Bliss, Texas; Robert C. Kryser to I~antry, 2nd Division, Fort Se.mHouston,Tex.; Kenneth R. Kenerick to Hawai i.an Dcoaz-tmerrt for ao s i grrcerrb to duty with the Co;'st Artillery Corps. RETIBE:i~1uS: Cantain Harold F. Rouse and 1st Lieut. C,arles H. Earnest, January 31, 1935, for disability i,,1cie'.ent to the service; Captain Frederick A. Johnson, Scott Field, Ill., to proceed to his home to av~it retire-

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cccmerrt ang en the Gonsid'uable errourrt of nublicity given war-tb18 construction of buildings, both residential ani ~fficial, still utilized at vaz-i ous posts throu:;hout the length and b2~~(-1d'b1.L Uno I e 80'0' S arTfTJcccupancy of , states "hat it r e.ca.i.ned for Brooks Field to de;1()nstrate that, in a piuch, a 'lertain ingeniousness coGld be celled into play - not to preserve the building but thoco dwelling within it. As a result of an unusually vigorous enslaugllt of the eleuJents, T.LOt to speak of Time itself, one build ing 8Jroni_:('thers at Bz-oo'cc Field is f~irly in a state of collaFse. The building in question is ccc cp i ed by llajor A. W. S;ili bh , F::' L:;ht S.ll'geon, ..rho TJrocurecl three long pol cs , f'o r.rez-Ly used by tho Signal Dotac~:.e:1t a.s t81ee;rap:1 wirin; rrJL1.terial, and -proceod.ed. to "prop" them C1gainst the tiLorous 'buile' Lng , to the a-ms8:!Jent cf all 0 bservl';rs but to the unques't i onabky "'ffecti ve steadying ~f the structure. T:.LeCorrespcndent oonel udes 'uith the hope that now co ns t r-uct.Lcn lIDy be procured for BI'0oks Field before SOTl18 of tho buildings aobua.I Ly fall down ori the ()ccu-pants.

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rcerrt , ---000--TRIALS 1V;rJ TRIBULATIONSOF A :FLIGHT SlJR:-;'EON Much has appeared in print of late regerding ne"l construction at Air Corps }Josts ,highly comp l imerrha'ry phrases being utilized in describing the appearance of the various buildings, barracks ~~ quarters, and the s~erlative degree of comfort they afford~d to del ighted -persor..Ilp,l. But all is not well yet, as testified by a contribution to the News Letter just received from the Brooks Field. Correspondent, who

From Har.d L ton Fd.eLd wor-d comes o f the collapse of the Larrl i.ng gear of a fo,st 3-12 Bomber at Fort T3liss. Texas, pi Lot.ed by 2ru:l Lt. Edward W. Suarez. He was not injured. When last heard f romCap b, Arthur G. H~~ilton and 2d Lieut. Birrell Walsh were at Selri~ge Field havine their planes equipped for the cold weather test flight te Great Falls, Mont~~, and return. Gi~antic ckis ~ere oeing placed under their N~tin Bomhers, 8.."lC, p.xperimontal start,er:::; and primers wpre being in0talled. The ell1i:::;te~ men vlho w~re wo rk i ng ':[ith them a.Lrrxvs t night and day to get ready fer the flight were Staff Sgt. I'homas B.'vinson, Sgt. l1..,y E. Caul tpI', Corporal Har-v-id Saeger and Fvt , Ls t Cl . (T ack 1,';a,-I;h<'?'W's. First Lieut. raul H. Kemner, wh) piloted the fouI'Gh B-12 when this fligLt left Hami Lbcn Fiele', had not yet landed at Selfridge Field, a~cordin~ to a letter from Captain ~~a"iltoll. He writes that from Sunny Cc,lifornia, where it seldom freezes. to an ever frosty mercury hovering froill one to 15 degrees abovs ze:r") Fahr enhs i t in IV.Lichigan is quito a contrast, end :nakes one a}rreciate C81ifornia V18atllfC. Polar bears painted upon the skis, which Look like o8,ttleships, seem to be chasing Jiggs (t,he 11th Bombaz-dmerrb insignia) is the description given the B-18,e~uipped for the cold ',:(~ather flight, by Captain Hamil ton.

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HillT.ilton Field was host to 300 Junior Birdmen from San Francisco. 'I'hey were shown exhibits of a technical nature witt in -l;he hangars and were teken for a tour of the pest by Lieuts. J.G. Mocre and E.H. Beebe. Fir$t Lieut. Emerv S. Wetzel left' this station f(')r service in the Haw<1iianDepartment. Copt. JUl1iusI. Srrith, k.C., rep'JrtE.d for duty after a -t.our r-f service at Lulre Field. Pvts. Holly B. Ivey, Llbh Bomb. Sqdn., and Air Ce>!E.. etachment, F<;>rtLewis, Wash. D Oscar S. Wagner, 70th Service Squae;.ron, were Looks like itls going t~ be a busy season, ordered to Crissy Field fer exa~nation for what v,ith gunnery camp at Ilwaco, Wash., at appo i ntrcent as flying cadets. 10ust two we~ks in Larch, concentration cf Flying Cadet EenryR. 8piC0=, attached t~ gruuno. troops of the Third Divisicn at Fort tte 31st Bomb. Sqdn., v~s transferred to the Lewi s in May, and -plenty "f cooperative work 17th Pur sui t Group, lVlarchField, Cal if. before, after and b~tween these reriods. The Staff Sgt. Robert F. Slli~er ,~s assigned to weatur.r is breaking pretty good this year. the 9th Bomb. S~dn. as replacement for Staff We've seen the SUll four days out of the last Sgt. Ja~5 R. Knowles, who ~qoarted for serf'our t.een, vice in the Hawaiian DCFartI.lent. Master Sgt. Raynond Skckwell d epar-bed en 1Gt Lieut. stanley J. Reilly.took up his to Alban,y, N.Y., duties as Post Chap La.i.n recontly. , an e:dended. avigati.ron flight Staff Sgt. Albert W. Dukes was transferred i acco~anied by Stefl Sgt. ~artin Bruchcr, arld via San Antonio and the Southern to the ranem ....Cana.I Zone, and Staff Sgt. John . is rsturning route. F. M~ran arrive~ from the Philippines. Sgt. Other extended flighbs w~re mode by Lieut. Marion T. 11atlock arrived f ro.n the Canal Zone. Everett S. Davis to G~'1ut9 Field and return, Mast "lr 8gt. Thorms F. R.ncU e, a meznber ')f aoccmparri.ed ":Jy rvt. J::lm D. jv'JCDon~ugh, who Gen. Per::hin;3' s Purri.t.I ve Exped i bion and . .,f joined. the class in Pa-p.e'll' Work and. .!clministrathe Air Corps since 1916, reenlisted in the tion at the Technico.l 861001, and by Lieut. 31st Borrill.Squa~ron, JQuurrrv 5th. D.W. Titus, with CaDt. C. Smith, Ccnst. ~J, to S8C0nd Lieut. Edward W. Smrez wa.s transLos Angeles and retUrn. fen'red f re.n the 11th to the 31st Bomb. Sqdn, Capt. Jo:::mL;. Davies r el i.eved Ma.j"r Fabian 35th Divi sien Aviation" l:i"~l:U'i Nat'l Guard. L. Iratt, E.C., as the senior cfficer on the Aircraft Classificatio~ Corrunttee. Seven "ffieers of the 110th Observation Ms.jor Robert C. 1mrph} , Flight Surgeon, reSauadr:m in five nirrlancs ra: ... ticirated in the cently addressed the Lions' Club at Petaluma All-.i\meric2n Air Tlacps at ~Jiarui., :na., Jan. on the subject. of ''Aviation liec.ici'"l8." 9tl1 to 13th, inclusive, viz: 1;]13.101' Philip R. Mrs. Dcver euz M. ~krers, wife ni: Capt.I.1yers, Love, Capba'i.n Eric Ii, Kaoppe'l , l::;t Li eui.s, was severely injur~d in arl automobile acci'Y'ayH. Kut bcr er , Clifton C. Hut.cr.i.aon , 'V.inston dent and is confined a:' Lette:rrna..TJ. Hosn i,tal. W. Krutz, 2nd Ldaut s, CleonE. Fz-aemm Forced by engine failure to Land r.i~PT-3 plane in a CW8JfTY area en the Valle,jo cutoff, EU3ene D. Zadontseff. 2nd Lt. Richard T. KinS, 9t:n "lomb. Sqdn., es:Jandolph Fi eTd, Texas, Fe"J?ruary 4th. caped uninjured t~ough b~\ly plastereu with mud. The p'Lans was retL;.I'nd to the field for repairs. The rrorale of t:'le Fl.y'i.ng COOds has bekcn a Flying Cadet Le-zis L. YJUIldell ground looped. dec i ded upturn sLlce tho publicatir-n ~f thl'J a PT-3A at Cri s sy Field and dashed into a sea. ("rder for. pxa'l.~na.+;ionof flyinS ~adets with n. wall. Although shalcen , neither he nor Staff vi evr to their app0int::nent as C'ffic?rs in the Sgt. Ern,)st Lev8sQue W<.l.S in~ured. Air Corns. lJow t!t"lY really have soroothing to In spite of lack of training fu.cilities at look f orvar d to. the field, a basketball quintet.ills been . Last Oct.obc.r the Flyin>i Cadet Dcbachmonb inpointed by 2d Lt. J..,el L. Crouch, Air Res. , I sk;.ll~d four bo~rlin:; alleys in the baser,:cnt which has out-tossed all of the se.rv'ice and of bho Cadob Aclministrat,icn Bu'lLdi.ng, They civilian teams hpreaoouts. Second Lieut. ar e one of the sources of popular intp.rest Duncan J. P"wers, Air Res., has al so grocmed arcong tile personnel of t1... fi eLd, e a quinte\t in the 31st Bomb.' Sqdn., which is I Four Jowling Leagues wore or gard.zed , an denfering the Varin County League. InterI ficers leasue of five teams, an "lnlisted.men's Squadron basketball will be scheduled as soon I league of seven boams, the 53rd Sq1:adron as a basketball floor is secured at the field. I league of four teams, and the stud.cnt-C'fficl'lrAlthou[~h hand~carped 1'y havin~ y an av- i fl~ing, cOOet.leagup. r-f se":EJn ~eDms. " erage ,..,f three IT-3A planes ava.Llab'le fnr ... tne Off~cers League, J."eaciaua:: ..ter~ Lea.is n de.LLy flight, the 26 pilots ()f the ~31st Bomb. with 24'victcries and 4 defeats'; .B'lyinp Celds lD6d~', blth ass Lgned and at.baohed , amassed an hold second place, with 11 wins and 13 1cs,~es; average of 13 hours an.a 33 minutes per pilot, ~follcwed by ''BIt stage, won 12, lost 16; Si;urroking a grand total of 309 hour-s and 40 min- dent Officer$.-, won IJ, lost ::'4, and r~" stage, won 7, lost 11. - 7V-6725 , A~C.
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of pilot time for the Squadron during the of January. Callt. Arthur G. Hami.Lbon , 2nd Lt. Edward W. S\;.cl.'ez, SE;ts. Roy H. Coul,ter, Lud'wig Kurrle, Cph . Haz-ri d Saeger and Raymond J. Ell iot b , 11 th Bomb, Sqrln., departed Jan. 21st for Wright field for inf!tallatir;n of ~quipment in B-12 .. Lar n es to be used in the cold weather test flights to be conducted in t~e north central part of the United st~tes.

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Lieut. Havik ns ' high single of 266, Cadet l Dunlap 's 621 triple. and Eeadquarters 2580 team set are the high lights of the league so far.

The Inter-Sc:uadron basketball season at the field came toa spectacular close on January" 28th, with a decisive victory by the 77th over the z-unnor-cup , the 79th. This lIDrks the second Group Charro i.onshd'p for the 77th Cagez s in the last tbree years, they having won the Cup in 1933. High "point honors for the season goes to Pvt. Knotts of the 77Kl, with 129. With the rmterial developed during the Sauadron r::ourDement, prospects for a winning Post Team seem gooel. The Barksdale Field Basketeers will face a Lough scliedul,e f'o r the 1935 seeson, meeting tte ~leadin'i t-eams of bhe sout.i and southwest, such asCtbe ~.S. Navel Air Station at Pensaco'l a., FLac ; 'I'exaz'kana Col Lcgo, Texas; Scott Field, Ill.; F'.unbJ.eOilers, Brown Paper wHls, Ft" Croc'~ett, Brooks and Randolph Fielns. Lieut. D.G. (Uocl Strot'1er, former West ?oint cage star, was a-rpo i.nt.ed coach of the Pi~dmGn. He piloted the team in 1934, turlllng in 14 wins aJainst Glosses. The Ba.rkcda.Ls Field amat eur 'box'i ng te8..'11 ranks arrong the Lead i.ng teams in the southwest. The Bh'dr.J.enbering beam was fir::;t 01ganized in J1uy, 1934, Lieut. Earl W. Bar-nes being allPointed team coach. At that time only two of the members of the beam had any former glove eXpcrience. With two veterans and a wealth of'willing YO~lg material, Lt. Barnes went to work. In thc~ir first 8h('lw, against the Shreveport Health Cluh, Barksdale Field soored five wins ~':ainst tvJO def'eat s , Since bhaf time the Birch-~n fighters have stc?ped out in f~st company and turned in sensat.i onal, vrct ori es, The Bi rdioen face a bough schedule for 1935, meeting the Chilocco IDndians, Southv~stern Louisiana Institute, Shreveport Heal, t1 Club, Dallas A.C., Loui sd.aasa Tech. and Louisiana State University.

linats sports te such ga'11esas basketb811,just finished, and bowling r;JW in progress. The 59th Barracks is also the home ef the 2d Bombardment Group Headquarters and 2rill Photo Section Dotacbrnents. Ii. cafeteria system of mess is 0"9 ere ted. Lay I~oom.Fecreation Room, Barber ann Teilor Sbops are also contained in the barracks for t~le convenience of the men.

I The Engineering Section of the Rockwell Air ; Depot is sb ill busily engaged in the priority : work of rmk i.ng changes in the lfJartin Bombers. i Fo ur of these were completed and left this 'station for celd weather tests in the middle ; wet~t. 'I'wo were equipped. wit~l de-icer equip: mente Unfortunately, one of the four was put i out of comni.s s i.on at El rasa when the landing i bear failed just about. the time the whee] s i were put on the ground. That airplane was I di~tled and sent here for repairs. At the I present time it appears that twelve rro re 13-12's v!ill be flying before the middle of this month.

This T'epo b enjoyed unusual opportunities durinG the "DD.St month for er-sonak liaison with the Ilateriel Di vi.sion , Wright Field, visitors therefrom being Capt a. Vhl, IT. Panl, on , Player P. hill, 1ieuts. Clarence S. Irvine, Frank G. Irvin and 3. W. Chirllavr. Otner visitors ferryinG ~lanes to and from i this Depot we re Capba i ns Charles J. LaGue, WelL:Janand Ho;yal and Lieut. Vaughn, 45th Div. Aviation, Colorado Nation~l Guard; Capt. W.B. l{cCoy, Instructor, 'I'enn, Nat i.onoI Guard; Capt. Charles A. Horn, In,,~tru<;tor, Arka:asac.:Natior..al Guard; Lieut. Rober-\"111. Harpi~r, Ch8m:.t,~Fielo., and Li cub, Benj. S. Harre l L, Air Il.eserve,from Langl eyFi elel. l;essrs. H.P. Adams and F.E. Tug.,ccell, of the ASf'f'llbly ,:: Repair DepartImnt of the l~~val Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., v-ez'e recent visitors here for a few days I inspection of our Engineerin8 ~~ops in the cou~se of a tour of the IT.oreimportant mili ta1'Y and com.ie ro i a'L e11.;;] ;',eering esta'-;lismnents of the country. "-:_:; Langley ]Tield, Va., February 4th. was one of several vh'i b s mace by Navy De1.-"3.1't merrb person':l.el f rom time to time in the past, 36th Pur~ui t_~-u.c:::dr~ Sec;.ond Li~~ts. Edward G. KIehle, harold L. ~eely, ~DorrasJ. , and such visits afforded splendid opportuniSchofield, James E. Stroud, Edgar l/.t. Wittan " ties for interchange and broadening of ideas in avi o.tdcn m'J,tters between the two E:.I'i"'lS cf and George W. Youngerrean , Air Reserve, v-ho se national defense. extended active duty e:x:pi:reo. ec. 31st, were D given two additional rronths' activo duty, effective Jan. 2, 1935. Second.Lieut. Ral.ph Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 7t,h. _ .._--_._._-------L. Wassell, Air Reserve, was assigned to this organization January 2nd for a period Cap'be.i n Culvin E. Giffin, 1st Lieuts. Reuileru of six months I activo duty. Kyle, Jr., Isaac W. Ott, J.F. Staee, 3taff S8ts. Cayus P. Petersen, John Murphy,WilliamsoF, 59th Servi~3~.dron: .Ath~etics form an important :part of sq''Cio,rrn hfe after the a:-1dCo~ . Jwnes S. Pollock are participating in tue Co~d Weather Tost at Mt. Clemens, fuich. day's work is done. Our boys managed to clinch secorm uosition in the Post BaEketball So far, no frozen ears have been re"l-orted, altournament rec~ntly completed after ending up though llXUly Focketbooks are said to have been with a tie with other contenders. The past frostbitten. Lieut. Ott was ordered to Panmna, to sail in June. football season which gave Langley Field the Major Charles B. Oldfield, 1st Lieut. 1~lton Third Corps Area championship depended largely upon active support rendered by players J. Smith and 2nd Lieut. Samuel O. Redetzke are from this squadron. Winter practically attending the Navigation School now being can-68V-6725, A.C.

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early arrivals, as they lay in bed, were afducted at Rockwell Field. forded a great deal 01 ~usauent by these who Major Henry J.F. Millor, Air Officer, 6th came later in their e'fo1..ts to find 0. bunk. It Corps Area, formerly Executive Officer ~f seems that this 'PI'M)l'lSS involved the use of a Brooks Fil'lld, is spend ing Leave in San candle, accOInfanied by the SQ ...... 1) -.ro Antonio, utilizing a good bit of his tiroo re- I flickering newing friendships at thp, field and. collectroo.ttered curses f'rcin those barking thl3ir shins. ing a few bets' on golf. Ivl..a,jor B..'1.c. lvirs.Miller Lieut. Mallett-e end Sgt. Y01.1..'lg flew on to were arrong the most -pop1.uarof Br.ooks Field lilicmi. t').e follovJing day. personnel and their visits ~re alv~ys welcorrr 'Their depaz-turc , planned for Monday. being ed by their nnny friends' bhroughoub the 8th 1elayed, Capt. Generous with Sgt. Russell as Cor-ps Area. passenger, and LiE':lu:,. erri('lc, Regular Army M , A widely popular suert at the field, and Instructor, vTitL Capt. R.G. Sl'lerrr.an, Infantry one 'whic:1. a.s come to occupy irr::porkntly that h Instrl~tor with the 168th Infantry, Conn. B.G. sorre t irr..esroonotonous interval i'ollm'."ing as pas senger, left B'raf.nar d Field on Thursday Sunday services and noonb irra luncheon, is and az-r i.ved at F"l~\o}'i8ld that ev~ning, conSkeet Shooting. The Post possesses an exceltinuing to Miami '0he following day. lent range, and those participating include The return tri~ to Hartbrd f rcm Miami was most every officer and his lady ,.,f the J!1ield. nade an .January J.5th without incident, save In fact, the po~ularity of this well liked that Lieut. Mallette rerraincd overnight at Bolling Field. The radb~ in the ",t.hct' ships pasttir.:le can be noted in th'3 varying ages of those indulging, ran3inG from 8 to 65. At enarled the pilots to S8C~~ the latest the fi!'st oppor-buna ty, 8. match is to be' conweather reports from th~ Department of G:lITrcluded betwGen ~rook3 Field and Fort merc,~ stations, whioh aided t:lem very materialCrockett. ly in thair fli3ht. All reports are that the sunshine cf Florida ani' the hospitality of her oiti7,8r~q were rresb Flight B, 16th Obs. Sqd~., Ft.Leav~orth~ plentiful; that t,he Selfridge ]'ield men f18w some beautiful fA rrra'b ions , and that the p.ntir~ Construct: on was sbe.r t.ed on a paved road trip 'NaS a pleasant success. fr"lm the Enfineers Bridge to the field proper. This will rcark tbe r.md 0:1. conveying Fi81d,n.mvt'>.r,Co10. supplies and personnel over a dirt road which 45th Da vi.s i on A-:iation, Low:.,:,!. at times was ulmost impussable. All of th~ We now have all Lut three of cur ()..19E airabcve mentioned projects are bein& constructpla!\es, ani e::::pect to rAcei ve these in the ed fr"lm f'und s allotted. under the Federal nea'r future. MQctof bhe "'fficers are 'Pleased Recons t.ruob i on Pr-ogrnm, . with the pe rf'oruance (",f the C-19Is, bu'G- are Du.ring the past few moribhs trie flyin,; field still desirous of }.a,ving IrJ:lre room in the has been enlarged and improved to a co~sider\ pilot's I cock~it and less contortion in the able extent. The field is closed for r~sht reading of the gascline gauge. operation and a Lar-ge pR.rb of the Land i ng The announc er-orrbof appointments in the Army a~ea is closed. It is anticipated that this with peruanent connissi0ns has crpated some s~ation will be comp10tely opened for aerial oxc i teli1e:1.tin our Squadron.. Lady For ~1]ne will traffic by r.exf J're. probably shine fr r some of the National Cuar'd ~he entire complement cf new rr.oto~ vehicles officers. Thi" derression ha.s J1"I'1('e a perrra..."lent has bl')en rec8ived and they were certainly comnission look very at~ractive to most ~f us. welcomed, as 0'.11' old. vehicles 'I'mI'''' on t.heir last lap. After ferrying roi C-25C to the Fairfield BclliES....~d, D.C., :Fe1.'rUr:,ry l2~h. Air Depot for ovc.rhaul , Major 30senha-n Beam A fire '1ccurre0. at Bo:UiD3 Field at a.brJUG took delivery cf one equipped fer instrument flying. We were anxi.cus to receive this, 10: 30 8..;n. on Febr-uar-y 6th, cPlmplddy dps : 1'oying Hangar No. G, which was uMd by t.lVl D~.tlartplane and expect to uerform a considerable azounb of instrument' flying during the presmenb of 80ln'lerce. The fire n;p-parently originent year. ated f ro.n a Sh(lrt circuit raus'~d in the radio elui:?ment in one r-f t1:'.8airplanes s+:'orf'd in 43rd Division Aviation, Conn. NatiO:Jal Guard. the hangar. Three airpla:1.er; w~re d,?s'croye"l.and q'ute a lot of' vul.uahl a 8nuipm"mt. D,J.e to Cl9 Although t.heir plans were rudely 1.1psetby rrorr:pt, ana. energetic "lffort on the 'pUl't of ':1e the snow and fog, several ma~bers of the Bolling Field Fire I:erartm6nt, and the Fire .)e118th Observation Squadron, Conn, N.G., flew , par-brnerrb s ('If '!lashington, bhe fira was cOluined to the Air Race~ at'}tironi, Fla., as a part of to the hangar in which it rriginated. . their avigation truinin3' Lieut. Mallette First Lieut. H.K. Baisley, pilot, acco~an~ed ar~ Sgt. Yo~g departed from Hartford on J~ by Capt. G.G. Lundberg, dep3..rte6. Jan. 29th .in 6th, landing at Bolling Field to re:uel. an extended fliZ)lt to Los Angeles, Calif., ~ter scrutinizing the weather reports, they returning to the field on Februa.L":r lOth. lmmediately decided to spend some time in the Aroongvisi Hug pilC'ts last ~'L~h v~s Licut. Nat ion's Capital, and it was Labe on ThursMcKiernan, accozspani.ed by four~fficef's :!f tbE1 day, Jan. 11th, before they were able to NewJersey rational Guard from Newar-k , '1'711') . leave for FJrt Bragg, where they spent the laIrled in sub-zp.ro weather after a ~ojcuxll ~t r~ght in the ~ld hospital with some 200 other Miami. Fla. All were c0mrlaining of sunrtWh~(f members "f the Air Corps who were likewise backs. bound for Miami. It is reported that the -69V-6725 , A.C.

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SOi\!;E 'l'RE MORE lFTBRESTIHG EOOKS AND DOCUMENTS OF RECjiJNTLY ADDl<.iD THE TO AIR CORPS LIER~Y Availaoule for loan to Air Oorps Or!!,ani i ons only upon request to the sat Air Co rps Library, Munit ions E.ldg., V;ashi on , Do C. ngt A 00.51 45 U.S. American Embassy , r,~oscow, s La , Provisional regnlation Rus for the use of foreign mili tary a.I r-crr.f't visiting the air Space and territory of the Union of Socialist Soviet Re pub Li cs , Vlash. Ma~r 13,1934. Caption title, 7f. 33cm. Tr by M.LD. from Enc Lcs ur e No.1 to d i spat oh No. 239 of No v , 3, 1934, from the Arr.er i can Emb.iasy , Moscow. , Guyot A new device for rapio. calculation of the astronomical position of aircraft. ~ash. Sept. 1934, caption title, 19f. 33cm. Tr. P-8292. Tr. oy 1<.1.Do from L'Aeronautique, Sept. 1934
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Jmlior B'i rdmen of America. Army aircraft insignia. N,Y, nd. 23p. incL i11us. 23cm. (Junior Bd rdrnenLibrary Series. Handbook No.5. ) E 63/8 Flarrmu. The UllUSua1 fatigue due to the operation of aircraft; o.Ls ea.aes Which may r esu Lt tner-ef'r om considered as occupational accidents c ove rec b;y t hs law of March 31, 1928 \Yash. Jan. 29, 1935. caption title, 35f. 33cm. Tr. by M.l.D. from the French. D 00.113 Bcyne , M.J. Disorcers oc cas Lorier; in the human organism by 54 flight at high alti t udos , causes, mechanism, defenses. Wash. 1934. caption title, 29f. 33cmo Tr. by'M,I.D. from Annales de physiologie ot do physicochimie biologique,vol.X No.3,1934. France. ~inistry of commerce ano. industry. Buroau of indus.D 13.1/14 trial pr ope r ty , Pyrometric lamp. Wash. Jan. 26, 1932. caption title, 3f. 33cm. Tr. by M.l.D. from French letter of patent" D 52.1/Far- Societ e des avi ens H. -M. & D. Fa rrnan Far man, ]i Ll.anc ourt , man/l (Seine), nd. cover title, 48p. incl. illus. 27! cm. Takes up Farman 355, 202,400, 390,360, 356. D 52.5/18 Panotti, Modesti. Problema dell1atterraggio con carrelli a reazione combinata elastica e dissipatrice. Torino, 1934. 17 p. incl. diagrs. 24! cm. English title: Problems of landing sear cOIGbining the reaction of an elastic device and a brake. D 62/7 France. national Office of Industrial property. Map arrangement of folding plan. Wash. 193 t. caption title, 6f. 33cm 'I'r , by 1\':.1.D. from the French. 629 13 U.S. National A{visory Committee for Aercnautics. Kay 331 U1l3ac gyroplane (Eritish); all-metal single-seat light rotor No. 198 plane. Wash. Jan. 1935. cover title, 6p. 2f. incl. i Ll.us , diagrs. 26~cm. (U.S. National Advisory Committeo for Aeronautics. Aircra:t Circular 198.)
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Instructions have just been .i s sued by va t e s , 1st Class, and 4 Privates, among the Vial' Depar tmerrt , effectiVG Warch 1st, w~iOm one holds a 1st Class Soecialist {;overnine-~ the reorG'lnization of the Air rating; o ne , 3rd Class, and six, 6th Corps within the continental limits of Class, will be transported by air from the United States in connection with .hnEdol';:lhField to Maxwell :Field. Upon the org'1.liization of the Gei'.eral lieada:Tival at tne l:.ltter station, these men auarters Air Force. will be assigned to the Air Cor?s Tac, Under the heading of control and jutical School De t achrnent , or unl t s attachrisdiction, the instructions -JI'ovide eo. to the Air Co r-ps ':'actical School, as t.hat the Office of the Chief of the Air directed. by its C01l1'1l&nd2nt. Corps, the I:!ateriel Division (Llcludin.:; A total of 'IE, enlisted men, including Air Coros DE'1l0tS) and the stations, inl;:J Sergeants, 12 Cor po re.Ls , 40 Privates, stallatlons. ~l1d units (:.ls~isn8r'::"o~ atI l~t Class, o,?-d11 Prh~tes, aI;t0ng '!'hom t ache d ) of All' CorDS Soeclal Ser'v Lo e 120 hold ~p0clalist Ra t Lngs , VIZ: eIght, SchoJls r e.naLn um"cr t~1.e,l1.'l.risd.iction of] 2nd'::lass; six, 3rd Class; 3 each, 4th the Chief of the Air Corns. !lUG Sth Cl as se s , and s i.x , 6th Class, will All Air GOr'JS s t at Lons , atat t c n com-oe transDorted by air from Bar ksda'l e nlements, uhoto sections, Corps and I Field to. M",xwell Field, t o be a s s i gned Arr..uy observation uni t s and Corps.Area to duty as Lndi ca.t e d in the ~JreCedlng de t achu ment s , exce pt those no t e d i n the I pnracrcL'h with re soe ot to the enlisted ~re?Cd~nb.DaraGralJh,. re~ain under_t~e \ llioL.ar~iviru.; from P~lldol?h.~ield. Jur1sdlctlon of Cor~s Area Co~ml~~ders Tne 8eadqu~rters G.H.~. All' Force and concerned. I He adrrua r te r-o Squa.dr-o n , i.:t , R.C/,. Air Force, All units of the G.H.Q. Air Fo r ce are co ns is t Lng of ~ i,lester Sergeants, 1 First as s i.zne d to t.he co nt ro L of the G.E.Q. Ser~~e8nt,' 4 Technical Sergeants, 8 Staff .A.ir ::Corce Com.no nde r , Ser~eants, 7 SerGeants, 7 Co r-nora.Le , 18 The &u De-c.srt:r.ent cas iss,ueo.q ~taez.cn Privates, 1st Class, [-1.ndPrivate~, t io n list, showi ng the location of the t ot a.I 65, included amo ns, who.n will be 7 v,:-rious activi J~ies undez t~1e ~urisdicI flir raecharri c s , wi~l '!?C consolidated into t i on of t he Ch~ef of th~ A.lT ,;?ros and I ~e!3:dr~c;;lr~er~and rtea~qu;:1Tters Squadr on , the s t a t i ons of the var i ous run ts un\.;r. H.c. A1r ro r-ce , ana w t Ll. proceed oy der the control 0: the G.H.Q.. Air Force rail "all or about Larch 1, 1935, from Commander. This li st will be oi ot r-Ib-: Bo LLi ng Fitld to Langley Field. Incl uduted to ['11 Air Corps activities in due ed. amc ng t ne ae 65 men ar e 2~~holding cour-se t.f ti1?0. . . Sp(ci~-lists' rctil:e;s, as f oLLows; one, In the as st gnmerrt of ReGl1.lar Army All' 1st Cl<J.sr; three, GnC Class; five, 3rd Corns officers to stptlon cOillDlea8nts, C1238; one, 4th Class; two, 5th Class, Barkscia1e and Langley FiclC.s will reand cleven, 6th 01ass. ce i ve 11 eac h , and Bolling, Brc oxa , Service Squad.rons ar e charged wi th esHamil ton, March, tii t che L, Ho,::::~a'81l, t ab l i shing and OJeratill,,; messes for comScott arid Selfridge :Fields, 8 e ac h , Ofor.t units whe n these uni ts ar-e operating ficers of other b ra nche s who are assignat their ovn stations, and, wne nroo eed to duty at <iny of these Air Corps sible, in the field. Mess personnel asstations as Q,uartcrmastor, Surgeon,etc., siE:,i1,e0.. combat squadrons will be deto will be part of the o t.a.t i on conrc l emerrt I t.acne d to service squas.ro ne for this purat that station. The Air Cor ps ol1'ipose. During maneuve r s awr:.y from their cers in the s t n t i.on comp Leue nt will be home stations and when unaccompanied by enti t Led to the tempcrary Grades indiservice squad.r on pe r-sonne L, or when escated in. Circclar No.7, ,War Departtablished messes are not available, comment, d.ated January 25, 19~35. 'I'he rebat units will establish and operate maining officers at a station will be their O'\'1n messes. available for as s i gnment to combat Service Squadrons and station cOID?leunits, service sCluadrons and pl~to sec- Ilmcnts will each establish and operate tions organized thereat. their own messes. At stations where conAt the earliest practicable date afI solidated messes are in operation on actel' March 1st, a total of 15 enlisted \count of restrictions due to lack of men, including 2 Technical Sergeants, sui table construction, the sta t.Lon com1 Staff Sergeant, 4 Sergeants, 4 Prlplement, assisted by the necessary de-71V-6732, A.C.
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GE1fiHA.1 W::~S7.'OVER R.2I'U.::ms }'EOM INSPECTION

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Bri .-Gener21 Osc~r Westover, AssisDorts. General Westover found that in t.arit Chi ef of the Air ':'::orps, on tJ3nuary "both St a t e s a co ns Lder ab'l e numbe r of 11 th left Washin:':,ton on an ext e no.ed new a lrpo r t s and landing fields are uncross-country flignt, arrivil16 at ~8r cO~8truction or projected, and tlli~t Pearson Field, V:lHCOUVer Barr acks ,Wash. in eac a State t he Emergency Relief AdJe>nu.ary 14th. rri n'i s t r-at i ons , t he State .Board of AeroWhile in tbe Nor t nv.es t , General nautics, and the various Chambers of Westover inspected from tne air, and. in Corcuo r'ce are co ope rat tng to advance the many cases on the ground, "1 ."irports 'Jr0~r3m. and proposed. si t e s for a i rpo r t s or a l r ".ti-notl'~er major pur-po se of General bases. M,'tl'ked prc gr'e s s 1...1 bClildi:c.6 a nd Weat ov e r 1 s vi s i t to the Aorthwe st was improving ai roo r t s was found to have t he trcu:lsaction of bus i ne as of hiG ofbeen mace since ~is last visit to the fice as Lirector of Aircraft ProducNorthwest a t the ti:"e he conducted air t io n , in connection with the affairs of force comciand post cxe rc l ae s there in the S'Jr1. ce Production Co r-co r-at l o n. June, 192,3_ . i 'rhe" return t r i o to Bo l H ng Field inGe ne r a.L Westover conferred Yiith t he I cl u0..cci s t op.s at rtc:.;nil ton, Cri ssy, governors of W8sbin:e;ton and Oregon, as I :s.ocl:well, Clover and March Fields. From well as their adv l so r s , on at rpo r t clevel-j ~,~.?rchField the !1outhern Airways was folooment . At the r e que st of Gove r nor l Lowec , via Tucson and El. Pe so to BarksMartin, of VIasbinGton, General We stover I dele F'i c Ld , Maxwell Field, and Candler furnished. to 1v[}'. Lacey V. l~urrow,St."lte IFielC, jc~tl[1nta, 1.78. Director of RiChwC'.ys, his co.ntie nt s upo n Uoo n re tur ni ng to Was:rJ.n~ton, General a proposed. State bill di r ec t ed to the Westover IDc.de a :.u.:n report of ;,1is trip Irupr oved adrui ni stration of State air! to the War De)3.rtrue;:lt.

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Ca~t. Sarge~t P. Huff, Ord. Dept., I ing carried out to sea, Capt. Huff,with stationed at Rcckwel I Fiel'::', CpUf. ,was utter d.isregard. of his own safety,svlam recently awar de d t he S,ldicr' S 1'[80al Lnt.o t:1C rip tide and , with great diffifor heroi sm d i cp'l.aye d b~Thim August 28, cul. t~T, succeeded in br i ng'i ng the boy 1934. In the D:t'tornoon of t~1,t day he SA,fely to ero r-e , rq'vin~ hie life. was lying on the beach at Poc1::wellField IICal:Jkdn lJ\.L~'fWell cL,;r:;rV6S the honor watching his OT,'nch i Ldr-e n Lavi nr; in that has b,;s;J bestowe'l li})On h.im, II says the surf with ot.he r cht Ldr en of t.r,e tlle:'.c,c' :.. 'ell 2'ieLi ~OL'C soo nde rrt , IIHis ~ po st, A sudden scr-eam of IIES1:O" frOID cournge anrl a,tili ty will long be gratell-year old Bouby Archer brcu,:;ht Lim f'ul L;: r cmember ed by Lieut. ani Mrs. G. suddenly to his feet. Observing that E. Ar chc r , parents of the youngs te r he the boy wac caught in a rip tide end. be- sav ed . tI ---oCo---

. scription of airplanes shown at the Mr. John J. Ide, Technical AssiEtant this co nce nt r a t i on had in Par i s , France, cf the iJ2tional .Advi- Pa r Ls Exhi. bUion evidently ~orne fruit, for scarcely a sory Comrrri ttee for .i1..er:mautics, recentspeed 0: less than 200 m.u.h. was menly addressed Muteriel Division personwith-them. Some of nel at Wriz;ht F'LeLd , 0., on the sub.je c t tIoned in connection of Fore ign Ai rplane Deve Loprnerrt . i,~r. Lde these were c()mputed speeds, however. Of interest was the fact that in many stressed the influence on i'oreig:'l transof the advanced engines Fower plant ~eport aviation dur i ng 19YJ: of the hi gh velopment bad been greatly advanced afsVeeds Rttaine~ by k~ericaCl transport ter the engine Was ~laced :in service, aIrplanes, pointing out thnt, since it reacned being that if was considered abroad that aer odynarai c-: the conclusion were willing to worry along ally the design of the airr-lane has reen the services wi th their "teething troubles, 11 quicker improved as far as possible. concentration had, been bent upc n rai sing the efprogress was made in the development in ficiency of power ulants. Erora his dean airplane than on the ter,t stand. Except in Germany, Mr. H.e said", no -7 V-6723, .A..v.

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noted in our own development. Mr. Ide ill-~:strated his talk with slides. C~~tain D.M. Reeves, Chief of the Technical Data Section of the Materiel Division, introduced the lecturer.

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The 20th FUTsuit Gr0up, stationed. at the listenin6 public in and around Field, La . , ncrf()rmcd t.he i r ! Shreve oo r t . A" low b8J.1Kof clouds partly Dart in officiC\lly ooe rri ng Na't i ona.L De- i obscured"lt t Imes the group of 33 airfense Wieek in Shr eve-io r-t . ~I'hrouGhar: Lane s , but the noise rna Ie by dives was r-angeme nt s made wi tXl a local br'oadcact> I -olai111v aud.i ble to all li steners. A inc: station, KRliD, the Grmp was lion ' sDeciaJ. weather broadcast by the Group the air" for lE minutes at high noon on I Comrnun l cat.Lo nc Officer while the Group 'I'ue s day , Febr'Jary 12th. ! was "above the clou9-s'.' ~rove}- ver;r inManeuvering close to Sh::eve)ort, the I terest1nE; to the pUOl1C. 'Ih1S b01.n6 the commands of N:ajor Harmon, G-roup Commend-:first r e broadcast ef its kind near er, wore oicked up and rebroadcasted to i Shr-eveoo r t , it proved a huge success. , ---oJn--BOlLB.i1.RJiL.NT RU.ru.tmS F30iv_ IL .. I' i\u~~~UV.RS WING L Ey the Lailgley Field Corres)ondent

The 2nd Bombardmerrt WinG, Langley their re soec t Ive combat sec t or s . The Field, V8., lv-ajor 1.C:~. JOJ.1es, Conma nd-: ,dn.:.; Co,JDJ.:1nder and Staff functioned as ing, returned to its home station on 'the sUDorior headouarters in the February 4th, af t e r' 27 days of field theatre of ooer-a t fo ne . maneuvers in the 4til COr;)2.l-rea. FartiA total cf" 10 independent Air Corps c f.pa t i n., in these maneuvers were 93 Air' cernps were made; 3753 hours were flown, Corps officers bilots), 2 Flight Sur0~\lb convoy road mi.Les and 2675 air geons, 19 Flying Ccdets and 241 orJlistlino miles were covered in Wing moveed men. The '31 Qir1')laues ut i Lt ze d inraent s . c l.ude d 44 Pur sui t, 29 Bombar:irnent and 8 Ii. r;round radio net between the Wing TransDorts. T};;le ound e che Lon use d 42 i :':t~dGro~_ph6a~gU3.rters and between the gr trucks of the;} and 1~-ton class and an .hnG ann the A1r Cor-us net t hr oug.h arnbu'lance . ! l.laxvre l.'l Field, Vias satir;:.:actorily mainDue to the shortage of airDlanes, the. tained by usinb SC3-187 sets installed Win', was organized for the maneuve r s as ill Cl.iro18:"16S i, t::.l im :rovised -cower w two gr otros of t.wo snuadr ons each, in :'urni shed while on the ;round- by ~)ortacco r dance wi th the 'Taolcs of Crga:..1iza- ab le c~solj.nG-d.riven uni to. tion 1')rol)osed by the Ano.r-ews Board, ' :i:h,,'-DUr-)OSeof the miDGUVerS W8S but it Vias increasei in the matter of mani fo Ld to t.e s t Yih:.:!':herau Air Jor1;ls personnel due to the roouL'oments for I CO"'IOitunit c,"ul0. operate in t ne f LeLd , truck drivers and to the further fact : constal1'ly cJ:12.nt..~ing ito t nca.t r e of 0-0that tho 'Hing conrol e t e Ly took care of orations; t ake co.re of itself' supp'Ly itself without the aid of Service it solf by pir t rnnsoo rt a.t i on tincluding Souadr:ms. Concentrations and. unt t r'at i on s and Air Corns SUD-Jli~s) and movements to concentration were mAde on ovacl~te its sick .. In fact, all the this orbRnizational s t a t.us . Tactical 'related functions of field ooe rat ro ns a~d ~om-opt ua;.;eu~er~ w~r8 flown ~s tv~o ,were tested. The pr e sent field eouipa1r Lorcos. ~Acn a1.r force conslstea. ,mcnt of the ~ins was tested under war of one Pursuit Squadron and one Bornbard-] co nd.l t i one , 'I'he Win,:;was tested as a ment Sauadron. In COIDaAt xercisos,dee : combat l.lnit 1J.nder v2;:yinO' conditions centralization of units was Dracticed. i of terrain and wcatl1o.r. b wh~rev~r -oractica'~le and. cont?tct.,.~lac On J"'"1u.--~ry 9th, the 2nd Eornbar-dmerrt ~~nnta~ned by r~dlo "?etwee11 tne "ll1g : ~:inG bCsf::U1to movement by groups from i \)ommana.e~and ~lS urn ts. L~n,.:;leJ. Fiel::::., Ve., to tho. concerit raThe f Li gnt (<.- eLemerrt s OL 3 planes I bon D01nt on the Pa n-Araer Loan Ai r-oor t each ) operated.as the basic t~cti,?a~ at ~:iaini, Flee. Dcleyod by fog, the UD1. j t.he, aquauro n as the ba s i,c auon.rit ';tin, c orao'le t.od its concerit ra.t i on on istr?ttiye ~nd tacticel u~itj the. group Jannard 11th. as tile DeS1.CSUP91;:{,ad.;-~nnlstratlve At iv:iami the,vin vms divided into an~ t ac t i ca.I uni t : the Win. a~ the" two o.o-JOSil~bai r fo~ces and Lans were ma.jor t ac t Lca'l command. 'r~.10 ~roup vern- made for wa.r to be::;in in the. first manders and staffs directed t ne t ac i t her.t r-e of ooe r-a.tt ons . The front line tical emplo~r.ment and a&nin~stered to i was cesignated as ail east-west line the needs of their compos Lt e e;;roups. i t.hrcugn Tampa, and the two opposing air (half PllrSU1. and half .pomoarlliTIOnt)an Lforce cOillillaniers were permitted t to use,
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ani ~pera~e froIn, any Cl.ir"?Crt.mor~. ~ban me. a.1h06e .. nd., dra~ncoc:k. a This was sus,:" 20 mi Le c from the front 1111e an thC:CT pe nde d above t ne Slbley stove and the all resuective areas. The Red Air Torce, pe rmt t t e d to flow through a hole in the commanded ty Cant.a l n A.M. Guidera, was : Si'Qley stove 011 to apiece of wood or south of the front line. Cac::t3-1n G'J.icLera br i ck or wire mesh. The d.r3-in-c:o~k regu-alaced his Pursuit Sau~d.ron,' c')nlITlaD.,l.::'l ~at,ed the f'Lo cf oil to give the heat de'by Caot a'l n H.P:. Gears". ~md.hie. Ajr sired. This method. was fcund to 'be highForce '!-Iead.n::'.rtors at S'lrru:ota., ll;.'" 1.)7 successful and 130011 all stoves were and his Bombu-d.aent SqU:3.1ron, Corr..rtiH'ld.er1 similarly eql::.in:Jed. Other difiicuJ.ties by Captain E.C. bL1Ck, at Bradenton, Que to the cllanbe in tem)ero.t1).l'e, such as Fla. . co Ld wcat her s t ar-t i.n.; cf en=inc:; wero enThe White Air Force, corrrmnde d by ,::;')untered and me ans of cve rconri ng them are Major Willis E. 1:2118, deftwlvl the 9:.\...0 now t:-J.e sub.iec t s of re-ports made in connorth of the front line. M'1~or Hale nec r.Lon wt t n the mrneuve r s . place1 his BombardmEnt Sqc.::.ailon, comI U0011 arrival at Mobile, Ala. it was maride d by Catrt.a i n R.T. Cr o na-; , "'n'l his . f ound, that in the f r ec z i ns, wea.t he r an efAir Force He adque r-t e r s at Lalte Land , i f ic i e nt 'oe r-f or.nanc e of the 40-hcur inEl a . , and his Pur sut t Sq-.181ron, cO!':TLa:r\li-1 s oecc i on" cO'.11c1 not b3 made in t he C1'en. ed ty Captain Rex Stoner, at Auburuda.Le ,i Tho t:-pe of ope r'et i ons (r.ontirl'Jcd. days Fla. All cf these 8i~:w):..~ts., v:': th the II cf 1ntl11'::>8 aerial CO'Cl'02t. o~erating O'lt exce.ott cn cf Lake Lrmd , were tyD.:.cal.var of rO'1')1 war-s t irae drclroues) nt....cessitattime- a i r d.r-orae , I'he location n the e d tll(j'-utmo:::t in the 40-~'10U2 c lie ck, airdromes used. by each air force was I Sh'J.'lhan Airport, New Or Leans , of'f'c r ed kept secret. _ 'I the '..').'Jcof he a t.e d r~Yl[;aru, arid the Vling At 3:00 p.m., January l!Jth, 'Nar '[,'0.13 I moved. '<;') Yew Orle:~.::1s, V":"'.~re the 40-hour decla~ed., a:::1d,he t-KO.C-p)CSiLg for~es t i check was acco~l,liG}-led.. . went Lnt o actIon. All coraba.t aa ro.t ane s I On Jcb:c'l:ar;y Ls t , Vial' V'!,"'3 aga.i.n deelarwere e qutppo d with gU.n c amor-as , .b0.t.! vl b::~\';ecn t ne Re-I and Vihitc air forces, teries of g rcund gun c:':UijraG were l<33rl wi ':;h the :r:,ntlL18s 8XGCL-::tng r::lU[;hly as anti-aircraft dd'c~18~::;S0":' t:1G ail'no rt h an,i c:'llt:J n::.d.w:tyl::et7eol 1.'1.xwell dromes, and alert Pur suit pat.r ol c t ook :Fl<:,ld, lVloIlt::,::Jin::;ry, f.'.a., aid For t off upo n the 8'0 rro ac h of e n.rmy ai1'ne:;min;, Ga. The R;:d .Ail' ='orce used planes. Bombi n.; r:-,ii3 ani :?uTG'.lit tne ':ilrll;:,r;omf;;ryN:un:.cir?al Airport and fights were occ ur r Lng cont l nu-rus l y day r,:J,x)\3J.1 Ei e l.d , wni Le tho ;,hite Air Force and ni[ht thrGl,,;ho,:ct t~1rGt; :i8:is 0-: 'LseQ Cc l~LT:tn_s l'Aunici "JG.l Airport and battle. It was t nt e re s t ing '';J note Lawson :J~_cLi. At ;:::.:<:l 'O,Dl., F2bruary that the newspapers of S:'rasot'l BT'.d. ~nG., tJi.8 ',,',inC qCllli112ndcr r'.eelared. peace Bradenton we r e Ln t e nce l y pro ReO. ,n,d 81':'d.d.i.r-c c t.e d t ne iSro'lPS to return to those of Laxe Ci ty and Aubu.rnda.Le inLau@'l(;;yl:!'ield. . t e nse Ly ')1'0 W1:ie. t On J,nllCl:"y 17t.~, Sl.:f:'iclent air tr3m~;:,o:rt was r.o t ava i I>peace was decl,3.i'ed. 'l't2 V:int:. t.r.e n 30=_'-' ~~C car-r v field. G0l).~.r'L,:mt er all f moved to 'I8'1l-;j8., 'J'lhere the G;)~~-.Ot::.r heck c 'ell;:".s . One Pu r su.i t S(lw,dr;u, t tl:.e 33rd, was made :.:md. the t r ooco 5i v en a Qa~c of WaG par t l.y e qu i ppc d and. moved lc.~ge;ly by rest from the s t r enuouc duties cf the air. 'Inc: Bomaard-ne nt G-::-O'l'.Cl i e o all car-r past week. e s ee nt La'l field e qutpuerrt by air in On J2.nuarv 20th, the Wing agi i n 't c t1:J.c;i":'~J.;:me~. On P'liT':cit SO-'J.u-<?'ron not came' two oo'oc sing; 3,i1' f 0 :.'ce;:; clad the ec.rl'.Ji'E. d.wi tt. aerial t n .... ~c:rtQ. ion had G t front line- e xt.e nde.: f ro;n ;":a1i 8') 11, Fla., to r0J.~; e nt i rc Ly 011 its GT'.l.ckconv0Y, to Drifton, Fla. '!'he Ee d Po reo c om:C-,r;"lic:ation cf equipment and of t'ruc?:s mande r '018cGo_21is air force at 10.':1:) Wa~ :''l0.ce~Ga:cy in order t nat , in 10llg City, Fla. and the Whit.; Ail' Fo r cc j'1l1'FJ, the sc').anron woul d nave s'li'ficic ornmandcr co nccrrt r-at ed at V3.1do::::ta,Ga. eat t cr.t.age aric, e qc.i pmerrt for housing Each air f'o r ce ke p t Pur su i t -po:;t.rols -;;':1ilo t.hc scco nd set of e qui pment was on the lines from cla71igllt until dusk bc i n r l'J:::c.ughtGO their 'olace of c nc amp-: each day. In r a.i ds ~cr~sSenCll'1Y a ir ment~ T.'le :lay precedin~ mov e.nent of dromes and str1.te,';lc centers, all I t!J.()s':.'.J3.d.rol:", the advance e che Lon of planes were required '~o crJSS the deI t r-ucks wi.t h c nc coraul.e t.o sc t of c qu i pde s i gnat.e d front Li ne c . After throe Iment rncve d +;0 the neVI location arid sot days of wa rf a re in t rri s loeali t;l, tho I up carao , The rear e che l on struck camp Wing co nce nt r-at.e d at robile, Ala., for larld mov ed f'o rwar d after t~;e S11~adI'on a '1:0-110'.11' cneck, I dcpar t ed , This system wo rxc d catiGfacBefore leaving the iTaldosta-Lalm City I torily except 1'01" the consiclcration of ar?a, the cold wave ~hi~h str~ck the I doubling the aillount of equi~ment needed Urri ted Statcs at that tu:.:e causc d bo t h rano the numbe r of Bon nece scarv to warri~g factions intonse SYLV::-:1:S, apd I t r-an sco r-t it. Thi 13 methad of leap frogthe Slbley stoves were needed lor t he I,"'inc: is t.hcucht to be t~'le ce s t WHV of . firs~ time o n these ~a~euvers. The in- ,1(::;oping an Afr' Corps unit, wht ch Is congenua ty of Cornoral E.J. Zetwo came to I stantly mov i ng , pro"Ccrl,'{ supoliei wi tJ.t the fore when he was cold and saw sev! t ne necessary impcd~~enta wne re ail' eral d.rumsof dr-ai ne d en:::,ino oil. He t r-ans co r-t Lc not cvai Lab'l e , took an oil can and attached to ita The" sUPi=lly of rations was made 'by air (4V-6732, A.G.
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from the a~vanced base at Maxwell Fiel~. All the cities at which the Wing or All food could have been so drawn and units thereof concentrated were extrerneflown to the squadrons in the field. To lyhospitable to the "Visiting Firemen. II insure the bent possible field messes, Courtesy cards to Country Olubs, Yacht however, fresh beef, fresh vegetables Clubs, Atllietic Clubs, etc., invitations and milk wore p'Jrchased locally. to parties, dar~es and recentions were Only those supplies which had a norshowered upon the 'idng ~ersonnel. mal expectancy of be i ng useI in a 48The personnel cf the ~nd Wing are to hour period were carried. Requisitions be congr3.tl;.lated on their performance. They flew a month of intensive comba.t were made for items necdei, and uoo n con so L'i da tLo n were filled at Maxwell manGnvers over var~ous types of terrain Field and returned ~y the Wing transunder various we at.he r co nd i tions out of airports that corrrparedwiththose of war. o r t planes. St r i c t account l ng of all parts in the crew c~icfs' kits Rnd all With 3753 flyine:: h:-lurs oJ:' this type of reoui si tions were ke c ~ for use in nl'e~, .thaining, not a single serious acciparing tables of necessary sup?lies for derrt occurred., and no fJ,cali ties or infield maneuvers. juries of even a minor n~ture wore inThe du tie s of the ILen".l.nd the numbe r v oLved, There was o n'ly one forced landof men required were J.ikewi se cat.a.l ogzd ins and that, fortl;.nately, over an and a strict accoun~inb was kept of man piriror:le. ; ajar Jones and his s t.af'f are nov; enhours on the var i ous c~'~tics involved. These data are now the ~asis of tentagaged in cC:DDariJ1,::; the sun camera films tive Tables of Organiz~tion for a Wing ani combat reDorts cf each contact of at mininum stren~th in the field for the o'JDosin; air f'o rce s , The wi.nrring exerthe maxi mum number of a i r-al ane s invol v- air force and the Lndr.v t dua.I field ed. ci so aces will be announced shortly. ---o~o--~ WASHIlKI"lN i.JATION..lL GUARD .!i.E CO::1PS IS ,(JP lJ:m DOING

Fe1 ts Field, Spokarie , Washinston, the and make s the chancing of motors easy. station of the 41st D~vision Av~&t,ion There arc a series of floor lights for of the Na t i ona.L GUE,::d of t hat Sta Lo , is niGht rne charri ca). ','Vork. the most nc r't.hwer.t e r-n Air C01'pS sto.tion LaT"s;ee l ec t r i c "lace>, 25 x 180 feet, in the United States. travel on tracks on tne field side of In his first ccntrinution to the News, the nangar, makin~ it uossible to move Letter, the Corresponcicnt stprts off b~r I a particular airplane to the field wi thsaying that it is 3. 1I iillion Iv',ile cross-lout mov i ns; other ships. In front of " C~lUntryll.f~ying orbaniz~tiol1, w it n the these doo r s is a concrete. apron 100 x 200 f i ne s t rniLi t ar-y hangar t n tile cou-it r-y , f~et., w i t h a concrete taxl-V:I?-Y to the. H~ back~ up this statement "ii'ith stati~-l flCl,1. A S'8pa~at'~ gas 9-11d 011 ho';ls~ ~s t i c s whi ch show that between J'~l~T, 1934, at t ho east criu or tne nangar , whi cn 1.S and Janu.ary 15, :;'936, 1,JilotG of the 4lstjhe2te'1 '(lith o iI . Division Aviation D:'.leG.. p mere t han u :;1l-:J.0rousl~egular Army Air Oorps offi1,000,00') rcl Le s in'cnss-country arid ! c l a Ln , v Lsl t i n.; Felts Field, have deWeather Bureau flh<rts, in add i t i on to I cLcr-ed the hanga.r to be the finest they ., ha've 8Ye~ lDSpCC_ d II . te Sunday traininG regular sche~ulcs. I ea. Touc:ning on the hU1f.;ar, he says: I Rev er-t Lng to t no sub j oc t of flying,.the "Taking an early adva nt.age of the \ News Le t t er Correspona.ent says tbat,f 1yPresident ROGse,elt -c~blic works ~rog1.ng across the newly established. liorthram, officers and friends of the Div i> I ern 'l'raneco nt i nenua'l Ai rway , and re turusion Aviatioll launched. an active camI ing via the central r-ouco , three Douglas pat gnTha t ro sul t.e d in the construction i 0-38],;IS f~ew 243 hour c and 15 m~nutes of a $102,000 br i clc and tilo hangar, : .~n. the tr~p. Cornnand.i ng the f'Li ght was with 20, OQO square feet of floor s'oace . IlllaJor Rob1.~ A' Day, Regular AJ.'myInstrucDe s i gne d to match the nresent adm i rri c-i t?r; Capt.a.i ns Olaude Owen, Rooert Owen, tration bllil1in:3, the ne1'1'rringar is Li.eu t s , Hill.ford R. Wal}~ce, ~alsworth constructed of r ough face ar-t l sii c C. Ero nch and SerGeant }3111 Fi.ncll. brick. Although a' d.if f'dcu'l t prob.l cm On the flib:lt to Florida were five waG precented in the roof design,t~ere ships, totalling 377 hours and 55 minutes are no posts, or other roof sUPJ)orting flyinG time .. More.than 8,CCO.miles were members on-the floor of the hangar. ~le" covered on th1.s trlp. Returnlug north roof truss is of a bridge design suf'f L> from the "Sunny Scuth, II the flight anciently sturdy to carry the 20,000 countered sub-zero ~eather t~~t made it square feet cf roof that is sometimes difficult to start the motors at Reading, covered with snow. It is the larGest Calif., where the ships stood out all truss of its kind in the Northwest. ni~ht. The interior finish is of tile, with Un this flight were Major Day, Captains a~s1')ecially Drenared light red stain,Clau0.0 Owen and L. Walters, Licuts. less floor. 'A traveling cra,in hoists Enior Malstrom, D8le S. Swartz and Carl heavy and bul.ky f'r e t ght shiuments to Schirn:er, and Serbeants Benscotter, tho store room and parachute balconies, Hansen and Erickson. -7 V-6732, A.O.
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REPORT FEDEFAL AVIATIONC01~ISSION (Continuei) OF 11:i re s-oec t to the re coianendat Lo n th '. t er s for a number of years and much p1'cgt~hat there' should be closer coorJina: res~ has been. m:;.de,. e spec i a.l Ly in. standtion of Army and lqavy experimental and I a rd i z Lng suec i f Lca.t I ons far ma.t e r-La.Ls , development work, and t:18t the National! ';':hile it iSl10t d.esired to belittle what Advisory ~ommittee for Aeronautics ihas al~eadv Jeen done, the hope is exshould 'be more 18.rgely used as an a~enc;y(or e s se d tl~t much mcr e can be accomplishfor such coorlir~tion, the Federal .Avi- i ed in the future. The arrival at an ation Corarrl s s l on states t hat if the ex- i inter-Service agreement on overy "Oossible -oerhlental proc.urement nroc;rams of the , o l nt should 'be regarded as a maior reair arms of - t he Army and iiwy are to be ' spone i.bi I I ty of all the personnel cone xparide d , the interest of economy OQvi- ! ce r ned , . ously requires th<;, closest cooriination' In r~commendi:;?-~. the teI~rporary attachof plan and pract1ce between the two 'ment or a few Oi"lcers oJ: the Army and services. . ! of the Navy to civil activi ties, and e slt se eme important that the agencies ! pecially to air t ransoo r t , the COfnmisof coordination now in existence should i sion states that the eXDcrience of the be s t r engt.nened , and that the definite i past winter furnished a-forceful eviallocation of a pe.rticular undertaking i de nee of the generally incomplete comto one Service the other, to be car- ' :)1'e11en8i0l1by mili t.ary personnel of the ried on in the interest of both, should! nature and quality of )resent 8.ir transbe a cornmo n rule. i ~JCrt oPEra~ions. Thoubh there is a funSuggestion is inade t hat increased use I d?~Jer:tal dlfference between transport bo made of the facili tie s of t he :iTation-, arrI n:.ili tary f'Lyd ng , and hence they al Advisory Comrr.i ttee for Aeronautics : shoul.c rbe kept quite separate in adminif necessary t.hr ough t:18 f orma.ti c.n of' istret~on, ~~1ee::per~e~ce of the transeub-conmt ttees of tecl:nically exoe rt l.blort lines 1;.1maf nt a Lnt ng re{;ular operr-epr-ese nuat Lve s of the various governI at i.on aga i ns t all manner of difficulmerit de-oa r trnerrt s interested and.iitl1. t i e o c ont al ne a creat many lessons useall nori-gove rnr.ent.a l membe r s cxc Ludo d , ful for t he lllili tary and naval Services. Where work such as t he deve Loome r... of t It has been sugge st.ed that the Army high-p:)wered e:..\-;ines or the study of and Navy sho ul.d. t a'ce advant-age of transnew t ype s of aircraft structure is to ::;Jort e xpe r i.e nce by -fJer1od1c a s s i gnment be carried on, tile l:,boratories of the to actual places in t ranspo r t 0rsanizaNa t Lona.L Adviscry Committee atwavs and i tions. It ha e been apec i rt ca'l.Ly pronecessarily pl.ay a 1['.r6e par t in the . po se d tr.:.at AE.y a nd Navy 'lJilots serve preparatory research. The bsueral Dro- as co-pilots on air lines. That a~gram of aeron:mtical deve Looraerrt to be pears so undc e i r-abi e f'ro.n both CiVIl carried on by the Army and lJ<:l,vyugrit o and mili tary 'po i rrt e of view as to be to be planned as a wl.ol e and its par t s . v i r Lua l l y unwo r-kabl e . If t ranaoo r t flya.llccat~d. with the "O~,-rtici)8tion cf se- i in~ is to co.amand public co nf t dence it lected Na t i ona'l Advi co ry Conrai t t ee voe r> i must have en integrated personnel under sonnel and perhapc of other interested n unif:ed fiGcinli~c. The pilot must governrr::.entai aCencies. i 1.:nO',7 t:1e co-co i Lo t and Lear-n" to trust While the Services are nerfecting im- him. The co-rnt Lot has 2. variiety 0:.1 duproved mea ns of co or d.i na't i ng, t he c.eve L ; ties abcu.t t':"le DIane which have nothing ...opment a.L work, it viou1.1 se on. well for to do \';i th tne p~ct.'l{~loperation of the them to perfect aLsc closer '3.i"recll.cnts ; controls, and for w:',ich he roouires U-90nmany mat t e r s tof t.; cnni,c '3.1. det a i L : spec l a.I t ra :i.nin,g; 1l'1i te a'J"..rt from t ha t where present Qi~ferenc0s of 0ractice !glven him as [' nro8'Jecti~e firs~ pilot. a.ope a r uunece esa ry '1:::;,d irritadns' :rhe : It is /cune. j_l~concdvable t ha t of f Lce r s attention of tl:e Corm.d s e i ou was called : cf the Ar,ily and E3.iT~T could be fitted into many instances of differences of : tc these places pi thout seneral loss of pf8ctice ?e~we(.n ~he ~A~r:Y~n?-N~v:T.~n ; 8ff~cicnC?T ,~.;!Cc wreczage of the morale nne che ckt ng of aa r c ... r a de sl..,n",, L1 [ cf <ell hEJ.1G....,. the s-pecifications for e t anca r d f12teri It seems pr ef'er ab Le and distinctly deials, and other ~ind~eJ matte~s. I~ : sir~blc that selected cfficers with suethe particular case of ana.L; ZIng; an ai r-] cial errui rme ut for the work should be craft st ruc tur e :::or stren6th the .b.rm;y-, . a s s i gne d to make study of special pha se s Navy, and De pc r t.nent 0::: Corm.e.r ce T_)W i of tr.;_,.s,Jort operation. Such s t ud i e s require not only different factors of ! should De extended to cover other civil snfety but totally different metDois of !activities of possihle militcry intercalculation. The manufacturer ~~o wis~~ est, such as those of the major flying es to build aircraft for 'ooth Services i schools. It ou~ht_ to be of marked a~and for the c.or.me r-ci a.l market must i vantage to de t.a.i I L1<:'"31f a dozen expe r i-e ei ther maintain three acpe.ra t.e ellcineer-j onc?- cnsinecring officers f r o:n each ing staffs or train one stQff in the ! Serv~ce to devote ~ fe~ mont~s to an inau"Olication of three al t.e r nat ive meI t.e ne tve study of au Line ma'i nt enance thods. The Army and Navy have held I bases and their methods. A limited joint corSerences on some of these mat- ;n~ber of officers misht ~roperly fly -76'V-673c., A.C.

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AS guest ullots on t rans oc r t lines. checked, by too Department of Commerce bfficially takin;: their "'llaces in the I do mechant cal, wor.: 0 .... Service planes plane as pa GScIlgers, and C:io..Ilging"plaee~ anc, eng i.ne a , The prepond.erance of t e sw i th the co-pi lot at intervals ctu:.:ins i tillion~' fro:a '!Ii t.ne cse s at once competent flight. It would IBturally beco~0 ~he : and disi1rterested. seems to be that the obligation of the of'f i ce r s who ro,:.. oee n ' qun Li,ty of t,~:e v.o r k done by the beet assigned. to onv such stuc,~r to bivo the civil rev.a.i r s i.at i ons is quite in the Service the benefit 07 t~lci2' o::.,'e:"ie:lce same class v:ikl tr::t of tlie An,w and by memoranda d i scus s i ng 'Jar':;ic'llar p:,RS-, Ib.v~i 31:0)8. e s of civil flyinc'; f rom t he Service : Eecou"",,,ud.ing that tl:e maximum term of point nf view and stressi.lli~ Y,iy"tever . active service v i t.h :i:3gular forces on bhoy migL1t 112ve disCJ7Cl'Cd. th"t was new i theoart of Reserve rriLo t s c;rac.uated and po s s i.bLy ui3e,Lll. t o th~ S.CYic~, and f r-om the Arw..,y and. ~~o.vy training schools by lectures at ScrvJ.ce SCLJ01G. '.l.here I s nou'l c. be Lnc rea se d to at least three are S0 many spe~~,~ltiGs.ill whi ol; .J..r:ny ye ar s and 1?idrl1a}iS further, the Comnri s and,.N.1.VY all' of ri cer s !D.~~,rt De,wel~, sion points out t:l3,t pUJr,e.er;Jroblern tr<'ll~''''d and so \1;8:1;' S~,',D.J~ctsof w.ri cn C01.lmO~1 t.o rill ;.Jili ta::.'y air forces is spe c La'L study by se Lec teri groups v.oul d , the unusua.l to rm of the ur0motion curve te profi t.abl e , that t:ler'_ ouzh c to be and. t'le tendencv to s t a.rnat e '!romotion. ... " . , par t i. cu 1 111t,e~'es,~ 11l. Rfl.Y t'"lnn~. t' na t .:,,1' . It :W8 been the """ C,)E~'T,,)::'l eA:p'.~rience, at can be done to 1IT19:rove he ;nac:l1ncry t 'leC",st in the Ell:;l:i.sh-r;/'oeakLig countries, wher-eby soec-i a.I knowLe dge gaineci by a t.hat ainlanes shOlJ,ld be co.amanded by handf'll of officers Can be di s ecmt nat ed c,)'-il::ission'2d of'f'Lcc r-s and. 'c',at e nl Ls t od thl'oU6hoat the entire Service as a men snoul d wi tn rare exceptions be used le3,ven.i , ,,' .." . 0:.11;- as ae co nd ~;ilots ani ~n limited In mc:.z?:ngt9:c reC08.1,lenaa,l,.l.on t.ha t the n'X,1~)'2l'Sve r n tMt ca.oac i t y . As ac War ana. :lav~' "epartrr,onts. <:l10u1(1 cs3.l:e conseQuence there is ~':l pbnorme:tlly reasonable use of f'a c t Lt ties oi' civil 181'ge 'ne0(';' ::'-01'cf'f Lcore in the lower a.Lrcraf t reoa'i r stations for rC;)lir ar.d r a.iks in av La.tLon, At the SD.:J1e time it service work on mili;~ar~; sne.. naval airis de oi r ab l.e t'1at 8U::::11. ra.n'ts '18 that of craft, the Commission be l.ieve s t":c..t . .1il- ma.vo r awl li8utGIl'lj1t-coloncl be reached itary aviation wou.ld bain f' ro:n a closer b:/'illen still .)TOUD:; e'.lOl.J';~l to fly acas eoc i at i on Vii tr, c:',\'il avi2<tion 8l1te::'ti VE-l;'-T and well. 1:0 ~;ystem of pr omcpr i se s and a Lar ge r uce of their ~~acilt i on deoe ndc ut cn ce rri or i ty will accomities. The Conm s ct on wns Lnf'ormed i pl i ch the two results. In ".11 cir force t.hat it ha s 1:"',8n the 'lr.ifcrrl ~w2c""icc witt a stn.icht 8er:iorit~r t'ly!Jtem, even of the Army arid Navy, 0:\.'::0P'l:in c::trathou,;.} Llere be EO W17,:r-tlJLe-acc~l}ulated ordinary emergency ,~() dO:.)0::'1;';' er.t i r e Ly b~oc'::'3 of 'P0rs0~1Eel to re,c.:o~l W1 th, ofupon t.he i r own fac Lll ties EoI' ;:>1.rcraft f1.<3<:;1's m.:J.;i expect to r-eacn t ce rant: of renair and .)verhaulL, work. }<jccn serilla~or or it.J e qu i vrLcrrt after t;-:cnty vice has ce r te Ln ma.ior clc'Oo"cc c w:C.icl::. t ,j~8D1.'S c r r.or e 01 serV1C.J, and. then .. to aircr .,ft are flown fJr ovt':'hrulin; rnc.;:)ros"OSs throu.:.;h ti.:"'3.t rs.n'~. and. those to wh'l ch da'TIag0(1 ;nac~}ines are c"mi'onl~.r JC:'l _iutol.y above it wi t~. [;i.clo.,y rapidshippp.ci, somet ue s over ItC',/ Lo n, d,isit:T. . . t anc e s . 'The 'Ore-crice of certain aj,JprCor1et" sc Lec t i on cy s t em can sJTopean Edr f o i-c e o, cSDecL:ll~T t:18.t of of O:)111'SO ~)"')6.uce [.~..y co rt of relat~onGreat Br i t at n , of 2'},1.dl1~ exclusive use chip c::' r{:u-: to BGC t.na t r.'aJ be dc s l re d , of Lndus t r i.a'L focilities fo r ovoriaur-: eTC it 'will C:.ttrdn tho ro su.l t s de s i r-: ing arid r eoe.lr wor.; nas :10t a'O')ealcd c,;)lE:, a r, t.r-c Air Cor'os only at the. exhere. It hr.s even been the r',.:;J,c'''or pense of D VeT} d.rost:i.c elimination of mili tary ::drcraft 'Jr,,~c8ecLii1'::: t:C'~~]0Con- E' ler,;e pr c por t.i on of of'f Lcor a be Low tinentally to ~:ee:) away "'1':).'1 t';ll. (' "taofo r t.y y ea.r s of ,:'Ige, men wl.o cnt e red the lished. conar.c r-ci al ""irv;9ys in order thEe":- SOl'v~ce oxpo ct.i ng to fLnd a. career Land i ngs may be made a.t fi)lc.s v'it~:. DC'r-: t hor c , YJhethe1' or no t selection is emmanent militar;.r L13t<1.11ati011S 8lY:" t na.t ! 'olo;'TcQ, it is unde r et ood t.na t it has t:1.8 pur cha.se of any sup'):'..ie\:i f ro:n c iv i L>: 'been t ne 'pr'lctice of ccrtein European is.n sour-ce s may be av oLdcd , : air force's to . :;;ive sho r t s erv i ce corr.vThile tl:is Las t ccur se cc r t.a i ul.y prollcissi0r.s, ood for only 3. 1LJ:i t ed ce r i.od , duces a cer t.e i.n eco noray, it seems unf'o r- t he i r rectoients full,' unde r c t,:mdlng t una t e to a.l i ena t,e t no Sorv i ce 'pcr so nt:l.n.t t::.ev rnu:::.tcx-oect" 'co r-ot'ur n to nel from an a crrua Lnt.ancc wi th the best civil life at t l.e End of tno i r fixed eq1.?-i ,?'~ed.a i rways of the country! of te rrn, T'ne .31'it i sn sy s t em, :)rovidj,n~ whi ch reGular u~e wo-<;tl?unque at i onab Ly f'o r such commis sd ons cooci f or a maX1P.1UIn ~e mf-l-de for movi n; lull tary e qui.pruerrt I of ~~x yea r a and for"[1 o08~i l1e r~Devml an t he event 0: war . I of I1veIears t.he reaf t.or , ls')art1cUWhile realizin.g the adrai rri et re t i.ve rl0rlY in ...... s t Ing for comre.rt son with be rc difficulties, it is felt that it should our O'lm in t hat like ours, it Ls not be possible in many Lns t ance s to arrange bui I t UJ in pe"'~e ti:ne on a co nscr-Lpt witI-. advantage to have civil servi~e ! basi s. ' stations, of which t hcr e are now 101 ap-l Suo1Jlemcnting the problem COLJIDOn to proved for qu~lity and periodically all air forces, the United Gtatea Navy V-6732, A.C. -77I .hil

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has a suecial one. All th3 officers ~ better will be their chan~e of findcommissioned in the reloul'lr :Jav:I in I inc=;e.;11)l.;:yrr..;ent civil : in aviation. "Our peace time come f rora A~il1.a-,)olis. Expe r i-] own thu:.tination," the Oorarr.i s sl on asserts, ence has shown that the sev er l t:r of' the I li:from what W0 have been able to learn of requirement s of aviation a re such that this pr cbl.em , i~:>to look wi th favor on only a little over 25 nercentof . an aut.no r l aat i cu for a maxi.mnn of as Annapolis g raduat.e s C8"1 qualify for av i-J much as four or five ~'ears of active duty ation duty. Since not all too se W:l0 ! after e;r'ldua.. ion from flJinc:; school. t The might be able to Q',-.'l.lif;y ac tua Ll.y apply i tY9ical Reservist woul c, then be returnfor flight t r-a.l rri ri; , and since Saine wno ing to civil life, in the number of about have a')lJlied and. oua.Li f'Le d eubse cue nt Ly 200 per year fran .. each Sorvice, app.roxd-: withclrRw or are re'~lovec;.from aviation : mat e Ly at the age of 28 rmd wi th over because of unfitness, it cee ...s to be im-i 1,000 hours of d'i.f'f Lcu.Lt and disciplined possible to exne c t t1"3.t r.ore t.ha n t wen- i fl-1in:: to his credit. ty percent of the re.=,'.1.lar of'f' i ce r s in I ThOUGhwe 118ve no doub t of' the pos3iany ra~: at a~y ~iven time will be fulbility of Getting )leilty of ~polications ly qualified navoL av l at or s . This is for such cluty f r'orn men ezcellently qualnot e nougn to meet the c.e,rls.nds of the ified to perform it, we feel t~lat to Service whi.ch will call, unde r the new lua1ce it more attractive and to do jnsnaval prot:;ra:a, for 7Cj av Lat or lieutcntice tc tllose who embark upon it there ants out of a total of Z, 266 of: i ce r s should ce r t.a i.n'Ly b(; of f ere d so:",etlling in corrunis s i.one d in trot iSl'ilde by 1941 if I the Via:)'of a d'i emi e sa.l sr.La.ry at the end the ext s t l n; program is carried tl1rougr .i of the period. ~I:hOUg:l have no definwe The o nl.y recourse for the ~,ravy then : i t e r-econnuendat i oa to offer, we have seems to be the s1:ort-service com.ri s; t hougrit in t.er.ns of co nt l i.uf.n.; t.he offision or its equivalent, and the S8lJe i cer's reblllar ba.se pav for f'r om six ~evice ou~lJ.t to be verJ heJ.pJ:.'l~lin ame- ! mont hs to z: ye a r a.fter his return to liorating the ur-omo i on n::"Qolem in the t civil life to covel' the -:)crio.l ill which Army Air Cor-os , Both t.he War a.lei ITc,vy he is re-establishing t.im2.clf t.he re ;" Departments accept something of tho ROCOClIi:er1o.in:,; t the aviation t ha Resort as ne ce s cary , at Lc a.st as a t emserves, bo ta of the A-:;,'r::y 2nJ. Navy , should porary oxpe dl.en ] ai1c1;)l'r~'1.'l.us as a Derbe met c r i a'l L;r str8,:lg:t~lcne0 ,;nd sho ul d remanent measure, and r3'iICsentatives of ce Ive a hii~~her pr i or i t y tban t~ley [d1 both have Ln.li ca t e d t he i r l:01)e that present ei1~OYin L10'1110tment of funds, they may be able to tJ,:':c Rese rv e s into the :~or:J.l1ission states t hat in wa.r against the regular Serv i.c o for 9 t e.rm of scv;c illc'joroowe:0121' a i r fc rce s would. feel eral years of ac t i ve dL:.t~!. It is unde r-i an e l.uo s t t ns taut ne cd :::01' the mob i Ll aa-' stood t hat a t.hre e.-ye ar term ?fter . tion of I3.t Loa.s t twice , '1 nd in the AnD.y graduation from the Service i'lyir.'; i ,robaJly at least three or four times, schools is ~ow under consice-:;"C\7-ion,;;nd. I t.ho i r 1'ec'l.lbr.-l)~rS(\n:lel. I'ne m~?bcrs trnr-ecorrmendat i on IS mode that 8yc:-j"t-l1n; : me::"latelJ EOOl11zed In full r eaci ne s s for po s sf ble be: done to facili tate ::UC~l n i dut v woul d lVlve to be bacl.e d u o , in 01'a ar r angemerrt and that wl,a'-Gover new leGal: dc r t hat nri Lf ktr~T eff'o r-t could 1:::8 C'3.rauthori ty may be r-ecuf red be ext.e ndc d , I rieci.. on, by a Reserve of 80:;1('add.i tional It bas oee~l SU3,<Jsted that an oven I tnousandc 0:::' qua.l i f'Le.I ")iJ.o'0s who could Lorige r term wcul,d be de s i rrbl.e to -)ro- i be Ll...... read, for full dc sorvice wi thin a v i.d.c for Q 10116';;1'':)eri06 of rcallv"usei few wee~cs. As the Oournios i on ha s studied ful service after t:iJ.e of=icer l:':'1.s"llEda : the present status of the R'"serves it chance to become 8. f'u.ILy ef'f'ec t i.ve um t : has cecmed t o t oa t body that t:J.is problem in a sCJua~ron. _ It ac?oer~ t~~t ~ 10116- I has boe n faced 0n. so small a scale as er term ii11.sDt De reCO:,lll,f'llc.edIf It we:ce ' s car ce Ly to co na t i tute more than a worknot for the fe:'r t.na.t if r-eac rv Le t e 1'0Ln., mod.el. Tr.d l;avy has a total enrollmai ne d on active dut y for more t na.i . ed Reserve of 481 officer )ilots, of three years there woulc_oe bu i L t up oe- WDOn:. 251 could be considered as ready hind them an a.l.mo s t i1'resistiule -\}resfor L'Ji.lcdiate dut y , Tho Air Corps lists sure to enable t ne;u to s t ay th0re'ina total or' 3,865 Reserve pilots, vf whom definitel;;,. No O_OllOthere 1J:')uld b", a t 1,4tO a.re c La s s l f'Le d as Group I and ~restrong de cl r e on the :?"rt cf many of suiaab Ly r-eady f'o r immediate a.ct i on , .:lut the men who came into the Service ill even the Group I uilots have been 1'8such fashion to make it a pe r.canent stricted by sho r t a.;e of ~1:eserve funds to Career, and it seems to be a fact that a maximum of four hours' fl~"iJ.1~ a month the Roya L Ai l' Force has Gx;~'erienced anG. Ln aile year to only tv:o hours a just such pressure, but the Commission month. :U:vent ne rpr-c sent amount of flying cannot accept it t ha.t it is b;,?ossible time is less t.dl'.n the mi ni.zmm necessary to enforce rules made uy the Services for r ca I military ii tness. 'Ll0 funds for wi th the authorization of the Congress Air Corps Reserve fl,"1in,; opc ra t i ons seem and defini tely announced in adve.nce . to have bo en sar cad so thinly that a The longer the term of service the large nu.aber o!' men have r ece Ivcd a very smaller t he number of men tnat will szna Ll, a.nount of flyi:::rg ryrGdice and still have to be turned out each year, the ~less training of a truly military nature. more fully trained they will be, and. It seems t~~.t the first task of the Army -7 V-S732, A.C.
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Air Corns in thi S cor.noo t i.o n should, De 1,0 cOHlb'over its nre se nt lists and select t.ho ce r.ho are: ani ar~ J.~kely' f'o r some ye a.r s to r e.nai n , genm ne iy nua Li.-: fiod for ac t i.ve Servica f'Lv l ae , . In establis:linc< i':J:dorities In a Reserve force, it Is' t8,:Z::.m as ,'self-evident t ha t the most ur ge nt c mcer-n mus t beb(;o:1 with t hc :Cir::ot-li:;:18 gr'.lup tn9-t s t.a nd s read;' to s t.e p rli r-e c t Ly into t ac t i c a.I a I'" b"nizationr; 0:1 the d~i.Ycf a dcc Lar-at i oa of war. The N'[JVV IVi.S' wha.t seems to be nn adm.ir-abl o 0rgar.ization of such a. 1"eserve in its ;31 ilee~ Reserve sriuadr-ons , numbe r i ng 2::;J. of'fi ce r "Oilots, ans, organized to fly as a unit for some 45 ho"J.YS a year in the f'u'Lf'd l Irncn t cf a svLl abus of mili tar~' exercises drar7TI'Tp by tho'lte iJ,'JVy Depa r tmerrt , and t o put Ln a subst s.nt Lal amount c f add i tional f,rE~ctice unde r the d.ir e c t i on of the "0.ni connde r , so ')rt,arl:Lz,'J..tionc to be c l.o ce to the ic..e"l of military r cad L> ness, as do t~le n lno aquad.ro ns 0: t he :,iarine l{eserve wnt cn are G=.milarly organized., but their nrmue r s a r e f'ar inf'e r i or to any -possible w8..i.-time need for irDGlediate s e r-vic c . 'l\lC: s oc c i f i.c need here se eras to Je for e.d'il t i ona l f'unds for ,1eserve our oo se s . In the AiI' :::;0 1")s: as or cv i cus l v i ndicated, the pr ob.l cm is not so m:lch with increase of rrun.be r s as wi, t:r:. improving the oua'l i ty of t ne training g tve n to a. selected. gnm-'J. :Lv('r~l effort ouc:.;ht t he n to 'De rnad.c to a.s serabl,c a grou-o of chosen personnel into t acc i ca.I uld tG and to f;ive them at lC~lst CO to 100 hours of flyingDcr ~rear 01:' mili t.a.ry a l r nl e ne s arid do i nr; ml.Lit a.r-: exercises. Su,cl1 un i ts, t.ne c reiro of the nresent Gro1;-"-p s:'lo'~lc. La~8 f"};ll -r:rLo r-L+,;;r of. I, c La.Ln,on any av La t i on ~1.eserve a'JrJrODrla t i ons . In t::,iG co nne c t i on , tt.'Ju,"h annreeia.ting the di et i.nc t i on t ha.t ei:ists between Na t i ona.L Gl~c;rd and C;rE}1n:~zedHeserve in tree c;enorBl na tl ona I ~de:'ense plan, it, wou l d seen e.dvantC:Deous to make a Laz-ge r use of ;J..,tio~:8.1 Our.r d air .ml t s and GO to dcccntr::'.li~:e the Air Corps Re ee r-ve to c. ~;::.'eqtcr o.e,<::;rec than at "present. , .At ,present t}1c~c are 19 Na~iqnC'l lTuarc... sq'Uau..r"us In as ~:l[\DYdlf:r e re nt states. Thcy l:avc a s ol e ndid record of efficiency, but they arc limited ty War Dcuartment deciston to the sin~le funnt i on of o one rvat ton . The C0111,"i s s i ')n acco r d'i.n.rLy suS':,,;ests t ha t f ur tae r stuo..y. be given to :~h(; clas~ific~~i(:Jll o~ ;;>yua1'rons and to ~~e ncssIble ~cslrao~llty of assigning .'1d.d.i t Lo na L s qiadr-o nc w i, th more var i cd functions to SFC{l st:".,tes as care to provid.e adequ.ateouiJ.din...-;s arid Gites for the~, ~it~ subseouent transfer of pe r so nne L from the riresE.l1t OrbanLze I Reserve to the squadr ons so created. Vihu.tever the -precise 1..l3,C~lineryof organization that ;',cay be chosen and without 8.ttem-pting to US'll.'I"'P t he f unc t i on of
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the War ~m(l l~av:TJ._De:p'"rtroentsoy specifying exact nu.. mber s , ~t se ems conservative to 880';1 th".t t he aggre::;ate of effective air force Reserves shou.ld be at least dcub l e what it is now. The training, at Lc a.ct for the AnJ;!, ShO'11cl be far mo r e oxt ens ive and co ut i rruous t hau it 1'",,'18 at an;' time in the Lrs t ten years. A oo ns l de rr-b l e p.'ut (.f the practice flyin,.., t i.nc mLcr:ht be taken, at lea at oy the seccnd-liae -Reserve, in lLht civil airor af t rent ed f r om corane rc i n.l operators, t ne Service aut.hor Lz t ng the ua~TIent of a f i xed sum :Jer Lour for t:leiruce. Flyi:lg unde r t no se co nd.i t.i ons ought to cost less t han ov.e-third. as much per hour 2,S W"l.S told 1t now costs to ope r-' Ari.1Y aircrclft for the Ro se rv e . Tho Erker Board recO::1ffienced "the Tmrct.:.ase .v ""~... 01. 3;~13.'11',lnC:~')Je:.1S1 e a Lr '0 1a.ne '.' of zoo d DC'I'f":C:IlC'hce ac.cq1Jfite for trainirg i Lot s in cross and night flyill~lI for the RC,:;'.llar A-'2my. The use of SUCil e c onorud ca.L e cu.i pmcrrt , preferably by rental rather t nar; 'b;:r purchase, for t ne j{cserve ae eras even mo r-c de s i rabl e . It is realized t ha t U::.j s is a matter of findins f unds v'ith wrri c h to wo r k , L'JUt the issue seems 80 LL'l'Jortnnt, and t::-1Cneed for well-trained Reserves in the event of war so great, and tile d.cpe nde ncc ':): t.he regular Services upon them so Irnrae dl a t e , that the recommendat i.o n is made that the Re ao rv e s be given a [:istinctl~,' hi~:hLr priori t;r t na n they nov: enjoy. .At the SCIlla tine the --oossible uscf ulne c s of special Assistant Secretar~rships 1'0:, Reserve in both Service c,8,)r',rtmentG is Gug::;estod, ill order tr"",:tthe necrl s of the Reserve's dcvelo-pli1cut .nay be unde r c~:n~tant spo:-:.scrshij? by an official of l'li~h rank W;'10 :;13Y 8}';:,3y3 1::0 heard in the Socre t a ry ' s councils. '1'0 be c ont Lnued . ---')00--.D

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"'Ne we r e Lmpr e s se d 80,:18 y;,ce;r.s ago, II wr it.e s the ~'ewc Lot t.o r 80r:-csJonrlent of the F'4th ,~, :,serv a "'.;ion Srmadron, ArT:::a.al"as X2tional Gua.r d, lib;; a rc oor-t o i.' L1C lJational Guercl ]31UeFl.U which ag~re~lted 2nd classified. the total time fl()';:~l by te'le various :Tational Guard Souc:drons. Vfhat interested us most WaS tr,srcla'ti7cly :hrge pr-o po r t io n of the t hac cf a rrumbe r of sou.adrons that was rru.t in Dcrfo1'miu.o; tactical missions of om:ind. or ano t.ho r . 'Ne are ver;r much intc ;'csted in GettinG a,ly an-I all information we can ::ro,n t ne se sQu',drol1s 3.S to thc t;rpe of flyin::; done ,- the manner in which the missions a.r e executed., '::lletl'ler en: part~sular t~-pe of. mi ssion 1S fav o r e d and , 1I so, wha t s t imul at.ea the favoritisw. As for cur own scuad.ron, oeLlc~ located OJ} a Department of Commerce Airwa,Y, we have tJ.-18 use a.nd be nef". t of the Airway' G r a d.i o beam and. V-6732, A. C. -7
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considerable time has been snent in ideas blind be an fl:linf;. We have front :;un l~rge target set un on our ~ir~ort w~ich we ward use to prac t l ce s imulat ed front gunne ry, Know We do SOfie mRFping ani photoGr~pDY. Letter If any of t he squadrons have any new ---000---

or innovations for divertin; a proportion of t~e flyinG time totactical missions, v:e v-oul.d like to about them, ~sing the Air Corps New~ as a mediuu.
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The News Letter Co r r-es oondcrrt from ;J~Hted from this statio'l, with only 16 He nal.ey Fielci, D'Cllas, Tuxes, t nv i tes d:l~TS dur i ng t.ho entire ca'l endar year in attention to the i t.cm "H0cWJ Air w~lic... no visi t:i.ng aircraft 1. arrived at Trarfic a t M"",x'noll Fi(lt," ';vhidl apc r d3Du'tecl f rom this s tu.t i.cn , arid with pear e d in tho News Le t t c r of Feb. 1st, a ruaxi rcurn of 103 v i s i tLng t:1irnlancs in vhe re i n the Operations .:"isP::l.tcher reone day ; that d"L:rib:'=the cnLendar year no r-t.e d t~lnt a'tota.l 0:" 119"nir-Jlai:c.:s In,~~, a total of 2,535 v l s i ti.n-: ai1'a r r Ive d at and 'J.8D'lTted. -f'ro'"1!'!Rxw::ll ul"m'3s arrive:l ,~t arid deoar t ed from this Field be twe en In.uin.1':y 1 Gt"1l1c. 15th. ~,tD,tiol1, wi t11 only 1.5 da~'G (lurin; the "It is 'believed. tl..at ii').),well }I'iel:1 entire ca'i e.ida r ;yo<"r in wnich no visi twill :l3V3 to t a.ce a bacr SG"tt when com- in: air('.raf)~ ar r i ved at or de JPrtecl from paring henvv a'l r o'l ane traffic with t.hl s s ta t i.on , and \,'1 th Co maxi.inun of 113 Hensley F'i e Ld ;" 2~scrts t he Corrcs.)onv i r-I t i ng airpl:cnos i n cue day." dent from the Lat t er e tat i o n, And he :(0';; co nt errt v.'ith 10ttillg the ma t t e r then c~oes on to 8'1:7: r e at t;:,,'ll a nd there, tine He nsl ey JTield "Re co r ds of t:li s station chow t ha t a Corr-e c JO:1G.O:1t":oes on f'ur t he r t.o say ; total of 105 visiting sll';-,lanes a r r Lved !lIt i',:; lklio'Ed tLl.:"1t over a ',eriod of 2t and deoar-t.ed from Hensley Fiell C<?" "117 0; "car 'she m.roc r of a i r cr-af t tween Feoruary Jst an':' ~)th,-1935; t'::-:-ct (.:.:T;i./, ~i.vy c,nd. V~e:dlle Cerac only) visits total of 4~z4 visHinG'\irllanes a::il;,; Her.s l e v J:'ielci is {"re<'ter t han t.nat rived at and de :E\rtEd f rorr, tLis s t at i on !'1t - an~c o G1:.erAir Cr,ros station. In nuy during t;J.e reriod from ';"1LUal':r let GO event, a ooi.rpa.r-i aon cf records in t.h i s Fe b r'uar-y 5t:.l, 10:35; t.hat Q'1.::'in2;t'~'G resro~t \-;itll.- 211:'/ o t ho r ot.a t i on c Lai.nt ng calendar year 13;:'~ a t.o to L of 2,703 heavy air tra :ic in v i s , ti ng a l.rc raf t, visiting &iqJl'l110S erri'..-,;d at and. c...::;w.ru.l d be I nt.e r e s t t ng , II ---000--1

According to the Ne',::s Le t t e r Co r r e cForce, It which t nev reg3rc'l El,S t.he first of the 41st Di v i s i on A'rlat:Lon, rC2~1 move t0V''\Td pr ope r reC0t;:::lit:.i.on of the Washine;ton lJational G'Jar~l, 'F01ts~ielcl, Air Coroa , However, full cre rit is r,iven Spoka.ne , V;ash., intense Lnt e re s t in t:.,e Pe pr-esent e.t Ive Wi:;'ce~.;: fer Dri:..l~o,ine: ut o Nat i ona.I Ai:;:' Frontier I'e f'e nse 1JrOCi:'a;,a. the first r-c.a.l, 811' def'e.rse pTOCrcUfL that as first -proposed by J.~t9r6seIltr,-tive ha s ever a t t rac t e d na t i.onc.I. ac t.e nt Lon and 1:Hlco:::, ,jl' 1;'lorid3., and an.e nd.e d rc)centsupport. ly by the \hr Dcpn.rtmen t 1 S le.;islative In ::11 of their co nai.dc re.t io ne , the pro:posal, is be i ng exri. 'bi t cd. "t,y the local Air Corpc GuarIsmcn JT6 ta':inL; a off'Lce r s of this org"\.nization. fi rrn loosition that, the 'bu.ildino of n,11 air For the pur po se of ~~ee)ini; themselves defense sl:.oull be Left errt i r e Ly to the f'u.l Ly adv i Sdd.- wi th aU ~i'o1Josnl s to i I}..-:'ri~e of the Ctief of the Air Corps and strenf~tl1.en t.he nation's a i r c:e:ense,and t:,e ''-;c:r De por tmen t . It is their cOl.ltenpar t l cul ar l y in t.no Northwest, the 0:tion t ha t tile nro.iec t is far too Lmno r-: ficers are mee t i ng at re[,ulC1.r Y18e::ly : t'nt to tho future of the l\iation to be luncheons to cliECUSS and co nai de r all I ',icCi]:en8d br poli tica.L 1Jrossrre. Air Cor-ps pr opo aa Ls before COl1'.::ress. i i::11.0 life',rs Letter CC)l'res':;,oil.C,ent. adds Interest in these .na t t.e r s has been rna-! that at this time the Pacific No r t hwes t is terially stimulated 100.:111.7bJ the pre- i w i thout ')r,s.cticall;y any air dcf'e ase , there sent membe r ship all t:1E" Se na t e Hili taryl b0i~3 a bout 12 Ar.:ry airJ19.nes in this Affairs COrIli:J.ittee cf W2G~lin,tonls i vicinity. It is )ointea. out t nat a!.r d.ejunior Senator, jllr. Lewi~ 3chwal~enbach" f e nsc in thc.l'Jc~tl1V!~st ~s ne e de d 0-8 a Past State Co.nnand.. r of '[,11.0 Aner t can e ' means of a s s i s t i nj; r n t he ~)rotect~ol1. of Legion. Senator SchwnL'l cnbach is };.nO'Jl'nAl a sice ; that the3oC'J.ng Aircr'lft factory to favor a strong military Dollcy, and in Seattle, and the j~vy Yards at Brcrrsrha s communt ce t.ed v:i_th local" :r:rational to n are v;ithout pr-o t c c t i on , to say nothing Guard. Air Corps oificers since ~ntering of the PUGet Sour.d region in F,0neral. Congress. It is because of U1CS8 important si tUE.As be twee n the 'Nilc0X !'lud War Depart-/ t.ions that the policy of a properly develment pr-c po se.Ls , the local Air Coros ofo-ped air defense has been aJopteJ at the ficers favor the ':Jar Den;:utrJ.ent 'pian, I Lunclieo n meetings. "be cause it provided for a GHQ. Au V-6732, A.C. -80po nde nt
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19TH COMFOSITE GB.O\3P A,K1S M ITS BOWc-: By the .Horook Ei e ld Correspondent COIDDosite Wing, which will Aerial reviews had a part in the comfirst birthiay on l!iarch b l ne d traininG program for the V!in~. One 17th, makes its initial bow to tile I inspect jon and. review was held at r-cade r s of the News Letter. 'l'his Wing i Al br-oo k Fielfl. for r!iajor General Harold constitutes the Amy Air Corps co nt r.i.bu-' B. :B'iske, the Deoar-tme nt Commande r , Gen. t ion to the defense-of the Panama Canal i Fi sk was accornparri.e d on the inspection Zone, and is c orrma ndctl by Lieut.-Col. and. in the r ev i ewi.ng stand by Br Lgad.Le r HilHam C. VcCllOrd. The Win$ 'r:.eaclquar- General John W. Gulick, tao Pacific Sectel's is at Albrook F'i e Ld , whi ch is a'l so , tor CO~J!U8.nder, ni by distinguished. a ofthe station of t he 16th Pur su.i t Groug, i ficials cf the Zone Civil Oove r-umerit and commandc.d b;r Major Robert L. Walch. I'he ! several foreign diplomats. ot he r major unit of t he Wing; i G the 6th I At the conclusion of the inspection Compo s l te Group. coumande d by !i':ajcr , and review, Ge ner-al ]uske expressed himLcu i.s H. Brereton and. stationed. at I se Lf as hiGhly nl.eased with the appearFrance Field.. I ance of the aircl'Bj't on the ground. and The f i r s t of January. this yc::ar mar zed i also with the ability of the Viing to the bcglnnlllg of a -oe r i orl of Lr.bc noe i pass the reviewing stand. in a :treci se activity fer the newl y or garn ae d \H~lg. arid or-der Ly manne r , de sp i t.e the fact 'I'he se intensive operations, hO'NGVer, t ha t tho a ir pl ane s par t i.ctoa.t i ng h'3d were not caused bf! an u nexocc t.e d oreier sucn a vLde variety of sueeds and. flyor condition but r e su l ted from the ~2re-i lns cr.ar ac -,-. i SvlCS. , , . t er ful planning by tho Win.:; CGTI:,rnarde;r and I A:1other insuoction and review tf t r;e staff to t axe full advarrt ago of tile , entire Vlin7 wiw held at Fr-ance Field brief dry' sca;:;on.T~lj s season Las t s i for h;a,jor deneral Lytle Prown , Commandapproximately f rorn tac 1st of -Jarrua.r y I or of t:le Atlantic Sector. At the conto the 2JIGt of l/ai"e':;., and o ulv one of i c Lu.si on r-f the review, General Brown the trxee months - January - is fully 11:Chly complim.ente1 C.Clcnel. McChord on availab2.e tG the Wins for its training. the Vling1s appearance and performance. Februarv is dc:voteo.. to sector maneuvers ---)(;0--in which the 12th Cozroo s Lt.e WinE, (1' its I el einont o arc r c ou.l r ed" to par t i c i.pat e , I ~\'AXWE1L FIELD :LNT:"ETAIHS Cln:SZSE while the t.hi r d idr-v mo nt.h - M,HC~'l - iR I AVIATION ~ISSION reserved by the Dcpa:ctmcnt Comcande r for his ruaneuve r-s . Trair'i'lEo; cxe r c i se s Folding hi s arrnc and smi Li n.; engagingscheduled for the r ena i ni n-; mont'ns of ly, Colonel P. T. row, wiry young Chinese the year are subj e c t to f:r'r.:C,U811t wea.t.rer ] A:.r Corps At t ache of the lifanking GovernLnt er-r-uot.i ons , Wilen units c.S the Wing! me nt , s.cetcd. that of all the U.S. AruW move a short di et.ance from their home I A'liBtion posts he and. his party visited airdrome s during t he we t season t:ley w i t.n.i n the last two wesk s , Maxwe l.I Ei.e Ld are likely not to return for many clc:-S'1 ' and r r.e ~a~ticc:l School. offered. greater 'Ihe :Vin? t ra l ni.nz -crogn-uf:, t.he r ef'o re , oppo r t.um t t e s for st udy i ng modern F.Juercalled for combi.~e2J operations for prac-I iCEtD methods of air defense. In fact, tl Ly every week d})~T of the month of nc L 1:0',7 W~8 so interested. in his inJanuary. 3peC~lon of tne DOGt recently ancl so An intere sting feature 0: t he pro~ram anx i cu.s to pro~onb, it that he declined wac a fOllr--o,ay o oe rat i on , d.urins wn i.ch to S0t a date IO~;: the !X,.rt~Ttt; departure the Bcmbe.rd.Dent. ~l1ci Ob se rv j t Lon un~ ts, from I::o?-tg0.08r;y, saying that he '.vo"lld c ornrnaride d by M"1,JorBr-e r e r.on , oc cup i e d leave wne n roe r.:ad. seen e nough of an airdrome at the new gunnery ra1,~e at Maxwell Fi,~Jd. Rio :-teto, with a free hand. to s i rrul.a.t e Colonel lvlvN is head of an official bombing raid.s agair.st vi tal points in part~T from China or. a tour of lead.ing the Canal Zone. 'l'l:is gave the Lo t.h Pur-il av i a t I cn activities throughout the sui t Gr:.up an o-p-oortUl:.it~T to try (JUt i Um, te d States and ;:urope. Other members many and varied f'o rrns of def'e nce , one t he Hission a re Meut.-Col. F.S.I,iu, 9f whi~h it would. ~e,..yeceS'3?~! to.~do1?t ~-::.jor Y.T. Ye ng , Mes;:ts. C.}<'. V;ar.g and If called. uuon to de ..end a Li ne a prox- , ~. S.:L Yen. Tile of'f i.ce r s are all conimately 45 ruilos Lc ng wi t.h a~)proxi!L3.teJyI nec t e d wi th the C"J.lin0se AneW Air Cor-os , 33 Pursuit oir;Jlaaes. I' w:15.1e Mr. Vlc~ngis an ongi ne e r and Mr: 'I'he ce mallfyvers afforded. va Luab.Le exYen is Secretary, both in the government pe!lenCe an\1 g~ve. tnc pa~tlclpatlng .; service. T~e party baG been in funerica, urn. t c an oppo r nun i ty to l!!lr.Jrovc communf.-l or "11':.e States II as Colonel Mow said cc,ttions and. t?C techJ?-iQ1?-cof their par:- I about five weol~s, comine; here from ' t i.cul.ar b ranch of av i.r.t.i.on, In t he crl-! Eur ooe , t i nue which followed the exercises, the I ~"he Chinese cf'f Lci a.l s arrived in ~Jing, Commande.r expressed. ~limself as be-I Mo nt gomer y from L8.L:;lcy Field, Va., and lns nlghly pleased wlth t{~ progross t:~ir surV3Y included Wright, Selfridge ma-i s by the two groups and. coume nde d and. Hi tchel Field.s. Bar'ksda'l.e ani not onl.y the flying but al.so tho mainRar.do Lph F:i.elds are next on their visi ttenance perconnel. I ing list. -8iV-6732, A.C.
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By Margl~,,;rits Jecoba Heron The ye2r 1934 proved to be on8 of that in the t~1.ous8nd8 of t.es'6 'la~l\Silr-.ude unde r t he hood in tr..,a testing and progress and activi ty for t ho se il1te:::-ested in wha t is undo ub t.cd.Ly one of the d8velopi~g of instrm~ent lan'iing eouipment lwt a single fatality has occurred Air Corps' outstan~in= dcvelofments of any m~ment to the Air Corps Lns t ru.ncnt 1a:-.ci.~nz; ;ys~em. ('>r even an accident S pe1'8011n81 0 .. equipment. ' 'I'hi s in itself, During t}:.ii:: year its a'lplicatio'l to aLrol ane s other t:J.EHl basic t.ra i nf n., We believe, is hibh tribute - but we touch wooo., as one alv;ays should amid tY26S was provcd.oracti~81, and thousan.is of succe ssf'ul, Lano I ng s wer e me-de ths uncertainties of livin6 - as we wi t h high spee d , .nu'lt t-cuo t or :Bor,~ba,rdsay it. meLt and Trans~ort types with the sole aid. of the system's installations. :Ed. :Note: It m::tybe of interest in conClasses of ArIlJy;;ilots con t Lrrued to nection wi t.h the aGove article, v{ritten be oualified in its u se at Wribl~t F'Le Ld, b,l the l',1,:deriel Division Correspondent, the ~pi1ots f i nd'i ng i.t as simple L:. opwho was 2_ co ns tant contributor to the eration wi th faster landing spe ed s a.id ! Kev,s Letter in "bygone dais, and to whom larger at rp.l o.ne e and. as unconrcl.Lcrt cd i we are glcd to extend a hearty weLcome, as with t ra i ni n., t~'peE,: ~n8taJ.latiolJ.s I ~o c'J:)!e~rom ~,nartic~o on the Ar:1Y.Air were made at La,lgle:y ;'lelo and at t ho ! lI'):'"PS B3ClIO Elu"Q Landln~; System, whi.ch Ne';7erk Airport dur-l ng tne .A.r;;l;{ Air :M'3.il ! 8"?)C'.i~ed in A recent issue of t he Air ac t i v i ties, ani p'l ar,s for in",t.ql1'l'~lo:'l ; Coume e Bulletin, rc issued. by the Bur-eau at other Air Corns fields 'lle:,'e cOjrr;:let- i of Ai::."Oormnez-ce Department , of Commerce. ed.' It is stated Lr, this article that, Later, the e ng i.ne er s inst,.'11ed e,uipI f oL'lowi n; a conclusive demons t r at.Lo n of ment in a Pu re au of Air Commerce ai.ri tho ArTllY Air Corps blind-ll.ndins system plme and p'l ac ed 'l~ tLc'ir dis'Josa~ i at I:8nLle~' "B'ic)ci, v. ~ partici'2at~d in every means of l;laung (3 t ho rough i.nv e a- I by .::.u"~eneIJ. v1da1 pnG. other .hr vomtL::ation of the syo t e.n, as nell as all I ruer'ce of f Lci al s , t:lis sys t em was adopte:i UK, tests t ncy J.esired. In OCtOb3:L', as ctandar d by the Bur eau 0: Air 19;,'1, the final de c I s i cn of -;;he Pur-e-au I Co.nmece , r of Air Commerce was mr.o.e tor t:le .'"'ci.O"Di i1:.is demons t r-a.tl on "marked the conclution of the Air Co:-'ps syste'1 as st2-nCli sic>::' of 11 inorrths t work "by the bureau of IHd. f c r cornrnec i.a.l ooc rat i on , ~he fol- : Aii" r~Oi:merce L.1 v.hi ch various r sy e t ems Lowi ng is ouo t e d f'r-om [: letter f r ora i an.l modifications f'cr blind La.ndl n.; were Mr. EU{:cn8 L. Vidal, Directo:.:' of .hir i inves",i.~'),ted arid tested 8.S 8'JDlied to a Comrnece : r ':Ford. t r t-enot.o r t r aus por t type' airplane, lIAllow me 3.t;2.Ll to expr ers ,'1:)' apun.ie r t he d i r'e c't Lon of Cnes t er A. Snow, -oreciation fC1' L::.e sn18I'diC (;oo)(;1'a,Jr. ':'cntative pl.:;llS wer e Lnme i a t e Ly d b i on of t hc Al'my .AL~Cor ps a:18 ;:'1," made for the establishment of this f'ac I sincere admiration of t:-18 on:;ine:ering 'lit;y a Lon.; a trcmscontincntl.l air route organization 2.n1 t.e chni ca I s':ill ! togEti.::.cr \"i t h its Lns t a l Lat i on at o ne or wLich PYoduced t~:.iG wO;ld.eri'~l devel-i l;;01'C centralpoinG3 w.ne e cor.nne-c i a.L air r r oon.e nt ~II i lL18 p i Lot s nay become f"l1liliar with its .SI~ee this t Lme, f~-v'e of tLe, l~a,jor ius8. Inv i t.at Lons }l'.'ve b~en ~ssued to a'i r l t ne s have se r.t p i Lot s to ~~rlgt;:J:, ,8ever~)1 r-epr es ..nt at.tve all' Li ne s to se nd . Field f'c r instruction in the Air Corps selected f:rJUpCl, LncLudl n.; ope r-a.ti.ons sys t.em, and these inen ,'ill in t ur n act ! and t cc n..1ic2.1 pe r so nrie L <-i.Lei expert instruas instructors to other pilots of t he l r ! n. ent "Jilots, . to Pac t.er eori Field at cO'tr~anies. Pe r so nne L of' t he tc::r:a:ct:~Li;mt '1a?ton, 0:.10, ~o par t i c i pa t e Ln individof liOITlIiierCe who w i.Ll tc'Kc c~1arse or i n- I uaL de.aous t r-ati ons of t he systein, stallatious at commercial a l r-dz-ome i.n- i A bC'id' de sc r i pt Lon of the demonstrac ape ct Lon , ani trainin; cf pilots have : t i or; o.: E'3:;:rtl,;mbcr 3 will help to explain 1 likewise been at Wri,:);,t Field for Ln: the opc ra.t i or; 0:: t~le system in blind struction. i 13.n(>1n ...:as well as the mos t va.LuabLe adAs ~lot(;,d in a pr,?vio1.\s iss~e of t he I d.i t t on.-L fun~~ion ~erved by ~.ts mai"1 News Le t t e r, Ce:.ltallllloert .L. i element" the h.reUSl loop r ad.i.o compa s s Hegf'nborger was awar doc, the =;istinbllishas a navigational aid. ed ]'lyi,n6 C~'(jss Cak LCE'.fCluster ~"~:. I I . The;nrt;y', tOJ1c ?~'f in t~l~ Depar-traent May, 1934, for las very valuable corrt r I .. ruI Ford fro.n t he Wasrilngtcn i-.lrport, and a t i.on to aviation in th~s c:~vc1??me:'l~. i few rninut~s later~L:.ne? ~he radio com-. It was an ho no r thEJ.t llkewlS::; o:::,ou::nt 'pass rec.e ave r on t ne Ri cranond , Va. ,radlo pleasure and r-eward to his ac soc i at e a ; range st.at i.on which is no r-nal Ly used for in the deve Lo-orne of t r.e project. rrt For I beam and weat he r broadcast. As tho plane it is a Loya'l ' 8n(1 :fearless.6,:,oU1) of of- ! vias swung into a hcad.i ng directly t.owar d fh:.ers and, civilian enGineers who have : the Ri.chmond station, the need.Le of a ai'ie'l CC't"otainHegen"ber(';er in this s i g-: I small, round dial Lns t ruraent in the nal eucce s e . . i p i Lot ' s cockpi t as sume0. a vertical or It is an interesting fact to note i zero centor posi t i on . Subsequent devia-R2V-6?3'c::, A.C.
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of heading were immed.iately indi- I the tYJ?e above de ac r l be d , In a1d.ition to ri~;ht or left, as the cecce! t is 'I'dth a small se~might be, bJ co r re epc nd l ng de::lr;ctions 'onc3.:'l'y tr~ns;ni tter which, oper.<Jting in of the nee ile. By mere lv steer~ UP-; +:1:.e coniunct t ou wi t h a: seco nd instrull',ent ::'0a i r-p.l ane 80 as to keep this needle i.n ca.t cu near the 1'['11.0 conroas c indicator its center '(J08ition, t.:n;t Tlilot E. A. on the a i r- ;18.:18 :~nstr'JlJ.ent board, cause s Cutrell flew at all t nne s ';lith the ce r-: a li:c:,ht t.o fLa nh as t.ho a.i r oLane paSS8-S tainty of an e xac t he"d.iL,~ toward t.nc over e ach c;r,-)l:;.nis'~3.tion. T}:1US the Ri chmr.nd r"1l1gs ant.e nna . 'Ji,lile (in thj 8 'oilot~Joving: [)rr:'v:~"l.t a predetermined flight use vias mao,e cf the r au i o 1'1. ..1[;0 90L1t b~T ".nans cr the rad.i c loon comt ransmt t t i ng station. '1:1:e o oer-a t io n 0';:' pas s , is Lnfo rmerl of :',is arr tval by the tl.J.E-. ,loop compass nru.. .t ill ,-:0 7UY LJe. COl~- v isua.L ,:'9rker is li0ht S flash ,hu-,t f'uae d with the r.o rn.a), use of the l'?llf}) de ac r-Lbed . beam. '1'1:8 radio com-iasa is a hc.ai n ; In'lctual ope ratLo n the two trucks are device. It will cne="ste 0:1 anv tVDC 0":' o..l'i'('cn to SCL;Ct.0d point,; on the road t rarierr.I t t e r or ci"r,il,el'd,:11bl'00~d..Casf, ng i Dr t'7crk sur r ound i ng the Land i ng e.rea , and station withini t s L'E;:"J.encv and v.iowe r aSS'JL,e yositions ala 1\:':, a Li ne orojected range. It makrs no use of fixul radio across t he field in an into'-vhe-vvind dibeams " but C'" t~ nua.I l v 1'1 di cat.e Lead r e ct Lo n . ';'.hG~'ea" t he r-c lat i.ve d.i.st ance s. . .r'" v;l , 1. .. <" c: ing rather t can position with reference of t,'::::'ceoc,si t i ons f r o:n the field borde r to a fixo d prcd.ctorcuir3d path and iniliill"-"y var i e I to su lt co n-l i t i ons i'f terbe cat e s with e oua.L ce rcr.i nt y f rcn. all rain, w i nd , etc .. 2. co nv e ni.e ut combi.na-e : points to\V3.rrI the t r.msmi t t in., st2tion tion for .nos t c ond.i tio:-"~; w i t,:l the Ford on which it is t.une d . In sbort, the br Lnoto r is 1,t'OO f'e e t and 2 l:lilc~ from radio loop compass tolls Lw b)ilot dithe ti e Ld 'corrlcr for tone annc r ani outer rectly not .... here he is 'but where he stat:'..ons,resJccUvcly. 'l't.'2 pilot flying wants to go. in JJinstl~,:n.nt fr om some::!l s t arit Cloint About J.O minutes af t e r take off fro;.i :UE,y-., Vl:''lOn wi t.ut n 2C or 40 m.i.Lc a , tune in Richmond, the r ad i o co.aoa s s '1'70" tU:~Le(l on t he iL'LT s t a.i i on ::',11(1'J:1' d i r-e c t Ly to ''''1 l"I.;J'ng tr ",ns,.!'lit - it E' .. mC'?l1S01' his 1'8<:':.0 108;) .l: ~ s s . 011 ;"n' of t.r.e '/ .t.: ,i.,~::;P e Cle. CL 1.J:;' t . - comoa ters at L::uvde",r Field. l'h: s t ransmi t-. " "1~ :':or;:";~1,'l~7rr:;.v'1.~ 0Y8r ~ l~. l~ner a tel' is merely ~ 1ov.' ;~,owcr broaci2.,~,still: sJat-.ou 18 LlC:1CiJ.l.c,i OJ LIe 11gnt f'La sh s t at i.on oqui-S,ocd vd t'; a (",as ensLIE; of the v i sua.l. mar ke r LlstrT~:,.3nt. He imdriven generc;tr-r :fcC' 1]o'-:er su-ro l.v a nd. a me(.;.io,tel~r tunes flY: the dl tf'e rerrt frecol l.ans i bl e maC',t ar .. (:i.~n3., ':'hc' v,'101e t quency of the cu tc I' st e.t Lo n o.nd flie s to out.f I t Ls corrIt''''ac t Lv lil VL t ed Ln '" 'TIP]l .. o moun "co it. 0:r the came m..ans . Cne "I' rnor e inter~. ",-,'J .. automobile truck of c',::; li',:t_t c.elivery station tr~.IJS se~\e to ac cur ace Ly e stabtype. Guided '0:1 redic 100.6 COG~,.,ss Li sh t~JC dGsircri intu-tl"e-winci course, tuned on this mobile tra:,s~(li t'Ci:~i.: stE'','/ljc:'l is +,}lCCl. cl.oc ke d on the dl r c c t.Lo na'L tion, the Fo r d air)la,'8 vas brc,~~;.,ht dig]eO. I'n -orC1X3;ri:J. i on for the final aprectly over a precictL~~ined Dojn: some TIr~acb, t~w Dl10t lets dow~ to aCloroxi1,200 feetfrow the utg0 o~ 13~~ley ~'tely 80J f~et as indic3ted by his ~enField in po"i t :.on f o;- an Llto-thc-"Jind s; t Lve a l t.i.motel', C\n( he ad.o toward the 1andir~. .. fiel~. ~as3in~ over th~ cater station at t"c s aI t l j.","'e ~"'l1""'r'~ t e Lv 011 -0''' "sino' In 811 six 1'001.86 Lns trruncnt 1alx;iI'(;s ;::,,~. '" . ;J",J. ~l,_~,~,t~~' .~ l\'.::"~ 0 wele raadc , tl,; pa.r tv of obs or-ve r a be i nz tL.L... ut,J,lO_l, t hc en?J~.lPS r-.ro t.rrro t t l e d . --1'O"1.0S wri c h by fly:c.1L~.-"'Dd t'r ..., c"'i'Y'--.l~',"C . 'bv 4re--'-r--\'c-nt Ls "c'd d i v i de d into t.vo .. L sCc'n:'lr.,tel" e-"'a1Jlcrl e'er' to wi tne s s t'10 ~ ID a 'r)('.WE:r ,11(18 c f suc n :1.11Gle as to e n. ' c; -J .:.-~' --\a,tJle it to pa~~.1 over tl'18 il111Cr s tat i o n ope r a t Lo n o:c the s:)'st,;u both fro .; tho 1 ' il cn t It. all' and from the p-;rour.d, a 'I'" a n lI1UIC.'l cu. Fl. l t.udc 0:': aD(HJ.t loC' . . ~,:et. OL--.e the f'Lna.L rnarkc r' lif':.,ht flash The p:1.l'ty \'.3.8 most fortunate 1.:1 being 'oinGd. for t he CL":10nstratiQl1 bl.T C:,-pt~dn h~8 beel1. r-ecc i.ve d , t r,e pilot i8 through J ". \71. t.h :r.3.CclO oc c ompas c arid ma.rkcr , and Lo Al bert HegCl.lb3r:or, {.ir Coros , who flew t. ,. h . . f"" bt ". Ld n ," rt a: I , :.rou~.Q w i ~. altimeter. nc:ve:rting to In rom \'1'1,':" r i e 'J., .ua~'can. 0::1.'8.alll. i 111S o.i r-e o t i ona l 'sura for course, he r e-: Eegenberger, . rec t Ive of workir.f': r unci':.'r e. sClccia1 ~,' e t a.r-y of l\a1' and 11't e s on h'l:.'Ol ' lllgnt Lns t ru.ae nt o to ,11<':U.nI . rh di the Sec acting ill. the caoaci t y cf )r.0J'ect entn*~ ... e ,~~l~c9~gle bcfor e rnerrt Loned . . I 1.i~ t.'1C .eor c t r-Lmotor We nav e fOLJ.1denginee:::- wi th a small Gta::~' of civilian : E;i ne spc(d of 1,150 r'evc l.ut t ons 'Ocr minscientists, O,c vU811y c.eve Lo pe d t.he sys- ! ute and air 0,')(:8.--1 7:;; miles -eel: hour of t em at Wright Fielci a'oout 2 years ago. i pr o J.uciD.c, [' r:;,te of e.e.,ce'1.t of~ 4Ci~ fee';, He pc;rsol,alJ.y acted as ~e8t, pilot dur1 per minute to be a."O(1utthe oDtimum d.esiin~tb.ed.eveloDmentlsex}JerLnel.tal r"'" h ~ , St,lgO, clLnaxl.nb ....his v;or,,:w::.th a short Q0rat,u:n. l~:e~e IlgUI,'8S, oYvover) are.r-r i no ::leans crl tIcal ano 1!lCJ be yarled 'I'll ',n8010 flight cor:ro1etely heoded frol~ '. l' 't ... " start t8 finis:n~ erforrncd en the spur In 1m12 '.v 1 tn a-!-t::ost equally goo~ 1'0"", . sults. vontact lS mode USH'llly llght.l-;~ of the Gloment wi thout s~ecio.l pre:JaraiT.l,a,'~wheel tY-fe:' land.Llt--: wi tIl tail ' tion of any kind. * >I< * ~ : Sll>.-..t.l~T bolovi line of fliCht Dosi tior.. 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litW WINTI INDICATOR DESIGNED AT ~iliT~RI~LDIVISION A new wind direction indicator which with bl.ack blocks. permits easier internretation from low Tl18 structure is of steel, covered altitudes and from the Ground than any wi t.h fabric. It is mOui'tec'0:,'. a contype heretofore in use has been designA ctete'baseand weighs, cornulet8, 2100 ed at the Materiel Division, ''Jri~ht pounos . The ba se is e qut ope d vJlth acField, Dayton, Ohie, and.placed 111 ser- cessories fer givin~ remote wind indivice test at Randolnh Field, Texas. cation, especielly useful in an o:peraThis ~ndicator co~siGts of a tetrations lffic8, for looking the ind1cahedron tfour-sided fig;J.re),each side to r in any desired po slt.Lo , ani for n t rlangul ar in shape , wn i ch measur cs 36 rota'cin.; Lndi cat or tn desired "Oosi tion feet from anex to stern, anc 15 feet previous to 18c~ing. The last'two across the base of each side t ri ang'l . e :teat"c.'.,,:es are used orLmarlLy for trainThe unit is inst~lled on a concrete ing DurDoses or for narrow fields base on the field and is so balanced where it is feasible to control cirecand nivoted that the aoex heads into t LonaI landing. the wind. A horizontal mast extending \ This type indic?tor renlaces the B-4A out from the a~ex increases the 1~n6th type anu is Fractically ready for and gives clea::er definition, eST,)ccial- stant:.ardizatJ.on. ly for ni6ht indication, since both the ---000--roast and the tetrahedron are outlined At Hamilton Field experiments are being conby means of lO-watt lights baving spe-: ducbed Ln the 87eninp,s now to test the new cial green hoods. For daylight ViS1floodlights just installed on the erii s of the bility the left side is nainted. in inflying field. In addition to the floodlights, ternational orange with clack blocks at Harr:ilton Field has a 100,000 candle power the edges and the right side is white beacon light on its wat er tank.

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COLD TBMPRATURE STAR~IN~ OF AI~ CORPS ENGINES By H. L. Carpenter Considerable trouble ha s been excer i, enced in starting; ai r-p.l.nne enGines" of 500 h.p. and over at sub-zero t erape r'a-: t ure s, Various me i.ho ds can be emnloyed, such as warming the oil by a~rlication of heat f ro:nwithout the engane , draining the t anl;at time of shut-off and refilling with hot oil at ti~e of starting, or using a separate oiLtank f i l.Le d wi th very light oil and circulating this oil through the engine before shut-off. The first two me~hods, however, require special equi~ment and personnel which would amount to apprcxima.tely25)11pounds for a flight of 18
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Since no data regarding the torque required., in:umber tcr-ns nece csary .or of rate at which the engine shoulQ be turned were available for a suitable heavy duty starter, an investigation was made at Wright Field, using a cold ---000--chamber and an Air Corns type GIV1570-F engine. Tests extenQed tlrrough HIGH GUNNERY SCORES FOR 15TH OBS. SQ.DN. tem~erature~ ranging from 1150 F. t.o -20 F., and resulted in the following determh:ations: The p i Lot s of th~ 15th Observation a. Engine can be started on first Squadron took the lead on the Airship revolution when cran~ed at a mi~imum ~roun pilots in average flying time,due speed of 7) r.p.m. down tor5 F. at to their participation in the gunne ry lower t empe r-ar.irr ea , one to five r-evlu- nractice at Chapman Field, Miami, Fla., o tions at the same average rate are where weather is "comme ca." In approxnecessary. imately five weeks all of the officers b. Engine oil of su.fficiently low and combat crews of the squadron, comviscosity only permits this accoffiDlish- ~leted the~r firing, this period includment. Oil coolers should be used if Inc tl~ time re~lired to transport pernecessary to nrevent oil from r'verheat- sonneL and equipment from and to Scott ing after engine l:as been started. Field, Ill. Organization and station c. Engine must be nrimed a t engtne activities at its horne field were rnainj ntake manifold. directly over intake tained at the same time. valves, the priming fluid being broken Ti.1e Scuadr-on is just].;)T proud of its up by priming jet,s into as fine a performance on L1e gunnery range. The spray as :oos8i::le. scorcs turned in showed that of the d. Carburetor must be designed to pil~ts, 92.3~ were exports; observers, permi t volume of f ue I entering enGine 100;0 experts, anI the 16 enlis~ed men to be adjusted to full rich for startselected for combat crews, 10G% experts. ing, and "leaned" down to prevent "cvOf the L~ pilots firing the Fixed Gun erloadine," as engine warms up. course, 1st .Lieut. R.O. Brownfield was e. L:;ni .ionmust be so installed to t hign scorer with 873, followed. b;Y1st permit retarding, preve~ting back-firLieut. W.L. Ritchie with 853. High ing, atloVl cranking speeds and must scorer" among the 13 Observers firing give po si tive spark at prooe r time. the F'I bre Gun Course were 1st 1ieut. ex.l Battery ignit ion f ound pr ef'eaul e to r R.O. BrovmfielQ with 1187 and, 2nd Lieut. magneto igni t.Lo n for starting. Gi t zt nger , Air Reserve, with 994. Prif. In orrler to ma int.a i n sufficient vatc, 1st Class, S.L. Gross and Staff reserve energy in stRrter to turn enSgt. M.G. Hall were high bUns among the gine one or more revoluti~ns, the eneruisted men firing the Flexible G1ID gine t orque must be aDproximately 300 cou.r , thc:f o rrnc r I s score being 9Sl6 oe ft. pouno..s lower than th8t of starter and the Id~ter;s, 962. clut.ch 8ettin~. To ?revent failure of The 15tD Ocserration Squadron returnengine arid st.ar er Darts, st a.r r t t.e I ed to 3c'J FiE;i.:=' on February 17th, t"':; clutch shall never 'be set over a maxiwear::rcb broad [,r~ns, exhibiting much mID mum of goo ft. pounds br eal.away torque. I tan and beinl;? noroughl.y satisfied with t In order +,0 hold the torque required I Chapman Field as a Gunnery Base. The for engine turnover at a low va.lue for lprOX:imity of Miami and Miami Beach was low temperature starting, it was found largely responsible for the satisfiei
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n"'cessar~r re-placeheavy oils with to those of lighter S.A.E. ratings. Otherwise the torque increased at temperatures below +150 F. to suchan extent that practically all energy in the starter was lost in the starter clutch. With the equipment US8d., it was not possible to measure the torque while engine was beinG brought up to speed,but this is being changed so tha~ on future tests torque measurements will be taken by recording instruments on the dynamometer. Present engines will fire while being turned over with present starters, but explosions are so weak that the engine can~ot be kept rQnning. This project is one whi~h, since engines of larger . horsepnwer are being developed,demands continued concentration on the part of the Materiel Division and cooperating manufacturers.

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HAivHLTOlJ FIEJ.JD AIRMEN TA.KE OFF FOR PAHAMA

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Fifteen ~ilots and 14 enlisted men frozen to the grotU~d. To release the took off f rcm Hami Iton Field, San nlane, two 'men dig a trench from the 'RRfael, Calif., on the first leg of middle of the ski back to the whe e'l . their training f'Li aht to Panama on Feb. Then they saw the ski loose from the com15th in four air trans~orts. They flew pact snow with a rope. to Rockwell Field to learn in ten days Such are the daily Gtru~gles which conthe new equipment, wht cri includes confront Ca"Jt.Arthur H. F,ami Iton, 1st Lt. .. trollab1e pitch pr opcLl.e s and t he r Pau.I Kemmer and 2nd Lt. Birrell Walsh,as latest of radio sets. The fli~ht will ~hey com'ba! ths:pond~k9 weather of the then proceed to Washington, D.G., via Northwest 1n the1r fl1ght toward Great San Antonio, Texas, where one plane Falls, Montana. Six enlisted men who will reme,in as a replacement, unier 2nd share the work and hardships of this exLieut. Roy H. Lynn. Two Staff Sergeants pedition are Strf Sergeant Thomas B. to service this ulane will also remain Vinson, Sergeants Roy H. Coulter, George as replacements until the Panama Flight W. Hollowell, LUdwig Kurrley, Co r'po 'a.L r has been cleared at Miami, Fla. Harvid Saeger and Private Jack Iv;at1}ews. Upon leaving San Antonio, the 10 ---000--vi Martin Bombers wEl 'be f' lown to the I Nation's Ca-oi t.a'l o await orders for the II t F 1 YIN G B LIN D official s~alt of tho main flight to By Albert D. Cannon the Canal Zone, i nvol.v ng a distance of I l over 2.100 miles. I Crouched low in the cockpit of the Under the command of Captain Harold lli ttle single-seater sat Cadet Josephus D. Smith, 31st Bombar-dn.erit Squadron Com- I Jones. Beads of c.Larnmy perspiration mander, this routine training fli~ht 'jhung heavily upon his youthful face. W1.'11 give the personnel experience in Into his eye e had come a light tbat seemlong distance flying end navigation. It ed to cry out t ha t the lad's mental state will also test speed, range, fuel and 'bordered upon desperation. The world beoil consumption of the 3-12A Lfartin yond the co nf lne a of his cockpit was toBom'bers. With wide open throttles ,these tally o'bscured; not even the glimpse of ten fast new Bom'bers will roar to~ard a sinGle frie4dly star where'by he might the equator at a cruising speed of apget his 'bearings. His first real need proximately 200 miles 'P0r hour. One for proper interpretation of his "Blind stop will 'bemade at M1ami, Fla., for Flyin:; Instruments;" he had 'been so the pur-pose of r-ef'ue Li.ng and then will , ove rebeLrrri ng'Iy confi derit of his mastery follow a 1,10C-rr..Uo fliGht over water of thorn. Yet here he was, co rrpletely to the Panama Canal. !lost. Hours it seemed had passed since A non-stop flight with Washington as he had lost the "beam, II and trying franthe goal on the return will be t ne sut.Lca.l Ly to recall the exact wording of pr eme ac~ievement., shou~d 8~7 gallone of I h~s text boo.ka , ?e W8.,S Gwi~1gin~ in. gas suf f' i ce for the 2,lbO mt le s . After I WIde arcs at t.ernpt i ng to "l,ga1n DICk lt reaching Washington, the flight will r-e - \ up arid to find his CQurSG. More than a turn to Hamilton Field, frow which the .reasonable a~ount of time for him to personnel and airnlar.es had cJrr..e.\11 , thave ~oache1 his a'bjective had elapsed, of the perticipating personnel are f rcm ,.et he was still f..Lying y on, God only Hamilton Field with the exeeution of two knew TIllere. Cri ssy Field officers, Li eut s, Richard I Suddenly t he ship slid off on its C. Lindsay and ';"illiam Ba~l, who arc i right '.-ins. ancl settled into a tight spin. graduate navigators and wi Ll,gu1de the II To the nov reo at t he controls it seemed airplanes over the 1100 miles of the as if the whole world Dad settled. risht Gulf of Mexico. i in the pit of his stomach. He could . A list of the rie rsnnneL participating I stand it no longer, so over the side he in this flight was pu'blished in the pre- 'went. vicus issue of thb News Letter. Pus~in6 'back the cockpit cover, he stepped down ta the hangar floor. TimidThe contrast flight to the one to Ily he approached the instructor, saying: P~narna.is ~~(;; Cold W?ather Test :E:xp?d.i- I "Please, Lieutenant, couldn't we start t1on, 1n WillCh the alrmon, gar'bed l~ke this ~roblem over again; I've never Eskimos, fight the rigors of Si.OW and 'been a n a Link Trainer 'before. 1I ice in temperatures trBt freeze tLe skis I ---000--of their planes in a few minutes. King I Winter has mantl~d the terrain with 42 I inches of snow and has frozen the ice to I Second Lieuts. Louis H. Gitzinger, 18 inches at Dul.uth , where 17 planes of 'I Donald E. Fhilip and John W. Christner, every type that the !uerican Army posAir Reserve, recently reported at Scott se66ee, rest on the 'bay ice with skis Field, Ill., for six months' active duty. -86V-6732, A.C.

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KELLY FIELD GRil.DUATES ANOTHERLASSOF AVIATORS C February 20th was GraciUc"J.tion ay at the AdD vanced Flying School, Kelly Fieli, S~l Antonio, Texas, v;hen 62 stuJ.ent s '\';:'10 successfully cOrnflet3d the one-year flying course at the Air Corps 'Ire.i ni ag Center , received their ,n:Vings" and the rating of "!.\.irplane Filot." A!noug these students are six officors of the I Regular Army, Via we re rletailecl to t:le Air \ Corps for lyine; instruction; tyro 0::fic,3rs of I South Amer ican counbr i es , and. 54 Flying Cac1.ets' Specializing in the various branctes of corrr' bat aviation were 22 st\:1 ants in Isombar trnenb, 14 in Fursuit, 15 in Observation and 9 in Attack. The six student officers were assigl~d by War DepartTent Orders, just issued, as follows: Second Lieuts. Harry S. Bisho~, Coast Artillery (B); David N. Crickette, F~eld Artillery (B) and Jchm M. Pr ice , In:.:'antry (A) tQthe Hawaiian Der.ar-trnent , Second Li~uts. Robert D. Landry, Infa.ntry (F) and 2armel A. l.:undell, Lnf'arrb ry (0) to the Panarra Canal Zone. Second Lieut. Charles A. Cle.rk , Jr. ,Field Artillery (3) to the Philippines. The 54 :E'lyhlg Cwie'~s are being assigned to various Air Corps tactir,sl units for active duty und.e'r their Cadet status for the pe r i od of' one year. The two foreigL officers vnlOgradL~~ed, Captain lJelson L. Yim:clerloy, Br'az iLi.an .A.r,ny, and 2~'1d Lieut. 'Nicholas S. :Davila, Co Lo.nb'i.an Army, vri Ll, return to t::'lcir m:,tive CO'~ltries. Flying CQ(:ets vrho grad'.J[.:..tecl Attack P'i Lobs as are enurcez-at.ed below, as f'o l l ovrs: James C. McGehee 3irr;ingllam, Ala. John F. Guillr.artin Micl-.ay, Ala. David 3. Kuhri Te:K8.rk2.I1.8, Ark. Loris W. koc"IB.w 3anta A::JZ., Calif. B'Wd Hubbard, Jr. Adair, IOVIL1Art,hur Y. 8r'.ell Brockton, Lass. Tom Bolton Dallas, Te:tas Podge I'll. Heed Eoody, Texas Bomba?mont2ilot~ Raymond V. 3ch..v,unbeck Ash Ford., Arizo:1a Frank B. Scott Li.t t.Le Rock, Ark. Gerald L. Cherymi s in Alta Lorca , C>.lif. Joseph A. Trwn:as Ho Ll.ywocd , Calif. George F. Breck, Jr. Los Angeles, C<:>.lif. Lee B. Coats Los Angeles, Cal i f , Willis S. Whr7in Biversiae, Calif. Lawrence W. Greenbank ;Vashingtcn,:S. C. Da'lid. C. Earr0w, Jr. De Sota Ci '\:.J, Fla. Carlos J. Cochrane TOPOLil,KanSilS Clarence T. Edwinson Iopdca, Kar.sa.s John 3. Montgorr.ery Gb.arlotte, l'J.C. Arthur H. Rogers Raleigh, ~.C. Anthony G. Eubanks Cor-pu~ Christi,Texas John H. Jeffus Flainview, Texas Marshall A. Elkins 1!!aco, Texas Joseph H. Wilson Payson, TJta.-1. Stet son ;;1. Brown st. J ohrisoury , ITt. Walter J. Harrison,Jr. Crozet, Virginia Ob~vation Filots Arthur V. Jones, Jr.' Los Angeles, Calif. Lloyd A. Walker, Jr. Los Angeles, csi ir. John L. Dufrane Oakland, Calif. JesseA. Smith Woodrow, Colo. Tracy E. Walsh :Pensacola, Fla. Williar," I,. Fernald Tarpon Springs, Fla. \':reo'l'geS. Brc'Jer Arc:J.dia, La. Rob0rt 3. McCl6113.."'1. Baton Rouge, La. Fr2:1cis H. MacDuff Brockton, Mass. Willia::n Q,. hankin Gulfport, Miss. Fra11k V. Haynes CIy-Ie , N.C. Nerren L. Peterson Scm Antonio, Texas 'I'horcas M. Bc.rt10y, Jr. WEi,CO, 'Iexas John B. Con1ett Waco, Tp.xas Fut'sui t Pilots Lucian N. I'owc'l L Car oon Hill J ohn S. Cr,s;'1Il1:11l1 t Montgomery, Ala. Willis M. Durnell Little Rock, Ark. Geol:' :0 S. Buch",~lar1 Pul,o Alto, Calif. Arlr-e:l S. ':'Villiar:lS,Jr. :20.10Alto, Calif. Fred..;ric::<::I';. '{Jest, Jr. ' San francisco, Calif. Willim~ ~. Jarrell, Jr. Thcmnsville, Ga. :E'rarJl~ Rcu.se E. Boston, 1~ss. T::lon;.:;,s !Loore E. Collettsville, N.C. Frar.2: L. Higgs Co l umbus, Ohio Baskin Ii L2,1.':1' enc 8 , .Jr. 2eneca, S.C. . Lawrence H.Olmstead,Jr. Brownsville, Texas Yrank J. BecL:"ett Gretna, Va. Note: Specialist Filot Ratings of officer grad1::atos - (A) Attack; (B) 30mbardment; (0) Observa.tioD.; (p) Fursuit. Arryx"g the '~ursuiters" 0:1 the :E'lying C~det grad.\lE,tes the na.ee of J,:,hn S. Chennaul, t a s r-oted. Rere is u ~aGe of ~n Air Corps Pilot provio.ir-g a f"eVT 'Pilot Lr l:is branch :)f the servic'3, f'o r tl::e fatl'lE:r of this young nan is LonG other th3Il Cantain Claire L. Chcnnaul.t , of If:m::wellField, Al[ibrur.a, leader of the well known .Air Corp:" ac.robatd o trio v.ho have aruaz ed sI2ctators at Air Faces Vii h thoir perfeotly t timJd air maneuver-s and 'i'ho the ne';IFpcrpers have be r.ced, "The Mon an the Flying TJ'a,oeze. " It SeC]!lSbha c, s i.nco young Chcnnaul t gradc:atc:l as a "Fursuit" rri.Lob , he is no mean hand at acrobatic flying and perho.ps some c~avhe rraY3ven GUrU).8Stbo startling aerial T,c~'fo~':r:ancesof his~ d,'1O.. . ---000---

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OtTICL\L DEDIS.A:TIOlJ OF HA,.lJLTONIELD F T1...o of'f ic i aL dedication of Haz.ri Lton Field, Iinfc."el, Ca'l i f , , has been sot for May 5, 1935, YThenit is expected - so says the News Letter CorroSDondent - ttat 20,000 people ssed '!'ill gather at the air 08$0 to see the flil:lli.; of p Lanes and to hear b. .e dedicatlon exv~cises. All the civic or0~~izations in t.he Redwood Emcd r e have announced their intention to make tnis social fnnc t Lon the greatest that the Bay districts have witnessed. The F:nericen Lagion is also exrocted to contributG its share tovvarc ,Diking this event i a Brand sUCCD"S. I ---000--I Word was received. at i:IJexwell Field that g.I Col. H.H. Arnold, e.o., of lv:arch Field, nth piloted Jfficers I, 40 F-26's.would pay a by 25 before theand ~~of cadets, call en~ \ Feb, ifJaXwellFiold plans to ente~.ta.{n the j visitors in true so ut.hoz-n st,'''.le. -87V-E732 , A.C.
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CHA.c"JGES COME'OSI'l'ION i~..RCHCLASSil INO}' RAEJJ.LFH FIELD, TEXAS The issue of the News Letter of February Warch, 1935, Class, are listed below, as folgave the names of Flying Cad~t ap~ointe0s lows: se.l ect cd by the Chi.ef of the .Air Corps to 'I'homas , WJI1~ M~Kinley Rockv iL'l Center,L.l,N.Y. corrprise bhe dass to begi.n flying training BMaty, J~hn c. Azusa, Calif. at the Air Corps Prin:ary Flying School at Becroan , 1~\rshal1 E. Los Angeles, Calif. Rand Jlph Field, Te}~s, on N~ch 1, 1935. Brown, Ne Lson T. 1:'ulare, Calif. Sinc~ this list was pub'l i shad , the comp('siCobb, ~.arvin w. Santa Barbara, Calif. tion or this new class has ~ergone rrany Ames, Kenneth G. Bridgtc-n, l;l.t,dn~ A~trl')ng, Robert D. Cincinr~ti, Ohio changes, for varinus r~asnns. There has alK. Austin, Texas ways existed a long wai ting list of Y01U:g rreri Avera, Ja~s Ballou, George A. Poweua , Ky. eager to take advantage of the flying training.afforded at the Air Co:~s Training Center . At.kinsan, Robe rb S. Reno, Nev-ada BO:'d Clay All"1n Santa Fe, Now Mr.xico The select inn of ap~li9ants for Flying Boone, Da::l E. Okmul gee , Oklahacra Cadet app~intrrBnt is governed by a policy Cl utter, Bartley A.. What Cheer, Iowa which gives pr6ference Clr-irk, l"ul.'ray F. Clcvi s , New lv'.e:dco a. To graduates of the U. S. M.ili tary and Cautaros, Fr8r~ A. Coluocus, Ohio Naval, Academies failing t.o receive comGlSCorr~san, W,~~ter w. The Dalles, Oregon sions due to lack yf vacancies; Davi s , Frc::ncis Lyle (";.randRauids, Mich. band c , r'e spoc't LveLy , tc <:mlisted men of ~onicht, Harry Louis Glencoe,-ki~.Gsota the Air Corps and ,.,:f ot,t>.cr "tranchescf the :Bail'), Char-Les E. Vancouver, Washington Regul az- A=y who , at thp tirr.e 0:: appo'i rrtmerro, Eigingt~n, Leo F. Salir~. Kansas have served at least 11 r-or.t.hs ; d. To '"lfficers and onlisteci rccn of }:atio.1Eng~ne, Leonard Bergen, North Dakota al Guard Air Co.rps unit s ; Edv:a:::-o.s, bert E. Jr. I:erd.ng, Vlnshington Al G and f, re2uec"bi7ely, to college graduates Firm, Byder W. rv~t. Hami Lt.on Field, Calif. of Air Corps ROTCQ~its anl of ROTCunits of F~rrester, Bruc8 Xansas City, Mo. other branches of the Gervic?; Gadton, raul lJra, Texas Geisncss, Pl"\~~rt A. Tort Ange18s. Wash. Iif. To .g:-5.d',m.tes of recognized colleges and unlvers~tlcs; Gibson. Keru1et~ E. rvt. 1~ch Field, Calif. h. To officers and enlisted rneri of the Hardv , CI<:md8 Enporia, Kansas National Guard v,ith at least 11 rrorrbhs ' Heil", . Boyc e F. San Antonio, Texas service; Ea::,ris, Konne t.h A. 8ec:ttle, I;va.sh. i. To students in Air Corps BOTCunits who Eaml i.n, Aneil VT.hHlcyCity, Ky. have cO':I.ifletcd thdr ,Junior year; Hogg, George w~. Fernald, Iov~ j. '1'0 Reserve r:fficers and rr.en:oers f)f the Jolmson, W",. F. F'~,lton, South DaJ-:ota Enlisted Reserve Corrs with at least 11 Johnston, J0hn II.. Kansas City, Mo. ~nthst s~rvice. Los s i g , C'ccil1'. S'llina, Kansas. k, T~ ::;tu:~ents in good startling of recogLaPierre, B:n,CG H. Cinciw19.ti, Ch io , nized universities "lho have conril et.ed tl'eir Lue l.cke , Eilr--.2r S:J.n Antcnio, ':rr;xa3 saphorr.cre year. Iv.:)rris, HElbert A. E2.kins .. 71est Virginia 1. To others. l~cFay, Leroy S. El Reno, Okla In selec1,ir.g the students f0r tho March :.~;t I;;\hri1n, Jnl'",';;,)S h. E'.1gh8S Spl.'ing, Texas Class at Rand oLph Field, it was possible fC"r Scott. Pobei't. T. Long LL'nd City, N.Y. t.1:.e first time in quite a m:.-rh0,rr,f ye'J.rs to thef:Zi':old, W8.J~_2,ce ~'~:, In,.calo, Tp..xa,s B. Lnc Lud,o those app.' Ice.n'cs cod.ng unc~8r the 83.ilors ~ ~-~c8=.~" b. 1 C~.1.J.:'~_;:r'1c. .. ;. :.;-r.l. 111-. ce.r egc ry "f ~'kt1 a-: listed ,3..~r've. C:o:.. ~',f t.l18 . :e S!lerr~-':;i"l1~ i;-."i 11~,"'~d E. t'~1> \'13'-"tJon, S.D. ap['l:,c:lnts who v.er: of'fe.vc i a .Flying Cao.et lla thr::v,rs, ~'11.:3rvi:,,:1. ~J. 13dy C.~.:o.y, Mich. oppo i nbmerrb were dir.:inatcd w';:.enth8Y f'a.i.Led. Taylor, r'.::.ilip L. Viillie~"Ste-wn, Mass. to pass the l:hy~ical C1xamine.tion. Others who T'nomp3("'n, Zar,e , Jr. C;.)2ribrid.L . 3, l..a.c s , i had 'boen r-n the '1mit i:18 1 i st f'o r quite SCI::.e Wa.~:(witz, ErH'2st~. Roc;.cyille Center,L. LN. Y. tb:e declined al)-;:Joj.-r'.tmcnt for tile r-eason that Woie, Dav i.d A. Minden, Lou.l s iana th ,y had secured- ,1e,,;iro.ble emplo:y!'nent in tho Walkqr, David Eo S;lCrc:m"nt0, Calif. The fr110winb ,~D8S c.f candidates ~erc rer--~vmeaLtime. A numbe r of fl:Fplicants had er:.tered cd f ro-n th>') Li.s t c f th0se rrak ing 1.1: the March, th8 holy ,st-.atB._i'il:f JI1.atrin"my, and. the reg'-'.la1835, Class: til')ns say that "Candi.da.t es f'o r a}~p'cintrn8nl; Aaa~on, G~org6 B. Reno, Hevada as Flying Cadets mUGt be 1illI:'.arriFd n:ale citiHami Lbon, Mo. b zens of the Unitecl stat")s, II so thi s p rovi.s i.r-n Ashw0rt1:, 'i-!al o r V. Jeffp.rson City, Mo. Parton, Willie of the regulations automatically aliITinated Marietta, S. C. Bates, Harvey C. thp~. Jacks(1nville, Fla. Blelock, Thomas L. In this narticular connecti~n an incident Brooks, Lawrence K. Clayton, N.Y. was injected into tDe proceedings which SOaB N(')vada., Texas may ~onsider amusing ffild ethers, tragic. The Brown, li:a:;:l0n ,Judd Dallas, Texas edit0r 'NaS told in gooQ fai1;h that nne ~f the Browne, W. Robert Burns, H",,:r..ry F. Utopia, Texas candidates who had joined the raw(s of the TIakarusa. IndiavA Burns, Virgil B~nedicts offered to divorce his better half Middletc,1.ll, Ohio Corribs , Alton in nrder t,o secure the apF-lintrr.ent he hEel Gre81ey, Col o, ceen so eagerly waiting :for. lEads, Hs.rob E. 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infoTIffition relating to Gov- i GoverD!:lent Lift=\. (Converted) Insurance nay now h,).s been furnished to the be Granted insurance in :r:ultipJ es ef $500, not News Letter thr~ugh the courtesy of the loss than $1000 or nr-r e than ,310,000, upon apVeterans Administration, Washin.,;ton, D.C. .and ulicatiC'n, pr("~f of [cod health satisfactorJ is ~ublish8d a::; being of vital interest to to the Aclministrakr and }ayrr.ont of t.hc requirAir Cerps uersorh~l: 0d rrr oirdurn, Tho ITDxin:JL'l rrount. a r-f insurance ItOfficer~ and enlisted men now entering the available is :b 1Cl,OCO, including any arcounb n0W active service under the War or Na,~ Departin force ("1' 'Previously surrel:'.dered for cash." If al-'pJ.ication is Hode for Gcverr..ment Insurment, or Coast Guard, are Dntitled to apply ance within 120 d~ys after the applicant enters for insurance in mul t ir Les of .1500, no t less the service, no rcedi cs.I exarai nat.i.on is rAquirAd. than $1000 or mo r e t:b..a~ $lJ, oeo, VIithin :20 Vet.e rar.s of the World. War a:;:rplyir.g for Governdays from date of enlistment or en.tr,,:nce into merrt Insurance rzust undr.r go a corq-Let.c rr:edical the active service 2nd before retire~81~, exa:;;irm.tion. 'I'h i s v::;plies also to all ap-plidischarge or resignation. cants for the Total Disabi1i ty Lns ur'ance , There a~e ~8:en ~if!erent plans of ~nsurance provldea oJ tne VOVGrrill)0nt - Grdl:iary United States G~vernme~t Life Ins~rance is Life, 20 and 30 Payinerrb Life, 20 ar.d 30 Year free f-:om restrictio:ls as to residence, travel, Endowrcerrb , Enckvmcnt at age 32 and Five Year ocoupat.i.on, rni Li,tary or naval serviee. Level rreITi'~ Tenr. Insurc:nce. Goverl~ent In'ine 10.t rates on C-overnrDer..t InsJ.rane8 are surance provides for the ~ay~ent of be:J.efits shovrn by the f'o Ll.ovri.ng oxt r-ao b s from the in the event of total pe~an8nt disatility rrerr.::. '.::1"0 Tables. and. death and the premi= cb-j,rsed is the net -----..,., ..--rate according t.o the .ArmriCUIl R;:-porienco 'i I Table of h;ortali ty i'7ith interest at three a11:.1 Premiums for total Oh;JINA.1=({LU'E .\ Levpl one--ha'l f :ler centum per an.rum, Provision when :!:onthly TreIY'..iurn per II Disability I: attached Total Disarility Lnsuranc e , -providing :0:'" to a LifA ('>1' En$1,000 Insurance the payment of b8ne:fits in tfie' event t~:e inIt Policy , c',m1II!GntInsuranc8 sured is totally di cabl ed as tho r-e sul t of for $l,OC8 bearing the disease or injury f('r a. reriod "f four consame ef'f ec b i.ve date. secut i 70 morrbh s or rro r e , 'fRy be incl udod v:i th OIIlIN...lW LIFE - FIVE \-:EAR ' any of the plans ,.f Lasur-ance nrovid.ed, upon , L~~v"EL .8.IGMIGAERM r T app l i.oat i on , proof of good hae.l,th sathfacto(rrcrni'.:.tDs ra:'able to age ry to the Ad.mi:J.istrator, and tile payn-'?ut of ,! ------.1'----- 65) the necessary ~remium. This a~ditioDal i:cAge . onthly : Monthly suranc~ rruy also be included in policies now Pay::1cnt Tayt.lent Age in force, and is ind.eno:cn:lt r-f any disability clauses conta~ned in such policies. Veterans of 1:h8 'ire-rld. nar' wr.') served in the $1.08 17 $8.12 17 Military e.nd Naval Forces of the United 18 18 .13 1.10 states at 8.J."'1Y i,ime f rorr Cc tobcz- 6, 1917, to 19 19 1.12 .15 July 2, 1921, Vlho hava heretofore applied or 1.15 20 20 .14 teen eligible to apply for Yearly Renev,able , .14 1.17 21 21 Term (War Time) In3urance, or United states 1,7 6732, A. C. -89The following

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Monthly -"-'''''-'-_--=-JL--=_--tl--_A...,_e_~ent 22 $1.20 I 22 $0.15 23 1.23 Iii 23 .15 24 24 .16 1.26 I . 25 .17 25 1. 29 26 I 26 .18 1.3? 27 1. 35 It 27 .18 28 ,1;:;8 .19 1.39 ' 29 Ii Z'9 .20 1.43 30 li:30 .21 1.47 ;1 31 31 .22 1. 51 32 : 32 .23 1.5.5 33 .24 1.60 I 33 34 i :'4 .25 1.65 35 .36 1.70 ! 35 36 .27 1. 7G Ii 36 37 .2Sl 1. 81 38 .30 1.88 : ':' ~,~ .~9 39 .31 1.94 11 40 2.01 .33 II 40 41 Ii 41 .35 2.09 42 .36 2.16 43 .38 2.25 II' 444 44 .10 8.34 . 45 45 .43 2.43 46 .45 2.53 II 46 47 .47 2.64 Ii 47 48 .50 2.76 il 48 49 49 .03 2.88 50 :i 50 .57 3.01 51 GO 3.15

Barksdale --

Field,

Shrev8'port,

La.

Eades, William Lnxington, Ky. Hay, Jw:nes Black Waterloo, Iowa Ririton, J.W. Port .A.rthu.r, Texas Keese, William Brewer Wyo, ng , N.J. n Livingstone, Ri.chmond A. Pawt.uckcb , R.1. lv.cl.iallon,Georse :).obert H'L'ntington, W. Va, Rod i eok , :Ralph Wm. Palentine, Texas Sbone, Fral1k Copelar~ Wichita, Kansas Br~o~::; Fielrt Te~ AltrLC"n,Dale Ellis Gresham, Cregon Clark, Willia;:J, Hogan Golconda, Ill. HoLl.aday , Wendell Greer Indianola, Lowa Kester, Edson Eugene Jacksonville, Fla. Le~che, Andrew O. Albany, N. Y. 1~rtin, Leslie Etheridge Midlothian, Texas I"otley, Clifford Nc rrran , Oklahorr.a Talr:'lr, Albert Luther Terrell, Texas Panrri s , William Walter Philadelphia, Pa Fierce, Arthur Jenkins Montague, Mass. Pierce, George Everhill Montague, Y8SS. Gtewdrt, Johr. Philip Riverside, Calif. H~!'il ton Fi e:l:..~L..fc:~ if. Bryant, Alexander W. Bullock, Cady :;'-\icb.lllCr~ Glel1dale, Calif. Burton, Alexander T8n.~ile Beverly Hills ,Calif. Capp , William Charles Venice, Calif. Ecl:1und, Sveri Earold Morrill, Neb. Kugel, ~/ichard C:-m.rles Rhinelan:ier, Wis , Luedecke, Alvin R. El Dorado, Texas McDeTII~nt, VArne Alexander Riverside, Calif II ~~ 64 52 koser, Glen Clune L0s Angeles, Calif 3.30 Ii 53 38 53 Mu:1dell. Levris Leo Fountain, Celo 3.46 Ii ~" 54 Olmst~d~' :B'~'{ 1791k,r Denvar , Colo .73 II v"% 3.63 55 .78 Peterr:on, Clair Arthur Fargo, North Dakoba 3.82 Ii 55 56 . 8~~ Traoer. Louis William Modeste, Calif 4. en II 56 89 57 R00t, Eagar 1I7altllall Hunbsv i Ll e , Ala 4.22 !i 57 58 Sanford, George Samuel IVJo'tile, Ala. .95 4.44 '[ 58 59 7impcr, Ncrman F.D. Viatertow:n, liB,s 5. 1.03 4.G8 Ii ~~ 60 Virgin, Edwar-d Warren },:ontgOJTry,Ala. 1.11 4.94 ",I;.,lrch Field, Calif. 1.19 I: 61 1.139 Ashrrar; , Robert --Acp Le'bon , 'lVis. lotiO Ii ~~ Carter, Jdnes ThorrB.s,Jr. S~c~rtanburg, S.C. ;1 _ 64 $1. 51 Clement. Browne LJ.Crnd8.J.e, Texas 1L Cock, Frark Richardson Denver, Colo. Additional infOY'C:c<.tion n Gover=ent Lnsuco Eisenh<rt, Donal.d w. Culbertson, Nebraska anee, as well as a1);Jlication 'bl.anks , are Gray, FrAd Col.bar t , Jr. Abilone, Te:o:as available to those interes'6edby :iiri ting t') Ha.bohe , Wm.Allert, r Jr. Detroit, Mich. the Veterans Ad.rr.ini trat iO'-1 ':flashington,D.C., " , Hilger, John Allen Houston, frexas or to the Chief, 1nforr.:aticn Division,O.C.A.C.I, J9DleS, We~don l.~rion Fort Worth, Texas. ---000-- Fenl and , Hugh holton Berkeley, Calif. COMMISSION Am :l:1:SSZRVE IN FOBFLYINGCADEIS I Rendle, Irvine Alfred Rawlins, Wynming I 8h3.fflr, George Harold Culbertson, Nebraska. A total of 53 Flying Cadets, vma graQuat8d I Spicer, Henry hussell L08 Angeles, Calif. from the Air Corps Advanced }<'lying SC~lOo1, ! Todd, Paul Engberg Engberg, Texas Kelly Field, Texas, on Fcbxuaxy 28, 1934, and Turner, JC'hn He.ro.Ld Corn i ng Iowa who frr the past year se~vec. vnth Air Corps Wilson, Paul Boyer Carlisle, rae tactical units at vdrious s~ations, cor~leted ---000--their second year flying course on February 20th, and have been r-ecovrr.ended by the Chief F"r the }last five or six months. the 5tith of the Air Corps for a-ppoinb ... ienb as second Pursuit Squa<iron, Barksdale, Field, La., has lieutenants in the Air R8,,~rve. Request has been flying P-26A's, and eve~Jone is rleased been rrade of the 'iTar Depp..r~ment to order v.ith the ad rp Lane, In service tests on dive these prcsrective Reserve 8fficers to extendbombing and ground gunnery (standard straight ad act~ve duty with A~r ~o~~s t~c;ical ~~its, approach) t~e.very st~b~e.flight of tnG ~lane to begi,n on or about March 1, 1;)30. They are greatly f'ac Ll Lbabed sJ.g.ntJ.ng and some r..otestationed at the present ti~e, as f~llows: worthy scores were made. - CY-6732, A.C.

1~

PANlME FLIGHT

TRAINING

AT :aOCK'11'ELL :B'IELD

Early on Feb:-uary 26th, the Panama . ment flying und.er thesu-pervidon of the Flig};lt left March l'bld.,C:llif., en AdVl:il.Cea. Air }~Fvigation Training Unit. route to Washington, D.C., the official 1 On Feoruary ;:'Oth, the 12 Bomber s , starting point of the lon: flie;ht to f'ul Ly Leaded wi Ll 817 g9110ns of ~agthe Cana'l Zone. 'I'Le iti.uerar;r called I oLi ne , 54 uuaz-t e of oil, a crew 01 two for intermediate S~01)G at {81iy, l.laxwell men and sand bags to take the place of and Langley Fields. 'A 4()-.hcur che ck of b,lgg:-tge, left Hc~k','7811 }!'ield at 1'):45 equi-pment is acne dul.e d to be made at 'P.r"., on an over water flight of l?./JO Lang'ley F'Le l.d. nri Le s , l:)t'oceed.in~; out over the Pr i or to the t''J,:::Cc-of'f from ii.?rch :. - _ Pac i f i c Oc eari , V,C flL:;ht Get a course Field, the partjci~'aGi.nb p\;~so1mI31 were f'o;: &.milton Fie1c::., ,San Rafael, Calif., t eraporar I Ly stati.oned at hJcLwell 'Field 8'1(1 af t e r c i r cl i.ng t.18,t field, returnto make preparations for t:,e flight. en ed to Rockwell IiLe Ld over the same Pe br uar-y 14th, three transports Lar.de d r01".td, Land i ng at 4:~:50 p.r". at ~oc1.;l\'cl1 :Fie~d an I unl.c ule d officers, '::.'11(,~U~')l~ pers0..nnel.w(;~e qu~te . enllsted men an 1l'lg;a~s, mUklll!; tbe p'le a.se d va tn t.he f'unc t i or.i ns; 0: t ne t r start of a ten-c:..a~Tpe r i od o:z' t:r-ainin@; e qu'i ornen t and , after Lns pe ot i on on the there before the flio:ht across the 0011- g.'Oll;'ll., wi th the fine co nd i tion of tinent to Washingtcn: same follo~ins the Ions fliGht. Members Phe first few da:~TS v:ere s')ent in gstof the fiight now feel t na t the 1150ting aequo inted with t he E-12 Martin mile ili,)-'.t over the water from Miami, Bo.nbe r s with their cont ro l.Labl e pitch Fla., to France Field, Ponama , may be propellers, radio COl>'"';-iSSE:.S. etc., as eas i Ly tab"':l Ln t:leir. stride. well as intensive trai.r.in(;, in Lns t rur::Lcfl~:i::h~ r-eached LanGley Field at 1; '-:5 1).;}~., ~;?e ruary 22tl1. b
f

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8-1,~hC.A.,

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88,:r: E:)IJ.StOTJ.,

Texa.,,; Ca}'lt3.:ins EU0c;r~: T F\::JC"kc, Arthur K. Lad.d and l'Jalr,')lm ]\'. S'Lc.; rt, f::'0lTI Air COrp3 t /.:.e::"(',; Lawrence 1". Eich::y an., :Let JJimrt. C~pyles H. Howa.rd , f ro;n Of'fi co o: the C'.1iG= vI the Air Corrs ~ '\.'Jash-tngJ,;ou, D. S.; :;n.y~.t2"ill Cl0!1-.(;~'i-tS 1~-c;,11;llen from j'2xc"s:Ll ~:ir1n.; Ca'j+.ai:':'l ,John F. WnHclcy from ~"rig',i; Yhld; f:i:~D+liD. Ermis C. 'Nhitehead f ro.n B:.i.l'-:sd,'le 'H'ieJc:.; 2::-,d. Lt. Hugh F. ~~Caff8rJ f~o~ Aberdeen Frov~n~ Ground, Iv,jc~. ':'0 C'l'?n'J.te Field, Ill.: ~nd Li81~t. furie1
'I'ac i.r-a], Scnoo l , L".~:"';dl Capr a.i,n

To rO[r:~~!.... :::talE Ls b L';'8ut. Thomas D. Ylhite, from kosc;),,', Scviet B:u~;s:ia, fer duty as As~'i~tant l\:i:Uta:cy:,ttr.che and. Assi3tant. 1 ..L,::'k,ry Att:.. ::vo, ..or A:r. c TJ:B~'l.l~IU~':J TO TnE j~.I.b COlTS: 2nd Iri out s , Pa-il, I',i:rl ilJ,-;",me, 'Jr., Lnf'antr-v , end Eorace L. [::x:.\d.-Jrs, '?:i.81cl A"":'tillE-;r:?, nnd to "." o L h <" :-c-....._~......, -, '_'y.........., j,ferch 1 1035 , for ~;C-~':'(.~u:P ..... 01,1 ..... .~'";.' ', ... --, 11:Yln "?; tr~.~_lnlng. '2IOl,lO'::IO:J: 1;+ Tcic;ut. ::0'1a1(1 A. Fick:; to ::;a"k,;in, "lith rD,L f rorn Teo, 1, 1935. ---JUO--r

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:"'1.;3

J!"02' r~N'-;Dr':E~\ING

SCHOOL

F. C2 Llu::l~li,-:rr:-;-:I'J:G~-Q"?~;na.rr.a; 21'..d. ieu~~. L 71iley Do' r"";.anr.yand SL~,.~"'0 P. ~:'.1"ri.s"htJ, .'ore..,. ViOU3 o:rCJ:Jrs ill t.hc i r C'lSCS r ovokod ; 211d
Lieut. I:s.rL.l T. Ms.cAr0IJU1:, }'e ka:.c;h 7ieJ.d, C~,L-r.:

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2~ld :'ieut.

:ugene

E.-rk,o-5o . i'coinn8yDT,]1i:''iell; T,ieut.-Coi. -Iclin E. 1:irie, f rom .a:~;8,6:.:1Jarte~::;, Eth Corps

Ar("")., F()r:,;I2ye~. Oh i o , ... ~~ !~:\~ulss':.l 'PrJViliF! C~(:UTld, i,,1ri.:

1st Lt.

Lll;/i

J.

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I"7"'Tn LHL3fe:i-j!'ieicr:-

F.=-LkI~~"i~~~~~i~~}:;+ri~~~ Lieut. W:n.

'Lo r'}2id'Jl~\}~' .ri rLd , :'(::.:c"s: 1st Li eut s , nolj'J:. .. t'-L~~Cci~~t~n j\. E~:T;,n, f r orn

a:rur~;'ci~= c:~

Hawaii;
Paria.ca,

1st Lieut.

Be~n").rd A. Bridg0t,

fr~m
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St'l:art

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2nd. Lied.
Calif.:

Cha.s ,
Col.

Ray C:-Krrtland-,:frc;m-ql~s. New York City.

2r.d C,JIIJS Area,

'1:h8 O::d.c-e of the C:li8::.' of t.ho Air COry3 infor:Di:.l1y inEo:rrBd:,he Cmr::.ancant cf tho h r Co'1)S 'STII;inesrin::; SC:'lOo1 of the narre s of ISO Air':;orr:Js "f.'ic8r:' \,)->01>3.V8 statAd on +.:l.~jr p:rc.Ze'c.;nce carch a. d';"Le 10 atter..d th3 E:::-,.girJ.8srin~ School. lrJi~, is i~llOl.lght ex.... CCj~dL181y rr0ba1h"" says the Nsws IJ8tter CO::'1~e'~p()Llen0, "tha.t rrany cf -these officers are net (Jsc1.~.~lint,ed :Tith ..1\ 35i~_;)";), v.hi ch .. pro', ir'es "La+; offic'Jrs 'i:ill be C',.,lect2d for ~o~:,il for thE; course 'by 1:.110 "Tar 'Cenartment upoi. :rcccrn.:er:.du.tioD of ti:J.fO Cidef oi'- the Air ::::01'/-5, :,md that al,:,lication to o.tt,';nrl th" 3c:;[01 ';.J be sub:d.c,L:d ~lt ::.ny ti,ne through !:'J.Etar. c:am:81s to 'i.'he ildjut8?lt General. f.l'tis .ruorr.i s s i o n 'J1 an ~-'IJ_j?lica.tio~ to attem t.he School is essen'",ial in t'1.o.t an arr1icati In Ll.an.c L:dico.ti1r: t~le student's ;Dili tarv pncl 8 ;,uc,:;'.'.;if':;"lal q'_:"3li:'~~c[1t.ions is rPGui:reci.' Lt t nc rI.:sellt t.lJ::e officer;:; r-f t~c Air C:"rps az o b.~in se l.ected f'o r at.t~rd~.'ce v.ho h,.vr f rcn. t::r~'~ to -':e;cn--Y'~8r~.' ~~o~~~~ssi~n8i s~rvice and. v/ho huvo tl'e Eece::;sary e:lgineerir.g reoLire;L8'1t5. In a:' d i t i c n to eAI'res"ing :; desire on [" rrefel'enc-J rc.rd f'o.r thE" Senoc:', it is ?ssedial ttat +;he formal arrli~'ati('n 1'> e rrad a "
T

-91-

V-6723,

A.C.

MIETING OF INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTIC~

SGIENGES

Wright FielQ was well re~rese~ted at .Unit attenQed. Lieut. Klein and Mr. the Annual Meeting of the Institute of I Car"?enter presented papers on tv. outo Aeronautical Sciences which was held in ! standinG Materiel Division developments, New York City on January 2Jth and 3 )th. I tn.e former pa2er entitled "Aircraft EnCapt. E.:. Powers, Li eut., :LD. Klein give Performance wi t.h 100 Octane ]'le1.11 and Mr. Opie Chenowi t h , of the Power and. the latter, IICold TSlUDeratllre StaX' ... .Plant Branch, Ca9taLl F.1'I. Hcpkins of ing of Air Corps }1a.:;ines." the Air Corps En~ineering School,. <J.lld A brief resume of t.ne ce papers is Mr. H.L. Carpenter, of the EIGct.n.cal Given below.
1

V"

ADCBAFT

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Prior to 1928, Air Cor p s en;;ines oper- variable throttle, specific fuel conat e d with about 50 Oct ane Nuinbe Fue l , r sumpt Lon run at approximately .55 pound At present, fuel hav i.ng an 2.nti-knock per brake ho r se power per hour, ~~o of value of 92 Oct ane by the Air Corps the 1')':'. Oct a.ne fuels apne ar-ed Sll[;htly method of test is used in engines desuperior to the other two and. 3ho>le1 signed for maxitnum pe rf ormance on. such 62r) h ..0. as compared wi th 510 h. p . for fuel, with a resulting increase in power the 92"Octane fuel, a 2i.6 per cent inoutput Del' unit weight of about 33-113 cre~se. per cent. On the Cyclone engine, constant ~peDevolopments of the fuel industry made oi.fi.c fuel consumo t Lon , variable thro possible e ar Ly in 1934 the pr oduc t i on t hro t t Le runs were made with each of of comme i.e.L iso-octane rc on a large thc five fU01s at approximately .60 scale at a cost snf'f Lci.ent Ly low to maxe : 1)0'.:nd ne r brake b.n. per hour. The the. outlook for Air ~~r"?s use Of ~li:;ller i throttle \'.8.'3 ?"?emo(~ pro?ressively in, ant i -Jcno ck fuels dec'_c.e:ily praml.Sln;. . each case urrt Ll. t.he e nm ne sudc18nly oePreviously, pr)hibit~.ve cost, limite:i : carne very r~:lUghand cut out. 'l'his ocava l Labt Li ty and ne.ce s sar l Ly bigh lead ! curred b~fore exce s s i ve cylinder temcontent, rE;81J.lcin2; in excessive corroi pc:r[ctures were r eac he d , Under these sion difficu.1tie 3, had be e n limit:1.n~ ; cond i tions the 100 Octane f ue I.s showed factors. ':'1.1e Air Ca~Ds_, ant ic i pat i ng a ! a power outou t of 8:peroximatel;t 8')(' need for l0() Octane r,_~,;l, pr e par et, an i h..o , as comoar e d to olr 11. I), Wl th the expe r lmerrt.a L suec Lf i cat ion. for such i 92. Oeccme fuel, a 31 ner cent increase. fuel on February 1, F:J?LL C'ne tl1Cl:sand! ',vi til eni.'dne S dc s igned wi th high comgallons of comnero i a l iso-octane 'Nere i 1)r"'3Sion ratio and hi".h degree of suprocured. in l\:,a~', 1934, to be blcnr'.l.erl ! nerc~'1.rg,o s-.)ecific.qll~; for operation on wi t h a sufficient quarrt l ty of a i~oC'1 ! 1c') Octane fuel, stili zr-ca t e r gain in . ~'Ja~ity of aviatioJ:!.;asoline, to lilako !porfOI'ma~lCe s~ould be 0~tai11ei: .::,,).0 gallons of lf' Octane fuel, an !:n aeve ra l Lris t a ncc s t n t.e s t i ng amount sui'ficient for e.xpe r iment.a.L mu.lti- Fur sui t 'Jla~';s a c .,hi-'ht F'i ol d , 100 cylinder e nz i ne t e st s to. de t erini.ne t he :Octane fuel luacle:JossY\,le full throttle increase in -povrer cut.put voo s s i b.le with . operation over the sneed course. and. such fuel. i co.nr.Let Lon of r:de of climb checking After serious co ns i de re tion of phywi t}-Ollt ove r-hea t i.n.; of cylinders, where sical rrro oe r t i e s and Hnt,i-~cnock vaLue with J~). Octane f'ue I the test eould. not of f'.leJ.s ava.i Labl e , four wer-e se l c c t ed be c o.ao'let.e d , Also, in the }!ci t che L as the most interesting for comparison . 'Ironhy Race held at Selfridge ~"ield in with Air Corps fuel of 92 Octane rat i.ng . '19Z:;', 100 Octane fuel was successfully Each of t.he ce had an anti-.'c.cck value 'UGCc1 to i nc re ase power out out and raise of 1)0 Octane and conformed cLose Ly to . the <need 0: the race. ':Ch3s pe rtn i t te i specification r-equt rea.e nt s except in i the a i r ul ane s t o ooe rat,e wi t h a reasontetraethyl lead content. A Wacp at 12010 margin of Gafcty at co ns i de r ab.l.y 2201) r.p.m. and Cyclone engi r.e at 1950 d:igher soe cd , and no detonation was evir.p.m. were 'lsed for the t e ec s . derrt to 'c:':.e;:>i1o-ts. On the Wasp engine, constant throttle : In this ra~e, wnich is limited to mixture control rU:DGand co nc t.ant spe c i i standard service type }"..lrsui t Dlane, fie fuel consumphon variao1e throttle I the winner averaged a speel t)f"216.8 runs were marie. - On t he so variable i mile s per nour . . throttle runs, the t hr o t t Le 'riaS opened : '1'112 marlr!;il Lncrease of 15-30 per cent pr ogr e s s i ve Ly unt i l the maxin.um allowi in powerv outpu t with lC'O Cctane f'ue.i able cylinder temperature of 5500 F .was over that oot.a i nao.l e v.Ti 92 Octane Nucth reached. In the nixture control runs. bel' an t i e-knock value c Le.a.r Ly dernons t r-aj-: three of the four 100 Octane fuels apes the extreme desirability f~om a mi:ipeClre~ sup,:;rio~ to. tho 9? Octane f~lel, t.ary s t.andoo Lnt of adopting this f'ue., some l.rregu1arl ty t n eriga ne ope r'a.t i on as a means of grcat Ly Lncrea.st ng eng::.ne causing uncertainty concerning the test Iperformance with relatively little ~Lof the fourth 100 Octane fuel. In the Icrease in weight, provided thatengine~ are designed to tak>l _full advantage 6l them ..
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NarES FROM AIR CO:RPSFIELDS Squadron,.left recently for HamiIton Field to receive appoint~t as a Flying Cadet. During January, 1935, the Engineering DeFrivate raulW;Lawrence, 31st Bomb. Sqdn., partment of this Depot overhauled a total of is to'undergo an exanunation in April for a 27 planes and 48 engines, and repaired 18 Flying Cadet appoinunent. ' planes and 30 engines of various types. Flying Cadet Glen C. Moser, with Pvt. Gerald The regular rr.onthly COnference and luncheon, S. Rey~olds as passenger, completely washed at this Depot for discuss~on of supply and out a PT-3 on Feb. 6th, about 6 miles north engineering matters in this Supply Area was of Hamilton Field. The rr.otor cut out completeheld on February 5th and was attended by th~ ~y, and Cadet Moser was headed directly for a following Air Corps officers: Captains Ferry canal embankment at the completion of the Wainer, C.C. Nutt and T.L. Gilbert, Kelly forced landing. However, he was able to slip Field: Captain Alfred Lindeburg, Fort the plane into the ground on the right wing Crockett: Captain F.D. Lynch and Lieuts. C.R. tip to avoid the head-on collision. Only Storrie and J.F. Thompson, Jr., Brocks Field: minor bruises were suffered by pilot and Captains H.A. Bar-br on and E.R. McReynolds, passenger. Randolph Field; Captain raul C. Wilkins and Second Lieut. Edward W. Suarez, appointed Lieut. H.F. Gregory, Fort Sill, and Lieut. E. & R. Officer and Post rarachute Officer Gilger, Barksdale Field. during the temporary absence cf Ls b Lieut. ' This conference was also attended by Capt. Chaz-Le s B. Stone. III, is also corrnander of Vax F. Schneider, Chief of the Insp~ction Dithe 31st Bomb: S~uadron during the absence of vision, Office of the Chief 0f the Air Corps, Cacb . Harold D. Srci. th on the Panazra Flight. and the three Technical SuperviSors ,Oaptains ' '. Capt i>. Don L. Hutchins. Juni us P. Srni th and H.A. Bivins, .F..A.D.Control Area; B.J.Tooher, 2d Lb , Millard Lewis 'Irere appointed 'to conduct l,1.A. Control Area, and A. S. Albro nf this D. the preliminary axamination of applicants for Control Area,' who W8re attending the annua.I cOnnUssions as 2nd Lieutenants in the ~ir Inspection Division Technical Conference then Corps, Regular Army. baing held here; also by Captain C.A.Horn, Air Corps Instructor with the Arkansas N~tion- 113th abs. Sgdn. ~nd. Nat'l Guard. Indianapolis al Guard, who was visiting this Depot on an airplane ferrying mission. The members of the Squadron wish to thank I"ie',:;,t. Richard T. Aldworth, U.S.A. Retired" our Air Corps friends for their kind expresSt..-perintendent the Municipal AirpcrL, of sions of syrrrathy in our re~ent great loss of Newark, N.g., v~s a recent visitor and greetLieuts. Henderson Wheeler and Richard Miller. ed many old friends here. He flew to San We feel quite proud of the interest shown in Antonio in a I33achcraft 4-place plane, his us by the Illi~~is Squadron at Chicago who mother being reported very ill. flew a5-ship formation down to witness our Lieut. Aldworth will be rememhered as one annual inspection, after whi~h they took off of the foreuost pilots of the Air Corps prior for a night formation flight horne.Lt. Russell to his retirement. He was on duty at this Daniels from our Squadron rr.oved Oak Park, to Depot for a number of years and retired Ill., and was given a cOrrnUssion in the December 16, 1929, for disability in line of Illinois Squadron. We hope he will be as duty. valuable to them as he has been to us. Officers ferrying airplac.~esto or from this Our Ccmmunications Section is putting the Depot recently we,re Capt. W.B. IvIcCQY, A.C. finishing touches on a short wave rad.io transInstructor, Tenn. National Guard: Capt. Y.A. mi tter to be known as V,T9JKG. We hope this Fitts and Lieut. L.H. Rice, Air Corps Detachradio station will bring us in closer touch ment, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Lieuts. 'L.P. with the other Air Corps stations and also Holcomb, Air Corps, and D.K. Smith, Air Refacilitate our cotJTIQUicationstraining. serve, Scott Field, Ill.; and Lieut. R.N. Let us rernind all Air Corps units that the Read, Air Reserve, Langley Field, Va. date of the annual 500-IT'ile speedway race is not far off, and this afforcs a splendid opHamilton Field, San Rafael, Calif. Feb.3th. portunity for.a vi sit to our stat ion with a National Classio thrown in. We will consider A squadron of P~26A Pursuit planes from it a pleasure and a privilege to furnish March Field "'8.s scheduled to fly in the transportation and lodging for visiting offiNational Defense Parade in San Frar~isco on cers, so make a date with us for Memorial Day. Washington's Birthday, following which the Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 19. }lanes were to land at Hamilton Field for public inspection. ' Twelve Flying Cadets were slated to be co~ First Lieut. Walter R. Agee was forced down at Bakersfield recently due to a low 'ceiling. missioned in the .Air Reserve on February 20th, and ordered to active duty the following day, Piloting an air trans}ort to Rockwell Field with five enlisted men who were assigned .to viz: Dale E. AltnRn, William H. Clark, Wendell the Panarra Flight, he discovered a Leak in Holladay, Edson E. Kester, Andrew O. Lerche, the gas tank after landing. Patching up the Les li,eE. N.<artin, .Clifford lVlotley, Albert L. Palrr.er, William w. Panni s , Arthur J. Pierce, leak, he took off for RocbNell Field the George E. Fierce, John P. Stev.art. following day and arrived safely. Private Ryder W. Finn, 11th Bombardment Brooks Field will receive 12 Flying Cadets V-6732, A.C. -93San

Antonio .Air'Depot, Texas; Feb. 20th.

frbm the graduating class at Kelly Fieid, to rePort here immediately after graduation, viz: Thorras Bartley, Jr. "George S. Brewer, JohnB. Cornett, Williar-J. 1. Fernald, Frank V. Haynes, ArthUr V. Jones, Jr.,. Francis H. MacDuff, NormanL. Peterson,William Q. Raukif, Jeff A. &nith, Lloyd A. Vvaler, Jr., and Tracy R. Walsh. . 'The following personnel at this station . will undergo the competi ti ve examination from which 30 Regularcorrmissions will be awarded: Lieuts., Air Reserve, Robertson, Rarcos, l{Joore, Hooks, Baterran,Collier, Endress, Denison, Rivard, Holloway, Fahey; Pippinger, Hausaf'us , Dross, E:ll is, Moorr.aw, Pryce; flying Cadets Holladay, Clark, Lerche, :w~tley, Altman, Nartin, Kester, Tannis, G.E. Fierce, A.J. Pierce, Pa.Lme r , Staff Sgt. Blair, Privates Poupitch and Wackwitz. Those not from Brooks 'Field who will be exendned at this station include Lieuts., Air Reserve, Tibbs, Idller, C.L., Huller, C.A., Joyce, l~one, Kristofferson, Rafferty, Gebel in, Jr., Bordelon, Crutcher, Jr., J.F. Davidson, Fisher, Sartain, Prossen, Northrup, Chambers, ]JeRay, Fauche , Jr., and Staff SgbO.E. Henderson. Scott Field, Belleville, Ill., Feb. 20th.

Considerable interest is being shown in a letter from the War DeDartment, Chief of the N'3.tional.'Guard Bu.reau, Jan. 29th, relative to Non-Pilot Observers. Several of the noncoranissioned officers are taking the necessary action to obtain their cOrrnUssions, and weare going to sea several new faces in the cO~ssioned officers! ranks soon. We have several qualified Observers a~ng the NCO's ~ho will be a credit to the Squadron. On Feb. 8th; two airplanes from the Squadron assisted the 328th Engineers, who were in training at Fort Logan, in their problems relative to "Security on the March'! and "Securi ty against Aircraft," for which .. they' were highly praised by Colonel Charles. Larsen, conr~ing officer of that unit. llath Obs. Sqdn.,. Connecticut Nat ~1. Guard.

Several changes in officer persormel occurred recently and are listed below: Capt. Karl S. Axtater reported from Panama Bud was ass i.gned to the 9tll Airship Squadron; Capt. H.H. Carr is now at Jo~rell Field coar pleting the Air Navigation Training course; Capt. Rafael Baez , Jr., ordered from Hawaii, is now on three n:.onths leave and is due to report July 1st; 1st Lieut. Walter A.Fenander departed for hawaii, as did Chaplain James G. De La Vergnej Capt. F.A. Johnson was ordered .to his home to await retirement; 2nd Lieut. Irving R. Selby was ordered to sail for Panerra, The Scott Field Basketball team, guided by 1st Lt. W".I" Ritchie has gotten well und erway, turning in six wins and three losses to date. The only Service tilts were two ganes with Chanute Field, honors being even. A heavy schedule was prepared, including local independent and Service teams. Wi a vreal, th th of young but premising basketball rr.aterial, a smooth, fast working combination should be developed. ,The Post Championship was annexed again this year by the 24th Airship Service Sql~ron, after arr exciting finale with the 9th Airship Squadron. 'Scott Field boxing has gotten off to a fly.ing start with four men entered in the District Golden Gloves Eliminations. Athletics in general have taken on a. decided L'Upetus with the organization of the Scott Field Athletic Association. 120th Obs. Sgdn. Colo. National Guard.

Trd sun c'ontinu's to shine in Colorado, and the 120th ~bserva~ion Sg,uadron ~s carried Barksdale Field, Shreve~ort, La., F~~. 15. outOperat::l.ons Orders w::I.thpract::l.cally no bad weather flying. We are accustomed to good The 55th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Lieut. C.E. flying weather and very seldom suspend operaCrurar~ne, Squadron Commanderfor some time, tions because of inderrent weather. I has transferred to Maxwell Field, Ala., and -94" V-6732. A.C.

An ext ended training flight in an 0-38E from Hartford, Conn., to Brownsville ,Texas, and return, was recently accomplished by L'i eut s , Pdnoorriband WIley. They departed Jtill. 22nd for Dayton, 0., via Buffalo, N:Y;, choo s i.ng that route because of weather conditions which had by the following night developed into a blizzard over this area. The Dayton-Scott Field leg was flown that night al cng the lighted airway. The next day the pilots flew to Fort Crockett, Texas, ~here. they spent the night and were ho~i tably entertained by old friends of flY::l.ng school days. Brownsville was reached the next day and a pleasant and instructive period of . three days v~s spent in inspecting the eguipment and activities of the Pe.n-Arnerican AJ.Iways system. A discussion with several of the Company's ~ilots relative to the problems encountered ::I.n flying operations in Central America provided the Guardsmen with much interest, i:r;rginformation. Doubtful weather in the Red TIiver Valley I delayed the return depar-bure for DaLl.as , via .h'ort Crockett, until Jan. 29th. A poss,ibly dangerous si hiation V.''J.S avoided by after departing from .means I 'Dallas 'of the radio City when the fliars,while for Karrsas in the vicinity of Ponca City, received a Dept. of Con.merce weather broadcast, stating 1 that Kansas City had suddenly fogged in. T'ne I course was changed to Wichi ba, Kansass , and I, the r..ight spent there. The followin~ day the fog lifted at Kansas City long enough to 'Permi t the flight to be continued to th;at point and then closed down again for two d.ay's , On Feb. 2nd, the Connecticut men flew .f 0 Scott Field, the next day to Auburn, End., , and the following day to Hartford. The two airn:en were highly pleased "lTi th the uniformly courteous and excellent ::;dr~c.e' af';' forded them by all Arnw and Cornner"al fieldG along the route, and particularly _'vn(md. the Depar-bmenb of Comnerce weather lJ!c"J.(;;:,ting service.

what has come to be called "Wing Night." lIt Lieut. Earl Vol. Barnes is now in correand, is a stag affair at which all officers and ""'.At the pro$et.t titoo, t.his Scuad rcn cade t s appear in unifom, have a forrral t[inhas aoout two pilots peI' airDlcl,ne. efhe folner and follow some 0,(' the old custons both lowing is a roster of 0fficers assigned to c,f our own Army, in its earlier clays, and this Squadron: 1st Lieut. Ja-~sA. Ellison, 2nd Lieuts. A.C.~ R.N. 3urlu1alter, Jr., R.L. the British AnnJ. After the forrral dinner, a Carter, H.K. 1.'100ney, o ry S:nith, re8n C. S program of hi-jinks, va~eville, frivolity Strother, Felix L. Vidal; 2nQ Lieuts., Air and fun is given by sel.ec bed officers for the Reserve: John V. Bordeno, Q,uinn L'l. Corley, amusernerrb and enterta irJffi0nt of the others. Dudley S. Cox, Jay L. Gentry, Henry L. Hoxie, ~eealess to say, presentation of the '~unbPhilip B. Klein, Arthur L Kingham, Jeff C. 10, ell " Trophy finds a -:?lace in the latter Mock, Will iam 1. S~mders, ~.\8.J':ion . U1U'uh. D stages of this progr~ The following Cad.eb s are attached for flying: These Wing Rights hav~ come to hold a pronr J .L. Cunni.ngham, F. R. Drake, Willic...'1l :Eades, , inent pIece in cern-social activities of the J.W. Hinton, Vi.B. Keel'e, O.K. La-,'ling, B.A. . cOT;lI13,rd play a big part in building up and Livingston and G.V. ~viinl:Lis. rro ra.l.e, Squadron traininz durinS the last rr.onth was ' confined largely to pref;aration of eg},u:pwent I 116th Obs. Sqdn., Washington National Guard. and instructi~n of pilots incident to the one \ Uncle Sail'S invitation for additional offi~nth aerial gUI4~e:yprastice and field cxer- i c ases at Cha-c;mnFleld, Fl.a, Due to the ! cers in the B.egulc.r ArmyAir Co rps has proven shortage of equipment, only the f'ol Lovri.n.; of- ; '1,ttractive to seven former Regular Army ficers and. caiets will ;?articipate in this i ~ilots now residing in the vicinity of Spokane, flight: Ls t Lieut. EadVJ. Barnes, 2nd Lieuts., '/lash. In the Headquarters building of the Aviation, Wash. National Guard, Dean C. Strother, Sory Smith, H.K. 1,100ney, ; 41st Jivisioa on ]'e"u.20th, -prelirni:nary exa::rl.nations were RObert L. Carver, Felix Vidal, Eenry L.Hoxie, given by a board co~osed of Col. Frederick Flying Cadets J. W. Hint on , R.A. Lavi ngsbone., Y.:natenshue, Corrrrand ing Officer, 4th Infantry William B. Keese, William Eades and J.L. 3egiment, Ft. George Wright; ~~jor Robin A. Cunningham. Day, Instructor, '~lst Div. Aviation, and The 79th Pur sui t Sq'1adron, like the rest Ca?t. John Walters, rivision Aviation Flight nf the organizations in the 20th Pursuit Surgeon. Group, ,.rill te somewho.t depleted dur ing the '1',''0 of tJ:,e seven app'l i.cant s are pilots with rronbh Febvuary 15 to March 15, ha;;ing sent 11 the D:"li ted .Air Lines, while two are members pilots and 18 8nlisted "len to Chaorran Ei el d f0r maneuvers. The Squadron Cor(~'1nder, Carrb , of the l16th Obs. Sqd. Applicants for retutn to the Regular ArmyAir Corps LncLude t Byron C&:lblin, will lead the '1etacl:..rrentto l,:ia:m, and the St:'uaaron.will be conrcanrled by Captain I' S. Cooper, 21'.0 Lt., now a rcembe r of this squadz-on , who graduated from the Advanced Whitehead during the absence of Captain School in 1227 and has had w~re than Camblin. i flying J Flying will be some"lhat restricted since i tyro years of Regule.r scr-vi ce - :!'Jrrmett . ('nl? three P-12' s are le!t, togetl~e-r with two C:orrigsn, ,~ndLt., 116th Sqdn., vrho is a gradUE:,te of the Advanced Flying School in 1932 A-3 s and two P'I-3A's, tne rest or the P-12's and had two years of active duty. Lieut. being sent bo J:.ian-i. C:orl'igan ao t.endod Corizaga Ulliversi ty, Sp0kane, Other activities, however, ~~ll be carried for two yeur s - Hichard ~,ior0.enMcGlinn, Ls t on as usual. Squadron athletics "I'ill be Cal'ried on to build strong te2JIDS ... n , if po a- Lt., noy a pilot for the United Air Lines, to ri -zho is. a rGsEent of 8Pc~cane, graduated from si 11e, the track and baseball charcp.ionsh ips , the Advanced Flying School in -June , 1930,and The backettall defeat at the hands of the hgd an 13 months' tour of act i ve duby in the 77th Pursuit Sqlk~dronkept the 79th from winning the Group Championship. Air Corps - Williffin Garfield Ditzen, 2nd Lt., Tworoan from the Squadron, Strubbe 1!lcConncl'.. redde,-"t of Spokane, pilot on United Air a from Shreveport and Howerton, f rom Okl.anorna, Lines, graduate of the University of Calif., were sent to Randolph Field to undergo b rai.n- I as we l I as the ArmyAd-JancadFlying School, ing as Flying Cadets. Here's to them and the and v':-~o had 18 morrbhs of active duty - David best of luck. Reyncld 17e150n, 2d Lie11t., a resident of : 1.10 scow Ida}lO, who graduated from the Univerlv'Jeirch ield, Riverside, F Cali~., Feb. 5th. l c;iby of Irl.aho arid f rom the Advanced Flying ScLool, Class of June, 1331, and han one year Lieut.-Colonel h.E. Arnold, Comrand i.ng Df'f i-] of f.'.ctive ~luty - John OrmondMosman, 2nd Lt., cer of.lvlarch Field, returned from Al;ska Wit~ll a res.i~1ent?f Moscow',Idaho and graduate of soroe'bh i.ng rr:ore than a knowledge of tne terrcun the Uni.ver-s i.by of Ldaho and from the Advan::ed of the Great Northwest. no was reminded by Flying School, Class of June, 1932, and had the Canad i.ans at cne of their social funca one year tour of active duty. tions given in his honor of the fact that the~ Final exmLinations will be beld April 2nd, have some woz-bh while customs designed to give and possibly at Felts Fiela., Spol:ane, pro-ddentertainment, break the tedium of ordinary ed the class of cand i.dr.tes is large enougamili bary service and at the same b irne to preSix radio sets of an "unknovn n rrake" will be serve and p ronr-t e some of the spirit 8J.1d delivered to the 41st Division on April Lsb , rr:orale of the "Old Army." I according to advioe received by Ida-jor Robin _ Shortly after his return from the Alasl\:M j' A. Day, Ens trucbo.c, Five sets are for the Flight, Col. Arnold instituted at March Field, Douglas 0-38 Observati0n planes, while the -95V-G732 A. C. ,
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~ p)riort of 30 days. Genel'l,l Westover and Sgt. Hymes in an C-38 a.ilplaJ.1e, arrived here Peb, 4th from Barksdale :E'ic1d, enroube to Bolling For the first time this year N~~ll Field has become bowling c:mscious, RDCl a team repMaxwell Field, :WlOntgorrery,:~la'.1...!eb 2Oti:~ . resenting the field has engaged. in some serious pin splitting. All members of the team Capt. John R. Tighe, Quortemaster Corps, bOl'rlan average of over 135 and are veterans ConstructilJg 0.fu. at the field for the past C'_t he game. A-,r8.l1ger,.ents re under way for t a 14 months, deTD.rted Feb. Ls t on leave of aba match with the strong Fort Be~~1ingteam. sence prior to his reportinG at NewYork to The 5~th School SQuadren, in its last intersail for duby in Hawai i . squairon game this season, defeated the HeadIt has been under the direction of Captain Tighe that the completion of. all the new con- 0Uhrters team, 38 to 29. This victory gave struction at 1/;8.;;:wellFie1C: was made possi 1:Jle. the 54th Basketeers a 1~0 record for tha year in ba~<etball. It is eA~ccted that He is responsible for the expend ibure of one every membe r of the team, which includes Capt. and 0:1e-:181fmillion dollars since his arrivIlSv.:m:v1l Nelms, Buie Hess, Jack Curtiss, Earl al here in Dec ezibe , 1933, and has completed r Y.niq;:lt an? Lester He:nrick, will be selected 25 new officers' quarters with gnrages, 20 tor'the Post Tear~to represent it on tours new double sets of noncorrrrd.s s'ioned officers around this part of the country. Games have quarters v~th garages, a new Quartermaster Warehouse, a new addition to the Fire Depur b- been scheouled with outside civiliarl teams. ---000--ment, the new Hea.Iqur.r-bez-s Air Corps Tactical School Bazrracks , Hangar's Nos. 5 and 6, n0W SOh8 OF Til'~ JDRE INT.EEUGSI'ING MID BOOKS film vault building, addition to Austin Hall, ML:NT8 BECElITLY ~'\.IIDED TO AIR CORE'S LIBRARY new Quartermaster Gasoline Station, street * . :< lighting system and roads and s idevzal.ks Avvilable for loan to Air Corps organizathroughout the ~ost. A visi t to OU1.' Post will convince anyone thai tions only upon request to the Air Corps Libthat it is one of the roost. moJern and oeauti- ! rary' lvum.itions Building, Washington, D.C. ful in the Air Corps today, and all conrt ruo- I tion done here since December, 1933, v~s ur-A 40.3/~3 V.S. Ai: Co~s: Ro~kwell Field, t Chf. CelestJ.al Nc~vJ.gatJ.on, 934. 44 .::" 1 del' Capt. ~ighe's su~ervi~ion. He has de47 dd a.zr s, 25 cia, Above is written in voted his entire time ana e:~forts to t:1ese sir'Ple'-language and manne r suitable for vast projects, enl bhe results obbao ned bear beginner. eloquent testi:mnial to his Lndus bry and apD 58.41 Bristol Aeroplane Co" Ltd. Moteurs plication to ruty. Bristol d' aviation I 'Bristol" Mercury et Capt. Tishe is a grwiuate of the Que,rter32 Pegasus. Filto~, Eng., 1935. 16 p. master School, Administrative Course, lSJ2, incl. illus. 258DU. French text. and bhe Quart8r~;.aster Schoo'L, !victor TransTJort School, 1928. He was first comni s si.oned in D 52.41 Rolls-Hoyce, Ltd. Rolls-PtOyce Aero the Army as a 2nd Lieut. cf Lnfant ry in 1917, RollsEngines. London, Eng. 3 p. incl. and received his aI:?ointment as Captain in Royce illu.s. 33cm. Text in French and the Q.~.C., November 7, 1928. He C8mB to 8 English. l~ell Field from Fort BraGg, N.C., and :l 52.4 Walter, S.A, lloteurs d'aviation,1935, in:mediately as sumad his duties as ConstructWalter, 1 Pragce. Caption title, 16 f. incl. ing Quartermaster. illu~;. d i.agrarss , 230m. French text. Capt. Kinsley "Ie;. Sl "JUS on, Q..i,~.C" nov.' Post 629.13 France. Air lEinistry. Aeronautical Q.M. at t::e field, has assuiled the duties T]n3me becord.cal, services. Lcui s Kahn conof Constructing Q,uartemustGr. No.302 formal orthodromic transcontinental Edwin lvl. G~vin and JaTDesT~. Prido, "both i tiner,,,ri cs ; aerial and naval navigagraduates of the Adv2nced Flying School, ention r!'zps published '!'i th the ass islisted at Ma.'TI'Tell :B'ield. Both are taking the tw,ce of the Services techniques de examination for Rebular Ar:-=r:r conrai s sl orrs, l'aernnavtique (1934). Dayton, 1934. Both of these Reserve officers served. Oll ac31 f. incl. rraps, diagrams. 28 em. tive duty tours with Air Corps o!:grmizations. (u, S. Air Corps Trans. 302.) 'II'. by Staff Sgts. Rtcy W. Clifton, Jonn F. Materiel l!Jiv.-from the French. Williamson, Sgt. ':m,. C. .ic Donnl.d Jr., and , 629.13 Leglise, Pierre. Ac'cent to the stratosPvt. Russell L. Waldron, all enlisted pilots TJn3me phere of the ''Ex-plorer.'' Dayton, Feb. at this station, are taking the exawir~tion. No.303 4, 1935. 23f. 28cm. (U. S. Air Corps Lieut. Ralph Snavely was upnointed Post OpTrans, 303). Tr. by I,Iateriel Div. from erations Officer. He relie"ed Capt. Claire L. "1' Aeronautique", No. 185, Oct. 1934, Chennault, Pursuit I:r.si;ruetor at the Tactical and No. 186,~ov. 1934. Refers to the School, who can nov: devote bis entire time to flight of Major Kepner and Captain his duties as instructor. Sjre.rens. Major Earrron , leading a flight of 43 airplanes, arrived at this station on Feb. 15th. He and his flight, consisting of 34 officers, 8 Flying Cadets, one enlisted pilot and 17 enlisted mechanics, renained overnight and departed the next morning for Chapman Field, Miami, to participate in gunnery exercises for V-6732, A.C. -96other set is for the ground station. ThiR. equipment with the two present SC 134 sets, and will mean that all but one airplane will be radio equipped. -

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A National Oua.rc Air Corps unit recently submitted. an Unsatisfactory Report on safety cap out.Le t-d nd i cat or a for CO2 fire extingu:1.sherl:! stating that a short time after ins tallation the caps, in the najority of cas ee , ar c f01md broken and e~tr8me~T drY and brittle, alt~ough in ~ach case it was determined that no leakage occurred. The f'o l.Lowing rerrs.rks are extract8d from the Watt riel Division reply to the Unsatisfactory Report: Fer your inforrration, it hC's been found that by keeping these caps in the fo rrra.Ld.ehyde solution th8 glycerine in the caps is extra.cted, making them ve ry brittle. In checking this rnrt t er Wit:l the contractor, information has be en received that these caps may now be pur chas ed in the dry state. 'l\hey a r e to be s oakcd in water for 45 mi.nut.es just 'bef ore inst~llation. Tuc~lical Order 16-20-2 is being amended to provide for this new method of installation. A quanti t;jTof the crvps in the dry state have been procured and. are now available at the Fairfield r~pot. The stock of caps in the forrr.r).lG.eh~/de solution will be di s pos cd of.
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"3. A copy of the change in the Technical the next t ':-enty (l.ays."

Order sr.ou'Ld be received

Replies to a qUQstionnaire sent recently to a numoer of Air Corps activities ind t cat ed a general impression that the ax i e t ing requirement. that starter br i-shee , bn'.sn hold ers, and springs be inspected. twice each 20 hours at Ln t er voLs of 10 hours, was excessive. In vi ev. of t he opinion of the Service ac t i vi ties cc.n t.ac t ed , tho Materiel 1)i v i s i on will s nor t Ly amend. Page 10, Section IV, ~ecil!lical Ord.er }To.J2-1-32, to prcvi(!e that the above parts be inspected at intervals of 40 hours, iLstcad of twice each 20 hours. A report received rccentl(T frum an Air Corps station states that after flushing a tank on a field servicing t ruck to remove scala ana s ed.iment on completion of repairs to tho t r uck , t:be per s ormeL f'Lus h i ng the t arik failed. to completely drain the lines leac5ng f r om the secre.:;a.tcr to the servicing hose, with the r e.su Lt that water r errained in tr.es e lines. Attention is invi ted to t he fact that ~ when operating pr oper Ly , the s e gr e go..t or will eliminate wa t er in the tenk, or in the} inss leading from t he tank to the segreg8tor, but will cbvr ous Ly not eliminate water in the lines between the s e gr egat.o r and the discharge nozzle.
Er orn numer-ous Lnf'or rra.L reports r ec e i ved from Lnd i vidual pi lots, it is a ppa r-ent t ha t ma'in t enar c e personnel car rn g for t rans i.en t aircraft continue to be dec si v ed oy the "f'oarn" that f'r e quer.t Ly exists in ai rc r-af t oil tal1.. ks i mraed a tv] y o,ft',r the e:.lp;ine is stopped. i IL several ins t anc es the error of s e rv Ic i ng }Jerso?'1el Ln rn'is t ak i ng II f'cam" fer oil has r es ul ted in under se rv l ce as great as e i x t.ecn quar t s , This error most conmcnl.y occurs wL.en visiting

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An inspection of Forms No , 1 ind.icates t ha t f'r-e cuen t Ly ma.i nt enance personnel ar e making the pre-flight Lns pe c t i on of the quantities or fuel and oil in the aircraft fuel and oil tanks at the close of the mar n renanco day Lns t ee d of immediately prior to the first flight of the day. Existing instructions r-e qut re that the quanti ties of fuel and oil in the tanks be checked immediately before the first flight of the day, and that after the

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T E R NO.4. Munitions Building Washi~ton, D.C.

The chief nurnose of this puolicntion is to distribute information on aeronautics to the !lylu6 personnel in tbe Regular Ar4iY, Reserve Corps, National Guar-d , and others connected wi tll aviation.

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The Secretary of War announced tbat the Mackay Trophy for 1934 h9,S bee n awarded oy the War ren~rt~ent to 3rig~~Gencr,D,l Henry H. Arnold, Air Co rps , in reco/i,ni tion of hi s leadership as Comma nd.Ln., Officer of the U. S. Ariu;,r Alaskan Flight of 18st yenr , It is Lnte r e s t Lng to note that this same officer was tne first ninner of the 1ilacka: T:ro"9hy in 1912, j the early days of aviation. He "NaS t hen a 2nd Lieut~na~t, 29th. Infm~tr;Y'"' detailed to the Av~atJ.on Sectlon 01 tDe 5J.gual Corns. Get.oral Arnold received the first award for a r-e conna'i s scn oc flight he made on Oct.ooe r 9,1912, from C011ege Park, Hd.. , then the S1 te of t he Si:~nal Corps Aviation School, over the tri!"ngJe Washinbton Bar racks , D.C., Fo r t Uycr, Va. and r e t.ur-n to College EarL. He "9iloted the early tY[.G Wright bi-plcme, powered with a (0 ho r cepower e nji ne 1'0vo Lv Lng two nroYjEller" In tanoGw by t he cbaf,n and sprocket me t ho d , !l:.e instabllity of this a.i r-ol ane may be judged from the fact t hat , uoo n La ndi n, at College Par-k fol1ovdns tilc comcl e t i on of hie 4l-rr:.im .. rt.e flJ..ght, (4)[i. A:cr.Lolds 1 appearance, c:.:ccordin,:~ to re oo r t s , was that fif ""PthY.~_ical X1.El.u~t.J <.;:1 a nd nore vousness. I ::i8 Gt8ted tL"tt on c1CCOUr:.t of adverse atn~o:mh~ric co nd l t i.ons durtng the flig:lt, he was f'o r ce d to center all his a t t e nt.Lo n to contJ'clling tile airnlane ahd WI:\'\ U~1.';"ble tIl loc:: gt the mau" which he c ar ricr, iii tr,,0 SG8t 210ngSide :1illi. He f ur thcr st'l~.ed to.:'ct nt s altitud.e on this fLc;ht vi' .. i.ed :: r om r 1400 to 2~CO feet, nc c c s s i to.ted by the "at r c ng , ~Jl.lffy and [,usty 1,-rillli.." Ml....ch wa.t e r rF..s pasoec. 0'1'81' tho dame dur i n , this span c-Z ~3 cvcntf'ul y car s in the profr8ss of m:,litar;y 8vjp.tion, and in the n:.:oceedings of L:.e 30EJrd of Air Corps or:icers, co ns i st an.; of Lieut.-Colon:;l Arno l d Zrosstacl, }fa.jors Ca.rl S:;Jatz, Fr-ank D. l['c~.,:Jand, Vincent B. Dixon and. Li eut . 'l'l:oD?s M. Lowe , co nve ne d f'o r the UUl'1)ose o:t D8kinE; r'e comrae nda't l ons to tho. C:lief of the Air Cor~s on the aWQrd of the Mackay Tronr..y for 1924, it is s t a t e d t ha.t of the various flights made dur i ng t'rJat ye ar , the A~:{_A18.si::..;-n Flight, comi ID8n(led"by n:::tg;.t -{l'Gl"c)J:''11 J;.1'1101d,was the mout mer i t or i.ous , Major-Gene~al Ee~j~~in D. Fou1cis, Chief of the Air Corps, approved this
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r-e oomnenda t Lon, It is a f'\r cry f rom the early Wright bipla~e in lS12, limited to a speed of ap:noxim'1,tely 40 miles pe r hour, to the new .vlc:.rtir. :j-10 Lou.ber , whi oh in various test flis!lTS mad.e by Air Cor-ps Tilots, l)i c;t~:,i'l(;d speeds varying f rnn; 170 to ;':;4;3:,:'.les per hour, the last figure re1Jl'esenting an outstanding air mail flicht f::-OID Ohio ,: to l'!eY:8r~:, ~\T.J., when t ne pilot was favored wi t n a t.ail wind. The Alnskan lliGht, participated in by JA 0L.'ic;)rs anI L) enl i s t ed, men, ut I Li.z i n, ten 3-1') Eornbe r s , involved a t ot a.l d.l s t a.nce e s t Lrna t e d at a;:)proxi:nately 8,2:0 miles. ~he Hight took off f r ora ~cllin:; Field, D.C., on tile mornin~ of July 19, 1934, and p ro ceed i ng v i a Day t.o n , Oi1io; ..Lnneapo l.Ls , Minn.; V:illLi-oeg, Maid toba, Ccnali,a; Hegina, SasY'1tcher;'a.n; Ed.Tlonton, Al be r t.a; Prince Oe or ge , Br i t i sn CoLumb.i a , and W~hite Ho r-so , YuJ'::)l1 Terri t ory , r-eached Fa i r banka , Alaska, 0~1 t:1.C .no r ni ng of JU11 24t:l. ':.~ds flit~::::lt was ma-Io according to pr89.rrani:-:;ed sche du.le s , th11S 1mccessfully 0..e":onstr'1t L1s t ha t Aj r Corns un i ts co'~l] be moved by air from the co nt i nE;.1-!;blUnited States to tLe 'Lord tory of AL'c:':A. in the event 0: ali en.e r ge ncy , ~' Durin,:; t.he str.:.y in I,laGka, members of tl:e'light suc ors ef'u.l Ly executed a.n a e r i.a.I survey of t hac 13rri t orv and Rhotoc;r:;l)hed f rcra tLB a i r a total of GO, fOJ squar-e nri l.e s of Al a akan territ or y in the space of t.hr-e e days. The re tur n trip to V:ashington, D.C., f e tur e d a mas s no i.--st.oo flii":1t from Ju~:eau, ;,laska, to Scc:.tt1e, Washillgt.o n , a d is t ance of 9'50 miles, thereby f or the first t ime lil.tk:ing the terri tor;r of Alas:~a with the United States by cdr, \7it.nout a s t op or, foreign terri toC'Lcve Lc.nd ,

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"i'be }'':acl':ay Trophy WE'S presented to t>-l(;War J)e~Xj.rtjJjent in 1012 "by ~,~r. C'Lar-e nce H. Mackay , and every yea.r t ho reaf tor , exco o t during 1,n5_"" .. 11191? 1 it was aws r de d annually to Air Corps of::icers for e~ch year's most outstandi:t\,: fli[;:lt. ~}:.rcugho"J.t this pe r l od of almost a qUl'r"tr:r 0.f a co nt.ury , a2:-1e:n~ .. Ar nol d , one of the Arm;,'.'s pa onee r avt at.o r svhas be en Lnt i ma.t.eLv associated with av i ation and h3 has seen it emerge from its swaddling clothes to its present impcr-

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position both in the cornme.r-c i a'l as E. Engl.Lsh, as the mili tan" f'Le Ld., The personnel of the l.roulld-the-World As soc Lat ed wi t h the Tronhy are S0m3 Fli~ht who shar-e d vii tl-...Capt ai.n Lcve Ll, H. of the most no t ewor t hy fllllt achieveS;,uith the awar-d for 1924 were L1euts.I nt s of e the Air Corps , amons; whi ch E1'1:c H. lIelson~ leslie P. A.:rno1d,z.Leigb. wer-e the exned i t Lon of four De Havl Land Wado) .. Om.1 H::tra.in~ and Henry H. Ogden, T pLane s from- New York to :TomG,A.le.si;:a ,ilhe nersonnel 01 the Pan-Amer-t can end r-et.urn , in 1920, headed. by Ca'..,tain Flil:-:ht, under the Leadcr el.I of Major St. C1(1ir Streett; the r-ecor d--br-eaxt ng I Dar~il;3, were Cant.a rns A. B. KlcDqniel, Ira altituc1.e fli:c~ht of Lieut. Jo~m A. ! C. be~er, C.!. Wc~l?ey" 1st ~ieuts. B:,.5. Macready in 1921; the record-breg1;::ing I Thompvoll, L.D. Weaciln6ton, Char'Le a MeL.. dur'at Lori fli,7,Lt of Ll eu t s . Macready and Robinson, Muir S. l!'eirchild, Ennis C. Oaxl ey G. Kelly in 1922, and their non- I 'iVhie:1ead fmc), Jchn W. Benton. t sto:p t ranscorrt Lne ntaj fliGht the folMb,jol'-Gtne:cel Benj and n D. Foulds, Lowing year ; the Arounc--t~'le-V'lorlcl Chief of t he Air Cor1ls, received the :F'light, headed -O~T C2utein Lo"%l1 H. awar d i'or 1931 :f:'0r 1u.s fligllt leadership Smith, in 1924; the ~;l,~-A1'J.erican Flight Guring the Air Corps rAar.euvers trl8.t year, around South 1\.;Jh3riC2., led by 1:ajor wht ch constitut.ed the largest concentraHerbert A. :Cc.rgu.e, in 1926; tt.. none' t t on of airylane8 flying in mtlit'lry 1'01'stop flig:ht, -.:roa Oak.l.and , C::lJ.if., to mation in t he history of the Air COr-9S HonoLu.Lu, '1' .R., by Li!:l:?tcuns hl bert F. ':rtl6 Navajo Inriian Relief Flig:lt was a,dHeRenoerger and Lester J. Yen t Land in ,lud{;ed t he most me.ri t or l ous one in the 19.::;7; extremely l:Ezctrdous s,?irming Air Corps in 1932, and the award was tests by Lieut. Barry~. &1tton. in 1928; m2&~ to 1st Lieut. Charles H. Howard as r emar-zabl,e IOILg-distance and high al tiCO:lllD2nu.er f the 11th 50iub2ordment Sauado tude ?hoto~raphic fligl;.ts 1Jy CaJta:n ron a.nd rer.re serrta t rve of this or gari.l aa-: Alben Vi. St ev e ns in 19;::'9, a:.1Q+,he midt.i on ill t ril s flight. :tJii~ht Bombar-dment winter flight of tnc First ?~rsuit airylanes from this Squadron were flown Group, 'under M2~,jorRal ")11 Royce, from ov er 0.:).ngerous mount ad ns and canyon reSelfriclge Field, Mich ., to S'JOy.axle, Cio:.ls for the pe r i.od of near-Ly a week, Was~l., and return, in 1930, ur.de r .nos t end fooa. dropped over var-Ious villages adverse WC:2.t:lerc ond i tions. inh"\bi ted by 'the Nava j o Indians, who In. ad.d.it i on t o General Arnold, other suf'f'e r-ed hunger and o t.he r nr i.vat l ons early Army fliers still in 3.c~lv6 serthrough being iso1~ted from surrounding vice who won the M8,ck-:l;/ ronJ.1Yare T counnun:i ties due to a S:410W storm unusualMo,jors Shepler W. FitzGeralCl and Byron ly severe ,in its ill'~ensity. Q. Jones, both of w::om are at present First Lieut. J",;',les H. Doolittle, now members of the War De-'J9,rklen: Genera'L a Ma~or in the AII' '1eserve, sh:'lred wi th Staff. Ma;or FitzGerald shared th3 the ~ate Lieut. CYTI1S Bettis the award avar d for 1914 with tJ.'le late Ca-rt.ai.u of the Troph;l for 19Z5. In October of 'I'ownaend F. Dodd for a reconnaissance '~hat vcar , Lieut. Be t t i a , in the Pulitzer flight over San Die,,,;o, Calif. M[i.,;or Troj?:hy Race , e at.a bl.Lehed a new speed. Jones, r'e c i p i errt of the 1915 awar d , record tor Land pl'lnes over a closed cirestablished an American duration recuit by averai;in,:; 2 .b8.976 miles per hour. cord with a solo fli[;ht of 8 LOUr'S and Two weeks later, Lieut. Doolittle, winner 53 rninut e a , of the SCh.i.lei<ier '!'rophy R.-tee at BaltLnore, Seconcl Li.eut s . ';0 s epn E. Carberry Mel., wi til the same a I ro'lane which was and Fred. Seydtl received t.he award for utilizecl b;,/ L::.eu~. 3ettis in the Pulitzer 1913 for a reCOn1131SSa.i.1Ce flirht over Tropr..y Race, :,:ave the cubs t i tution of San Diebo, Calif. ~ 'oon'\;00:"12 fer the Land.i ng v!heels, e st.abColonel EjJ7[rd y .~t1ckflr, 'Oresne d a ~lGW ~):;~eC!;rec?rd for seaplanes mier illnerican "Ace ;" was awarcled the uy ave caga ng ~.)~.t.70 mtLe s Del' hour. Trophy for 1918 '!'or his ext.r ao rd.l nary Ca.pkdn Westside T. Larsen Air CorDS, achievement in brin:r,in:; dov.n 25 e nemy was awar ded tllG Trophy for 1923 in recogaircraft during the ~orld War. nit::.on of his nioneerin flights in conFor the year 1919, the awar d was ne c t i on wi t.h the d.3:reloproent. of methods Bade to Captains Lowell II. 8,:1i h, John t of rn-oce dui-e of Aerlal Fro nt i er Def ense . O. Donaldson, Felix Steinle, IJleuts. '1'1185e flights involved Lns t.rurnerrt bake Belwin W. Maynard, Al exander Pearson, offs a nd Lc.ndl ngs on bo t h La.nd and water, G '.oroceedin,.'!, to de ei znat ed ".Joints at sea R .S Worthl' nz to n , E v 11ar ize Lraan, R.. _~ r:. : .,.. ." ~ ~ ... Bagby, D.B. ~ish and Lieut.-0010nel and returning tnerefro~ DIlder instrum3nt Harold. E. Hartney for their fli6hts flyiu; co nd i tions. 'l:hrou..:;h Oaptain between the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts Lar seri" s untirine; zeal, various obstacles and return. incident to flights of this nature were Those who shar-ed \'7ith Cant af.n Streett sur.aount.ed and the way Vias paced for the in the 1920 award. were Lieuts. Clifford training of other Air CLrps officers in C. lfu.tt, Eric,H. Nelson, C. E. C~'\.-:.iTIrine,lthetechnique of this highly, important art. Ross C. Ki.rkpatrick, S~ts. Ech.l.ond. _ I General Arno~d becomes a 'repeater" Henriq'~eil, Albert R. Vu:rra and Joseph I among the wortny company of holders of the -100V-6739, A. O.
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fonner Lieut. J.ohn A. Macready (novI M:;jor, Air Reserve) won the Trophy for three consecutive years, and that former Lieut. Eric H. Nelson (now Major, I Specialist Reserve) won it on two occasions.

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The recent action of the War DenartI deration will be given to the provisims in putting into effect a polley of I of Circular 7 of the War Department according tem1)oral'y promotion to Air with a view to expanding the initial Corps officers is the culmination of a list of nositions involving temporary nThuber of recorrmendations from various grade to~keep pace with the expansion sources. To review br-i ef'Ly these r e com- of authorized proe:rams of personnel mendations: I and equipment. Thus there w~ll be in The Morrow Boar d recommended as fo1- I the future a larger opportunl ty to aclows: liTo -orovide rank comme nsura t e cord t.empo r ary g::adc commensurate with with comnand during the present shorttlill resnonsibilities discharged. age of field officers in the Air Cor'os Since'the pur po se of this aclvanced (Air Service), we recommend t.ha.t Congrrink is to accord to an officer disress be asked. to provide that the ascharginG important duties the rank comsignrnent by the Secretary of War of mensurate with his re s-oons i.bt Lt t Les , i\iv Corps officers. to flying cOdma,lds, the te;n~Jorary grade pertains to the ;10such as wings, Groups, squadrons, and sition, and will therefore be ~iven to schools, and not to exceecl 12 ir:rportthe officer holding such posi t i on , to ant air stations, shall, whe n the be retained by him during the pe r i od . Chief of the Air Corps certifies that t.ha.t he corrt l nue s in the po s i t Lon, no officers of pe rinane nt sui table rank In order to be elici ble for a given are available for such as s i gnrnerrt , I po s i t i on , an officer must possess the carry with it t~e tew~orary ralUc a1)flyinG' technical, and other ~ualifipropriate to such corninand , for the. ca.t I ons needed to disc:12rge the duties period of such as s Lgnment ;" of t hat no s i t i on . It will continue to The Air CorDS Act of 1926 eE1boC.ied be necessar;y to have officers aualify .this recoamendat to n in substantially t.hemee Lve s a n Air COl'PS technical supthe same language, but add.ed t.hat the ply, maintenance, and administrative the temporary rank would. be limited to duties, as we'LL as in the duties pertwo grades above the uermanent r ank. t3.ining to tactical units. It will The War Department Special Co.~nittee also be necessary to have aualified of(Baker Boa.rd ) on Arnw Air Cor'Js recomficers for duty on the General Staff, mended that a system of selection and in the Office of the Chief of the Air retirement similar to that in effect in Corps, as instructors and students in the lIavy and 11arille Corps be nrovided. the ~eneral and special service schools, for the whole Ar,ny, and then recorr~endand J.n other Dositions for which the ed further as follows: l~~ fioes not 9rovide temporary promo"Pend.i ng the time when action unde r t i.on . the previous suggestion ~esults within Considerations of ~roviding the broadthe Air Corps in ra.~ corawensurate est possible trainin~ for each officer, with responsibility, ulace in force and securins equality of opportunity the provlsions of the~Air Corps Act of for all, will require the rotation of 1926, providing for t empora ry advance que.Li.f'Led officers in these positions in rank. 11 ~ and tho se cRrr~!inc; advanced r'ank, This recommends t i on was concurred in I Wal' Deoar tmerrt Cir.cular No. 6 nreby tl~ Federal Aviation Comnlission,which scri08s the method of classifyinG offirecOL~ended as follows: eel'S with res~ect to technical and other qualifications needed to discharge t1There should be im:nediate and r>0sit~le duties involving temporary promotive action to improve the nromotlon tJ.on. si tuation in the Arrny, with" spe c i a'l The Chief of Air Corns is charge d, unreference to the Air Co r cs . The authodel' t he Air Corps Act and War De~)artment rity to nrovide temuorary ralik in the Circular No.7, with the resnonslbility Air Corps, to make ~he rank co~uensuof certifying the officers for these rate with the re eoone i.bd Lf ties held, posi t Lons involving advanced rank, In should be broadened and then used. II so do i ng he will, unde r War Denartment The War Department has issued War De- policies, give due weight to the imnorpartment Circular No.7, dated J;.nuary tance of securing an exchange of ofri25, 1935, to rnake these recomnendations cers between the GH~ Air Force and the effective, and to announce an initial ot~er d~tios of Air Cor~s of~icers, in list of the various o sf tions which are oro.er t ha't there may be obt.ad ne d by to carry advanced rank. Further consithis means a mutual understanding of -101V-6739, A.C.
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.-~-oOo--Cert,dn Fl'ed.erick a. Hopki ns , Jr. ,on ~ut~-as ~ssis.t~nt Co:~_n~~cntl Air Cor?s J1jn:;~n8erJ.l,,!-= ::iC~1001,'NrJ.,;11t F'i.e Ld , was ad.-,'ance d to Ivlcj 0 r Officers on duty vri th the 3rd Wing adv8.r.cod to t.he r3.1lk of Lieut. -Colonel we re !lIc:..joj.'sG-eol'gElE. Lovell, Jr., :.;xecutiVG and. OjJerations Officer; Ear I L. Na i de n , :'-:rd At t ac.c Gr oup Ooumander , ~nd Millard F. Har.ncn , 20th Pursuit Grotro Conmande r , Captain Jolm i). Te~:J::)le, Supply Officer, 3rd. ';;inb' vias .nCev-;:',l.ced.. to ]v.2..jor. "i;'i~or R?ll)!:1 Royce l:: Comr:uc..nde!. the of 1 st .i:ursuJ. t J-rout" Se Lf r Ldge F'I e Ld , was alv2nccd to Lieut.-Colonel. T:ne reM of Li eub -Co Lozie L also was i:iver:.. t o l'/iejors 1\.d1.'1.iH. Gil::esol1, ':;o:'lJPnuer of the Et h Pur sut t G-roup, :'illis Hale, Co..nnande.r of the 2nd. Bornbarument }roup, both at Langley Field, Va.; a.id to Clarence L. Tinker, Commande r of t he 7t:il Bombar-dment Group at Hamil ton :?ielCc, c-i ir. C'""1utnins '[hlte::.' ~I. Reid, SUDuly Officer , - 211c. Wi n~, k r;gley JTie1 d.,~,~ud :Rc1.y A. :).111,,1, t:p"81y Cf:L'icer, 1st WL1g, S ic1crcl~.FielG., Calif., were advanced to 1;I2jor.
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AI..--: COPPS O::J'FI0};:S:S .FUilCElVE TEilP03 .. llliY PHOLOTIONS Special Ordors of t.he \"a1' Denartrllent thus far Ls sue d cumounc e d thete_x'lo:;"E'Ter pr030tion of 3E A:r Cor~s office~~ ~s-. sL;ned to vrr l ous Gu~ies at the ~.!atGriel :L:ivision at V'r:.<Z;i1t Ld, 0.; t he four F'ie A.ir' Depots, the A.ir Cor;:ls ELgineerL1g School, and wi th var ious unt t s of the G.B.Q. Air Force at B2r':sd,>,le .Ea.ui.L ton, Lill1g1ey, Marc:1 and Se Lf r'Ldge iielc:s. 'I'he se pr-orno t i ons became effective I!:'"1Tc:"1 19~)5, and the officers 2, affected. will retain their advanc e d 1'8:1.1::: for the ",?eriod of their YE spe c t i v e assiGnments. The Chief of the Air 00r:)S nas certifiec.. that no officers of su1taole pe rmane nt rank e.re ava.i Lab.l e ::01' tl:.e dut ies assumed -,'-Jy the of f Lce r a ')1'0Eight officer.s on dut y as chiefs 0:: brs nc he s at t he =.:~"te:,iel Irlv I s i on we re advanced to t he rar":;":of l.ra..jor, viz: Ca'ot.a i ns J?mes C. ~aylor, Airc1':lfJ~~ J-uues A. Woodruff, A.:cr:.1all1ent; Edv,[l:"Q H. Powers, PO;16r i?lant, rnd Dav i, d. G..:]",i n-1e, Repair, all in the EngineerinG S~ction; Ke:meth J. r:olle, Lncpe c t i on Br-anch , Procurement Section; 3e:..mett E. iile;yers, A.dLlinistrative Br ancu , :::field. Se rv i.ce Section; Frcllli;: D. Ha cke t t , 1:i sc e Ll.aneo'us Su,?pl:' and. l~l-.i;1te'.1encG Branch, Field I Service Se o t i on , n,nd. Victor H. StrehL.1, Chi ef of I'l:ring Bra.nc L, Ad:Ciii.1it rc.t i ve s Section. CaJtccln Rome yn B. Hcugh , ;:1'., C:1ief 0:: the Lndue t r i.eL ':;ar Fl.r ns Section, was i advanced to the r'a.nl; of Li eut.. -Co: o neL, l At the l(idfl0tO';:Yl, Pa , Air DGl~ot,: _ ' Major Lawr'e uc e S. Cr_'J.!"cb.ill, DC~Jot Coramande r , was ed-anced to tr_8 r aul; of Colonel; and. to t:1e rnn~;: 0: IC-"jor, 1st Li~1?-t. Rooe;:,t '::.0. '!iill18'1tt,,~Xcc1-?-tive Of'f a co r ; Ca-it a i n Al bo r t -"'. ;)J.~nonEJ, EllcineeringCf'f'Lc er , and CC1)tain ;j}:.arles I V~'. Steinnetz, St;.pDly Of'fi.c e r-, F'I r s t ! Lieut. John 1,.. Lustln, Cl:ie: InSI);ctor, Was advanced to Ca--'tain.' Four of'f i ce r s at. t~1e 1'eir:ie10., Ohio, Air :;)epot were advc nc od in r anlc, ~he Depot Coi.nuande r , dpjar Fred. L, Co Le.man, to Colonel, end. t:'le o the r three to Me.jor, viz: CakJtalns Bur to n F. Lewis, Execut i.ve Officer; Ear-r i scn W. Flickinger, En::;ineering Of'f r ce r , and JG.:-16S }'. Lo he r t y , Su)ply Of iLcer-. At the San Ant.o m,o .cdr De po t , Duncan Field, Texas, three Captains W0re adva:nced to the ran'.-c r-f IJ1ajor, viz; horris Be rman , Executive Of'f Lce r ; :18.1Dh J. Walker, En6il1eerin~ O~ficer, a:1ci :?to ert b V. Ibnico, SupuLy Officer. 'l'hree Cf\1Jt<:J.insat the Roc ltwe.ll, Air Depot, Calif., were advanced to Major, I v i z : Charles G. Brenneman, Executive . Of:.?iceri Courtlandt S. Johnson, E:'lGineer-\ inG Of'f'Lcer , and Stephen J. Idzorek, , Su?ply Officer.
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---000--MAJ. DUl:rcAl~ ASSUU.L S COMl.:AN~ CE'Ltru!ll.1'IELll:. Army a.i rraen in the F..a','7:.dian Der-ar t> ;'len:- ktte:1c..ed. a warm welcome to Hajor Asa 1;. :;.I11:1(;['n, Air Corps, the new commanc.i ng oL'icor of Lu}-;:oField. As the Tr,3,llSDo:ct RBiP~JJ3LIC aDDroached t he cnt1'a:1ce of ~-{onolulu :lEl.r'b0r, a fo1'raatLo n of :0oillJ'lr,",me:lt and. Observation ",d.r)]anes circled. tile vessel to honor h5.m: e.s vrell .JS f ive o t he r officers of 'Gr.G 1'_i;:,Cor ps assigned to aut;! in t he :sJ.:1nc.s, :"1c'JJ2ly, 1st Lieut. ',V:;.Iliam G. Bov.y er , ~:1d LiE:'uts. JOlin K. Ger-ha r t , Willir:::! L. Travi s , jvlil ton F. Sunrne r'f'e Lt 'lni :br.:uiklin S. Hc nl.cy , For the t.hr ee Las t n-uae d of f'Lcc r s this vm.s their :f'irst duty assig:"",::,'ent as zaernbe r s of t he Air (;C::"08 .. Tl"'J.0y Graduated. from the U.S. ;,lilit3.r~r Acadc,my in JU:1e, 1933, and from LeG ,A.(;.va:1ced }i'lyi:lil; School, Kelly i'ield., Ln June 0:': the f'o I'Lowi ng year. L1 ta'dn,'~ over the command of Luke 1ield, Major Duncan r-e l t evcd Oa1)tain Wolcott P. Haye s , who :1L1d the command for several mo nt.ho following the depa r t ur e r-f f.Cajor Vincent B. Dixon for dut y in the Or'f i co of the Chief of the Air Oorps as Assistant Exe cut Lve , the DO t I on hclcl by Major Duncan prior si to his c.eoar tut-e for foreiGn service. M~:.joj.'Duncan ne l d seve re.l, as s i.gnment s dur i ng his tour of duty i:1 WasrJington, and the personnel in the O.C.A.C. ext e nd to him "best vdshes L1 his new
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LIST OF Mb.STE.RSERGID1TS, AIR COR2S J:mu,,>r;/ 31, 1935 Arranged Ace 0 rcUll,: to Dates of Rank

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
12.

13. 14.
15. 16.

17. 18.
19.

20. 2l.

22. 23. Cr.rmean , Ha.r-::'y P. 24. Kilhefi' er, Ccc D, 1. 25. English, Jose:Cl1 E. ...,~ GO. 3iesiot, P0tel' 27. Beolc , EaxrJ 28. Donohoo, l,~:..cl1["el .J.

Dolan, J ohn Ste7ent,On, Calvin 1'. MUrphy, Ch~istophor Cote, Ernest Tittel, Horst W. LinB,rd, Albert Y. Hamlin, Clyd.e B. Ranc.L e , Thon::1sI'. .Ruef, .Ar:;,old Costello, Joseph Kelle':lS, George W. Bertram, Herbert J. :aa18, Ca.r1 T. :Ric~:lifi, Larry J. Brar.ilnor, Jaccb J. Ber~hardt, Alfred 'Wa.jclovd.cz, Kazilirz Strosni~ler, Cly~e ]Yl. 8GllX1.rir., D'1v id Gosn("ar, Her.rv r-::. Pulliam, Will'ia:,1 B. Busch, Hans E.

~:rl.tchel :Fiold Ba:::ll'olph ji'i e'l.d

Hawn.i i.

69. lla.riole,
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KdJy Field Mitchel :neld. In. Loavonvro r th B r,rks.lal,o F'i o.Ld HL:ni1ton Field Fort :~1il y o Br')()ks :b'ie:Lc]
R~::l(j.Ol.l)!1:?icld Scott I'iela. He,\I;J.ii

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Le i.by , Cl.az'Lcs C.

73. ~3101'rrlJ E1:1'les'b T:.orrecs J. 74. Kdly,

Brooks Field ~\()ckv,311 Fi ela

Havmii SeEric~ 68 :?i eld Crissv }I""ieJ.n

75. Ce.r6,ucci, }:'r3d riG. .'t~rCl.n, 1J;;illic;Cl . J '(7. Lunc.ay , S3JilU:)l 78. .Jrovm, Olin b 79. ;{}.:Oo.8S, ~'lil ur P. CO. Gri,lbh , John T. 8L "'"d::;"d01 <,h, F'rank O. 82.

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S..:h'ric;.:;c Pi 3ld ;i.\.: nd.elp'~1F~cla. Jli.'rch :Ii J.C.] .;

n4. Lcvy , .c~el'~:r"n 85. ''7<;.llace, 30r.l['TG. 86. Coonor , :Co.rl r.. 37. Wil}im;,s, Jo:'L'1 r.. COl1Ia,l 1. 88. () 3ri:mt, 89. Piris~:y, JOS:rPll
SO, ..-,:r:-lc.l.o:f:1.:', C~::LE:::-13s s 81. ~~;:':)1.,2 , Cl: '1'GliCe :-;,:::i tt ~. S2. ~',i'GCl, 83. Trn~i'.;, PO~8~~ !~. Arnold, "T:.li<,'::l
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Post Field Scott Field I.anrley Jfie1d Ha'i18ii Ha.ai Lton Field lJi bchcl, Field Kelly Field :Fort Bragg Scott Field Barksdale Field Panama SeEri2ge Field Src:lfridJe Field PhDippines lli:;.nr.ol:rhField
Raadolph Field Ra::.l.dolJ1hField

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Miller,

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30. Fitch, Willi3X:l l!'. 3I. J chennseu , 'V",,;,~.tor 32. Boanebb , ";ilL.a., J. 33. Rector, Gtto i,'~. 34. Doan, Cnrr-Lc.s .:1. 35. 1urner, Parry E. 36. Ric~1e:'''C:s. ~l-_oLaj'; ,b. 37. Cba-':;l!'2.n, FLiTl",! .c. 38'. nol1oz::1::l::J.,i\1"'o:rt ;!. 29. Jlt:.':0:T, '/",.::.. to: ~:~. <10. :Tl?""J,-:~c:rt \7"ii~tO!' c. "',1- Jon\Js, 30b,..;rt F. 42. Bi.shop , .Jo::o'PL "". SC':ffi.~l!, P'lL;G?i ..:~. 43. 1.~i } 44. (}~"'111~:.i0, .L~~l';')(,rt . 45. DL~,"Tli(l3e!l, G(.'.)J's\.j E. 46. Sta,~l in::;, Wcl~, L. O:~ 47. Billk3r, Fr211l: G. 48. Co stello, :":Jrer G. 49. .l.~h:r'p:C7, :)avid. J;. 50. Sorenson ~3:i.Su.rd. . L 5I. .'I.e a.ns , "TiL:rur 52. Fag;.;, Eomcr J.
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57. Beech:.;r, ;"Ulo 58. &,inK, sto"mrt, ::;. S9. Bra~h'Xry, C8.rl ','J. 60. Trwlor, Cl~ic3 ,L

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YJPylo::1, Charles 10upes, Nice G. Gra:clt, tToe l,:atos, .:-\.ndrevl' ~Rel. r01ph J. Frazer, Je::.n 'V!. Put.nam, ;,iarion G.

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iTelrax, John Ii. McKiboin, l~tin

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Fie1.d. :Fiuld. Chanui.c ~Ti0!d RUldd-;:Jh :riQ}cl B,'lr!:":~la,le jj'1.eld L:'l.lJ':.oy Field

Self1'Hge

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175. Hadiow,
176. [)c:r-;,

Robert
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180.

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Kell y" ~'ielJ. Kelly rield
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In his first contribution, the Cor'I the ~ost, A few officers of other branchrespondent from Wheeler 1?ie18_, T. '(-I., in e s [>1.'ecuar t er ed at Wheeler Field and a weLcoiui ng the return of the Hews Letter, small number of Air Corps officers (usur e.aar-ks that it seems an aD'Jronriate al.1Y not to cxcaed ten) are on commut atime to inform the Air CO<:'1:>s reGar<ling tion statros. It Ls se l dom necessary for tL::lt station. He goes on to say: "While an Air Corps officer to be 011 co.cmut.at i on we hope it may not be lone unt i.L a I status for .nor e than t hr-ee months. Q,uar'Cross Count ry , from the rsa.i nl and to ! tel'S or f the ,Jost, while not ex oenai.ve , Wb.eelel' Field will be a rr-ut i ne tre.inI are generall/ scarce and not entirely satin:e; flic:ht, we arror-e c Ls t e the fact t:l"."tt I i sf'ac t o r-y , the two t housand t'''O :1UndreJ. miles of I The cua.r te r s on the post, both for ofPacific Ocean, sopaj:atin{: us f'r oru the \ ficers ~ancL noncommissionod officers, are mainland, will prevent the bulk of the one story, flat r-oaf , concrete block Air Co r-ps from visiting Wheeler Ei el d st ruc tare s faced 0:1 the outside wi th for tne pr-e serrt , I co Lo r ed stucco. 'I':1eyare new, very atThe nre sent Wheeler Field Las been I t.r-ac t Lve , quite c orafor t ab'l e , ana. consist cccrpl.e t.ed and in use or:ly since Ma;:r, of - a larGe lanai (porch), 1 i ving room, 1933. The old Wheeler Field lies imrne- I c1L-ling room, ~:itchen, 3 or 4 bcc rooms , d.Lat.e Ly adjacent to the present field. I servant e ' (~uarters, and a patio. All buildings on t.ne old field, except I TIle uo ncom.e i s s Io nc d officers' quar t er s two ole hangar-s usee for storage, have are generallJ similar to the of'f'fce r s ' been dismantled. The La.. 1dil1C;surface ouar-t rr s , but somewhat s.ar.Ll.er . of the old field is in g00d c ondl tionT:.J.e o rzan.i aa t i.one are rrua.r t e r e d in four and is used by all aviation ur..its on perr,lanent ~~-stor;r -Jarraclcs constructed OaJ.1U an outl~rins t ra.i ni.ng field. as of concrete JloCK faced wi th stucco. The new Wheeler Field. is a modern The rdrc;raft of each squadron are housflyin(; field in every respect. The eO. ill a new ')or:Clanent <louble hanC3.r. Land.i ns; surface lies a mile and a quar-: Grou"':) Head-ruar t e r s and all facilities tel' in the d.irection of the Drevailing are housed in permanent b"u.ildir.l68. wind and avera.~es nearly a h~~lf mile A corsb l ned officers' club, mess and wide. ~~e surface is red volcanic ash, bachelor officers' cuarters is one of the eirr,hty percent covered with 8. new most attractive buildings on the post. growth of Bermuda grass. There are no A.ccOffilTloo.ationsre usuaf l.y available a for iwrd. surface runways at present. ~ll bachelor officers assisned to Wlleeler vVheeler Field is the Lrrge s t landing Field. The noncounm s s Lone d officers field in the Hawaiian Ls Land.s and the I' a.l so have a very excellent club bu.ilding only field large enough for the t8.keVl'heelor Field is not a separ'at e post off of large t r-ans oo r-t type airplanes E'l,S F',re most Air Corps stations in the with maxl.mum load. - The DIan for the States. It is a par t of the post of field corrt e.nnl a't e s that the old and . Schofield Ba.r i-ac ka wh i ch is the howe of new Landd ng s-c:rfaces shall be joined to the Haw,- Han Division. The 12th Pur sud t form one huge field. Grouu comes unde r the control of the 18th Wheeler :F'ield is the station of the Com"Josi e V\iuc;for t ac t Lc a], training; t 18th Pursuit Gr oup , which is COElI2osed . under t he Eaw'-l.iian Air DeJot for .Air of the 6th and 19th Pursuit Squaa.rons I Corps Supply, and unde r the Hawa i Lan Diand the 73th Service Sc~~e.ron(. The I vision for administration, discipline 11th Photo Section Bnd25th At t ack I and su)ply other than Air Corps. Souadron are stationed at Wheeler Field I Operati:cw as a part of the large Post and are attached to the 18th Pur sui t I of Schofield 13arracks has certain defini te Group. advant~ges from a social, recreational, The Pur sui t Squadrons are equipped eco no.edca.L and. professional st.andpo i nt . A with P-1213, C, and :E type al r p'Lanes . I' splendid feeline; exists between the Air The Service Souad rcu ooe rat.e s OA-3 and COl"\JS and the personnel of Schofield :i3ar0-1913 t~rpe aircraft, arlO. the Attack racks. It is believed that the recreaSquadron,. A-3 type airplrmes. The tional facilities of Scho f Le Ld are the Photo Section eluploys an 0-190 for best in the A:~y, and that athletics are photographic work. The numbe r of asnowhere s o well org2.ni zed or conducted 0 i"1 signed ai.rc raf t is ade quat.e for effecsuch a large scale. 'I'he 18th Pur sui t tivG flying training, but the type of Gro~p successfully participates with the Attack aircraft is obsolete, _ . uni ts of the Hawpiian Division.' The 18th Pur sui t Group is manned by Wheeler F'i el d is located 21 miles northan average of 60 officers and 550 enlwest of Honolulu on a good, hard surface listed Iilen: The bulk of the of~icer road. 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1!'irst Lieut. S, A" Gilkey, Air Corps, of the 4tl~ Observation. Sqw;tdron.~ Luke I Ff.e l d , 'Lh., recently re ce Iv ed war Dept. ,orders a)~)ointing.him~burea'~ of A~r ComI me r-ce Re~reseHtatJ.ve r or the Terrl.tory i of Eawpil, He succeeded 1st Lieut. . l,eR,'y Hudson, Air Corus, who VirtS assigned to . d~tv at Srooks Pield, t Tex~s. I" d" l' t Ac t ; ve ;1 enb3.~~e r n InJ. :::.ary ae ro nau iC3 f or t.he '!J8S'1j twelve years, Lieut. Gilkey bas devo t e d a good deaL of his t Lue to Lns t runerit flyinG and Lns t ruc t l.o i, t Le r e l n. ~ieut. GiD:ey is one of I the very few ear ly :::lioneers who assisted i in cr:~Lni':;in.:; a et.indar d and. hit;l"uy efOrders ef'f'e c t Lr.z t he se c:'et:::ils will I fLc i e iit s r s t em of Lnst ruc t Lo n in Lns t ruissue at an ear:i.;;"'-'dE1te, arid 2.5 ::JOOll as cent flying for Air Cor ps p~lots. D1;lrirg t he prov t s i ons of t he War De~)8,rtme~t i ~he, Arr.;:;' s emer ge ncy a.i r maJ.~ o~er~t~J.ons AppI'oDriatio:l Bill for tile next fiscal t n the early nar t or 1934, Li eut . lIJ.lkey "Tear are :;:nov:n. ' '1 a 1. 't . " The orders wi Ll, J.ir3ct the of'f'Lce r-a "?,J. Q.0taJ. ~ , \10. <;Cu1 a t tl re l' t ,e~1.e1 .JJJ.; "a I V1. a ori , Wr:L:;n.t F'i e Ld , Dayton, s O.. ,o . Here u selected to "')rocee~ t~. Fort rru.nTJl:: ..eys , 'a cour-se of instruction was r.n effect in Wash:i.n~ton, :!J.J., a n t rme t o re pcr t to 12'C"'1.1.ailltill~ Air Cor-o s '"Hots with the the Commn dant n the ~my W~r CoLl.e ge ,B.r{ of f'J3,"':ll1c; 1Ja.nclin,ss. of airplF'nes be!wee~ AU~us~ ~~ cll~d.eo. 19u5. .... l1J:i~l: t}-::.~ cOCl_~rits I"ooc'ced, the pilo!-s Ed , Not e : 1Under Par .,.... I, General b I us i nz t he r ac co'..., "18SS o"'y' to f.~-uJ.de m 'T' F n'. '.."~ 0, ,ra.ers,'.,..c;o. ,~2~ ...eoe.r tment , e ruary t her; Lr, lc',nding. . 14',190;), ~D.e 'TlJ.~lter;z post and reserAC re')rese}~.tD.tiv(j &f the Bur-eau of Air V:~t i on ,d~,SlP~.? t~~. ~c ~ t H:X:.llpnr~;)'s, vs., 9m;il:l8FCe in nrOf.'.ot.:.oIlD,l '~Jor~;: of e ncouragV'J.l~ ~rv~1 t e r T.o.e ~eSl[liated ~s tort ! ~nb _tJ.18 ~eve~op;:lcnt, of clv~l ae ro naut i ce , Beh o i r , 1 va. Under ftr. II OJ. t.l~, an H;:>712J.1. J.G'.l.t. Gl.lkev vall aLso serve 1 o.boye orQ.~r, t!"lGm:;.ll.vary r~ servo. ci cn as imrDGctor of Li.i!'craft and 8 Lrmen ende i vclle[;3,- d gp"6'd '1'' t he ac t Lv i t Le s of' c.lv i L c acro"1 s h'gnat.e d as 'I'he i~rmy h ,t or, '.. '11 No..r ," ~w v ~lS 1.nC on, ;.1.\,. ' .. Vll _ ('rE:'a~ter oe enaut.Lc s wLich are licer.sed by tr~t slE;nated as Fort HI1I;lplweys, L',oJ. , Eur eau,
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Interest in mili tar;,! aviation in i de t a i La of t r.e drY)lane increased in S)ok,'lne, Wash., sweLl.e d on A. nev tide j S,?ok3ae the many f r Lenc,s of the Air recently when C:crr:tail1 Westsic:.e '1',L:_"rscn I Cor ps , of Rocj~l"i'cll l"ielc.. C:"lif., arrived. in a -:'0 tl:.e officers of t.he :National Guard ~:artin Borcbe r to lecture officers of Aviati.on, 8:cptair. Lar-sen pre serrte d severthe 41st Division ",-viation, Was;:in~:ton I e.l ne' and h.teresting s i de l i ght s on inNational Ouar d, on instrument flyLrc,g. " ,s,'~ry.\1en~ i~,~u:~r~,till[: l~s le?t~re C8.otain Larse n flew north via S.JJt ... ~t l; spe ct a.t Ly :pre~c.rl1Cl.char t s and :P1C Lake"City am....r-et.ur ne d via '..e nat c'cee , ' I t ur-e s . He SI)O~.ce 0::': t ue Lns t r-umcnt flying Wash:, ~:"r... cuncement of his co.ni,n \';ith ccml'ses, beinL con<?:-~~tedat J.oc~'::lell }j'ield the OJ.f Bcrnce r r.t t z-act cd a lar.;e crowd snd.::;rrOlsed the cr r t ccr s a t t end.i.ng the to the airport to ins")ect t:10 air)lane, Air :-rwii.;ation SCl'..ool for -t he speed wi th the second of its kina. to visit S}Okq,ne.j which t ney are mastering the subject. , The pl.eaaant and willin::~ manner in Of }lC'rticular interest was the driftu::which Cal)tain Lar-sen expl ai.ne d t he many dicat,or on the Bomber and the manner it:LS used \"IitIl tIle com';)C1SS maintaining in a definite course. --"'000--NIGHT FLYING OPERA'rrO?JS BY WASHUJGT'ON ITA'liIO~{A1 GUARD i"IRME1~

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Greater night fl;ying ouerations are the division point for two lighted ai~ .. 'ra1'S scheduled for Dilo~s of the Washington one leading to Pasco and Pendleton and~ Uational Guard'as a result of the comother to Seattle, via Ellensburg. East pletion din Washington of t'he Northern of Sookane the Northern Transcontinental Transcontinental Airway froD tl~ Twin Airway goes to'Missoula, Montana, and Cities to Seattle. Felts Field is now Butte, ii:ontana. , -106V-6739, .A.. C.

B:n;PORT O~"' FEDERA.L .A.VU.TlON The Jom;;iissioil reco.nme.nds t:~'"t GV6l";l effort 8houl'~ te: mace t o ne cur e thE; onr o l Imeat of e r sonne l of air linE oromizations in the h.:ser'te fo:c::e?, of the Ar;~y or the Navy. '1::-;,1':) 081 I ef is e~preflsed ~h'1t tlle;Jers91J.Hel o::',,;er.izg,t i o ns of tne orne s t i c :.'11' t1'<.:.l1S10rc ! lines should -oe left larT,..;lv unclisturoed in the ev e nt of '{Jar, t~~e'lleed for tr:Jl1s')ort')ilot>~ oeing greater en the routes to v:hich treey have be e n trained. t ha.n in ar({ .n'i Li tar" serv i ce in wtri c h t}-,e~f mirht be L1clu.cted. !IJ."!r...tici-oa-"Jilots t ion 0 LIE.: dctree to whl c h mili tar;,effort wou.l d 6Ilf~:ross. t he l:ne::-~dEs of the cc.int ry , nov/ever, it is tLO'Ll.t.,b.t des i r ab'l,e t ha t 8V:;11 t no se wnc were sur e to be nee1Ed in tn:::ir;;;resem~ tr,:'Xls:ort , po s i tions should. be enro Ll.e d in t r,e he- . servE!. The War or Nf'vy D(;-:,e.,;.~t:D,:;nt wcul,c, then be in a po s i t1;)11 t o :;:f;SP . t.r ac.; of t hem , :1::10. to D2kc lts own llst-! Lngs of t.no soec Lal cut i e s f'or ';7Lich I t he y are qua'l if'Led , in CAse ::.,; shcu.l d I be de s ir aul.e in ',7'lr to l'e1c938 'J::r:';)l1,.; ne1 from ce r t> in Linc s for/Dil i t<.:::ry service, or to t rnnsf'e r t hern :~ro;:, some lines to o t he r e of gre.'1.ter mEl tr.rv importRnce. .. The sUs:?;6stion that ent e ror-t se e rr~i ce LvLn; SJ muc r; (;1.rect (:oVCO!'I1"1en.tel r. i d i as much be given to t~,,~'a ir Lt ne s sno u'l d' be unc ez- full ,,'over:liYE.ltql coritro I to i the extent of re':!D_idn; t~ll:' ;~:ClrJlL1?:lt of all t hei r 1XTSO(,,~eJ.- in C1. 'i.';)Sell;e V1S giver.. careful'consid~r~tion ~Gd rejecte d , 'I'o 8o"'J1y cornpu l s l on \"lOl~)_C:'_, it is feared _.h enr1on"'er br i 'I'ir",-- 'Gh,-,,~ c' lines ,~ uno.er c I t 00 mucr ., -~-s ,:h.~lL,r '. l'1,lL.l..v'" .n any case it isoelie-.'cil tn2t s~l:'olL}ent on a vo l uat.arv ba c l s e<;-- or, so nec r Lv compl e t e that" th~ "nuve~rcal f;.~i;~-b/ cornpu'l s i nn v.-ou1o. be 21.Jcst 1.;:;'".1i-:i01e. It is e s t lma t cd that :j,Ymt t:.:~ree':::Gcnrters of the rri L0 t. s :"10'" er~;)l G18 d i r: ai I' trB.l1STIOrt ho Ld Re se r-ve cO;'Jlilis8iaDc. If soe c i a l 'pr'ov Isi.o n is l1:'i.Cie tel' t hem , end e apec.La L'Ly if the plan pr o oc scd for aVi- ! a't i on Lnsur ance in't,he .lieseI've can be li put into effect, the po r cc nt a.,e of enI
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r.eans Cof secur i ng its classification and enrollment, of cour-se em a nurely vo Lun-' ' tar:" b:-osis. . ,(.1..'CD. tD.(lw.~ht 'flas Given to the poust.bili t; cf 'L-f:;in.?:: (l spec i.a'l class of ReS81"Ve as FJ ::1eU1S of Le r-d i ng some f'Lnanc ia], eUCJUr.:lif .. llC-r.t to private flying. l"lcstili ty \'::is a.Lready exor e s se d to dir e c t subsidy to private'Ji1otaGe or owner s.u p , but it w?S felt that ther.e ;,li:)lt be ,)11C.l 1il f avo r of -yJ.J.:rment of a ::;'Od88t BU;:J6"ch yEar to t:tlOae vrivate who demo ns t r-ate a c e r t e i.n mi ni> WUl11 of CQ::n<2 tel:oe aHc vito keel: ur- their )T-3ctiG6,"lld cne ck in per1.0dicaliy with a ;nilitar:' orf;,L'liz3.tiol'.L. 'iiorkLlt~ over t r;e c..etails 0:" suc h .e pl"j,il. comul.Lca-: tion:ol'i,-lv8 a'J,je,g.1:ed so g,l"CDt t h.it any d.cfini to n.:C()Ll!Ue~ldation na s Jl;e;l wi thhc Ld, It ts ure;ed. that sOluetIJin(s of t he cor t , or SCLil2 e ou Lva'l.en t me ans of acccrnpt i srn n.; t he S2llie: r e si.Lt s , be keut unr'e r co at i nucus s t'udy , t~1Ere is s oec ia.I E1.c'VE'.nt'lge in Giving at te nt i on tc-t.i:ds mat t e r now in that it 2Lnt.icix,tes an L.f;Vi taule \"ar-ti::18 robLem , iside f r om c Las s i f'y i.ng the perso nne l , it has t".ll")e;3.red t.nat 'l t woul.d bo well t~ prepare lor one of tbe difficu.Lt i es of "Vlar-time ex;xmsion by pr-ov i dLag special s~ort trai:lin-:; cour se s , c1esirncc to eli) )lcler..t tile nre scnt ~::novileC',~;c of c i.vi.]," pilot'J b~J ~).. i n-; tnem :i n a v few: .o nt ns ' t irne 'Lic:: spec t f'Lce.l Ly milit:Jr,y- t~"'in~llG n,,::c',,L'S1..'TY. !.o .rr;'l':~ th~:n ava11aole ler pr1~~t mO~111za~10n In an eme rtc ncy , 1::1 the ev e nt of war, eny air + f'o r ce '1:'11 hav e .. to solve the problemf ,... - .. ~ ~., )1 u'1Y:1:1{:.1., se rvi ce E'c grea" numce r 0 ?I'Os")(cc.lve pi Lc ts w i t n evcry im1.ginable d.'~srec of ,1"r.)]1'liltL:':A.l PXOf:I'i'~llce. ~'tld 0:;'" so cl!'s:d::'Jir:,; tllem r.s to rnake the blest u se of WJ:..<,t8ve1' prev i.ous training t:ley If:::lJ h.rve had i.:l abbr ev l at I ng the pe r io (1 of "'.;!"lEc l' ')Y'i")a.rJ. t i 0Tl for ac t i v e i se rv a c e Su.0:~;t:2t.,Ofl is n.s c,e t na t C-:)11rze s 'or; now Qcvclo)c;c tO~8C8 men who have a11'e.,,('-.:, shovr, tt;':~ ti:~sy kn!;',' ~10W fly, to an~ w.:o dis-,Jl'1.y t_-'8 Z18COGs:lry off1_cerLi l:e c;nJ1.1it~E;s, I'LJ.d. to ,::;'cvc thert in t he r'o Ll.rne nt ca.n DO dc uo t be; mc.t e r La l Ly , S;lcrtcs1; po: s i b Le pe r-i.od 0: ti.~0 the r'a i se d . !-')a1'ticuLor tl-~il~gS . that they Lac"; to EX.t8~1d.lni~ the r~eneral do o t r i ne of i ,;-;::.1:e r.hem L"tJ mili t'1T.\r or li.:"l'lrul av La-: f i nd i n ; an 80-0TOo:ri2,te 1")13.C8 in the Ee- ! tors c'ualL:'~ eel fa)' irrili.ocLi.ate 'IV:".r ce rv i.c e , serve for' all' t':10 s e -;"!::.O.1:'8V8 8;)8c:'-a1 i zed. \ Vrh.De tl.isor'oJ02'1.1 for 31,)0ci81 i zec ae r o naut.Lca l tfl18nttl. it is fe Lt t.na t ! t.r2idn6 c,Jurs8s.r..as obv Lous ac.;,init";trasome record should be ...ade 0':- the capa- I t i ve co ..ipl.Lca t Lons , t he Comr.l.ss i on feels city and t he avai Lao i Ltt y of t he 10,COO it to c onf orm so ne.ar Lv to one of the or more &'118ric9.n c i.v i..l nilots not c;ns pe.ci a.L :;uro'Jl';~"lis of 'ilL'r, and to pr oarl se ployed in D,ir tr;-=.ns~Jo:rt'. \i:rii.c some of so v<::,lll'"ble 8:1 exse r i ence and to "be GO them are ov e r sgC..' for any ldli tar: 881'useful in t i.c rca <011':'; Re ae rve pr:rsof:.llcl, Vice, SI)'[[;E:physically I1mi'\' ~:u1dGO:!le \ t~).ft it ea.r co s t Ly cO:JL1cacl.s it-to the po e ae s s i ng so little eX;,,",er~e!lce a s to I st.udv of t ho Wc..r r.nd Navy :JeVlrt,-:ler;ts. ~tart v i r t'ua.l Ly from sczat ch on D..nymil1: f;lsertill": tn:' t :;','01" v~'-rJT'Jne eng8.gr;d in ~~ar:T ayiatioQ t?r"~:l:1nG tl:12t ::;ie;~lt oe I a"Jlst~_'J.1 tnf' proolem ~f i~l,m~'n.nc~ is, an {>lven tnE:D1, still lt seeDS t!lsre r::,ust ever ]):'d88_11; worr:' aDo. 'Jo~n~ll1g to tt~e be ,vi thin t.his -oocy of :liloti!lg YlE;I'~30n- I 6.:tr',). h~['vy r)ren;i1llil~ eh:trged when an;r nel a 8ubstnntig,1. a_G01mt of al")ili ty ti:l"'t p:Ofo:-;81.0n cOClL8eted. Yiith 8-viation is WQuJ.d. be 01 direct and iffiJleciiC\te use in Lwolvccl, "0;cO CO:.:Elission, while t<;,king war. There Sl10".l1d be further study of : muto consideration tile :f8~t th8.t the -107V-6739, .A..C.
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s tandar-d. gove rnme nt Lneur a-ice is now 011 inactive duty, perfor::ning their ilpble in c1,,:o't.mts r.o t exce,:;dinE; fli gl.ltpr'Cl.ctice :from time to time :t.lO,OOO to Re ae rve orf Lce r-e if t:ll.Y ap- tllrot'.gh the yea r , receive on the other p'Ly for it at a trl:dninr; acr.o oI or on hand only limited hospi ta.lization if extended ac t i ve duty, be Li.eve s th:::.t the iLju:;,'ed, no r'c t i rement privileges. and gf)ve~nm:Jnt should. make sc ne soec i o.I no dea~h o(me:2i t exce ot a t>mall contriprovision for tho se who have (l1:,3.1ified out i cn to f't;.ncral expe nee s . Officers of. for military :'l;yLl[ and enro l Ted in the I che ;::atiou?-l C,.uard, vhe n -practicing on Reserve, in or de r t bat th:,Y' ',:<1;)r fly f's. ! s(')verr..mp,nt-Qwned airplanes outside much as t hey desire ;;n,' un.xr P.Il] ccnd.l-] their T8t,ult:>.r squadr-on cirill periods, t tc ns t ha..t s ee..; to tLe1l prope:;'1 w i t hou.t i ar e r e oort.vd to get ev e n less protecconsidering the effect on :.reir imur: ti on , allce nolicies. l,;):f'ore aviation became a factor in The. sUGgestion is nade tl1at t~overnmili tery 0:1(. .atiom:: thi s discrimination ; mont Lnsur-ance , cov e r i n-; the aviatioH::na:". :r~ve seemed a minor matter, as the r I sk exc l us i ve Ly , be IY30..e av.at Lab l,e in .. triuxnng 01' t ne i<cserv8 in the o t ne r amount-s subs t ant i.s.l l.y beyond the 'Jl'esB.I'f''.S '1"1.5 not such as to make i1J.jury or ent limitation, so .JDkin[, it po s sib'l,c deat.n at a l I likely. With t he comt ng for the of'f i c or-s to cprrr co-ancr'c i a.l, ,of avi at ro n tile s it.uat i.o n has unde rgo ne life po Li c Le s exc Lud.i ns; the av l at i on rad.ic::l change , for the l.i.a7.:'l.rds of milihazard and to avo i d 8.n)~ sp0c:ial 8.b1.0rt2ry flJin" 81'e aver present ar... are d WEI Lnc r-ea se in t Le l i: -orem.iums. 710 ar e Q1.,,;;,tc; as acut e for a l":6servist as for a rec omme int:: tLat in cr6C1tins suc n Lrind .tt::::c,u.lc:,r. It is ac c or-ddng.ly recommended sur-anco it 1:e1';)'" i"rarJ~ly be kspt off ari th;;' t tt:<> two t;1'O'_l..tJs be brought to a actuarial ba.si s , wit}, o::'hr.iuDlo ar~i ':,n','n p~l1i t;)' 0:.1: t:reati[13l.l.t. rily set at a moder",te' 1e.ve L not full:,' Co nvLnce d thE,t ae ro naut.Lca.L progress. c cv e r Ln., the stati s C:i ca ILy indic"J,ted in future as .1;.:;, t:le fast, ,,:vill be in ~iha.aar d Jut hiC;;h e ncu.rh to j,c.sure t!\'1.t reet pl'Ofortlon to t he e ng i ne ez-Lng ab i.I> only the {L,'10Ullt reell;y ne ec e d will 'be i t;r and. sound ,jUdgment of the technical t.aken , ;:)(;rson.ael erg,rEeG with its development, T~'1is Dro"JOS'J.l is made ~sDe~ielJ.~r with ;"l.d whi ch is pr r-t Lcu.l.e.r'Ly true in the reference to Reserve officers. 'rne Ic:.li'~[Jr~r S:::rvlces, such adrniniGtre.ti v e Oorrcri s s i o n fo r e see s trnt t ho r-e \"'1'';'] 1 be a:10 legislo.tive steps 0:' neces,sar;r . Lrnnedf.a t e ',)rotcst th-;t tl-:is is P. 0,i3shou: Q be tHken to prov i de eacn Se rv i ce c r Irai.na t t cn t3f-';ainst the reGlllclr se rv Lce . of professional Any corre sponri.ino; r ecouar.e n ',at::.on there s"'c -,Ldi c't '" is omt tted because Lr.sur'ar.ce :for the'~'~~~de1~el~pml:.nt of ;persollne1 for the Re~.1l8rs seem to be r.cce s s. r i Ly ~.nteri spec Le.I :r;::s;,onsib:'clitJ.e3 of ae r-onau t I cal. bn.ned wi th t ne who Le que s ti o n 0: fly-. I de s i gn , co ns t ruo t i on and. procurement R1.S in/?: pay, now unddr,.o,)jne; 1'<::118',7(-,(-;' stu~ 0Yj nEV::l1' been k,laced upon a clearly e s t abby P.~1 intAj,'d.etx:lrcment;;.l c orz__ t t e o . 'I'he L i liE':1ed ba s.;s . Tn.ere is at present no Acgu18r aviator 110,\ re ce i.ve s rr.::ocollit':on i SySt(;lP :01' r e c r-ui t Lng and traini% offiof hisincreaced ha ze.rd t n a ::-,0 ncr cc nt , eel'S to car-ry on this Iirroo r-t.an t wo rk , Lnc rea.se ir. b:'.s 02S2 ::ny, S'l1.:);)cscc'ly ; Ac r o naut Lc a has .t'B.ssecl t hr-cugh its pionde s i gne d to or ov i de , 8'[lO1:.,3 ot:w:- things,: ee1'ilc[: sta~~e and. has fully earned a peFfor pavme nt of "Urc1.iC rt)ss OIl insurI l;1pne::lt qi;,,:t us i:c:. t he lenny a.nd l:avy. 'l'he ance p.rern The rr.:,y 11E.'C,)2Sar;y Groul) aeronautical qui, te J,S ~lis:'1 a sc'rcL3Tt;e ':>:> ,,;('e'~ 011 an i eel'S L~ec;.S 211so ~~O be :;1. a ced upon a pero r d Lna ry corcae r c La.L -;;r2ciuD,',"P.t his . iaaner.t bas is , J:.. dec i sion bas Indeed to t o trl, of '1ctive d\'.ty Q1l1'Ll" the ~;eq,:r is 'be 'Cilkan on whether ~riwar;f de pe nde nce so <Jmall t na t his fl~cil1G p:'y in .no s t is to be L)~L;:Jsecl0;:' of'f i ce r s 0:" civilian caae s An.ount s to I:O rr'J ..e t.r-an a coup Le ' c;np10.T3i;;S lor tecLnical wo r.k . T"~1e Navy of hundr-ed do Ll ar s . His iL~ the ca se : }l8,S he re t or c re relied. almost entirely on t ha t; seems p"l.rticul3.rlj' ur{}'ut 11'0.11 the o f f i ce r-a , v.h.i Le t he Army n2.S ria de a. much +nsur~nce ;:')oint of -,eie'i,)" -rnd _ SUe s~ion I 1aZ:Jst..r use of ci vil:serlTi,ce per~onnel. IS mane t ha't Lis case be ::;lV;l1 3;)<;;';11'1 .. 'l'.'~'G DttSt r-eco r d OJ: tile l~l"val liUre,'-\11 of attention as "n D.c.diti':lnE.'l. i'lGXJ,Gemcnt I AerOl3uticG in t~Je LlBr.Jlin,'" of entincerfor the best. pviati011 1JE:1'S(JUClel 'co enI Ln., c,evclo;:Jillo:,t and procurement ma t t.e r s tel' and r81'1EUn in the Res!C', v : , 1'S to Leave Ii t t Le to be de s.i red . Q,uite a s i de f r ors ,.:.... t.ro i.e c t i o.... t::at y l 'i'A.8 bureau .Q'\S :19d the continu.ed servimay be fur ui sue d by ~:lSUl'",:,ce, see:ms ce s , in a r e aoo ns i hl,e capac I t y , of offic Le-vr that mr;;lllberf.' of all tT.I1S s~:r.)ula I ce r s OJ,' t:18 Coro s of Nava'l Oons t r-uc t.o.rs receive egl<aJ. t r-ea tiaenc iL~ ~.i::le evc nt of ,~rained and experienced in Ludus t.r-La; actual i n,)\U'Y or de a.t.h , ,'Jna8r ~h i~'es-! pro b1e:"'ls. There }:"as been rec ent Iy , 110"'errt law ana reculat .... , .. 8scrve oL ~- ,eve.:: ons Z a tendency to de par t from fo ricar eel'S on(~rotraeted. active, QU'cy ':;i tl:t the i rneth~ds and to evolve a new plan 1,:'1 " Army or 'fj.3.VY [;,re r:?'~ yen sU..Jst.:l.ntlC'.lly i vrhi ch -in indefinite numbe r of line cf:.:~~be same~r~a.tI!lent. and p~iVn~';t?8S ?-8. i ce r s are to be 2;iven baric trc.ining ;.:1 Re.&,ul3:r oIf~cer~, l?c.lu<;tlng t ne ~)r~;~l: : a.ero nau t Lcz.L El1gineerinc_ If this p::'an ege of hOsPlt8,1l~at1\~n In case or ~:-J1.U~ be placed in "peration in Guch a war t:rat and of ~colllpensatlcn ior delJe'l0.ent~ In 'the group of off. icers so trained ca.n "e case 01 ~ccid.e.."tal d.eath. R~servl ~ts ':'i:~g~llti.uuous+y emp.la.YL'~ l:POI\r
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t he Lr- lllecial ty, wi th oopo r tunt ties of I at rc raft in being, to car-ry on neace-Hme advanceme nt L:1 rank eoual to those of I exercises and to be r eadv for sudden aptheir line contemporaries, then th3 pro- pear-anc e of W2r. 'rh~re must be produccedure still lacks the essential 1'0 ...... " tion f ac i l. l t.Le s capabl,e of rapid expanquireroentsof a professional status .. We e i on to meet e xpand.i ng vI3.r-tiroe ne eda ca.nno t co nce i.ve that B proper e sor'I t de and to l:'.ake U"O Lor the fantastically corps C2.n be develo-ped on SUC~l basis. a I repieJ. was t age" of e qui peeut unde r war conIt cannot be conducIve to efficiency or ~itio~s. There raust be a policy of deprofessicnal morale for tho me~bers of velonment which will assure that the Sera professional group to be carried as vice'equi?me~t currently in use will nevextra members of an executive branch j e r be'01lowed to fall into a state of sewi th an implication of restricted. qual- Irious obco Le t c ne s s , and tilat new types of ifications. The t.e nde ncy would be for ?'teaclil;y im:eroving q1.~li t~r will always be t~1e inor-e aHl..e officers to avoid specit n C011rse 01 r.re oa r at.Lo n. alization under such circumstances. I AI: threepc)ill~S are essential, but the 'l'he bo.Lance of advantage would seem I f!re":","cs't a".lo~l; t11em is the third. Airc:rsft to d.i.o t a t e that aeronautical engineers 'urod"clct:.on ca~ be st eppe d up, if threat s~lould be comrm s s i oned in a s t.af'f corps, I war seems to impena., on 2 few r;,oj,'1th,s' e l t ne r a new one or the present conI no t i.ce , Fl.arrt s norT1E,11yell[3ged Hl. o t he r et ruc t i cn corps, whose head. should. be I t;"pes 0:':' work of less mili~ar~T LriJOrt~""lCe r-e s oona i.bk e for the prof;;:;ress of its I c.vn be convc.r t ed to the 'but.Ld.i ng of 8.11'member-s in pr-of'e s ai oiie.L ebilHy and ex- 1 c raf t i n but little Lo nge r . But to deperience. ve Loo ~1. f'undamente.I Ly new t;Y1'e of airThere should be Le.zi sl a t Lve au t ho r i.> YJ1['llE:; or of cli.r-;ine to t he o Lrit wl18re it zation for a definito nun.be r of aeroI is ready to ri'sk ';roduction takes years; nautical enEineers in each r8'ik:, Guffinot one or two ,i,erel?, but several. De.cient to pe rf'o rm the pe"-,ce-timt. 'i'lOrk of s:.t?c:r. ;:'n:3.ueve Lopme nt carino t be ext.enroo r t ne ~'JE'vy th a ree.sor.ab'l e eur-ol.us lor wi r-Lze d , the immediate r enui r ement s of war. 'I'o If either quality or qua nt.I tv hE.d to determine rrurcbe s , account should be r suff'e r for oco no.nic reasons, there should taken of Reserve ue r aonne L available to I b',; 11') he s i t a t i on in dclvisi::l?: that subbe recrui te~ from among the pr of'e s s l.o n- II s t.c.nt i a], si.l'?rifices be jJ~"d.e u:;:rd~:rthe al aeronaut~ca;L e~lgi~1eers in civil life .. seco:i-c. head'i ng t.o mai nt a.i n th~ m~he.st. Cf'f'Lce r s to De de s i cna.t e d as aeropo e sdbLe s t ando.rd under the f i r s t . It lS nautical enGineers shcul.d be selected not ,cant to m~ni ri ze the Lmpl r-t ance of annually frOID recent Naval .I1.c'1.demv'1Tad-! r Lce , It rrus t be t a.cen into account, p ua.t e s of S'P.e. cial fl!)t;. tud.e aL.d should be ~:ld a. wi de cLffc:.rence of pr i ce may oft .. n e given the oooo r turd ty to accut re prac justif~r a m.i nor sacrifice in .oerf'ormance , tical exue rie nce in all 'Phases of aeroi Pr i ce de t er.ru ne s the nurabe r of aircraf t nautical-work, Lnc Ludf ng suf'f'Lcd ent ! t ho t cc'nbe boW:ht with a given amount of flight training for t he i r snec i.a.I ty. ! rr.or.ey currentl] prov Lded . More t nan 'I'he Arnw Air Corps si tuat!on as reI that, it serves also 8.S a rough measure g~rds aeronautical engineers also need.s jof the man-i~urs ~nd facilities required attention. Se:ected cf'f l ce r-s have been : f or pr'o duc t i on of the type, and so of given syecial education and detailed to lth8 d8ill'lud that its production would professional duty while others, after ,ma.::e::m the nat i ona.l man-power and inprofessional e duca t i cn , have be en as\ dus t r i s.L phmt Ln war. si[ned to gen~rel dut y, T:J.ere. appear s . Price ::llJ.st, lJ.owe';Te~,be k~.'Pt as a r ul.e to 'be n~ ~ysten. t~rou~h rotat~on of ! 1~ a ~eCOlld'll'Y J.:)os~ t10~ .. II ,Ie are COI'ltours or duty , to pr ov t d.e b.-o ad e ug i nI V1Y.lCea., II says t.ne 00;r:lJi1SS1on, "of the eer Lng and industrial experience :::'01' : soundne s e of the basic Drincicle that officers who must as sume important ad! pr ocurcmerrt voo Lt cy should. be plaUlled wi th ministrative responsi bili t;y for proi l)rir;:ar~ r-ef'er-ence to gettin~; for tile Sercurement. The remarks made as to the i v i crs t he best equt.prnent th'lt tile current desirable method of developing a staff I state of the art allows, and keeping in of aeronautical enc;ineers in the Navy .co nst.ant deve I oorcent new equipment to D:Jply in general to the solution of the ; t ake advant as;e of the constantly acc rusimila:ri?ro ble. ill ~:1. t.he Army Air Corps , ; Ln.; advance s in the art of aircraft A spe cLf i,c plan IS not prcpo eed , ouf I design. II recommendation is made tha.t the War De- I The value of an industry manu ..:facturing nartment take s t.o ck of the present Air i ldli t'll'Y aircraft cannot be gauge d in Cor-ps personnel and devi se an organi Z8,- I t e rras of its pe rf'o rmance in peace alone. tion by which ne ce s aary snecialists can If no co nd.i t i ons except those of peace be recruited, dev e'Loocd , a nd utilized were e','er to be er.co unt.e red , there wou'ld effectively under the guida~1.ce of a i be :10 nee d for "lilitary aircraft and no leader of their own number. I need for any ~dnd. of an industry to PROCURLMElilT MILI. ARY.AND OF T :NAVAL build. t~leJ:l... ~he ind.ustry functions in AERO'TATT"'IC 'L lviATERI"'L peace Wlt~l pr i.mary ref ere nee to the po s, 1~,",.L a',lli lsi bili ty that it will be called upon to The problem of air force materiel ap- iDlav a part in wc<r, and the test of fi tpears to divide naturally into three ness for war lies Ln the ability to ex-parts. 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Others have maintainecl country with forty ~n~acturers ~iving that larger units, pen~itting of a more complete framework of industria.l organi> fronl hand to mouth 1S ~riherent1y ln a zatlon and less dependent for their fUi.1C better position than one with half a tioning on the ability of a si~le indi- dozen well organized plants able to turn t'o' any t'rpe of work and to carry vidual to watch over every detail, are on and expandUtheir operations wit~ou~ more elastic and that a smaller number exciusive dependence upon anyone lndlof larger companies is to be pref'er-red . vidual's supervi sion . ll~edo n~t. The second view seems to accord with the general lessons of experience in 1n- agr ee ;" says the COIUlnlSS~on. l1vfulle c: dus t i-La'I management. It see.ns in gener- ~onoply and the destructlon of competlal to corresuond most closely to the re- tion are of course to be shunned, we believe that a reasonaole degree of quirements of this particular industry and to the conclusions to which ~\lropean concentration of manufacturing capacity is desirable for stability and to pronations have generally come. In any case, it.would appe az necessary I vide an integratod organization for emergency expans:.on. to place some lim~tatio:i.1n the number o To be continued. of separate manut'actur Lng units ::ept in ---000--military production because of t~e limited number of separa.t orders t~t can e FAST TB.A.VELINGBY 17TH PURSUITERS at any time be in course of execution. The Army nurchases about seven or eight An average speed of 223 miles per distinct t;ypes of aircraft, only five of hour was maintained by the 17th Pursuit which are bought in any considerable Group from Marc~ Field while traveling numbers. The Navy has an extreme profro~ El Paso, TG:~s, to Hensle~ Field, duction range of ab0ut the srone order. Eallas, Texas. ~he 17th, conslsting Even if two source s of suopl y were kept of three squadrons equipped with always in nroduction uno n each of the major bypes , and if noimarruf t'ur-erac were P-26A's and co.xcanded by Captain Ira C. allowed to participate in the developEaker, were enroute from March Field to Maxwell Field, Ala. A landing was ment of more than a sin~le trpe (which would seem a most undesJrable restrici112de Barksdale Field, La., for an at tion) there would be room for only about overnight stay, but bad weather kept twenty mili tary manuf ao tuz-er-s the at the Group there for two days. The very outside. AllOWing for inevitable three squadrons were corJmanded by Captains Morris, Peck and Hine. du~lications where one manufacturer at---000--talns a leading position in the.. development of two or three types of aircraft, CRISSY FIELD OFFICERS HEAR GEN. WESTOVER and for the im~ossibility of sulitting the limited oraers given for some t.ypes ' arno two manufacturer.s without ser i ous 'I ng While on hi s ins~ection tour of waste, we conclude that the actual ~xiPacific Coe,st statlons, Brigadiermum number of permi8sible units is a General Oscar 0estover, Assistant Chief dozen or less rather than a score or of the Air Corps, visited Crissy Field, more. To increase beyond that level I Presidio of Scm Francisco, C'll!!., and would seem to make it inevitable that I gave a sno r-t talk before the assembled some of the plants will always be virtu- officers of the field, briefly outlinally out of work and in a state of coling some of the War Denartment policies lapse, a condition undesirable from any I applyinG to the Air Corps in regard to point of view. It has al~'lYs to be rereplacement and procurement of air~~ membered that this industry is peculiar training requirements and personnel inin that it has essentially but a single crements. Although his stay was brief, customer. Compared witn government orGeneral Westover found time to give ders, the total of other business to be attention to some of Crissy Field's done at home and abroad is still of problems. minor magnitUde. At the present time ---000--there are seven indeuendent units anThirty-nine applicants at Hami L ton tively engaged in miii tary aircraft pro- Field. signified their desire to qual ify duction in the United States, rnaking it as Regular Army officers at the written their ma~or and in some instances their exmnination for appointments as second sale bus1ness. About as many more are lieutenants scheduled to be held on in receipt of occasional orders and must April 2nd, next. V-6739, s, C. -110-

THE COLDW~~THER TEST FLIGHT The Cold ';ieather Test ]'li.:J'ht ODer.- ipeterson. John }fturph~r. T'j1omasB. Vinson, ated,during the entire month"'of ie1jru_ I\Norman Dtl.ggnr,r. Ro~ert F. Miltz, . Sg'ts. ary: t n the northern s t a.ues where snow Robert,~. Land , Inlllam B. Buckley, Lud.ana. ice lasts during all the winter [WiC K1.1rrJ ey. Roy H. Coult e r , George W. s eas on, Planes ill!;kir;.g t~o test co:npriE<#;HoI10Vie~J.. Cpls, Raymo~'lc~ . Kncht Harvid e d an assor~mtJnt of uer':llco t;}'p8 Ils:}.r;81', am0s, S., FOlloc..:.:, HOVlard 1'J.Scales pla:'1es, 17 Hi number, VlZ: 3 l:ach or a.ra Pvt , Jac: j\;:a"h8ws.. P-26 and P-12K (hlrsuit); 3 :B-12 ~Bl"ti;.1i The Prov.i s i ona'l Winter 'I'es t Group got Bombers' 3 0_L13A(Observation)' 3 A-12 lunder way shortly after ru ne 01 clock,Feb(Attack) and GV.<o C-27 Bel12nG[J.'Trans\r".8.ry Ls t , tho first ship in the sir beports. The pur'pos e of the Jflight \'/[1.S ; ins tho Ee l Lanca transport, wi th Capt. to gain inforl'lation as to their operINelson at tJ10 controls. With him were ating efficiency in regions wher-e King !Maj. ~\:arch, Li cu.t a , Douolec'1a.y, L8e and Yiinter reipls s upr erne , i~J:r.S,e;t. Gi1~~8rt. In short order. the The 3'li~ht star t.e d from Selfridge joth,)r 16 a i r pl.nnea took off. Two hours Fielci, Mich, on l'e"J:nu'lry 1st and. [La t er , the 0ciw'.nce Ship la:1ded on a ru..'1Landed a t th~~t fidel on the l~st cay of [way at Al pe-ia At r oor t , I1icJ-:.igctll, which that month. In command Y::l.S Li eut c CoL, lhad 'been c l.oar ed by snow pl.ows , . Ralph Royc e , whom one wou.ld net t.e far i The f i r a t arrivals fo11nwinG the Be1wrong in charac t er i zLng as t ne premier Il'lnc"J~ wcr e t he throe P-2f ..\.' s , Circling I c ol d weat0e~ pilot Ln the .Air C9I'l)S~ i t21e 'drport ~ tltcy pr?ceecled to land. Two s t n ce back In 1930 ne led the Fd rs t [o f them s e t t Led on t ho runways , but the Pursuit Group on an extended. fli,o';ht !third., piloted. by Lt , CoL,: ROJce, setfrom Selfridge Field to S;:JOk'lne,'-Wash., !tled r n 14 inches of soft s now, He in the cte:l..d. f w i.nt cr , ~m:i l;_l:=,~ o Aug1.1.st i::p1'om::ptlY o ok of'f ag?,in, se~tled t and. taxWas a member- of the Alaskan Fll?nt Illed Lnt o pos i t i on . .:ne 0-43.A.1s were next Expedi t i on , lt o arrive all of them landing on the Altogether. 21 officers and. 25 enIrunway. One of them, piloted by Lieut. listed rilen, pa.r t i c i pat en in this :Ubht. IK;jTle l~s t a s i cie. engine COYIl ing when ap7 Th~ harelshlps were ~nany. and t hos e who Ip~'oxlm:;.;:,ely te~n minu t es out frol"~ Selfhall from the Sout h Lr-nd no doub t had Ir::.dge Eie Ld, rne cowl had s t.ruck the many cc cas ions to h\11'2 t he :pop\lla~: t unes ! s t.ab i Li ze r a.nd 't!aciJ.~rden teo_ that member. r-crrrl .s c en t of Di.x i e Lan d., Comprising m j',';hen ~h8 Bomber's CC1:ne in, th~ onlooker? the Group StQff of che Fli{~ht, in a(llexper,lenced a. I~Om_l..ntary el t.ng of anx r-. f'e dition to its Leade r wer e Malor Irvin let;jT rTLen two o; t Lern swe rv ed at Ingh B. March I'ledical CO~P3, FJ i,:.>;htSurf:;eon;lspeed tOW3.rC_ the s t e rp banks on each s i de Cup t r.i.n CUlvin E. Giffin .Ad.j'cLtant,Oper-iof t h., rUIJ':,Dy. ations end Pho t o gr aph.i c Officer; C'lPi No difficulty was experienced in landt ai.n Fred C. Nelson, EX8C'ltiv8 and :B;n- lint::, 110WOV01'. Two of the throe A-12Is, gineer Officer, Lie11t.(J':}) James H.I,ee.lth(; ric xt to arrive, landed on the runway, U.S.Nav?, Official Obs ervcr ; Lieut,1nn-lhQt thE:;;third settled in the heavy snow LeL C. DoubLeday Rad i o Of f i c er ; LUld land pr ornpt Ly b ccamo stuck. The pilot, Lieut. Donald F. Stace, SU1ly:l;y Offic8r. !Lieut. Ba.i Ley , attempted. to pull tho airThe en Li s t ed personnel of ~:ne G-roup Ip::'an0 out but it .... not until as several S't af'f were Master Sergeo.nt Grover B. I S8lfridge' :B"i81(1pilots well versed in the G-ilbert, Photographer; Staff Sergeant tart of snon t.'J.:x:~"inr:; came to his assistRobert C, Carr, Ope~[1 i ons and !i:r:-~nce i anc~ tr.'lt :?-8 ob t a i nc d the necess~uy. GXt Clerk; CpL RObert . .i: ".. i'raxler, jv!eQJ.cal perl once wh i ch served. to stand h i.m an Dept., Medi ca.I Attendant, arid Cpl. JoJ:m good s t ead later in he avi er going. The A. Brocl:, .Engj_neeri::l.~ Clerk. plane Las t to ar r ; ve was the C-2?, pi lotPiloting the ?-2G.~ pi.anes wereLt, led by Licut . SteeG, bearing the enlisted Colonel Roy ce , 1st Id errts , Ea r-Le E. s t af'f and a fen Pur siri t mechan i ca , Partridge and Paul M. Jacobs. The piTile AlpGLa Charc:bor 0:: Commorco served lots of the P-12KI s wer\:; 1st Lie.Qt. [c of f e e arid coughnut.e to the flight perYantis H. Taylor, 2nc:. Li eut s , C1&1'k N. [s onno l , P~per and Joe W. Kelly . i'1:~ ObservaI At Alpena the airplanes were s e rvt c ed t t on pt Lots were CQpt. Glffln 1st LtS.+from a 300-g8.110n t ank truck with a motor Isaac IV. Ot t and Reuben Ky~.. J r.; the G, t ake-of'f , Tho sas required chamois rng , Attack pilots, Ls t Lieut. Henr-y U. Bail and it 'vas aLmos t dark before the last ey, 2nd Lieuts. Harvey P, Hugl.i.n ani.l jairpJ.ane was serviced. ~aul D. Eunke~; ~he.B:mbar9m8n!.pilots, I Following a~ in:ormal dinner, two memG8.pt',Art.hur Hamj Lt on , Ls t .Lt~eut. l be rs of the fhFht, Lt s , Kyle <'lndqt~, ~aul H. Kemmer and 2nd Lleut. Blrrell !were driven to tho airport and antlclpatViaIsh, and. the ~::ansport p~lots, C!1.pt. 18d spending a restful n::'g:ht in the cornNelson and. 1st Lleut. Donn.Ld F. St.ac e , I fort of an "Arc t i c'' s Le cpd ng bag. They , The enli,ste,d men of the :B'light f?ecwere awake more than they were asleep, tl?n were 1~r.Sgt. Rober-t Mc~ha, Li ne par-t l cular-Iy along about 3: 00 a.m. .when Ohlef, Starf Sgt~. Matnles Clpelle, the thermometer was hovering at 20 below Henry Williamson, Karl R. Johnson. E1and a brisk wind was creeping in through bert Dossett. Donald Bryan. Cayus P. ehiru<::s in the bag. The enlisted men _ III _ V-6739,A.C.

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Nelson, after T~3.}:::~W~ aeve.rn.l a ts tae:es of t nc flj.r:Lt. tempts to get. tllrOUii:h1 :fiw?ll;;r do c i.ded The main portion of the fli,-:l1t delJc'1,rtto Land at tlh; 10.1'g<-'',v e.i r por t in that ed. f r orn ShubcYf,2.l1 on :Fe'b:::'unry Srd. ,1e1:wing par t of j{ichi,:;a.n, t~1o SheoC'yg~'n County Li eut , WalGLl am' t hr e e mocharrl c s thero to Airport, Sl".e'.:.'cy-s;: Tlis was pr on.pt en a'7ai t new prope Ll er s , .. , in Lo r gc Iv by t nc auount of 31,0'.7 O;;scl'vE;d, O:mar r i 1JEclof t ho fliCht at Newberry, in t ha t section of the St at e and C0! the e .cc e pt Lona.l Iy s t r orig w irid , cO'..l}.;led cause of the Lne xne r i ence of moat of vri th the t end encv of 'thl:J :f-26 to clrop the pilots in so far as S!lOiV fl;rir;; was! one w in z , ncce::"sl t a.t ed practically carryconcerned. The snow 0'1 t},ls airport I Li[" t hem in fr orn the :fiolcl. Clnly by havwas apprcxim'ltel;r 14 inches deep, soft i iHE" 01',8 man ric1.e the wi nowa rd wi ng and and s t i cky , and V/8.3 d es t i n c.d to ,:.;ive ILIa o t.her s p'J.s}~il1(::; the trailing 0'1 edges the p~l~~s t!1t;,ir first rec~l ~elsto 0: I o f ~::,e ';lirl,~ 1Ve~ethey b rcuxht tinto pothe oif'r'Lcul t i cs of snow f'Ly i.ng , . s i t I on on t he L.ne. Lt. DouiJ1eda;y CO,:l tjtcted L1.e 0 ther I Due -!; 0 insufficient hotel accommodaelements of t:18 fli,;r.t anu guid.ocJ. t.nem i t Lons in Newb cr r y , Seven o f'f t ccr-s were into Shob.o;:i~-r::m. JJ;10, to t:1E'.':a~t. t:nt . t~}~~'1.C8.1'e of by tb:;. Eic1:.igal1. sta. te Pothe. P-12K cle;11er.~ n:::.e: ~lOt. }Jr;)Vl3l0n for. l~ce In tbJ:l;.r bST .CB.CKS,.he g~oup ent r ad i o , bec aus c 0:': t he lac .. 0: g\;llcra: III s teG. s taf'f were cuar t e r-ed IVl h tho t tors on t no f'ue Lc cnar ge r tJ pc e:1gines Miohi~;an :;)epartme,1f of Cons cr vat i on Offiins t a.I Led in t.hes e DlaYl8S, it p"tssod ce rs anc the rerr:.:,inc'er of tlw flight over tho'1.irport at E:hcto"::;an Doth on ,G.01.1bicdup to utilize all available aothe way out and on t l;e wa;r back to Al- l corrmooat ions at the local hostelry. peria , to. ';lh~ch "point it. was necessary. A ter:rifi c snow s~orm 9n the mo. n l ng r. to return vrien IOe \:C3 enc ount e r cu , 0: t;.w ~ourt}~. noccs s t t a t od the suspen'TIle L:-12 element ',',e.;;; first to 9.Y.'18::01". of all work. .',11 held checked out of rive at S:'10boJg:an. Lt. Wals:ll, in In.nd- tho ho t e L, a.r.J. a rr.!.lrl s c rarob Le ensued to Lng , s~r:uct:. t l.e f~mc~ a~Ol1.D~. ~:ce a.~.r[r ega i n the choice rooms va.ca t ed that pcr t w i t n vile heel. or Ius f',:,llS.ilnen lillornlng. he at~er1pted to tax;;-. Llto :0c~i t~or.. on _I. Dur i n tLtJ ni.g;:.lt the t he.rmornet er- rcgthe Li.ne , the SYl()i'i p i Led up In f'r cnt OIllstorccl 280 b810',7. It r os e t.nr e e d e-. the skiis, anr' on opening UJ':l t 'll'C't t Le ?rC0S in th,; morl1~.ns 'bu.t rio great diffito pn.ll t~1Toug:rJ., the E-12, as t~l'''; NUI:S. cul tv was 8;~periu:~.c8C. in stalting t he en~etter Co~respo~~ent VltS ~t, ~r~st~d Iginos ~n~ ~o one 8eem~d. particularly co~d 1 ts Weary ear on the grOlmc.:.. a;:o. werit to .o r fatl[,Uca. Ttw im~.lre d ay was spent a n sleep". The only damage t c tL8 30InDer .Itt.;:stir....g e ou i pmerrc am1 making test flights wi;'re bent, provellcrd, and a r-upture d fi tj-o,:;. t l,e :'?u:c i'u,.,t of snow coverinG. the t m g on t he rlfht 8,.0.. . I fi eLd, i:ll.-vc;ral s tar t crs won; br-oken due To ac:.d. to the dl f'f'Lcu.lt ies r.n lcmd.- I to t::'18 cLcc t r i c energizors suclC~enly axing on GL f~eld n?no, te'.; good at ~lG~t. \ erti'lg ":.00 E,;reat e. pressure on the; starta cr owd wh i ch qtri ck.Ly ~or.~1()d on t ho cor-IeI' s'li:-.ft. rival of the ':ransport, was abs ol.ut e Ly 1 1'h,-, s t e rt e r shaft in Li cut , Jacob's beyond hanC',ling b~f(',re tk'.13,st element ?-;-26 v.as b:'?kOl.l, '~ut sL:.cc. the; enE,ine ~rrlv8dl. cve r-r-unm n g t he f'i e Ld and add.-;~'Cartcc: he cecldc::.. to go t.lroul::,h. to I,aurlng to l,rld gClwral conf'us i on , !lUll, tho next SChL)(]111od t op , wh.i ch ho s During the 1;:-;.Ildi:'16 and. t:Jxyins in I rODcLJ.(;d t l.ou t d I f ti cu.I t y , ':he 0-27, VIi the heavy 8n0\'1, t he fusal~\'E;;e Oi1 tbe hV~lj,::::J:l took cf'f Imood Lat.o Ly af' t e r-var-d , was 0-43, pi Lo t ed b:' Lt. Kyle, buck.l e d bacl-I, f'o r ced '02.C~:: after fl~ring two hours when ly and ~ after, Q test flight,. CoL, Royce lao hea~ry. SJ!-?'.i sto~m was encountered in or d e r ed the pi l o t and mecnam c to pro- I the va c i n i cy of ilarquet to. c e ed to 'w\rir}lt J!'ield. for r e i nf'or c ernent I On the morning of Febr-uar-y 'cth, all of the [~irp1'tlle s t ruc ture . Lt. I\'{le a i r-c r af't were s.tart,'d, and a.t t errrots wore took o f'f at 2: 00 p.;::1.,and. l t vras Later 1l1l8d.eto break t heru loose from the snow to learned that before he coul.d r-eacl; iwhich they were frozen fast. Officers SelfridgG Field. ceiling and visi'bility Iland. men .pushing on the tail and trailing van i shed cornpl.e t ol.y ar.d , =-!'ter milling ed.ges of t he wi:nr-:s wor e C10W:1about like around f?r several hou~s, ne 1?reathed Ile8..ves from the p:copeller blasts as the e~s ie~J 'Nne,: he set, (i,?wn the a i r p.iane pilots opened t hr o t t Loe wide to secure va tlJ. 1. GS. f i.ve .",~e"1Cilnlng gs.Ll ons of g2.S eV8ry ounce of ava i LabLe power. at ::>elfnd.p,e Ei e Lo, I .After ho-r.rs of work the first trans. The A-Ie elem~r.t, ac cus t omed to ~ly-I port DO"Tedinto t::e fi~ld (tlsteamed" 1ng under these 50-fco~ celll~gs, f.lna1l'woUlu probably describe it more accurately sneaked through to ~t. Ignace .wher e IYi says the Correspondent) and made one _ 112 V-6739 ,A.C.
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a tternpt after another to ""et off the (IWith 31 inches of s t i cky snow. 2600-ft. field. It becam~ nece.isa.ry to The r-erna i nder of the Flight in Duluth t.a xy in wi de G!'iee~)i:1g C~:rV~;3, at f'.1~l I on t~18 aftorno~n of Februar:'( 9th, and the t nr ot t Le , to ob t a i n SU:IlClOTC speed. to Itestlng of e qui.prnent beGan In earnest. Li ght en trw airplane e::lou{~h to t axy ISl.:mria~r aS utilized W in rest and short fast, for no wind was blo'irin:o:. After ,working periods for those who cared to . numer-ous uns ucces s f'ul. at t enrpt e, Cc seclacco~nI'lish the necessary maintenance. The t i cn of the fUECo s ur round i n.; the air[Lack of proper po l i oe measur-es to handle port v.as removed. ami, with the ac.di t i.on-l t ne ~ll1..';8 cr owd as sernbLed on the harbor al space pr ova.o.ed in the acjoj.nir:.g l i ce prevented any flying which mi{.~ht posfiel~L, tho_C:-~7 f~naJ.~y t oolc to tho.air.[sibl;)r have 'be en accomplislw~ that.?ay. LIO'J:C t:Dl.Ley In Ins A-J2 cl ear ed . iSeveral of'f i.c e rs ~3:rent tho ay skt i ng, the fence, but the t VIOot he r A-l;l, lSi One of'f i oer in par t Lcul a r , d es cri bing his simp~y f3teawe0- o~~t:hrough~th,c3 fen~e ill- 'first.eXV8ri01:ce;;;:t this s:port, stated to tne next f i el.d , On0 OJ: t ho A-.L2's that 1tv.-as f'Lue r or th", f i r s t ten feet was tempo r-ar i 13 put out of c omm s s i on I I when he '\':'as going s l owl.y , 'bnt after i he when the p i Lot a:'co:':Wtec. l.lt 1.X'll,at higll.hC;;d. picl:l;o. uJ? flying speed in t he course s pe erl , Tne: rl.f~ht S1;:! dug (LO';;n Into a ! or tno next GOOfeet. someone stuck a 5-foot d.rLf t m~d wr er.chcd the sJ':i fi t.- I gl'ov\:J of trees in front of hi:n, and he tings loose frem the ski proper. T~J.o !hila t.h; cho ic e of co.l Lt d.i n g vii th them or other C-<:-:7 piloted b~r Lieut. St,&ce, IWith t!18 gr cund , He rolled h i mse Lf into more heavily :Leaded t han Cccpt. NcLs on'a, [a kr.o t and the rearter lost .'111 his zest failed to get off without the help of i1'or skiing. a wi nd and wa.s f'o r-ced ~0 l' amain at lTew-! O:"fi c er s of o t.hcr- "branches of the Army berr;"( for two days unt I L a r-unway l~t~:tior1(oc1 at Dt:tJ:lth, consistint.:; of CoL cou*Q b;; :plowod... , jA.1' 3.IJ;;rrr":',Tl ~nu Cart. :p0~,w~ll. GuLf.at~, Cond it i ons at Laur i nm ',781'0 even ICorps of .l!':,lglnc:ers, ann lv.aJ. R. Ri s t i ne, wor-se than those at lje":vberry, 147 inIn I'ant rv, en t e.r t.a'l ned the officers of the ohes of snow (luring t h e winter having Fligllt duri:n.g thoir sta;yr at t:"lat ci ty. alternat(;~y"tha'ilOd ',-11e', f~.oze:l u~tiJ_ it IhaviuE pr evi ons Ly mar e :;11 arran~~ernGnts had WOrk8Q o.own to a d optn of s rx feet, for the marklnc 0:" the lce pa.rk.i ng of i w i t.h a tep layer of four il:ches of ai r-p'Lanes , storage of Sl.'.PP j.OS7 etc. T:1.is soft anow , All airplanes ex'oc r i cnc ed courtesy was par t i cul ar-Ly gratlf;ying in difficul ty in getting off a'c Lairr i.urn that lY'11GhIrne w::'-lic;l would otherwise t have and .. e f i y light, 'co Porten evo t eri to n i ng odds anr: ends age La:.'=0 at Hancock, I-,clch.,'171101'0 fuel and perfornin.,; 2.(';Ld:listrative c.uties was was Lcad ed into them and t he cr-ews thus saved and m.::1.0Cavailable for test were tal:en aboard. purEes es , Pr i or to t}18 movement f'r om Laur i.um, iihile at Du.Lubh , merrioe rs of the Flight the fliCht performed s cvoru.l rmn s i cne , ".'ore pa i d t he i r per diem a.l Lowanc e for and it Vias definitelY leci6ecls.t this the first ten cays of the fli"pt as was stage that trw f'uno t i on'i ng of t2"J.iJarg- done V-..ereafter l ea.ch succeeding ten days, e r' and heav'i c r craft, such as the '. this b ea n g t he first t i.rne on record such C-271 S, t ho :5-12' s and tIlE' A-12' G, a payment 112c1ever 'been m,tc..er:,-uring an c qui pped with ...hc ol skis, \~as not a.ll e xpeu i t i cn of this nature. The details that could bo de s i r-ed , due to t ho wh ee L of this payment we r e worked. out by Ca~~t. a c.t Irig as a broke ,a:M. iI;rpOf',~:nG ~eJ?rif1:rI.s. 0" :Fa:r:.~~~l, inar.:ce ,D,?IJartrJ~nt, the rr., 7 ac drEv:; at take -o f'f s and \I} lie taxylng. nanc e OeIlcer of ~elfnci.ge FIeld, and DurinG a ferry trip on }'eon.:.a:cy 7th, Capt. Ar t hu r G. Ilc.milton, Who actod as L~eut. Doub l eriay , f+~,rL'lg,8,?L B.o~rce s i~li~ Agent )<'il}."mco, Of'f'Lc e.r u1..'ring this I a t r pl.ane , was c i rc Ling wi L':.. ot he r flIght. ;:,t.cuf S:;'c. Carr performed t he plc:trJ.?s over Po.r t age ~3ke pre::parat, ory, ~oll:"leceSS~rY,ad.16nic".trativu duties as FiLand.i ng , when the P-G6 went Into a s pi n nanc e .)ere:ca"t. at Low alti t uce and crashed. on tho ice. F:-nil8 'Che J!~lL~):.twas at Du Lut.h , it WaS Fortunately, t hc p.i Lo t suf'f e r-ed onLy a joiner! by Li eut , Fr-ank D. Klein in an s~ight injUry" but- t~~'? airVl.3.:::-1~ and. en-I0-:4~ from ~i~,if;ht,Field. He ccntinued on ga ne wer e c ornnl e t.e Ly d emoLl s ned , w i tn the F... .. ::>lt r r orn trio.t point , and J Tni s acc Ld erit c.emons t r a't ed til;) ne~- [br cught Y'i.'ch him th:.:; propane r;as \','i th e s s i, ty of hav i ng s ki s and. snows hoes :tor!wLich t o prime the engines. Un dor ac t ua.I the Flii:,,-:ht Suri;~eon a,r:c,. his as",istant~ 'Itest it failed. to give sat Ls f'ac t ory perand these wer e pr-ompt ly pur cnas ed anr, f'or-rnance , stowed aboard each t r ans por-t , 'I'}1e;Tews Let tel' Correspondent remarks Capt. Hamilton p~oceea.Jd. in l~is t ha t t:18 craze for '.'rritinc;' on airplane Bomber to Duluth, wner e he was JO'.ned "."fln}?, f'us e.late s , t n i Ls , fins, etc.,seeffis b~r Lt. Kylo, who had ret1.'.:rne(~ f r om Day- to De stronger than ever, ann he observed ton, where the Dlselage.of,hl~ p12~e Some merrlbers of the fliGht copying the adhad been reinforced.. L'i eu t , Kyl,e laYJd- dresses whi c h were wr i t t en in a feminine ed at t he air-port, and Capt. Ham.l t on [hand, L . set pis ]3ombe:r do~:n on_ ~he, ha~:b~)l' ice. 0~1Oother piece of equipment t akcn On ~ne fclloWl~l~ Qa;r, .!J~::,u~~~ hylo exalong fur tes~ purpos es and ~vhich.did not p,<:rlenCed cons i o.erab l e Cl~i 1~111 r gott: pan out was t he heat gun or 110t all' heathng out of- a 2400-foot f i eLd covered er , It was used in an attempt to melt _ 113 _ V-6739,A.C.
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C,",p'c. serv'Jc: no t ico tha t he was quaLi f'Led to t the 3.i::' meC.!"'lllic's i c:v:cl he At 9:0C ,"),.:11.0'1 t he 16th, the }J'li,o;ht ""'I.C1...tft . t'l' c. r:lrrJ"ll'ng tj .. G\~ ~'l'ncC d coar t cd fa"c . G'<lC'C"O"~ ..,". 'v "v.:A.". ~v' -~~""'>-'''i '" : '." P-121s an.; O:)scrvo,t::cn r-.D,VQ !":G1l8 O~T t nc t hr-eo 1;0111'8 La.t er , I,18U"C. Ae ly, In hlG '-'" ~ ,~". ~ ,~,': p'r ..,','T" ,,3,.0 ""(.~ '-''''1'''Hg c:'" ..'.=,-" dv AJ-t nCr< 1.0 .)U"'-,~o~n,,, ~r,"ui' v .. ~.O,.r, .c,.,,' 1,,,_8.1, 4-1.<:.... vne; au. e.nce IT'.c')Ila.n d p und er o rd i ne r y c i rcurs t.ances v'it~'uut d.Gsri'.e t h.e :"3.ct tx:::".t he 'Passed. directly these skis Y;c could. c;:cr'V.0. :::':1;: 0:-' you , over tl1,,, a i rj-or t at GlaSGOW on throe difbut t by golly, if L1C J:1rrlllrports go by f'er enc oc.casi onn , fL1c'.11:- Lr.ndcd i11 the 11m Goir:.g to j'UlDpl" Y8.rd of the high school and asJ':ed the diOn arrival at Gr and Fort:.: ,r'.:::'. ,the rection to~l]c pL'port. Re f'ue La nz at ]'light_ Fa_s s e r v i o ed f:r:(,:D~()-7;l:: .. n o I this :?oil1t .'.','-s 3.!_80 acc ompl t shod by hand d rums t);r lV'.nd flu.nlp. It tcok th r co <pur'}) J. r ori ;:<-C;.~1.11Jnd.r uus and C2,US ed rcuch hcur s to fi n i sh this tf1,SK, it tuing !delay. 'rIb pho t orraphe r went abcar d an well after 7: 3C ~o. rn, ,':i'he:,. '.:.1'.0 laL t ::'18- IG_/IO, WaB fJ.ovm ovc r ttJ) Fort Peck Dam chan i c depn.c';,;t)d f'r orn t hc fi",,1C:. iF:co,y"ct, am: ob t c.inerl about 30 excellent For SC:DC of tho pc rs onnc L, tilt) morn- \p=,atos of c:;;is $l:)C,OU),OO~) f'Lood COlling of the 13tl: we::: t~Je L,::c c'a;.r on !t r oI an.i L'rj.{~io.ti em C,[~"}, Which 0,11 the pl ar.es COll~(L OJ s e on jand I ,T~':ce l')-l;~ c.,..1d. t'L Ob s e r-va t i on nl anes the der .. \d.rture f'r om G}:aiH:l lC'r~csvns tIle jD,.Q:'10 ;J2.rt:c".11er 6iifi,.lt,: tu}:'lng off beginnir.g of a series of ,ll'vont'.lres and i1':'0111 LI.n he avy 2 'iO" ir. 'cl'if: lri eh altitu,le r-ac ec Whicl.; Las t o n "L',~~ilthe Fli":hl; ret;.0 .A_l_~ls, an, ...C-27's C(ri1iJ~1n.C8a a t t ur ned to uelfr:cclge .nuld. ."RJ.I:r:;.-c"roU'Fl.-tne .L'osy". After ::.wont a '1'1::e P-201s anr' the :8-12Is, ho.vi:1g !doz2n a t t e-npt a , Ike .A-12 anclcte two ,~~ken off a.t 9: 00 8..:1:., arri-rE;d.;:Jt :C:-27 I s w e r 0. s t i Ll, hU~;f;in.o.; J~err8, f'i rma , l,ilnot, N.D., and r.e r e -ref')J31ed cy the Ir;:'LlC ccnc i.nucd us e of full throttle fin3.ltime t he rGJ~;3.ir:('er of the 11'L;'C;hta r-. 11;/ resulted in. tnt: ong1;:o in ::Jie'lt. Bl1."'1kr i ved nt IJ.:CJO a s m, ;:hJ.ot ';;as SC;10cLul-!e:.."s A-12 .,J'i';,lin!'~ out, "'hile the IIC clone" od as ::1!: oVE;rniC~'1t sto~), lJl?t i\)u'dn~ iiI,l Cc'.vt. N~J.sonls C-G7 r;:ecal~i? w83.ker each that COld ve'J.ther ',Vl:tS aco'xs tc f!ct 3.n Itl!l1e no t::.~:o.ec1. {'ct ofr. to LJ.01.i.t. Stace Is , at Grea'c :Ehll~;, iv:ontCl:1:~., o'\'e1':" e~'f'ort 1 :::-27 i'inal~.;\' rem in~(1 a boundary lTI8rke1' rl + ).1"" v __ ~_~ l~::lpt e,u t1 t Iall... l1~.t~:~1 SpC8Cl -,. alld. several .. :.J"da , VIaS r .. lE>;-.u vO o.SS81f;:J t; .!.8 brEtceS ''tlere c onvo ra a t Lon ov erher-rd
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work with a will to clean up the planes ailinG aircraft to proceed home~ard in a for the last ,:,'eel::of ooe rab I ons , more or less leisure manner. Work on the aLr pl.ar.es con t i.rric d on .Althougn the personnel encount e reo the ~~~~nd. Con::dd.er'lble 01 ificl.'J.G~T was mar-y :r/,rd.shi ps dur i n ; the tint ire month experienced in s t arc i ng the 8li~~:".l18Sin spent in cornca.t t i ng the e Leinen t s in the the Bornbc.r v;':":dch had arrived af 1'8.1',2'0 fd.~Jc1 iTcrtl:'J.'.;e"t, th'., flight rras not wi1h...: on the 21st, (jL;.0 to the hi;.;h rrin(~ a~id cut its e11jo;yable inciclellts,foI' the men the minus four d8[1'(jCS te;,ljJerctnre, but att8l1ClcQ. fn::m;r lD.IlCLe01:s, dinners and it finally reached St. PcDJ_ at :.3:CO:p.rr. c:'.lllces r.;iven in their honor by the citLieut. Bunke r t s C-27 flew from ;';I::not to Lz ens of the var i ous cormrun t t.i cs wher-e Fargo wi t h an ex t r e.ncLy ',';c::<k engine, and s t ops were IY de. its chances of Lnishia,'j tb.e fli.:ht ibong t he conc Lns i onc , arrived at as s e cmcd doub t.f'u l , a r es ul.t of thi s flight '::,:::1'8: }'eoruar;:/ ;~0d f'cunc. the Pursu i t 'llh0 a'JPr.cOYllnent of all cold s t ar t i ng , flight (less J.... ie'lt. ?iper Lr; his P-12K) s i nc e it .irnpos es toor:rC2.t 8. strain on the UbSOI'V8.tion lli,":llt and the tyro re.t.rJ.o e!-~gi::le3, ano, in lieu of this, to mc.l mng At t[~ck s h i ps d8partinE; for ',"hm- :hc:ot the C;l.~j nes ')y firopots. sau, Y;is. ,wt~ere s now 'V',','.lS c;,:~;&ir.l. 811COUIltT118 nec en s i ty for rerlesi~;ning of credo ':/0881 sb.s for lJ."nvy ships to penni t On the \7&;:/ to Eani t.owcc the next cJ.?'J1 t.rc.i r cr-o i s i r.g c los e r to t he i r n01"1112.1 the Observation flight onc cu-rt cr c d a rateJ. sp"cc... severe sriovs t or-m and Y,'aS f'o r ce d to turn. 'I'J.8 pri;~: .. g cf 8. greater n number of back to Green Pay. I'iltur an 2.t tc:nrt cylL:i.c;.ers c:J.'ilrLli:c oLd wcat.no r aL t.hough TI;:;,s clo to got t:ron.6,:n C";:'l.t, ','!:'c.ilu !'1D.k-'(eli", ~~\ a d,.sirC1clc feature rna.. at all times. ing a t urn , Licut s , O~~ o.nr~ Y0-cin beRoC::.csi,":ninc of cn,:sine covers, since cc.me lost on tne OUtSI~~8 01 the t ur-n t ho co ve rs tested we r-e cnt i r-eLy unsatisand continued on tLrG'J.@;ht no s torn to f'ac t ocy , Manitowoc. ~l~ther development of winter flying At Gr8en Bey a blizzard. C'J.llEht tJ:18 eq1..li,;ecnt. '1:'110 r0o.esigning of cock:pi t flight OE the g1'oll1!(:. :oue to the lack and. cabin heaters wou Id pr o oao Ly ellminof cockpi t covers, L.G front and. r ec.r ate many of the pr-ob Lcus now facing the c oc kpi t s f i Ll cd up w~ t h S11.017. T~lG :,';:0- Equir:'le:lt Bour d ni th r-e fo r encc to w i nt 81' foot S110\:f;,11,accom::'JC;.nicd by t.hc hi &'1 fl;>rini?: clothing. Winel, CCll'.S8Q many d::::~. ftc ar ounn the '::"'Ld:lteniHt;;up t l;o fuselages on all ai r pl.ancc , ['nd eve ryr-ne Via." f'or crid to tY~OC3cf ,'drcra:.:'t to keep snow out of dig out the fcllor::i.:;~ dn,;y. "Sun Dogs" tails. W8r8 2.so.in in 8vi(le;.leo tl:.:;-;.td,J.J', as A s t udv of tho pr obl ems conccr nt ng wol1 2.S the) f ol Lowi nr; day. workiL.{~ clothinC: for enlisted men during The fli,~ht r'eaoh c d ::bnit07foc or; t ho c o Ld ';rG::ltl-:'l;:~. 24th and, o.r't or ~3c;r1[ici!l{';, ,11'. ~,l;tcmpt 'I'[1(' a1-uan.~cnillentof a.Ll light grad.e was made to r;ct .;:;-::-::1. Tl:.~ 2ttt::rmt wes oils :"'01' ,:i::"uer flyinc, because unriue soon a'bc:cndOI'.Uc'., for U',e 1'001' fer::; hcr o WG2r ('n cn.-tnes , not on lv pr ovcn t ed tilr:, t:r<o::::'nC8 tur-n i ng IJcvclOp:~,c;llt of an air filter for US';) up their lull r.D.rn. "s , bi; ..;; CD.1:.80Q. t;nc01u:t6r:~ri2' d11St S1,c\rIl18in the such an exc os s i v o 10:::8 of 'tc0';;c;rthat 1,orLl7Ts',.>ttt:rrltor;y. it to nll the e.:as G.c-v,oelo"":JLient of the Lf'-rbuclcfrom the t anks ane' f2.-.'8h t ho Ii n3s: 'Ihe ing ri vi t i n s; clo'\'i:'\'. F'.LI' P','11+.. was <'C,t c'ta: ,"'.,.,)'u'-i.l.i 1111t-i'.L 8ul't'.' D"."]~;-?J, ,n~\y.~~;~.~ a.i r pl.ane arnbuLanc e J::" zn 0';' "',,-i+.o1'18 ex r a oLe aviation gasolirw ';:2.S ex prcs s e d f'or '"> c. c p.c r ac .c.ru , from Chicago. De'. clori:8n.t of pcrtcJ.olA o f'f i ce 8crnip'l 11e poor ,";<Jsolinc; })1J.t tile f i ru ah i ng meLt~~or I nn ta.l La t Lon i.1 Transport airtouches on Li eut , Pi pcr ' c c.i.ilirg c n-. pl::'Les for -:).58 on long trips ot" this nagine, ana. it was v:itll ext rorno dilfit.ur e , cu.l.t y that he '"00b::off for Chic8:;;O, in S.... interesting 0 sicleligllts of the trip o rd.e r to r-ot ur n to Sulfrid.l:~;e 'b e f'or-e were tl_8 r cr-ues t.s EJ8de Huon Col. RO'Tce at c hangi.ng enGines. Ten mi I ... f'r o:n Chi8 e.{(~ry stop fo make speeches ,as~~isted 'by cage t nc engLw s ta r t ed tlu'owinr:; oil his :;;,i:les, on the Al as lcan Fli gilt and. the t hr ou-rh the ex;-a1.ls t f.i tacks, and >e vras present fli.::;ht before men I S c Lubs and forced' GO lc:",,"c his P-12 i"'. Chic22;O for hi,.-:,.schoel ~,tudents;his flying of di f'f'an, an engine chanr e , 'I'h e \'.'he;;13 on the errt t;res of sh i ps each day after his own C-27 piloted. by Ca pt NG12c.r:, .ve r e re- r"lS lost a.t Po r-t age Lake ; the cxce l l ent moved' and t e s t s wex'e r-un on the Leavy coonerat i on received from other branches SLOW C:t Man i t orvoc, 'cl.sini.; tile pl a.i n sl-:i of tho service,p:;Tticularl~T the Corps of only. Ensinccrs;t~lO int0re3t in tho flight man;'.Zanitowoc boiul! t he lost testing ifcs~cd. bv t.ne cee; Camps the personnel of point, the fh[;ht s e pa r a t e d , s cme planes~-,vh:.ch enc1ea.voring to do ~vorything in pr oc e e ddng to I'e',vcerry for f'ue L, o.nd ! their power to help the ]'li ght with its others tc Selfr:.c.ge l'ielC1 .vi a Chica .. o. s Ipro-oleL3; the excc Ll cn t ccoperation from The main portion of the lflignt arrived l r ai Lr-oads and air t r ans pc.r-t cornpan i es Who at Selfriclge J?ielc_ about 6:30 1),:-:]. ,Feb- :chec:-:ed t l..e 1'liO'1.t when it was scattered ruary 20th, terminating a V(;r~Teventful land assisted it in obt a i n i ng woat hcr dat-a, flj.ght and Leav I ng only two 0:::- three iand t no conclusion reached that Pur su i t lean operate ov e r any territory for any 'length of time ,using wheel skis. 116 V-6739,A.C.

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in ~ny. mul t i p'Le of $500", and not tl1an $1,000 or more t11an ~lO,OOO, The Veterans Administration hns reu-pon the payment of the pr-emi.uros as he r-e., cently furnished the follovdnc info:nnB-- Lu:dter provided. Suc h a nsur ance must tlon to the Office of the Chief 01' the be applied for wi t hi n one hundred and Air Corps relative to the Gove rnmen t To- tv.enty days after enlistment or after tal Disability Policy, whi ch may te ~;.p- entrance Lut o or employment in the ac t iv e plied for b~,rholders of any form of G.ov- se rv i ce and before discr18 .. r;e or reinr e rnn.erit Life Irisur-ance Policies. 'The s t at cmen t ;!' berief i t s of the Governcnent S'otal 1ia11ilReserve Officers on active duty for it~r Policy are entirely in5eper.dent of sixteen cl~'TG or more maii-.apT'ly for Govand in 'lcldi t i on to any of 'c1'.e benefi ts ernmerrt L1fo Irisuranc e '.:1 thin 120 days of t he Oovc rrrnent Li fe Insurance Polii from entrance upon ac t i ve d.nt;y and before c~es, and such benef' i t ~aYlllen~s do not \roloase from such d:uty. af'f'e ct the face va.Iuo oz the later: ---000--~ policies. I ~ Upon tho prese~tation of proof of to-! rACTICAL SCBOOLO]FICERS ADVANCED IN tal disability satisfactory to tho Achrin-l RiJ:E ins trator, the Gover-nment T(;t~l Dis'lldl-! ~arch 11, 1935, 22 Air Corps i ty Policy pays to the ins'.1::'od. thu o.UOl.l1itl E~fective on duty at the Air CorDS Tacof $5'1.50 per month cluri:lg such pc r i ods i officers 8c1'.ool at l''.axv:e11 Field, Alabama, of total dds ab i Li t~r; also all pr eraiums i tical be corm ng due on all Goverm'80ut Poii.cj es ; ",701"2 a]vgnced in rank, the Chief of the are s us pcnd od during s uoh po r-i oris , \ir Cores J:J:lVing certified t ha t no offiIf a person holclLl[; a Cov e rnrnenb Lifo i ce r s of' su i t'lOJ 8 DGI'r.:ancnt r-ank are Lnsu r-anco Policy, to \"-:"ioh there has beer~ :wanable for the - duties beinf, performed attached a t ot a.I dis,l.~::.litJ ri o.er , 'be: by tue se of'f' i cer s . CODOS totally d.isabl-,c! ~)s a r c su.l t of ' C'1ot1..in H8rold L. George, Chief, Air disease or inj': .. U'Y and. is continuously So I }<'ore~ Oocrations Section, wa s advanced df aab Led f'oz- a pe r i orl of fC-'T cons ocuti ire! to Li.cut . -~oloY'sl . months or more before a.t t ai n i ng trw a,e'e The f011owinr2,antains, VIho are Chiefs of sixty-fl ve, an d before rLcfrml t in fho i of Scctions, were ~romotcd to Major: payment of any pr emi nn , and. is So r-at e d ! tTo~~nI. i,;oore, Air Corps Ext e ns i on Sec. for insurance pc.rpos es bjC Hie Veterans Lotha A. Smi t.h , Attack Section. Administration, such ins1.croc;. wcu I d be Cl:jire L. C':1cnnrrl.:l , Pur sui t Section. t anti tIed to be nef t t s , rG:arness cf Gr andi so n G:1T:iner, Corps & Army Obserwhether or not he is in t hc act i ve so1''fa t ion S0 c t ion. vi ce , i Frede~ic'( W. Evans, Observation Sec. Tho fact of retirement from ac t i v e .' Im~l C. "{lel, Comnnmications Section. s er vi.oe by reason of a disa'bili ty does I Od'l.s Eoo:;., Bombar-dment Section. not ne ces s ar i.Ly c ons t i tut e total cU. sabilJ ity for insurance rru r-rio s e.s , The ii"1.d.i"lr:"S Ct'1cr o fiLcc r s promoted to l,:ajor, s- nd t.h.. l r assi:-:;i.:.lh:JlLts, are: of a War Dopartment EE)d:i.ca'. POc.Lrdor 1'0;.::' Ca-rt.a i n l',.'..:.stin W. },;'Htenstein, chief, ports of. e xami.na t i ona b;:r meG.ic3.1 c f'f'i c ei-s Pc r so nnc l ar.d LOGi,~tics. of t~le.iiJ.r Department is of [jie. t o tile CaDtaiL Warren R. Carter, Chief, Air Veterans Ad)llinistretic~ in r::ot:in::; a d.etermination as to total clisabili tn howLu t e Ll. i!:-,,,n08. ever, the Veterans Administr[.tion reCllDtain Sirumnd F. Lando r s , Executive serves the rig}:.t to e:;::unino aU0. rnte tne Officer. insurcd-claima:.:t before aut hor i z Ing tho C';,n't:dr:. ;,klvin 3. Asp, EngineerinG paJ~ent of any benefits. Officer. C'lotaic" Cl'l.rcrlcc F. Horton, Supply GOVElli~NEl:TT:FE nrSUs.ANCE I,I Officer. FOR RESERVE O:E'FICER,S ~h(j follo':'~y::,; Squadron Commander-s were proffioted to Ma20r: A part of Section 300 of the World 1st Li c-u t . Charles D. l'f:cAllister, 87th War Veterans! Act, 1924, as amcn dc d , is Pur eu.i t. to quotod below as being of interest Ca)t. Ll.o yd C. Blackburn, 51st Attack Reserve Officers: . Caot. Rufus 0. Davidson, E4th Bomb. "In Or(LOr to give to every comnn s-, Capt. KCuncth C. McGrcsor, 86th Obs. sionod officer and enlisted man and to 1st Lt. Arnold H. Rich,84th Service. oirery. mcrnbe r of the Army Ih'.rse Corps First Ll cut cna nt s advanced to the (femQ.le) and of the Navy ~Jurse Corps \ (femc ..e) w~on empl.ove d in active l service I rank of Captain were: Julian 3. H0ddon, Secretary. under the \\'ar Department or IJaV'J Depart-I Ernest S. l{OOIi., Ad,jutant. merit protection for themsol ves :?ncl their Ra1Dh A. Sn~vcly, Operations Officer. de~endents,tho united States, UDon ap" Fraru: F. Everest, Jr., Intelligence :pllCation to the bureau and. ...-ritTl0Utmedlcal examination shall grant United I and Operations Officer, 51st Attack States Government life in~ur2nce (conI Squadron. ---000--verted insurance) against the death or total permanent disability of any such , V-6739, A. C. -117I

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The Secretary of ;'Tnr, or: t.O:') re~o:T':~n,'Cl.tion of t';.e Chief 0:' t};e NC'.tiona.l Guard Bureau, ar.nounced tr:at a sneci3.l two "ri~el~sI cou-se in instr'1l'T~nt flying will be p:ive n at Rockwell Field, Co ror.ado , CiIEf., bSi!,i:l!,ir.g Ib.!'c:: ~Ct!l, for a.l I Air Co rps Beg-ular .t..n!Tl Instructors on (luty wi tr. NaU,onal G-ua:.:d Air So[\shor.s. 'Ih'i.s E"~')ecial cor.rae is in line with the present policy that all a.ir urrit.s of -sl'e Nat.lor.';} G1.1FlTd shoull be tforo'J.f,hly t:'aiLed and equipped fcr flying und e'r all w~aU:er con.l i.t i oris , In t~'is reL-esher C0111'Se, all of t,he instruetors 1Ir:.ll 'Jacome aC<l'JB,iLbed 'ri t:1 bhe latest l;lebhoe;s ant; d e-re l op-nent s in equipment and will be better fitted to caz-ry out their rni s s i ou ,,',ikl the Ibtional G'Ji1.rclAir Co r-o s , The f'ol I owi no; Air COl'PS off ioe is (J:r2strnctors) have been se l ccbcd to attend. Roll of them, with the oxceo bi on cf 15-::; Lieut. Louis ;\;. ~\:I-;rrick. hav i.ng the rank of Captain: NE'me Ronal d Hicks Charles A. Eorn Eugene 3. Dayley rOI'rffi.n:D. Br07hy Louis I,;. .Merrick Morrill D. liJ<3r.u."1 Guy H. Gcc.1e Davie. R. Stinson Harry H. Mills Arthur I. Ennis Arthur TLomas Willimn J. I,:cKiernar: Ross F. Cole Charles Backes Ri char d H. l.:.3.f-ee Wendell B. EcCoy ThorrE"s W. Blackburn Robin A. Day

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SiVA 001.1 to the dope and preiei e7c"oraJ,ion of tLe r epe l Lent-, 0.. 'n.i~; s a li:~ht lir;uid deterrent. Carrle in a ~.'.:1811i~ll, it '"is to be .used if v b:>t-l:,"re,1 "by n:osqui'coes in hotol bed rooms or I'The ".,uestion of 'protes'cion :'01'1 coso.;2i toe~; . . It v:'::8n :' orkin::; or. ',11cu"es in tho e veru 1'\'5' is g i von little thOllcht '1.1 the average 'oilot shou~J~ be a.bc u t Cl,S ]:o11O':"s: one ounce of unb i L he finds Id~]seJ,, tLroug':, ~;O:ClG -ri t of Ci::l';lL;lL" O~1'?ounce so i r i t s of carnoho r and bad luck, up agai''.1st t:18 p ropo s i t.Lori of fi.;,htQ[l(',~tf :)lUC8 oil of codal'. Pennyroyal my ing them off lpi'~~h1'.DP"t0vel' r;_"'EttcTials f'.re at b;~ n~.i.':'st.i-tJl_~~~~'J ~,piri t s of camoho r . for 'l'he hand. I have had too IX!:] hUllti:"'S anr' fishing eff,o-::t. of t:lis rni x bur-e , d aubed on hand.s f'ace trips turned from ple-3.c:uT'&ble excursions Lnt o cue! ::2'ck is ter.-;por3.ry, a:;::':1, the t~lmlication pez-Lo-i s cf inco:;:cvcLience I'3.n"",,inC'.,. fro~!l a::~LTlO'JC- rr;-u:,t 1)", f r crue .... Ly renewed. b It 1S of little " . vq:!.ue Ln th." nresence of Fl. cor.~centr'1tion of ance to mi se r-y drrroly beer-use the party fo}~,jCJt 'a.' 1 d . d to provide itself befo:t'e112ncl wit}. somct"ing t~c 8l/'r:1y forces or ur rng pro once per10 s Captain Berna:-,"l, ... Toohor, T. Air:::OY~f", Technical 8uperviso~ cf t1:::, ~:';:'-1.l1"t.01,m Air -'::'e',)ot Control Area, in a d.iscoucse on "::F) s1.'b~ect of a we l I kriovm insect pest, -.;riJ0es as ~'ollo"l"s:
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G-eI'~ld .C. 3I''lnt, now Feb ruar'y 2%11. o f the lcdI'd. ';:ing, 80lo":el Brant aSSUffi8d cOlmnand of 1'1,,1ded '?, t'Fort Crockett, G'--:b:estorr, Tex ])"lrksd:"le E'ie l d on }'ebruary ;':,6th, and of o n the ""fternoon of :F'ebrut"'ry 18th "nd the ;:-'1' d. '{'Ii n;3 0 n March 1st. issued. orders for t.he i mmed i.e t,e remov---000--al of the 31'6 l1.tt" c k Gr01Y: to ]3" 1':-~:.~G.!i18 F'i e Ld , it c l Lrn-.xed two yep l';:; of ex'-:(,ci::G:;{E 0" GWUC~;,STER SITSALBROOK FILLD tant wa i t i ng on the p"'.rt of t he "Oe1'so nne I of the Gr cu o , who e x cec t.e d to Albrook Fi'''ld was the scene of much ac-: "love to t ha t f Le l.dvur.o n its' corro l e t.i o n t iv i ty , oornp e~nrj ceremony on ){ruch 4tll, An advance d e t ac rme rrt deca.rt.e d from 'rL8n Pr i nc o Henry,:::---llke of Gloucester, ~ort Crockett by &ir ~n thE ~ornin~ of ttird son of the KiD~ of En~land, took the 19th, arid the feL7in; cf the off f r t r.e r e for an 'hou r ' s flight to ~\.tt::'cck Group'c"ir)J,:wsoe",,.,n e,+: the 'lien tile Pe n-ra C'lw:,l from the air. sa.ne time. "The inic~,'ll f e rv v fli';;lts Pr i nc e Henry Vl8S e nr cut e from Aus t reLi a were led 'by ;':nd Li:;1,;t:L K.F,' Or o r oe r to Je.;l::dsa. He r e.r.a i ne d in the Canal for the 8th At t ac lc Scw::drvc; :F'.i:" ZCle o ul v e1,;(1c.t 12 hours, aml.ri.Jorook Calhoun f'o r the L?t:'~"1.nd l:;'.~ .. ,ruJ:'chisOL }i::;ld \,2S t he o n.l y Arui~Y post he v i s l t.e d . for the 90th. '!'lle ndvmcc l)~,.rt::r -.nns I'1:l'? .ci r CO;'l)8 troops of ;llbrook ::<'ield, strengthened. b:r ad d'iti ona.l nen ckrL:g in th::::.r best' insp<:ction L~niforms, comthe wee:.:: f'o ILowii.g , t>e ncc e s aa r y 'JOSE-O t he f'lJ''Tcl of r0110r. On the Luke I s equipnent be i r.r: tr'l.llf;ortcd,by ..Lr . a r r i v a.; , foLJ,:"Ning e s01ute of 21 guns, All of the ;~.-l;::ts, t:c2L"::.LcL; T:lIClL::Os he LaS we Lc o.ned to the post by t l,e Le~)artand ot he r al r-cr-af t of t he c;.Y'JUp ve r-e Lent Ccr:;:;1<lrdc:r, !\'s.jor Gener a.L R'l,rold B. immediately t r a.ns.f e r r ed to t he new F'i ske ; the 1 Jth CO~JpO t e Wing Commander, si station, with the e~ce)tion of ~lanes ColenGl W.C. ~cCho~d, and Ma:or Robert L. on maneuvers, c t.ne r s tcrn'.::()rcL'il=~ iJ-:tt i ',"131,:1::, cO;:'.W) ;=~e:~ 0'':" t he lStl1. Pur cu i t of com.micsion,s:-lo 0:lr:: co,';and ",l'l.'J8. , CrOll?, As t'le :;;uDcd saluted, the 'I'r ancoo r t s of t ne O':"f?a::li z:' t l)l:.~' ,';C", i f Lor.r ix,,,, C '[.10. ruffI e s , :0 Ll.owe d by the in co nt inuous usc between t no two , :~i t~::~:;N.;t):~',:-l~ 1 we~e p~&ye~ by stations. : L e ,.)~,L .. L_"c"j,~;} u",nu, .Lo8.. cd for . the 'l'ne 8th, L3th And ~;Ot:n ,ltt'l.ck end. I CCC[;'.SlC'Il,7>e PrLnc e t n s oe c t.ed the guard the 60th rv Souadrow;, tog,""t}:'er 'f'Tid C 'J: '.-lirr:c',',t2G. its C01::,:V'lr,Qor verv \ ~ -' wi th t ho Third. AttF{C'~ I}roup a rid "ing Ily on 1; 2 e. )"L;3:C:',L~e and set-up of the Head.ouar t e r s , v.e re rf;)r<,ssi.ted, 8,'~ I,-~ir Ca-03 :"":; 1l:;'i81'S. :BE' ricsdal e Fi e lei cy (:,;tn.cb,:n t s 1.1Ltil <,, 1";,(' JO\;"':;~,?o,3 J-lic)hi bi a ~1S Yier ern the t he full strenf,th of these orE;ar.izationsl rpnrp to tr"co t.LeFrince and his party arrived on Fe bruar-y Z?th 'by t r o op tra il1,1 over t:18 ZCL2. The Fr i nce f'Lew wi th the mo t o r convoy .<11'11 T~rivatG91'tomobiles. i Br ita s.i ),:inister in a ~ravn.l ."l.ir"Olane At the t i.me , lOS men arrived by train, I o iLc t e d. by Lie"J..t.-Crm"l',",l.del' rtalDh E. 1;35 by convoy and 235 b~Y nrivc:te c-rr s , Davi nc n . r:is po r ty , c o ns i e ti nz-i o f The troo-p. trai, n \V8.S c ommanc.ed 'b.:r C~l"?t. :..I8jo::-~eLeY"-'1 }IoVJ8~d-V;vse, C"lntain Curtis, 2.1:;. Mo r r i.s , arid, the rnot o r co nvoy O~T ::;"';JtaLl Kc)~r, Ca-ptain Schreiber, E.A. 1st Lieut. Lon ::!ta~Thue. I Cleuch end L.M. Williams, flew in the Ad-vance Dartie s mac,E 211 81'1'8 nselUpnts : ae co nd amph i bi an , piloted. by Li eu.t . C. W. for t he main bo dy to move di r e cc l y into C;ou3;Jnd, A:r Corps. TI:ce party was esits new Quarters. Kitchc'lf,Nere r~2-6y \ co r t.e d by 8, flight of six P-lZ's comfor operation u oo n its arrival, P..ECi the mande d by C8-;Jt2.in FrC'cnk 0' D. Hunter. entire Gr oup settled, ou i e t Ly t rrt o its On :ris r e tu r n , Prince Henry. expr e s s ed new baue , read.:l for the reor;ar.ization h irnse l ;' as being deeply gr8teful for the of the Third ':an2:. c oo r uc s i e s cJjov:n him and ca l l e d for the Major Earl T..J. Neiden, Comuand.i ng Of-;rri Lot.s of t.r;e 2mDhibi::m arid the commandficer of the Third Attack Group, r e.na i n-: e r ('if the 2rrsi.Ji (, escort to t hank them 8?- at Fort. Crockett unt n the eve,~'~l<."'1:- 1\ 'gersonally for acc ompany i ng him. tlon of thIs ~ost ~as cOillDleted, l.Lylng to Barksclale ~ield on the"morning of I -119V-6739, A.C.

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the Director o~ MiJltnry A~~on2~t~cs, W'1 shi nic.-t n , D.O., o ;<:-1,J wi th the h.:t.F. in Franc~ Oil S9~ci~,~ (iut;r .. Re t urn.i ng t.o '13SI:l 1'''ton In Do c s.at.e r , 1918, hi:' Vias assic>c:l to cut.y as a meLjber of t~e Board 6n ?~qce ~rg3nization and , 'J.T1on com!)~'.etior, of thl.t Yior~:;;, W8.S
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Board, se rv i ng t hcrc'v i t.h until Jo.l.l,';l:st 3J., 1. 919. HEo was t he n abri.E:r..ecl, a s a sUEcinl student at th~ GLfi0ral Staff C611ege, Wa8hin~tQn Barrac~s, J.e., and grndu,"tcd t.he r-efr-orn o n JUDe 29, J.320. General Pra";t I s llC:'X'~ aSE'i,"mn'~I't W9.S 1\ at Kelly Field, Te:~c's, Ll COj}':L"'5 of the F'Lr st Aero ';,"l,l,;. He E:,~'ved ,s.~ t:"i::; field until Gentember, 13~O, when he HO~C; was assi~ned as Air C:fi~cr of th3 Pth Corps Ar~2, Fort S&~ Jouston, ~ex~s. h~)rcxioatcly 400 p~ople con2regated Althou;:;h he lE::,;u:ned., to ..,fl;;T 'N'~U3 at a t E'~i;ilcon F'i e lci, C;:;J.if, , on Sun-Iay , Brool'G3 F1.clCi dur i n, t ne ".'Jr, Gcncr8.1 }hre:l 2'rcl, ;":-0,1: the J::>y districts to Pratt, desirous of o'b';~Ji::lin,:~ s')c;ci..'-cllz[:0.:.lC'[ L:,~ lli,;,lor? of Ls t L,ieut. 110;}'d. e d fl ,','Ii i.:," rc i ni n.; , was i'ssi._,S:.Yir'u to n t {J,",rcvV'" I l t.on f t or wuo:n the '-'3.rIn v ~~ dnty at Kc11~T lif'ld as a st'lQe:n.t iii i vo~pt.r !l.:'Ll'~l'.E:1d Is narc.ed:. Bombardment tr-a.in i.nr, Ln Apr iL, IJ:~l. I ~2 t: G l,;',i'c,,::rtm,:mt Co.n.na nde r ',.Arren Upon the completion o-r t:his tr::>.ini.:1C,he ; Ati:erton of the; A.;1eri.c',n Le(~ion, State was a s s l gned to du ty PS n studc rrt at of (::"iforLi2., dE,'.H(~,lting the bronze the General Servicr: S,-:;L,)01 Fo rt , n:::C'uJ to Lieu t . Harr.il,ton, stressed t hat Leave nvo r t h , K,m~a['l,~r~ ('c." tin. in ,;ur ... e, tr : C;;cc1.Bcd h3'1 been the victim of 1923. From Fo r t 1C['j,C'L\'iOl'th b' ,,::ronat i o ua.I ur.pr epar ednc s s . Lirut.-Colonel ce eded to t hc )\.':<};./ 1Li.r Collec-e,";~',:.in,::,Cllre:lcc 1. i'ini:cer, in response, er.1u:l1R-ton, -:'.C., and src1r'h::"'1ted ,~~,o;~:Lis int s i ae d the de s t r uc t.Lv e el en.errt s within e tLt u t i r.n en Jlm(: ZO, 19>'s.. t hc na t l on '~,nd ho ped t ha t t.h i s would be For the next four ye;:rs, GEneral th3 dawn of a. new c1-'l.y in wht ch our fitPra t t was on du t y iL the Cfri c e of the r~GSS fo r \:131' wou.l.d sweep ('side the po s Chief of the Air 8vTlJS, first 8s':;:-:i8f s i b i l Lt.y o f a r-ne d conflict. Taen , at of the Trainin~ er..d 1ar ?lans Ji7ision, the request of Jr. Don Harbeck, 5th Disand, later 8,S Exe cut i ve of the TrcJinin,--: ,trict Co',ur'lHlcr, A,~;eric':ll1 L,;{':ion, the and. O'Dentions Division.lli,:;tc18TS 'o')\;ed their hearts for 30 secOn Jc:.ne 1, 19;:8, he was 8.ssi:.~T'.el as I cn:'ls in rc.ve r e nce to the me.nor-y of IJt. Oomma dLng Officer n of NTcchel j'jeld, I :;:a .I l t on , who s:ccve rri c life for hi s New York , emu of the 3th OosenrC1tiox:. i country as a war flyer at Lag ni cou.r-t , Group. Au?Ust 1, 1 92:::J, Sa'll him t ranaI Fr ance . -120V-6739, .A. C.
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f'e r rrd to t.he Hawsi t an rep8rtment for duty ,JS Air Officer. He {leld this office VEtil .Tul;y, 1930, when he WF!S .qp,ointed Br~[~dier-GeDer~l And Assist~nt Cld':!:' of \.ir~Ori)S and .as s i gne d to dut y o t WL i,;ht :Tield, ::J,,:rtol1, Ohio, as Ohief of tj, l;Intc;riel Division. Upo n the termina.tion of his four-yenr aD~nintUl'.::n"v, e r0vsrtCQ to his reenler h rank 0: .Lieut.-:::oloIlel. Ge..e ri L :?ratt Wns born in New Mexico o n :3:;,tc"ber 2, L?82. He a t t.e nde d the Pcnnsyl~pni3 ~ilitary College for one ye"r and v,"":8 t l.e n ~)))ointeci to the G:.-;.iteo StD t e s ::,j lit;ry l1..C3 demy . Upon ni s ,~r?cluntion in ,Tune, 1 'j:Jil, he was corr..t s s i one d a se co nd lieutenant of ,>v2L;.y. :1is service w.i th the Cavalry b~-,~,r'~;~l of t:_~ .H.r~n/ W~lS contLr:J-0u? untll.HS a~)'l.)" l.ltmcl1t r n the AVIC1tlon S8Ct!.C,D, Sl,cD,.:L Co r-ps , c:.uring the War to t'.jC r&n'( of l'i.:':;,jor. He roe cne d t.he rn.c..: of 1st Li cu t e narrt on l,lATch 30, J.9:".1.; C."i)I:.'lin, JUl,'! 1, 1916; :,:n,ior, Jul.? 2., l'.j:c.'O. and Li cu t . -Colonel, June 20, 1128, nIl these ~onstitutinG permane nt o:"o',:i;)tiJr,s. Dur i ns. the W,3.r he 1JeJ.c tein)o:::'.'try rank as I,ieutenant-Colonel"nd Colonel. Ce nc ra l .P~.att c onmaride d t.he Air Corps Me:;' uv e r s at;;r:i.E~lt F:Leld., Ohio, in l];,::~'., He served. on many Lrrroor t s nt bor r ds d .1ri:1;:"his lllilit.rl.r;,/ car cer and r e c e i v e d hii~h com-nenda t.Lo n for his \7'3.1uab l e wo r l; (lurLiP' the War. }If. holds the ::'~lying ratings of "AirlJlccne ?ilot" - ~n~ "Airol:u18 Observer. ,. __ oO~:~__

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In the leading article in this issue locale of the Internatiol1a,l Air Race s of the Hews Letter, announc Lnr; t l.e that year, Lieut. Paul B. Wurtsro.ith was award. 0. the Mackc~yTrophy to Bri.z[1.c1ier the wi:ffiler of the Trophy, averaging 152.17 miles per hour. General Henry H. Arnold, a orisf }listory is given of the first Army aviation In 19::";0tIle Mitchel Tro-,)hzrRace was held at tho home station of the First Trophy, v~1ich was tendered in 1912 by 1'11'. Clarence H. 1,~ack3y to the Aero Club Pur sui t G"oun - Selfridge ]'ield - and. of Aluerico' for n.w9ru by the '.','8.1' DeJ8.rt2nd. Li eut . Loui s A. Vaupr e , winner of ment annually to the off i ce r or ofi:ithe contest, av eragcd 146.7 miles Del' hour. -" eel'S ill8};:in,; the mos t mer i t or i ou.s fligl1t (If the yea.r . Tho .tb.tional Aeronautic i No contest was helQ eluring the years and 1903, but last F8.11, Association, successor of t~e Aoro Club 1"1931,1932 of .America, is the nres6nt custod.ian of I when t:1C race was again held. at this T~ophy. Selfriclc;e F'ieLd , Ca,)tain Fred C. Nelson The next Trophy to :~1i11~e its bow to eclipsed all speed ~ecords previously att:1incG. in t:Cie contests f'o r this TroArmy flyers "wac t he one iorated. bv :former G-eneral Willio.m Mit cne.l.l , of tho ~r~. As a matter of fact, this was 1:.1...e C2':10 with 8,11 the .uartici-oants in Air Service, in memory of John 1. l'ilitchell, his brother, who Vi:J.S killed. ti:.e 193~ event. Ca-J2taln Nelson av erageQ a spoed of 216.802 liiles per hour in action 0..urins the World. War. '1':18 contest for this Tronhy is a st~ic~ly military event for ~ilots of the First Th0 first competition for the General Pur sut t GI'OUpof th,j Army i\il~ Corps, LI2S011 ~il. Pr.t r i ck va s bold dur i ng the Air and. the wi nne r retains it in l~is l'or,;l-\Aces at Los Al~gsleG, Calif., in Septerusession unt i l t he viet Y;.' 0:::' tl:e next oer, 1922. This ~ro.ohy was donated. by year I s contest is announce d , the HC:1, F. I'rube c D~:,vl. son, former AsT:ms far, ten co nt.es t s 'have been s l at.arrt Secretary of War for Aviation, staged, the first in 1922 t.:xr:: :'J.,g tho as '1 pe rpe tuaf memo ia.l to Gene ra.L r Air Races held at Detroit, ~.uC::l., Yi:'.en Pat r i c c uno n the latter I s retirement as the winner, Li.eut , D.? Sir'ce, aV81'[-\.g;- Chief 0: tho Air CorDS. Under the oroed a soeed of JAB mil e s per hour . 1.:'1:ere vi s i.ons of the gift: it Vias to be comwere si,x comoet it or s i:l this event, all pc.'cel~ ~:'or annua l.Ly by the comnrls s i one d pi Lot In.; t:i.e'1'::2-:3 a.i rpi.auc . p l Lot s of the ord. Attack Group. The following ye a.r , dur i ng the Inter. T:u:!.s'::'ro:)Ly is a besutiful 'bronze national Air BElGeSat St. Lcu.i s , Mo., p'l aque , 18 Lnclie s wi de and 24 inches the late Co:otain :Burt F. S'k8cl carried long. It is mount ed on a piece of ebony. off the honors, ave~aging a speeci of I'he l1P1:cr hC:elf of the Trophy deyicts a 156 niles per hour. scene r r om the race. Planes are shown Up to last vea r , the t.i~h s.. peec:. 3,p;::r?2c;Qin~, from the rig:ht, r.nd a l?ylon record for this annua.l classic \70.S ;lela at t he extreme left. The lower haL. of by the late Id cu.t , C~"rus Bottis, who in the 'i'rcpby 1;3,s be en r-ese r-ved for the 1924, during t he Lnt.or-nat i onal. Air pur po ee of r-eco r d'ing the names of the Races at Dayt on , Ohio, ::,veraGed. o. s:Jeed winners from yea...... o yer r . Seventeen t of 175.43 miLe s DCI' hour . p,~irs of wings are divicLed into five In 1925, Ilicut~ 'I'homa.s K, MatthewG co l.u.ans ; t;le two outer columns have four won the Tro'Ohy wi th 2,n ave rage speed of wings e acn , w~'lilo t'.:le three imler columns leI. 5 mi Le s" PCI' hour. 'j:he race H8 s have t.hr e e wings each. The co Lumn a re s held at Mit cho.l Field,. N. Y., and the sepa:"<::.teci+'1'0;:1 each other 'by lighted winner piloted. a Curtiss FiJ-(} Pursuit torches. Each year the winner's n:'lme is .. nl.ane , e ngrnv ed above one of the wings. At the ~ In 1926, when the International R:1Ce s ba.se 9.: ~he p.La.que is the fonowing were held a t Ph i Lade Lpbj a, Lieut. L.G. Lnz cr r ot t on: Ellicott, in a Curti s s P-l Fur sui t, . M::jor Gone r a.L M.1:1.Patrick ave:raged. 160.-<.15 mile S DOl' hour , pnd he Fo r t.he '1'hird At tack Orou'o Race held the Trophy for one yenr, rel1:'1Pre senteel bv F , Trubee Davi son quishing it to t ne lC'.te 1st Lieut. Irvin Twelve pilots of the :-Sri Attack Group fl.. WoodrinG, who on Oct obe r 12, 1~2? ,at par t Lc i pabe d in the :first contest, all Fairfield., Ohio, when the Mitchel Tropilotinc:; the standard A-3 Attack :plane, phy Raco was one of the f ca.t.ur e s inci;Jowered wi th the Curtiss D-12 e ngi.ne and dent to tho dedication of Wright Field, the TIinner, Lieut. G.R. Aclillson, averaged averaged. a speed of 158,968 miles per a spe(/ of 139.525 miles per hour. hour. Fifteen P-l Pur su l t :plane s enterIn 1929, when the Air Races were held ed the Race, and there was out one rainat Cleveland, Ohio, 13 pilots of the 3rd ute and 23 seconds d.iffere~ce in the Attack Urou~ entered the competition. tim~ of the first and. the last 'Olane. They piloted the identical type airplane L1.eu.t. B.lI. Lawson won the 1928 conIf10wn tao year before, but the sneeds attest, which was he.ld durinG the Intertained were considerably improved. Second national Air Races at Los Al"6e1eS,Galif.,! Lie.ut. Ivan M. Pa.Lme , t.he winner, averr his ave rage speed being 154.'(43 miles a,Ged a speed of 149.020 miles per hour , per hour. 'lhe contest for the Trophy in 1930 was At Cleveland, Ohio, in 1929, the held at Fort Crockett, Galvcston~ Texas, -121V-6'73':1, A. C.
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deavoring to revive his compani.on, des,)i to the dan.re r of the balloon expl.od:ug Qt any mouent. 1929. Lieut. William A. Matheny,Air Corps, for valor during an airplane crash in Nicaragua. He was pilot of a bomb l ng Larie being flown to Panama, Lieu';-,. Di\i:~htCanfieJ d being co-pilot. Forced down in the Ju.ngles of Nicaragua, the plane caught fire. Lieut. Oanfield, s tunne d and. unabl.e to move from the vicinity of the burninc plane, he was r-e scued by Lieut. M.aUcel1.Y, Who rushed into the fLame e and clraggecl him away The Cheney Asvard was established in fr9ID his ~erilous position. memory of 1st Lieut. William H.Cheney, .L930. 1',0 awar d . Air Service, who was killed in an air 1931. Lieut. Fo'bert D. Moor (posthucall i s Lon at Foggia). Italy, JalJ:llr'J,ry20, mously) , Hi s conduct was that of 1918. The donor s OT this a'e,rare. are "Hoblesse obligell of em officer nilot Mrs. Mary L. C. Sc.l.of iel d , Pc t er-bo ro , t owar d an enl i sted passenger d.ependent N.H., and. Mrs. Ruth Che noy S':~reeter, of UC1011 hLn for se cur t t.y . Dur t ng a Morristown, N.J., the mo t hor and sister, fl::'ght, whe n his p.l ane 'became d.i sab'Le d , respectively, of Lieut. Cheney, who Li e.ut , Mc or , disrcgard.illg i'lis own safehave .jointly set z.s i de a t.r'us t fund of ty, men2.ced. to keep it undo r corrt ro L $10,000, the intcr8L1t accrui ng thcre10:')6 e nougli f'o r his ')2.ss(m:;er to ~lunp from to be used to iLp,ke 'G.Dthe cash with his 1::~Tachuto, but too late co awar d , It is to be '\_S3tc:~:.:::::' anrruc.l.Ly save h imce Lf", by the Chief of the i.ir Cor ps for an Prlv3,te .John 13. Smith. This was a act of valor or of' cxt remo :;:'ol'ticucie case of lu;::aJ.ty arid devotion toward an or self-sacrifice i'1 a hun:lC'T'lar i e.n. int officer of ili s serv i c e . Tr8,pDed in the terest whl ch shall h:::"'18 beclloerl'onned ournh:g VI:L'sck2.t.;;'-' of a crashed." Lane , the in connection wi th a i r cr-af t , 'Gut "aid he Lp.lo s s pilot was released the ref rom act need. not ncoe e sari Ly be of a miLr-: on Ly thrc'Ll'::h the val Larrt efforts of tary nature. Pr-i.vat e Sl~1:i. i.h , W':le: sl Ld head.first into Tho S8 e1igi ole to re c e i ve the Award. the b1az::-'-'i; coc~u".t arid, unf'a at.ene d the are officers arid e nl.Ls t e d nell. of t he pilo,;' S GlcUC w::;:~c.h was tightly wedged Air Corps, Rebular Army; cfficers and ill t:,I.e TC1C.,Ler 'ba.r. enlisted. men of the Air Reserve, and 1932. PrJ-Tate, 1st Class, Arden M. the widow or next of kin Ll the event Ear Lcy . rc.S act of valor occurred on of a po s t humcua award. Announcement Decernbe r 6, 1932, nea r Pont Lr.c, Mich., of t hi s award is ma-le on Jar'Uary 20th when he 1'0 <,,::uod2nd Lieut. V::U11arJ H. of each ye ar , that date C8ll12S the anDurn, Air ?oserve, from a burning plane ntve r sa.ry of Li.eut . Cheney's dca ch, af t e r a f or ced landing. A d i e of suitable d.esi[::1 has been 1933. 'J:j t hre e men for the first made, and oronzeolaCiues are struck time fun the history of the Award, viz: off each year the 8,wc.:;d is made, en2nd. L~. V.';I2. I,. 1c1(;Cn, Air Reserve; Staff graved. wi t n the name of t.he r e cLpl en t Sgt. roy D. Dodd , 16th Service Squa.dron, as determined by the Cheney ADard and Set. thcmas J. ROE8rs, 19th Attack Board. ta: engraved Cer t ificate, deSou'lclron. The act o f vo.Lor occurred at peri bing the mer i torious act performFort Clark, Texas, Ma;y 11, 192;3, when the ed, is also given the r ec i p i en t , toDIane p l l oce d by JJieut. Eosen fell in a gether with a. sum of money, usu.c1.11Ybou;J of trees a11.(1 burst i111,o flames. ;p500., the income derived from the T:10S8 three men re-entered the burning trust fund. after the ne ce s sar-y exne nairp~,ane a:1Q saved the lives of two se s in connection Viith the award hav e trac")Gd passengers. been defrayed. 1034. N~ award. No adt was consi~erThe first award in 1927 was ma.Ie to Gif out st.anrti ng , and the Chief of the Master Sergeant Har ry Charman f'o r conAIr Corps for the same reason the award snicuous br~very in the Airship ROMA for lS30 was not made, stated. that it disaster, which occur r e d ill February, should. not be cheapened by being awar-d1922. ed for any 'but a hi~11y meritorious act. Awards for subseauent years were made ---000--as f~l1~ws:., : I The acc ornpanyi nr; -;:e.n,i.~,IldJink:drawing 1::1..:8 ,,0 LIeut. U",a_L G. Ent, All' Corps'l of t he throe Trofihies and the Cheney for heroism during the l'Jotionel EliminAward, above de sc r i bcd , is the handiation Balloon Race , He v;as aid,e tc work of Mr ]'raD..lz:: Dunni.ngt.on , of the Lieut. Paul Evert, pilot of the Army Information Division, a.C.A.C. balloon, and when it was struck by I ---000--lightning, Lieut. Evert was killed and! The cover design for this issue of the the balloon caught fire. Instead of News Latter was made 'by Mr. "130 b" jumping with his parachute, Lieut. Ent Fitzgerald, of the 'l\)chnical Data Secremained in the burning balloon, ention, Materiel Division. the home $l1tation of the 3rd Attack Group. Nineteen pilots of the Group participated, flying A-3:Bp19,nes. 'J.'he winner, Lieut. L.C. Westley, avel'2ged a speed of 149.12 miles per hour over six Lans of a 10-mile t r lanzul.ar course: or a total of 60 m.iLe e , First Lieut. DOll W. Mayhue \'lon the 1931 contest, wh i.ch wa s also ileld. at Fort Crockett. His averags \:\:i:Jccd. Was l42.G9 miles DCI' Lour. No contests for the Trouhy have 'been held. since 1931. .c
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PATRICK

TROPHY

AWARD AND TROPtilES

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PRESENTED

MACKAY

TROPHY

ANNUALLY TO

AIR CORPS PERSONNEL

CHENEY AWARD

MITCHELL. TROPHY

t./ PROW.DTIONS AIR COIlP8On'ICEES D HAWAII FOR . Spedal Orders of the VTo'r cpar trcenb , jus~ D J.ssued, announce tempoJ.'Eoryadvanced ranl: ,;iven Air Corps officers ozi duty with vaz-i ous 11.::1i bs in the Havmiian De'p'.:,I,.t;:cent.efi ecti ve }!JPTi2h 1 19~'J . ~.'. ":'0. Tne oCJ;lief of the. Air Col'I'S eertiJ.8(1 that no 01 f i.ce r s of S1at'3.ble D811.c;mcllt rank are avaiLlble f'c.r theso rJ.uJvie~,. The advanced rem.:r. is e:f:Zed,ive fa:: the period of
each officer' s
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.2~d Lieuts.

assigl"ll.ilent,.

171t~e 18th COI:ITf?osite:Jin::;, lvTajor ~l!iclJ.aGl ~ F. DavJ.s, Executive 2nd CporatiollS Oificer,is advanced to Lieut.-Colonel, and Lst Lieut. Si gna A. GiEcey, Assistant OporatioxlS Of'fi cor ,
to

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ed in z-arilc ['1'8 l:i:ljor A~>a17 D1UlOGn, Gro1'J.l Com.cander, to Li.cut Colonel; Capca.in Ph iIl ips Melville, Ink:lligence r.nd. Opel'a~ions Offlce1' to :,';ajor, and 2nd "Lieut. :L,ollal2.N. Yates, ' Adjutant, to rirE~"Lieutel1a~t. In t:be 18thFursui~; Gnup, J.lejor :>-i:rY'cst Clark, Gronp Comnnllder, i,:- 8,Qvc'ncel k\ :;:'ieu"b.Colonel j Captaill C12~rton L. Eiu;eE, IU0cllig;-,nce and OperaGiOIlS Of.fker, to 1 ,,;jor; 1st Li eub s, J~r::cs L. D~niBl, C:'r., SUIl'ly Ofi.'iccr, and .John E. Bodle, Erigir'ec:;:' 8.nct. '-r:IF2Uer.:j Of_ ficer, to C8:?ta~_n;and ::r.:J} Li eut s , Laur i s Nors bad , .Ad.jutant, and Cu::tisE. 1el\Cay, l\ac'iio Officer, to First Lieut0n8Lt. Squadron officer[; ClJ:]v-c',l1ced. in rc;ak are enumerated. below, as f'ollo'"s: Sau.(l.J.J.'O-l C~"""'<1:'de'"8
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1;8;1e ~0:!:~ Temp.Bank Cha:::1es .t ; Der.sf'o rd 4th Oha, 1st Lieut. :'-::11sse11 . Griffith E 6th Pursuit II Leo P. Dahl 19th Puxsuit II ~Lhcllarc1 Hut.ciri.nson C. ;;;6th Att8ck II Hebert A.. st'JJk.:l.rrl. GOU~ Obs, II !~i~~~ OJficers - 1st Lieutenants Wa12ine W. EesslJure 6Cth Service Captain Aub:::eyL. 1.100:::-8 75th Service " J~e2.!~G.~_Qi'i'icers - All 2nd Llelltenants 'Nillip.;:cl J'. Clinch, Jr. 4th Obs, 1st Lieut. Mar:: E. Br:J,a.1cy,Jr. 6th Pursuit II Thoroa D .L('r~0IGCn 2Gth Attac~ ..s 11 Ir.)J~l2i~~_~}I('~~Eations Officers all
J..stj ':1..i3'LJ.LJen~~J,:G5

Captain Morris E. lifeT.~-~'--bWPursui t Glem. O. Barcus 19t:'.l Pursuit " f([;,h)r. E. Keen 23rcl I3ema. " Robe:d; Loya; Easton 26tl-'. Attack " .tord J. Lauer nnl Borne, Arr-ffi'lcnt nfliccrs All Znd :::"ieutenants Ci)-;l~J~-C;-ri.c;~:r~~ .;t:~mn;. 1st Meut. LlcvrcllY~l O. :r:1ya.'1 Gth Pur uui, t " Julien lvi., C),aPfcll 50th Obs, " D.. ,. Zl.l,?",tric:k.Jr. 72:r..:.1 30mb. "

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Jv]c.er.d2,. Seco:nd Lieut. 'liillia::l L. Kennedy, Er..gillGCr Of'ri cer , 23rci Bomb. S'rcladron, prozrobcd to 1st L'i eut enant., Officers on duby at the Hawci i an Air Depot, v:ho \',ore advanced in rank, are - lfu.jor Leur-once :iT. Stc1lle, Dcpot Commnde.r , t.o Lieut.C010nel; Lsb Li.eut., Oscar }'. Car-Lson; SUl)ply Officer, to Carrba.i n; G.nJ.2r,d Lieut. J'ohri W. Egan, Chief Il~pector, to 1st Lieutenant. Effc~tive }~lrch 19, 1935, the followinc-nalued of fi.r-e r s of the Air Corps are as s igned to duty in t.!:lC ha';;aib,n Department and will have the tenpOr8.1'y rar',;: i,lcUca;Ged: 1'0 C~'J?~"Ji:E~:_ Li.eutis, :Po 1st bert Vi. '\Jarren and '(','illiecQ::. Sar:lS, 'bo i.h Intelligence and Operations Of'f'Lo.rr s , bLe fanner with the 4th Obs, and t.ho latter vrit:l t~ie 5'Jth Obs, Squadron. .. To 1 st, Li )ut.: 2:::d Li.out.n, Francis H. Grls,:C;Tt~ S'i1:ply OLicer, Gth Pursuit Sqdn.; Ei.chn.rd S. Freeman, Artrili.JeLt Officer, 19th Pur sui t Sqdn.; Iv;i1l,; S. Savage, Arrramerrt Office r , 23th Atta.ck Sq(~n., and. 'Nilli211l2.0ffutt, Ar:.,lC.voon1, Officer, 7Ct.h Service Sg'ladron. ---olJo--~

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Name ~'e~~ F'rank H. Pri bchard 4tll Cbs. Eorly B.W. Duncan 6th Pursuit James E. Ijuke,Jr. 19th Pursui"b Arthur G. Lifnett 231':'.'.~o_nb. l Sarraie I G. Fri~rso:n zsu. 1,Had: Lucas V. Beau, Jr. 50tl:. o~s. Wolcott P. Hayes 65th Service John V. Ibrt 72nr1.20I!lb. Roscoe C. Wridon 7St:b, Service ~""'1 irh-c COinrr,,:'lc:ers (Allls-C~ie:Li.'bS7) Elmer J. Rogers ,Jr. 4th 01'8. Fay L\. Up chegrove 4th Obs. Puy Eo Clarl: 6th Pur sui t -Iohn C.Crosthvre,ite Cbh I'ursuit Bryant L. Boatner Gth :?ur:cui t Georee H. Srarhawk 1C:t:.-c ursuit P Russell Keillor 19t1l Yursui t David I'. Laubach 19t1l Pur-sud t Robert D. Jo~nston 23r~ !30mb. Delran T Spivey 2:)1'<1'030. Harvey F. Dyer 2bth Att8~k Homer L. S:J.Ilo,ers 2Gt'1 A~tack .. Harold G. Peterson 50th Obs, Kurray C. Vroodoury 50th Obs. Charles F. Born 72ncl 30mb. Raginald Heber 7:nd 30mb. Supuly Of".'iccrs

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IJb.jor '/{illiq;;" O. :Ryan and 1st Lieut. Gordon Scwille, Ai:::' Corps, L.O':,011 duty at Maxwell FiGL~, Ala" aas i.gned to duty, respectively, "'-",lJirer.t.or ana. Sccre'bary, Air COI'FSBoard, 1/.0.:;'3'')11 eld. , recl'dved te:.aporary proffi.lticns, .:Ti ef:':'eetivG Mg,l'ch 11, 1935, the former as Lieut.Colonel and the 1eVGer as Canba i.n, ---oOo--~ -

~All 2Y:lli-LIeu'ts-.)
Richard R. Wise Jolm K. Gerhart Josenh F. Carroll Louis A. Guenther 4th 2:~rd 50th 72nd Obs. Bomb. Obs. Bcmb.

Effective M3Xch11, 1935, lViajor Edva rd L. Ho:ffrr:en, Air ::::orps, was as s igned to duty as Ls b Lieut. Gr0~~ COID~nder, 12th Observdtion Grour,Brooks 11 Field, Te.,v..as,this as s i grmenb carrying with it II II the tem;orary raril: of Lieut.-Colonel. -123V-C7:39, .A.C.

view "I'.'S.3 scheduled for March 6th, participatin': u.ni b s f rcm SelfriJge Field, Mitchel and Langley :E'idd. to be reC6 i.... by General ed Andrews.

---000--18th WIllG 11: EiEin:t<;w FOR SIX GENERALS

CIiANGES A.T LANCLZY FIELD Tb.c JlID.'VS lSITER woul.d appreciate hearing from :During the first week ('\f M:'U'ch,Langley.' I Kelly F'lol d , 'I'exas : Fr'anne Fdel d , Panama Canal Field, Va., was in the prClc9ss of changilJ I Zon"'; Chanute Fiele., Harrho ul , Ill. j and mer-e from a Reg1.llar Air Corps Station to a. Headfrequently from Selfridge, :Michel and ?cmdolph t quarters G.H.Q,. Air Fc rce , 2r..d 1;iinc;Headquar-- :E'iei"ds. Heference is 1YRde Circular Letter to tel'S G.B. Q. Air Force, 8th Pursuit Group, 2nd No. 35-1, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, Bombarclm:mtGroup, and. Station Co:nple'1Jent. dated January 4, 1935. ~he reassig~Ent ~f per~onnel. barracks and ---000--duties to confonn to the new set-up is pracMombers of the Air Corps vmo possess any tically con::plete. General Fzank M .Andrews talent in pen and ink sketching are cord:l.all~J arrived on the Post on ~Brch 1st, ~.GenBra1 invited to submit cover designs for the News Pratt was 6:Jq>",cted on March 7th. A "lng ReLetter on letter size paper . Use India ink. -124V-6739, A. C.

NOTES FROi,l IR CORPS A FIELDS

Harrd Lt on Field, G:o.lif., ;:arch 5th. -- The- Chi'~e Aviation. Mis~io~t~~~ring this country to investigate mGthcds and m11~geu~nt of Army }:Josts in the United Statps and EU1'OUC v~sit~d Ear.ii Lt.on :Fieli o::tl'frTCI::4cth. The Mls~ I s~on ~s headed by Col. P.T. Mov. 'l'he 1'14so115f the fielel wer-e invited to o San Rafael on the Light of March 8th, as zue sts : of the San Rafael Pyramid, to heur a lecture I on "knericanisrn', and erijoy the vaudeville and ' z-of re sbmenbs csneciall v lJTe')arecl for them as I Gue:,ts of hono r ori tLe' specIal occasion of 1 "ha~dl ton Field Niteo " I The noncorcni s s i onad officers of the field I were enterta.ined 'In. the ever:ing of March 2nd by the AmeriC[>Il egion Pod No. 28 of L Petal uraa, ,. Captain He.r oLd D. Smith is still at LUDeley Field tuning up t11e 10 llartin Pomber-s f'o r the lone: "hop" from the Cap i, tal to the Cana.I Zone. i 'lv!o men of the 7Cth dervice 3C1uso,roD i ed a I :ecently. Prmvate Melv~lle F."r.;ulldell died ari bed, cause unknown. H0 "prev~~usly served in the 65th Service and the- 26th Attack Squadrons, Hawa i i an Deoe r i.mont., Co rcc ra'l, Angus D. McDonald jump~d 'GO his df'.:-J.;ch irom the second story of the west wing of the Le t.t.errnan Genern..l Eospi tal. He 'began his service back in 1920. About a year his ... utorr:o-a bile collided with a s t.r cc t car E~nrl"iirol:ehis arm. On Decembar E,th, Last , he felf en the floor of the hangar and broke hi" arm in the ?ame place. Desp~ndenc.r due to the s l ovr -. ~ng of the break ~s bel~eved to be the cause of his fatal ju~. ~aj0r Robert C. Murphy, post surgeon ouring the absence of Ivajor Fab.i an L- Pratt on the Fanama Flight, addressee: t.he Masons of liarin Lodge No. 191 at Scm Raf'ae l, on the r.ig~t of' February 20th em the subject of "George Washington, the Iv';asor.." Thirty Harui I ton Field ~asons attended. The following evening, JVajor Murphy lectured to the cedets of the San Rafael Ivuli t ary Academy on "George Wasl'-J.ington, the Officer and Ger:,tle::;a.n." Eight Reserve 0fficers terrrU~ated their active service /"InFebruary 28th and reverted to civil life, viz: 2nd Li eut.s , Jean R. Byerly, Wilton B. Miller, Ja~es J. Roberts, BerneI'd A. Schriever, Elmer P. SCI1'I'arz, John D. Treher, Joel L. Crouch and Sterling 'l. Love. On February 21st, 16 Caciets at this station received their corrmussions in the Air RoseI've, viz: Alexander :Y. Bryant, Cady R. Bullock, Alexander 'l. Bui-t orr, William C. Caop , Sven H. Ecklund, Richard C. Kugel, Alvin R. Luedecke, Glen C. llOser, Lewis L. Mundell, Fay W. Olmsted, Clair A. Peterson, Louis W. Proper, E~gar W. Root, George 3. Sanford, NOI'lP.'3.Il F. 'l~mper and Edward 'S. Virgin. First Lieut. Alvord V.P. Anderson reported for duty from the Philippines. First Lieut. John T. Morrow, who just corrr pleted his tour of duty in Ha~ii, will report to this field upon the completion of leave of absence granted him. -1
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First Lieut. Lloyd R. 'lull was transferred to Abera.een Proving Grourld, being replaced by 2nd Lieut. Hugh McCaffery. Reserve officers recently relieved from duty at the field and reverting to inactive status were: 2no. Li eubs , E.C. Rohl, G.K. Crain, H.L. Dei tz, ;~. Lay, J'r., E'ranc i s Pope, Frank P. Smi t h , Ladson ::;.. Eslcr i.dge, Keith N. Allen, Frankl in K. Paul , John 8. Lemmie, Jr., James B. League, Jr., William r. Hudnell and Roger H. Kruse. Second Lieuts. Willia~ 'l. Hudnell, Harold L. Neely, James H. C. Houston, George C.Digg~, Hf;.rold L. Kreider, J chn O. Need and Edward St Allee, who recently reverted to inactive status upon comp.l et.i on of tours of duty at the field, are now busily preparing for the forthcmning exarni na t i on for conmissions in tbe Air Corps, Regui a.r ATIff-J.

Captain Ennis C. Wl;itehead, after a very short s bay at the fidel, was transferred on lli8rch Ls b to tho GEQAir Fo:cce at Langley Field. COUQ18tiuf one year of active ~uty as F:ying Cade t s , William Eades, James B. Hay, J.W. ;Iinton, W.B. Eoe so , ~(.A. Livingsbne, G.B. Mc1&~lon,B.W. Rodieck Dnd Frank C. Stone were COIT[[Jssioned 2nd Lieutenants in the Air Reserve and p12,ced on Active duty. Second Lieuts., Air heserve, J.L. Gentry, P.B. Klein, J.C. Liock, iN.F. Grabill, L.R. 1!lill12:cs and V'.M. Eeid returned to civil life f'o l Lowing the bez-ni nat i.on of their active duty. T'1 of'':11isted men, James R. Howerton and Strubbe 1,:cCcnnell, Jr., departed February 23d for Fdroolnh Field to cornrence flying training as Cadets. . Fly~ng training for the 20th Pursuit Group ~s belJg conducted under the direct supervision of Group Operab i.ons, All airplanes of the Grout: have been pooled to f'ac i l i. taJiiG controL Ope rat ions cere being confined principal~y to niGht, instru~ent and radio beacon fly7

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Visiting this station to have repairs roade to the supercharer on their P-30 were Capt. E.G. Montgomery and Lieut. L.B. Dawson of Selfridge Field. Captain W.S. McCoy, Air Corps Instructor, 'I'emie s s ee lJational Guard, ferried an 0-25A plane from this Depot to Sky Harbor. Captains C.J. LaGue and H.H. rhontague and to th ::> , .lJleU ,~oo ,0 f the Colorado National Guard Air Corps, Lowry Field, Denver, ferried two O-19Eairplanes from this Depot to .their home station on February 28th. 5V-6739, A.C.
T'

41st Division Aviation,

Wash. Nat'l

Guard

In preparing for the annual Nr3,tional Guard encampment, which this year will be a division camp, W~1jor Ropin A. Day, Air Corps, Instructor, is urging that tne Air Corps be zmde an active part of every maneuver and proble~ 'nrogr~D. '!Viedon't want to just be in the p i.cbure twe want to be a part of the picture," Major Dail' informed Colonel Alex Sabiston of the Division Staff. trWe wEI have the airplanes, pilots and ga.soline necessary for all the work you can give us. In case of an emez-gency, the Air Corps would be called upon for roany things, but no one will know just whe;t; bheso mean unles~ ::a is made an active part , Hawaiia."1 Air D:p'ot. of the camp tra~nlng program." Officers in the 41st Division, Felts Field, I~ny changes have occurred in the administraSpokane, are taking an active part in the new- j tive personnel of the Depot during the past ly organized Washington National Guard Assoyear. The Headquar-bez-s Staff is now composed c iabion, Functioning for the first time in of - Ira;jol' Laurence F. Stone, Depot Cororonder; legislative matters, the Association is atCapt. Arthur G. Liggetit, Adjutant; and 2nd Lt. tenpting to reinstate t.he clothing a.l Lovrance l Loui s A. Guenther, .',irviays Supply and Maintenf~r officers, and the retained pey for the \ ance Officer. The Engineering staff is headed enlisted p8rsonnel. by Capt. E.R. Page, with 1st Lieut. Oscar F. Of particular interest to the Natior.al Carlson as a;,sistant. First Lieut. Russell Guard Air Corps is legislation whereby offiScott is being relieved as Depot Supply Officers and enlisted men will r-ece lve the same' I cer, v:hich position he occupied for two years, tr~~tment. acco rdec' R~~lar ArnV J\lr CCTry~ 1st Lieut. Charles F. Born will assume ofn.cers an case of ~nJury or deat:b.. li,a;uonal th~s duty. Guard insurance is also being considered by Production for the Depot during January inthe Association. eluded the major overhaul of 7 airplanes and That for which pilots of the Division have th0 assembly of a Bomber overhauled at RoCkwell dreamed about ever since the forrmtion of Ai:.: D"pct. their organization has come true. NBjor Day, Of particular interest to personnel of the Instructor, was authorized by Adjutant GenerDepot is the recent acquisition by the War Deal Maur Lce Thompon to issue oros s-count ry par-trrerrt of land for the new Kamehameha Airflights on irm:ediate request within a radius port, which raeans that the new Hawaiian Air of 150 miles of the home station, or to SUGh Depot is getting closer to a reality. While airports as will permi-b return the Saw2 day no definite information is on hand as to the on one tank of gasoline. availability of fmms for buildings, it is Heretofore it was necessary for pilots to understood Congress will be asked to approprirequest their c~oss-country flights from the ate approximately $11,000,000 for the project. AdJutant General. whoso ncadquarters is 200 miles across the State. Often adver-se Crissy Field, Presidio of Sen Francisco. weather cond.i tions made the flight impossible on the day designated, rrBking necessary The per sonnef and buildings of the post another request upon the Adjutant General. were recently inspected by Colonel Douglas In keeping with this now policy, pilots of Potts. The 9lst Observation Squadron and the the organization have Launched a program of 15th Photo Section were comrand.ed by WJ8.jor "125 minimumflying hours this yea:-" for Floyd E. Galloway in the absence of Major every pilot in th8 Squadron. In several inDonald P. Muse. Following the troop inspecstances, this minimumhas already been extion, Colonel Potts inspected airplanes and ceeded, due to t.he great transcontinental dis- transportation, barracks and all departments. tance traveled, by pilots of the Division to The Inspector was well pleased with the apNashville, Tenn. and Miami, Fla. I pearance of the post. Lack of radio eguipment is harrperd ng the San lTrancisco culminated its Defense Week training program. . On the daily weather program with a large parade on Feb. 22nd, and flights by the Squadron to altitudes ranging was ably abetted by a large number of units from 18,000 to 21,000 feet, it developed that from the United States Battle Fleet anchored in the SC'-134 set is not always dependable. the harbor at the time. II/JUny other defense National Defense week found the Sauadron ~rganizations participated. includin3 two Navy taking an active part in the Spckane program blirrps and a squadron of P-26's from Warch to help build "A Legal Limit Ar'!!Jff and Navy Field. Crissy Field turned out its entire Second to None." quota of airplanes in a 5-plane fonmtion (one On a night flight a three-ship fo~~tion A-3, one BT, one OA-4 and two 0-25C's). was sent up to demonstrate to Spokane1 s A wave of amb'i t Lon considerably cut down the 120,000 population the ease with which eneUlf cfficer strength, with attendant rearrangement aircraft could destroy the city without being of squadron duties for both enlisted men erA detected other than to hear the drone of the officers. Clair L. Wood, Eyvind HoIbernan, -126V-6739, A.C.

motors. At the conclusion of the flight,three parachute flares were drcppecl. The derronsbration was en'bhusiastically received by the newspapers and radio. A special training program, executed at the regular Sunday morninG drill, was arranged for the public as part of the National J)efe~e A field radio set was established ~n ~ \ the open for corrrmmications with airplanes circling in view of the crowd. A drop and pick-up mossage rrUssion was executed, as was ' dumny 'bombing, forrrntion and instrument flyin,3. The public was invited and encouraged to inspect the ad rp'Lanes, buildings and other , equipment.

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~obert Goolrick is now acting Chief of the Division. He was recently promoted. March 5th was General Pratt's last day at the lLa;\:,eriel r.i vision, and he made it an impressive one by bidding a personal farewell to each of the employees. Since they number app roxirra t ely a bhousand strong, thi s was truly a Labo r of good Yrill and friendliness, and V:3,S most decpl.y appreciated. Probably no Chief of the Iv;ateriel Division has ever elicited creater x.; .. :;ur~.of esteem em t.he part of those servi ng U1J.er him. The wo rd "General" when referring to him bore an inflection of affection cU1drespect even on the lips 0 those who came little in contact with him. Kor v~s this esteem caused by any defin~"te act or oi rcurnst.ance, General Fratt carne to the llia+,eriel Division in Aug. 1930, end. served there practically with no intel':'uption urrb i.L March ot.h, It was definiteLy eXQ~lG of the illfluence of charactell' and persollali ty upon a lnrge and. varied 2':~~o\:rp p ecp'l e, Ee liked D2;7ton, the of' Ivfr:et.erie1 Di':ision, and its people. He sincerely believed in tlleir desire to cooperate vlii~l him. A..rL. upon leaving he said he belivv'~d. no l1,.':'ll had evor had finer cooperation f'r-orn a larze lj:>:0UP than himself. Men who are able to IlX.'1ke such state:Clents usually have oc~.J.y tL"':.'1Se1 to thank, but the nice vcs part i.s -[,hat they do not z-eal.i, ze ito As Chief of tDO 1hteriel Division, General Pratt has boon close to the sources of practi:::,J,~.ly all Army aircraft technica.l development. The ~8sults and processes of the W.,ight Fieli' laborato:des have become thoroug.bly fam:i.liar to him. Such knowledge must be vc:luable to him Ll his new duties, ena:jling hin, to JUG.geand analyze the equipmerrb requi~eL'Jnts of his squadrons. The best w i.shc s for harro i.nes s and. success in his now field [;0 vri,h i;i:11. t 1:':1:. P.L. Lz-onson, Secretary of the Chamber of Co,~rce of RBpia City, South Da1:ota,~mne 1::0 Wright Field to discuss "lith Captains A.W. ste,ens ~1d GA. Andorson arr8.l1goments in Re?~d City for the cO~lng Stratosphere Materiel Division, Wril'h~ Field, Daybon , O. Flii~:'cJ.t. At presen~; it is planned that assistRr~G~: onnec bed vri, I;htho :?rep8-ration Jot the c It v~s goed during 193~ to welcoITBback to 1i,";:lt wilJ. n.ove into last year's camp ncar the Materiel Di.vis i.on several old f'r Le..ds Pap Ld City so.ne time in ifla,y, tlle probable phose lot had beer" cast -,Iith it before, either fli;;ht date be i.ng set for some birna in June. at W~CookField or the present TIright Jield. Lie~t.-Col. FrL~ D. Lackland, who recently Because of those forrrDr years of association, repo~tGd for duty as Chief of the Field Servre hope i t seemed a 15_ ttle like a return borne vice Section, left for a tour of the south to them, as it seemed to t.nose of us "i110 are and nest in order to become familiar with peremlially hor a, l';ames of some of Lhornand the SL~?ly and en~ineering activities of the the duties to vlhieh -they wer-e as s igned are as follows: l1ajors O.1'. Eclio.I s , Chief 0;" Er1ginA:i.r Corps stations in these areas. Ma.jor J. G. J>o;ylor, Captain P.P. Hill and eering; 1H.F. Vol2.ndt, T'rocur-ercerrbSec t i.cn ; Lieut. B.W. Chidlaw flew the new Douglas Captains 11..'11. Srock, A?::;isLant Execub i.ve ; F.O. YOA-5 amphibian airplane from tho contractor's Carroll, Asst. Chief, Eni~icl.eering Section; and Carl F. Greene, Ai:rc:caft Bn:ulch. plant to Wrig~"ltField at an average speed of The return of B:l.'i,:\. -General A.W. Pobins, for166 miles per hour. This is quite an accom.. merly Exeout i.ve , v.ho replaced. Gener3.l rratt as pLi shmcrrb in an airplane of this size. Chief of the Division and who is exuec bed to Li.eu c, B. S. Kelsey returned to his permanarri ve in April, wi Ll , i-S is hoped, - al so be a ent ass Ign.. merrb ill the Aircraft Branch after a Ileasant home ccming. General Robins is ECt special course in navigation, lasting six weeks and conducted at Rockwe :f!'ield. Ll, present attending +.he J..rrry We;;.r Call ege The nev" K011ett ',iingless Aubogyro is nO'N in WashingtoIl, the assunption of his mow 21.1at tLe WlUteriel Division for pcrforrrance test ties being deferr8d in order that he Uk~yoband eval;m,tion. tain his diHloma for the course. Colonel -127 V-6739 , A. C.

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The renovation of the Air Army, by General Picard . 2 p. French Test. :i?romtt;viiroir du Monde " ,Nov.l7 ,1934. Discusses doctrine of use, e qu i prnerrt po Li cy and. pe r sorme L policy. Command of "the S8&. or' comrnand of the air? :By A. Meurer. Trans. from ttDeutsche Viehrtt, :Jay 8, 1931. Tr.-5375-b-2. IIp. Germany's air 0 efonse problem) by Bogatsch. r.rrans. from "Deutsche Y;ehr", Jan. 8, 1932. Tr.-B-61'.l:9. 25 p. Experimental stUQv of a biplane of infinite span, by Henry Girerd. Pari s , Ai r Mini s try, 1934. 2 trt.s , i Ll.us , d i a.gr s , (Sci en ti fic and technical VQblication E3) French text. Po t ez mi Li t ary airplar..es ant". s e ap l aries , Paris, Henry Potez, 19347 28 :p. illus. Fr-ench text. The lS34 contest for the DeutGch de La If,eurthe trophy. iVash. Naticnal advisor~r commit t c e for aer-onautd cs , Feb. 1935. 43p. r Ll us , 6i"'_Crs. ('::'eclmical Me:no. :if7CE.) Germany's secret ar-mamerrt s , by Helmut Klotz. Land. Jarrclds.!,. 1934. 190p. In this bock Dr. Klotz, an ex-cfficer of the German J:.Javy and o x-Member- of the Reichstagwrites of the new and terrible ~eapons lli1der maSS production in suocified German factories. He a Lso tells us bha.t t1'.e Epp pl2.n - Scheme for the war contemplated by Germany against Belgiwll, Holland and France- in spite of publicity is sttll going on. The future of infantry, by B.R. Liddell Ha!'t. Lond. Faber,1933. 83 p. Not only gives future information relative to the Infantry, but tells of the past. 'E'le author says that in order to forecast the future trend of infantry you must kno~ the past. Histoire de llaeronautique. PariS, L'Illustration, 1932. 569 p. Considered the most c omp.Le e wo i-k of' its kind. t Beautifully illustrated. The g:..rroscopic compass,.by T.W.Ch~lr.ners. Lorid , Constable, 1920. 167 p. A non-mathematlcal exposlclon. America faces tho next war, by F.R.Simonds. N.Y. Harper, 1933. Brief s tudy of the approaching s trncgle 1:1 Europe and whether United States will be drawn into the conflict. 82 p. the

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This office is in receipt of a number of c orcpl at nt.s with reference to the "greasoless" wnee L bearinrs used in the wheels of some of the older t ype airplnnes. Existing t nc t ruc t Lona prohibit the USE;of grease. These c omrnert s were r ef e r r e d to t he Mc.:toriel Division by memorandum, r reading in part as follow3: 112. * * 'I'he prohi b r t i.on against r:reasinf, axl es was placed in ef.feet to avoid. gre:3.se working into the brake dru .. or Vlorking: in 'b et.weeri ms the bushing arid the w1:lecl which woulc'o8rmi t the bushing to turn inside the hub, which is not designei to take care of such 2.etion." ':'he r epl.y of the Chief Iv'.atr,;;riel Division, stated: "1. Acti'Ti ties have "been pr orrib i ted_ from using greaso in plain bearing Bendix \'''h8els for reasons mentioned in paragraph 2 of basic comrrJUnicat i on , No lubricant is r-equ i r e n in busht rigs With t he graphite Lns er t i cns and any grease applied hus a very dei;rirn8ntal eff8ct causing rapid deterioration of tho graphite. 'Iihen these grap}lite insertions are des t r oye d , t h e "bushing has a tendency to f'r e ez e to the axle, thus turning Lnsi de the hub. Installation of thes e bushings is c orif i ne d to the control depots as they mus t be press-fitted Lr.t o t he hub and line reamed. with a special r eamer after installation for the pr ope r clearance. Where sufficient c Lcar ar.ce l1..8Snot beer. allo',--ed, s t.at Lcns '-"'21'0 advised to apply dr;;."graphi te occ as i ona.Ll.y to t.he insi de of t ho bushing or portion of axle on which the bus hi ng rotates. Worn c on di tion of the ax l es , part i cu l a r Ly on the 0-19 series air p.l a.nes ,h:,-S caused f r e qucn t rcplacerr.ent of bushings as the brake a d,il::'S trnenf is very diFfi cu l t to ma.i n t a i n whe r e en out-of-round condi tion in the bt'_s}:ing exists. "2. No airplanes e'1uip-ped wi th plain "bus:ling type wheels hav e been 'The cost of r epl.ac i ng this t.ype wheel procured for a number of yd:,rs. on e~istin~ eircraft in service w i th the r o Ll.e r bt::aring type wheel is too grtlat to war ran t SUCl1.. action."

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The Air Commc r oe Bu l Le t i n , dated FG"bruary 15, 193~" issued by the Bur cau of Ai:;:- Ccmme r-ce , U. S. 18}YJrtment of Ccm-ic reo I ccnt e i ns a suggestion tha.t a i rmeri deBirin2..'; to e s t ab Li s h radio COy~t:1CtS t.h l;r01md personnel wi on the FedGral Airw:1Y System call and communicate with intermediate radio stations, whenev or pr ac t i cab l.e t ns t ead of t ry i n r; to work w i th weather broadCDS s t'ltions. t The article appears on :pat~e 186. I'her-e are, in ad d i tion, articles on the ici:1g of e.i rc ra f t carburetors arid at r c r-af t r ad l o antennae, Which, it is th011t,..;ht, will be of professional Lnto r-ost to all Air Corps pWDs-onnel.
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The f'o l Low i ng radiogro.m was sent to the Roc kweLl , San Antonio I and Mi ddle tOW:1 r De-po ts: Ai "D18 to P 'I'vvery Six A Af r p.Lanes being of all. .ne t a.L construction .. t and the fect tL8.t inspection of at r-plancs of this ty-pe after t cn mont hs of use in tho Rc ckve I L .Area indioltos c ond'i tion docs not warrant overhaul the first ove rhcu L period for ai rpt anes of this t ypo may be extended to fifteen
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flying tirr.e the altim8tur read approxirBtoly 200 ft. too high. It is believed t hat the case leaks around the crystal enough to cause an incorrect static pressure. 11 (3 reports) "Lubricator, Style lTo. 3, Part Fo. AN 2?5-~: An inspection revealed that the ball check of the Lub r i ost.cr , s ty l e No. 3 Pe.rt No. AN 285-9, bad come out of the 'body of the Iuo r i c a tor on No. 4 Cylinder Exhaus t -129V-6739 IA. C.

Rocker Box, thereby allowing the grease in the Rocker Box to drain out, by grDvity, when hot." IIInstall(?tion of Oxygen Eguipment P-26A~-pe Airtlanes: Difficulty has been encountered in installir.Lg Container,iquid Oxygen, Part No. 32-D5450-1, Serial No, 324, capact ty, 2.5 liters, manufactured by Pollak Manufacturing Company , The circumference of this container at largest part is 26 inches and it is too large to fit in the bracket installation o~Tgen container, Part No. 14-853, and the strap Part No. 14-853-1. II "P-26A Air~~: It is reported t ha t 'lube, solenoid box L.H. to NiagnetoL.H., Part No. 15-2810-!53, is completely loose at both ends and is held in place by the wires only. It will allow oil to enter the junction box or magneto. II IIWarning Vibrator. Foot Pedal,~ype B-1, P9-rt NOr unknown: The vibrator ---rai led due to burrie d and broken "bakeli te ins tallation r t ng of "breaker mechanism. It is believed t ha t this failure was caused "by continued operation of the part either due to malfunction of the throttle rod contact fingers or continued vi"bration of the part during an extended glide of the airplane with the landing gear up and the throttles cLos e dv "

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The followin3 extracts eTC taken from each under the command. of a group Comthe re:?ort of Major B.Q,. Joues, Air mandor and compo se d of one squndron Corps who commanded the 2nd Bombardment each of Bombar-dment, and Pur sui t ooe rat.VJinc; ~now part of the Second Wing, GlIQ, in&; over two O'9:70sing Arnw f r ont s" Air Force) on its recent mane uve r s in d. The f1ight' (of 2 elements of 3 the Fourth Corns Area: pl ane s each) operated as the ba sl o t ac"L, Pur-suant." to aut.ho r t ty of 4th Lritical unit; the squadron as t.ne "basic dorsement, A. G.O., WashinGton, D.C., aet.linistrative and tactical unit; the dated Dec ember 6,1934, to the Command.groun as the basic suppLy, ad:ninistrain,; General, Third Corns Area,Billtimore, tive~cmd tactical unit; the wing as the Mar;'{land , the Second Bombar-dment Wing, rnai or t.ac ti.c a'l command. 'pr ovl ddn ; its own sbel ter and messing 'rhe Group commanders and staffs d.i rrctfacilit~,es, ~n~agecl in ,fie~~l ~~ercis~~ ed t he tactical employment and admi.ni.at n the Four t h uo r ps Area, r a r s t co nc ent er c d to the ne eri s of their cmnposite tr::\ting at Miami, ::"'lorida, .J8nUFiT;l 11, gro1..1_ps (half Pur-sud t and half Bombar-d1935, and then cnGn.c;ing in comba.t rnanmont) in their respective combat seceuve r s and ccncerrt rat t ng in five other tors. The 'Ning Comnande r and stafffuneareas, returninc; to its home station tioned as the superior headquar-ter-s in February 3, 1935. th~ tDeatre of oDerations. a. A de t achme nt of the 19th Airship (L) Tlw Grono.!:Commande r s and Staffs SqUe"J.dron aCCOID;)Rniedthe WinG to Miami, evidenced unf ami Li ar l ty in the em-ployFlorida, r etur iu.ng to Langley Field merit of the attached Squadron of the from that place. ot:ler group. This was due to Lack of 2. Streuisth of Units: The personnel trnini.ng in the tactics and t echnt oue nartici nat in:; in these field exercises, I of the other class of combat aviation. includin:; 4 officers and 14 enlisted 4. Onerations: men comprising the Airship Squadr-o n dea. The Wrng;messing, shel terin~ (in t achmeut , totalled 99 of'f Lce r-e , 19 Fly-II t.~nts), l:apintalni:t:g and. SUP.:?lYing ltse1f in'-; Cadets and 255 enlisted men. 'I'he tLE'uOUt the exerc i se s , concentrated at stren~thof the 2nd?om9ard:'1ent.G:rou~ Mi.anri , Fla., Jan. 11, 1935, two days was 40 of'f i ce r-a , 11 .l!'lYlng Cadec s ann I late due to bad weather. 1t dispersed 114 enlisted men, and t ha.i. of t:"e 8th I f?:::' combat :;:;ar.euvers to ai r-d.romes in Pursuit Group 1 43 officers, 8 Fl~ing tue TQmpa, ~la. erea Jan. lbth, concenCadets and ll~ enlisted men. T~lS ' trated at TQrr~a, ffla., Jan. 17th, and Group personnel, together with 4 offiI nerforille~ th." n~escrioed ?O hour m8,ine cers and 8 enlisted men of Headnuarters tena-nce lnsnectJ.on of equlument. It 2nd ]ombar~~ent Wine, 2 officers and 2 then dispersed :01' combat maneuvers to enli sted men (If the Medi c8.1 Cor"Ds and airdrome s in tho T,,,llahassee, Fla., area o ne officer and 3 enlisted men of the I Jan. 20th; concentrated at Mobile, Ala., suopl.y de t.achme rrt , made up the total Jan. 23r~, wher~ a planned 40 hour mainpersonnel strenrrth as above stated. t ene.nce Lnapec t Lon could not be perform~ 'I'he e qudpmen't""included 29 Bombar-dment , I ed due to cold weather that forced the 44 Pursuit and 8 Tr~nsport planes, 45 i movement of the W~nGJan. 25th to lJew trucks and one ambul.ance . I O~1~a~1s, whe rc , viJ.h be t t e r :l:l?:ngar fat 3. Organization: c i Ldt Les ~and moder-at i ng wea.the r }, the a. Shortage of' airplanes, incluc.ing. I necessary ma.i nt enance was ac c orrrol t she d , trans"Oortl rec:uirecl the orf;;anizrction of Fr om there the lUng dispersed for combat the W1n{~ lnto'two groups 01 two sQuadmaneuve r s to airdromes In the l'l:ontgomery, rons each wi th motor vehicles attached Ala., area Feb. 1st, f r oin whe nce , time for the t raneoor-ta.t i on of pez-sonne l and I limi tations required the return of tile e quf.pment , -I Wing to Langley Field, Feb. ~~rd,omitting O. A de t acbmerrt of Air Corps Station! concentrations a nd maneuvers in the Supply accpmpant ed the Wing as ~n Air. i Aqc'nt8.. area. Several demonstration Corps raob iLe advanced supply po Lrrt , T~1eI Slue f'Li ghte were made by uni ts for outAir Corps SuC)uly Of'fLce r also acted as i lYt"nz cities. lUng contracting officer. . I 1 Air temperatures j from 150 to 750 c. For the combat maneuvers from dis-I were encountered. Rain and some snow persed airclromes the command was divid- . were eXt::erienced only one day. ed into opposing Red and White j'orces lb. Sixteen Lnde peudent .Air Corps camps -131V-6752, A.C.

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were made ; . 3753 hours were flown; 3315 (I ,;1;1:':llcth Bo'mbardment and Pursuit sauadconvoy road miles and 2675 air line rons can operate :.ndefini tely in the field miles were covered in Wing rcovemeut s , . from prev Ioual.;: prepared airdromes wi thc. There was but one forced lano.inc. out t~le 8,ssist8.nce of service sauadrons. that of a transport pl.ane with engine d, Except for lighter tent poles and trouble on the airdrome at De Furri ak pl ns, the present army camp and field Sprin2:s, Florida. Several accidents oc kitchen. equipinent is most suitable for cur red on the ~round_ in Land.Lng and Air Corps field operati rns . taXY1nG. * * (1) Inade~late bedding caused real d. The 19th Airshi"J Sguadron, sendh3.:cdslll 'P for the men in cold. weather in ing f'o rwar d its own mobile field moors:pite or the fact t ha t Sibley stoves were ing mast by truck to Mia:ni, flew this I used. TC-13 a i r sh l p to tftiami, r-erna.ine d at I (2) Special btvouac equipment (espetr~t place ~hile the Wing was concencial~y u~e~ted tents) is undesirable. trated there, returning directly to ~3) The sanitary advantage of paper Lang'Ley Field upon the deoar-ture of the! pl3.tes m:n-its their consideration as a Wine for the Tmnpa area. ~ I stand~rd item. 5. Oornrruni.ca.t i orrs : e. For true self-sufficient Air Corps A gro'Lmd radio net between the Wing 'combat mobility, high spce d transport and Group heao.g.'llc'1rters and between the I pl.ane s are essential for the movement of Wing and the A1r Corps net t.hru 1!;axviell I per-so nne l, , e ou.i.oment and supplie G not F.ield was sat i sf ao t or i.Ly maintained by trans-oortable i.ll combat planes. Transusing SUR-187 sets Lns t a.lLed in airpo r t planes E1Ust be un i t equi.pment and. plane s with improvi sed. powe r furni she d I aot ua.LLy accompany the fLights of their while on the ground by the unsat t sf'aclunits.tory but. only ~vailable power unit 'I. (1) A small t ransoor t (th~ Lo ckne ed (Type P E - 41 . C-IG) , because of its small S1ze and 6. Eouifmen: !higher c~uising speed, was most valuable a. Speclal equipment li s t s for t he I for evacua t i on of :personnel and the shipreduced s t ren.-t h uni ts were ~)reparecl I mont of eme rgency 1t.ems . and used on the exercise. (2) BaGgage space of 16 cu. ft. b. Absence of air transportation (4'A2'x21) provi~ed in a few of the monorequired extensive use of motel' vehicles cOQue fuselages (P-12E's) was of great and the duplication of. certain i t ems of I value for the t rans-oor t at ron of pilots' camp and ness equipmen~. beddinG and clothinG rolls, tool kits, 7. SUDlf: Repl'n~"f1mbelnts 'by.air d! spafreSP'la~tsuf' ~1!-p:;;liet-'s a!1<;ilf1t'eld~eq';1ip~ent. t ranspor 0 non-perlsLw, e Tat10ns an I e I-S 11C1en mOb1~1 y OI All' vorps of the equipment and sup-olies (includCombat Units Viithout transport planes reing 5 engines) were effected from staquires duplication in essential~items of tions in the res.r (pr:l.ncip911y 1J1a2:'"ell 'I canro eq,uiprr.ent and mo t or vehicles. and Langl.ey Field.). Bad l1eather inter~ (1) When e qu'lppe d with motor vehicles, f'e re d but sliE;htly wi t~l this method of I d8il~ ...movement of Air Corps units is resupply. Occs.ai ona'l isolated items,llot stricted to tl:.at of their~motor convoys. warranting f l i.ght s +'0 distant suppl.y I Changes of base of Air Corns units points, were ex~ressed overland. O.lle I eouipped only with motor vehicle translower P:-12 wing cou.l d not be tran~-90rt)qrtat:,c)1l can, i.n sui t.ab Le weather be ed b;'{ a11' and was Sh1ppe d ove r-Land , ef'f e ct.ed up to t ho maX1rr:UI.1 dEW s flyone I (1) Six motors and-:2 wings were ing range of the t'ir:plane by di s~)atching cha~ed in the field. the convoy echelon ahead in sufficient (2) Four airplanes were shipped by time. 1 freight to Air Corps Depots for over(2).The? ~on_truck ~roved ull~"J.itable haul. due to 1ts 111r11 ted car rya ng capac i ty. 8. Evacuat i on i ! (3) Eight pas senge r reconnaissance Evncu:;.tion of'~ersonnel we.s effected trucks and five 6-ton fast mov i ng converb~' air \.2 officers and 1:3 enlisted men ti "ole :.;>aszen;er motor 'busses would prove were evacua t ed for all reasons to A:crny the most sui table mot or t ransoor-t.at.i on stations incluciing o i nt s as far a.s for lLyi ted. :.:lobili ty of Air Corps t.roocs . Langley Field). * * \.a) ~D such recon1l8,issance truc~s 9. Comments: and fo~r such illotor busses would suffice a. The prinel1)le of troop movement s for dcub'l e e cne.Lon movement of single is the same for air as for grnund p'l.acc Pur sui t squadrons not errut pped with troops, EXCEPTt~,t air movements are transport planes. Two each would suffice more affected by advelse weather. for DOlU'bingsquad.rons. b. As was the ex:)erience in the Air g. MaXimumcom~at power with the greatMail Operations. ai~)lanes should be est possible mobility, concealment and seprovided with, or moved to adecuate han- eurity, with ability to cOllcentrate rapidgar facili ties for their pro pef iaai.nt en- ly in cri tical ar-ea.s , can onl.y be obta1nanee inspections in rainy weather and ed by the preparation and manning of numerwhen air temperatures appr oacn 0:' drop 01?-ssmall a.ispersed flying fields equipped below freezing. wlth concealed cover for the shelter and c. 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nlanen. Tht", ~uld reduce combat units n, The develo1Xllentof gun camera t~ to combat crewe t a.1IT1anes and adminis- in the field was unsatilfactory due to ... trative overheant al ground personnel cond.itions of cold and varying ~~1 be1D,:; provided by service squadrons. salts in the water. This scheme 0: organization and operao . The march and. camp discipline of t!on should be reserved for war condithe 90~nand was superior. hans. For peace time tr~ining and .r." l.1) Vd.li tary camp organization and field exercises it is more econout cat I ~ractices should be adhered to by Air and convenient to allOW combat units toj vorpfj Units. be self-sufficient, including the neces \2) Special per diem funds should sary ground persol1nel in tl~!r tables \ be provided for the ~uartering and messof organization. iug of individuals and small detachments h. If combat mobility ~nd rapid troop I i~olated from thei~ units by the exigenmovements are not to be ~nterfered with, Cles of the operat~ons (forced landings combat unit transport planes should not repairing and caring for damaged air- ' be employed along the line of communicraft left behind, etc.). cations. p , Ob st ruc t Lons , soft and wet surfaces (1) The line of cOWIDunications (only disclosed by nerso~~l reconnaisshould \Jrovide its own transport planes. sa.nces) prevented the use of many airi . An-advanced mobile supply point dr'ome s otherw~se sui table for the disfor all classes of supplies should acpers~on of un~ts. . company each independent Headquarters q. The outstanding tactlcal observain the fiel~. tion of the exercises was the fear of j. The 22~ Pursuit sqU8,dron overunit commanders of air attacks against strength in spare combat u~anes was in- their airdromes and their desire for the adequate, while the 33-l/~~ Bomb~rdment dispersion and concealment.o~ their. squadr~n spare plane evewtii;temgthwas c~p~ and airplanes on aux~l~ary flylng exc6fjStVe f~elas. \1) The Bombardment planes were r. In view of the probable infrequent never subject to more than cruising and employment in Army sectors of group formation flying speed either in the masses of Pursuit, Bombardment and troop movements or combat maneuvers. On Attack aviation and the need for the the other hand the Pursuit ~lanes, beemployment in those sectors of balanced sides flying the normal c rut ef.ng and combat teams of Pur-suf t., Bombardment .and formation speeds, were subjected to the Atta~~ and,Observation av~ation, careful severe stresses of repeated air combats cons~ueratlon should be glven to the deand ~ttacks at all altitudes. velopment and training of such teams by \2) Spare. transport planes should the organization at home stations of have been avad Lab Le from the rear . composite groups comoo sed of ba Lan.. ced k. Properly designed mobile \byair) -:.c..rces the four classes of combat of ground radio sets and power units sho~ aviation. be :provided all squadron and.higher (1) Group commanders, as combat headquarters for use in the ground leaders, s~lud be trained in the tacticradio ne~ between. dispersed a~rd~omes. 19,1 er-;2.~o~'lIlellt classes of avia.tion. of .. 8.11 1. o b~le (by aa r transport) Ul~=ht ! ,.::, i l.J()r:'b"t ~(1uadrons should be de11ghtlng equipment is essential for ;ve lone d null. tralned as members of bal.anc night operations. i ed. co;;;"br,t aviation teams which, in the m, Gasoline anSi 911 should b~ pro cur- ;o'Jin~q.not the undersigned and except ed in less quarrt Lt Le s t:mn estlwE\ted to I fs>r J-.J."~, A~r Force Reserves, should conmeet reg..,ulrements, ith options. to :n- i s t at 9' COID;)9sitegroups compo sed of w crease t he amounts on call to bO% in I Pur surt BO;LloardJ.nent, Attack and. Obsarvaexcof}s of the estimated reqU4rem.. s, ent tion uui, t s, * * * II \1) Small quantities in 2 g8l. ---000--sealed tins of a special quick starting airplane gasoline should De provided GOOD-BYE LIBERTY ENGINES for. cold weather (freezing) starting of eng~nes. The M8teriel Division Corresnondent of (a) As much as three hours were the news Letter, touching on the status required under freezing conditions to of Liberty enginee, states tr~t instrucget ~ll) the motors of the unit started. tions have been issued to depots to list \2 The establishment in the sever- on Surplus Property Disuosal all V-1650 al combat areas of distributing points engines, spare parts, equiument, and acfor airplane fuel and oil, the delivery ces;ories, except those obligated for by trucks to the several airdromes in school loans. Service activities, with the areas and the servicing of airp1ares the excention of Kelly Field, have been from 50 gal. gasoline drums and from instructed to dispose of this ~roperty 1 gal. sealed oil cans proved most sat- in accordance with Air Corps ClrcUlar isfactqry. 65-12. Kelly Field has been authorized \a) The same method of distributo retain three Liberty engines and suftion of all classes of supulies, not ex- ficient spare par t s , eauipment, and acce eceptin~ ammunition and bombs, could be sories for the maintenance of the 0-IC effect~ve1y applied. airplane assig~ed to that station. -133V-6752, A.C.

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The Handley Page Bulletin (London, : Examining the conditions which prevailEng.) for March, 19;35 , prints an interi ed in this re spe ct in the World War, it esting article on the abilHy of fighter! is found, accor dt ng to the article in the "Pursuit" airplanes successfully to com-] 3ulle~in, that the fighter bad a laargin bat the 0verations of multi-en6ined i of 5010 superiority ~urinG most of the peBombing a.l r-p.Lane . The ar t i cl e appe ar s I r i od of the V.rorld War in which combats s Lr; English, Ere nch and S-;Janish, wi t.hout I between fighter and ibombr.r draent airplanes quotinG the author's r~~e. I were common. Until recently, designers 'I'wo of the most interesting noints J1:ave 'be en anl e to maintain the ~peed_ of b~ough~ out. are: first, t hat ~he ini tia- I the Pur sui t Cl.t. approximately 50'ja abov e t i ve Li e s WIth the Bomb i ng alrnla.ne and,' that of Heavy Bombar dment . In the last s;'3cond, that unfavora.ble weather hampersl year, due to the unusually effective detne fighting airpl.ane more in its effort I siGll of mul ti-en~ined. Bombar dment , taken to Lo ca t c in the air its target, (the I in conj unc t i.on WIth abili t~T to reduce the Bombing airplane) t han such vreather ham-l head resistance of the motors in conrparipel's the Bomb'i ng airpla.ne in locating ! son with their horsepower, the s1?eed of the its target, which is usually fixed on I the Bombar-dment airplane has ranidly overthe ground.. In especially unf avo rab.Le hauled t ha t of t he Pur sui t airplane. weather, it is pr obabf e that fixed tarEven though it IDi:W later be 1,)ossibl~ gets would always be selected. a~ain to restore the approximately 500 Under the initiative which lies Vii h t 8')eed superiority of the Pur sui t plane, the Bombers, t ney are ab::'e to select a thi S s"Doodydll thon be so great as to time of arrival at the targ:;t most unI give rlse to serious doubt of a pilot's fc:vorab~e to fighter acti(~Jll." In ad~i; ab i Li ty suc~~s~fully to pe rf'orrn the man-;t Lon , tney select the 0.1t.i, t.ude and t.ne I euvers and. r a r ang e s sent i a'l to success In route, the f?rIDer of. whi ch mav be [,1I the tactl?s of the f~ghter as such tactics tered from tIme to tIme and the latter i were carrIed out durlng the World War. of which may be made circui t ous , ill o:r- I \rrd:e not referred to in the a.rticle, del' still further to baffle efforts at the discussion presented therein suggests interception. Lue to the fact that I that a revolution of fighter design and Bomber action can be car e f'u.lLy 1?r()(:.G ~er- tactics mc.-:{ be the answer to the successmined, many aids can '09 employoQ in ac- Iful cor::..catlng in the air of Bombardment complishing its task, such as radio ~i- I operations. In the matter of design,this rectional devices and spec i a.l air nav L I may t::e the form of [1, multi-engined gation t.ns t rument.s . Du.e to the nat.ur e fighter of someWhat. similar char-ao t er-Ls t> of the task cOlurontinG the fiGhter iC3 to the Bomber and of only slightly airplane. sULh aids are not apnlicable. I superior speed. This type of fighter In the single-seater fiGhter operated . would naturally involve a superiority of by one man. it becomes nec9ssar;T to Ifire ~ower, per1lc,ps both in the matter place the offensive action of the fight-! of numbe r of guns and, also a greater er airplane in fixed synchronized i"S~_S, ,range for the guns , With such conditions which are aimed 'by the pilot 1 s action obtaining for t he f i ght er airplane, the in controlling the di:cection of t he tactics IDi:1:f then be ino d if'Le d to ~ive the airplane. For such a method of fire to greatest ~dv2ntage to this superIor fire be effective, the fighter airplane must Dower. It is probable tl1at such ta~tics have a cons l der ab'l.e margin of supeI'iortake the form of a "stern chase" and i ty in spe e d and maneuve rabi Li t y over i ~ "ruill:.iac ~ight 1\ such as are employed the target lt lS to attaCK. .1n the tactICS of naval vessels, but :utilizing an added dimension.
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courtesies shown graduated from the Air Corps Training Center, General de Division Pablo Quinoza, Secretar;}T of War cf the Mexican :Ei.epublic, precerrt ed to the Air Corns Advanced :B'l;ying Scheol, Kelly Field., iJ:ex",s, a beautiiul silk Mexican flag and a carved trophy box an which the coat of arms of both nations is h",nd carved. The presentation of these gifts was made to Colonel Jacob E. Fickel, ComWl10

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Imanelant of the Advanced Flying School,by i Lieut. Luis Horiega, who graduated from ithis School last October, and Lieut. I Daniel Maldonad.o, another Mexican flier. I These two fliers made a speCial trip ! from il1exico Ci ty in order to present the {;ifts. r0-e flat; bears the in;,>ignia of "the MeXIcan All' Force ,and. 1,7111 be adQe~ to the collection which the Advanced Flying School now boasts of and. which is di sl:played at the Aviation Club.

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During February, the Engineering Dept. of the San Ant ont o Air Depot o ce rhaul.ed 20 planes anJ. 44 engines and r ena i r-ed 20 planes and 26 engines. ~

~1e crowd of 6,000 present at Kelly of the recent Landp.l ane s of the J!'irst Wing, G.H.Q. Air Force, testified to the iair-mindedness of San Antonio citizens. -134V-6752, A.C.

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Name and Rank Orrsanization Bank Effective ~arch 15, 1935, the assignments of the following-named officeTS to duty in the Iutelligence and Operations Officers Philippine and PaIJam3. Canal Departrrents were 1st Lt. Otto C. George 7th Obs.(RS) Capt. confirmed, th"lChief of the Air Corps having 1st Lt. George H.Macnair 24th Pur-sui, t Capt. certified that no officers of sui~able perma1st Lt. Bernard A.Bridget 25th Bomb. Capt. nent rank are available for these duties: Lsb Lt. Joseph H.Atkinsor.L 29th Pur-sud t Capt. PHILIPPINE DEP{U{rMEll1T 1st Lt. Guy B. Henderson 44th Obs.(RS) Capt. 1st Lt. James W. Brown"Jr. 7,1thPuz-sui.b Capt. Captain Isai~~ Davies, Intellige~~e and Op1st Lt. William E. Hall 78th Pur swlt Capt. erations Officer, 4.bh Corcpos lte Gl'OUj?, as w prorr~ted to W~jor, and ls~ Lieut. Charles W. Flight Con:manders O'Connor, Engi~e8ring Officer, Philippine Air 7th Obs , CRS) Capt. 1st Lt. John F. Guillet ~epot, to Captain. George R. Geer 7th Obs.(RS) Capt. 1st :L.t. Squa1ron Officers Capt. Herbert E. Rice 24th Pursuit Ls b :L.t. Capt. J. 24th Pursuit Captains Wartin11s stenset.h, ThorrasW.Hastey, 1 1st Lt. l.;lelie Cout.Leo Capt. 25th Borth. 1st Lt. Nei.L B. Harding and Harvey W. Prosser, cowr~Aers of the 2nd, Capt. 25th Bon:b. Ls b Lt. Frank H. Robinson Obs., 28th Bomb. and 66th Service Sq~drons, Capt. 29th Pursui t respectively, were pror;:o. to I.Iajor, ted . 1st Lt. Thayer S. Olds Capt. Flight Gorrmanclers, all L,t, 1ieu~erwnGs, pro- 1st Lt. Samuel R.Prentna11 29th Pursuit 44th Obs.(RS) Capt. II:l'Jted Cap tn,in -/Tere ugo P. Rush , George 17. I Lsb Lt. Allen W. Reed to , H 44th Obs. CRS) Capt. Mundy, Alfred R. U~cwell, 2nd Observation; Ls b Lt. H.Vi. Pennington VJill Lam D. Old, Clinton VI,'::Jav:'GS, L.:Ii'air Ls t Lt. Joel E. Wbllory Ford , 74th Purs1lit Capt. Capt. 74th Pursuit 3rd Puxsuit; Charles H. Calcl"'ldJ.,Jonn S.0.11118 1st Lt. RonaldR. Walker , Capt. and ravid R. Gib8s, 28th Eon:bar2ment Squadron. 1st Lt. F.A. Armstrong,Jr. 78th Fuxsuit Cap b, 78th Pursuit Intelligence and Operations O~fio8rs; 1st Ls t Lt. David D. Graves Lieut. Leon W. Jo:tnson, 2nd Obs, .and 2:adLied. 8ll}?Ply ffice~ O . 2nd Lt. Ralph P.~'lofford,Jr.24th Pursu~t 1st Lt. G-eraldHoyle, 28th Bombardment Sgc:adron,were 1st Lt. 2nd Lt. Richard J.O'Keefe 25th Bomb. pro~cted to Captain. First Lieut. Richard D. Reeve, SUj?plyOffi2nd Lt. Frark ?HlL~ter,Jr. 44th Obs.(RS) 1st Lt. cer, 66th Service Sqdn. ,v~s prorr~ted Captain. 2nd Lt. Nelson P. Jackson 74th Pur srub 1st Lt. Second LieutenarcL; ]?l'on:oted 1st Lieutento 2nd Lt. Hoyt D. Ylilli3IT-S 78th Pur sui.b 1st Lt. 80th Service Capt. ant, were: Winslow C. IJ;orse, rneeri.ngOffi- 1st L-b. Leo W. DeRosier Eng cer, 3rd Fur su.i : Leslie O. PE;terson,Anra."Ilent b Cocmunications Officers 1st Lt. 2~A Lt. ThTight DlVine,2d 24thPuxsuit Officer, 2nd Observation; Harold W. Bown:an, Ls b Lt. 2nd Lt. P. Ernest Oabl, 25th Bomb. Carl A. Brandt, S~~ply Officers, 3rd Pursuit 2nd Lt. JacobE. 811Hrt 44th Obs , CRS) 1st Lt. and 28th Bombardment Squadrons, respectivQly; 2rJd Ll:~ l/ullard C. Young 7.lthPur-sui.b 1st Lt. Hugh A. Pank.rr and Jo:m H. Bundy, Conmunica!ng1_neerir.gOfficers tions Officers, 28th Bombardment ar~ 3rd 1st Lt. 2nd 1t. Winton S. GrullaID 25tn Bomb. Fursuit Squadrons, respectiv~ly. 29th Pursuit 1st Lt. 2nd Lt. Jarred V. Crabb PAJWlA Ci\.NAL DEE' .Rf'ME:l1T P Ls t Lt. JoseFh A. BulGer 80th Service -Capt. In the 6th Composite Geo~~, C~ptain Willis Armament OfficArs R. Taylor, :ntelligence and Operations Offi2nd Lt. George F:Hcl,rtn:a.n4th Obs. (RS)lst Lt. 4 cer, was prorr:oted lJajor; and to the rade to 2nd Lt. Lawrence B. Kelley 25th Bomb. 1st Et. of Captain: 1st Lieuts. V,m'd J. Davi es ,Supply Transport Officer Officer, and Donald W. Ben~er, Engineer ar~ 2nd Lt. ThoYllb,s Hdl B. 80th Service Lst Lt. Arrramenb Officer. Inbha 16th Puxsuit GroUj?,promotions were Effective 1~r~~ IG, 1935, the following ~ffias follows: To Major: Cautain Frame OlD. cers on duty at Air Corps schools were assigned Hunter, Intinige-nce 8nu~Operations Officer; to duties carrying therewith advanced raw<: T8 Captain: 1st Lieuts. Robert S, Israel, At the Air Corps Training Center, RandolFh Supply Officer, and Qlarles A. Ross, Engineer Field, Texas, CaFtain Arthur E. Easterbrook, and AI'lDclILent Officer; To Ls t Limlt.: 2nd Lts. EX'3cutive Officer, wa.sadvanced to Lieut.Earl W. Hockenberry, Adjut:::mt,anJ. Edvro.rd W. Colonel; Captains Charles H. Dov~, Director Anderson, Radio Officer. cf Ground Training, and John K. Carmon, Squadron Officers T Director of Flying Training, to 1Bjor. I Officers on duty with the Air Corps Prirrary Name and RaThe Org~ni.zation "". Flying School advanced in rank were: ~o Lieut.Souadron Corrrreu1(ers . Colonel: Major Lloyd N. Keesling, Assistant Capt. 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L. Williams, Basic Stage Cor~der. (',fficers on duty v,ith U.s Air Corps Advanoed Flying Scilool, Kelly Field, Tey.as, advanced in rank WAre: 1'0 Lieut .-Colonel: l'.3.jor Harrison H.C. Richa:cdS:-KSsista.ln~O!'Ilal.J.dant; ':.'0IVla.jor: Captains Levzi s A. Dayton,Executive LGriic8r; Clifford C. Nutt, Engineeril1g Officer; Thorras L. Gilbert, Supply Officer; Robert D. I(napp, Director of Flight Tr~ining; rerry Wainer, Director nf Ground Trc..ining To Captain: 1st L'i eub s, "7ilfrid H, Hardy Adjutant; Glen C. -Fami son , Operations Officer' Dtto P. Weyla~d, Secretary; Wallace E. Vlhi tson, Chief. Bomba.rdmanb Section. Cap'ba.i n filyron R. Wood, ConmancUIlgthe 67th Seryici') Squadron, Rando'L ph J!'ield, advanced t.o Major.and ?aul

Secretary. Captains Walter K. Burgess, Ccmrrandp,rcf the 48tll Pur sui.b Souadron, and Jau:es B. Carroll, Cor~d~r nf the 98th Servic8 Squadron, both at Chanuta Field, Ill., wer8 ~avanced to Najor. ---000--OTI'ICEBSDETAILED AIR CeRE'STEcmUCBLSCHOOL TO Special Orders 0f the War De~artment recently issued direct various Air C01~S officers to ~urS,10 courses cf instruction at the Air Corps TechnicEll School at Chanute Field, Rant.oul , Ill. , and to repert to the Coinrandanb of tha.t School not later than September 1, 1935, for duty as studenb. The cfficers detailed to pursu~ the 1935-1936 airplane r:B.inteD:O..I1ce engineoring-ar'"&:c.'1lent course az-o enumexat.cd below, as follows: lTame and. :tl2.rik Present station --_ .. 1st Lt. Herbert L. Grills Randolph Field, 18'0 Lt. Viilliam T. Iir-f'Ley Brooks Field 1st Lt. Carl B. McDaniel Rando Iph Field 1st Lt. Eugene H.Rice Ft.Leavenworth 2nd Lt. Carl R. Fe Ldnann Rando Lph Field 2nd Lt. Oliver S. Picher Langley Field 2nd JJt. Clark N. Fiper Selfridge Field 2nd Lt. Georg8 F. Gchlattrr Selfridge Field 2n(1Lt. Daniel F. Callaha.n, Jr. Chanute Field 2nd. Lt. Wiley D. Ganey Chanute Field 2nd Lt. Hilbert F. Muenter Chanute Field 1st Lt. Joseph F.Carro11,Jr. Haeii

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Ten:p. NaITeand Rank 8q~drcn He.d: Sgl;adr::m~~ders Capt. u~YSGCS Jones G. 39th Obs. 1Bjor Carib, Jarres A. Eealy 40th Att.aclc IvIajor Capt. John A. Laird,.Jr. 41st Obs, IIBjor C8;Ct. Thon::as S. V')C3S 42r.d Bcrr.b. riajor Capt. Louis N. :Eller 43d Pur sui t ;'iBjor Capt. Roderick N. Ott 68th Service M?j. Capt. Loui", C. lVcllory 81st Se:.vice Major Ini",elligence anrt Operations Officers 1st Lt.JonBS B. Burwell 39th Obs. Capt. 1st Lt. George L. Murray 41st 01s. Ca:pt. 1935-1936 COITrrluuicati2ns Course 1st Lt.Edgar T. Selzer 42nd Bomb. Capt. Ls b Lt. Samuel E .cind'e,rsoIl 43rd Pur sui b Capt. 1st Lt. G00ree F. Kinzie Chanute Field 2nd Lt. stuart P. Wright Chanute Field EngineerinG Officers Ls b Lt. William E. Karnes Flnt Sill, Okla. 1 Lt. 2d. Lt. Anbhony Q. Mustoe 39"GhObs. 1st Lt. Fr-ede.r-i ck A. Pillet Randolph Field 1st Lt.Adolphus R.McConnell 68th Servo Capt. Lsb Lt. Edwin 1. Tucker Randolph Field 1st Lt. Edward H. Underhill 31st Service Capt. 1st Lt. Louie P. Turner Langley Field .Flight Comclers 2nd Lt. 'Lhorna.s C. Darcy Langley Field 1st Lt. George A.Whatley 39th Obs, ".A" Cac b2nd Lt. Joe Vi. Kelly Selfridge Field Ls b Lt.C1iffora. P. Bz-ad.Ley 39th" ''E" Ca;t. 2nd Lt. Mi.rrbhoz-ne W. RGlOd Selfridge Field Capt. 1st Lt.Augustine F. Shea 40th Atta~k 2nd Lt. Fred S. Srocks K811y Field Ca-pt. Ls b Lt. Ri.chaz'd H. Wise 1st Lt.James M.Fitzmaurice 40th Attack Hawaii Ls b Lt.Cnrlisle I. Ferris 41st Obs , "A" Capt. l,935-1936 Photographic Course 1st Lt .J o svnh :,'mi.l.,h 42d Bomb."A" Capt. 2nd Lieut. '.'!illia:,"l". Prince Hnwa i i, Ls b ]~t.George H. st,eel 42d 13orrib.'~3" Callt. Ls b Lt. Willia:Cl O. Ear eoksori Chanute Field Capt. 1st Lt.Clyde K. Rich 43d. Pursuit Field Ls b 1t.Howard E. Engler 43d Fur sui t Capt. I 2nd Lt. Earle ~. YacArthur,Jr.Chanute Note: The of:::icers detailed to pursue the ATITUD8nt Officors I Conmirri.cabi ons Course are direc'bed to repert 2d Lt. Roy D. Butler 42d Bod. 1 Lt. to the COllrrBndant of the Technical School not 2d Lt. Kerilleth A. Rogers 43d pursuit 1 Lt. later than Ocbobe r J., 1935, vrhile t,hose assign~!y Offic_ors ed to the Photographic Course will r:eport on \ 1st Lt. Ralph C. R'J.ucly 68th Service Capt , or about Sep~ember 15, 1935. ---000--1st Lt.Roger J. Bro.vue 51st Service Capt.

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First Li eub s, Narc i sae L. Cote and August W. Kissner, Air Corus, on dubv in the Philinuine Department, were. advanced to the temporary rank of Captain. The first-nanled officer is on duty as Supply Officer of the 4th Composite Gr01..o."':P, and the last-r .. med as EIl[;ineer Officer of the a 66th Service S':juadron. These promotions are effective :Warch 22, 1935. ---000--Air Corps cfficers receiving perrranent promotions, 1."ibh rank as of March 1, 1935, were Cart. Calvin E. Giffin to l.ajor, 2nn Lt s. George E. Price, Iii chard C.Lindsay to 1st Lt. Second Ltis, John G.FO'!rler and John L. Ne.lwed prorroted to Ls t I Lieut. with rank as of March 2, 1935. -136V-6752, .A.C.

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THEAIR DANGER The French nublication FIGAl~ for Feb-I the Donulation. 19, 1935, publishes an interview Tr[m~:porta~ion v::rill be.pr~vided f'o r , of General Duchene, Insnector General of to avold panlc anQ trafflc Jams, and A.A. Defense. After cO$uenting on the Dopul~tionof Paris will be evacuaerial danger, General Duchene considers at e d W1 tll.ln a few days. :protective measures to be enforced. This enforced d.ispersion will be made liThe London air nact CEm only provide easier by the bombai-drne nt itself: dure ne r getLc and iC1IDGciate retaliatlon for ins 1914-1918, whe n air warfare was f{ar a eudde n air attack acainst civilian from being as dange rcus as it would now po pul.e.t t ons , whose effect woul.d be be, one million 'people voluntarily left greatly reduced by a'Jpropriate passive I Paris; a nruc h larger number in face of defense r.J.~asures .... Prance, as well as I a. grc:ver peril would certainly be EnGland, 1S under vhe constant melW.ce wllllnc to leave. of an attack by air. \ Efficient action on the part of the The largest nossible number of indiauthorities will be absolutely ne~esviduals shou'l dibe evacuated from the sary , otherwise it would Qe~enerate in dangerous zone in case of bombr.rdrae nt I 8 mad flight, in riots, etc., if not by air. Onl.y persons ne ce s sar-;' ~or ~a- I :properly, execut.ed , No Impr-ov l aat.i on t Lo na'L defense or for the eco nomi,c Ll.f e , lS po s s i.b.l.e i n such a ma.t t er , and adof the nation should be 'Permitted to i vance measures must be taken. II st ay in t.hr ea.t cned c~ tie~; ns> exc ept i on I Th~ ne'Ns.pape~ adds tr..a~ a conspiracy should be perm1tted ln tne Ilm1ted num- of sllence aga1nst the a1r dPnger would bel' of cities to which this measure is ,1eG.0.. the nation to a d.isaster. Parliaapp'l i ed , Approximatoly 60% of the pop- ! rue n t will be r-e soona i b'l e if the Lavr on ulation of these t.cwns can be evacuated. ! pa s s i vc defense is de Laye d further. 'Ihi s di sne r-si on is a .romant t.ar i an meas- I The preparation for protect i ve measures ure. - kee:oi~(' a l"'1.rf,e 1?a:~t of the popu- I wcul.d mean ~hc'1t 80% of t.he human lives La t i.on outslC1e of tne o.ange r zone - and I endanger-ed a n certain ci ties could be will facilitate the distribution of saved, but any :further delay in this masks 2nd the use of shelters r epar ed I o rgarrl zation woul d be a crime aga,inst bef'o r-ehand for tho se wLo have to stay. the country. The e ncmy' s effort will be 'brought to -----bear on t owns where a mora.l re sul, t may IIIJ::; TEMPS" for the same day pr Lrrta a be anticipated, bu t uno r e partic1.-.1arly lone; ar-t i cLe on "Ae r i.a), Defense, II reso on strategical noints, to curtail I ferring to the session of the Cha~ber t he duration of the war '0;)" aimin:~ at of :Je":lUties, February 7th, when di scusvital resources: de.'Dots, \,,;o:;:}:s11ops ,pUb-I s l on wa s oegul1 of "one of the ma l n nroblic adnd nt s t r at.t ons", financial e'stC\bLeins of nat i onal, defense in case or war lishments,.tele:<ho:le centers, e~ectric whi ch promises to be, above all, an air plants, rallroaCls, etc. 011:-::e he pOT>U- war. II t lation has been r-eraove d , efforts will i A re po r-t submt tted by M. Guerin be d.evo te d to the pro t ec t i on of workmen, ,. stresses the dange r of avia.tion in a a.dministrative nersonnel, etc. war to come, as lt wo ul d attack obiecThe o b j ec t Lon" of the population d i tives of all Lind.s (military, economic parting from those left behind in the i and. moral) and. would. use any means: exmenaced zone r~s been eX'Pected, but p'lo~ive b?~b?, fire bo~bs,.a~d gas. cannot change the ado pt e d po l.i.cy . The I \'81'ra1'e wru cn used to be Li.mi ted to the same thing was done duriuc the last war, zone of the armies will now extend to when civil nonulations had to leave the entire territory. Civil po~ulatians their homes" in the zone where fightinG i are now familiar with this danger and vias goin,,; on, their transportation to i Drotection ana defensive measures must the rear being provided for. The popu- i be ado:p,teei, lation will not have to go very far: to i The High Committee for Passive Defeme small neighbo. ring towns, villages and lof the Ministry of the Interior ruled fa~s. The ~oplJ.1ation w~ll thup ~e l t.ha.t th,e e;.~pense of passive defense f~lrly safe from bombs wlthout uelng i should be borne by those benefitting by comp Le t e Ly uprooted from its immediate I ~ t: administrations, pl?-blic services, Lnt.e r e s t c , . deoar tmerrt s , towns, 'Orlvate as soc i aThe preparation for disnersion and tions or individuals~ the Government provi s Lon for t~ans;Jorta t~on wiP. be no corrt rLbut.t ng c~.L'ta~n S1UllS onl;y- in excepharder to organlze than tne mobll1zatlonal cases, l~ tue general lnterest tion of the army, as this is truly a of the nation or Ln consideration of civilian mobilization which will be the particular situation of those conmade compulsory by law. AccomQodations cerned. will be provided by reouisi tion. The "It is not understood why private inex:oense will be the responsibility of I ~vid.uals should not r~ceive from t~e the Government, the smne as for other I State the same protectlon agalnst all' War expenses; expense does not count l' danger as they do against land and naval when it is a question of the safety of dangers, in exchange for heavy taxation. -107V-6752, A.C.
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The 17th Attack Gro'J.p, conmanded by selves were found to be entirely suitable Captain Ira C. EElker, ~U:':'\);)rp'3, recentfor the mess movement of fast )lanes, 1;)' returned to its horne s t.a't i o n., 1.1c'.rc;h Experience in fl~Tinb in various kinds Field, Ci.:llif., following an extended of weather wes also gcdneo.. The first flight to Maxwell Fielc., Ala. li'or:cnerly day found t:1C Grou:,? n8botiating a sand a Pursuit or:~c.nization, the 17th was 1'e-, storm from Lo r-dsbur-g , l~.lL to Fort Worth, d~sig~1atd as an Attack ?utfit when the i Tt;~;:as,"tl:ds at orm hG.ving grounded many GHQll.lr!!-orce was esta.bllshed. ! ar rc rm t along the route. A Norther b l ew The 17th is utilizinc bhe Pursuit air-! in at Dallas and with ita slight snowpl.ane , tY)8 ?-26.A., out H has 'oeen stat-i fall and r'a i.n . Cold. weather flyint: wn s ed t.hat ultimately it will be e ouf.pped encountered, and heavy rains and low with the new Northrup Attac~ plane w~en clouds,re~ucins the visioility Dr~ctic3.1a sufficient ouant.f ty of them will have ly to zero, wore pene t rat ed be tvreen Dallas been compl.e t ed bJT the manuf'nc tur e r , and Mo nt.gomer-y, .88,0. weather delayed the Absent from its home station for eiGht r etur a at San Antonio and the Group was days, the Group made ove r rdzht stops at forced to r ema.in overni$ht at Tucson. Dallas, Maxwell Field, and Tucson, Ariz. ':be results of the fll.{;1.t are consiclera.nl remained two nights both at eo.. hi;;hl;: s'J.ccessful. The triu was comBarksdale and Kelly F'i eI de , pleted Ln a mini.mum of time. IJo diffiThe flight. proved very in~tructive in cu'l ties were e::cperienceo. by. the personseveral ar-t t cul ar-s . The f Lr s t day I s , ne I , and the af rc raf t f'unc t I oned exceltrip was" eff~cted in flying t Lne rangi.ng] lently. No delay e;rea.ter than 15 mi.nut e s from 6~ to 62 hourf' or an elapsed time was met for any reason other than weathcr. of &pnroximr-..tely 8'2 hours per squadron. En$ineerinc mal nt enance , other than the This showed an average scee d :for the u sua..l. checks, was limited to two flat P-26A pl.ane s in excess of 220 .ai Le s per tires and the chan.:;inc of a few sets of hcur ; The servicing of ;?lanes r e qudr ed plugs. B.e.,.diocomcrund Lo n was excellent cat from 45 minutes to an hour :per squadron except rad.io trc~'I!sl'1ission to D61?artment. at each stop, wht ch fiGure should. be of Commerce statlons. Two squadrons failbett'Olred tr...rough more adequate serviced to maze contact, but the third, throtgh ing facilities. The airdromes the~the use of a special improvised loading -1 8V-6752, A.C.

fliGht projects. On October 29, 1934, Sir Ch~rles Kin~sforth-&aith, ?ilot, ~ with Captain P.G. Taylor, r~vi~ator, arrived in the 'Lady Southern Cross' after LANGLEY FIELD UnDERGHQ, AIR FOROE 5j}TUP Rn exceptionally well conuucted flight f rom Aus t t-a.l La , Follov:in6 a few days Lanf'lG~r Field is functicJ'nille; under repairing Ii fllght Viasand chec1dn;? of e out Dluent, the the Ch"Q set uo , Trans:ers and shifts, suc ce s sf'ul.Ly completed to orgadzr'tiona.: and in living Quarters, I Los Angeles, via Oakl and , have '.::,o<;n accomplished, and the new ma- IOUI' next excitement was the "9n.insta;:,:chine ir,: functioning smo o t hl.y and efing search of ea1'l:[ December for C8,l)tain fici~ntly. . . I Charles ULill, and h~s crew of co-pilot Br~gad1er-General Henry C. Pratt, rn and nav i gat.o r , who ran out of fuel and con1ii1;J-ni f. the 2nd Win,;;, has also a:,sum-! were lost, at sea i~ an endeavor to reach o ed tne du.t i.e s of Post Commande r , H1S! Oahu and llhceler F~eld f rorc Oakland, WinG Staff includes Lt.-Col. Willis H. i Calif. Everythi~~ that was humanly ~osHale, Executive and Ope r-at io ns Officer; i sible to do was done to locate the sirll:Mo..jor. Walter Reiq, Sup?ly ..Offic~r;. i ing ship, and o nl.y after,a pe r-Lo d of ten Cap t.a l n Malcolm St ewart , Cornrrurrica t i one days was the sea ..-ch abandoned. Officer; 1st Lieut. D.E. Schannep, AsOur next event was the fliGht of Miss sistant Operations Officer, Qnd 1st Lt. Amelia Earha.rt. Shinping her Loc~~eed Hoyt Prindle, Adjutnnt. His Post Stafr' Vega from California~'via commercial includes Colonel Cn~rles H. Danforth, l~ller, it was set uu, auxiliary taluCS Station Compl.emerit Commande r : Oapt.ai n Lns t.a.l Led , and. a successful full load A.1::. Guidera, :Executive Officer; Capt. test accompl.Lshed at Wheeler Field. So, Paul Mathis~ Adjutant; Caotain J::'.n~es T. '.7it:l0Ut wai'uin;,;, late on the afternoon Hutchison, ,l!jngineerL:;.g Officer; Cc,ptain of F'r l day , Januar~' 11, 1935, Miss H.A. McGinnis, Suppl.y Officer; 1st Lt. Ear'har-t waved booCl-b~Teto the ground R.E. Nugent, operations Officer; Ls t crew and took off to the east. Next Lt. U.G. Ent, Meteorological Officer; mornin~ we received word of her success1st Lt. :Edward A. Hillery, Signal Offiful 13nd.ins at Oukland. A very strenueel', and Captain H.H. Reily, Air Corps ous fliGht well exe cut.e d., Inspector. . Returning aeain to the 'Lady Southern Ma,5or C.:D. Oldfield, who recently Cross 1 and Captain Taylor , navigator, arrived at Langley Field, VIas a.s s i gne d .the'lllots of Wheeler Field d.i sp'l ayed no as Oornmand'i nz Officer of the 2nd Bomblittle interest in his method of lJa'iigaa'rdrnent Group. ,.' tion. The Captain gladly obligecl, and ---000--during his few idle momonts gave us some / very instructive talks on the long night INSTRUMENT FLYING IN HAWAII fli~llt and his managing to keep his ship on tlill course with weather conditions as a whole not entirely sati sf ac t ory , II Of late, the 50th Observation Squadron has been e~oerimenting with forma---000-tions in which the leader flies under WDJTERFLYIHG CLOTHESUs:B;D IN HAWAII the hood. The need for leaders who can fly by instruments alone at the The 18th Fu~suit Group at ~~eeler head of formations has been demonstratField, T.H., has been conducting an ined in the Hawaiian Islands several times, when formations have been caught terestlng s6ries of tactical problems of late with reference to Pursuit versus in bad weather. The uses to which this abi L'i t~r can be put in time of war are At t ack missions. The Oo r r-esoo nde nt states tr~t while the flying'eauipment evident. Thus far, formations of six shiRs have been f'Lo wn with no great is not up-to-date and insuffiCIent in numbe r pr ope r-Ly to train the individual difdcul ty, but only ~)-ship formations have been taken ir.to heavy clouds. Six uilots, it is felt nevertheless that much was gained in the knowledge of this and nine ships will f oLLow shortly. / ---000--V pr~se of attack and defense. Pursuit units eouipped with liquid WHEELER FIELD FIGt1iES PROMI1~NTL7IN oxygen have s t eppe d up to a high 8,1tiTRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT PROJECTS tude, and winter. flying clothing has become a f'ami.Lf a.r sight in thi s semiLooking back to the several fliGht tropical area. projects in recent months with the ---000--Hawaiian Islands as the ob.iective, the News Letter Correspondent :trom Wheeler The 96th BOlnbardroent SOUR.dron, Lan~ley Field, T.H., states: Field, Va., rece~tly completed a ~o~bardII Si tuated as we are - well inland, men~_Defense pro b'l em and test, 1;1s~ng .30 wi th an airdrome of exce p t Loria.l, dimencal.Lbe r ~uns o~ towed targ~ts dlrectly sions, we seem to have become an imporabove a forroat1on. Approx1mately 12,000 t ant spot in the eye s of Trans-Pacific rounds of ammuni, tion WeI'eused. -139V-6752, A. C. coil in the antenna system was able work stations uu to about 100 miles. ---000--to
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Many Air Corps :.;>ersonnel are unf'arai I> '[required. Many raW mat er i.al.s enter into i~r with the activities of the Industhis class, as well as aircraft hardware, trial War Pl.an s Section of the Materiel cab'Le ana. tie 1'0<113, valves, springs, Di\'i sian: Wrigllt Field, Ohio. 'I'hi s I cl'Q,n:,,:shdts, maclrtue tools, etc. Plans Sec t l on 1 s char ge d with ma1dng plans I for permanent molcl pi stons, tie rods, ' for the assurance of an adecuat.e suppl.y /cordcege, eng i ne va,lves, and valve spri,~s of Air Corps ;',1ateriel in time f)f emerhave already been submitted for the a-ogency . ThIs work is ca r r i.ed on under proyal of the Office, Assist'.wt Secretary. the lirect siroe r-v l s i on of the Office, of Wr;.,r. Assi stant Sec~etary of \'121', throuGD. the rocur8.Q.ent P.;lani in :2mergeltcy Chief of the Air Cor-ps. and is now in An activity of the 'nd.ustrio.,l ';ar Plans the thirteenth year of its existence. Section, equaI in Lmoo r t ance to the nroThis office has under its jurisdiction 'paratioi.1 01 procurement plQns cliscussed. six Air Corps Procurement Districts,h'" in the f'o r ego i ng , is the selection and cated at Nev. York City; :Duffa 10 , ILY.; t:caill:ing of Ee aerve Officers necessary Cleveland (now at Wri[;ht Fieli), Ghl.o; to t he pr ope r f'unc t l o rd ng of the emerDetroi t, l!lich.; Cilicago, Ill., a.no, San gencJ IJrocureluent organization. Ernnc i sco , Ca.l l f , The officers in Or~aniza'cion char t s have been made for char-ge of these districts are ::no'";n as t:1e _-ro:::urement Section, Wright Field, Procurement Pl ann i ng Re'?rescntatives. ano each of the six Air Corps Procurement Procur-ement PLe ns ,Districts, as well as -crovision for a Plans for the procurement ot basic 1 ta i son office in Bi rml.ngham, Ala. A items, such as ai.r o'l.ane s , engines, their I s t udy ha s been prellared out Li rii.ng the component par t s a"l(1 acc e s sor-t e s , aer-i a.L duties of each of the positions shown on C&ueras, special trucks and. w~nches, these c~'lrts, the rank of the officer to lighter-than-air e ord pment , e t c , , have fill the po s Lt i.on ana. the job specEicabeen made for practic3,11y all s t andar d t t cns which the o:tficer must meet before types now in existence. These :plans he can be assi$ned to the lJosition. contain de t a.l Le d information rce;al'ding Usl ns; these da t a as a 'ba.s i.a , ap-)licathe item under d.i scuas l on , the number tions for aC)'Dointmcnt or transfer" are renuired, the sources ~elected as most carenllly scrutinized, and, although the suftnble to manuf'ac ture the article in appl Lcant mav be of hi zn standing in his the quantities requrcd, a statement profecsion, the aplJoin~ment or transfer from each of the selected sources as to is not recoillIDended unless he fits a certhe rate of -oroduction possible and the tain definite :position in the or~aniza~ercentage of the plant caFD.city tl$t tion. It might here be mentioned that will be utilized in attaimng this proappointments in t he Spec La.Li s t Section, duction, the e s t Lnat.cd uni t cost and tne source of appointment for officers the cumulative cost ::or the entire pro- \for procurement auty, have oeeil suspended gram covering periods of twelve and P? ~he War, Department for some t~me :P0st. twenty-four months I re out r-euent e , transI Ie lS not known when the susuen s i on VillI portation problems involved, and a disbe removed, but it is hoped that it will cus s Lo n of anv difficulties that ,.light be soon, as the Air Corps no VI has less be encountered in the emerge ncy -croduct han the E01b a.l Lo tmerrt of officers aut t on of t he article. These pl::tl/s are I thorized for pe?,ce t uae by the Vvar revised. every three years, or more often I Deoa r trnent.. as necessary. \"!hen a new type 1S i ~e e-uergency procurement or.:::;anization adopted, it is USUEl-ll: nec eaaa ry to I calls fo:c a tota1 of 4[,2 Reserve Officers, write an entirely ne v plan, a:. the manu- i of which 271 (Gale) are to be selected and facturing pha.se a Lnvo Iy e d are, in most tr?-~nod. during fleace time. Unt~l 1.:ay, cases, at varu ance wi t h those of the 19.3L.r, the o:,ganlzation was c ons Lde r ab'Ly former type. The state:nent from t.he r ove r stren~tl.1. and it we.s necessary to eliproducer as to his abili t;;r to .namif'a.c-: ml nat e such pe r so nne L as were !llpJ<iingno t ure the item is survoor t e d by a factory a t t e.nnt to secur-e t ra.Lnt nz or fit themplan, which is ~rep8red by the Procureselves for their emergency assig~nents. m~nt P'Lann Lng Represe~tative o~ Li~ IP~actically e.Ll, the,Air Corps Reserve Ofclvil1an ass1stant, WIth the ~lQ o~ the Iflcer~ wno neld a ~llot's rating were pro duce r , cr by the producer r.imself. transrerred to Corps Area Assi,"nment to One C?mpany bas emplo~"~d an en~~ne;;r I bring the n";llnber wi t~lin ~he aLLotment for for tne sole pur-pose of pl'e,?ar1~lg ... a'?to-1 t ho p8[1Ce t i.me Jrgan1zatlon. Such of'f'L> ry plans of its pln-11ts and. Subs1dlar10s.\ ce r s as l1EiV0 not qualified for active re. , ContT1,.bnt9.l_Ij;ems ! appo i ntrne nb , ~.:l. taking the prescribed aCW~th tne plans ~or the -)rocurement of It1ve duty trR1~ln~ or correslJondence t~e basic it~ms :procressi~g sa~i Sfacto-j courses, are. rea~J~ointE?d w~th restriction r~ly, at t errt i on lS now be t ng gav en to upon c omnle t n of. t.hel r terms plans f9r cc.mt~i hutory ~ t ems and. ma~er.-: and are carried in a separate classifica1als Wh1Ch 1t 1S aSSUilleQmaght be d1fI1-!t1on, unassIgned in the Office Glrlef of cult to prf\c',us in the time and quantit;;r\the Air Oor os , ' I ~ -140V-6752, .A. C.

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The Scott Field Air Depot under the direction of the Materiel Division, Wright Field, has been busily engaged in the reconditioning of 1900 helium cylinders and valves for use in the proposed stratosphere flight project being sponsored b~ the U.s. Army Air Corps and the Natlonal Geographic Society. This flight is scheduled for .early summer. The above cylinders will ~robably be forwarded to the U.S. Helium Production Plant, Soncy, Texas, for filling in order to obtain dry gas of maximum purity.

A project of considerable interest to Lighter-than-Air activities is the recent removal of two airship hangars from Ross Field, Arcadiq Calif., and their erection - one at Fort Sill ,Okla and the other at Fort Bragg, N.C. These hangars will be utilized by the First and Second Balloon Squadrons, respectively. This project is being accomplished wi th P. W.A. funds and will prov Lde sui table Lighter-than-Air storage facilities at the two stations above named when the; ereetiou of the hangars is completed. V-6752, A.C.

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INCIDENTS IN THE COLD WEATHER TEST FLIGHT When the Provisional Winter Test ,necessary to start the Bomber, but it Grour was forced to land at Sheboygan. was started and stood by until the 0-43 Counby .Airport, Mich., on February 2nd, \took off. The two oxygen tanks,weighing approximately 125 pounds each, and the due to heavy fo~ and storms over the Straits of Mack~nac, it proved to be a oxygen tent which weighed s~me forty very fortunate occurrence for one Mr. pounds,were delivered t~ the airplane from the hospital and, after stowing the Cocokis, a fishermancof that section, who had been marooned on Big Beaver . equipment, Captain Giffin departed at Island, which lies approximately 12 1:25 p.m .. Duxing the trip to Ely, Capt. miles off shore in Lake Michigan., west Giffin was'forced to fiy at less than of the Straits of Mackinac. 100 feet in order even to see the rail.A call was received from the state De- road which he was followin~ due to the partment, State of Michigan., requesting exceptiJnally po~r visibil~ty and snow that an airplane be dis~atched to rescue squalls . .At one point on the trip out, this man. Lieut. Ott, flying an "-43 Captain Giffin passed through a canyon, air~lane, departed from the air~ort at and on the return trip na ssed through 2:2u p.m. and, after locating B~g Beaver the same canyJlli but during a period of Island and effecting the rescue,re~rnei somewhat. better visibility. He discoverto the airport at 3:45 p.m. ed th~t he had no ~re than five or six feet to spare on either side. The Provisional Winter Test Group had The oxygen equipment arrived at Ely in arrived at Duluth, Minn., February 9th. time to save the life of thi~ cec lad, On the follo\nng day, at about 12:10 and later in the evening, wh~n the oxy:p.m., Captain Oa.Lv Ln, E. Giffin, Operagen t.o ok effect and it was definitely dons Officer for the flight, received known that the lad was pant the c r-i si s , a telephone call at his hotel from the Lieut.-Colonel Royce recdved the followCommanding General, 7th Corps .Area, re- ing telegram from the Commanding Qeneral, questing that an airplane be dispatched Seventh CarRs Area: to Ely, Minn., to convey an oxygen tent' "Re Gif.L Mercy Flight to Ely in and two tanks of oxygen, to that point. Commanding Officer desires to express This oxygen. W<:Ul absolutely necessary in sincere a.ppreciatirm signed Erikson. II 0horderto sa~e the life of a cce wObr~er No trains were available, ncr could w was. danoer~u~lY low. due to ~ou le any bus or automobile transportation, pneum("ln~a. Capta~n QiffJ.n and L~eut. even if available, have reached the W~lsh proceeded to the harbor. where the Hospital at Ely, Minnesota, in time to alrplanes were parked 9n th~ ~ce and or- have been. of any assistance in this dered that an Observat~on alrplane.and a emergency. Bomber be warmed uu. ~e 09servatJ.on A chronology of errands of mercy percrew manag~d to.eet theJ.r a~rp~ane start formed by .Army airmen. would prove very ~d almost J.mmed~ately so that ~t was not interestJ.ng reading. ---000--55TH PURSUIT COMPLETES Gill1NERYPRAO'I'ICJ SP~NDID SPIRIT AT KELLY FIELD

Kelly Field is a good place to be acThe 55th Pursuit Squadron,Barksial~ co rcdng to Colonel Jacob E. Fickel, kir Field, La., recently returned f rora Chapman Field, Mi8.IDi,Fla., and re)ort- Corps, who asslliaedcOlnmand of the nOGt on t;arcn 1st. To quote from Colrmel ed the situation well in hand. From Fic~;:el: II I find a splendid spi r Lt on avad Lab l,e authority it seems that tow the part of both officers and men and. target scores averaged about 60 or 70 that is what counts. Colonel Clagett ~n each phase. High score during the left tcings running perfectly, and he ~e~si~n was made by 2nd Lieut. J.W. is to be congratulated on the condition Hin~on, Air Reserve, with a mark of o f' Kelly Field in all re spe c't ,II s 114z. High score for rec~rd was made The new Commandant has been very busy, by Gnd Lieut. William Eades, Air Rewhat with all the changes in ~quadron servp-, with a mark of ln2. The new personnel, stormy weather, and becoming high speed tow targets were used in acquainted with his subordinates. the latter p~rt of the firing, but ---000--scor~s w~re not quite ~s high on the~e targeta a~ ~n the olQ. HowevQr, they are mflre a.ccomm~dating tn the speed of Effective March 1st, the various organthe P-26A and that is a help to the izations at Kelly Field were re-desigtQ~ing pii ot. nated, as follows: ---000--The Hqrs. A.C ..A.F.S. into A.C.A.F.S. Plans for the reorganization of Detachment. The five School Squadrons, Hamilton Field units, which include the 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd and 43rd1 became formation of a Station Complement and the 39th and 41st Observatio~ ~Oth Atthe 69th Service Squadron,are complete. tack, 42nd Bombardment and 43rd Pur-sud t , -142V-6752, A.C.

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attack and bombardment airplanes. ,extre~e difficulties have beeu exPerienced in obtaining an assembly which could be maneuvered under conditions of high slipstream with a reasonable amount of effort and in obtaining an efficient feedinG mecb~nism or lli~unition box arrangement . Experimente.l tests on a number of types lmve resulted unsatisfactoEfforts in this connection are f orma t i on . I rily. be i ng continued. The results obtained f rom these tests Lnd'i cut ed that the use of hea't obtained MATERIALS BRAl~CH ACTIVITIES v from the conversion of electrical energy for de-icing Durposes is impractical. ' Fire &~rd with Ethylized Gasoline. The fire hazard from sparks and hot Combinatiun Direct Cranking and Inertii scale blown fro~ the exhaust stacks inStp,rter. creased with the use of ethylized S3SAn Gxperimental combination direct oline. The first develo~~ent to cou~tercranking and inertia st~rter Was subact this effect was a fireproof enamel mitted to the Hateriel Division by the w~ich could be applied over doped surEclipse Aviation Co r-oo rat Lo n , East fQces. This r~s neen Quite satisfactoOrange, N.<T., for test. I'he sterter is r~T inprevGnting fires "but is not so designed to combine the advantages of dura'ble as the dope,without enamel. both direct and inertia cral1king, b~ V simul taneously energizing t Le Lne rt La New Nitrate Dope flywheel as it runs free, and cranking , A new type of nitrate dope pigmented the engine slowly (30 r',n.ill.).The inwi th cadmium sul oht de , which can be a oertia in the flywheel Can then be used to turn the engine over from tr~t point, plied in the same manner as the stan~rd semi-~i~~ented dope, h~s been developed IDEJ:in~a total r.p.m. of a~pro~~mately and S1X observation types were refinish140. ~, ed at Fairfield Air Deuot. If the service tests are satisfactory, the fireGasoline En,e;inf'l Starter. Droofi~g of airp12ne fabric will be An eXDeri~ental starter, manufactured sinrolified. by the ECli:;?se Aviation Cor)oration,East Orange, N.J., t nco rpor-at i ng the use of al Hig~er StroDsth Du]::')lumin ~ single cylinder gasoline en~ine to drive The a.Lumi.rurn 3.1! ')ys used in the B-10 the reduction gears, is being tested at and B-12 aLc>l':?tiStand all airplanes the Materiel Division with a view to cranldng the e ngfme at a steady cranking rrur-cha eed O~' Vee 1 c~'.~'5contracts, will be ,of the ';;J~)e cO"-;:l'rciallynown as k speed of appro xirnat Ly 60 r pvm, e 248, Air COI'-!JS S.,)ecif;ication11066. # Alli1~j~NTACTIVITIES \~ This material has 15~ greater strength than the duralmuin formerly used and Firin>; Tests with Manter Assembly. e cua.L corro sian :'E; s i s tance , It is an Dev e Lo rme nt of an adapt er assembly, in- a110;)r which cari be har-dened by heat tended for use in mcunt t ng the caliber t reatmerrt, telJl')oraturef the o .50 Browning machine CUll flexibly, ~~S I treat.ment ibut tL~ than for duralumin. s low,~:;,' advanced to the point wher-e actual fin .1 ',Then t~is a:1oy i~ heated to the temperin6 tests have been conducted with an ature now ueed for duralumin it becomes experimental unit. These tests were at-, unfit for service. t ende d with hit?;hlyeat.t sfac t.o ry results. " The ada~ter is equip~ed with recoil and New Static Test Building counter recoi~ svrings which allow approximately 3/8-1.nch rearward movement The new static test laboratory building arrived at a further stage of comof the gun in the absorD~ion of recoil load. Thisadapter is intenced for use aletion r ecen t.Ly whe n the two big travelinE,; rane s cf ;:: and 15 tons capac i ty .c in the floor position of bombardment type airplanes to furnish protection I were put in commission. These cranes through a rear cone of a?proximately 45 I have ~lready demonstrated their usefulness by moving an entire static test degrees. set-up, steel scaffolding and all, and Gun Carri?ge Development. by picking UP the new YOA-5 Dcuzl.as amvhibian for tunctional test of ~he landDevelo~~ent work is being continued lng ~ear. Each of the above operations, in ,an efIcrt to obtain a gun carriage carrJ.ed out in a. very few minutes, not which can be used satisfactorily in only saved many man hours of work but flexiblymount~rtg two caliber .30 made the operations 3afe and workmanlike. Browning machine ~s. Since thees---000--tablishment of th~s reauirement, which applies to rear cockpits in observation, moist air is circulated. The wind tunnel is housp.d in a cold room wlillre a temperature of -100 F. is maintained and an air velocity of 80 m.p.h. A very interesting demonstration was given of the lli~ount ice that will form on the of leading edge of the wing and the Dmount of electric energy recuired per sr:.ft. of lea~ing eQge cover-to prevent fce I
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in camp with the Group, during which time he conducted his annual tactical The annual maneuvers of the 4th Oomoo inspection. site Group, Air Corps, under command of ..ne of the most interesting trips durO Lieut.-Col. A.L. Sn~~~i Air Corps, were ing the Maneuvers was to the Cotogato held at Del Monte, dnon, Mindanao, Pr9vince, where General Parker and ~he from January 14th to 26th, inclusive,32 entire Group attended a Moro weddin~ at Air Corps officers, one Medical officer, the home of Datu Paglas Ibrahim near. one Reserve, one Naval officer and 104 Buluan. Gifts, some of them very old enlisted men participating. Two offiand rare, were presented to each officer cers, 70 enlisted men and all supolies present. Also, there were dances by were transported on the Army Mine' Plant cO:"iely aidens to music from .A.h Gongs. m er COL. GEO. F.E. HARRISON. The remain 1ven tl~ palm trees seemed to have ing personnel made the trip to Del rhythm. Monte, 500 miles distantz by air. The Upon return to Nichols Field the return trip to Nichols Fleld was accom- Bombers, as cargo ~lalles for any and plished in the same manner. all, were loaded wlth bolos, spears, The mE~neuvers served to ac~uaint all shields, bows and arrows, blow guns, pilots intimately with the Island of betel nut boxes, DD.tive hats and cur~96 Mindanao, its landing fields, and the of Moroland. V general conditions to be expected there. ---000-A further benefit was to indicate to the civilian populace and the Constabu,,_EJ.L_ ,. ..... _i. . L c ... _ ..... lary the value of the work performed by 74TH PURSUIT WINS CANAL ZOl~ CO~ETITION them on landing fields, and the necessity for the re~uirements to which they Major-General Harold B. Fiske, comwere laid out. mandin9 the Panaro':\, Canal Department, anLandings were made by ~racticallY all nounceu that the 74th PursUlt Sauadron pilots on 19 different flelds which may of Albrook Field, Canal Zone, the be considered satisfactory for o-oera1935 winner of the Department Commandtions of units from a flight in some er ' s Trophy, annually awarded the "be at cases to the entire group in others. Air Corps S~uadron" in the Department. Pilots who have previously served in In his letter announcing the award, the Philippines will apnreciate that General Fiske said: considerable field develo-oment work has IIIcongratulate the officers and men been and is being done on~tDe Island of of the 74th Pursuit SqUk~dron, particuMindanao. larly as the competitfon offered by The average time per pilot for the the competing squadrons was very keen. maneuver period ra~ close.to 40 hours, I wish also to cQromend the.officers no accident or ser10US malntenance and men of the 20th Bombarament Sauadtrouble being encountered. ron upon their excellent showing. I The base at DelMonte was very satisColonel W.C. McChord, commanding the factory and could be used for any 19th Cozroo ctte Wine, was the Judge of Lengt.h of time by a group more modernly I all -';,11.3e s of the competition except s equlpned than the 4th is at present ..Tl:e'l atl1l:2:ti and. administration, both of cs landln~ area is part of the :solf course wni cn vexe l:.encU.ed. t he Department by belonglng to the Philip:pine Packing co." Inspector Goneral, M.'J~or R.N. PerlQY. a Del Monte of Californ1a subsid.iary. ~h3 co~petition, wi~h the maximum posIt is on a nlateau-like shelf~ 1800 I sible score for each phase, was as feet above sea level, about 10 miles follows: directly south of Cagayau, Oriental Ins~ection and Close Order Drill Misamis. In this locality the pineICO noints. apples grow so bi thnt the company had Establishment of a bivouac camp, into dwarf the stOCK in order to use the cludin3 the cooking of one meal conve~tional size can. Truck loads of 100 voints. corn (o n the cob) and pf.neappl.e s were Tec~mical condition of airplanes and delivered to the mess almost daily and hangars - 100 points. always "gratis." Administration - 100 points. On the staff of the Groun Oommander Under the heading of athletics, 25 were Major Louis M. Field, ~Flight Surpoints were awarded each squadron wingeonj Cantains Isaiah Davies, Operaning a post baseball or basketball tionsj Harvey W. Prosser, Engineeringj championship. The competing s~uadrons Harold R. Rivers Suppl~ and Camn Comwere the 44th Observatlon, the 24th,29th, mander, and 2nd t ieut. C.H. Caldwell, 78th and 74th Pursuit Souadrons, of Adjutant. Capt. Me,rtinus Stenseth com- Albrook ]'ield, and the 7th and 25th manded the 2ild' 0gervation.iand Capt. 0 Bombardment Squadrons stationed at L.L. Beery, the 28th Bombardment S~uad- France Field. ron. Capt. Thomas W. Hastey, CommandThe winning squadron is commanded by ing Nichols Field, attended the Maneuv- Orrin L. Grover1 1st Lieut. at the time ers attached to the 28th Bombardment. of the competitlon, but nOW having the . The Depar-tment Commander, Major'" temporary rank of Major, .Air Corps. ,General Frank Parker, spent three dayS -145V-6752, A. C.

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Division l...via- gra:flhicwork, e spect al.Ly with tIle came ra tion regards the co~ing c~nu as an exgun. . / cellent cppor-tunt ty for tralni~ of the ---000--nature that woul d become a realJ. in t'" case of a national eme rgency, SALESMA1:1 IS SOLD ON Il~STRU1~J'I' FLYING Not since the formation of' the DiviExperience makes sale smen , .even for sion Aviation has the organization :1ad Lnst ru.. nent flying. In this particular ~he Di~isio~ Air Office~t to uhich it instance the jlew instrument flyir.i6sales1S entltle~, on the staff ofAGjutant General Whlte, of Oregon, also the I man was a.lready a salesman for a certain bran~ of ~1derwear. Division C~mmander. I Major Robin A~ Day, Commander of the In requesting a Division Air Officer l16th Observation S~uadron, Washington at Head'lue.rters, Major Robin A. Day, Natiollal Guard. is an instrunent flying Instructor and Commanding tee 116th entausiast,. "becauce it is cert3.in to Obs~rvation Squadron, has the entl:usipul.L you out of a jam sooner or La t er , II ashc. support of the squad.ron officers, Filots of the Squadron have believed. w~o flrmlybelieve mucli general good 111m, and wo rked hard 'under the hood. But wlll result to all arms of the service Ca:ptain Williar::.o ster, the unde rwcar' F by the presence of an Air. Officer on. Gener-a.l Wili 1 s Staff. te . saLesman, found. ou.t that under tne lwod It is the desire of the sauadron ~f- and "be i ng right in it II is just C',9 cUff'e rerrt as day and nL:ht. ficers tr~t Cantain Gardner; Regular On a weather-threa.teuing fli:::;ht between Air Cor~s officer attached as InstrucSeattle and. TaCClln8.,fter hav Lns; safe Ly a tor to the Reserve Aviation at Boeing crossed t he Ca.scade s from S1JoJ~.['lle, . Cant Field., Seattle, be made Division Air Fa ster encountered iJ. rat.hcr-" innocentOffice~ for ~h~ ~illnp period. lookins storm cloud. He wasn't hunting As tne traln1n'" schedule for the camp ap~ars at this tirJ.G,the Washing- 'I ::~)J::, t rouhl e , so. 3V,'llil~ aroun~ the c Loud , wa t": t~le excert ron oz one IJ. ttle t1P ton Nc:..tional uare: airmen believe they G throuL~:::t;.ich he cxoe ctcd to pass in a .. ~ will be "mere messengers of t:le aa r" l;,i::a'~c 0:: ty:o: .1,;i~lhtes, however, seemfor catalogued missions long .~)l :onned I ir I lE ..;)' C1.~.:::';le:'. I nt o .:"o .... s , All became not to upset the 0ppo sint?; .. t.;~O"J.L;::' :.orcI tl:'.~::L.; ,:.ie, ~ e:1~ soon the driving sleet e s Such a pro gram i s re ;;:.'.rcle i D.'c.. C:'. s '" c:>,C} L.. ::'c~cwss of ice on the .sufficient unde r st.and'l.ng on the ::;J:?rt :::'or:;lCc. \iil1i s:,l:.,',l":' 0:: L1C ()-33E. With his radio .of plans and traininG of'f Lcer s C!;S "GO o n t~:e :::'scw'\ lic[x.1 .the Cavtain went forhow aviation can be used. to QCV~~:lltc:.:;e \;;;:::cl, t~lili:i::,; l 11'..re 11 soon~be t:1.roue;h by all arms of the service. '1'::i s 11:1t:lis. II' derstanding, the af rmen co ntend , rill :::is e:,E:S v;erc;"l-u.cd on the bank and be greatly corrected by the advi ce 0::: turn Ll.:.ic.,cior, '~ltimeter ani air speed an Air Corvs officer o~ the Division inG.:.ce 'CO::'. :;:~lere no time to look WCtS staff and will result in gregter efac ro sst :J.G i::.1st ruue 11 bo arc.. t at the art ifecti ve use of av i a.t Lon in all future :icL'l no r i aon , '.:':"le formation grew ice camp maneuvers. t hi cke r as he next attempted to come out ---000--: on top. .It was. then that he requested : Ii ove~ the interphone that the radio be HOW FLYI:W HOUES ARE ACCUMUL.A.TED ) switched to the Seattle beam. ~o sooner had tbis been accomDlished. thc~n the SCTo answe~ a 0uery by the Arkansas ~ NC',tionalGuard. Aviation as to how simi- 134 went out , Then started the sDi ral downwar-d from lar organizations roll up hours on t~c3700 feet altitude. -When tbe grounQ tical missions, the 41zt ~ivision~Aviacrone to Vi.ew the airElane was at an altition, Wp.shington National Guard, calls tude of only about 2uO feet. attention to various t7pes of tactical "The Major is right, II came a satisfied missions carried on regularly with voice over the interphone to the obserground troops. ver, "instrument flying will ~,)ullyou out Radio, telephone and ~anel missions of a jam sooner or lo.ter." are carried on weekly w1th sane of the Capt. Foster has added instrument flying following organizations: F0urth Into h1S -~lderwear salesmanshig. -146V-6702,A.C.

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Jonn J. :ing capacity, aad in other fighting qual- McSwain, Chairman of the Muse r.a li tary it ies , will certe.inly rec.uce still fur.Affairs COIrWlittee. ex-ire ssed his odier I ther the size of the ,:orld. 0:;.1.1;)-'" bout a .that most forv:ard.-~ookinr$' sint8:,,'es~"eli. 1100 ;years ago that 'wet ditch', the ed students of ne.t aa.I or.r nse f'o t.J.el!,'nl;11Sh i.o e r Ohannel., about 30 miles wide.was United States now regard 0ircraft as an insuperable barrier to Nnpoleon's lithefirst line of o.e:.:ense. t ncn II He amb i tious acherae to defeat and humble s stated: En61a:1d .ToW?,;y who ...-i11 eare say, in the "Wbether t ha t air power be based cliface of the f1;htinb and.bombing aircraft rectly upon lani, or be based unon known even now, tl1atAmerica is secure f'Loat ng surf'ace craft. such as atrcraft i from invasion and at tack by air power, i carr1ers, it is nevertheless 'air power'! even with 3.000 miles of water on her and wherever that 'air ~ower' is exert- east and 8,000 miles of we.t.er her on ed it constitutes 'the I irst line of west? We need. not think that other nadefense. I t i.oris ill not use 8.i:c ()ower w ' in any way .Armies can only. defend ag~inst invathat it can be useu in order to accomS10n by other arm1es operatlng on the plish their will anQ to ~efeat an enemy. ground~ Naval fleets can only def6n~ We would do it if "e Got into "ar, and us aga i ns t other naval f'Lee s ope ra.t ng t hev will do it. t L upon the sea. Eut these two agen~ies When war comes all conventions, all leave us undefended as agaiust ~ttack treaties, 2nd all so-called 'rules of and invasion by the 'upper flalu~.' TillS civilized warfare' will crush and crumble 'upper flank' consists of 10 miles like sand cakes. Undoubtedly, in the depth of air and more, and inclucles a next war nations "')ossessingsufficient rinE around the United States 10,000 air yo~er will bomb great centers of pop~ miles long. Every mile of ~ltitude and ulation and great centers of industrial every r~ile of length constitutes a pos- activity. Undoubtedly in such cases sible 'port of entry' for invasion by thousands, and maybe hundreds of thousair, and thus there are as many as one anUs, of unarmed and defenseless men and hlli1dred thousand ~oints of attack by women, bein~ citizens of a nation at war. air, one hundred thousand 'yorts of will be ldl~ed or wounded or poisoned entry' for invasion by air. ~nis means, from the air. There is no such thin$ as to the mind which faces the facts as a 'gentleman's War. t If we do not w1sh they are, and as they are sure to be to suffer such horrors, then we must keep tomorrow. that we must increase our ca- out of war. We cannot keep out of war paci ty to defend .America a~ainst air. flYmerely v!isnin~ to do so. We can only a t te.ck. We must not only ancrease azr-: Keep out 01 v,a.r oy be i n.;prepared to craft in.numbers and in per:or3~n~e,but preven~ invasion:~d t~ ?unis? t~e invawe must ancr ea se personnel to c,1rect der , 1iecan do t~us otJ-lJT nav i ng adeby such increased number of aL'craft. In cuate 2nd ELili)le Dower consisting of air air fighting t he per soual.t 0: t:10 t~T :.~i:rcr,'.ft t~d:10fdt iiSllters employ "-'119-.. f to t'.:. individual is the gre8test 8i:1'",le f ac- ;at "nee sucn .<nrcrr: . . tor. Leadershi~ in GroUllL fi~~tinb end In l~eric2 only a W8r of defense is in sea fighting~ic ve r-y iGJo::t"nt.:But oossi c'l.e ';:::oover . will not defend _ ..I in air fighting every pilot I:J:U.St lc.rgo- k:lerica ehoul d not live in Ame r-Lca * ~ , ly be his own leader. He .nuet l:.r:vo Yur'~:ler in hi s speech , Mr. McSwain on 'I'll himself the v'ill to conr.uer He thin , r",fers to ni s )ro)ose1 to Oo ngr eus and must possess the willingness to C2"re to tile country of a consistent and coand to do and to die, out L1. t he lonely he rent -t)roGr9.Jl expansf.o and developof n air, away from the inspi~ation of COJ88nt Tor t~e air power of the United rade s , away from the Dugl.e b-last away Stc,tes. t'l'het rogram, II he stated, "pro-: p from the waving flC'"gzaway f r'ora t;,10 po ses to enl.I st the individual iui tiacheers of his compam ons , away from the tive t he i nvent.Lve genius, and the newspaper reporters and photo~raohers scientific skill 9f every person in to record his ~eroic deeas. in the knerica, however ~urnble ana obscure or council charabe of hi s own soul the rs however powerful and wiclely known. That air fibhter muct hold his rendezvous program l:as four stages. These four with d.ath and face tr~t issue alone e stages deal, respectively. with personnel and upo n his decision will deoeud our in the air forces, the reserves for the defense. He, therefore. must~be train- renlacement of the air forces, the organed and disciplined to meet that test ization of the jUL~ior air reserve, and a and to resolve that issue in favor ~f new program of development and improvehis c01lntry and even against his own ment under the general head of procurelife. mont. II The size of our earth shrinks as air Touching on the personnel factor, Mr. power increases. The oceans grow narMcSwain referred to the Bill, H.R. 4351, rower as the range nf aircraft widens. to set up for the Air Corps a separate Mr. Speaker, the world is now only promotion list. This ]ill was quoted in one-tenth the size it was before the I the February 1st issue of the News Letter. Wright brothers invented the flr'ng maMr. McSwain ~de tllli contention that chine. 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list for the Marine Corps in the Navy, poses indicated: (1) The Atlantic Northso there ought to be Etse1)arate nror~oeast - to pr9-dde for traininr; in cold tion list for the Air Cor os , even so weather and 111. fOG; (2) the Atlantic long as it remains at.bac hed to and a Southeast and Caribbean a reas - to nermi t part of the Ar::ay. There is E: different i t ;t.inin =. in l?ng:-r:ant?e operq.ti,ons 1 e spec-,rincinle Lnvo Lve d in t':1e e r sonne l of : Cl~.l1~T ~::ose. uj.S1Ci..entto re i nf'o rc l ng the the flying forces from that in the I Par ..ama Oo.na.I : \..:') the Soutneastern ground forces. Di sc i ol i ne for an air i S~8tes. - to prov Lde a depot essential to officer is a different tJ:lini; from clisi t ne lllP'lnteOO.nce of the General Headquarcipline for a grour.d officer. Esprit tel'S Air Force; (4) the Pacific Northwest de cor~s, morale, loyal t:l to the high to e s t.ab.l i sh and. r:11}intain air communicaco~uana, and all of tl~se factors going tion with Alas}~i \5) Alasl:a - for tra~nto make up a st rcng and co he rent r:liliin[; under coridf t rons of extreme cold; \6) tary organization have different f'o rms I the Hocley Mountain area - to rov'l do a and are to be internreted in different de}ot essential to the maintenance OI the terms when apnliecl to the men who fight General Heaciaua.rters Air Force, and to in the air. ~Dat is why tl1ere s~ould afford, in addition, opportunity for be a sep2rate proDotion list. training in o~eratio~s from fields in lIThe provi sion for te~:roorary nromohigh. al.t t tudes ; and \7) such intermediate tions in the Air Co r os , II" Mr. Mc!)wain stations as will, in co nnec td on with (6) said, "i s not entirely satisfactory. It ?rovide for tr~:,nscontinent8.1 movements ought not to be indefini tel;/ continued. Lnc i dent to the concentration of the As long as the officer personnel 0:::' the j Gene:C81 Headquarters A.ir Force for Air Corps remains on the nromotion list I maneuve r s , of the Ann" generally, there is no e s - I In the selection of sites for new percape from the occasional use of te!I";Jo- manent Air Co rps stations and G.evots and rary r-ank, :But with e. separate anc inin the C.etermination of the exi sting stadepenc:ent promotion list such teJi'.;l,jrp,ry I tions a:'.1Q depots to be enl.ar'ge d and. /01' rank could be immediately .Ll s contd nue d.. It altered., the Secretary of War shat L give Pointing out that every encourage~ent consideration to the following requiremust be civen to the Onranizecl Reserves Dents: and toward eve ry factor going into I :First. The stations slmll be suitably their development ani imurovement, ~r. located to form the nucleus of. the set-up McSwain stated t'h,"l,t in time 0: anything for concentrations of Gene ra.L Headc:uarlike a ma.io r war, Reserve officers ~7ill ters Air Force units in war and to -::?er,nit, out number the Re6Ular Army officers 10 in peace , traininc and effective DImming to 1. :E1e r-ef'e r re d to several bills inb;y responsible :perso:,n?l i~ e ach ,stro.tetroduced by hlillself and one by ~"r. g~c area, :01' tue utlllzatlon an~ expanThomason, of Texas hav i nz for their si on , i11 war, of comme Lak , muni.c l oaf rc object the clevelol--ment ofOthe Air Reand pr ivat.e fl;{i:li~; instr.:.lbt:!.ons. serve , The gist of these bills was SeCJ11:'. In (;"c::. stn.te,zic area deemed given in the February 15th issue of the nece s sary , t~;,eloe sha.LI be provided adeNews Letter. '"U'3.te -tJ:CC-:~'::' :.:'::,~:':.li ties for rcunr tions Mr. McSwain also referred. to t ae :Jill <_'-ne::. l' c ':s~_.~:i~.ls to iacili tate effecot:.;: H.R. 6621, to aut ho r-dze the' selection, t.Lv::,: :.:;" "':';~,~o:l~ell'~r,::.tions, ma i nt eu;.construction, installation 0.:1:: _.;o~.i'ica- i C,.18c;, :>',::'1"'~~C::1 of t11e (jeneral HeaCLtion of permanent s t s.t Lons And G.' :,.jts r: ", ;.:~r ;.0:' ce :'1':'peace and in war. for the Arny Air Corns, and fro:.,",:cr ::;t.7-~:O'-1S Pll::' c.e-r)ots shall be air ..def enae bases ~ener,,,.llY, st:<:i:'l: lac t" c,:.'v:: c:', vic'! to afforCling the maxthat he is aponeo r i ng tliis' bill ~_~oct: L.u:..1 y,':.'::iL.,. I'.~,:'l.inst sur pr t se attack by enthu::da,sti cally. On H8rc11 2;':ncl, -~::le . e:~:.:;,:.~'"~ r craf t 'e': )0:1 CJU:::' own aviation and : House Nlili tary sub-comml ttee a:)''):coved : its c s se r.t i ~l Lnc to l La't i ons , cons l stent this bill without a d.i e serrt l n., vote. r\"i:.t:::l :l.'i::lt~i:i.lin:;. in connection : With exI~ i? quoted below, as f'o.l Lows : i ~~tiI?-::; or, COl}"vc;:xllatedadclitional. landing "Be Lt enacted, &c., That t~le Secrel f'Le Ld s , t he :':1.'.11'ooVier of the General tary of W9.r is he r eby authorized and I Heaclcu.arters Air force for such close and directed to determine in all strateGic Idistant operations over land ~nd sea as areas of tile Urri ted States, including I may be re.guirecl in the def'cnse of tlie conthose of Alasl~ and our overseas postincnt~l united States an~ in the defense sessions and holdings, the location of i and the r-e i nf'o r-cemerrt of our over-seas ')OSsuch add.i t.LonaI pe rmanerrt Air Corps I sessions and holcliIlbs. .. stations and depots as he d.eems essenI Fourth. The number of stations and. deti~l, in connection with the existing Inots shall be li~ited to those essential Air Corns stations and cle-Jots and. the to the foren-oing purpo se s , II enlargement of the same when necessary, Se ct.Lons ~ and '3 of this bill authorize for the effective peace-tine training lithe Secretary of War to secure such land of the General Headquar t.e r e Air Force as may be necessary for the pur'po se conand the Air Corps oomporie rrt s of our . templated and to set the machinery in mooverseas garrisons. In dete~ining the Ition for the necessary construction work locations of new stations and de)cts, lat these air bases. consideration shall be given to the fo1-1 Section 4 authorizes the appropriation lowing regions for the resuective uur'of funds to carry out tillS Act. ~ -148V-6752, A.C.
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In r-ecornnend i nr- that nrocure.r.ent 'Jolicies shoul d be planned to encourage the 2evelop:nent of integratpd m:mufacturing units carrying on their own research, d eve'l.opmerrt , desi5n, andter production work, t::e Co::cnission, t.ak i.nc into account the flexible nature of aircraft produc t i on work , do e s not favor t'c8 policy of rm.int.a i.n.i.no; on the one hand a ncucIber of e'A'])er Iment.a.l shops which will create nev designs, develop nu'! t./1les of a i r-cr-afb , au(l af t.ez the first rzach i ne 113,sbeen built and flown teke no further interest in their O':'D t:u~divrork,and on the other hane a "ro'l':p of mr.ss nro~luction plants tha.t vTill tak~ o'r~r t}:18 nes1.i/us from the experi'nental un i t s rnd build them in quantHy Protracted s e r-v i o e trials of n2':: t,f:::es of aircraft. develop rrany shorbcorni.ngs , and if these rrarri.f es t tho.'S:;)1 ves at a suf f i c i ent Ly early s bage i:m;ec1iiJ,te d,anges Lr; t}-,e design can be rrade , The ;a,,:n:J.'8.c~urer f'o'l Lov-s n i s product into service, and if thE: i:::1it:<::l r-cspons i.b iLi by for the c1;:'sic.:;n 'be bl(en fr om him, his interest is c'i'.:;)i:1i8:,e'1 2S is tis ::.esire to rrroduce an kc;'rovc"d ar t i c'l e i:::1succeeding designs. The Comni s s i on rcc,y'menc1s that i t s.ioul.d be basic policy to concer.t.i-a t.e res,,:,o.CisibilHy by insisting t''-at tbe whoI.e develop:-:J.ent r8"nin uncle!' the control of C' single or~a;:liz2.tion. There rray of co'urs e ibr- c7ceptions to tt.is rule where ar: inclivirJ.ual er.z ir.e ex or r-t s',-ell cr canization possessed. of no edeq",o::.tc nroduct':'on facilities p'ro('lJ.ces a design 0': e:;.tr2ordir.ary merit and submits it for con;.i:en!.tiol1 by the War and Navv :Jepurtm3rlts. E::U:Jrie.,nce S'.l;;;rects, however, that such cases will 'x; t'xceedi:l?ly rare, and can be rne t by indivi.111rJ.ll'7J::cc')tion-: al treatn'.ent '.'The:l tl:e:l ('.evelo-p. ":.n'~ [:ircr'~it design is not an invenbon. It re.s pctssed 1:eyond t:'le point w~lere it can be incpired P..S [, whole by a single id.id.jl~al. '':;'00:1c.i r-p l ane s are not t~le P:-OCL'.lctof ::Iirc'culous inspir2,tioIl but usually of t,'1ce coo r-I i.r;..r t.ed effort of a design ",nn z-eseaz-ch 0~:C1:;:;i".c,tion of ~; do z.en or mora g,;,oups of s'T'eci,..tlists. S81i'-conte:.ine:' orranizatio:::1s, 8.01e to s t.ar t wit}} a clean sneet of '1?Clpera:1cl tl,s cY[iorOTJri<:. zcs ea.rch te laboratory facilities and 1",0 straig:;;t on f rcrn that -point'.lDtil bhe i r iCirnL,nes have been buil t in Quantity and a r o flJi~: for tLe LTtT;Y and ~Javy, r-orra i n the id <".21to be er:~,)ollTaq;eJ. Reco.rr.iend i.ng tna.t e~:plioit 2.1~t"",ority shoIl d be granted to the Sec:'et[~ry of \'-:tr cud to the Secretary the Tavy to negotiC'cte contracts for quantity purcha.se s 0: c.i::,crFft an.I other aeronautical n:aterial, sub.jec t to t11e reqlliremerrb that a full report be rL"1." e to Conc:ress L, each case whe r-o the a'lt~,ority i:~ used, the Corrrrds s i on states: "The further we have -;J'-.lrsued O'lI' ir.rfliry into procurerneIlt methods and p rob'l ems , tlie rzor e deeply we have 'been ir:cpresseJ ",i th the a'Lrros t un i oue nat.uro of tllis particula;:;: oral,ch of govern;~ntal 'purchaf:ing: ;,.il itary. aircrc:..ft and rro sf 01 t.ho i z- acoe ss o rr es are ar-t.i c I es which are under eno rrnous Ly ra;?id :~evelopment

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aryl wri ch ar-e d.e'telo1,)ed in the military .. interest al.one. It is irnpossible to be perfoctly c ez-ta.i n of ~l(baLan ad rc raf'b 'vill do until af'it has (')eell l:-uil t, and t:1e construction of the first exarml,e .nus t tl:ere.fore be undertaken before it can be deterrcined whether or not the rnach i.ne will ac t.oz.I l.y meet military needs. If the "i.nrv and l'aV'j fail to buy a machine so CO:::1stI'ucted., the charc o of find in; a r-arket else'~'here is pr-act i.cal Ly :::1~1: II: other fields, buy:4118under ICllIlL'DU'n:nec~f:4cat~on can assure s a satisfactory o:rticle. Here it becomes almost irnpc3sible. There ar e so ;l:Eny factors which '?eter:'D.ne tl~eiGgree of mer i t for :nili tary pur"Doses, and t'le r-eLe.bi.ons a.;~onE bhem ar e so com~)lic8.td, that it is a'lrros t iqlossible to draw 8. ri dC!. SPf)C~cicat i on '.rith assurance that all ,'.ircr;;,ft mce bing it wi Ll, be f'ul Ly acceo babl,e, ''''urt1:wI''.:ore, th0 need for the very highest f:D3.lity is s uch that buying to a mi.n irnzm speci'iC2t:'0:::1 would be 1.1ndesiro'Jle in any case if ' tf_el'e snoul d be of'f'e red at the serre time an CU'ticl.G cxc aed i ng the sp:cification requirements by to .. , t;'lcrty, i or fifty percent, even bhough its n.r i c e TClLchtbe :nateri811y hirher bhan that of .d:e article v':-licl1 just barely [YQtby. The a.i r-o'lane is cSSC;:-lti81ly a TJropriet8X'j article Ll t:let it re1);;:ese:;"ts the experience of a pf'rt:i.c:u1f:r orsanizat:i.o:::1 and VIat it is in COIlstar.t deve l onrcerrb , Each rnaoh i.ne tlmt an organiza'"i'Jrl ]Jrochces ougLt to lead directly into its n8:t~t dec"isn, and eaoh orgFiLization develops ! cer>l.in types of s t.r uc.t.ur-e and features of des i gr; of its or.ri 0: v:,-_icL it becomes the mas t er , :FGgardinc~ all t:ae.su peculiarities, we find it I impocsible t.o acce-pt the no rma'l 'Process of corenetiti'.-e biciCiinl.: and award to the low bidder as beL1~~ calc_'lated to ::ive the gove rzmenb the bes': veLue f'o r its rroney , It s eems to us essential bl.a.t there S'1O'.1:o be aC'miristrati ve discretioD to o8}ance 'r::alit:J' 8.gainst price, "uut ah"'l,j:s keeClin[': qln.lity to the fore. It seems essentiq} -LLat n'e Services snoul.d be able to IDCtk"l p'.lI'c}:; Jses of thebe;, .. " ': type of aircraft avo i Lahl.e d i r ect.Lv from its originator, who is not cnl.y in the be~:t p .. ')sition to build it but W'lO Ln doin'~ t'.ce 't!or'': will be pavin(: t:::tc way for his 't>re-;,;9.TCltio:: of another design of IrnT,ll'o'rcc) q<J'lities fOT t:1P same ge;,er,'l function. 1"8 Air C'-'T!JSAct of 1926 ,,?rovicies that "hen compot i t i ve 'bids are received for aeronautical ;mtel'1el, t:-e c''Tard rmy be n13.de "to the 'bidder t1:at said SecretcG'y stall find to be the lowest zo suons i.b.l e bidder that cnri satisfactorily perf'orrn bue work or t>.e service requj.red to the b9St ciG.VCi.Ek'Ee 0:;' the govc rrcnerrt I, and m:J.kes the recisiO::l of tl'l8 Sec r-e ba.r i ee of War arid of the ::8Nj' upon the selection of the vrinni ng bidder fb.al. I:.:' that aut.ho rd by were freely and. courageous lv used , 5."1.d if it were generally unde r s t.ood 5.-'lc1 accepted bha.t tt.e interests of the Se rv i ce s r:.a:r 7er:' CO'rtY01}}y require that awards ! be ~,'J[idee'I sewaer e bhan to the Low bidder, and II if eac.; bidder were req~ire:i to tender on his . own nroducb or on a de s i gn buz-ned over for the t purpose by the resuonsitle departr..1ent and upon

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which a succes sf'ul l:idder vroul.d lYW royalty to us i ng negotiation an) the factors that entex-ed the o r i gd nabc.r , and if Us fog of letal cominto the r1etermil'.ation of the price and the plication that SC8TJS to have settled dow.; 01, ot.r.e.r corx Lt i ons of the contract. Such a reevery attcmlf?t to buy mili to.ry aircraft d'lrirJg port rr.ight well incl ude also the identification the pEst few rnont.hs coul.d be d i sp al Led , we of the personnel participating in the riegcb i ashould see no reaSOD tc object to ttw CO:-'lOeti- t i on. tive bidding method e::cept t:;.2t it intro''\1.1CCS We hope thet with such 8..."1 assurance of consome extra rrorrbh s into the. a'l r eady 10:1; periol st81::t Lnf'c rrmt i on on wbc-et is 'be i.nrt done and how If deve Loprnenf cf a riev: tY:'e of a i i-craft.. anf wby it IWy s~effi possible to arrp rove a, Unf'o r-t.una.be Ly the stipulations of the -previ- I rue bhod of procurement '1':hich we understand to be ous pe.ragraph have not gonror,ctJ1y been f,1e":- .. The ,mifoI'mj., y in use by the great European powers. L actual awar-d of contracts ol sewl.ez-e t.han to a ,Al be rna.t i.ve metbods of al Locat.Lng work and. of low bidder has been looked B:G askance 3.S likel:i fi ying "price hrve 'been tried f ro.n time to time to attract public disfavor Ln t~,e absence of both Ln Great :::?ritain and in France. Competian understanding of all tl18 bechrri ou.L factors I tive bVs are still invited on occasions, but involved, althougL to be S 1r3 the p res enb Ast:ley are the e:~cel:)tion rr,ther than the rule. ' sistant Secretary of ".'ar declares hirnsdf quite! Tl:e nor:.'al -procedure apprz-ent.Ly accepbed in ready to make the fullest use of bis powers I 1-:oth courrt r l es , and i,l Italy as well, as naces.unde r the 1926 Act. ''Ti ttl respect to t'"le proI' sary to bne protection of the interests of the tection o f de s i gn right rnd the use by ever:r c;overulJC'nt is the buying of the desired eguipbidder of his ~wn de~ig~s '.,the Arr.v has pl'.rr1311t frc~ the man WLlO i~ in the best position sued erie 1;ract1c8 ana tne. ~,e\i-Y 8r:o~,:.0r. The (to sell at , and at a "!'rl.ce agree~ upon and .. acwho~e :,ubJec~ ~as 'becone l::1':olveo. In a r~ze of cep bed by gove::lJllle;J.t z-epres enuat.i.ves as. fall'. conr us i on WhlC~ a l.rros t ter:,uIl.:Ltpd An~y :,.u'cra.ftl J:.rneric8!l expo r i ence S0811", to us to conf i rm procurer.r:ent over a pe r i orl of en> "'.111year. I t.ha.t c;' Europe in i.ldicating that thatmethod of Even further cornp i cat.ic.as <:,re .iW": cTE.,"tei l buying IS e s s.errb i.e.I i:1 .mny cases to the seby the Le t t.e'r of the Co.mt.ro l Le r- G8IlC,rr,-1c f cur i.ng of a satisfrlctory result. December 12th, vhic:: aF?'~,-:rs to q'lcstion the ---000--Legal Lby of the Army' s cur-r erit -procE::,cure of 07FICE;~S TO ATTEND AlP COPPS TACTIC1\L S'::FiO(1L reCluiring the s'ulxni s s i cn of a sruro l e article Viih 0, bid and to derrie"1::::) t ':at tile- 1:a'.7 rractice of letting all bicder3 compete on [: A total nf 50 Air COI:JS officers will attend single design w}ic~ SOD'e C";.e of't'iem has de-, the n:;:zt class at t he Air t=:0ITs Tactical School at 1\,a;:VTdll Fielr' , Ala. Jnder Suecia.l Orders of veloped end ",hic". hn.s bc:,"", accepted 25 bec;t for -.bhc Servi.ce she l L be t~(: st~~.Y"-1a,rr. T'~7e tLe W"l' Denarbnent, ju,t i,,;sued: these officers are direct~d to r-eno r t to tl:e COfl1!IBD,'lant f o have already rrade plain ou~~ al arrn over the t hi s Sel,ool for d.Ut7l.S st'lclents not 13.ter than p ro spec'b i ve cous.equcr.ccs of this ruling, ~l"ould it be enforced, and its threat to senar2te the Au;;;ust 29, 19:::3, 7fz: :~l;1j rs "JiE Lam E. }~,,]'mer, Edwin :.:. Powers", o processes cf design 8nc')r .. ),~uct ion. Kennet.h E. lIhi.fp."', Ccpt,ains Aaron:E. Jones, 'While we are houef'u'l t'.at the ure<sent situaJUfre;. J. Lyon, 1st Li eut s , Benjamin ig.Chidlc;.w, tion ITaJ be clari~iecl an'. tbt tt.'e corrroe t i b iv.s :=iJ:!r.JIlcJ:=:. ang.nead L 2,:.3. Alden R. Crawford from bidding prcces s m.',y be rmd o wo r.cab.l e ~ld brought to a f'o rrn where it can el1c::our8~;e the "rTrich.t :Tield :Jfiyton, Ch i.o , Me.jor Le ..,is A. :J,-,.-,' ::n", Certain::; ' Orvil A. deve l.opment of good eirc::,aft, at tJ:-:e 5',1':"'8 time .:'\nderson, Dale -v, Ga:~:fney, ?J.g2.r L., ~\renson, t we feel bnaf t'l-.ere are occ.'!.,,:ions O.C ,,':cich comC:n.rlisle 1. l<~(;r::.'is", .c,ugustine '3', T(elly peti b i ve bidding is oour..:.; to be r farce beFieJ.d, 1exfls. cause of t:be absence of c.wd.lable como e't it i.cr; lil.?,jor ';01l..:1 V. C'umrn", CC1:""tai.r:. :::',,'0:' ?'c'l.,5.ron, or on vthicr ti:-ne :1.S so i~.-:port.8nt tLat'" t:te isLs t Lie~J:G. :or;~"er "fl. Y81"'r'-lSO!1. =='a.:-ldc..l..~ ... ~ ~:-'~,.,?la. suance of p ropo sal s VTOUP' not b: justi:icc':.. To i'lie,jor 88;'.1uel I.i. Cor'.dl", C~le"1u.te 7Ll-J, Ill. meet tbose casas it S3e:1'),';to us essential bhr.t Cc""1,-p"tE'insIia.r-o Ld L. Cli:~rk Harry A.~~~~l3rson, / direct nerzob i.ab ion '.'-ri th the yna,nuf's.cturer best l\~ SC[Jneir1e:,, Ls t ~~ieut .. :LP'...: ~;ncc Y I.:[" r r , '.: . .... able to pe rf'oz-n t:-~e wo rk Comd in soms cases as Office 0::' U,e ;:=:~"ief(,;: the t; .'.~'-.c. a pract ieal met tel' tb ere is onl.y one V,_l'tO can Capba.i.n JC21n '.:.. Cl,~~.:('~::,.~a:r-~::3a.al( -i.i, La. perform it adeguah;ly) S~lC,lJd. b'3 ant~:o,.ized. CaIJGalI" Jcseu:., H. :;""17idscm, 1:.;1, Li:;ut. Natl1an We reeog:lize tho dengc'cs of neccotiation, ani F. T;'inil1g, F:)rt Croc'::stt, 'rezas. we r eco grii.ze that t~lE' Ccngr es s has ve rv natuC8pt,'l:'l TLc'ld. ',T. Fos tel', Fort Sam f',:>uston, Tex. rally looked askance upon it.. 'Ve hesitate to Capt a in EarlS. Eoa.g , Chapman FieB, Fla. propose th?t ne.[~oti3.tive p rocur-en.enb be app z-ov- i Captains Xewt::>n Longf'e l Low, Rarold A. ed, and Vie do so onl.y af t e r be i ng convi r.ced McGir'~lis, 1st Lt. El.wood R. t,;'.lesada, t:b.a.t in many cases it is t~;.e oril.y roetho C, that Lengley Field, Va. will work and bha.t '!Till prcduce a good article Cap ba.Lr: Leland W. ~,iiller, l.:itchel FielG, N.Y. in a lllinimur..1 of b irne , As~: sa.fe[uEl.rd to be Ls t Lt. Je:IJcs E. Parker , Selfridge Fie1d,M.ich. thrown az ound tl:.is exb rao rd inary r:rR.nt of Ce:ptains George V. McPike and Chas , E. T~10ma..s, power, we suggest t~1at in eac~ cese ~iliere neArmy Lndis t r-i e.I College, Washington, D.C. gotiation is used. on a contract for a total t,;ajori'ayrr.ond E. OINeill, Captains Ernest 51..."11 of more bhan $10, aGO a. r8"')ort shoul.f be 1;.00:;:, , Iia.Lph A. Snave Ly .... , and 1st Lieut. .... made +,0 the Congres s by t:be head of the depart'I'horcas ;,;. Lowe , l';axvmll Field, Ala. ment concerned, explaining the reasons for

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NO 'fl(.YSUJ;Y" nT mEeT IHJTE Captains Pus so'l I L. llaugLan, Charles H. Cald;"ell ***, Ford. L. Fair ..... , '''illiem D. Old* .... Epcaus~ of n:any requpst:; f r orn Arrry and Navy frGID the Ph i.Li r-p i nes , airm:m f'o r infor:mtir)ll r egar-di ng rhe rerforrr.Cant.a.i n Merri.il D. lv'SlID, Instructor, 33rd Divi~ion Aviation, IlL Nat i ona], Ouar d Cl.i cago . ancc of +he ::'0-"[.;.11,,,,1 Po(,ot Mystery r1::OJlR, Cantain Charles A. Born, Instructor,Arkansas the 0rprry C0:i1'""ny T8cDntly ic,sc:ed a ::.+",t8rns.nr , wi El tLo apr-r oval of Er. }~ugpr.e L. ,,"idal, Nab i.ona.I Guard, Little :Joo1e, A:ck. Cap t a i n Eugene B. Bay'l ey , Lnstruct.c r , '~Oth Director of Air Ce~np.rre, our Li r.I r.z certain Di vi s i.on Av i.ab i on , Cal i f'o rnl a National Guard, f'ac r s in ccnnecr i cn w i r h the 1:if( I'euglas '-J,iriLler in 'i'hie:l Car.t a.i.ns 1,l'c,pr+ E.Hpger."[;p1'ger Los Angeles. Cap t.a.i n Richard H. 1,7a3eFl, Instructcr, 28th 8.1:'1 Clayton L. Bi~SAll, Air CCITs, have tp"l1 Di"isicn Air C0!'T's, Perinsy l van i a l;atianal rm'dng flig!-lts reeedl:l fr crn r;;.klco,r:rl, Calif., Guard, Ph i Lad c l p1lia, Fa. to tp~t thp f8s,r;irility and pcssiHl Hies of Captain Claude E. Duncan, Ls t Lieut. John H. fOf'cureJp. a"'rial na','igat ior, 8rJTlo:/ir.g t h> DuJ.lip.n, Mar~h FiAld, Calif. '8aclio rCII!['3.SS iE rcnj'"nction 1/:i+:1: autcrrPttic First, Lieut. Jmlles 'i:. Cunbe.rpatch , Crissy cent 1'01 0 f the rlCins. Field, Calif. It i-; ~t.etcd tl'ar tllP rlane is "CJ.'Jirred with Fajor Cor-t.Land t G. Jol'J:scn*""', Rockv-e I L Air the Krucsi Fn.riio :::::o~a"s a r.d. t,hc Jj.Pl'l'y GyreDer.o t , Calif. [,ile. t, bu t thRy 8.1'8 ~,ot intercOEn"cteo. a:; 'i,'a,s "Folicv8d of terr:rorary BaL.'::, .Lur:;. 2C!, 1935. 'irr:~.lipd i.n "om, l'jJ\rters. Cf rartic'lar in.... II "" II Cept. ;:;,193f. i.cr,:;st. is til"? a:;s~;rti.on of thf' 8y"rry Ccrqany ...... II "" II effectiv.':) upon u!v""t lr.eiJT.:; h,,,v':) 'N,pn 18v81oyc.d v:hirr. r.h i s date of depar t ure f ro-n Ph.i Li.pp i r.e s , r;;1:r OP 3c8eu:plic:h,.rl.A hu'[':e Tl''::U.hfT r f thpsA '"* .... Feli8vcd of tp,,:p::>rary r-rr.k , J1J.ly 25,1935. r al io c':)rrpb.:-:;~f::':; h:,:",\~,? bp:~r~ orrlprr.:;n by the p. S ---",('0--..t:.rrr-~r, arid thp'y n.r,:_~al so br- i nr; seriC'L.slJ~ cC'r.s iIr r ed f'c r m:llFTOc;.S t r a napor-t rlancs. ::'h8 r~Yl'CT.ilot i.s i1.pn':i..;al w i.r h tl--,o:;p l:sl'?d on v'ari~us ('oTm.~~]",;ial a.i r' t r anspo r r Li ne s . CF.J\.};:;'ES OF s:llCION: To Of'f i ce , ::;tief of tl'.e IT: CCL!prh0n ',..-i h r h tests t en th8 facific Air Corns: Cantain J'3;B:s _':"."LollisOl', '-:fr..em' Ccast" 'shpr"l 'lp to this "'ritinr thrpp' long Aii""r;orrsTr2inbp CenL)r, R8rcdolph Field. di:;t.Emt. fliGhts 'l:p1'8 rcrQlpr.,d C'.'PC' thp To ChR~n F~eld~1~,~2i~~a.: C8Dtain T-r~~ific, t'F' lOL8F,::;t "[;pi~lg 1('(', rr.iLe s out and 1Nillivn V. Andre';rs, f r-c.n Bc l Ldng Field. l2;'~ i.'.,8.in, a h.bl of ;:;('(' miLo s , it i::; statr;~d To Boston, ~hc'ls::;.: Car tail, WrIter .S.l,ic}'.3.rc.s, r La t fhp flyir.s has al'.;r-:Is hppn ilc:tcrr.:3,tic, exfrom Th-llir1Ji.nes, to dut.v .;;it!- Organized He s , 8(=pt f'o r A. ;''1.' rdm"t8s af t e r t akrv-of'f and a ':0 Bolling Field, D.C.: 1st Lieut. Art~mr L. fe"! n-iL'lt.,.,S b"fr'r8 Lar.d i nc . BQ~, fro~ Brooks Fielc, Texas. 1'h8 Spr.rry pne;i,j{00r assig;ned to tr"f' rlane reTo F.andol-pl, F'i e Ld , Tcv.:9-~ 2nd Lieut. George pert.::; t hr.r tlw,:y:r.0nilr;t is actually Dilllrling F. Har-trian upon o orrr Le t ion of tour in Pa:mII:rJ. a :l8'''. t8chnigup 'in ~prial nav icat iC'Tl to tp ac1st Lieut. C:tarles A. Harr i ngt.on from]. S. cc.rr I is!lTd; tLat -i1'."l]"0f'o rrrer ly it v-as rra.cticl-/,ili t.a.rv Acs.de,:qy, ~',r8st Point, Y. a.l Ly irr:pc;sible to :;rN'r c l o s e r t.han RhC'u+ 2 ':;'0 COl.Jrxmd and General Staff 3chool, Fort d(grA'~s by rU'l.fZllf,t COlLl8.s::;, ie thf~ p;:'TCrilC't b Leaverrvor t.h , Kansas, I'o r' dutyas-'Inst:ructor: nr.Ld i nr +h", :-;LiT' sr"p.d.v t ha t,c;C1.::rses are Car.t a in SG.J'1'. Ellis, L. upon corr:pletion of nc r8in0' ~3r",'Or~d hOT rr;lvr:~,t.ir ccrrrr ElSS 8,S c l o se cO~lrse of Lns t ruo ti on at this school; ~.:a.jor 8.:-: h:'lU ; dp!3Tel"). haviG~ tLr: ;'irr1rtne. unEugene A. Lohrra n , f'r-orn Ma.rcl; Fidel. d o r [~lltC:CELti,.... cor.t.r ol , 1:.nc- pr::1r.tir.?i.l~ilit-", of To Air Corps Tactical. Sc1?s,ol...'-l-La.:-:;;elJ:.Jie.l.Q" t:'.8 T:Lciio ccrqac;::; is incrr,Qspd to tl::.e nth Ala., for d,~ty on Staff and Facul, ty: La t Lb. de!;rpl"). Lalrronce S. K~ter, uron completion of course rr~le send +'i- ',,ity r-f thp radio eorrrass is conof instruction at that School. trolled by rile" \'cL~rl1f'; r r.r.rr-o L on tl,p r-ad i o , !'o CITl::h.a, Npb,: for duty vi th Air Corp s at '''fiLe U'.P ,,~lir under rmJ1'.lil.l cr-nrrc'l , it is r.o r .. EeaClqG.n:ters, 7th Corps _-\r.,oa: Cap t.a i n Younge r I IwIly np.cl")s"ary t o cu.rry 8. rr.'ic:.rc:d scr.s i ti v i t v A. 'fitts, frem Fort Loavcnwor-bh , Kansas. :;ertinG in ordpr to pr"lypnt the rc:YT8.SS ner-d l e ?.ELIEVED Flie2:! DErAIL TO CrEE .i\IH CO.d)S: 2nd f'r o:r, ~',dnl'inii bark aY"? fort:: ,:-o;o",s ~hp. ir.d~.caLieut. r;.erhard L. BoI Land , end to Eav:ra.iian t or r1. lEi 1 , d.10 t.o the lill[O~;:;lblllry 0'1 stpprlng Del'ar\-,rum\-, for duty w i th the In:!'cL.'1.try. a cent i.nuous l y :;trai[3Lt, r.our-s e- 'Ti"-nu.,,lly. Tri---000--de r il1ltOr::ntic rDEtrel thp ,-,err:pFiss spnsi t i c itv r:.cn hi' p;rN1.tly incrc:r-tsp,] ar.d still L:J.Y8 t he Effective 1.81'c1'. 25, 1935, Cap ba.i.n Fred S. ('crupas::; inrlici'Ctor rprrr-d.rl ~;rAF.iV. 'l't8 i!l(~rease Bororn, Air Corns, v.a.s a.s s i gnad to dut.y as in :;pu"iti';it.yppud+s t.hr: ecrr:[il.sC' to shO'w'~'F Cr,ief of the E;'liprr.ent Branch , Er.g.i nee r i.ng I rr.in ut e cl:..2.ng c; of cour s> tha i o l hc rw i s o ,.',n;l.i S"lction, MateriAl' Di vi si on , 'Nright Field., Ohi o , nd. be ir.rlicateL with the terr:porary rank of j,:ajor. It is s t a.t e d t ha.t ell corq-let.iOll of the cXfeFirst Lie'lt . James Ii;. Bevans vras assigm~d to ri;npntal f Lights r;:: H.e W8St Ceast, it is. ccn.duty as Adjutant at the Air Cor~s ~raining . t ercplatd rr'&:'.dLg flight" of var.rinp: 1 Pll&tn Cent,8r at BB.:1dolph Field, Texas, wi tll the wi th tLis or D. similar airplc:r.f' {'l'Orr:: the Ea",t te~p0Tary rank of Captain. i 'CC8.st.
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NOTES FROM AIR CORE'S ]'IELDS 64th C.A. (.A.t.\.) for the next six weeks at Wairns.nalo. Additi~nal Air Corps dfir,ers will Forty-three enlisted men of the Third Atbe assigned in "rder that they-mey 5}lend biro tack Group were detailed to 1illX\'Tell Field by w'?eks ,lith the Coast Artillery in liaison and Third Wing Orders to form a nC1/,squa,dron un- I conbac b work, del' the GEQreorganization plans. TransporFollowing the recent nrd~r concr-rning terrpotC1.tion for this personnel to th'Jir new sbarary prc>JJ:otions, considerable reor[,ranization tion 'No,s provided in conncc bion with "'_foris ta.tdng place, with the rank and file wondermabiori training flight of 26 pLanes , led by ing hew it will all ere. Capt. C.C. Chauncey, Orcup Operations OffiTr.e Luke basketball team won the Sect,er-Navy eel'. In addition, two transport lo~ds were Charrpionship for the 4th consecutive year. baken from BaJ,'ksc:ale to Wa.:x:well 1!"ield. Some },,;ost of the games w"lre close and exciting, rnly of the men rradethe trip in private autos. t.:,o ",;7 them go ing the wrong wc;,y. It Looks as The men transfeTred were: Sergeents Earl if the struggle for th0 Department Chamrionw. Hoyle, Walte:c M. Atkinson, Ernest l'a.res, ship will again be beti'TI?9llthe 3rd Enginl'1ers Joseph C. Qlild, Bruce G. George and Ch~r18S and Luke Field, as v~s the case the past thrAe L. Bibbee; year's. Corporcis Rayrcond E. Dunaway', Henry F. Va.ndergrg,ift, Jose}lh E. Si:,in(;~1C01,"b, Gailey Bradford, Charles S. Thctrp sor;, ];11::'skinW. Nash, Otto J. Bu-t,-l:;Grfas~;; On }<'ebruo..ry 27t,h, the Hawaiian Islands were Privates, Ls b Class, Lee B. I\liller, Johan i emgcl'Zed in a torrE-n+;ial rain, which seriously O. Ber seas , Archie Calhoun, Guy E. Cunrri.ngharr] ha:nDsred onez-at i.ons Ed the Depot. Due to many Loyd J. Ga:nberg, Be rnaz-d F. l(.:;t,c:nersic~,e, I leaks in some "':' the cLd buildings, a considerAlbert l/.d1 'burn, Jack ,Ar.c:erson, Halfe :!J.. I abl,e ar'!)1..;:nt su.1lplies was danaged , and it was cf Watson, T'z-e s'bon Stc,pher.s, Leon Z. GI'ayson, ~e~essary to stop all operations in the Supply Edgar C. Dawson, Lcrd s F. Bl1Chcw,'",n, Roy Secti,.lll and put the entire persolmel to work Moore, Frank Simeres10', 1htthew .\. 8chrr~dt, wi~ing0ff, reoiling and re-grf;asing supplies. Cornett W. Puliam, John R. Hughe.r , G3m S. 'I'h l s rainst0nn was out 1"' the ordinary and deCampb",n, James J. Emigh, Kennet.h F.LeThlart, monstrated the necessity for a new Air Depat Lester B. Camp, Floyd J. Davis, B.~.Tucker; ("1' the 9y:pencJi t,u:re of considerable funds to Privates lL"1clrew Neely, Kenneth D. J. re-os,ir the buildings now in existence. One cf Co.Leman , Si(lney E. fuga, Lawr-ence E.H,,:nclley, t.he huico ro us Lno i.derrbs connected with the Forest G. ~Dj:bhand "~ocsevelt Y:illiFIDston. flood was when Lieut. Carlson endeavored to reach to~n from the Depot at the height "'f the March Field, Riverside, ':::alif'., I.Ce..rc.~5th. storm. he beoame stue~~ in the water and upon gdting cut 1"1 his ~ar found a 14t1 catfish Ground gunnery installations at Mu:rocL~~e resti~g ~n his front fender. are rapidly assurrd ng shape; Three se:;:>arate Dur i nz Februa.ry, the Er.-gineering Section comcamps are being 0staoli<hed vrith a Su:~'.r10ry plet8Q five riCe.joroverhauls, ove rhaul.ed s~v~n and tombing ~nnge for 2acb attack squauron. engi.nc.s and cne lI:ajor assembly, a B-4 airplane. Centrally located ~ for the use of all is I Procluction work 0f this section is rapiclly a bomb and powdor dump. Present plens also a-pproe..c~lingthe lI'.axL.,Uffi output ('f a depof poscall for the establishment 0f penTanent oar- s1b18 unde r present rersormel and building backs large enough to house ra~:ge dd-ails, ~oD(li t ions. of f i.ces , and :J8ssing facilities. Cap t , Arthu= G. Licgett ,'!Q,5 relieved 11.S Adju:i:,art 2,:10. assigned as Souad rcn CODJ!!Rnder of Luke Field, 'r.H., l~ch 8th. bl;e 23rd Bombe.rdroerrb S;flJadron, LUke Field. Lieut. OSoOar . Carls01~ as sizced the duties of F The only officer bo depart for a rraicl.and Depot Adjutant in addition to his other duties. station on the Febr-uo.ry 12th Transport was Capt. Faphael Baez, Jr., Cormander of the J!C'rt Levris, Wash., :,,1arch5th. 23rd Bombar-drrenb Squadr,on. Ca:;:>tainBa8z m'3..de any friends 'Hhile in Hawa.i i., not the m Capt. I.J. Viilliams, with Fv b, V.L.Mort-vedt least of whom were the. me,D.1)e::s Lis cern,.,f I book /"Iff 011an ext<>ndl'dflit;ht to Washington, reand, At an "Aloha" d.i nne.r In the Sgya1:ron I D.C. 'by t:le Southern route. mess hall, Capt. Baez was sho~m with what On~ C-25C airplan~ ~~ s0nt to Ror.k~ell Air high esteem he ~es held by bctb officers and Depnt for overr/~~, l~aving this station with men, and he, in burn, :presented the /"Il'gani- I"'n6Q-?,SC for tbe nexb two or thr88 weeks. This zahion with an Axcellent all-wave radio set. 111<4'1.8 is now being used for Radio Beam flying Flying activities VTeresuspended for sev- I and cooperative missions. I'lral days, an unusually hard rainstorm causAn intensive course in Landscape gardening is ing the flyinG f i.eLd to reserLble a lake in in line for the detachment at this post in an aorne places. Five inches -sf rain fell in at'be!Jilt to make grass grow where none grew HcnoLul.u VIihin fou:r houz-s , flooding most of before. t the streets, roads, vffishing out several Lieut. Carl ~!0~er, Air Reserve, enlisted. bridges ~A rrarooning people at ,~ious He is a candidate f~r a co~ssion in the Air places. Crrps , Pegul ar Army. A flight of three airplanes de:;:>arted on March 4th to p8rfom towing missions for the -I53V-6752, A.C. Barksdale FieJd, La., March
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ranking ('\ffic~rs and noIIIll3lld.ing ('ffiners ('If thl'\ , 'fields and stations around San Antonio, as well Our Squadron recently entertained a 7-ship Ii as National Guard, Reserve and members ('f thA representation from the Tnnessee Squadr6n at ! ci7ic org~zations of the city. Nashville. The flight was led by :Major II ?~:i.T.allent C'fii~ers of Kelly Field who nnde exWalter M. Williams, Ccmooand~r,whose passenIi te,1dad flights between nlasses were: Captain ger was Adjutant General Ballew. ,A:mngctlv~r Ii f..D. Knapp to Boston, Mass., in P-12; to RoC'.kmembers of this flight were Captain W.B.l~CoY,i~all Field, Lieut. R.J. Browne in F-12. Lieut. Regular ArTJifInstructor, and Lieut. Robert F. Charles Somners in c-14; +'0 3anta :Monica,Ca.lif. , Wirsching, en leave from our S0uaaron and now Lieut. J.W. McCoyin P-l2; to Bolling Field, residing in Nashville. Arriving at stout I Capts. L.A. TIa,ytonand N.W.VTnitein Br-2, Capt. Field at 3:10 ~.w., the visitors, after rralcC.C. Nutt in BT-2, :Major H.H.C. Ri.ohar-ds and , iug an Lnspecb i.on tour cf the buildi:ngs~and Capt. W.M. Lanagan in BT-2, and Capt. 0.11.. equipment, took d.i.nno r at the field club Arld.erson in BT-2 to Wri~t Field where he will house, whi~h was attended by 33 r'\fficers in be on detached service ari connection with :imall, inch::ling Adjutant General Elmer F. pending stratosphp,re flip,ht. Straub cf Indiana. Short speeches were made Lieut. A.B. :tflCConnellferried an 0-19 to this by Oenerar.s Ballew and Straub, lv!.ajors Stout station from Rockvrell Fi81d.. and Willia'Ds. After d i.nner-, thp, TennessM Having won thp. 8th Co.rp s Area, local, fOr)tlall boys entertained with a song fest nf very Trophy, the Kelly Field ~liers proc~eded to win high quality. the Army baske'bbal.L Trc:d~y after a season of The two squadrons intend",d ha.ving a little brilliant playing. Only one nf the 12 games practice in larger for:x:ation work, using 12 played vTflnten bhe wrong sidl'l, the 9th Infantry planes, but inclement weather interfered. copping that one by nne point, Randolph Field This ,;isit by the.Tenness~e Squadron v~s was rUF:ler-ull with 9 wins and. 3 bs~es. both enJoyable and. J.nstructJ.ve for us. 71e Ld.eub. ''Ken'' Rogezs led a fJ.eld WJ.th a 7-4 in are always glad to be host to ?ur siste:r . the 9-ualtfying r<;lUud the annua~ golf bournaof squadrons and feel that there a s real t::,a~nmerrb an S3.n.Antomo recently. He J.S the outing value in the fellowship and doser assostanding player in the 8th Corps Area. eiation thus gained. Our regular army Instructor, Captain Guy H. Hamilton Field, San Rafael, Calif. March 20. Gale, "JaS oxdElred to the Air Navigation School at San Diego, Calif., which started For extraordinary achiev~ent in flying through March 20th. ~his is a two weeks' course in the blizzards of the North,vest and in directing instrument flying which will be attended by the ground work of the other pilots of the the National O~d instr~tors and then ".Arctic Patrol"t Capt .Arthu~ G. Hamilton, who passed r'\n by them to the squadron officers. returned here l1arch 13th, v~s recorumenaed for the Distinguished Flying Cross by Lieut.-Col. Ralph Advanced ~ns-Schocl, Kelly Field, Te7~. Royce, who comnancled the Cold Weather Test Groul). Second Lip1.1.'J. irr"ll B Walsh returned Seventy ztudon.~s reported on March Lsb from with' Capt. Hami I kJ'1, and Lsf Lieut. Paul, Kemner, the I'riJrary Flying School, Randolph Field, and who also f'Lew as a ""ilot in this eX(ledition, we.re assigned to specialized training, as , 1 arlde", h,:",:,~ "'..)c:;'Cl":; >. ;,'c,2,in Emc.ilton'::; a:r"t'ival. oll~ws: Attar~, 1 offi~er, 9 Cadets; 30mb'Ills c::l:c,G8c1, :::.,'. v. " fcught the rigors of the ~nt, 1 officer, 21 cadets; Observation, 2 I colue::'" ': :J',t,,":..' ': 'J: .'cc":' grip;)ed the Northv.rest : 6fficm.'s, 1 foreign officer and 17 caG.SGS; I in n:a:J ,';,:1."; :,::"; ~'.'.,af:i' Sergeant T:ht--n:as E.' .:' :P1ll'S'Ui t j 1 offi("er t 17, ~adets. i Vir.,c;c;'.i,.:,:'~:;ants .C':,' ". Cauter, c.:,orgp,W~ .' ,rersonnal assigned to training thes::,; E:1:'Ui 1:011:. <., ;:,.~ j=~':::dey, Corp. Harvid SaRg~r' i,:; "dents w~re as follows: Attack, Capt. '.~'. , ano r~ rJ28~: 1~2t':"}:-:'::':"3. In spite of the :>AVer~ .. I";~ .' Swe-eley (Chief), 1st Li.eubs, G.A. ':~lL:,::.lGY, cold, t:lesa !i.e:'. refcrt a ver.f pleasant trip. ' C.P. Bradley 2nd Lieut. K.A. Rogers; Bcmbard-] The Panama j:"liCht v.as called cff on account i ment, Ls b Li~uts. W.E. Whitson (Chief), Jose,ph: cf lack cf f'unrts , and the 16 offi~ers, 16 m'.... Smith, ,J.M. FitZIr.aurice, G.C. ,Jamison and 2nd i listed. men ana 11 B-12 Martin Bomber-s r!'lturned Lieut. R.D. :Bu.t:.er; Observation, Cart. G.A. to H~.ulton Field. MCHenry(Chief), 1st Lieuts. A.F. StAa, 0.1'. Brig. Geu01al Hel~ H. Arnold, on March 9th, Weyland, E.H. Underhill, ':.'.L. Eryan and F.H. , flew to Haxilton Field on his first ~fficia1 Omith, Jr.; I'ursuit, Capt. D.V. Caffney . visit since bis prc~tion to a general officer. (Chief), 1st Lieuts. J.B. Griffith, C.K.PJ.ch, It is reported that he gave his (,,ficial O.K. H.E. Engler, J.B. E~~ell and R.J. Br~wne. t. tile field and r'ongratulated Lieut.-Col. Effective March 1st, the 81st Service Clarence L. Tinkpx 0n his recent prorr~tion. Squadron, Air Corps, was constituted and ~rWith the return I'f the Panaca :flight, an airgainzed at this station from personnel tr~craft cla.ssification would show the follo~~ng ferrsd from I')ther (\rganizations. The 68th types ~f planes at, Hami Lbcn Field, viz: 5 PT-3.A, Service Squadron was the only one whien re1 F-26A, 1 G-14 Fokker, 1 BT-2E and 15 B-l2A. tainp,d its designation. The Pur sui t plan~ is tne conmand ship of Colonel Jacob E. Fickel, Commandant~f Lieut. Col. Tinker. the Advanced Flying Schoo'l , was one ("'f the Second Lieut. Birrell Walsh assumed command speakers at a reception and banquet given ''In ~f the 31st Bom~ardment Squadron since his reMax<::h 1st in honor "f Ma.jo!' General F'rank C. tum from the ".Arctic ratrol" 2 on March 12th. Bol1p,s, Cormander of the Second Division and Cbaplain stanley .J. Reilly is launching a Fort ;':am Roust,on. In attendw.ce were the drive to fill the shelves of the Post Reading -15 V-6752, A.C.

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room with books, nngazines and treatises on I Langley Field, Va., J.v1arch 6th. 1 technical subjects, so that the hunareds ~f I young men at Hami.L ton Field may read for reThis station re[;rets the prospective departcreation or mental deve l cprosnb during their ure of Capt. George L. Usher, former Post spare hours. In an open letter he is request-, Ujutant and E. and R. Officer, for duty in ing the people of the Bay districts to donate the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps. their spare volumes to the airmen at the ! CaFe. Usher is no bed in Ee.stern football V3rin County field. I circles for his ability as a co~~. His Recent duty assignments wer~ as follows: I Langley Field football teams have never failed Capt. Guy Kirksey as Post Reclrumtion Officer; I to annex the 3rd Corps .Area Championship and 1st Lt. Wilbur Erickson as Public Relations I they have established an enviable reputation Officer; 2nd Lt. Lewis L. Mu... e'lL, Air Res., nd in their games with college teams in Virginia, as Asst. Supply Officer; 1st Lieut. Alvord West Virginia and the Carolinas and. with such V.P. Ander~on as Post Transnortation Officer, I noted sorvice teams as the East Coast Navy r~lacing 2nd Lt. Roy H. Lynn; 2nd Lieut. and Q,ucmticoMarines. He has also produced Joseph r. Bohl as Asst. Post Trffi1sportation splendid teams in other lines ~f sport. Officer, in addition to other duties; Tech. The 36th Pursuit won the post basketball Sgt. Philip E. Molon~y as Post Sergeant lYajor championship in competition agad.ns b 3 other and Tech. Sgt. Wm. J. Riley as Group Sergeant Pursuit Squad-rons, 3 Bombardment, 2 Servicl'! Major. and 1 Airshi-:J Squadron and the Flying Cadet "Avia'bion Medicine" was the subject of an Detachment.address delivered by Major Robert C.Murphy, , Po sb Suxgeon in the absence of IVJajorFabian San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, Te7.as. L. l'ratt, before the Lions' Club of San The rcorrbh'Ly Control .A:rea supply and enginRafael. H~ was then brought into the Lions 1 5 den as an honorary mEmberof the "Kni:2e and I eedng conf'e rence at this Depot on 1'.I8.I'ch th was arb ended by the following ('fficers: Capts. Fork" Club. F.D. Lynch, l.'6yrrx:md. Morrison, 1st Lt. Wn::. T. The national gmnc should enjoy its biggest Hefley, 2nd Lt s, H.W. Grant, J.P. Newberry year at the field witt. 2nd Lieut. Edward 1Ii. and J.F. Thoupson,Jr. , of Brooks Field; Capts. Suarez officiating as Athletic Officer. With T.L. Gilbert, R.C. MacDonald and. H.R. Yeager, one of the best dienonds on the west coast Kelly Field, ana Capt. E.R. ~bReynolds, and a number of fast players, Ha-oiI bon Field Randolph Field. locks like a pennanb wi.nnez-, Chaplain Stanley J. Reilly is sponsoring V~siting ~i~o~s f?rrJi~g plAnes ?ack to var~ous act~V2t~es ~ncluued Capt. h;fron R. the orGanization of a N.C.O. Club. Wood, Randolph Field, wit:t ari 0-19E for the Training for the 9th, 11th and 31st Squadrons p.mphasized the use of' ava.iLabl,e eqUipColorarlo Ne,til;mal Guard; capt.. '.:::.A. Hem, Instructor, ,nth an 0-38 for the ArAansas ment in practice flights in the n-12 fer as National (;.uard, Little .Rock, and Capt. A.1. many pi10ts as possible, including also in:.annesota l~ational Guard, strurcent flying for pilots I)f post and group I Ennis, Instructor, i wi bh an 0-38 for that activity. headquarters. In ground training, preliminFirst Lieut. :.ia;:< Z. 7:al'ren, on completion ary pistOl practice, preliminary trair.ing of C'f his t.o-rr of cuty in I'E;:Ja.::fL, and upon expithree machine gun crews rer sS.uadron, pracI re':;ioT.lof 1."'0 ::c:atl.s' leave, will repnrt ti~al instruction of junior flying personnel I in combat and ground crews and e~~te:Jsion " here :~)r'>.lt> :::':ied. J .E .2ic~:s p i.Lot ed eivi2.ian meohani.cs (".ourses for officers of over two ye:o,rsI serfro::c +:l.e "'j,2-:JOt to ':::,:n70il, in Eo'rthwest Texas, vice butline the salient -ooi.rrb oi br,e a schedcle. ~ to (:is':L.:":l~ and Sllip' to Fairfield Air' Depot . a P-30 ::'ol'cec1 U.0i'J:' ... by one of t:le heavy dust 41st Division Aviation, Washin.;ton l~ational I stor,::..: ',:n,ich have o~e~1. ... al.1 t~o frequ:nt of Guard, felts 1"ield, ~o~ca~---'-"------;a~e ~n,.. l1e,e~t t and. .d'ldle .vest. L~eub. ~ .... :;)a,son, pi.Lob of the P-30, and Capt. H. G. " An advancement in instrument flying is to j l.lont.goraery , };las engel' , both of" Selfridge Field, s bp; rcade by pilots of t~e. Division. ,Ten I e scaoed in;ury. . . p~lots, who completed tneu schedulec.. 10 hours 'I In tile 2.0S8noe of Capt .AmesS. A1bro, under the hood, will go to cloud flying as 'I'echn.i.co.I Su:pe:!.'visorfor this Control Area, soon as the new tY.re radio .:qu~pment is inI novr ~:m sick Leave , the tecI:ni<;:al inspectio~ ~ta~led, about AP:J.l 1st. Rap~d ~vancement of bhe T::x:as and Colorado Im,t1.snal Guar~ Au a.n ~nst:ument f'Ly i.ng was rrade pos~~ble.by ~or.rs uni t s vn;s;::adc~:y Capt .i!,.D.Pe r-ri.n, the equ~pmenb of two Douglas 0-38.c.'s wath I ASS~ s barrt Eng:me'3r Of:ncer of the Depot, who hoods designed by Ivlajor Robin A. Day, Squad- I was accompanied. by Master Sgt.J.J. Fitzpatrick. ron comnander and instructor. These hoods Recent visitors at the Depot were Major operate under the glass hood, the canvas Vernon L.Burge, of tb.e Tactical School, covering being drawn forward to the instr~ I~ell Field, fo~rly on tempo~ duty here; ment board en two metal rods running f,..,:rwaxd,Capt. B. S. Tllo::::lpson, Ccmrand rng Officer of from the pilot's seat on the sides of the HAnsley Field, and I,ajor WClo Lewis, Air C. fuselag~. 'Reserve, of Of~abomaCity, Olcla. The last Major Day left ~okane Var~h 18th for nm:~d officer is the U.S. District Attorney Rockwell Field to pursue a tvro weeks I course at Oklahoma City. Captain ThorqJscn conferred at the Air Navigation School. Prior to his on matters pertaining to airplanes of the departure he conducted the annual Federal Organized Reserves at Hensley Field. arrmry inspection of troops and equipment. V-6752, A.C. -1

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Field, Fort Riley, KWlsas. Flight D, fbth Chs. Squadron The officers here are m"ll:ing exc8ptioIlBIJ.y good progress in instru~n~ flying. Fli[hts have been made to surround~ng tOValSand the pi1ot~ undoz- the hood generally f'Levr the selected course with a fair degree of acc~acy. Our 0-25 d.oes not have all of the instrurr.ents that are Lns bal.Led on a regular instrwment flying ship, but te are rmk i.ng the best C'f the situation. Bowling is a popular sport at this post, the crganiza,tion being represented by beains in the Officers and Enlisted Menls Leagues. 01~ champion bowler, V~ster Sgt. Arnold ~~ef,whose average score is 177, contributed his bOFling technique to the Fort Ri.ley team vzhi.ch def eat ed the Fort Leavenworth five. ~~t,8riel Division, Wri&ht Field.

IJ1ichigan Natio_nal. Guard. A "public a:":dress system is being instal18::l in the Iiangaz-s of the lO?th Obser-ration Squadron, Wayr.e County Airport, to provide band music for of'fi.o i al, cererr.onies, drills and inspections. Speakers, installed on the roof of the hangar, wi.Ll, carry Nell out rver the field. It is expected the system vrill be re8~y for a trial at the next drill. The s::lIl1J.<'11 tiili tary Ball, held in the Naval ATITCry, etroit, D early in 10,rch, was an outstandir.,:; everrb and brought t,ogether rrany notables from all parts r-f the state. An attendance of "'ver tvlO thousand was rocorded. ---000--LIBRARY NOTES SOITe the ITDroInteresting of Books and Drcurnents Recently Add~d to the Air Corps Library

D 00.12/123 ~o. 2-35. Aircraft magnetic compisc----!i::i:'f'ect cf nn.>;Il8tic: material and dcetrical on COTql?NSS Deviations, by Bureau of Ap,romautics, }JavyDp:pt., March 7, 1935, 2p. (Technical Note 2-35. C 21 France 4. The Perpetual rrisis cf our rr::i.lit",r=r'av~ation, by :Pierre Etienne. Paris VU, l~ov. 14,1334. 2p. From supp1. of 11LT,Nov. 14, 1934. Refers to the continual changes in organization, prograQ, 8~uipment and Chiefs during the last 15 years in France. French text. 12-.?2.1G/32. Perils of pure speed, by Christian d e C2.o.c;rs.Paris, IIJ.roir du Monde, Nov. 17,1934. Pittsburgh, Fa., Airport. 'L'ake.sup question '.vhetL.er the limit will be fixed by human cr rr.aterial resistance. French Captain Corley J? IJ1cDa:rment, Ai.r Corps, Corntext. manding Officer of the Pittsburgh Airport, recently ad.dressed a meeting of the A.n:ericc:n 623. 74/M59. The gas war ('f 1940, a nove1,beSociety of Mechanical Engi.neer s , in whic~l he ing an acco1.mt of the vrorLd catastrophe as set touched ur-ori newest devc'Lcr-renbs in aeronautdO'i.'11 Payrccnd Denning, the first by Dictator of Lca.l engi~eering. He referred t.o planes in Great Br i t.adn, London; Scholartis Pre3s,1931, process of deve l.opmenbwhich wind bunnel, 302p. .~~ aCco~l.t of a world war that began on tests indicated woul.d attc,i.l: a speod of 550 Se8t. 3, 1940, and ended within the week, and nu1es per hour with the aid of a 2500 h.p. in- that short t irne brought rcank ind to the brink motor. "These are not cO::lf;leted yet," he cf destruction. said, "but nv ob.servatimhas been that thp 629.1341!B~9. A Girl Flies ArOQDd the World, inventions which vnrk en the bl ucpr i.nt in a by Illy Bei~So~n, Berlin, Yobbing,c1932, 217p. l1 few y ea.rs become an accorr.plished fart. A book of travel ratL8r than a contribution to Referring to the newest Army Borzbe r with aeronau1ics. Nice illustrations. German text. its interesting atte;,chment vihereby the wheels 940.5,L96. ~he COEingWar, by Gen. Ludendorff. can be pulled up into the fuselage, thus inLondon, -Fabe'r, 1931. 176p. Ludendorff's book is crnasing its speed from 20 to 30 IT~les pOI' a warning to his :;Jeokle against being led into hour, Captain McDarment stoted: a war that would I'lean certain destruction to "Its only difficulty is that pilots frethem. quently forget to let .the wheels (lo',TIl before ?olected Wagazine Articl.~ they land, with accon~anying disaster. To The magazine ''Revue du Ministere de 1'Air" is prevent accidents, a red lig~l"t. in tl1e r-ockp i.b Lrrbended prinnrily for use r-f pcr sonne'l of the shines vzheri the pilot prepares to Land , and Ail' lilinistry to keep them Lnf'o rmed em ter.hniral, it merely r erra.i.ns fer him to f i.gure ('ut vIhat tactical and cur-rnrrb =tters in aviation. Arthe signal mecw~s. If he still forgets, a ticles in the Jen. 1, 1935, issue, the first ene bell begins ringing in :lis radio, and the received, include sound t)f harps will certai:cJ.y remind. h irn to Crossing the South Atlantic,by Jean MenT~z. let do,~ th8 vmeels. If this doesn't. work, an Examination fer Aerial Navi~"a"'cion the Adat ordinary kickhandle with a boxing glove on one I vanced 8C:1001r f War in 1935 ,Air .Army) end poised on a coiled spring is the last reBlind Flight. sort. " Captain McDal1nentread several prokositi?ns Are Air::raft Carriers p'oomedfor Service in advanced by aspiring Lrrverrboz s - pla.~es vrhi ch 'I the Next 'vla:r, by A..'1drevr Boone, Popular h. would carry 15 full-grown men Ln the best of Aviation, April, 1935. health with a 25 horsep0wer motor, and rubberFacific Previevl; Pan .American AirvlaYs forms a winged planes +'0 stand the wear and tear of new division, by Daniel Sayre, Aviation, crashes. I W.:arch,1935. -155V-6752, A.C.
l~jor John N. Joyce, Air Reserve, of Toledo, Ohio, recently corr.pleted two we~~s of active duty. During the Vla,rMa2~lo Joyce! the~ '!' ~st Lieut. ,. wa... in the Spruce Produc t i.ori D~V1S2.0n of tl'.e Bureau of Aircrait T:7.'Od--'l81"~ Wl'.il e en. on active duty, in ad,Uticl to t:'E) train;~~"!, . given him by the Ind.ustrial 1'1arPL'ilS Section, he assisted the ChLef of the 'I'echr-vca'l Dda Branch in the preparation of histor:Lcal da ha ~n certain wooden propellers which are on exhibition in the .A.:r!Ily Air Corps li:useuruher-e,

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At the r~qu~st of thp. Arrrv Air Ccrrs, a Forced Landing - C-9 Ai!rlan~ spec-ial conferp.JlC:p. Vias organized. hy the An intere::;tir..g report reu'ntly re~F;iv",d from Na ti ona.I Mvisory COIlT".J. ttA"l fer A."lrOnautic5 one of :.he fiel(ls d",s~rites 8, forCI"\1 l<>r d.ing ... for the rurro~~ of standardizing tte terms of a C-9 ai lane , shortly ~ftsr ~t~ take-off. used in air r..,q,riga.+irm. 'l'he ccnf er-enco -.as .. 'Ih" cent"lr en~ine s t cpped ':'empletsly :-;ht'>rtly c r gard zed w i t.h rerres'3ntatives of tht-1 l'Jar. aft.r-;r leaving the gro'J..L'i. ~hc pilot., h0w!,;7er, Navy ann COmIerr8 DErartm'mt::;, and the was acLe to return to the airdrGlI"l wL~rp hI') Natior..al Adviscry Ccrrrni btoe fer Aeronautic:;. /l::lr:.d.ed. A bad fire had. start.cd "her.edh I-h'" ':'he Chairrran of tlL" 1\. A. C.A. transmi t t ed the d i sab I ed er.gir~e but fort unatt-11y it WE" (Oxtin"Nerr.endatur", on Air Navigatien," rrepa.red"ty g'J.ishe'\ wi theut sericus rian::a'S" to t!:J.<': ,irr,lane. o the sreeiaJ. conferer-eA on air navigat.ion 'The Engine8ring Report ir..dirat."'-1 +r.~t. this t..,=s, and rAr:crr:rrend8d Th~t it "be adop t ed "tS I'l,il'} lane , in which a gravi +.y fuel syst~% V,I,s s t.and ar-d f'o r use in the War Department. Th.i s used , had on several pr ev l o cs corp_SivLS 8:7:pE>r eccrrrcerda.t i.on was app roved by the Secretary r i enc ed a partial f'a.i l ur e of one of ns Ecf War, Ma..rr:h 27, 1935. gines shortly af'te r till" take-off. 'n.... r8.Gse e A few o f T.he standard tArm.c; are: of png:i.np f a'i Lur-e hac , as yd., n('t },Arn rlet.pr"Air R,:"i~io~.: ThA 8.rt ('\~ d"':A:rrining. th8 cined. hut the fir" was beliFvpd tn :ta.Vt-1rssillt.geograph1.cn.J pos Lti cn, and JTB.lntalnlr:g d'3Slr"d ed frem excess gaao.l i.oe disohargrod r-y the ac dir<:r:tien, of an aircraft relative to the r.elerating I'ut!p, ]?0ssil'ly due to 8. rark a r.d earth's surf::,.'::e by ILAans of p i Lo t age , dead r<'l- forth rrc t i.ori I'f the t hr o t.t Le in "In pffort. to ('kening, or-lestiuI crservations, or radio rf\start the engin"). The gasrlir,'" r1lrnir.g into aids. the c~rb~ptor air scoer rra~ h~ve }Aen ignited N('\tp.: 7h~ to rn; '8.vigaHon' has been sug1":y 8. slip;1.t bar:k f i r L!"'It notineahlo to HlP, gp,st"'d but it is con~id8r~d unneceSS8XY and llI1desir8.bJ.0. " "C"lp.stial lJavigation.ThA met.hod of detp.rmining the geogr8.phiCP_l rosi tion of an airTh"1 light r("atir~ ("f oil rlaced on rrop"lcraft by Ocsp.rvation of colestial objects." lArs daily in acco rdanoe with existin~ rP8ula.I~ead Reckcning.The ITP.thod of deterTJning t i onn ,,")yves '3. do cb l e rurpose. It, 01 "'ours," , geccgra'l)t:ir:al :pc.,sition of an aircraft by arply-protpcts thp surfctrp hI''+- it also l'.as '3. +er.dening the tr~ek and. t,he grour,d speed I'l,S estirratr:y to ox i d i z e in any r-rar-ks t r.a t rray hp presp,d or ce.l cul at.e-i O'T")r a ce r ta.i n reriod of ent, I::'.akinF: thsIL st<J.nd or.t as J.?rll 1 inos, thus t frern thp. po i r.t of d",pp,rture or f' r cm the tJ.c.sist-int: in detrrminat ion of 'rhr~-h,"r or r.o t last knovm position. Abbrpvlatinn: D.R. D.R. any drf"ct:; "xist vihi.eh v:c,:1d reDler th" Tropositi')I". is indicated by an X." t pr-ll"'r L.Esd table '~ilotaBe.The ITthod of conducting an aircraft. fr::rrn cne point bo another by Gbsen;-a+.ioIl S(Overal adi'Jities have rpper+r-d f-.hat. th~ of lBnd rrarks, ei th8rpr8'Tirmsly known, or tir::e r8qdrr;d to cl:u:'cngo ::tartprs on J:'-26A 8.irrec0gr~i7.ed from a llT-l1"" is '~.rlio Nav~at~~.Thp mAthod of ce~,dl1etir: I 'DlaEes, ~",qc:.iT'}'ed v,in, 1"-134C-27 "ngin"ls, 8Il I'l..irr:raft frem nne roint to ano t.hc r ICy r ad ic I ~:<Cf.S:;iV~~ J~J; tc the i:ihCC8S:.::ibility of thl>. I 'bc t.t cm 3/;_~" ~~.~t,v:}-ic.h Cf::i.r.r.ct hR sE..f~tisrl. nr R.iris, such as the r ad i o r-eaccn , radicUrect,icn finder, or ra1io8d bearings." t.i:):_~ene:i, unl es.s t hr- l81t carb-ur"'hr "lir in'Lhe nornenc La.t ur-r- of Air Corps ':;ir--'1;h,rs ... :ill t.ake ~:tack,; ar.d left [I'lBnete ar e r"'rnovpd. b" ",o1're" \-.od t.o agre"1 wi +1. the s tanl8.1'd ncmer .... ':.Le fcllc ... -iI1S CC1!!:lCI',tshav> t-")cn ~xtracted rJ.at,ur8 when thAy are r ev i scd , f'r crr; t l,e r cp Ly of the IVB,terid .. Iri v i s i on to the ::ns3.ti,;factcr:y Reports rpfArr"\d tC': "2. A r.ub , Tart No. 521, rray he 0mHted ~Fuf')l Tank, T-lGD Airplane. frem the lower s t ar t e r s t ud , rart No. 641, Frem t-.irr.A 1-0 time rpT'orts are recAivAd in ',"'hen installed. in the s t a r t e r , but thA nuts this offic8 (If the failure of J~al~Jn gascori tr_e r erra i ni ng c t ar-t.e r s tud s "rill bp' S"llint-1 r.a.r.ks , Usually, a failure' is a resul t of curely t.i~htened and rropprly ,afetied. ** 6. l~ak d~v,"l("I'ing along '3. seam or ar-ound '1. "4.' A tcchnie'3.1 OrdFr on this suhject is riv'}l- head, A l'[U'ticl~lar rer<;rt from one of in the proeps;; r f rrpparation." +h", Air COrDS staticU0follows: "Thl'l t1'l.~Jcv.a.s IpRking rrofusely in the lower renter of 0h~ bark ~~ll, wh~r~ thr In r")r1y tC' a corrrr..unieation t? the.W8ter~el rivisi0n with referenCE: to difflcultles bAlng t~ffle plat~ is riveted +0 th", cute r shc Ll , Visual insrAction did Lot rl'lveal any ri,ets experienoed ~y thl>. ~ervire in lu}ricat~Il~ ex: 1I)OS~, bl~t sAv~ral mi nute cracks vres: four-d. ha.us t ii'n.lves of radial engines by the lnJectlon of 120-sP'oond oil, the rhief of the M8.teriel No IUm:.bers of the flls~lage were bear i ng against, th~ r ank at the ar-ea cf Leak, 1'he Division stated: t'3.r:k was f'our.d t.o be rrounr ed securely and 'This Division has realized fer seme time corr'3r:t,ly. " that 120 sl>.cond oil is lL~satiGfactory for V-6 '752, A. C. -15

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The Chief of th"l Mt3.t.eriel rivision r ep Li ed as follows: The 20-hour inspection of rrain tank support fittings referi'ecl to in paragraph 2 can soon be eliminated as new steel fittings are being manuactured at one of the depots and will bfl installed as soon as they are availaHe. . "b. The referencp. to r-emoval, of exhaust sta~ks to permit checking back la3h evidently pertains bo thp rragner o ins-pect.ion ca.l Led for in paragraph 6b, Technical Ord"'r 02-1-36. The P-26A I s should-all be equipped -fiith engines baving rragnet.cs with the req'l:irp,d gear changes rradR by the rcanuf'ac bur er . TaragraFh 2, 'rechnical Or de r 02-1-36, also req1lin's the installation of new gpars bef'c re any \lTzodified rcagnetcs are installed as ropl<::.ceo'"jr;ts. The inspection for back lash is therefcre ennecessary where rragnetc s are eauiFI.'td":i. t}l the new al umi mzn- bronz e and har'dcned s t b81 gears, and 7echnical Order CG-20 (pC'.ge 21) shcul.d be waived accor d i ngl y, A sur-vey 71i11 be made to determine if all ffi~gn()tOG [lave beenl changed , so t,hat Tec:b..nical Orders 02-1-36 02-1-35 can be modi f'Led to el izni na'c unnoc e s~arJ insr,ections of any V-AG installations. IU8identally, it will b.e noted that paragrarh 5, :echni~al Order 02-1-36, provides a rr~ans for identifying by eLterlli~l rrarkir.gs, t~e uagne+,r::.z tLat, ha:I"3 gear s installed. It

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The chief pur~ose of this publication is to distribute information on aero~ nautics to the fly~ng personnel in the Reb~lar Anny, Reserve Corps, National Guard, and others connected with aviation. ---000--PROPELLER FAILURE UNDER HEW FORM OF ANALYSIS By Lieut. H. H. Couch, Air Corps A strange problem presented itself to I dQst or sand was shaken on the blades the Air Corps Materiel Division during and results noted. When a resonant vi1934 in the repeated failure, both in bration frequency of the blade was military and commercial service, of reached, the dust or sand completely metal propellers built from materials wor~~d off tl~ blades except at the whose endurance stresses were well I stationary nodal points wh~e a narrow above the computed stresses under which band of it remained. Thus we re the failure in operation occurred. For ex- areas of weakness definitely located. ample, aluminum alloy propellers with i By vibrating the blades for several an endurance limit of 12,000 pounds per I hours with the air motor, tip failures square inch failed under computed oper- occurred that were almost identical ating stresses of 3200 nounds per with those obtained in flight. These square inch. Li.kewi se , nollow steel failures invariably occurred in the propellers, the endurance limit of wbose near vicinity of the node nearest the material was 40,000 pounds per square I tip. inch at the point of failure, had failA study of all Air Corps propeller ed at computed str~sses of 15,000 pounds failures since 1929 revealed the f~ct per square inch. Here was a technlcallyj that most of the failures occurred o n puzzlin~ situatio~, the solution of eng~nes having crankshafts in which the which of'f e.red to engineers something of nat'J,lral frequency at the cr-ankshaf G a problem. Clearly, the problem was not could be excited by engine exulosiun one of simple stresses. I fre~uency. An instrument develofeu by The Question arose as to whether some F .L. Prescott. of the Materiel D1V~f::ion, form of vibration could possibly be re- has proved very 'Valuable for deterr:111:i~ sponsible for these failures, and it ~as resonant crankshaft conditions. A decided that the only detennination 0: crankshaft having a bad torsio~l whip this point lay in a study of the various or vibration first manifests itself in types of vibration possiole in aircraft galled rear cones. If the propeller pro~ellers. This study the Materiel Di- blade has a resonant frequency that covislon decided to undertake. incides with the crankshaft frequenc~ A propeller may be defined as a taper- the result,is usually a tip failure ln ad twisted beam made up of thin airfoil the near vicinity of the n~de nearest sec t i ons , The b1ad.e deflects easily the tip. These failures usually occur about i:-, ne'!!t.::al s that is almost axt between 50 and 150 hours of operation. paral~El to t~e chcrd of the airfoil In cases where the blade resonance se ct Lo a and is rigid about an axis at frecuency does not coincide with the right G.nt:;les the neutral axis. For to frequency of a crankshaft that is operthe eX~ltation of vibration, the follow- ating under bad resonant conditionsJthe ing p~an was tried: result is usually a blade failure near The e.ssembled proneller was suspended the hub, a hub failure, or a crankshaft in Sh'.'CK absorber cord of such elastici- failure. Re sonan t freouency in the t;r tf~:-.t low natural f reouency would a I blades can also be excited by blades r e su Lt. A rotatint; eccentric weiGht I passing too neav objects such as a mud d:-vou by a ema'l l, a.i r motor was mounted ,'guard or the si:ie of the fuselage. on t2e front of the pro~cller hub so A method of d0termining the type and tbat tho plane of rotatlon of the weight frequency of vib~ation of the blades p2Jo~8d.through the center line of the and. the actual stresses in the blades I)l~r:r2lh;:c blade. The speed of the motor under flyinG co nd.i tions is being develwac, tJ;li':'U g~adual1y increased until viol- o:ped by ~:![,teric::' Division engi~ers. ent vJ.l:'~'atlon resulted. Wl th the knowl.cdge now at band 1t would Under the vibration forces at various have been possible to predict :practi.calfrequencies it was found that the action ly all of t:'le failures of serv i ce t::"-Je of the 'blades was similar to tbat of propellers that have occurred in tl',:;: Air reeds. The ti DS showed a Large ampliCorps since 1929. In several cases 1 t. tude of movemehtJ while certaln stations has been necessary to change nropellcrs or nodes on the blades remained practic- and restrict engines to a specified ally stationary. These nodes were 10range of operation to prevent failure. cated by a unique method. Fine wood Every possible effort is being made at -158. V-6766,.A. .C.

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Editorial Note: Lieut. H.H. Couch, the author of the above article, unde r whose direction the method. of vi bratio'1E..1 te sting of pro pe Lj.er e was oris1 nat ed and developed, 11.9.3 "'.leen at Wrif.r.t Field with the exception of a few months s i.nc e 1929, when he re"')orted to attend the Air Corps Engineering School. Graduating in 1930, he WQS assigne~ elsewhere for a short period, and r-e tur ne d tJ the field in December of the SaD.1e ec:.r. He served y as an .American re1)renentative to the Handley Page Co. in ::Cn~land dur i ng the World War, and saw flYIng ser-v Lcc else-' where in ]}u.rope. He holds the desree cf B.S. in Aeronautical En,~:ineerir.g from the UnLver sl ty of l~ichigan (1922) arid the Army ratings of 8.i~ship pilot and baLl con observer. His contribution to ae r onaut Lca.i science in the new test metllods described above is among the important 01"83 of recent year s , ---000---

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1'1'0 ivlLlister then soo ke of recent orde r s to. be d.eli::r,ered d~ing; the year, ment Lom.ng t he b8rman .:;21 night bombe r s , ~hc kJl1.ot 14rJ multiple figh:ters, t~~e. Bre~uet 41 combat planes, tnc DevoJ.hue equJ.}"Jod Witil a cannon, the Potez 54 comcar, pl ane , the i,Iuree.UX: 'e conna I s... r sance t ype 3.:;'lC1 the Liore 205 bombers. "l;;t t he erid of 1935, the Air Army vill have 600 modern planes, and at the end of 1936, I, 000 first-line planes .a s foilows: 350 bOI:lbers, 340 :fighters, and (',10 inf'onnation planes. By comparison with t~e ~regent w~uber (given as 1850), the e.ie ed and raCi.ius of action will I have 'been doubl.ed , II GCL3ral Dena Ln said the pe r so nne L wO'1.1d'ce trained at the Versailles Air School. The Lower l ng of age li:nits viill permit promo t Lon of younger offiI eel'S to t.he :11g11er ranks. The new 01'1 t;ani z.a'ti on of the reserves and the perf'ec t i n.: of p::esent t ra.l ni.ng methods have aI'reac1y given se..tisfactory results. FrOI:l 1936 on, the "')er80nnel of the reserve squadrons will be mobilized 17ith I the unit to whi cl; they are attached for trairl~ng.. A. statute for reserve pe r so n-

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:F'RA-NOE LEANSTOWAlill MU'.GTI..,PLACE PL~\l\l""ES~~; ~~;'~o~~~ef~se<l on that for regular I . I :!frence will be d.ivided into three air In a recent lecture to air reserve of- I regions (221'i6, Tours Rnd Lyo~s). plus ficers taking an advanced trair~L)5 I eo fourth one in North Africa linstead course, Ge ne ra.I Dena'i n , French Ai r ;'iIinis-l of the pr e serit five). This will faciliter, sto.ted. t:~t for r ea.so no ",f eco nomy, I t a t e ~elle:;.'a.l or;anization e.Lready pcrthe Air General Staff adcove d the idea i f'ec t ed by the change from 11 regiments of a multi:;?lace combat plane. "There is I to 25 winGS. ---000--no doubt that after six months oi waT a i very great speciali zation r n the various i n:S'fRUM.INT FLYING AT OLMSTbD JfIEL:cr/ kinds of aviation would be at t.at ne d , as " the question of money, in time 0: war, does not :matter," tho Gene ra.l said, addTi.18Jne a i r-p.l ane at Olmsted Field, ing t.ha t for the pr e sent t:le ?re:"1ch nad ivdaL.:.let.ovm,P,~ , which. is completely .. the 1?ulti-:mrpose plane fulfillinG theec,uip:pGd i'or in3trUI?-ent flyins? a 13T-2:B, reoui remenb s of the nrogra'Cl. of November , ~18S been ver;/ much t.n demand s i nce the 1933. For interception, they have the advent of warm spr i ng weather. This gun-engine sint;:le-se8.ters with a speed I air-,Jla:1e is e qu'ioped with an instrument of over 400 K"L;:t/h (248.5 m, -,).h. ). 1 flying hood, complete set .,f flight General Dena.Ln then refe:red to the Lr.st rument s , intercod:pi t J;1hones, and idea, i:1spired by the Navy, of a ! two-way r acdo , providing a1.1 the ne ce s"contact \I Lane - mul ti-seaters ~ary f'ac i Ldt Les f'o r nav i ga t Lon by capable, view Jf their snecial conJ.nstr~llents. str1.ction, of llia~ng contact wit~ eDemy This station is fortunate in tp~t a ~nits ID8_rchin~ against 4n objective Department of Corumerce radio beam is 10wi thout 8,t.tc.'ckin6 them (ev e n refusing c'ted seven miles from O'Imst e d Field,one combat), but vni ch , t.ha.nks to their beam of which extends directly over the speed, would. keep not o~y land st2tions fjeld. Many of the pilots nf this stabut also Lnt er ce'ot.Lon 'J....'1i t3 t!1.king of'f a 'cion have attained a de~re0 of ~91'0ficienlittle later, informeci of the enemy's cy in navigation by rad:to such that they moves via r ad.i.o . are ab l.e , whl Le under the hood, to nroGeneral Denain stated that the I'ta.rtin. ceed to the field f rom any given po l nt comber has a 3Deed of 325 Kn/h (19~ :1~h) within range of the radio beacon, close at 1500 m.. ' but h"'} IJ1)t the ~aI?e ce!l~ng I the throttle -; whi Le still ~der the hood, as the Bloch 201 lwhose speeQ 1S 29b then o~en the hood and glJ.de to a landK...rn/h ~18~ mph}, nor its comIllete defense. in~ w l t.hou.t further use of the en~ine; The A:Lr Nlim.ster said. Franoe would have tlu.s, de S"Pl te the fact that Olmsted FJ.eld 2')') ::n,()~hnby the end of 1935, which is '7 miles di stant from the radio beacon. . ~5~

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With the development and exoanai.o of i we re inspected by a board of officers, n the Army Air Corps, new Posts~for the i and of the various sites suggested, the housing and training of this highl~ lone located in Marin County was finally technical branch of the armed serv~ce I qpproved, ~rincipally beca~se of its cenhave been made necessary. Invariably, I tral location between our Canadian border these Air Posts have, through necessity: and our Mexican border. Other reasons of topographical requirements, been de- ccntributing toward the selection of this veloped.along entirely new lines, and .site were the facts that it is sheltered in no sense are they a continuation of, 'I from the sea by a low range of mountains or adeli tion to, an existing, and in .and is far enough inland to be free from many cases, antiquated, Arwy Post, as gun-fire of an enemy's fleet; that it is so often occurs in the expansion of adjacent to the nrincipal manufacturing other Line Organizations. district of the West Coast; that it is Eliminating the necessity of building remarkably free from fog, the weather beta harmonize with existing facilities, ing never too hot and never too cold, it bas been possible to eradicate previ which allows a maxiwum number of flping ous stand.ards of an antig.uated origin, hours throughout the year. and start from the grounu UD along an On July 3, 1930, President Hoover si~nentirely new line of thought. The ed.the "Kahnll Bill which provided the ~uarter3aster Corps entered into these initial appropriation of ~1,412,117.87 new uroblems with erruhus Lasra and a defor construction. termination to develop along the line Ca~)tain Nurse arrived in Marin County of moet rao der'n "city planning" a group on April 28, 1931, to assume the duties of neu Air Posts, which are fast urovof Constructing ~uartermaster in charge ing to be models l70rthy of ad::niraHon of the planning and the construction of from the lover of good architecture ,as this Air Field. Considerable delay was well as the efficient and most exacting caused in securing title to the pronerty, rr.unicipalengineer. but throu~h the untiring efforts of~the In each case the location of sites uublic-sp~ri ted business men of Marin for these nev Posts has been most adCounty, by whose patriotic action the mirably selected for the purpose intend tract of land was donated, the title was edt especially is this true in the case finally cleared up and this new Air Field of Hamilton Field, the Army's newest bec~le a reality when on March 17, 1932, Air Field. the site became the property of the To the north of the sparklinG waters United States, as the deed was turned of San Francisco Bay lles a dre~y and over to the War Department. enchanted ulayground where, for over a This delay, although aggravating at the hundred years, people who love to live t~me, proved a blessing in disguise, in have found escape from the busy world, tnat it ga:v;e ample time to thoroughly plan and with their precious heritage of gay every facility and iron out inequalities le~sure the present population of this tllat are so often encountered in vast enromantic spot fairly-radiates hospital- gineering problems of this nature where Ity guite reminiscent of the old speed is paramount. '. Spanf sh Grandee, which contributes a The new Air Base was officially de si gcharm and an anpea'l bard to resist. It na t ed as "Hamil ton Field," in honor of is within thi sfno st favored setting First Lieutenant Lloyd Andrews Hamil ton, that Uncle Sam has selected a site for Seventeenth Aero Squadron. the building of Hamilton Field. Lieutenant Hamilton was awarded the DisIn the heart of Marin County, only tinguished Service Cross by the United one hour from gay San Francisco, the States Government for extraordinary heroworld's most cosmopolitan city, lie the ism in action at Varssonaere, Belgium, wood-studded hills bordering the acreAUL~st 13, 1918. Leading a low bombing age where, vithin the past two years, attack on a German airdrome 30 miles behas been built this most modern Air hind the lines:f. destroyed the hangars he Field, an accomplishrJent of the Conon the north s de of the airdrome, and struction Ddv lslon of the ouar t.eruast.er then attacked a row of enemy machines ,:oe'lrCorps. It is the charm of this place ting fire to three of the German planes. which caused the Chief of Air Corps, on He then turned and fired machine gun his recnt tour of inspection, to exbursts through the windows of the Chateau claim with unre st raf.ned enthusiasm, in which German "DUots were quartereJ, "This is the most beautiful Post in the twenty-six of whom were af t erwards re1Jortentire worldl II ed killed. Lieutenant Hamil ton was later Emnilton Field ori~inated with a plan ~illed in action near Lagnicourt, France, launched in 1928 by bhe War Department on August 26, 1918. to establish an Air Field for a bombing On September 26, 1933, another incengroup at some point on the West Coast. tive was given to the construction rI~Early in 1929, prospective cities gram when an additional amolU1t of
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$3,462,183.41 was -orovided under the ,the lofty peak of Mount Tamalpais is suPub'l i c VJorks aDpro~)riation, making a to- pe r irnoo sod, tal a')-oropriatlon to da.t e of $4,8'14,302." A_o fitting c rown to a hi[:h Dfromontor;)r ' Hamilton Field. 'o:rovides ac conmo t i ono da in the residential area, a ramo ing for 79 coramls sf.ozred of'f Lcer-c , 70 no ncom- building, that mi znt have been the hacimissioned officers, and 800 enlisted cnda 0: some early Spanish Grandee, is men. 'I'he r-e serve.ti on cotro r i se s a total tl>.J Of'f i cer s ' Club, with its complete 1'0,of 928 acres. il:o'oroxin1ately 160 acres cilities, Lnc Lud.ing lounge rooms', game lie in the form a low ra:'lge of rriLl s , I rooms r.nd a Ilodel kitchen. Occupying which make an id.eal residential sec t l on. lone rambling Y"inE;are several suites of Beyond this range of hills and San Paolo i r00Il1Swhere vi.si tinE; officers and. their Bay, lie 768 acr e s of flat, level land, 'families may be very cornf or t ab'Ly put up. which is utilized f'o r a 12.ncling field I In thin the environmonts of the spacious appr'o xi.ma'teLy one mile square. This low,! patio sur-rounded by the wings of this level land is' two feet beLow mean low I l.:'lilc'l.inE, ene listons for the strumming tide, but is we l I -oro'tected br n. subI of bui'(jars played by some bold Caballero st.,.ntinl levee that has be en l11 existencel to his daTk-G~,cr~de nor Lt a ; though gay S for 07er thirty years. ! f'aridango and "he fiesta here have given Originally the w:lters of San Pablo Bey I '-"'ay to them':,re modern danc i.ng , yet roIp'l):ped t~c foothi11.s t1].at. now for:.l the II:.C)'),.vG .':11dgaie~y still a8911.11d. r~s:denhal a::ea, ~ut ?-ur~~l"; t he "?lacer I i?l::mts DJ1cl shr-ubs have, _o~'en-propaE:;atfJd rm rn ng ope rat t.ons r n t.he olerr'l Nove da t.n our O'l7Il nur se ry , e s t.ab.l i shed at the Mountains, .ni ne tailinGS were sweot down beginnh:'! of the project. tho .k::c,rican end Sacr,',r,lonto Ilivcrc Whell the newly as e i gae d officer art hrough J2rquinez Str'j ts ac:c.:. d::.:.nG s rives at Hami.Lt.o n T'i.e Ld wi th his family, into the rno re Ill-add vlcter c: the r:'a!'in ne wiLl. find Dot O.l~l.y modern and up-toa shores, they se t t Led t nd grE..,'\.uaJ.l,'T I:~ilt the minute :::.ome aV8.itinE.~him, but also a up thi s area, Wl1i cii Lrt cr 0,1 G0l'.1e e r-: cornul.et e Ly ber.ut Lf'ul, Lawn, wi th a nro f'uerrt prisinf; individual reclaimed. b;;r t~le con- s i on 0:;:' sh:CU)S and flowers, for which struction of a levee at its ou~er edGe California is so ~8]1 famed. In fact, and by pumping the excess water u:' t nt o I 110 t h i n.; ha.s ;:;een r:n:-1.red lly tho Q,uarterthe Bay. mc::~sterCOY.f)1;j in D.l9.bng this army post a On e nt e r i ng nr',milto:::: 1ield, cne pa s se s real nome for its occupants. down a wide ~oah:1-lined C'v-enuc, lea.:ii~J.;? --'-------to Headquar t er s , e stC?b~ .:;:;hecl in a cu.lLdAd.c.i ti oW.I inf crrna t ion on HamiI ton ing W:J.iC:lis a 1'8-01i(>" .yE' t.nc old ,;:i8:B'ield., furnis~~_ed by the News Letter corsions of early California; w"t~ its deep respcndent, is:given belo~, as follows: a.r che d, loggia, one mL;:,_t expc c t to catch Harii.Lton FaeLd ~,s a ses.oo r t as well as a glim)Jse of the dar'c--r,)beli'figurl3 of a an a i r-oor t , Three miles of cana.L connect Span l sh Padre sJcro:.lirlr: ':Jitll pra;yer-oook it wit:1 the d.eep v:ater of San Pablo Bay in hand, and. 8,t ev cnt i de to hC:'.r~he v:hicb;ivos access to the Pacific through pe aLl ng of boll s call -:nq; tho f:li C'.::.''J1. to the Gc':.d.en r:.:-t.'ce. ~.'his canal we~sd11as the hour of ve e'oer s . a r t of the $5,000,)00 construction proJust beyo nd Headquar t.er s , one will Jeet at the !'i:arin County field. Oant.af.n find the technical building, ",11 ill How> .... 3. Nur t e , Ccns t ruc t i on Q;ua,rtenm:tsrd gleaming vlhite, relieved by the bl'i:;;ht t.er , be l i eve s that this barge canal will green of abundant se,ni-trvpical shl-J.oaav e the govenll1lont t.hovsands of dollars, bery. Modern Barracks, each to house due to tho fact t.hi t t~le government retwo hundred men, and Cl. long r_ouble row ce i.vc s wat cr rates from the railroad of llangar s of ~iC"U1tic propoz-t.I on, a.re wlri cr. ~lr-uls Il'ei,0;ht into the o s t . Othertho last word E1 appo i ntmen't , vi se L18 cana I m\t,.ht be used at any time Literally, H~~ilton Field :s a little as the:"e is small wharfabe at the terSpanish Vi'.lage just sprung from the ;Dinus~lear t:18 boathouse. hills. Here, beauty, co.af'or t , and. utilT~1eIiamil t on Field :Navy has a crew of i ty have been cornb ned, 100]:.1ng t owar d i four 1'1811 froil the 70th Service Srruadr on, the he a'l th, social intercourse, and con- Scrsc,Jnt JaL'.::s M. Rotalen and Privates t e ntmorrt of its Lnhi.bi t.ant e . Homes Lawr-ence Brojan , :Ellis A. Larsen and built of individual chc.r-act er , witcJ.out I'homc,s Dickman the three boats. The the monotonous sLnilari ty of the usua I J-40 is used as a crash bcaf to rescue a.rmv po s t , tree-lined bouf evc.rds shaded personnel of aircraft \7110 may have t he lawns"; and the informal but attractive' ill :::'o)~tune to nose dive into the Bay. winding of streets through the natural I The P-7 is in drydock. A sea sled with contours of the hills lend charm. I a r-eout e d speed of 35 miles Del' hour is The houses, most modern in aooo i.nt-: the only fast wat er trans Jortation. The ment, yet truly Spanish in character,are other two boats will ITk~~e'about 15 miles not ~lacecl in stiff and disnified rows, Iper hour. b~t ~nfOTh1ally scattered so as to take advantage of the wonderful vista of San The whole setting of Hamilton Field is PablO Bay to the east, across whose I redolent of early California. Jot only placid waters the Contra Costa shores ,tlle arcllitecture of the buildings but are visible, or to the West, overlooking also thE; landscaping shows the influence the majestic Coast Range Mountains,where of the early Dons. The plant life -161V-6766, A.C.

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Toward the accomplishment of the ~a1 selected includes 6,000 trees of the of 20 hours per pilot for the Fiscal early nati~e flora. kliOnc these are conifers, ash, palms, walnut and bamboo Year, one squadron has already completed Second Lieut. Robert E. Cron, Jr., Aset tnat ~mount; two other squadrons are Const. ~.M., is in charge of tlus W 0rk.ahead of schedule, and tlia remaining squLdrons bP~e progree~ed sufficiently ---000--far to warrant the assumption that theY' INSTRmJENT FLYING IN HAWAII will have completed this amo'~t before July 1st next. In September, 1934,' at the direction The officers of the Wing have been of the Wing Commander, Colonel Delos C. eager to take these courses of instrucFmmons, a Wing Instrument Flyi~ School tion, and in some instances officers was established for all -ni1.otsstation- who had already received a. basic course ed in the Hawaiian Depa.rtment. Reali zat another station reouested remission ing the importance of instrument flying to undergo a second course of~instructraining to Air Corps Off. icers, CO.lonelll tion. It 1s due to this fact, perhaus Emmons desired that the proficiency nf more than to any other, that the progthe pilots in the 18th Composite fling ress in the Wing School has been so in this type ~f flying be broUGht to I' gratifying. the hiGhest possible standard. He sa---000--Lec t ed Lieut. ~lmer J. Rogers, Jr., of ...,,,., ~.. the 5th Comuos1te Group, Luke Fiel~, to G~l~RAL SIMONDS INSPECTS LANGLEY FI~LD direct this. school, because of t~4t ~fficer's past exnerience as instructor The Deputy Chief of Staff, MP.jorin instrument flying. General George S. Simonds, arrived at.' Lieut. Rogers assisted in the early Langley Field, Va. from Washington in i experiments which led to the establish- a Ford Tri-wotor pane on l~rch 27th. ment of the Instrument Flying School at I~di&tely following his arrival, an Brooks Field, Texas, in 1929, taking aerial review was staged in his honor charge of this school at a later date, b~ the Second Wins, General Headquarters Gnd thereafter establishing such A1r Force, after which an 18-ulane schools at other posts, including Pursuit squadron, led by 1st Lieut.e.G. Chanute and Mi t che.l, Fields, and lectur- Goodrich, performed a spectacular combat in~ on the t:\ubjectto a number of drill as a team of elements, team of National Guar-d Squadrons. I flights and squadron team in "St ri.ng" It Was Colonel Nnmons' plan that one formation. F~lot be selected from ea?h of th~ tac- . General Simo~s dep0rt~d the ~ollowGlcal squadrons of the 5t~ Compos1te lnb day to ContlnUe nlS 1nspect1on trip Group at Luke Field and from each of of United States Army Posts~ the prothe tactical souadrons of the 18th Pur- posed route out Of Langley Field being: suit Group at vtheeler Field, to act as Pope, Maxwell and Barksdale Fields. assistants to Lieut. Rogers and as the ---000--Instrument Flying instructors for their TACTICAL TRAINING IN HAWAII respective squadrons. Considering officers wlw possessed the qualifications and experience which "Of a distinct advantage to the fl~ng made them best fitted to act as instru~ personnel of the 18th Pursuit Group, I s;:cys the News Letter CorresJ?onc.ent, Ilis tors in this type of flving, Lieut. the op)ortun1ty we have of rreauently Rogers selested as his assistant~ Lts. participating in Field Exercises and Gilkey, Morrow! Starkey and LadQ, of The the 5th Compo slte Group, and Lts. Winn, Maneuvers of the Hawaiian Division. Division, itself, enjoys the distinction Nelson and Keillor of the 18th Pursuit of being the only corrp.Le t eLy assembled Group. G01ng a step beyond the re0uirements ~r~anization of tl~t designation in the UUlted States Ar~y. as set forth by the Chief of~the Air During the M:,.;,euvers December, 1934, in Corps for this phase of trainin~, Col. the entire Division took the field f0r Emmons set as the goal to be attained the period of a week, conducting compreby this Wing, 20 hours of instrument hensive problems under actual field conflying for each pilot. To date, every pilot who had not had a basic course in ditions. instrument flying has received a 10The Air Force was called on to ~erf~rm both day and night missions, call1ng for hour basic course, com~leted within 42 days, as required by A1r Corps Circular Pursuit, Attack, Bombar-dment and ObserDue to the heavy 50-1, under the guidance nf a thorough- vation aviation. tropical growth along the trails and ly qualified instructor, and has been the excellent instruction previously regiven a diploma, signed by Colonel ceived by personnel of the Division with Emmons, attesting to this fact. Every pilot who had received such a. basic I reference to concealment 1 the pro~lemf course at some other station received a I pre senbed were mo at difflcul t . However. the training received was most instru~refresher course, ~arying in length i tive, and many valuable tactical lessons from 30 minutes to 5 hours. -162V-6766, A.C.

were learned. In view of the desire of th~ Chief of Staff of the Anny to familiarlze the Air Cnrps with the functioning cf' the various ground branches of the military service to a greater extent than now practiced, few stations are better equJuped for such an excellent onportunity than is Wlleeler Field. ' ---000--PRAISE FOR 41st DIVISION AVIAT-ION Praise of an exoeutiOl1al nature was given the 41st Division Aviation, Washington National Guard, by MajorGeneral Paul B. Malone, recent~y appointed Ninth Ccrps Area Co~~ander, on ris inspection of roilitarJ'Ullits at Spokane, Wash. "Thig is the finest Natior.l81Guard aviation setup that I have ever se en ;" Gren. Malone stated. He was especially ~leased with the new $102,000 11angar at Felts Field, about which he inqui~ed particularly, especially into the finances necessary to lts construction.. He inspected Felts Field closelY, asking many questions about the size ~~ the airDort, ,revalling winds anddrainage. ~ During the course of his houris visit at t:le airport, he was told about Spok~nels ambition to secure a Regular Army Air Corps depot under the National Air Frontier Defense prograL being considered by Congress. General Malone indicated a real interest in the preparation of accurately scaled air L~PS for fire-control purnoses and s~ressed p rticul rly the Importance of contour~ on tb~se ~'FS. His q'~ery as to whe the r the orgar~ization had prepared such a map for the 41st Division encamp:nent in- June at Fort Lewd s and Camp Murray was answered Ln. the affirmative. At a banquet in the evening, more than 300 citizens of Snokane honored the General with their presence and hoard a most stirring presentation of military importance at vhis time. ---000--/' FLYING CADET STILL MISSINGv'

I Selfridge Field a heavy ground fog set

weather became very bad, and at

I in.,' The P:-26 flown by Ca~et Lampl was equ~pped Wl th two-way rad.Lo and night fI;p.ng ~i?rara~usl bl.?-t ll?thing was reI ce ived r rom hf.m lnd,lca,hng that he att empt.e GO u se his radio to get in d touch wi th the conmand set at Selfridge. At about 10:00 p.m., Lieut. Harlan T. MCCOElick, the Station Operations OfflI ce r , b roadca s't the following message: ,IiFly West and bail out.1! Whether Cadet Lampl, received thi s message is doubtful, but the eutl re First Pur euft Grou.p spent two whole weeks scour i.ng thA ! cQu~tr.siQe around Cleveland and between ~hat city and Selfridge Field,and as far west as Kalamazoo, Mich., in the hope that some trace of the plane might be found. Thus far, however, the I sear-ch has proved fruitless. The Group I continues to dispatch airQlanes to run 'I down clues phoned to the field. / ---000--I REORGAlJIZATION UNDER WAY AT MARCH FIELD

Much of the time and effort ~f the per?onnel at March Field, Rivers~de, CalIf., has recently been spent 1n reorgA.ni.zingto meet the requ.irements for the e-HQ, Air Force. Unlike most statione, the new GF~ set-up clanged tge I basic Air Force d.esignation of t.he urincip~l organizations at this field. The 17t:il Pur su.i Group was changed to the t ,17th Attack Groun. . i In addition to~organizing the 1st Wing I !Ieadquarters, work has now been ccmpletI ed in reassi7ning personnel to the new I tactic~l units composing the 17th Attack I Gr cut., The only things remaining to cOilllJlete the change are the confirmation of o rde r s of officers for the various command and. staff functions and recei.pt of r.he new planes wi th which the new Attack squudrons are to be equipped. Entrlusiasm for the change has been somewba,t dimmed b~T notification that the new Northrup Attack planes will not be ,ready for delivery at March Field until some time in March, 193.,6. I~ the meantime, the present equiument (Boeing I P-26Is) are rapidly being sent to the . Boe lng factory, where fl~PR are being Flyi~g Cadet,MiltoThA. Lamrl, Air C9rps, lnstalled to reduce landlng speeds. mysterlously dlsappeared durlng the illght., ---000--of March lOth, while en route to Seliricge GE~mRAL FOULOIS VISITS RAlJDOLPH FIELD Field from Cleveland ,~irport, Cle7e1and, Ohio, on an avigation training fl:.rht. Major-General :Benjamin D. Foulois, Cadet Lampl had departed from Se:ifridge Chi.ef of the Air Corps, arrived at the Field on March 9t~, flying to Chall~te Air Corps Training Center on March 29th Field. Ill., Schoen Field, Lnd'i anapo.l , Ls and spent the next t hr ee days inspecting Ind . and to Cleveland, where he remained Randolph and Kelly Fields. His many overnight. Departing'from Cleveland at friends were glad to welcome him again. abo~~ ?:OO ~.m: the next day, with we~r O~ SQn~~y morning, General FORlois atcond.Lt i ons lnd'l.catedac fair. The I tend.ed a. sacred concert in the Randolph ceiling was about 800 feet and it was Field cha~el, given by 44-voice chair cf raining, but conditions were indicated as the Texas Lutheran College. After the gradually- pecoming better toward Detroit. services he inspected the chapel and Shortly inl1nwing his Qeparture, the expressed his satisfaction. -163V-6766, A.C.

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BRIGADIER-GENERAL HENRY H. ARNOLD Lieutenant on April 10, 1913; Captain, May 20, 1916; Major, July 1, 1920; . Lieut. -Colonel, Febr'J.ary1, 1931 j and. Brigadier-General, ~ch I, 1935. General Arnold graduated from the Army Iniustrial College in 1924, and from the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 19G9. Prior to his detail to the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, in 1911, he served successively with the 9th, 13th and 3rd Infantry regiments. Durin~ two years of his service with the lnfantry, he was on duty in the Philippines where he conducted a topographical survey of the Island ,f Luzon. Following the completion of his flying instruction, General Arnold was assigned to duty at the Signal Corps Aviation School, established in 1911 at College Park, Md., the government ~~ving leased a thousan~-acre tract of land at that ulace for use as a flying training school. He was with the school when it was transferred to Augusta, Ga., in the fall, and returned to College Park the following sprin~. In August, 1912, he participated ln the Regular Army and National Guard Maneuvers in the States of New York and Connecticut, and established several aeronautical records. On June 1st of that year, he established a new altitude record when he piloted a BurgessWright airulane to 6,540 feet. During the latter part of 1912, General Arnold was on duty at Fort Riley, Kansas, observing field artillery firing from an airplane. He was the first military aviator to make use of radio to report his observations. His next assi~ent was in the Office of the Chie~ Signal Officer in Washington, and from there he was transferred to the newly established Aviation School at San Diego, Calif., where he served for nearly a year in the capacity of Supply Officer. Early in 1917, General Arnold organized and commanded the 7th Aero Squadron in the ParullnaCanal Zone. I~ April of that year, followingA.merica's sntry in the World War, he was assiGned to duty in Washington and placed in charge of the Information Service of the Aviation Division of the Signal Corps. Uoo n the creation of the Office of the Director nf Military Aeronautics, he was assigned to duty as Assistant Executive. In FebruarY,1918, he wasap.oointed Executive Officer and later as Assistant Director of Military AeT,mautics, a position which placed him ill direct charge of over thirty flying schools, some 15,000 Air Corps officers and IG5,OOO enlisted men. During the early part of 1918, he went overseas on an inspection tour of aviaV-6766 ,A. C.

Twenty-four years ago this month, a young Army Lieutenant arrived at the thriving 11ttIe city of Dayton, Ohio, on a mission which proved to be the turning point in his army career. He had been ordered by the War Department to proceed to Dayton to undergo instruction at the flying school conducted by the Wright Brothers. Today this same officer, BrigadierGeneral Henry H. Arnold, Air Corps, occupies a very important position in the military service, being the commander of the First Wing of the General Headquarters Air Force at March Field, Riverside, Calif. General Arnold is an aviation pioneer in the true sense of the term. Wllen he reported at Sims Station, now the site of the Air Corps Depot at Fairfield, Ohio, he found a barn-like structure \ which housed several of the early Wright biplanes, with their 40 h.p. engines, their two propellers in tandem, their two seats in front, .side by sido, and their three control sticks. His contemporaries in those early days of aviation were such well known pioneer aviators as Walter Brookings, Ral:Qh Johnstone z Arch Hoxie and Arthur L. Welsh, compr~sing the original flyng team o~ the Wright Brothers; incoln Beachy, the dare-devil; Claude raham White, the Englishmen; Louis aulhan, Jules Vedrines and Hubert atham, the Frenchmen, and last, but y no me~ns least, Lieut. Benjamin D. 9ulois ~now Major-General and Chief of the Army Air Corps). During his first year as an aviator, General Arnold made 140 flights ror a total duration of 29 hours, a record to be proud of in those early deys. ThE? following year the number 01' flights increased to 209, and he garnered new laurels for the miniature Air Corps by ini tiating many of the early aviation developments and finally winning the Mackay Trouh.y. He was the first officer to win tIns Tropb;y and, after a lapse of 22 years, won it again. ~eneral Arnold won the Trophy for 1912 by flying over the triangle Washington Bar racks , D.C., ]'ort Myer, Va., and return to College Park. In the summer of 1934, General Arnold was in command of the flight of ten. 13-10 Martin Bombers, flying from . Washington, D.C. to Fairbanks." .Alaska, and return. He was awarded tne Mackay Trophy for that year for his leadership on this expedition. Born at Gladwyne, Pa ,, June 25,1885, General Arnold, after graduating from th~ United States Military Aca1emy,West Po~nt, N.Y., June 14, 1907, was appointed a second. lieutenant of Infantry. He was p~omoted to 1st

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tion activities. From 1919 to 1924 he I mail operation in the world, General. was stationeci on the Pacific Coast, the I Arnold was in direct chari?e of this acpositions he held during that period tivity as part of his dut1es as Assistant being District Commander, Western DisDirector of Military Aeronautics. trict; Commanding Officer, Rockwell For hi s leadership of the flight of Field, Coronado, Calif.; Air Officer, ten ]-10 Bombing planes from Washington, 9til Corps Area, and Commanding Officer D.C., to Fairbanks, Alaska, and return, e of Crissy Field, Presidio of San July 19th to Aupust 20, 1934, General Francisco, Calif. Arnold was awarded the Macka~TTropl~ It was during General Arnold's period for the second time in his career as an of duty on the Pacific Coast tint a num-i Army flyer. ber of very Lrnoo r t.ant Air Corps acti vi- IOn March 1 1935, General Arnold was ties were initlat8dr such as the aerial i assicned ~s Commanding Officer of the l 1st Wing l.West Coast) of the General patrol of the f or e s t.ed areas in California and the Great Northwest, and j Headquar t.ers Air Force, with headquarthe refueling duration and distance ters at March Field, and was given the flights of Capbaf,n Lowell H. Smith (subtemporary rank of B:::'igadier-General dursequentlY leaQer of the Air Corps i ing the veriod of this assignment. Around-the-World Flight) and Cantain : General Ara8ld has the distinction of John P . Richter. I be i ng o lie of a few remaining officers Following the completion of his course in the Air Corps holding the rating of s t'udy at the .Anny Induat.r i.a'l Oo:.2.e[;e, I .:~lown as 11Ll~litary JWi~"t~~." In as!-9-tGe ne r'a.L Arnold, carl:{ ~n 1925, V;as asI ,t,lOl1, ne hol.c},s Exp~rt AVlator Cer t i.f l cat e slgned to duty as OlD.e1 of the Informa1~0. 4, and Pl10t Li.cerise No , 29. ,/ tion Division, Office of the Chj ef of --"000--or the Air Corps, Washint:~~()n. Trans.J:e:r.ced. to Marsh'3.11 Field., Fo,:, Ri Ley , Kansas, in AVIATION P:R.}!;PA:.{8];.clESS PARAl'viOUNT N.8ED March, 1926, he was in comrnCtr.d Air of Corps troops at that field until tile In an address of welcome to the Fir~t summer of 1928, when he was as s i gne d to National Iut er coLl.egt at e Flying Conferduty as student at the Command arid Genence held. in Viashin,;ton on April 2nd and eral Staff School at Fo r t Lenvenwo r th , 3rd, last, B:c:lgadier-General Jall1eS E. Kansas. Following hi S Grad'J.ation Ln Clcaney, Air Corps, asserting that he conJune, 1929, he was aSBl!;ned to du t.y as sidered thi s conference a most imuortant Commanding Officer of .:'~"o Fai-rfielcl, nu Le ut one in the advancement of aviation Ohio, Air Depot, also :J.G Chi(.~of::.J"e in t he Uni te d States, added that the Army Field Service Section. !Aater:>31 Di~;iAir Corps stands squarely and e nt hus i aasion, Wri uht Field, Dayt on , llhio. On tically beh'l nd the development of our July 1, 1930, 11.0 was arroo i nt ed Execut i ve aviation, t!L.other military, comme rci e.L, or Officer of the LiatcrieJ"Division. snort. "&:"18}1 of them," he stated, "conIn Nov ember , 1931, (j.c;l1eral Arnold astributes bo th directly and indirectly to sume d command of the "[<'i ret Bombar-dment the advancerr.ant c f the others and, in so Wing at March Field, Rive r-s.ide , Os,lif., doing, all contribute to our national the largest tactical unit in the West. dcf euse , In 1933, when the First Pursuit Willg was Our traditional military policy has formed to reulace the First Bombar-dment ,been to ma.i nra.i n in peace time a small Win~, he as sume d command of the new orbut highly L.:.dne~ ReguJ.ar Army, which gant z.a'ti cn . t.her cf'c r e Elll<,t be sreatl '7 expanded. in a When President Roosevelt ordered the mEtjo--:- i ona'l emergenci. nc.t TI'le result e s tabl.Lshme nt of the C~.vilian Conservais t hat the av i at.Lon conmonent of our tion Corps, March Field was cho sen as Army, as it cxt st s today~ must also be one of the large concentration points greatly ex,anded :n a national emergency. in this urogram of utilizing a quarter Trill.t is where cOlill1ercial and civilian of a million men for various projects aviation come into the picture and their lookin.:; to the cons~rvation of the nat.u- I deve10:pment, advancement and encourageral resources of t.hi s country, and Gerimont in peace time are of the greatest eral Arnold was apnointed cOfumanding concorn to t~e Air Corps and to the War officer of 25 camps. Deuartment. In the operation of the Air Mail by 1country strong in civil aviation is the Army A1r Corps, from February,1934, p0tential1y strong in military aviation. to the f'o L'Low i.nz Ma;y, Gerie r al, Arnold A nation s t rong in mili tary aviation enwas assigned asoOff1cer in Charge of the joys a national security that it cannot Western Zone. This was a much more difobtain in any other way, for a strong fieul t task than his first as s i gnmcnt in aviation, by its very existence and its connection with air mail o oe rat t ons , '. _ power to retaliate in kind, is the when, in September, 1911, he carried the g~eatest guarantee against demoralizing first air mail in the United States from a~r attacKs upon the great centers of Naasau Boulevard Airdrome, Long Island, civilian population. to Hemnstead, Long Island, a distance of Not only will your organization confive mIles, tribute to our national aviation strength, In 1918, when the United States inaugbut also, in the future, from your organurateri the first regular scheduled air ization will come the leaders in military, commercial and civilian aviation. II -165V-6766, A.C.

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'IHE },T;WAIR CORPS ENGlNEERDTG SCHCOL GLASS Ordprs o f the "finr Department, I'f~ent desizn~ted t~n Air Corps officer~ fer 111t,y 1"1.::; sturlC'nts at t,r.e Eng i nee r i ng [',chonl "t Wright Fidrl, D2:.yion, Chi o , for the 1935-1936 00'11':;<'. The nffieprs Lamd 'tloloVI ar", und'?r o rd e r s to rl'}C0r+. to th8 Cccrandanb f"Jf the Enginpering 3ch801 not latC\r tr..a~1 Au~~~t l~t, nA7t, viz: 8pcciA.-l

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Five Air Co~s officer~, under Special ~rders of the W<l.rDe-par-tme:nt recen':.ly i 5 sued , wer<>. asSiCMd tc d\l.ty '8-5 ir!st.r'.lCtc:rs at the Air Corps 'rechdc8-l Schoo I at Chanute Field, Pa.'l.tcLJ., Ill.. viz: Captain Oscar F. Carlson, new nn duty 8,t the Hro-'Jai::.an Air Depot; 1st Lieut. FGr'rest ro. Allen, Instru:::tt'lr at the Signal 3choQI "1.L Fc r t ]Jm:IfDuth, N.,J., and 2nrl Lieuts. 0jrdc~, A.Blake, Lvan L. F:::.rrran p.rii CharlAs W. Eaas , students at the Signal School. Captain Carlson is reliAv<\d f rom his t,El!I'crnr::r ad.'lanceri rank "Offectiv"l upon hi::; de;part11r<'. frcm uavlD.i .i ,

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rar..k ul:.on cJ":partur~ from hlS s t.at.i.on) . 1. st JJ+" Vlilli,,m J:. r'f.llm-:m, Ihilirn:inl's. ~LrJ. L r , H'wr:""rd. ~Coy, ill. S"lfri1~~ Field. C:;L.d. Lt"";]1B,rl,,s K. loor"', San Ant,onio Air DeTJO+,, Dur.can Fielrl., 'TeXe'1.s. 2nd Lt. Edwin S. rerrin, It.::l.Tch Fi81d.,C"'.lif. Cu;pt,ain rary rar~, B1.ll'VJQ1l is relir.;ve-1 from >,is 0ff~ctivA July 28, 1935. ---of)o--t",l:'T0-

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.April 18t, Li<mt. -Colonel YTi.llis R. Air Corps, Vias r",liAved frem d'1ty ~<: (',roup Com:rand.8r of thp S8COnd Bombardm"lnt ~rol:rr, Larig'l.ey Fip-ld, Va., and assignpd rhe day fnllowing as Exp-cu+iv0 and Grerations 0fi08r ~i the ;;e~oLd 'Iling !'It that, stati0n. . Eff8~~iv0 A]1ril 2rA, ~-jor cr~rle~ B.Oldfi~ld,
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r;:rADlj.t\.'IE~; I'JF C0],1::.Ji;D AND ST.AFF Sm001 ASS:rC:.iJfn Eff~ctivn '1pon tb,: 'Oor.:pldion 1")1' th",ir rrAsAnt cour s o of ir.::;tr'..lr:.tion at thA Air Eff",rt.iv", '.lJ'0n t,hA cCIl':]"18tinn o f the rrpspnt Coz-p s Tactical Scho('\l at il~axw'ell ?i"lU, Ala., ' r.c\.:.J"se of instrui'tion at, thp Comrand and (;('neral the. Air Cory" offic<>Ts name-d b e.l ov, hnve 8taff C;Chocll, Fl'rt Leavonwor-r h , Kansas , rhe assignl"rt. to :;tati(jnr;, "1.:::: "llm'I:;: f [ fcllQwing-r;unn1 Air Carrs offia!"'r::: arp a33i~npd To B3Xksd~l", Fi"ilel, LFt.: Captains Lec;1:"'r J. I to st,a,t,ion8, 'lS ff)llrm:-;: Maitland., Mil" i,lr;CWle, Ls t Li.eut s.. FobArt W, :~;pt,8.iIl 1Jo','J<>11 R . t:;crjt'h. to Mitchpl Fiplrl,N.Y. J)ouglar;s, .Jr., 2nd I,ipu+. R",uoOln C.=kod, Jr. '>p',ain -Folrn R. Mnrgan and lvl~'1.jcr V:illi"lm n, To Brooks Fi"ld. TAxa,,: Cart~in Horace S. B:,U"'r t" Hannol-rh Fiel~, Tr:~'l~, ~hp l~~t:r _ to Kenyon, Jr. I t.J.Ke rhe cours", r.n hpaVler-tnR.n-RlT f1::1n", .,t To Harni.Lr on Field, Calif.: C8.Ttain f)livr , the P rirCfU"yFlying Sohonl. K. Robbins. 1;-t Lil"llt. Kern('t;. N. Vlalb>r to Rr;mltNl To M:utwAll F'i.al.d , Ala.: Ca-pt,aias :;:.;ay L. F i e]iJ, (,,;cJ. i f. ....--.~ .. __ .-'~ ~ Ovienn , Samuel C. ~<emr, la+.t,pr officpr for ---(')00--duty as a mPmr-cr of r,be Air Corps Boar d, To MHch81 Fi01d, N. Y.: Najor Vprl~on L, TFMPG'RARY PEr:,k{)'II():~ OF AIR COErS 0FFIr.FRS Burg"", Captain Evers Abb("y, Ls r Lien+.. William A, M~ther\y. Eff",rtivn Marl'h 29, 1935, the fl'llo~inf-~T.P~ 'l'o KPlly Fi81rl, TexRS: Cap to.i n Clareac,-, E. Air Cl'rys o f f i.cer s o n r]l].ty vri tr-. th<> lCJth CcroCl'uuTin"l. po s i. t.~ Gr01JT, I'aIJr'J1TR. Canal Zr-nr- , V'8r8 R:=;sig::Wc1. To Lanel",y Fi<>ld, V!'I.: CFtpt'3.in l'Jpd Schr'lIm'. to thp d uti es Lndi r-ar.ed , v;ith tcrr:pi"rFtry :in,,:'ca.:;To (")ffic8 of HlP Chief o f the Air Corps, ed T8.Ilk, as fr"llows: Wasbington, D.C.: Cartain Alvan C. Kincaid. Captain WillialYl B. WJc'ly"r, Surrly 0fi;:-I"'1', tl"' '1'1" Sdfriige Field, Mid::.: 1st Lipat. rank o f M.. a.io r . RobE.'\rt C. Olhl'1T. Fir:::;t li~1it;;, Li nd aay M. 1-'a'l/:,;01, Lnt rl1iff'I1Y TI' 1'/lright, Fidd, Oh i o : Captains 'I'hOlrAS H. and Conrrun.i cn t ion:::; nffle<"r, ann ,Taroes H. l\'nU,g,'t"., Chapman , :Emile 1'. KpnnE'dy, Ihclol'P~l W.Pr0o:::t, A::;dstani. C'r"rFttions ()ffic('T, to rnrtrd.n, JohI'. Eir-h t.e.r , Gh.L1p'y U. Urzst ead , To Chanut Fiold. Ls t. Lipul. roru"1.1ri Air Corps offic",r;; on duty '3.t, t ho Air rC?,~r . W. ~~rwo~d. for duty as instructor ~s Air in tnl" F'anszra Canal l'AT8.rfmPni r('c<"i ,red Rrll'37J,Y',: Corps '1'cr[lDipal School. rank, AffPcHvp M.'lTrh 30, 1~3S, I'lS follow.~: To Barksdalo Fi"'ld, La.: Cartain William N. Fi rs t, I,iput s. Corno H ill' IF. lcuslnnd, .Ail,';d~";, .Arr.i s , and EnnTy E, Re_~'dpr, };ng.1 11P1"1'i ng (1if.i cev, t1'>' ':l'o Col1J.Th'cus, Ohi", for duty wi t1. Ai r CC'lTS ra.r.k o f Capiai.c; ;?rd I..i.nJ:i', Ihnif'1.:.i',('.'1.7V"J.ls,"" trr., Chic{ Jl1.r;I'21.~t.l~!.' {hr :.anJ.... {l{' f'.i';.~{ I.j.:.... r:l'-e.q-. at H'38.dquarters, Fifth Corps Area: Majer ant, William B. Wright, Jr.

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BIOGRA.PHIC.A.L SKETCHES OF AIR COBPS OFFIOERS It is contemnlated ~ublishing from JUS and important missions over the time to time blograph~cal sketches of enemy lines. He produced er"oll';: best :."!1e Air Corns officers as one of the regular ae~ial oblique ~hotographs made in the features of the News Letter. At the . Un~ted States A~r Service, on6 of his present time it is thought particularly accomplisbruellts being a series of obtirnely to touch upon the careers of lique photographs of important ~oints Captains Albert v~ stevens and Orvil A. in the area fought over by the ~irst Anderson. Air Corps. .American Army. Anticipating that they will be called He was promoted to the rank of Capupon to take ~art in the forthcoming tain, February 21, 1919. Stratosphere Flight, s~onsor.edjointly I U~on returning to the United State~ by the National Geograuhic Society and I in hUSCSt, 1919, Captain Stevens was the Army Air Corps and-scheduled to take I temporarily assi~ned to duty 1n the Ofplace next June, these two officers are fice of the ChieI of Air Service, folnsw hard at work at the Air Corps lowing which he served for a short time Matoriel Division, ;.iright ield, Dayton, at LanGley Field, Va. Most of his serF Ohio, making careful preparations to in.- vice since the close of the War has sure the success of this year 's attempt been at the Engineering Division of the to penetrat: the upper air strata to the Air Corps, first at McCook Field, and utmost poss~ble extent. later at Wright Field, ~~yton, Ohio, It will be recalled that Major William I where he has been engaged in experimentE. Kepner, pilot; Cautain Orvil A. al aerial photographic work. Anderson, Alternate Pilot and Scientific Oaotain Stevens performed numerous Observer, and Captain Albert W. Stevens, photographic missions in various secScientific Observer, partici0ated in tions of the United States and has taken last yearts Stratos-ohere Fli~t, which aerial photographs of vast stretches of terminated abruptly"" due to the rupture territory. One of the notable photoof ~he fabric of the big balloon, making graphic missions in his Army career was it necessary for all three of these ofthe takin~ of aerial nhotographs nf the ficers to resort to their parachutes. It Na't naL Par-ks in the""reat NOrthwest. Lo G is definitely known t ha.t Major Kepner By snecial permt ss:l.onf the War :Goo will not partici:2ate in the forthcoming par traerrt , he accompanied Dr. Hamil ton fliGht, due to tne natlITe of tre duties Rice nn the latter's eA~loration tour he is now performing. J I a.Lo g the Amazon River in South Jlmerica n C.APTAIN_~TEV:ENS dur i ng the latt~r part t-f1924 and the Captain Stevens one of the foremost I early part of 1~25. aerial photoP'raph~rs in the military lOne of the startling feats performed service and ~ne of its most hard-working I by l'..im a parachute jump from a was individuals, was born at Belfast, Maine, I supercharged. Martin Bomber flying at an March 13, 1886. He received the degrees altit~de of 24,200 feet, on June 12, of B.S. and M.S. at the University of 1922. Maine. Wi t.hLieut. John A. Macrflady as pilot Enlisting in the Aviation Section, of a suv,ercharged Le Pere ~irplane,whi~h Signal Corps, in January, 1918 he was on May 2, 1924, ascended above Dayt.o. to n corrard. ssd.o ne d. a 1st Lieuterumt in that an altit.udeof 31,540 feet, or nearly branch cf the oervice on February 15, six miles, Oaptain Stevens photographed 1918, and was assigned to duty as a stu- the gr~ate~t area ever included uP.to dent at the School of Aerial Photography that hme 1n a single exposure. Nlneat Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. teen s~~re miles, covering almost the Upon ~raili~tion from this schoql, he whole city o~ Dayton, were shown in the was ass~gned to duty overseaS and placed photograph w~th remarkable clearnes~,the in command of the 6th Photo Section, in river1 streets, parks and outstanding whjch cauacity he displayed exceptional build~ngs being easily spotted. ab)_:_ity :fling over the enemy lines and For the l.le:::t reco::dand :performance in t&KLng aer~al photographs of enemy p0connection wlth fly~ng durlng the year sitions. For this work he received two 1929, Cantain Steven~ was awarded the citatio~ co~uending him for exceptionMackay ~roph. On February 27th of that a1 devotlon to duty. year, w1th L~eut. Harry A. Johnson as While overseas, he completed all the J pilot, he made complete and accurate training necessary for a qualified Bom- 'I notes of the engineering and meteorologibarirnent Observer, and he served in that cal features of an altitude flight to ~aracity in bombing raids in enemy ter- I 35,6:i.l feet, a record at that time for a rivory. Shortly before the signing of biplace airplane. This data proved of ;he Armistice he was app')inted Chief great value to the Ai.r Corps Engineering Photographic Officer of the Air Service, Dtvision. First Army. On March 3, 1929, on the eve of the inCaptain Stevens, while on duty with \8uguration of President Hoover, Captain ~bB 88th Aero Squadron in tha Chateau Stevens, in a standard observation airT}.lerry Sector, vol'J.nteered for and ac> I plane p i Lo t.e by Lieut. John D. Corkille, d {'-::l:nl;li -:,b.B<l S~"'Ter.8J_ -part ic'JJ.arly danger- .made nl.ghtphotographs of the Capitol and -167V-6766, A.C.

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the White House at Washingt~n, D.C. Un- .conditions, to land ~~ecessfully the daunted .by several mishaps earlier in disabled aircraft in order to :prese~ the evening, the pair of flyers kept ~t the scientific records that baa been obwork until 10:45, and their efforts were t,l.ined. By the exercise of cool judg- . successful. The negatives of the phome rrt and foresight under th'9Qe conclitographs taken were dro ppe d irmilediatel:l~ions, certain scientifi c records ~ere t after exposure, picked up by Air Corp6~ saved, and the disabled. aircraft WitS officer~, and telephotoed to all noints abandoned o~~y wben it waG clearly evi,f the country. -. dent t~~t not to do ~ would prove disThe climax of his photographic actiastrou6 to human life. vities in 1929 came when, on a 14008In being forced to abandon the dlsmile aerial photographic tOLIT of the abled balloon and resorting to his paraNorthwest, he lnade a nhotograph 0f M~. chute, Captain Stevens be~ame a roemoer Rainier from a distance of 227 miles. of the mythical Caterpillar Club. Piloted again by Lieut. Corkille, the --------two spent several months in the SUlIllller takine; some of the most beautiful CAPTAIN ANDERSON ~. see nic pho tographa ever made. Taking off on August 13th from Eugene,Oregoa, Captain Orvil A. Anderson is one of a and flying ove r a noint well sotrtn in limited number of officers in the .rmy Oregon, Captain Stevens, al thou;'h un.iir Corps who holds four flyirl.2: ratings, able to see with his own eyes DEl.ny of t he ce being \'.A.irplane Pilot II n,A.irship the mountain ranges and Fea~-cs hoped he Pilot, 11 IlAirplalle Observer, il and "Balloon to Lnc l.ude in the lcng-d:I.skmce 'ohotoObserver. n graph, made careful calculations'with Born at Springville, Utah, May 2, 189q t~e aid of ~is COill~~SS a~d, pointing Captain Anderson attended grammar school his came ra a n the mrect1.on of Mt. hibh school and college nreJ?l!l.ratory Rainier, made the ex.~osure. The result school in tl1at city, and.~was a student was remarkable, for 1n the 22?-mile for one year at the Bri~~ Young Unipicture, uot only is Mt. R~inier clear- versity. Ly seen, but also other notable ID:'1.llltain Enlisting in the Aviation Section, Sigpeaks in that region. nal Corps, during the War, he s~rvet In January, 1932, during the course for several months with the 129th Aero of photographic work perfo~~ed by the Squadron at Kelly Field, Texas, and, in Air Corps for the U.S. C~ast and October, 1917, he was transferred to Ger'ldeticS~Tey, Captain Stevenn ecl Lpaed] the First Balloon School Squadron at his previous achievement In long-die;jFort Omaha, Nebraska, where he pursued tan~e aerial }Jhotography 1Vhen, from.an the course of instruction in ballooning. altltUde (')f 23,OO'')'feet,fro.m a pos~tionl li'rOill March 22 to May 11,1918, h0 8 miles east of Salina~, Calif., he made t00k the ground school ~ourBe at the a photograph of Mt. Shasta. Calif., a Sclmol of Military Aeronauti~s, Ohio distan~e of 331.2 miles from the local- State University, Col-umbu~, Ohio, ani ity where the plane was, flying. then r-e turned to Fort Omaha, where he Captain Stevens' exploits are numercomplete1 the course of instruction in ous. He usually -partlcipateR in all Observation, lighter-than-air. He waS the principal aez-i al photographic unrated a "Balloon Observer H July 24, dertaking~ initiated by the .A.ir Corps. 1918; comral eatoned a 2nd Lieutenant, In August, 1932, a~ring the ecli~se Aviation Section, Sigl~l Corps. August the sun, Capta~n S;tievens,pilJted by 23, 1918, and assigned to duty with the L~e'~t. Charles D. McAllister, made some 59th Balloon Sq:uadron, Fort Omaha , as remarkable photogra~hs of that phennSupply Officer and Mess Officer. On mena and, in additicli, c~ntributed val- JaDuary 29. 1919, h.8 was placed in comnabla data in connection with research mand of the 61st Balloon Company. work on the co errd c raY, Transferred to duty wi th the 34th In 1934. CaDta~n Stevens was awarded Balloon Oompany at Langley Field, Va., the DistingQisl"dd Flying Cross for exin April, 1919, Cantain Anderson comtra.nrdinary achievement while J?articipleted the course of instruction in patlng in aerial flight. He was a a.irshil?piloting, and was rat.ed "Airs1'..ip scientific ob servez- of the National Pilot, Bept embe.r I, 1920. During the Geograph1.c Society-Arm.v lUI' Corps year 192(), he comnl.e t.e d a course of inStratosphere Balloon Flight, which took ntruction in aerial navigation a.t the off from the vicinity of Rapid City, Naval Navigation Schoel at Pensacola, South Dako ta , July 28, 1934, and. landed Fl.a, near Loomis, Nebraska, that same day. In 1922, Capta.in Anter~on was transHe ansisted in niloting the balloon to ferred to the Balloon and Airship SCb00: ?n a.ltitude of bOl613 feet, and in mak- at Scott Field, Ill., where he was o~ ~ng continuous ~c~entific observations duty as Instructor in Terrestrial an~ enroute. When the balloon became dis~ Oelestial Navigation. In that year te abled, thrOugl1 circ~stances beyond hu- was commended on two occasions by the man control, Oaptain Stevens did atChief of the Air Corps for exceptionsl tempt, -~1er mo~t adverse and hazardous service; in the first instance for the -168V-6766, A.O.

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ON .ABMY DAY creditable manne~ in which he perfor~ed his duties as a member of tho crew of Char ac t.e rd aed by the lOGal newspapers the Airship C-2 on its round. trip transcontinental flight and, in the second . ~s ilthe, ~~r8ate,st mn,it 3"ry demonstration In t1'8 'nstOl'~r of S8,D. ,A.nt'wilo, II Arrny D~ instf1.nce, for his skill a,ncLc0<::.r~.',ge Ln at th" Alamo Ci t~r S!lW an aer Lal, disulay successfully laadiU(;, wi t:l belt 1'1i::!()l' in which d.~YproxiInai;81y 150 planes. were darr~ge, and with no injury to 8~J '~emut i Li ze d, followed. bl a p:trad.e of all ..ber of the crew, ,a. pcnv blimp d'_'::in,;:; the course of a fllght f r om Scott .ii'l.eld urn ts OJ: the Second Dlvir.;ion f rnm Fort Sr,T::' Houston. to Bynum, Ala. U~ablo to land t~e blimp due to unfo r-escen hiCh r:inc'.. 3):].<1 Vajcr J61m K. Cannon, Director of motor failure ,Cautain Anclerso!l aucce aaTrainL1,:; at the Air Corns ~rain.Lw Cenfully effecteci a' rio li:iI'din,o. ter, \'71S in ci:large of the Aerial ~eview Early in 1923, Captain AnC1orson C(1illili ,'1:1i ch t:.:.ere were 121a.neEJ from Kelly, ploted. e. COUTse in dgid:lir'shi'o t ra.i nRxdGl"p:l and 3rooks ~talds. The tJl,anes "'7CrE; flown at t'our different s.Lti t,lldcs, in~ at the ~b.~al Air Station atLakehur et , ~\i w.i tn ~\and()l:Fll ]'bld t s "USA" fO!':Dation at the too altitude of 4,500 feet. This In 1925, he cOMpleted the course in SPvID8 formation was flown dur i.ng the heavier-thlin .... air tl'ainin~ at the Primary filrniL2: of ':The West Point (If the llr. \I Flying Scbool at Br ooks Jiield, 'rez~:l.s,~u~cl Xelly Field pl.ane s wer e flown at 4,ClOO the Advanced :nying School at Kelly feet ,'l11d t uo se from l:,rookc; Field at Field.; San Antonio, Tex~s, and. 011 Sept. 14th of that ;v-ear was ra.t e d il1drljlane '3,000 f ee t . '1'he flying 3tarted at 9: 30 a.m. Pilot 11 and "Air-olane Ouse rver . 1\ Kelly a.nd Randolph Fields each dtsFollo,dng his~ gracluatio:il f:r:om t he Aduatc:wd 12 planes on Fric..ay ni~ht 1 April vanced Flying School, Ca'Jtaill Ande rncn 5th, '"Q give a deml')D.stra.tion or m.ght \"1['.5 on duty at this School for sev e're.L flyi~g over the city .. mont.hs 8.S Commandarrt 0:: C::.dets, Pl:ril16 Lns t ruc t or and Inat.ruc t o r in Ob,:ier-;ra---000--t i ou . He then r eturne d to Scott Fit)ld.. DEATH OF JIMMY COLLINS MOtJ:R."l'ED Tl.L, , for t~illporary d.ut;y for sevez-a.I . mo nt hs , Be~rl.: one for foreign serv l ce , Wi t.h the information that Jimmie Cact a l n Anderson Vias t ransf era-ed t':' the Oo l l.i ns I brilliant career as a pil",t 1:I.ad Phlli pp i.ne s and , upon the 8x-o:.ratio::.. of manl Kelly Field his tour in the Islar.d.s, he returned to CGee to a s~d finis, ')i'ficel's recalled the Li.keab'Le "JiIIt'TIiefl Kelly Field. his present station. to mind whell he W!1S a ola.ssma.te of Col. In the lu.ttsr par t 01 19~33, Ca-"tain C~lerles A. Lindbergh, then a Flying Anderson was on t emporar-y ducv at 'LanGley Field, v..., ,vhel'e ~le 9~rs'J.E.d an. Co.de-t at Kelly Field in the advanced. class 1: September, lJ34, both crack advancec.. course in air navigation. lIe Qilots graduating on March 14, 1925. remained. at L.s.ngley]'iold for a brief vollins sI?8cialized in Pursuit at the ~cr~od ao an in?trQstor in that subject. AdvCJ'lced Flying School . n June, 1934, ne was assigned as ")~lot Collin", whose specialty had been terand Observer of the National Geogr3,ohic minal. ve Loc ; ty dives from 20, ono feet, Society-Army Air Corps Strb.tosphora wask:illed on March 2?'nd, when hi::; plane Ba.l.Lo cn, Flight, which took of'f f rorn the durint' one of those dives crashed near vic:~ni ty of Ra.'pid. Oity, South Dal.o t a , Farmi:::gdr,.le, L. 1., NeVI York. He had Jul.? 28, ::'931,' and landed ncar Loonri s , been testinG Navy planes for sevGr~l Nebra.alta, that same day. He QssiGte~ davs , . in pilotin~ the ba l l oon t? an al~:l~,)_~e of 60,613 Icet, and ~n mawng contlrruit was back in December, 1928, when. Collins Vias makinG a. t,est flight for the ous scientific obae rvat I oae e nrout e ,1 ..11d when the 'bsllcon became disaoled N'?-vl[ e.nd. a-te.r.tiilg~ a vertical dive from through circun~stances 'beY01w llu~n con- Ill, ",,00 f ee t that structural faf.Luz-e of trol, did attempt, under most adverse the p'Lane made 1:.1m a member of the O"l,'terui.ll/;\r Club. anrl haza.rdous conditions 1 to 1e,nd sue ~ ---000--eesefully the disabled 8J.rcraft in order to preserve the sc l e nt.LfI c reco,:cdj REVBW FOR HETlRED N01ICQ}.~MISSldNED OFFICER that hal been obtained. By the exercwe Th0 entire ~ersonnGl of Kelly Field cf cool jUrlgment and foresight under j-partlcip8.'l:ied a n a Review on March 30th these conditions, certain scientific. In honer of Ma8ter Serjeant Ernest Cote records were saved, a:q.cl tlLA disabled 40th .i,-tto.c~t Squadron, 11' Cor-os VIM was aircraft was abandoned only when it was retired after 30 years 'hOncl a.b i e se r-: c::'earl,y evident that not to do so would ViCf) in ~he .A~" His Squadron staged. a "prove disastrous to human :1fe. turKey drnncr ~n his hOl~r. ~ :n bel nz forced to abandon. t.ne disMaster Sgt. Cote, who will make San aKe1balloon and to reso~t. to the uee Antonio Lis home, enlisted Ln the Armj: of hi sparj1cb:!J.te, 'Jo:ptc"\.in Anderson be, in December, 19')3. He served four vear s ~ame ame~ber of tbe mythical CaterI in the Coa.st Artillery,following w}1J.~he h pn-lat .clu.b", -159'. V-6766, .A..C:.
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Arnold, .Air Corps. was for the Foulois was pr e aent at Kelly :Field on I ae co nd time in his Arm:y career ,award-ed a tour of Llspection whan~he CE;remOnie~!31this1roj,)};y for his Leade r ahkp 'If t.he incident to t ne r e t i.z-ement of Mas t e r flifhG ,,: ten :B-IO Martin :Bombet~ from Sergeant Cote tOO:.;:::.PlaC0, and they had w~,~)n.hlf,ton, D.C., to Fairbanlcs .A.1aska. chab over old times. 'llhe General conan::" re tuz-n , durins July and August, gr~tulated t he lac Cici' uson his well 193':1:. ear'nea. retirement.. ,j Due to the absence of Senat')r William ---000--I G. !.<icil.d.oo, Pre sidcnt of the lht10nal .AerO~Lutic Association, 1-~or Jemes II. THE FIRST WING'S FIRST CO~CE1~Ri~ION / Doolittle~ Vice President of the AssoTIation, f'Lew to Washington from. Hew . The first tangible ev i derice of the York in weather which kept most birdmen formation of the new 1 at Wing of the I on the ground. and -presented the Mackay GHQ. Air Force appee re d on iI,<~.rch22nd, l'ror-r>\y and the gold medal to General when the new Wing held its first conAr:i.lold.. Becru.se of the inclementcent ra.t i cn. at Hamil ton :E'icld. Cal:i.!. weather! trw pre sent.at.Len cez-eno nfe s Brigadier-G3r.eral Henr v II. Acnold, the were he cl inside one of the Eol1ing Wints COIrr:a.nc.er, dcv I sed communi.cat ten Fidel hangar-s in the presence of a. ))1'0 DIem, comb Lned with a bombar dmerrt gurz-d of honor, Brigadier-General Oscar co ncerrt r-at.Lo n wi th a(:conpan;ying Pur sui t Westover, A.ssiste.nt Chief of the .Air protection, with H~nilton Fleld ~8 th~ Corps; Lieut.-Col. Barton K. Yount; objective. Fifty-one :Qlane& of the IiR"Ut. -Col. JOh.l D. Ree.rdan and c.s,ptain 17th AttaC~l: Group, 12 Bon.bar dmen t Ll<j.:lild:..'eth, of the Information Diviplanes of' ~he l~tJ:l. :Bombardment.Grou~ at siaL, Office of the Chief of the Air Rockwell Fleld JOlnSQ fvyces wlth 13 Corps; CQptain Charles M. Sava~e, Acting Ma:rti.n Bombers of tl'lu 7th Bombo r dmerrt COWITI.B,lldille Officer of Bolll~ J!1eld..and ('rro':l.p at Bard I ton ]'icld to cour-Lct.e the o t Le r cowrilissioned. personnel of the Wil1gforce as it is IlOW equi-(nd.. The fiell; Messrs. WIn. En;:rart and Re.;r Cooper. communt cat i ons f'ee.t uz-e 01 the. ~)l'oblem of t he U,1.ttoDE.,1Aer')Ilc').u.tic At>socia.tion, Lnvo d intercornrmuicatiO:l Lve be tsecn the ~;ulcl t\":'o reprecentatives of Mr. Clarence three Groups as they moved up tl:.3 coast, h. Macka:r donor of the Tronhy. ~ploying radio voice. In turnin$ over the Mac~ay Tro~~y to ---000--Gencl'8.1 We stQver ok who ac ceptio d it on behalf of the Yiar Depar-tment and made APOST :EXCHANGE DDITION Ira ill.N.COLPI! ji'Urn A brief refGrenc. e regarding its history, e.nd then pin"in:6 the gold medal on For t he cons l de ra't i o n of $1. (lO, the General ~.nord Major Doolittle said is not entirely a young Randolph Field Post Exci~nge is def?d1.n,~ that aviati.on to the Gover-nne nt a new $7,000 building, ID'1.nt s game any longer and showed the.t which was erected to house t~e new p~st military aviation units sl~uld be enexcP4n~e concession for Wlto parts trusteclto the cO!lI\1lE;.nd able, of exnericnced flylns officers. ~ servicing of car s , and 1.'iaS~:1 rack. Being isolated from San A....tonio by 18 'niles General ..A.rnold, in a brie:t" speech of accopt~nce. recalled incidents connected this new service to the post ne r so nne'l fulfills a 101~s felt want. ~ with his first trop~~-~inning flight. Dressed ill ordinary clothing, not being 'rhe Post Exc}:1..ange Councild-0rigiIlally provided. an e xpe nd.l ture of 'f~, 000 to provided with fl~ring cLo thes , sitting areot a buildingz llilder t~e direction 111 the unprotected seat of the early of the ConstrnctlIlg Q.u3.rtermaster. By Wright machilie and fully ex-posed to the el ercerrt s , he said that he hid undergone the time the building WC',C re ady for o ccupancy , ho'Wever, thE. Po st Exchaage rcore :19.rdthip on this flight than dUring the e.rt i.ro llasl~n flight of the past found. that it had Lnve s t ed in the SUWIler. Fe added that when he landed a.t ne~borhoOd of $7 000. ~ark he wag 00 cold that he -~ building in desigllei so a~ to har- College mDnize with t~w general arGh1.tectural CO'J..td hardly move. and he was carried to .''lcheme of the poat ar..d.. un.like moat the ho spi tal. tl\llldings 'J.eed for this purpo se tit is General Arnold was present in 'i/.0,s::i.i :q.t.~::. to testify bef'oz-e a Congressional ComIll .. rau att-raet:l:v~.eilrU. ti()!l instead of an eyel1ore. tee, end it seems tha t thep~~t;.:1tiC'n ceremony was well timed. --000---170V-6766, J.C.
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Ar:.:aQont A.ctivi ties: Desit'n wo rk is be i ng accomp'l I shed in Aene.l. - notqg~a~,.c h..9.~~pt; - 2>. rep connection wi th the dev eLopraent of a res,c ,n~o.t,l",;'b,of l,l.le .Aate ..ene.l ~~v;,.s~o.,n bot.b r.acx a s aerub.Ly intci.,lded. for use in made. <' t?-:-r" of t~~ ~~t rb~e tl\{ 1.1_ con Pur su i t type airplanes. I'he r'ack asnectl?n .nt.l obt'dln~ni.' aenal :g1.0tO seuo l,v will 'be electrically ope;rated. and. gra'Ph~c '1'lta. He v;tslted t ho Ea s traan ut:Lli'z(,d under all co::l'iitions of L1aneuvKo dak CC,?1)anyand. tr:e FO~1l1crGruf'Lex ~ ers a'Y,~roved for tl1.is ty')e air-)lane. The Co:rporaho:.-, Roche s t er , l~',Y., and ;h:Ll.3chantsl;} i,s being desi~~rei in"'units for talne,i enGln~erJ.rlg/.ata .~~r, ~:e~)arc..Ctlcr~1 each bomb wi t h the iiea that units cor:for Types C-1. and. G-2, cCW.l",ra"'~T,he , . resr:oniing to the nuube r of bcnbs r'e qu i r-: Akel~y Ca~era, Inc., ~Jew Yo rk vl ty, a~Cl I e d. caa be Lns t.aLLed , o~ta~~cd datu. ~or ~r~paratlo~ 0f,s~eclJor~~ is beins continued in connection !l?atl?n for ~,Jpe ..~-1. ca.ae ra ; tD.? vii t h the dev eLoprccnt of an adapter as oemf.,8,~rc~~ld Aer Ia.I Came ra Co rpo ra t i on , bl-' for use in mou:"1tin~ two c.ali bel' .30 "oo ds Lde , Long Isl?-nd, J..LY., re change s ] r::.a~hin6 :;U113 flexibly. l.\ecent tests of necessa~y on Type, ,~7C cam~ra re~o0Ll~n~ tD0 Kost ~romising desiGll have been atad. by An Corps p-9-0toGra,luc aC,~~vl~les tended vii th l.ishly satisfactory results. a? result.uf se rv i ce test; q~ld !.It;';~:lel -rn-r rI'~-C'0""""IO"T'uOT"C' ]'leld re t ns t.a.Ll a t i on of dry i n.; caJ~n(;ts ~: :..t'JLD J ShRV V.i!l UJ1JG.. J..'. J..~ hv in Ty;:Je A-I dryer. He also visite:i the rlexible Gun }~ounts Reauesterl. Philaael~hia Air Trans~ort Company, No r r Le t onn , Pa , , and exaini ne d an e xpe r iInquiries were received fro~ bo~h the mental aut omati c fil~ drye r deve Lope d Artillery and i.iechar.Lae d Cav8.lry a n reby that corrpany . A c:rectical demonstragard to the availability of f Lex i ble cun tion was wa1e; the drjer Se81T.S quite n::OUEtSagainct antiaircraft. These arillS pror:lising. An effort vdll be made to have 1)8en Lnf or'ued that a"J1Jroximately obtain one of these dryers for ex-ie r i 2,00 each of the Ty)e A sc ai-f Lour... are ts mental tect o..t the Materiel Dbislon. available from ~ir Corps stores without~ transfer of funds, except aC~Th~l cost Oi tCT.E3LUS BRA:rCH pac':inL;, hand.I i.ng and trrti'ls,ort?-tion. The Air, Corps cor:r~h;tet a serviceV'I ';lhile this ty'Je of mount is oo so Le ec errt test OD t~1e cornpa r i sou 0 IIIn~'rna~lonfor Air Corps use, it a9~ears to be suital Orange" and. YelloW No 4. The Lerable for the above purpose. mer is r e comraended by the Aor naut i c s Stock List Prepared. Branch of the Dcnartn:ent of C .aner ce , in Aeronautics Bulletin Nos. 4 and 9, i i:ntcri0l Division compl.e "Regulations e i nt l i shment I ed 'I'he Droject beGun several118,sjust aGo,t~4tt-: a years and. CertlfL:ation of Artificial Lichts of prelmrin,~ a comp Lete 1i st. of al I ,the an-I Ro coranendeI StandD.rds for Har~dug i tens of equipment arid su:gpl1es s t.o clted Onstructions to Air Navie;e.tien," July 1, by the Air Corps. This "utocle List" bas 1932, ani the latter in Sunulement No. been Lmbl~s~1.ed in sectional f9.rID, a s~pa3-1 to U.S. Ar~y Specifica~lon. . rate Gectlon for each class or prouerty. Tests we re made a t Randolph Field. . Th0 individual narts of the list will be The twc-cclor finishes were au~liGd to re)ublished annUally to brine them up to B.irplanes, vll:.icll uere v i ewe.l from above, elate. v.'hen at rest, and v.hf Le taxJin.:;, when I This wor~ is one of the most imvortant in flight ae;ainst a clear s::y, and. pro.iec t s the Field. Serv i ce Section has against clouds. RecoLrJendations were ~tterr:1lted since, thro11[;h this stock list, maio for allliQiw.1ID and black, which it has been Dossible to standardize Air ffiight be a iesirable combination iu Corps TJrOpert;y no:nenclature, fix the case nrotective coatings were disccnI classification of each item, and to di stimJe~ en ~Gt,al-cov8red airplanes. -171V-676b, A.C.
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Inst1'U!iiGnt I,"mdinr: Eoui nment: Parts for t he f abr-Lca t i on of Air Oorps rp_~io conroas s locators for the De:?artment of CoEillerce :"re on ord.er; f abr-Lca t i on of Air Corns rcar-ke r beacon Drojectors for the De~art~ent of Corr~brce has been s t ar t ed . Tl1.is Ylor~: is be i ng accompl i sh ed at the Lateriel Division. i!iounting bracko t s have been prepared. for installinG instrlillcnt landing equip Dent ill t ho first Lns t rurae.nt landing track. Dre'::ings are be i ng pr epr.r ed to accomnli sh thl G wcr k in other Lris t rumerit lc:md.ing t r-ucks ,

Air Q~)rps "Gigolo. II Vibra tion tests on the new l.1ateriel Division motor r::O'l.lntare now being conducted.. For thesetests it is not necessary to run the engine, the vibration be i ng set '.nb:1 a 11 Gigolo. II A "Gigolo II is defin6i~unofficially in static test circles as "a dancin[ device which excites res oonse in th6 body to which it is 8. ttached." A further advantage of using a "Gigolo" lies in the fact that the engine under test is cool, is not turning a propeller, and co?sequ~ntly can ~e observed, felt, and v~bratlon record.~ne; instrm~ents applied to any ~art.

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Concerning the proFosed bill organizinc; passive defense a n France, a reuort thereon, prepared by M. Gustave Guerin., 01 tDe Chamber of Deputies, is briefly as follows: During the war, aviation was used first in cooperation with the Annyand Navy, and later as a new ann, somewhat independent. ~~ere were 28 attacks against Pari s, during which 25 tons of bowbs were dropped. After the war, aerial danger was so remote that the subject was dropped in France for several years. But thi s danger exists and is very grave, all the more so as attacks will come either GENERAL SIMONDS VISITSAIR CORPS POSTS suddenly, or after a very short period Among recent visitors at the Air Corps of politlcal tension. Theories adopted Tactical School, MaX'Nell Field, Ala., was in foreign countries leave no doubt as to the carital role of aviation in a Major-General George S. Simonds, Deputy new confl~ct and it is even stated that Ch~ef of Staff, who arrived at this-stadefinite results may be obtained by tion from Pope Field, Fort Bragg, N.C. aviation. the first days of a war. To The General and 1st Lieut. C.K.Gailey, this end, aviation, will attack objectJr., his aide, were passengers in a ives of all kinds, if judged important; C-4A airplane piloted by Captain Hez l mili tary, economic and moral; .. nill and McClellan, Air Corps. After an overnight stop at Maxwell Field, the flight I use all available means: explosives, incendiary bombs and gas. was continued to Kelly Field, via New I International conventions have been Orleans, La. drawn up~ but it is impossible to stop General Simonds, upon arrival at San the manuracture of certain chemicals Arltonio, made a tour of inspection of which, while used in gas warfare, a~e both Kelly and Randolph Fields in order to f&~iliarize himself with the organi- I also ~mportant in the chemical, dye and I fertilizer industries. zation and operation of the Air Corps I DOuJ.1etwas in favor of a sudden atTraining Center. i tack with all available means, without Major-General B. D. Foulois, accompanied by Captain Harr~ A. Halverson, also i declaration of war. These views are also uopular in Gennany. Hence, it on a tour of inspectlon. of Air Corps l must oe admitted that aviation'~ c posts, and who was in San Antonio at I: '. ":. will attack any objective, wi th that time, accompanied General Simonds !all available means, and will carry its on his tour of the San Antonio fields. attacks allover the territory of a na---000--tion. COOPERATION WITH ANTI-AIRCRAFT This means a real danger for civilian ~opulations and adequate measures must The 63rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment from oe adopted, especially in a country Fort MacArthur, Calif., is now temuoralike France, which will always not only rHy encamped at March Field, Calir., for avoid but even appear to plan a brusk searchlight drill. The 17th Attack aggression. This renders France more Group is flying missions to give them vulnerable. actual airplane targets. Eissions are Red Cross societies have already deflown for three hours each night at an voted their efforts to this question of altitude of 10,000 feet. passive defense, and attempted in nu]n addition to the drill this nrovides merous meetings to define measures cathe anti-aircraft Fersonnel, March Field pable of counteracting a bombardment by pilots are also us~ng the illuminated air. In most European countries, pase airplane fora tar~et to detennine the sive defense has been organized. France possibility of us i ng anti-aircraft is slow in this respect. ~earchlights to illuminate enemy planes Studies were carr~ed out and rules In warfare and as to whether our own laid down, In the instructions of the Pursuit can fire on the illmninated tar- Ministry of the Interior there are shown gets without being seen themselves or the respective duties and responsibilibecoming confused by the lights. ties of the various authorities. ---000--Certain" measures have been considered . John Tranum, famous Danish parachute in detail since that time by the High Jumper about to make a delayed jump .Committee on Passive Defense, an advisregentiy from 30,000 feet, died of heart 19ry body of the Ministry of. the Interfallure resulting from nerve strain when I~?r. The general organizatlon of pasthe plane reached 27,000 feet. save defense has thus been contemplated -172V-6766, A.C.

pose of surFlus and obsolete stock. A great quant~ty of material has been ma~e availaole for sale and the shelves of the depots and stations conse~uently cleared of a large amount of lnactive material. The reports received in the Materiel Divi sion. from all Air Co ros . stations and depots have been rendered intelligible through the standardization of nomenclature so that the exact location of all uroperty is now known with the result that considerable saving in expenditures for new material is made possible by the utilization of existing stocks. ---000-"'-

BILL ON PASSIVE DEFENSE FOR FRANCE

but cannot be enforced as long aq it iS tralization and the dispersion of popule,not compulsory to abide by. t:ae l~[iil~.stry tions., It aJ.-so empowers it to inc,rea~e, of the Interior's instruct10ns .~n,~ne ,througn pertlnent measures, the capaqlty matter. This must be made compulsory for d.ef'e nae of the various cornmunt ties. , by law. 'Article 5 provides l'ersonnel for pas-, ThE;;f'LnancLaf as-pect of the question sive c'..efense and urov1sion for regulais a de l Lce.t e orie ," The Hir,h Cornmi ttee tions regard-inc their respective staton Pa.s a i.v e Defense of the lv~inistry of ut e s , the Interior agreed thttt it was desir-' Article 6 dea'l s with the distribution able t.ha.t exuen se s incurred for passive of exoen se s , defense agai ns t a i r attacks should rest Article 7 provides sanctions for those on the beneficiaries: a<1ninlstrations, who do not res:nect the provisions of ' publi9 s~rvice,s, ~ep~r~ments, t~wn~, article.l (obl~gation.o~pa8sive ~efcnse) as so c Lat i.ons and Lnd.i v i dua.l,s , tne L70'Tand ar t i.cl e ,3 ~aJ.tl;.on.t1es pr epar-a ng for errunent contributing certain sums only it), listin~ measures which are strictly in exccutional cases in the general i11- ne ce asar y , whose enforcement 'i1USt be obterest of the na t Lo n or in considerata.i.ne d bJ tile prefects 'in case tile mayo r s tion of t.he uarticular s l tuat i.on of do not attend to it. ' those co ncer-ned , Article 8 provides for t:'lese exer c i ee s To be ef'f'Lc i errt in time of emergency, which will no t pe:cturb public life, only nassi ve defense must have trained, ";:)er- the regular uer-so nne l participating and so nne'I in time of peace, compo sed of I only calUouflagin~ of li,:;hts and interrupde'Partm~n~a~ and municipal ?crvices,to,' t~on of circulatlo~ in cent~rs wh~r~ pasWh1Ch clv1l1an volunteers w1ll be audeu Slve defense is bC1ng testeu out oe1ng This personnel should be insured. exueeted of the civilian uo~ulations. against acc l derrt s in time of ~e~:tce as Article 9 concerns E'"dministrc.tive mea.swell as against accidents in t ime. of ure s and urovides that special Drovisions war. " will be a.a,opted. for the region of Pa-ris. The nreuaration of passive defense . Article 10 extends the provisions of creates new obligations wlri ch a law. the law to the colonies. alone can define. . : It is also indispensable t-o give spe-I Conclusions. ' cial aut.ho r i ~;)r toczle MiJ;list:ry of. t~le I If we com:)3:rll t~le situation in France Irrt er i or to trnpo se ccr t.af n d1SPOS1 tlons" to that in other countries, it must be ei ther in the lay-out of towns or con- I adnri tted that France is slow in the 01'stluction of buil~inGs, with a view to ganizationof its Dassive defense. If, passive defenae , ,theoreticClll;>r, everythinG h3S been, pro. The above items areth: basic TJri~v i de d Yo r , ,pract~cally the education of cd pl.e s of the pr'o po se d bi.Ll on rpas s i ve the popul.at.Lo n and p~eparato~y J?easures defense. 'have only been fractlonal anQ dlsconnectThe C:lamber of Deputies' Cornmi ssion ed , did not feel that all expenses sDo~d At'the present 'time, according to the be ber-ne by the Lrrt er-e s t ed uarties,but r eac t i on of t he mayors to passive de only as far as their financial si tuaf'erree , something is done or nothine at ti cn would nermi t; instead of ulacine; all. Hence, everything that must be the mayo r s Under the authori t/ of tile re~'.dy beforehand. mus t be made comoul so ry , Government, the Commission desires This means t ha t pum sbmerit is necessary, them to act as collaborators. The Com- not only for r'e aoons Lb'l,e au.t.ho r l t.Le s vbu't mission has amended the bill to that also for private. individuals. effect and recommends its passage as ,As concerns expenaes , certain comnTJ.ninow drafted. ' ties have relied on the, Goverrli,lent, but Marshal Petain himself dcc La.r'e d t.ha t the Article I of tile bill make s the 01'entire fortune of the nation would not be ganization of pas s.iv e defense agaf ne t enough to create an "ideal organization'! air dange r coiapul.so ry over tile entire 'of passive defense. territory. \ The Commission and the Government have Article 2 cl~rces the Ministry of the I prepared, in comnlete a~cord., a text Interior with d l re c t Lng , coorclinating, jW11ich is nO\"l.bern~ subrr.itted to the and controlling the" organization of pas I Chambe r of Deou't i.es and should be voted. sive defense, with the assistance of a - ""':";"'000--' Hi~h COlnmittee on Passive. Defense. I ,Attention is invited., in connection Article 3 shows the d'ut Le s and res1loniwith the nbove propo sed legislation, to s~bgities 1Ju?lic authoritiel? and lni quoted articles~ from" two French dp.;ilie.S" ddv Ldua.I b~dles a.n ~~e pre~)arat~()ll of lOP. passi ve defense aga.l ns t A.ir a~!ac~<s, 'QaSSlve de:.:ense. Till s defense a n I whi.c h auoear-ed on ':lages 137 and .1<')8 of France is the resDonsibility of the the Aur!l 1st issue of the News Lettcr. ministries. However, passive defense ~ ---000--of the Dopulations is the responsibil~ ity . "'. .' ,,,. ~'J. tA.ilor livin~ at DalbY,200 mi Le s from .&rtlcle 4 gave s authorl t~r to tne .,,1n-, Br i ebane AU:otralla. who is a licensed istry of the Interior to apply governjPilot, finds flyin~ to his various customent directives and to enforce measures, mel'S quicker and clleaner. He hires a in connectioawith industrial decenIplane from a local flying club. -173V-6766, A.C.

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To Scot~ Field, 111.1 1st Lieut. Gerald G. l.."})on completion tour of c1ut.y in t.he Cl:ANGES OF S'l'ATION: To i.1g:x:wcll FieU, 1;18.. :?hi:h"":lJ.~s. flbjor Leslie Macrill, fcrd~it,~as::;E'~"':je-r-Or :-:'.c:_::'11.~2:lFi~1c:,.!'.g:_:. Captain WilliciITt Z. t.he Air Co rp s Board, unc n COTIJDle.iion of :pre~'c:',"~::'c t'lJ~1 (:ut,y as Ln.rt r-uc t.o r- at ':c.~rand sent course of iI:strl~ction ~':.t }'~av;:-- .:,,"'r:~l" -:.. an.' ::;'c".':,-;ro,1 S-b.':".Lff School. ColleEc, i~2v'Port, l-:.!. - Ga;Yca:.n L0Vi L.I,~er~-,\ 'I'c ~'<_2_',.:.dQJ.~)n ~Tield, Te7~~,s: 1st Lieu+;s .. EOY-~j upon como Le t i.ori ef t01.Lr 0::' :lut~- in FL:liv,in') I :-::v,'iiII@~::~-i.'~L'.. J;:~con~-lliiart, L:'O~Yl ~'an=.8 .. Islands. I ~"elic~,Tec: tzo.n tempora:ry r-ank effectiYe ur.c n To RC'nc101ph Field, Tez:ts: Ls t Lieut .Falph i (cttf of dep:::~rture for nev: aS2,igr.ment; - 1:0+, E. Holrr.es--;-i:roul-CTi ssyl~llTl, 70r?ri.~nry" Li eut , Uza.I G. :Snt, from LanGley F:i '~ld, to fl'yiCli.~ t.ra in ing , Cla0S of July 1st - '.-;CLDt~.;,~Cl rmde::'F'o priI1Y?,ry f:!.yin::; trainint:. i Ja.rncs F. }Jo1J211, irpon cOTI7tJlr;tion of T'!'e::'8nt i C~-:~uiS ~{Ei70K:SD: A.s~ign.. mcrrt of Ls t Lieut. course of instruction at hI':CJ)' In~'ustrial-:;(jlI .; l'cd. A. InS~'.'1"l1sfr om Crissy F'i.~ld t.o JOT~, Brasg, lege, for ~l'int:lr'y flyicLC trr~_inirL~. I ~.T.C...... :\.2s5g~'J:T8nt of 1st Li out.. _~.lv~l,I..l.:!~:!'7~;Y To Le.n.z l oy Field, vc:.: CaT;t~"ins Iio'bel't I from Lang l ey FielC1 to Fh i Li rroi ner.. Olds a::d.-l'i81ph :;',--70r:1,~n, ,,:,p~n co~letion of PP01\D'1:I01'7S: to 1st IJie'xt8;1~t: 2nd Li,~ul-.Frp.l Pl"'8S8D'C couaso of ln~truc'~lol-: at:. \JOL.i:11EU'":.J and I S. E'.tocks, ranl.~: 1/1.?rch-S ,ls~)5 ..... Lie~~t. :F~.,1}l -21J:l Gencl"'al S.+:.aff S<::hool ~ ~7'ort Leave~~V,T02'tn"~~:"::ns. -I T. C'lll eri , "!:'u.nk f'r o.n ~-/i:lrc}l 20, 1~:35. L icd. -Co.l one l ":alter 'S. ':~e3\-er for clut] as I :iD,I2:I/}:;) ED!:: IiE:L\I'L TO AI'P. c;OFI'~~: ~;nrl l~i':mt. C}~.icf, Ir.spccc i on Sc-:,-:;t;ion, GE'~ .Air Fo~.'c::;.f::'orD JOh~l t.:. St2TL: to C:t:-l Coa::;t .Artille:"y, "Fort duty as Procure-acnt PLuming 'Rc,?r2sc::'lta~::'Jc. i 'iJLlfi\ld Scot t , Calif. re-,'l '!ork City. ::''G.-;:aa,S,:T: Ls t ="ie11+ :%bert .. :,:. '::raft. f r om To W~h.:...~.s_~n, Car t a.i n :;~o;ws 'N. II,e~te_rrnL Ge:,cral ~:OSDital to hi, hoI':;"~. Blackburn, Ins t ruc bor , 3ot.h Di\Tision ; ... vintioli,J TliA:,':~~8TEnFr~)TO AI:? CORPS; 2nd Li ou t s, Paul Te~~:)s Eatior.al C,uarrl, ~:O'",dOIl, for cluty in I R. Go,"en, C.'S.; Harry S. Bishor, G.A .. ::;., " O"ficc of Ch i ef of Kutioncl Gl.urcl Bur oa, ! Da7.i.r3. {J. Cr i cke i.t e , I.A., and w!"ucl A.Ellr:.clcll, :'J Ph i.La.Je Lph i a , Pav : CP,D~3i!.i. Jo.i.-u') 1"... Lnf'an t r-y , 1\:~arCl1 .20, 19;~5~ wi t.h r-ank from JlH18 :.:c~lIloch-;a?f;';'Gnictor, 28t"1:::Jivision Air 13, 1~':3S. ':c-r-::.;s, Pa, HatioIi,::l Guard, U1JO~l cO:.<i181,:l.C',n ,")f. P.EiliI}~V'FTIO:? .TEL~O"sj~tIT F"':L~:1::l~'1a~or Di:;<;"')n r.':. cruvs e of i:lsi..rucGion at A.C. Tact':'cG.ILSc::'lOo:!-. i Alli~~()ll, 24th Pur-s ui t 3quadroTl, ond 1st Lieut. .:\:~ .~",TeEnors ~~;:A.n:::, r.~_:.-:_ Colo1l21 rX'D.:lll( P. l Ja1'l~:~j t, CI'il,GO, csu. P1.1J:~,',lit, SCf~,lt~ ..'Jron, 0ff8~l:,Lahr., ~,.~iJ.itar,y At~acl~e, l)clris, France, 8ffec- I i.V8 '.il")O~:'deI!,":J.r-cure from Panama Cnl.lel Dept. the about Sep t , 18, 193:5, for duty with An CL;' ::;'~os C1T STAT::mT (AdelL): ':.0 Cf~:i8'~ Corps e.t il.:lrs. Secant"' '~~crrs Area. t ~>:~::Lit::f ~~le.:... .!~):! C~,~~_~ liajor ~;:ic:la~lF. '~o '~,'/right F'i e l d , D:~;:-:/tc,:l, 01-:..:1.0:Ls t Li eut s , r~'~Vi3,.... La .va.i i ari D2}..k.:,rtrr~'3nt. La~-.C-:-C~-C[ie c~.lld ~:.eo::..'?eV. Eol:..or!.~n, :~o :.'o:....!,; L8:~:~-v~~n"/7"crtt.~ Kc~ns8.-s: Sap-tain ~Tosf':ph upon como.l ct.Lon o f p~:eSC:l1; cour-se of instruc!'..:'7.'TI:-:-~-:-".-fo;:'-(j'ul:7-::::nI}-7~lr-C-ol'ts Decac:r-,::l8nt -Cion at Air Corp~~ E:l.::':~ner3ri:J3. ~c:l.;.,:),)l. f'r om {~.l)ty vi t.r, eJrsani7:ccl I"'~eserv'3s, R:.chards ry'o Fort ::;r.'ocket-t, 1:8Z20: Co l.o ac L 'I'reodo r e I''io l d , Yallsas SitJ, I\~o. A.-Ba.f,f;:in, for 2'lty iIi c:onneciiun wi t.h re:;'0 1,,_~':c.oJ).';, }<'ield, l'exo.::;: Ls t J"ip.uL:Regino,ld c r u i tins_ Pr8'7l01.1S' ('rde!'s r-evoked, R_._.G'1-.i.T(~s0:.e--:-f"i~~,", L(:~.r1.S1e~yField, Va, To Ril':''3iian Dcn'-1rtrnent: :';"'.jor';ohn C. ---oCo-,-UcDo ririe 11 , u:,.on Con:l)J.0SToll nf y>res8nt course of I ns t.r-uo b iori n.. Comrar.d -:=' and GenerQl Staff School, Fart J.Jec..!,v~r:L'\\;orth, Zans8.~. ivJFJster Sertseant Ernest Cote, -placed on thG To New Y')r:~ City: (;aptair::. Clarence E.':Jelch, r eo i r ed li:::t 2.t ;~elly Field, Te:ACls. 1.2roh 31, from La.rl,::~ley j1"iGl:l-: for duty as J1.ir Corpc 1935; F'i rs t. Sergea:c'c Hatha:~ 'Yo BCcJ.chcL' was P'ro cur-errerrt P'l auni ng R(~prCS()LGative. placed on re~ire~ list at Selfridge Field, ';.'0 Rock-::eD Air Depob , CeJi.:.: Cap t a.i n Pcube n C:-t.:;:ffa 0:.1 co:unleHGn cf pr os errt 1-.iich. sn::'ile elate. ~,,:aster Sergca:at G~orge Stou'b died at LaeJgley Field, V3.., l\:II'ch 18, 1935. course of instruction ::ct .Lir:::oT'::'::; EngL18er':'ecLnical 8gt. (~hi.rlOS C~c:.il ,'laS 1:'rcJrmted tQ ir.g ~c~cblJol. Niaster Sgt., I;Jar8h 2?, 1935, to fill var-arv-y ~r.o }.:i(:21et,~vm, Pa, Air I:enot: l~a-p~"a,in Ha:-ri;or;(;. Cr02kerancl r;;-tLlcut.' ..?ussaH caus ed by den.th r,f Laster Spt. St.out. '367.. Gail is ;t0tione,1 at!.:?o8kwcll Field, C::tlif. Po nde.Ll, 1.1lJO:2 c ornp l.e t i on of pre~en-t course 0: ~ec!::.nic;':tl 2gt. c:o'-m Bollinger, Scott Field, in-;truction at Air Corps ~"'n;;in8e"ill[ Sc'-ool. IlL, Yd.S prorwterl l/astel' Sel"r;eant, April 1, To _9hi0.L .. 0::ir 1?,,:2at~ 2nrl Lieut. : 1935, to fill vacancy caused rO'lircrr.ent of John 'J: S~ssums, ur-ori co.rr-Lc t i ou ')f nreC'.ent course of in~tr'"";ctloL. at 'fl.rli-<i:?1.eerillr"" School. ~iastcr 3gt. Cote. :;0 Par i s , Frctnce: Ls t ~ie~L. ~O-,'T,d~end St.aff SGl'8p9nt J2."'1CS L. COlLlboul'n, Bolling GrIDb--f'or .".uty as Asst. kilit:JTy Atta.che F'iolI , S., V,,':-_~Sprl..IIDJt-eQ ~rechnic31 Ser~eant to for Air to Paris and Spai!::., f r o,n d ut.v in bhe fiJl v.icancy caused by promo t i ou of Technical Office of Assistant Secreta::;.' rf ~'V,~r. S8rgeant ':;'2~il. ~ " ~ ....~""1' t'3!Z-.!J.ca(_e:n,y~~~~".-2.-~_'~'1t _.:. :_~.:'1. P l' K v Staf'f Sergea:lt. George'S. Biffil, :-J:av,aiian ~~~~~ 1. .. 1st .L181.Lt. :L,<"OIlal'Q H. Ro' i eck , U,)O:l cc:npTC:Cent., wa s m:o;:iloted Tecbnical Sergeant to fill tion of l.)1'eSc,lt course of instr'J.~t.~.on D.t .Ur vacnuoy caused by prO:1tion of Tech . '3gL Bollinger. He was orr.J.erej to Scott Field, IlL Corps ~~tical School, U~xfle11 Field, Ala. -1 ?~. '1--6766, A. C.

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TEE DEVEWPMENT OF THE MEDICAL SPECIALTY,AVIATION MEDICINE, AND THE FLI GHT S"L'RGE0N :By Major M. C. Grow, Med ca.I Corps, Acting Chief, Medical Division, l A.C. The medical specialtY,Aviatlon :';edi-/sho,yed that nervous instability.and . cine, was an outcrowth of the World v;ar. breakdown was a greater factor In reducThe ea r l y un f'or-tuna te experiences of ing efficiency than bullets. the French, 'British and Italians with A s t udv of the effects of altitude on the attendant enormous loss of life an d man by the :Bri t i ah showed that this Was mat er l cI not only in combat but even a causative factor in reducing the fightmo r-o So c1urir.g the period rurine- which ing ~ower of the squadron on. the front. the ornbrvo flyer was r e ce l vi n e; his Oci Septem-ber 17,1917, a. comrni t ee was t training, disclosed the fact that evcr v c1esignated by The Surgeon General of the man ','Tasnot phys ically or mentally U.S .Army, and s ubrnitted the following equipped for military aviation. propositions: I t has been learned t.hat the deve L>"I. That the present ant i-aircraft opment of certain defects or condiguns of the Germans necessitate much flytions which are ordinarily considered ing in high altitudes, 16,000 to 20,000 as unim-portant When found among t:te per- feet. sonnel of other branches of the service, 2. 'That these altitudes cause 3uch may render an airplane pilot wholly uns vmptorrs from II oxygen want II as to incafit for the pilotin~ of military air'~acitate men from service. craft safely. Consequently, there has 3. That acclimatization to these albeen evolved more or less graoually a t Lt ud es has no t as y e t succeeded. different set of phvs i ca.I requirements 4. That artificial oxygon s upply is for the military av i a.t.o r , an abs oI ut.e riec es s I ty to eriab Le aviators The military aviator performs his to work in these altitudes. missions in an" environment entirely new 5. That dl f'f e r-ent individuals show to rtariki n d, He moves through space at m~rked diff~r"encEs ~n their ~a"pac~ty to a t.r emenrtrms r a t.e of speed and in mov- !WI thstand h i gh al tl tudes ana It IS be~ng, controls the position'of his craft lli~ved that ~t 'Pill ~e rl~cess8ry to in:In t h r-eo dimensions simultaneously. :F'ur_ls;ltute S?e~Hll. cxamln~tlon~ ~f all avr , thermorc, he rnus t constantly make rathlaval'S to ae t e rmi ne t he i r ab i Li ty for 81' ouick decisions, an.;l, the.s8 decisions 'h'lgh altitude work." IP~gtpractically a'lwavs bo made ac~uIn ac co r rtancc with the above suggesrately and correctly. TIle decisions t i on , recommendation was made September which he rrakcs depends, pr-i.mardl.y and 26,1917, by the Chief Surgeon to the directly on his ability to perceive ac - Cr.mmandl Ge:1ere.l Air Division."that ng a cur a t eIy ; and secondarily, to make th~ medical research beard be a'ppo i n t ed to 'propc r interpretati ons of :eis per ce pcrns ist of the f'ol Lowi ng officers: Major t ions , Je-hn E. Watson, Sig;lal Officers 1 Reserve The idea rradually evolved in the ICcrps; and r/ajor Eugene R. Lewis, Major minds of tho aviators at the front that ..Hlliam VlilILer, and lv~ajor Edward G. Seithere was a great and immediate need bert, all of the Medical "lieserve Corps, for a medical ad v i s or to tile commanding to report to the Chief Surgeon, Aviation officer of the s quad r on Whose duties Section, Signal Crr-ps , wer-s the rra i nt enance of physical fitAfter many difficulties a laboratory ness of ea.ch indi vidualaviat or of the was established at Haze Lhur-s t Field, Wincommand. When the Uni ted States came cola, Long Island, N.Y. ,called the Medinto the World iVaI' the sad experiences ical Research :Soard of the Aviation Secof our Allies '\"ere recognized and the tion of the Signal Corus. government fortunately t ook steps to In instructing future flight surgeons avoid similar Los s es through Lack of the first faculty at the Research Labor ; medical supervision. atory Lnc Luc ed the; f ol Lowi n z in their I t is vorth7 to note that many of curriculum: the medical exne r t.s mario the identical 1. Selection of the Flier. statement,"It is f or truna t e that the 2. Classification of the Flier. Uni ted Stntes is realiZing at ~p.e be3. Maintenance of efficieney. ginninR that the essential ne ed is for At first as s oc i a t erl w i t h the flight mCdicaT advisors whose r,ut;v it is to s ur-ceon in his work wer e 'phys Loa.I dlrecmaintain the fitness of each individual tors who acted ysry much in the same caaviator". Fence t ne flig-ht surgeon pac i tv as a trained athlete. These phyarose f r orn the (1cmands put u-pon man by s i ca.I instructors "ere La t er discontinuwar-tim3 aviation. ed an~ the entire burden cf the fliers' In Au~st! 1~17, ~he C~i8f SlJ.~'f':eon physical and .ncrrta I well-beinG fell on o f the Avi a t l on Sectlon or the Sl{':Tlal the f'Li eht SUi"p'80n ~orps rece;yed de~ailed infcr~at~on After' the :v~'r, in 1919, the HeF!:Ular r r orn an ?f: r ce r 0.1. the Royal .!!lYlng Army f'Li s-ht surgeons school was estabCnrps! glvI~g.data upon tho marked nerLi shed at Mitchel Field. In 1925 the vous ~n.st~blllty that developed among S.. hoo l , now called c The School of Aviation the fl!.htlng f'Lre rs at the front WhICh Medicine was removed to :Brooks Field,

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AN ODE TO TIlE FIRST PU:lSU!I' GROUP San Antonio, Texas. When the new West Point of the Air, Panaolph Field,Tex8s, It will be recalled that duriru~ the the training center of all prospective winter of 1929-1930, Lieut.~Colo~el milita~.{ aviators, was established in Ro;yce, then Ma~or, led a. fl ight of the 1931, the school was moved to the new PG.TSUit uroup , Selfric.ge Fieli, locality wher-e it has continued to f1ffic- First l!.ich., through the Northwest. This tion as a teaching and research cent er flic;ht has since gone down in the in aviation medicine. A faculty of six records as the IIArctic Patrol. II members, all Pegulor .Army~ledical Corps Duri1~ that time a stop was Dk~deat offi ce rs and all Qualified Fli f:bt SurHelena, lvlonkma. A f re ahman Ln the ~eons, ~ive courses in physiology, psyHelena High Scho oL by the: name of .AI ice chology, psychiatry, cardiology, otolLee Wood abed 15, wrote a poem, entitlo~r, opht ha.Lrro sy , neurology, and otblo ed liThe Sno'sbhd.s. II Dur i ng" t.ne flight er subjects in their especial relation of the Provisional Wintor Test Gro~p to aviation medicine. this ~Tear, the pilots were pr-c scnt ed at An extension course and six weeks' a joint sescion of the Montan~ State 1ef;islature, and the f'o Ll.owi ng poem was practical instruction iR open to Medirt<"cl and pr e sent.e d to Col. Ro yc e : cal Co r ps Res or ve an-i Na t i cnal Guard Me~ical 0fficers. A total of 144 PegTHE SNOWBIRDS ular Arm;,"il/edi cal C or-ps officers, 129 Usdical Corps 'Reserve 14 National Guard Tho ltrmy b Lr ds have just left town, Medical officors, 30 U.S.Navy officers, They stayed hero all last niGht. ann (s f'or e i sn officers have completed the courses and are rated as FILo.:ht Sur- 'lihen o'er tllis towntbBy flow !..round, Oh what; a mar-vcl ous sisht. f:eons. It is estimated that the number of c'ua.Li f Le d flight snr geons required their homes in Michigan for M-ray in case of a national emergen- They left On an endur-ance fli{.;ht, cy is 945 of which a total of 700 should But bcfo re they Land buc:c home Ci!~;ain, b8 Pese~vo o~ficers. On many fields they'll liGht, At the pr-enen t time E()';{, tc po:rb of aircraft accidents are due to pilot erThey arc called the Anny Snowbirds, ror. Tho er r ors of omission and ccm'11is- And rrl~'.t a 11".1:1e t hcy tn.ko, sion thus Causo a considerable loss of I ':.,:heY~ U.ey ar c flying in the air, life and c1~struction of property and ! Of 1';}-.:1 t 2. no i sc they nakc . should inspire 31.1chconstructive and i prGventive'11easures to im"prove the recTh:;pil 0 t ;;'111 Y:e rc; f rd t uf'ul. , ord. The trend of t houzht on the i nThuy flew L1 snow nd rn l n , fluence of pro"por medic;l supervision 3ut- comi.nz into Hc;l(;n;~ of aviation "personnel is c1881'1y indi1.r118-;YT 3Et\Y t ho suu :l<~2.i11. cated in the reco~mendations 8-do~ted by the In. fth International Congress on Aer- !hr.: Ir'1.jo~ dose rve s the hono r ia1 Navica t i on at the Fagu.R in 1()30, ex- J:!or 2;LUd.llJ.t; s men to f'arno, ru tracts from whi ch follow; Ri,",:~in~_ he i r- lives for t he i r count ry t "The Fifth International Consrres s on '1';10;/ s~~ov;cci hat t hcy wcr'c gCLT1U. t Aprial Navieat.i on thinks that the aeronautical medi ca I services have b e coma V:'hcm t hcy [;8t .oncle to IHcJ:igrtn, and 'Pill "become mor o an d more a Special Tl"e:~I~.l sure QO~Or'"C'1_ res~ . . and di s tinct br-anch of ~eneral medicine ~nc;n. t.hey '11 V;:1.1 t"'Ylotb::;~ 111{".ht, 1,., , Knowi.nvt .. .I-1l"-T do ne t hc i r bc s t ann therefore hopes _ -, ." v (,.~,; v de; ''..u'

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liTo have aer onau t i ca.I "physicians prepa re d for the hard task oWl01vin,": upon them oy means of 2. t ec hn f ca.L specialization i:r. aerial navieatioCl, And to have them fly at Le.ae t eno'lgh teo gain experience ~hich, ~hile not equ81ing ~hat of pilots, Will, neverthe18ss,enable them to knoWingly judge the ;reat physical ann moral qualitiss they must reauire of navigatin~ personnel and to realize themselves the ne;ree of aptitUcle r eou i ren for the normal service of an aviator. II Contribution to the successful pro;ress of aviation must continue to De macle in the future as in the past. In this field of endeavor the way must De Shown by tho services.

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On kpril 5th, 'Nright Field ce Lebr'at.ed the coming of its new Chief, Bric.-Gen. A, 'IV.Rob.lns , f'o rue r-Ly R'CCC1:.tiveof the ~,Iateriel D~vision. 11. recei~in3: {';r0e;tp, nc ade d by CoL. Robe r t OooLr l ck , .lctln.o~ Chief of tile Division since Gen.Pratt's departure, awedted him, while the official salute of 11 ~Lll1S bo oraed. forth. La.tcr , all t:10 off i c er-s filed into hcadqua.r t er s to offer Greetings. It was a wel.> come hOIDe, not a ceremonious recGotion, 2.nd as such the General accopted It, stepIJin(: easily and sLJply into t.ho ht ghl.y ros~onsiblG position assicned to him. -176. V-6766, A.C.

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Usted. and the reorganization of Squadrons, in accordance with the G.H.Q. Air Force plan. One StlinruSr officially arrived at Kelly Field Brooks Fielc1 o!'tjani zat ion, the 88th Observawhen Colonel -Jacob E. F'i cke'l , CO[j:JlC:r.,',:mt, i8tion Soul'l.Ch-on. bacomes an 'I'.LR Ar<Jphibian" organsued en order !Qcking tl',e uniform for this Lzab i on , to 'be :l.ttached to the First Wing, GHQ, corrmand optional, either wool, or co t.t on, exAir Fo rce , cept for fo~uations, vn1en '~lifornl will be Lieut.-Colonel Ed'ward L. Hoffmln, fo~erly prescri bed. The personnel welcomed this nevs , of ','fright Field, was scheduled to assume COIT..-as the "ei ty called the wi nbe r -playgl'ound of :~nl cf tha field on April l3t, relieving the U. S, II has been expe r i encdr.g SOlC'18 ,::ighty 'I:a.jor ','!illiam C. Ocker, who will assume the warm weather. G.'lties of station Comp'Lerconb CoImB.nder. Lieut. John 8. Griffi til 'J~~'rtd for his S0COll~ Lieutenants of the Air Reserve whose new assiGnment in the Office of the Chief of active (j;)J.v tours were extended to June 30th the Air Corns. 36 had been statione~ at this nezc , c,tB~'ooks Field, incl ude Sylvester L. field since'Jlme, 1932, as Fl~Tinf Ln:..b ruc bo r-, Fahey, Edwar-d T. Hausaf'us , Chester C .b.oorraw , The termination of' t.hb assigment rrpd.e tLe Dan i e I ;;;. JPip?illger and Francis L. Rivard. third tour '"If duty at t.he Advanced FlyinS 8C':1001 f'o r IJ1eu+. G-d.ffi tho & .0. TcgG!29-1 ScJ]Ool.!.....~'C"y!e2.lField, Ala. Ld eut, W.G. Bryte, a rec:ent arrival 1'0111 the Phili::>pine:;, was a~~f;igned 1:3 Flir;ht, ComBrigpdjer-G0neral Juan A. Azcarte, Mexi.can mander in the 41st Observetion Spuadron, [ iv:ili t.az-y Attache, landed at the field on Maz-ch Second Lieut. Edward J. Tilnbel'iake reported 26th f'o r' an Lnf'orrred inspection of the post and from the Hawaiian Depar. tl:lent and WLS 8.SSi. gn@d\tlle'I3.cticals.,chOOl.Lieut.-COl.HerbertA. as Eng i nee'ri.ng Officer . 10th Attack Sq'.uaron. Dar gue , Actin<:; Corrroandanb during ':-,he temporary li;['~l.Y cLd tim3rs at the field are about to abs ence of Colonel Jar-en F. Curry, conducted the de"ert for duty at ot~er sbat.i ons , Schec~J.1ed visitor on a t.our of the post. The General for Ii;e..x'''ell JTidd are Captain Dde V. Gaffney; s e erned very much in:;pressed Vii th the work of the (";iJ.Dklin Orvi1 A, Anderson. no's at Wright school. Fiola on D.S. in connection with the propose~ Clearances v:ere issued for 88 plane3 departStrctospherc Fli?;hti Captain Ed.sar P. So r-enson ing from the field be tween March 18th and 31st. upon complet ion of his training ill Bomk.rdkFJ.~o1' <Tohn I. Moore, together v!i th two offiment, about June ;:l5th; 1V>.jor s A. Daybon , cers 1'0;11 r e :B'ield, E.IL. 'WlQrris Captains ::;.1. Ferris 81,d A.F. Shea. and Lst I,ient. C.l. Pearcy, bad. a very busy Captain .JaDes B. Bu.rv.e l.L is unue r o rd cr-s t;,;l8 April Ls t to 6th, conducting examinations fOl' l'{rifSht Field, about; August 1st, ;1D0. 1st for ~l po t.errt i e.I Air C0rpS officers, who gradLiGUt. Fren S, Stocks vzi Ll, re-,;ort at Chanut.e un t ed iron: the Air Corns Primary and Arivc,I:lCod Field, Ill., by October 1 st. ~ ;:'lyini; Scl.oo l s , were former Reserve O'::'fiC8l'S on ;;1ctive.luty, and v"ho anplied for Regular con.ni s s i ons , The M0Jical members of the Board were Cap t.a i.ns Edwar-d J. Tracy and '!rill iam H. Following the air de:'~:ow::tra'~ion OV'3r Sao. Lawton . .Antonio on AI'l'lI'J Day , .Rc-ndol-ph Field held operl[ l&.l.Xwell Field personnel who took the exazni nahouse, placing 2.11 types of pla:n8s 0"'1 the tion were Sta~f Sergeants Clifton and 'Iii 11iamson , 1 ine for inspection by visitors. Serscant ,:cDo::nld, Pri v"tes ';\;aLdrcri, Gavin, The movie c r i t.i.c in TJI.dPITY ma.::;azine [ave SLc?he:lson, PriC8 and Loitner. All of bhem are "West Point of the AiI'll a th1'ge s t.ar ra.t i ng , enl i s t.ed pilots, and Sergeants Willia:nson and. meaning "excellent." This shov.s that tl:ose McDon81d a.ro rnernber s of tile well kncwn acrobatic who have crHicizt;)d the picture on the score f Lyi.ng trio, "'1118 Men or: the Flying Trapeze," th8.t ~t diel not r~:"r,.t:,:,ue.irl tec;,.uic,:l c1e,tail lecl byYajor Claire I" Chennault. and. A~r C01"OS trafu tlon d i d not real zz e tHe 1 Lavrean ' S vi~vmoint. SO!Tl<J felt bhe picture I07th Obse'T'-::....v:.:a:::.t;:.:l=.. o::.;n::.....:::S.9.'.::J.8.=d:::.r.;:0.::n:L,.-:;;.1.:;:J.:.:c:::t I .;o...;-.:_-=_. shcul.d have been more detailed. in sbov:ing the progress tl:rough the Training Center. :/i. G.M. Pl,wf' vrere coiop'l e t.ed for the partici pa.b i on has al.wayc contend-ed, howev er , that such a of n. f'o ruzrb i on of s i v pl aues in tho Army Day picture comes in the category nf a nevrs reel ceremonies at Detroit, the Squadr on , und e r the and educational film, ani that no movie comcorrrre.ad r.f Major F1'8ne:cicK 1i. And er son , being pany would be ':!ill ing to snend 0, mill ion schodal ed to :ne:;,'for:n' a se:des of rmneuver s dollars for the produ~tion of 8'1('h [3 picture, over the dov:ato',;n area dur i.ng the course of as i t rnus t be a boY.: office 8ttr~etiocl" for the 1?(1ra(le. them to realize on their Lnves b.uenb . E'Ten the The pub'l i c ad:.lress system recently j.nstalled rcost severe critics of t he pict'lre admi t that in the h,'nge.rs of the Squadron proved highly it is one in wh i ch the dignity of the Almy is succe s sf'ul wl1en sutmi.tted to a series of tests uphe Ld , d'1nnz the 1:-:1.rch 24th drill. Band mus i c and Brooks Field. 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Captain Kane, who arrived or. the; March 19th II Due to the recent reorganization of combat Transport, was assigned to the De-pot. Hi.s exunits under the t;HQ Air Force pI an , several perience in supplies will [',0 e Long v.-a:,/n i I changes hrve be e.i mad e in the 27th Pursuit maintaining and ad di ng to e f'f i ci ency h. the I Squadron. Crp t , R.C.V{. Blessley, long in comSupply Section. mand of t1,e orga'lization, was t.ransf er red to Endeavor is being made to secure tre alLot-the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps for menb of supplies in order to lJ'ainta,in th8 I duty in V'le reserve Section of the Personnel present schedule of ovarhaul., A new cage is I DiYision. Lieut. Vio.lter E. Todd "'as in corrroand being built ar-ound the mezzanine floor in the tor a brie~ period, and h~ was relieved by 1st Aero Repair Shop for wing storage. I Lt. Ja~nes l!;. Parker, who Just returned from The number of 8.irplanes undergoing ')verhaul I the Ai r 1'hvieatbn School, Rockwell Field. is about the right percentage of planes which j OtDer officers assigned to the 27th are 1st should be out of corrml s s i on, Tr.e Bombe:,rc1.IuentLi 81.:t s. Dnrri eI C. Doubleday, JarreD. V. Crabb, and Observation squadrons have no re a.i i-p l anes Dixml I,;. Allison, Walter E. Todd, 2nd Lbs , now than at any time last year. The l)urs'G.it l:orrr.an R. Burnett, Air COrDS, and Phares and Attack Squadr-ons of t he Decar-bmenb w.ill 1:cFerrell, Eroe Irvine and J-esse Neal, Reser-ve, have their ~uota of airplanes in three or four Officers attached for flying are Capt. Warren months. Thls, of course , is due to the A. 1V.s.Y'<f!oll, Lts. ;',1orley F. Slaght r ; 2nd schedule of overhaul , which 'Hill adjust itself Paul W. Blanchard, Jr., A.C., and Cecil M. so that all squadr~ns should have t~eir qD~ta Fefner, Air Reserve, all of the 56th Service of airplanes in conml s s i.on, Sq1.ladrorl. First Lieut .A~fred A. Kessler, Jr., St::'.-tion Supply Officer; Flying Cadets San Antonio Air Denot, Duncan Field, Texas. Alla:l T. Bennett, Viillia.'11W. Harding, Rodney U. Jones, Lawrence R. Olwstead, Jr., Frank L. On April Ls b , the Depot wal corned a visit Figgs, rend Wm. W. Jarrell, Jr., are also etfrom General Foulois, W1.10 was on a tour of tached for flying. '2he Squadron at present Lnspec t i ori of Air Corps stations. He was achas five P-26A's, 1 y.~-12X, 1 P-12E, and 1 cornpand ed by Ca:pt. Harry A. Halverson, who was BT-2Bl f0r instrument flying. 'I'he Post Basketball League was brought to on duty at this repot some years &go. Lieut. -Col. F'rank D. LackLand , f'o rrrer-Iy in a close with the 17th and 38th Pursuit SquadrOllS finishing in a tie for first plnee, each cormand of this Depot, and now Chief of the with 13 wins and 2 losses. In the deciding Field Service Section, ~,lateriel Division, incontest for the chaim i.onshi p , the 17th despected the Depot lv'arch 28- 31. fe~"tec3 bhe 38th, 22-21, the contest being a Captain Ray G. Harris, Air Corps represeatafull of excitement, and attendthe at the Douglas Compan:r's aircraft factoI seJ-sawa:fair, ed by a large crowd of ardent, howl i.ng ry, ferrying a new XO-45 plane to the ~teriel rooters. Division, visited here April 1st nrid 2ud and ,tTitt the post championship decided, a Post discussed airula'le construction. He a Lso I Basketball team was organized, picked from the stopped at Br~oks Field to enable pilots there various s'luar1ron t.ei'ms, and coached. by Capt. to become acqua.i.rrbed -.-vi +,h the new a.i r-o Larie , steven Guzak, ~,;edic81 Corps, and Lieut. Chas, Lieut. C.K.- Nieore, Assistant De oo t Supply Anderson, Air Corps. After several days of Officer, is acting Q,UElrtermaster in the abgames were arranged with sence of Cant. N.P. Walsh, ordered to th(l Army intense practice, severa l sel"J'ice teams in the Corps Area. The and Navy Ge;leral Hosp ital, Hot Sp:rings, ArJ.(. Selfridge Baskcteers defeated the Fort Lieut. 1V~oreis under o:rders to attend the Sheridan Lnf'ant rymen, 31-25, and the Lighternext class at the Air Corps :ngineerinb than-Air men a~ Scott :Field, 29-14, but lost School. to Chanute Field, 44-,10 and to the 6th InfantMaster Sgt. CarltonP. Smith, airplane Barracks, 29-26. pilot, 12th Obs , Group HST!"., Brooks F~.eld, was ry at Jefferson assigned here for dut~r w: th the airplane transport service to repl38e Staff Sergeant O.E. Henderson, of Brooks Fi e'ld , ab bached to Captain John H. t;ar~ner, Air Corps, Instructhis Depot for the same duty, who is under tor of Reserves at Boeins Field, Spattle, ~~s orders for duty in Ha"-aii. a.s s igned as In:-pector for the annual chme enMr , l';.R. 1'lhitrr.ore, Associate Aeronautical campment of the 41st Division. 1'he encampment Chemist, Materiel Division, on r-ev8ral du.ys' vrill be held at CampMurray and Fort Lewis, temporary duty here In connec t Ion wi th the vhe re N8tional Gua.ra troops from Washington, study and development of cleanini:; compounds for airplane and engine parts, VIes ferried to Idaho and Oregon will hol d a division camp. It was also the desire of the 41st Division Rockwell Field, Calif., for the same purjlose, that Capt. Gi;;,rAner be assigned as Division Air by Lieut. J. H. Ricks. Officer 0;" the staff of General Villi e, AJ.jut The rr.onthly Cont.ro l Area Supply and Engintant Cene ra.I for Oregon, and Division Comnand er , eering ccnf'ez-ence at this Depot was held on April 2nd. Ten officers from various Air The opinion prevails that more effective and beneficial training will result to the Air Corps stations in this Supply Control Area Corps if a Division Air Officer were active on were present, also Lieut.-Colonel Lackla.~ the staff of General Vlliite during the enc&Lpand Captain Ray G. Harris. - 78V-6766, A.C.

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morrb. :'Tntrance of the Air Corns into l:ationYoung, VVilliam B. Wimel' , rIalter 0','. Branzell, 61 Guard no t i.vi ties is rdativ'ely IL~W, vii th Edwin H. Lauth, 10;{; Li.eut s, Clifton C.Hutchison, tho result that no arm of the service Las a EIl'tm.d, J. Bur-khaz dt , ?nd Lieut. Stanley F. clear understanding of how to usa the Air Gcrcling, aOO, ~;~'1.ste:;.: Sgt. JaTnes L. Tato. Corps effectively. - Members of the 41st Divi:-' Capt. iu'thur ThOl:HS, Instructor of thi~, organsion Ail' Service v;ouldbc pleased to know hove ization, is attending the Air Navigation School nnny of the other s(1uI.;dron~ of l:ational Guard at Rockwe l I F'i el.d , Calif. lv'njor Jalph P. Cous i.ns , on duty in the Office aviation have Divisio::l Air Officers, and 'hat of the Cli i ef of the Na.t i ona l Guard Bur-eau, beneficial 1'(,5'11 b s are be i.ng derived ae; a resul t of the rnoir~tment of this officer. visited this s t.at.i on OIl l".rch 29th. FlyinG time' ~f tb:., average -pilot Ln the During Ma..Tch, 23 visitiBg Air Corps planes ,jIst Division Aviation rcrni ses to be far in were ser~iccd at this station. Second Lie'-1'G. Kenneth R. Case r e s i zned on excess of t~10 goal of 2':5 hour-s set 1'0 each -pilot f'o r th"fh~cal yea. The total tiI!',e on l,;.':lrch ;:;lst to e:ili~,;t in the Regular Army. K:etrch 1st 'NIS lE,()4 hour-s 5 -ni nuben. All ty-pes o f mi ss.i oris b2ve b(:cn -per"'o:cmed ir, t.h e accc-nnl at ion of U'i5 flying tin:8. Ll the last several weeks, three of Pookv-e'LL In a recent technical ins~ection of tho Field bachelors have been bi Hen vii th the bug 116th Observation Squadron end Photo Section, known as matrirnony. On AnTil 3rd, the off irrade by Captain Char-Les W. Sul Li.van , Air c e rs of the Dost too:': ,rpo;:'Lt11e':15e1 s the task ve Corps, T'echnical Su:oeT.7isor r-f tile Eocki.o l I of propez-l.y Lltre'd'lcing' the nev ar-r ival s with Depo t Control Area, these org:c;nizationc; were gi-ven the rat Ing of 'r;:;;:cellent" and ~)rought the activities ,~f the field. ~he newl~veds, forth comnon.lab i.on f ror., the OPfice of the Cap~. GIld liirs. ]'\'I.:1:.]\,IcKinnon, Li.eut , uno. I.irs. Chief of the Ai:: Corps as '1.'el1 as frorn the T.t. Anderson, and Lieut. and ;,iI's. :Robert Vl. Acljutcmt Gen/oral, State of Wa:hir_ston, 2,nd Goetz, were tctker. to Captain Grisharn' s resithe Corps Ar oa Coa.rande r , 9th Corps Are2. d er.c e in Cor-onado wher-e they "tOuld not be able 'n;n1"t I::2Xt?" The pilots of t,w Division to s ce the prcI,arations for their arrival. The are askin~.themcelves this uU8stion as they big gasoline t.ruck was d eco rat.ed with ole await the.'"return of their instr'uctor, Ga}lt. >:,~lOOS, anner-s and a Lar-ge platform b was placed on the top. A drull ccrps W.'1S imported, And bin A. Day, fro"l the Ai r I.a vigat ion School at Rockwell Field. VTith otLer :::2tional Guard at 11: 30 the nONlywerls ar r i vod and were placed Instructors, Cap ba.i n Day ju~;t comp l et e i the on top of the t.r uck , und wi til the remaining bv-o weeks I course. 1'D<?pilots have b,~come bachelors, lta50r c:.mrles G. Br ennercar, , Capt. enthusiastic about iIi;~tr~ent flying, and F..1':J. . Al Lo t t , Iv'~.8., and Lieut. Fee. ~701fetA.C., practicallJ all of t.hem oomp'Le t.cd t.ho i r 1'J on a trailer in to':r of tho truck, tile proceshOUIS und e r the hood, iII"] advanced to cloud sion mOY:3d off, headed by bho d rum corps and flying. They feel certain that Capt.ai n Day f~l~c':!:cl ~y all the officers of the post and t.he i ; la,i:tes. '1;111 E~ive ther.:. some ;:0'1" ideas v\"l,ich will assist t.hem r;Eteria:l,ly in?olishing of'r' some 1,00Il found the column arriving at the Officers' Club, where 8. delightful Luncheon was rou:;h edges. served, and the opliortlmi by afforded for the Increased efficiency en the part of every ole. m81:lbers of t lie post, to mne b the nevr, The officer in the 41st Division is certain to of a silver be the res'll 'G of the riev ])rogrCim oi' as s i gnI e f'f'a i r' ended 'liitii tl:o presentation frui t preserving ut ens i I to each of the new merrt.s iru.'l,Ur'llrot2d by Captain D8Y. h.i.t: prog" t t d" rl ram. f or' "OnE', ~rr:o t qU[1r.-,er b as ;:;u". e.L:~,:" ano couples. T'r-i.oz- to the lUl'lCL80n, 6',),ch of the followinga.s s i grmerrt s t o ne71 dutles for ever:,' o i'f'Lc e r I na:l,ed officers was }:,re~:;8ntcd a di~)loll;;;'1for comhave been i,~sue(l. i3efore a ss omi.ng t.lie so new nletion of the course in ir:3trument flying for duties, each of fi co r was ordered to .;1<'31;:" a };atior;al G'J.::trd I:l'c,tJ:uctors: iiajor Benjamin G. complete renort on his findings for thc last Weir ,~aptair:s Pona.Ld A. Hicks, Cuy E. G,lle, qua.rtc r , an~;. this re s.ul,ted in his 'bf':C0lT'.l~1,S ..vid S. Sb ir.s cn , El~gene B. Bayl ey , Charles more intirrately acr.ua.i nt ed with the ;;,moral I DE operations /"If a:,1 (~e})8.rtmcnts th:m hereto1 Backes. Ho.rr-y h. ~!;ills, Arthur 1. Ennis, Robin A. D:W, l,lerrill :::l. l\~i1lm, William J. McKiernan, fore. Officers are eY.:) ec t in;:; to receive a very t.ho rough u:1derst3:1dL,g of thei:::' nc':, aG- ! Arthur Thomas, Richerd H. Marree, 'I'hornas 'g. Cole, s i.granerrbn sinc; they inc'.ude the prcJ:!.c.,':'ati.oTlI'Bl.ackbu rn , JO':ln l~. Pat.r-Lck , ;loss? of all plans for the a'11;u",1 sunme r c,=""p and Chaz-Le s A. iior n , and 1st Lieut. 18 Nis Iv:' 1:erric1(, the exec11tion of va r i.ous conrrand s dt'r',n': the periOd of same.
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Th0 .ront h of lvlnrch sav! gunnery and bombing season get into f'ul I swing and occupy most of tile :pilots' t Ime, By Ap r i I :;,th, all the firing at gl'ound targets will have 'oecIl completed. Bach pilot regularly c.ss i gned to the~ three tact ~cal squadr~ns wil~ LaY~ f i r-ed his qual. if icat ron r-ound af t er be i.ng gl ven some two thousand -1 9V-6766, A.C.

rounds each of practice. This large practice ammmi tion allowance has been found necessary and well used because of the fact th~t most pilots had not fired for soroe t in.o , and none were. familiar with the P-2G for f'Lr-i.ng e..o.di bombing. It seems that scores ale rnuc". Lower vITi th the P-26 than wi bh the P-12 in 1irL'1f:' Lt ground targets. 1:his ship, however, i:; givinc:; oxcellent results in.dive Jombing. On April 7th, the 17th At.bacl: Group was schedul ed to begin firing at towed targets and devote the remainder of the month at this work. The new gunner-y and tombing range at 1,:uroc Lake has greatly f'ac i l dt.ab ed the ZlL.Yj;'eryand. bomb.ing wo rk of the pe rs on-iel. at roflarch Field. This Lake is about 12 mi.Le s long by 6 miles wide. All of. its svrrf'ace is aui bahLo r'o r LandLng , being hrcrd , ve-r;y s,moth Em,', :rep. ~'rom water save for 3.. few weol{s 1I,- January. TLe lake is situated 25 minutes fr~D March Fiald by air, wh i ch me"kes it possible to ur:e :;.t dp,ily for :firing. The T1ev'j?irst Wing directive requires each squadaon to perform sene flriI.g during each week of the 0ntire year. The. firing ta d[Lte :18.S uncovered some e::cellent individual sLots, and 1':3.1'0::: Pield pe2sor..nelJxe Lock ing forward to the :;.'esu:nption of the Lm.Jal Air Corps 30mbin[; and Gunne~:y l'l8..tc'les. Ir. addition to the i1mivid'~1 firing, e~Terimerrt ,: are beiu,,; cC\D:luc;teC!in tactical unL t. .fi ring. El errerrt and flight firing in formation have been trie<i out and. ".ill be r-epo rt.ed upon when tests are completed. Eventually, it is expec t ed that sLnui Laneous fil'iug 01 whole squadr-ons will prove ul'actica"ble.

JOIJes, Li eubs , Chi 0.1 aw, Crawford and Langrnead, 'I'hev report at lv'lC1xwell Field on August 29th. Lieut: Louis J. Rumaggi, C.E., reported on i-L,rch ~J,Oth from Galveston, Texas, for duty in tl.e Aurial JlLxppine Dni t. Capbr Ln H. G. lilon.tgomery reported for duty from Sclfri.tlg,c; Field and was assigned to the I nenst :-ial Wa:c.2lans Section. On M,,'1TCh 27th, the Engineering School offic er s in '7 a.i r-o I anes took off on a training formation flight to Chicago, returning the
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Nineteen Flying Cadets, c~o cOlliuletod their training at the Air Corps Advnncc1 E\~Ylri.s School and received their A...P. ratin::;s, reported to the field for tactic01 trainin~. Ten were assisned to Pursuit, 8 to Borobar-dmezrc r:.nd one to Flight "A," 16th ()b~ervaJuion Squ.edron. Captain E. T. Cr onrcu was teffi[)or8~ily relieved of his duties in orrier to Ftttend the Air Havigation School at Rockwell Field. E Lrsc Li eut , F.E. Glantzberg, his successor, recentlyarrived from the Phil i pp j.nes and as sumed co.rrmnd of the 20th Bombardment SQuud~on. The 96th Bombardment "SqURd.con, or. lJal'ch 25th, resumerl bombing uI'actice after ~.::. lapse of nearly two years, during which tIle lack of a "tomb c.Ll.owance resulted in the bomb racks be i nr; removed, oiled and stored unb i I tLis traini::'lg could be resumed. Second Lieut. Willi,nn D. Eckert receivec orders for assigr~ent to duty in PaD8Ta. He ca~e to Langley Field in 1932 Wlt'.l tre Z6th Pur su i b Squadron when that or,3anization waf' trr;nsferred from Selfridge Field. :Materiel Division, Wright Field,
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C 70/23. TIouhet, ~lilio. The War of 19 ... , N~rcl~'-~30, 133 p. Tells of the air operat ions of thi s irr:aginary war, giving the tV10 different c0nceptions of warfare and contrasts the two d i f f e r ent. air o rgarri aat.Lons , Trans, from the Italia:a .rmgaz i ne FIVISl'A AEROlTAJrICA. C 71. 7/6. Ha::1.dley, Page F. Air defense is dead, h~'rch 1935. Air defense, in the sense of a fighter system which will effectively exclude bombing airplanes from a given area, is dead. ?rqul Handley Page BUlletin,1lar?h, .1935. 2>:59.05!BT". Brassy's naval and Shlpp1Ug annus.L ;193[;. This number has added a large s ec t i o.i o~;, aviab i on, 629. 1342/8c3. SOl1Utag, Albert. With the Gr~,Jf Zeo-')el:.n "and Zondar a.irplane - Euro-pe to Brr.z i L, L'32. ?5p. Gives interestin8 information on 3r,,"'.:::i1.. Ce rman text. 6?'::!. H'1/U1'~'n. U, S. Hydrographic Office. Naval ,i':rr:Dilot Alaska ueninsula, Southern and SOlltlle'\ste~'a Als"ska, 19~34 (H.O.IBB). 236p. Pu rpo se of Lhi s book is to assist pilots flyi~r i!' thi s , t,~~ri tory.. Contains numerous rraps , dlpgre.'lS a.nu. 1.Llustrat10ns. 62S.1S/si3. S1nclair, J.A. Airships in pe~ce illldwur, 1931. 308~. Not only gives a history of the airship, but has a defense for the use of airships. The author says: ''Let us be done with tLisDrice-to-be-uaid bogey. There is a price to be p~id for all .progress. II 940. 343/N26. Neame, Philip. Gerrran strategy in- the brest 1930. 132p. Discusses the Lnportant crisis which occur-r-ed and their effect on the Ge2."m'ID hieh corrrmnd and German strategy. l'iore of an outline to base more detailed study of the vrcrious campaigns.

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culty was reported with vacuum,pumpdrive and. I failures on these engines. Inshown that the primary cause of these fail u.res was torsional reSODaLCe. The J 1. ENS-INES, G:t!'NZRAL. ruet thaJ,j the engine drive unit was not quHe stron6 e~oUf~lwas also a contributory factor. a. Y.anifold Pressure Gages~~~'I2"rct~~ h. SR-134C-F and R-134Q-27 Engines. OperaI stops. Purs,d:1 activities appear to ~esir'e tian -;i tllese engines has been unifonnly ::;atis both m:mifold. pressure gages and throt;t1e f'acbory at all activities since Ho 4 impellers , stops. Apparently the Pursuit activit~es de- were installed. sire the throttle stop purely as a rmrKOt' to i , Overhaul and Test. All activities appear indicate the rr.a.ximum pennissible throttle to-avreethat i:uproved testing equipment for setting at sea level. All activities appear late~ high output engines is a requirement t.hat, to agree that rcarri f'oLd p:r'essure gages are ne-I must be taken care of in the near ~uture. Tho cessary on late type erigLnes , test clubs especially for use en a1r-cooled rab. Pilots' Lnf'o rrmt.Lori o_n High ~~ di e.l.s are anot.her important requirement. ComEn~ines:-' in gener-a.I, the reactlon f'r-oin plaints were made th~t full information. o~ ~ew island possessions where old type engi-?-es ~.re engines Vias not rec ei ved by service act1vl.h .. s e being used is Lhat sufficient Lnf'o rrmt.Lon 1S at the proper time. . now available. Activitbs at continer.tal 1. .!.I.':rease.!..TiIne etween Overhauls . .All act1B stations where -the new t:,/pe high output e... 1v i t Les ar-oea.r to agree that the new schedule glnes are be i rr; received appea.r to agree, th~t which iD~;eases the tirre considerably is proper. add i tional I nf'orrnab on is essential. i ThlS In.. k, Top Overhaul by Servic~~uadr~ In genforrr.. a.tion is apparently d.esired both in the er81. theconsensus of opinion appears to be form of a perfo~nce chart to be placed in that if tools ar.d spare'parts are a'vailable, a the> 1i'orm 1 and also in the form of a s'aall ... ' t f t h ul b r-v ce i .. ~ reasonable arnaun 0 op over a y se ~ instruction rranual , squadrons woul.d be an e:r.cellent .proced~re from ('. M'."xture Control, The method~ of ad. . the st3Jillnoint 0f bot1 lns ttl ~ rue lug en lS t~d per.v ju;,"ting the rni7tme---COlltrol, as recorffilend~d sonnel and to enabl e the s erv i ca squadrons to tv the various st.ab i ons , varied from settlngs carry a portion of the depot overhaul schedw;e that were so rich as to have little value to in the event -that the depot was overloaded wi bh mebhods of setting which were so lean ~s to work. to dangerous. It is believed that t~cru"ical ., J. Gear Box for Accessories. In general, acinstructions now being issued, cover arig the ti~ities appear to consider the gear box idea use of the mixture control on hiGh oubpub worthy of s curly. engines. wi~l be the proper solut~on for the 2. ENGI~~INSTALLATION,-S difficulty, providing all act5.vihes are convinced th::l.t the procedure outlined. must be I ,.... Coo Linr- Svsberns The use of h i gh t~era, carefully follov:ed. t111~eead sj~lv;r solder has apparently eliminl i. R-2~gines. .A~tivi t ie s .usi~ these at ed a great deal of the difficl,l by :C!xperienced engines report that then r)pe~a~lon, :ts very with leakage. The llJajority of the ACtivities satisfactory from the stanrlpo1.m:;01 both appear to consider that some type of shutter maintene~ce and overhaul. control, either rra!lual or thermostatic, is nee. V-1570 Engines. All ACti',ities l'?port cessa.ry on Prestone-cooled installations, espethBt 'ffie operation of t'lGse enc i ne s , sl~ce cially when operu,ting in northern sectors where the sbel l iten ezhausf val vas I ave been Insudden cliI!Htic changes are liable to be enstalled has been greatly impT"H"d. S~me I counter-ed. Diffictll ty was reported with faildifficulty appear;. to be e~co\1Lj~r~~ w~ th ures of inter.-cy~inder b~ffles on R-1690-11 enPrestone leaks. rioweve r , lt lS ?e-;-levvd that gines. These f'a i Lur-es, r n general, occur-r-edon this leakage will be held to a ;;uru~um when the baffle between Nos. 5 and 6 cylinders. ..A. improved methods of overhaul Bnd illalntenance, redesigned ba:fle has been furnished for thlS now being considered, have been actually put 11ocati~n and future procurement will be made of into practice. . ',' I a new d.esign w:Uch c')nsists of nine component f.. ~20-F Seri.e_~. Gonsider::t"?le d:ffleulparts ":hieh should function more satisfactorily. -i,;'- ',:as rG~;')rted on R-1820-21 englnes 1::1 the b .. Fuel Sys.::..~ A recorr:nendation was made Sal Antonio Area with worn exharst valves. A that dur-e.Lumi,nines be replaced by copper l c;-lef\l.l check ')f the reports in conr;ec:ion Linos , at least in the engine compartment on with this matter showed ihat the lTI8J~rlty o! Pursuit airplanes, due to the excessive number the reports was coming from orcs squao.r-on. Tne of f'a.iLur-e caused by the J.uralumin lines splits number of blowing valves in R-182J type en: ting. A r-ecornnendat.i.on was made that the amount glnes has been greatly lessened. at al~ ,;"ctl; of fuel in 6El.eh tank be stanped on the dial of vities by the injeotion of Lubri canb lUGOb:e the fuel cock cont.rol . It appear-ed to be the rocker boxes after each flig:lt, in order, to corisensi,s of opinion tInt present fuel cocks pr evonb the sticking and ~ubse9-uent burmng were def i rri t.e'ly unsatisfaet.ory and that every of the valves. Lnst.al Labi on vall be rWlde~f effort should be made to develop a fuel control bronze valve gui des on all :R-1820 bype engazes valve which aid not depend on a cork insert to as ~oon as funds are available. It is be~ prevent leakage. All activities appeared to 11eved that this change will eliminate the agree t,hat gravity f'ue.l systems were defini telJ" difficulties reported. ,. . ,unsatisfactory. It v~s the consensus of opinion ~. 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It is cont7'iJer~d 'pos-: ~8-}.;2t'~)8S cd.rolr\lleS e s'oec ia'l I IT when T)ilots wer-e 311;le that o;>eratin" porsolLLel l.avo not bcconc op8r,jt.Elg the ;..irplmlt;s -prio:!.' to :-:-ecel-pt of TIrosuf'f'Lc.i ent.L> e(;'Jcatnd. re,:p,rdins the abso Lut,e 1'21' operatLlg inctruc~iol"S. necessity for ,_:lec,;tlinii tLese un i t.s at 'pre.rb_i~.i:ag CaTb~et,()~. All ac t i v i b i es concur ,scribed. Lnt.e rvrLs , OT', und e r SC7e;re ol),)rclting tlmt (l :~i[nple ... .f'f'eo t ive mcaris of comp'l c be Ly cond i t ions , 8t evori n.o r-e f r-e.ruerrt inte:''.131s. drainin2, the c;_rbu:retor bowls d ur i n.; routine inAll activities rsrort thtl,t electric or air opsp ecc i on is an i":Tnorkmt ref11irement. erated llreSSlU'e Lubr-i cato r s ,,11'e e ss.errt Laj. for iI' KIo\'! TcstiIl:EL~f_Sa~bur~.t~~:..i!.(;ts. .All aetithe ser~icinr! '. of 1 ub r ioanf '\"'J the rocke r- boxes 't' "'-1 . V1.'l,::S consa 'ri'.e:;,' t1" :av .; 0\'/ t 0:5t' ~n6 e'lu~'pmen t' ~s on Fl.ir-cooll~rl '-~ngirlGS. nece3SP",TJ at all cc-oots. d. bn"ine COl:tro1s. An activiti8s a,-;ree, ~. ~.~:d ~~al:;~~,E:3~,...:1ue_ ",Tater __ t~ and Fore~~ tJ:-:;-t, oil 31Ji'-c~-o'1:.m{- cont.r-o l s 8";oul1. be <3.11tO-'! 1,"~c"GerlCL. '~a':' btl e or s. in generc'., . 1 an " f evt r orce d .. ~ _.'> " ur matico .AutQlnat.ic r,~gulation of sUTlcrc"l-\2.r,,,,ir:.g lar,di.iJ.[jS-ar:3' r8ported~-wHh the exception of t.he on high o ut-ou t en!~ines W'CIS a.l so cons i.de red \le94th Pur-so i t S'1u:.1dron air SeJ frirlge Field 2nd the s i r ahl.e , a.I t':lO~ll)' a gerlcl'a1 ~()Si1'8 a:lJpeE::CccJ. 8c,"001 So uo.dron at ,\:0':':'1.;811 F'i el d , to exist f'o r a n..mua.L corit.i-o l whi.::t could. hl 2: -::;'~J:'!,;~tio~~~.,V~ry ~i ttle. troc1,?le has. used to c vc r-sr-un th8 aut.orc.t i c d c vi oc to have b ccn expe r-r ence o w i bh rce f'o rne.tLcns r n s er-vi.ce full elll!Ll.c povre r for take-oL~ f'zom :innll fl" il.I~.' ;3't. 'Lea..-6m,'ortl1 rcpo:,:'ts two occur rcnces fields. wh i Le the I7tt, Squad ro n at. Sdfri-ige F'i.e Ld re...' EX~lau~.t D~']2-~_~~:l.I . ~:"'..ecollec-t?r 'po:~"ts icing in a f'e1t1 casea. Icing i~; consd.Ier ed rln/?s nov: ~n::t&.llea on tHe ;(u~Orl ty of serv:.ce to be ."orse on airn::'ancs us i n.; the rurrmed V-1570 a i rp'Lanes ar(.~ conn iIe r-ed unsa'~i~;f:.1,ctory, (h18 whcr e no ~J.ir her,ter is LnsLa.Lled , ivlinncsota rete f aul ty de2.ign v.hioh cau-ie s a t.eudcncy to : ~~orts t:1at c,,or'ouretor air }waters on their 0-38 cr-ick under the iIlfl UelJC8 .J' enr;i ne '.ri br-a?,i:Tlr'nes arc too s;;:all to 'be e r'fecb i.ve , t ion. Lt. IGN!TION. 3. GAF3URETORS AlI! ~;BL CE.LRGE.2S. c\,. Fa.iLure s ()J.~ SC~-l r.l1f1 '!-AG :i,"Ic-:l d e.cI 'o"fdif1Tc;u :C13,s-b,::8:il'r~pol: D.. Ce.r bur-et.o r Se'ccings. The rrcjority of by all activities wit.li old tY'De c stations con:T,:r8'r u:r;'(,':;7,nt c:r'T(jll.1'eGor ",.cctings n~!5netos. Ope:'c,tiO::1 or the 'ald p, satisfactory. 1,;01'~ ef fec ti ve ca.rour-et.o i' 1'.ir or,::akers becomes d erini tely l4. ;at heaters are Josired 81, northern ste.tionc;. old rrlJgnetos. It i::; b._:lie1f'(~. the: .l:.. ::Jnif:?:TI'J.ty of Se.~ti~ on ~k':::,,?;:"lc1, Vc.'.E.C nrO[TLlD c.].11 in'S for t1v instaJ.lat haul ed Ce rbur-et.c r-s , The 'r:E.jority of t.he actiheuser coils an.' -pi-O;.Totler;s 'brc3,~:( 'viti"es 17'C-;;c.':rC'L:',d--: OfLUlHJI'T!:ity of 0-p,::'ation with ovar aaul ed car-our ct.o rs and recouner.d of n'C\::;netcs w iL'l e1imir'ate the !IJi' di:fi()'.ui~ies rerort.ed. that eC1uiprn8nt ce fTI'nisl>:::J all ('2nots for 1:;. ~.f3_~7n~to ~err:peratJur0S. '_~en.l){ tLe accurat.e cal i br-at ion enr; :~l'Jv! test in;; of ci-;:;-nt'Iy high toC'8:Use'''rrre:-:;lJyr "" ' jets. Difficulty is still reported wic:b'leakage be bwc en part.ing surf'e.ce s , T!-~eE:1gi:neerr8'nort.ecl 'JIl P- 213 t,Yl~c "irp 1.<,)}') 5 when tno 01 Ci type coils W8re uae-l, ,:.':tile :r'nilures were a lso ing S"'c t;i.on has r'::p"",.tc:d1y r eriorrrncud ed ,)chris Iv,sTJville No. 'rO, or eCl'li ve I errt , r'"('j:ceriaJ. :i:'or r e-io r-t.e.. 011 .A-3 type a i 11)1'11.,'S wl'e,', +'Le old tYTle i,~Jer~~ -~_1.se(:;_. use b8tvve.:.;n TILe pU<T~~i~r: Sl1.r:f"c.ces ffil-J it is be- 1rert,l\.:ers liever) that the p.f'sent. ~:jf;icu.lty w i t.h leakc. 'se(d. inr:: E_c(~.J._Ler .A.ssc,-'!T.illli8S. On inion is d.iyi ~rcJ- ..'t; f~ardJ.l\._."-IT:;~;'E~~,;rsabrflty seal ir~ l of age will corrti nue u'ltil 8.l1 the ve lLur oi.d JreE~_Ccr a.s s erab...j. es. .~{01fT~:-:veT', the con22nsus of gaskets novr i:....i. r.e rv i c e have bec.!.J. rliSCc:.rrled.. c. AcceL r3:Lion :~L:'ic;.:;,I+,ies. Li~tle c1i.1.'ficp in.i ori anpe8,r:: to be thc:.t t'Jo,:1uc1, t roub.l c is cUI ti"E7:1s'"".~eer.:-~,=::::='(r': S'rlc-:,j'-TEf ace elf :':, t.~ on, c'\:perie"cec' wi'-,h'lnn(':;e3~ar; aC.just:;;"Et. It is exc ep t ',vi t:, ":A-"f[_~ r:.;.cd T,','1.-yr:C cur-bur e to r s at i be.l ieve.I tl-:,3,t 'vhe as;)'Ilbli"s shou'l : be checked souther:':~L s t.at i ons . The ;::;r~t ).~incs i.:l ble s e car-j oru.y c:.t 2U-hou,:, and 2")-.hour :period". burc~+Jors have l)e~:~ r -; ..,vi::.3d ~-:-.rJ.d .. 01)er~--:tc I1OV '" d. ~_ ..;...__ :...-..-... Srd.clr1irw. l'h8 "Prceze conc.'.lit tV])'3 _ of . _~ __ ' ;... ,I . : satisfscto:'ily. "h1e1'"1ng :)ppe'.1l's t,) be "reI erred by ell nctlv1. Set.t~:.::g,_.<2J.f~~~-.::_1~~_.9_onj. T?l._2:.__ V;:~_t~.:.~~.s tie~ dun to the f'ac t that s~-nglc vri.r e s can be used 'by service ac t.i v i t i e s to c,~ta,in ce"t 1'8['1'.1.ce:1. 80:1:8 objection F8S heard to the Brcez e economy rni x tur e v'~,r.{ fro;') lec:.:;;:ir".])";: '"lo-,',er 8,"tc:up type spark pIng b'lrmina1 Llue to the col18ctinzs to a rG8:coElbly lc-:c,,L'1.cl.justm"nc. It is tion of grease c:..nrl dirt. believed that in"tructions '-:0\'1 being is;3U8Q :::.. .-J>:~.i tio,!! ..f.0:.~)12. . E::':p.;;rience has shol,'-'11 that ,,:ill clarify this difficulty. A cOl:siderable the sto.!l(~3Td i --Sd tiol1 cable is definitely ill1sni tdifference of opinion i.l-p"Dcsrs to ",,'Kist r'eljC:.ro- :31.::1e:or pre-:;sur8 bilffled &.ir-cooled en[ines. The ing autol;'B.tic 'Dixt.ure con'cro1s. It is evin8", h'cgil te;nperCJtul'c c,":'Ole n:opears t.o be lmsatisdent that clisse::u J.8.tj 0:; 0" inforr;ation l'E:zard- i fc:,;::tOl'y for all ins'callati:ms. iug autmeatic mix"t1.U'e controL:; i,,; neCeS:38ry, ' .?:Jal':Plugs. A g.l'e;.;tt de',l of d.iffic)~l ty ,,:as as ap-parently no OLe Ll the serv5,ce rea~. i zcs ,re ,arced 'vi tIl Hurle:r-'Io,ms.:;nd s:Nrk plugs. I.My

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T E R NO.8. Mum tions Bui1 dinf; W~shington, D.C.

The chief purtJose of this publication is to distribute informaj;ion on aeronautics to the f'Ly i ng personnel in the Regular .Army, Reserve Corps; lJational Guard, and others connected with aviation. ---000--TIill FORTHCOMING

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three heroic aeronauts displayed their In a radio address delivered over the National Broadcasting Company Blue Netmettle by makt ng every effort to effect a safe landing to save the valuable work on Saturday evening, Aoril 20th,on the subject of this year's :Gational equipment and the data which l~d been ootalned. Des1]ite the fact that the Geographic Societl-~rmy Air Corps Stratosphere ExpedItion, tho Hon. George failure of the balloon fabric became H. Dern, Secretary of War, said: progressively greater and the balloon "Since the earliest t i.ne tho War De- I gained momentum in its descent, all s three men st ayed with the balloon and partment has handled nany affairs far removed from the business of fiGhting continued to do everything Dos~ible to retard its fall until complete collapse or preparing for war. With the estabLi. shrne n t of Army f'Ly i.ng o poo r-trri ties , u 01' the Great bag compelled. them to jump with their parachutes to save their to cooperate with other departments which ao not nossess a flvlng service lives. For their distinGUished serhave greatly increased the nTh~ber of in- vices, foresight and judgment displayed stances where the War De03.rtment has in this flight, the President awarded to Major Kepner, Captains Stevens and stepped out of its usual'role. Man first achieved fliGht in a heav ler-r Anderson tho Distinguished Flying Cross. The War De pa.r t.nerrt has kept in operatmn-air machine in 1903, and this contion, throW:,h the past years, a small auest of the air has, during the short nucleus of lighter~than-air activities, ~~ears wh i.ch have since e Lao sed , come to al though a~prOlJriations have be-rely De cf such tremendous si:,,;nlficanceo t permitted do i n., so. It is 8, s2tisfacthe United States A"my tl~ct its influence enters into our ev e.rymajor 'project tion to me, pe:":'\oXk'Cll. know that to this policy made 'OOSSl ble the De'oartand plan. Notable efforts have been made, recently, to eyte~d the realm of ~ont's coouerat:on with the National eographlc-Soc~cty last year and will heavier-than-air operations into the stratosphere. These efforts lli~vo been permit us again to join with them in a second effort to be made next JUi1e. attended by many of the uncertainties which handicapped pi.orieer fligllts into &~Q it not been for the continued rese2rch and experimentation by the Army the (troposphere) lower regions of the air. . ~ Air Corns in this branch of aviation, tileArmy wcul.d have been unable to unT'.ne characteristics and capacities of large strato spher-e La'l Loons , such as dertake these inmortant missions. The lishter-than-air~personnel of the Anny have been used in several hi6h altitude fliRhts both here and abroad, offer esmay well t ake pride in t.he i r ac corupl i shmerrt s in the face of nume roun pecial advantages for obt~ining the knowledge of the upper reGions of the hn,ndicaus. One reviewer has stated air so essential to~a general utilizat:hat in-aviation the balloon has always tion of high eltitude flight by henvierserved as the t ra.i .e-o'Laz for the l er t han'-a'i nacht ne s , Since ~irplanes com- airplane. r prise the Jrincipal equipment of the The crash of the gondola of last Army, we are very much interested in year1s stratosphere balloon destroyed securing sufficient knowledge to enable many of the instruments and much of the them to operate efficiently at ver1 high data that had. been obta.l ned. However, altitudes: To this end the Army All' much worthwhile knowledge was secured Corps cooperated with the National Geonotwithstand.ing, and the aeronauts themgranhic Society last July in ma~ing an selves ~ained invaluable experience. eXJ?lorator:'Tlight into the stratosphore. Their ooservation of the functioning of f MaJor Willimn E. Kepner and Captains the instruments prior to the mishB~ inAl bert W. Stevens and Orvil A. Anderson, dic2ted that, ~rovided in this new atAir Corps, made this ce.r ef'ul y 1]lanned L te,.lpt safe Lan-t.i ng can be effected a and well executed flight and wero well which will preserve intact the records on the way to attaining a splendid suc- ma~e by 211 the instruments carried,the cess when unf0rtunate mishap overtook data thus made available will yield the them at an altitude of 60,613 feet,where knowledge which will enable a worththe fabric of the great balloon ruptured while further advance in the conq~est and caused the balloon to descend. of tileupper air. In the course of the descent these , It is to be regretted that Major -1V-677?, A.C.

Kepner, 'who made last year,' s flight, is start of the strato soher e flight from unavailRble this year. He desires to Ra~id City, South Dakota, next June,and enter the Air Corns Tactical School next to talk wi t:1the officers who will make fall, .and thetr8.nsfer of his important the flight. . To those of you who will duties at Wright Field to ::'::tissucces~or not howe this oppor turd ty I desire to will prevent his participation in t.lri s introduce t he se" officers and to let year's et rat.o snner-e flight. Ecwever, the them at this time ,say a few words to other two members of last year's team, you ~f th~ir ho~e~ and plan? Captain Captains Stevens and Anderson, are I Stevens, In add.i t Lo n to l"Jaklng last availa.ble and will make the flight next I ye ar I S National Geographic Society-Army June. Assi stin?: them as alternate pilot I Air C01"'}lS Stratosphere Flig~t, has made and ground control and meteorological I hi~s~ a I titude airplane flights a:r;d, as officer will be Ca:ptain Rando Lph P. early as 1922, made a na.:rachute JUInp. Williams, Air Corns, another able and from 24,206 feet. Ca,ta1n Anderson lS experienced officer. one of a limited nmuber of officers 'I'he ae rv i oe s of these experienced and holding all four,flying rntin~s b~stowhighly qualified ai r.aen 8.S8UreS the ed br the Army Alr Corps and. 1S lug~y highest skill arid ab i Lt ty a?)on?-erable nua.I i f'Led in a.Lr navigation. Cr-l)ta1n factors makf ng fer succe s s In t hf s new WilJ.iams also holds all four flying. effort. In addition, as a result of the I ratings and is an expert meteorolog1st. studies whi ch have been made of the , 'J.'hese of'f i c er s will sneak to you from causes of the structural f a l Lur e of the I Wribht Field, Dayton, "Ohd o , wher~ they balloon used. la.st year, thi s new balloon I are now busily :lreparing for t.he i r will be of trnor ove d de s'i gn and stronger i !libht in Junc. ti construction." It will, I am tolcl, be CAPTAIN 3rEVENS' REMARKS. equipuel with webbing suspension bands It is very kind of the Secretary of instead of roues and have two gas valves! War to show so much interest in our each of the size ~f the si~gle v~lve I coming stra.tosFhere flight and to give used last year. hS (1 specl?l saIe,ty: i so 1:1UC:1 attcnt:I.on to it. Our work so measure, Li8ut.-Colonel, EdHard. L.E.offman'l :'ar has involved long hours of ureperaAir Corus, ~ill equip tne Gondola it?elf tion but we bave been fortifie1 by the with a huge parac~ute of his o~n des~gn, '~nowiedge t~~~t men in laborator~es ~ll arranged to lo::rer t~e gondola t n saf'e ty over the country have been puttJ.~g In in t he event O~ acc1rle~t to th: ba1100n. 'just an 10112:hours as we hay-e. Several And for the greater s[cl.ety of vh~ a i r-: I scientists nave r.J.ready ar r Ived and have men, the hational Geoi:,raphic Soc::.ety has installed their Lns t rumenb s in the gonprocured helium for use In th~.next dola. These instl'w~ents have been flight instead of hydr ogen., wrn cn was t8.,kon out and hav,'e. been returned to utili zed pr-ev i ous Ly, . tbeir various makers for last minute Many scientists throug~out the UnIted I adjust~ents and trial. The Ccsmic Ray S~ates have placed. ~al~~)le ~?-~a at the_I Apparatus of the Bartol R~sea:('ch Foundad~sposal of tho Sc i ent Lf i c AQ.~lS()ry Com I t i cn, and the spec t ro.gr-apns of Bausch m~ttee for the flIght, and n~,ny Army. and Lomb have been placed. Today Mr. personnel are co oper-a.t i ng ... ~t?- t~18 off1:w Hineline arrived with the six :E~ctograph cers who are to make the .l.llgnt l11.order I Cameras that viill record e l evat i on , and. that everything may be done to. as sur e te.mocrature and near Lv a score of other success. Amon,,;the factors wh i ch may be t:-:ii1Cs. Ou~ Fai::::child" Aerial Cameras expec t e d to cO~1tributc: to succe~s 8~O. are ready, and are unde r "9~Jlonged test. the notable pr i or achlevements In Slffil-:his comi n.: week, l\f.r. MorrIS., of the lar lines. National Eruadcastins ComDany, will inAnd so we witness the unceasing 8fstall his high freauency radio transforts of our brave pioneers to oven up mitter. Our own Sfgnal Corps LaDoratory new vistas of accomplish~en!-. Tn? past Qt Wri~ht Field is buildinc two extremeflights of manned balloons Into tn? ly sl1o~t wave transmi t,ters t hat wip stratosphere have demo ns t rat.e d t.he t r . b roadcaat on wave l e ng ths of a-::Jproxlmatevalue in adding to our knowledge of th~s ly 5 meters and 2~ meters. The Bureau of li ttle known realm. St.anda r ds has fin1 shed the soec i af conIn closing I desire to er9res~ to the tainers, made of glass, nrotected by officers and members of the Hatlonal metal that will be used to trap samDles Geographi? Society th~ War Dep~rt~ent's of the u~por air. The.bureau ~~s als~ ap~reclatlon of the valuable e.fo~ts completea a new electrIcal reSlstance they have snonso r-ed and are about to t herrnomet er-. sponsor to obtain scientific knowled~e All of these instruments are to go in calculated. tc advance the art of f'Lyi.ng , the Dowme aL gondola that now is sust It is an honor for the Arr,1j to be c;ssope nded in our' laboratory here at the ciatedwith th~s d.istin~lished ~oc1ety Materiel Division. of the Air Cor~s. Alin such a notable wor2{ In beha.Lf o r the t.houzh tl'_is year's gondola is a full advancement of the wor-Ld' s knowl.e dge , nine b feet in diameter, there will not be I extend my best wlshes for success to any space to spare wheu two of us get the. Society, to the Air Corps ... ~1d,to the I' inside a of it for the June stratospher~ cf'f'Lc er s who are to maxe the :1:I.gnt. flight. lAore bhan four tons of lead m I expect to be present to w1tness the the fur~ of tiny shot l~own as leaJ dust -2V-6777, A.C.

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Cllt'pedlon to explore the mysteries of t.t the upper air, enumerated various eXveditions sponsored by this Society across all the continents and all the seas. liThe stratosphere," he said, "is lifeless, lonely, and desolate. Yet only there may some emanations from the outer space be recorded in their full intensity Such are cosmic rays and the ether waves which bring our words to you by radio. Our problem is to lift a workshop and c0m~l~cated tools, along with men who can 11ve and work, to places in space which onlz a few ~ears4ago were deemed inaccessiole. ThIS workshop is a hollow ball 9 feet in diameter, made of metal lighter than alUffiinum,housing more than a ton of scientific instruments. To lift this workshop to its lofty position requires a balloon so large that~three acres of rubber cloth were needed to fashion it. II After pointing out that the forthcoming stratosphere flight will mark the first time in history that a balloon inflated with heli~~ instead of hydrogen will ascend into the stratosphere, Dr. Grosvenor stated that the wonder gas, helium, was first discovered in workable quantities in 1903, when a well that was being drilled in Kansas came through with a stron~ flow of natural gas. Great i was the rej01cing in the village nearbythe di scovery of the natural gas being l~i~ed as the har~inger of great pros. pe raty - but the JOy was premature and I short lived, for the goose that was I ~~out to lay the golden egg seemed to I cn e bef'o re t he egg appeared. To the conI sternatlon of all concerned, the gas was ' f'ound to be non-inflammable and therefore as fuel. It would not burn. t wortluess t Samnl e s of the gas were sent to the University of Kansas for examination in order to ciscover the cause of its aston~ ishing bel~vior. There it was found that the gas WORld not burn because it had a content of two percent of helium. Natural gases containing helil~ have since oeen discovered widely distributed over the United States, but only a few localities have been found in which the c;uantity of helium in the nat.ura'l gas is lar~e enough to pay for the expense of i extracting it. Thus far the United I States is the only country in the world , in which gases bearing helium in sufficiI e nt vamount for nr of'd table extraction to float enormous balloons and airships bas been found. By conrol.Lcat ed and expensive machinery, the heliUm is removed from the natural gas as it flows from the earth, and then Ii the remai~ling ~8% of the gas is pumped t hr cugh pJ.pe Line s to a market perhaps thousands of miles distant. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, President of Our balloon 118.s been made larger than the National Geographic Society, who any heretofore constructed in the hope spoke with the Secretar of War from that it may attain the utmost possible .the Army War College, after expressing alti tude, for each mile of heiGht increasthe pleasure of the Society over being es the scope and value of observations. -3V-6777 , A.C.
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will be used to keep the balloon from shooting skyward like a rocket. The ascent must be closely controlled in order to secure the most accurate readin~s of the many Lnat rument s . ~1ke a voyage to the lower depths of the sea, a flight like this needs the most elaborate and careful preparation, because the conditions uncler which we will work will be so far d~fferent than those on the surface of the earth. Captain Anderson and Cantain Williams are leaving at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning by airplane for St. Louis, where at 7 o'clock an 80,OOO-foot balloon will be ready for flight. At the present moment this balloon is beinry filled at Scott Field, Belleville, Il~. Weather permitting, a flight will be made tomorrow in the slualler balloon for the purpose of testing certain scientific ahP:paratus,and on the completion of t 1S flight Captains Anderson and Williams will Dring tile anvaratus and data back here at TIrisht ~1eld. CAP~AIH AlifDERSO~ll1 S REMARKS To be chosen as a member of the crew of this year's Na't i.o al, Geograpl:d.cSon c~e~y-A~my Air Corps Stratosphere Expedi t t cn IS an atror ec.i.a d ho nnr . t.e Since last sUr\1Iller' s flif,ht, much has been done in design, construction and method of operation to add to the safety of the next stratosphere project and to si~plifY pilotin~ nrocedure. The Subst1tut1on of he11um, which is noninflammable, for hydrocen as a lifting gas will entirely elimInate the hazard of expl.o aion., The strcnger f'abr Lc being used this year, together with an improved method of faoric foldins. will diminish greatly the possibility of any bag failure. However, a large par~mEe is being installed on the gondola as an additional safety factor to the equipment and cre~. Ballast in the form of lead dust will be discharged by a Simple operation of an electric switch, and such of our equipment as will b~ used for ballast purposes can be released by cutting individUal wires, -permitting such equipment to float on--Parachutes, harmlessly, to the ground. ~There will be complete duplicate gas valve installations for releaSing the lifting gas. These valvAs can be o~erated jointly or seIJarately at any altltude. Through these and other improvements, we believe that, despite the immense size of this craft, our ~iloting problems have been made quite simple and successful flight assured. . We look forward to the coming eXDedition with expectation cf a very profitable and interesting exnerience.

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By the Meterie: Divi8io~ Correspondent

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During the past severalyerrs, thet1330 and 1710 R.P.M. periods, while sevAir Corps Materiel Divi sion, Wrlght I eral failures have occu.rred in Wasp enField, has been active intl16 study of I ~inos wi t:.1 flying :)ropellers, at 2DO crankshaft torsional vibration in both H.P.M. in-line and radial ell;y;incs. The ill i It has been de t errai.ued th3.t thepro-oeleffects of resonant v1br2tions are well i ler used has a vital effect on the-resoknown when they affect Lns t rumerrt reaa.- i nant range , some propellers on the Wasp. ings, vi-orate f'ue'l lines and c-ruse ?~':;:ines teG.ucin~ t~e loy;er ran~e from fatigue fc:d1ures of engine ncunt a, How- '2.:;00 to about 2uOO R.P.Ni. It a s also ever, when resonance occurs between tIle found. tl~t all engines employinG reducmov Ing e ngi ne ma s se s and the prope l Ler , tion geering have lower resonant frevery little effect is r... t i ceabj,e to the o que nc Les than do direct drive engines pilot. For t:'lis rea SO 11 , it is 'Josdble of '~he same type . In some of the geared to operate a~ eIl~ine un...l-G19wingl~T a in engines this reduction frequency was resonant pe r i.od r or Lone Lnt.ervc.Lsof breat enough to remove tne resonant time. The re sul.t ~s 62111n6 o:Z the p~o-11'aJJ.. ;;e entirely ; out of ~he cru~singan?peller cones and., 1n extreme c~ses,fallfu11 throttle range utIlized In the aIr. ure of the c rankshaf t or propeller beIn ot.har-s , the re sonant period was uncause of the very high stresses set up. fortunately plac8d where it was necessaIt was necessary, before a reuedy ri to cl~ise for extended periods with could. be f'ound , to develop a convenient t.j.e crankshaf t in torsional vibration. means of reco ra.ini? the vi brat iO.16 of As a re su.I'~ of thi s, cone gallL.1"'; and the craril;;:sr..aft Wh1lo tr.e engine is uncrac1::inL: of prupo Ll.er blade s118.:4:swere der load comparable to tr~t of a propelencountered, with some actual failures ler in the air. Tne development of a chaz-geab l e to this cause. ,. ,.... sui table instrument has covered a er-i cd T~'lelatest dev e.Lotmerrt is a reno be of six years, during which time many co rrt r oL t.o r ai on.e'tcr-, which could be 01>po s s i b'Le me t'ho da were cOllsid.erGd or erated b:[ a pilot while fl;'linG.: With tested. The fiDEI result is the this devi c e t t is believed the first Materiel Divisi.on TorsiO::leter now used actual flight records on an airplane by the Amy a.n~ Navy and t~e large, ~1anu-1 ~l1Gine l'~~v,: be en obt a i ned by !-he Air:. facturers of A~r C01'pS en"';1.nes. 'I'lrl s vo r ps , J'h:.s J.D",;rUW811tS be i.ng r etLnl device consists of a drivincr L.131.:ber. i eo. and \":111 p::"O'J8 a ver~r useful device, adallted. to engage. the sta:.t~r jo.y, of the 1 ~einb nmcn more co~veni~nt as well as enga.ne, and a surJ.nb-driven flyv;.neel rc.s t er and safer t han t he use of the, whose rctatiJn is sonsi bl~r cons vant . The original Lns t rurcent . relative torsione.l rsot l ons of the dri v- 'I This study has already resulted. in Lng member a~c.. th~ constant-speed. flymaki ng engines muc h safer in flig~t ,and wheel ace u't i Ld zed to ac tua.t e a stylus as a r'e su.l t of the: ki.owl e dge obtalned a which rotates with t Le fl;)I"\";:19C:1.The ver;! successful d.am;Jiucdevice luis' been stylus thus draus a grau~ of torsior~l I developed by one manuacturer which predisplacement VB. time Tl1es0. reco rds I v errt s torsion~J.l vibretion 0t ::m;v ensine reve::-1 the ~requ~ncy and arnnLi tude of speeQ.!n O~""l~~. cases, su it.ab l e." tor~no~l 1[1 bratlon and e'~leble accura~e \'cl-,<SClges. r::'r:';J J.y cf c,ranksh~ts 1n, Qt have . de t e rmf.na'c Lou I)f t.he c1'1tJ.cal r'e so narrc removed da.nge rous TIGrlOClSto l~ ttle range of the crankshef t . I used speed raj.1u:es and thus minLnized It has been Learned tlJat an in-line I dc.nger of failure. S'~)eec1 Lini t.a t l ons directQ~ive. 6-thr?w CralY:sha~t, such aS ~~ve ~eon ,lac~d on still other t\~es in the Llbcrty eng~ne, l~o 3 oangerous In nh1Ch no otlier rClliedy has yet been resonant -oeriod3, all having the sroue fo~~d. The constant aim has been to frequency: Xu the Case of tho Liber-ty, make Air Gorps engines secure against these wore 1000 R,P.1~., 13:31') r... p.M. and .nec harri.ca'I failure due to c ranz snaf t. reI ?10 ~,'P.M; At 1000 R.F .Mt, t:be:ce. ar e ~?nance ~n o~dcr t~~t the j;lil~t' c. c?nSlX v1oratlonsi at 1330, L;\,2' vJ.br':'"t~ons, f'Lde nce In hf s e ngane may be Just~fJ.ed. and at 1710 32 v~bration3 pe~ revolu---000--tion. The frecuer.cy in all tJ~3se neriods is 1 00 ~vibra t ions ner second. THE EUIJ.JDDm PROGRAM HAMILTON" FIELD .AT In the case of e direct arive 9-cylinder radial engine, suc h as t he Wa.sp., it To compl.e t.e the bui Ld.Lnz ur02Tam at was learned tl1at a danger-ous resonant Horni.Lt on Field, Calif., $790,250 will be range exists approximately from e200 to ~~eeded, acco r-dd ng to Captain Howard B. 280') R.P.lv1. The fr couency is 16b vibraim.rse,. Constructing Q,u'),rtermnster. His. ttons por second at ~200, an~,210 ~i~ra- ~lans lnclude the erection of a Post hons per second at ,;;;800 R.Po1ii. It 18 Ezcl18.n~e, $50,090; Service Club, $54,000;' ~robable t~1at the truly resonant period G~nnas~llin and T~eatre, $85,000; Bakery, ~s about 2500 R.P.M., at which s?eed. the ~17,250; Cha-oel, $60,000; Public School, fre~uen~ is 187.5.y.ibra.tiofs per S0?On" ~40,000; additional,landing mat~ and In tLle .L1 berty enOlle, c rankshaf t f'a'i L paved aprons, :;;250 000 and sprinkler ures occu.rred when operating near the service, :P234, 000. ' , -4V-6777, A.C.
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DITA!U;D DATA Or; MAi:EUV.RS OF' SiJCOND llOl{1],A.RJ1fEHT GROUP The ~larch. Ibth Ls sue of t he News Bomb i n.; mt s at ons were carried out at Letter contained an account of the 1,:an- 'various alti t ude s between 2, aGO and euv ers of the 2:1d. Borabard.acnt 7iing in ~],O OGe feet, All bonbar draent missions the l.'onrth Corps Area dur l.n.: tTai.11J.,'1r~', ; (24) r-eached their objective. ThreE: 1935. 'I'he f oI l owi ng are some o.; tne de-,. Bombar-dment lJ1anes 1)(,,1' flight and. nine tailed. dat.a c orroi Le d by the v0:r..:w.niing . per s quari.ron - in the air - were f'cund Officer of the Group, iilajor ... LC~. Jones, ; to be the mo s t satisfactory f orrna.t Loris , Air Corps: Sixteen planes ner s~~adro~, to eive tv.o ~lobi1.iz'ltion. ; flit';lltS, of si::.:_ln t~e ~dr,. are consirlered T1le . .lo'bilization l)lans as pre'JGred b;/ t~o Lan~. -"SL. plane f~ignts, with two the Groups we~e f'o l l owed i:n. ele~tri?-Ce~emel1t~ ?J. thre,~ R~anes each, J.?8ke a. the horne. s ta t i on , Langley Flel1: . Thr-:e .~or~ f~exlble. squa ron ~nf'~h,o a~r but _ weeks wore r e qut r e-I for ~he. :.;oblllZatJ.on f.:>~e~tl;r.i~cr~~Be the ~lL leu ty of hand of t.he Or oups a.l t hough 1t 18 believe1ll?,,, t he oqua~ro~ f~rI!u~tio~. The adrl~1_ this sho'ul.rl 'be ac co..rp'Lished in one week .. J;:n?-t~_r:an?~,an~, yro;ndf'P~rvonnel re9.ul~_ To Bl?c'nc better,r~su~~s, hcwever , vlill ~~lt~,.~e rani sh if t s 0_ oa.se n.ore dlffl r~q'~1.re. wore tra1.Dll~@:. n pre)~,rlng a 1uOCamera zun" were USF3rito deteruine reb i Li aat i on pl.ans an-i In carrylnc t hero '" .Lt a ~ 104 B ',b' dm t 1 R" out. Forty-eiGht hours for a Group to o~ v, an ,~ Clli ~~ ,en p ~nJV were _ clear its horae station choul.d be set as hi, ~ by Pur sud t. Auxlllary t.anks for. Pur ttle objective. I SUlt W0re fo~d ~ec:ssary for effectlve perfurmunce or mlSSlons. Therefore TrooD ,{over".entJ2..:.. bO:2.10;:;. if car r i e.d, shoul d be on wine; D~rinrr thE course of the maneuvers, racks. e Pursuit 'Qnits. broke ,c~~,p s~vt;'-n I , Fo,r P-llrsuit. sq,'l.arlrons ~he 18 planes tL::es cacn for .'flUte a.nc, Rcii, dhlte av- I In the air, wltli three f'llghts, each of era;in_: 3.3 hours and Reel (J.7 hours for two 3-nlane elements was found rco s t satthis 0 oer-a t i o ri. The 7;1.1.i Bor.bar dmerrt te isfactory. A total ~f 121 Pur sui. tolanes aV8;rac;e i t~le ~ame as t ne ';lhite Pursuit, ... '!l:".nehit hy Pur sut t and 76 by 30mbarame~t. al t.ncugh tne Re d Bo.ubar-t.nerrt Vias aole Tne Pur sut t u.se d the open "Vee II f'o rrcat.Lon to iL1JrOVe uco n thi s time, averarinc i for search an-I the "String" formation for 2.2 r..ours for br eaxi ng car.rp, It'v;as ' at t.ack, found. t ha.t establi chine:; camp requirF3rl For Bombar dment.-Pur-su'l t rief'ensive, the less tine than breadn<3 caiup , bein; acbest fo:cmation was founrl to be a J-plane c ompl Lshed in the t'o.l Lowi.n., av e r-age Bombar-dz.errt formation wi th three f)-Dlane times: Pursuit flights above them, F3ach inWhite Pur sut t, 2 hom's II St r Lnr;'' formation. Due to t.hc i r greater ~ed,Pu!suit, 3.7 hours s;:Jeed,'these Pursuit flights fishtailed., whi t e Bombar-drcent , 4 hOUl'S and this made for a rco r e effective nrotecR8rl Boubard~ent, 1.5 hourG tion for the Bombardment below. Five ofNote: ',Ybile t he r e is co nn Ld e.r-abLe vafensive Pur cut t missions failed. to conr~a~ion in t he se tL.Jes! tho ac t.ua'l contaet the enemy. On two of these, no dl t t ons at. t.hc r e s-occ t rv e c:a.J'l 31. OG un- cner:l;:rplanes were in the air. t dou.o~oily lnfluel1ce~l the t i.mo e~ew8nt. When Bombar-dment airpla.nes wore attackWhile the above tUJes for _;la::J.n:'~ ani P,Q while they Vlere on the ground the gun br ealri n, camp obtained, it i G Lnt e r e stcamer-as mO'J.nt0d in the nl.ane wer~ mannerl. in{~ to note t~"1.t for the Wb.ie., Pur eui t t Also ,both Bo.abar-dmeut and. Pursuit mount> Squadron :'10 t i.n.e Vias lost on t ni s score, erl snare tjUn cameras on f e nce posts. :By as iuplicate camp eauinuent was ;;Jro\iirithis- "f' l r e " from r.he ground, 237 hits 01 and. an advance e6h010n hE1.d. caup ~-:a1e wer e ruade ae:;ainst airplanes in the air as when the "1.ni ar r i ve d , v.hi Le [) rear t o.t~ainst 43 hits raarte at;ainst the at rpl anes echelon broke the ole, camp after t ao on the Ground. 'I'lri s would appear to indepart'ITe of the planes. It is evident rlicate a su~eriority in rlayliGht ~ombat that this is a hichl~r de s i re o'l.e iJroced; for the pl ane s on the gro'illd as against 'U8 where the adclitiona1 carcp e qui.prnent : t ho se attac1-:inG from tho air. However,hai Can be wa1e available. j the ~lanes in th~ air u?ed bODbs aga!nst Ouerations. I mach i ne f,lillS, qUl te a d.Lf f e r en t r e su., t It was found that the Pur sui t requirI '~ould have been o bba i ne d , Fur-t.herrco i-e , ed an average of one hour to Dre1)are 11n a maneuve r ~etVleon two force? f r on. the for e ac h ODeratinc; :Jission, t1Jat is, re-, ~ame Groups, wi t.h identical r-ad i o and an. f'ue I and clear airrlrome while the BornLnt i nat c xnowl e dge of each other's l1;ethbar'lment. roq'.lirorl an av~raGe cf. two O~3 and ha~i ~n ,1'ar mo r e readiness !,o r~hours. It Vias found t ha t Pur suf.t i 31St a.t t ac k 13 to be expec t e d than In a,;:-catrol s sent out ahead. to screen the tual warfare. In each Bombar-dment SqUR;t:So-.ir.bari.mentusua.l l.y made the first conron three a~rplan6s were kept on. the tacts wi th each other. Usually the I alert, a?,d l~ each Pur sui t squadron from nomoariclent Was attac~ed nrior to reach-Ion~ to ?lX alrplanes. ing its assignerl objective. i ,Pursult patr91s were used as 0~8crva'! han. 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Straw mat tz-e ase s made bulky, lumpy ced81:1d the men were cold sleept i.o n and mov'ement a. In on them In temperatures as low as 20. The best bedding, both as a roll Trans~ort Air~la~ for trau8fortation and for comfort, is Transport alrp12nes were used, in : the. Sleon .... BI3,g, Type A-I, wi th pneu:J.g part, toma1':e r:love~ and car-r i e d loads ' mat i,c ma..ttress. as give:a be I ow: j were fOUl1Qto uefa desirJ..~) Pa,18e.m..~.rs Jb )...koad , Pa~er plates able messing conver..ience. Pa-per cups C-4A Pilot ,Go-dlat and 12 3000 Lb s . j prcb~bly will be found equally conven. C-12 Pilot a-id"4 1000 11 lent. ' C-14 Pilot and 6 1600 II To reduce items of mess ~it, a combinC-24 Pilot and 6 1600 11 ation fork-spoon is recommended, that C-27 PEat, Co-Dilot and 10 2400 II lie, fork on one end and spoon on the C-27A Pilot and""lO 2400 II I other. It was de t errrrlnef tc be de s i rab Le to Fi~m Devc~~~~ have ~r:'.nsport airp~ar..es.capable of .;omvillao1.1~ ty of running water ana car ryi n.; ten men ar:u t ha.l r tents, baglack of an analysis to determine presgRge and two days' rations, aleo that ence of injurious miner~l substances in the Transports should be equipped with the Vl,'1,ter were great haridd caps in develcontrollable. Ditch propellers, slots oping Gun camera fil~. The drying rack and flaps to facilitate US3 into and Carried was not of adeou~te size. Low out of SL'.alJ. fields. In Clddit i.on to t empere.tur-eu of weather required a means, the heavy ~lran3port ai r-nl.ane c , each which was lacking, of keeping develoning Group should ~1<:'1,ve light, one vcry fast fluid at best t.ernpe ra'ture , Sgeci?,l' transport for urgent miscior..s involving meas~'es b~d to be u88o. to 1Jrevent this spr.e~, such as suprly of an emergency fluid from freezing at nish~. As ~ r-epa.i r part or transfer of key personrule, f i l,n was developed within 24 hours. nel. Cor.unurd ca t ions. The f'r-Ll.: .. wlinC f'aul, ts were found with P.adio--Set Type seR-187 fm1ctioned eATranspor~ airplanes used i~ tne cellently as a portable ground radio set maneuver: when properly employeQ. C-12, craDped and uncomfortable for The maximum reliable range of t.he both passenGers and pilot. SCR-187 set ground to ~round, when ouerC-14, cabin poorly ve~tilateo.. ated properly e:,::ii. wi t:l- a sui table anten.C-27A{ poor seatir-G arrengenent (side na is a mathematical function of the benches) . I fr-e que ncy used. All,except C-27 and C-27A, deors too narrow. (a) Da.ylil~:lt on C.W .. Truci:::s. 6640 KC 3560 KC 4300 KC Dele to sfortage of l!-ton t rucks , a Band __ -==-B,and Band __ --"c.:...:c=-_ number of '2-ton were u sed to make moves Band between carnps , The "~-tOD.t ruc k does Reliable 0-500 not lend i teelf well '"to Lead.. nc;, takes i Pallgec (miles) 0-50;300-1000 0-200 extra. truck drivers arid , due to t he -------greater number-s reculrerl, makes an. unIn the .sbove table 0-50, etc., indiwieldi ng tra:J.n on trw r oad whf.ch is cates that conrnurrica t Lo n vas continuous difficult to control. A 200-mile nove under average conditions at 8.11 points from zero to fir'ty miles 8.wa~r, etc. by truck was founi to be t he maz.i.mum that could be accompli shed, in one day, (b) Nigl1t on C.W. allowing for br eakt ng and makin[; the ,-----------camp. Band 6645 XC 4300 KC 3560 KC Camps. Band Band BE'rlQ. The best arrangemEnt for camp pl~ced the tents on the r eva l Lt ng lVinci.. side Reliable of t:'18 flying field. and, t.her efo r e , out RaLge (nrl.1es) 0-30 0 "00 0-100 of the dust. Ti.le tents ::rd a,iTlJJ.ane , .__..<_' _ ~ __ large formations to war-n of a'oprc ach of

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table (a) for that frequency. This is I speeding up the power equipment engine, not mentioned in the tables, however, pO'.'ier was dra.wn directlX from the because it is believed that voice shoul d PE~CL-41 for the SCR-18? transroi tter. not be used in ground stations. Tone ! Even then the receivin~ set was a conmodulated signals were used on all fretinuous drain on the a1rplane battery quencies for test with satisfactory rewhich after a day or two of continuous sul.t s ; CW is superior, however, due to operation would be dead, But as it was narrower f re quency band requi r ed , with neceSSarjT to continue onerations, the consequent snarper tuning, ~gTeater disPE-CL-41 ~as again mustered into sertances obtainable with less power drawn, vice. The leads on the battery side of from the source of power sup~ly. the airplane voltage regulator control The only freauencies assi~ned were box were disconnected, and connection 3520 kc s , and 3650 kes. Dur i ng the late was made through the main line switch af t er-noo n, and e spec i.s.Lly Sunday af t er-: and a small ammeter to the low voltage noons, these f re que nc i.es wore compl e te Ly sid.e of the PE-CL-41 nower unit, thus jmumed by ~ateur stations in the vicikeeping a continuous charge of about 14 nity in which the Wing operated. amperes into the airplane battery which Where the distances invo~~ed are conwas ample to keep the battery in excelsiderable, reco~nend the 4000-4400 kcs. lent condition. When battery was fully band for daytime use. At distances chaz-ged , the main line switch was simply where cOm%QUication is desired to all 'snapped off. A study of this circuit points within a circle of 80 miles reveals tlm.t if the cl~rging voltage radius or less, recommend that the 400suddenly fails for any reason, such as 800 kc s , coils be procured and used. the ston'ping of en.d.ne of the nower These would nrovide continuous reliable equipment, the voltage of the battery communications for the shorter ranges, will be df re c t.Ly across the generator day and night. windings. Thus for safety to the generFor day use, 4300 kcs. was found to be ator, this circuit should be connected the best frequency for the ty~e of manthrough a sure fire reverse current cuteuver just engGged u~)on. For niGht use, out relay. The relay in the control the fTeq~encies 2300~3500 kcs. possessed box was not ,used for this purpose, due good carrying qualities, but no one freto unreliability of functioning. It que ncy coul d be found that was clear at Vias deemed more advisable to closely all times at all loc~lities. The 3560 watch the chargin~ current and open the kcs. freauency was used most extensivemain line swi tel:. lf current started to Iy, although we were consi(l,erabJ;'l"troubldecrease no ticeably. With above modified by interference by ama.t eur s , cations, power supply was adequate, exDue to the high current jr~wn b~ the C8~t for the weight and bulk of the SCR-187 dy namo or , it would. have been t :f!0';er e qu'ipinerrt units, type PE-CL-41. i~possible to operate the transmitter ~ven the powe~ eguiproe~t, type PE-AA-49, moi-e than a very few mt nut e s when o:;?eris too heavy ,220 Ihs.) for this ur-co se , ating directly off the ba't t e ry while it It is believed that a power eqUipment was not receiving a charge when, as a consisting of an E-3 airplane generator, matter of fact, the Air Fo rce Hendqua.r-: e qui pped with a c90ling fan t:.. d driven a ters were se~arated from e~cn ot~er or I by a ~oderatelyh1gh speed g~soline enL'C".':l the Win~ Hqrs. by di s+'ances vary l ng ] gine of just sufficient weight and si ze from about so to 100 miles, and at least to turn t l,e benc:C:1.tor at 2750 r.D.m., hourly schedules had to be kent. its rated s'x .. d, should no:r;-if e properly Field orclers and other long-messages de si gncd , weigh more than 120 ounds , had to be handled. by radio, due to the The cost of c.esien of such ccui nment fact that no other means of communt cashould not be mclerial, as tlie radio set tion was available. Sc he dul.e s were also. is entirely inonerative without a power kep~ with ~axwGll Field.an~, on ~?m~ oc- I supp~y which can be easily transported ca.e i.o ns , wi t.h LanGle;y F'ieLd, SOol:.:) . ..; on by aa r , busy ?aYs the cl'era~lon of tJ;1e :~J~': 7' Sta-I The ~ower equipment units! type PE-CLt I on Lns t.a'lLed a n t~1COA-4AJ\.;',lpDlolan 141, f'a i Led on several occa aa ons , due to airnlane apprcacned six hOUTSof ac tual, breaks in fuel lines , ignition difficulo:per-a Lons , - Obv.iously] it Vlas~mpr;;tct I ties, . car-bur e t t on trou~le, and the t.Lcab Le to run t ne enga ne s of t ae alrbr eakf ng down of the f11 ter condensers plane on the ground for the entire day's across the output. The present condenoperation, so it was necessary to carry sers are not designed to withstand sufsome t;ype cf nower sup')ly alon\i; for the ficient t r-ansi erit peak vol bage s , and operatlon of the gr-ound net. PJ!.;-AA,-49 frequently 'cr eak down under the rated power units not being availRble, the load of the units, although the remainder only power uni t s on band were the of the uni tis buil t to wi thstand a conPE-CL~41 units. These were takeli, along, siderable overload. ~ransported by truck convoy. AS the No maintenance difficulties were enwermissible current to be drawn from the countered with the three SCR-187 sets :ow voltage side is small, the dyn~notor luse~ in the Wing net. The set slwuld be SCR-18? set could not be used, but by both operated and maintained by a radio ~l.sing the maximum high voltage possible operator and mec harri c of better than avby cutting ou.t all resistances and by erage radio knowl.e dge of tuning and -7~ V-67?7, A.C.

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Socko"t vrenches and box' vrrenchec C?t lead, one of curcuits. Wit}: tbat st.I ouhowever, no difi'ic1J.lset nsr fli~ht needed.) ties of any ~~ture were el~ountered. ;,~'3.f'Eat; ge,.r p,uler (1 'Per souadror.). In Bombar-dment airpLmes t~'1emaxtrnum Sui table jack (1 per Sa'U2.drol~. reliable range of tlw SCR-183 radio SBt 'Vrcr:--:r:. ::.oL'-do'lffi:",J,ts between cylinder and for was: bl:>ck (P-3E). 1. 3100 KC band - :50 .aiLe s , 24-inch Stillson "'renches. 2. 6000-7800 KC ba~d - 30 miles. In SuoDlv tent fo::' 'Irdte Pursui t Sr-uad r'ori, this band, operation is n8~rly always :sxt~'a' nd l-:m.tern.<;. possible b~yond the first snip SjaCB, somet Imes for hundrod.s of ndLe s , Due to l~118ts for d~iving tent stGxes. C31'1;!;mterstools, hazrrre r , saw, nails. the arros.rerrt variation of the length of this tlrst s',dp space, r.owever , we 11.a'1 P.Clk~,s (? per s)!.uaCron). Flashlightsj ?''S'-inch lens, complete. a distinct 8~ersio~ to listillb a ~rcater reliable 1ista,nce t han that li stea above One extra l2-ton truck per squadron. Cross-country bag or same different ty~e nf confor this band. ti1.iner for enlisted men's nersonal eoui-pment In Pursuit air-planes it was: ]'ifteen (Ra:rracks De;,; ur~satisfacto;;'y). -miles, if tra~smlttin$ ~lane is in the air. If 01" bhe bTOuna., ' five mile s . (2) Su''))lies needed. but not taken: 1'i1is is satisfactory only for command purposes within 0. 8-1'01.1') f'orraa t Lo n , but C'rlinder hold-down studs (Bombers). not sati sf ac t ory for command cO::l::m':licaStrainer (Pomk.rdment). tions in a wing f orraa.tLon , or, ",tnt is Tail '"..heel ~~sse-nbl:,/.8-6). ( more Irnpo r tant , for conmuni cat i on beLight 1ubr i ca.t.Lng oil for wires and pro~ellers. twe , a Gr ouo and its de tQc~1ed11.1:1t c , en E::tra axe D.,',.:1dlesat least one per axel' ( sucn as patrols, observers, etc., in the Spark plugs (should be continuously supnlied. to air, but not in the same formation. For a unit in t ue field). this~~omrDurlication thG pov~r outu~t of Ey-tra rope. the .ov-180 t r-ansmftter anoul,d be Increas- '.VrHing pape r (larcer supply for each Sq.Rc;rs. ) ed. It must be pointeC. out also timt Per aorine'I : when a a'roup is operating from <lispe r sed -----_._airdromes there is ~bsolutely no co~~uOrder of -priority of asdgnrnent of enlisted nication between the Group Headquarters IIn"TI to .-and the seua ra.t.e souadr-ons . (1) ':'i:w: Bead::nJaI'ters. It is recol~enoed t~~t the power outC3,) "',"inE: Sc:'geant Major, "Jing Operations Sgt. put of the BG-180 unt t be Lnc rease.Land !vi:l.jor, 1I',efsagc Center Chief, Ls t Sgt. Wing Hq, th3.t on ai rpl.ane s sue a as Bonber s ,whero Det., H.C.O. in charge of Wing Truck Train, larger fixed ant-ennae can be inount.ed , Tr;.\cl-:: Driver - 1 rnan, that lower fre~~encies be used for (b; Chief Ihdio Operator, :~.C.O. in charge of . g~eater re~iabIlity, that, Ls , f re cuenWiT''' Radio ~.Jet. - 1 man. c i e s arouno. the 0000 1,::C. oanu , Ic\ Clerk tvpist, t ruck driver "' 1 nan. No di.f'f Lcu.Lt.Le s were expe r i.e.nced in (,1) Assistant R.C.O. in charge of Truck Train, using the DeDartment of Co~~ercG commuAsC'istant Rad i,o Operator, Mail Cler1r, Truck nications facilities for disseminating weat he r data. Lack of prac t i c e W8.S eviDrivcr - 1 1:J<.9.n. (e; steno.~rm;her, typist, messenger. dent in using two-way radio cO~~lunication. The radio be2cons ~cre utilized (1 Wing Jarber ,.~d orderly. \ . ( g; Crev- ~h' ef , -". without difficulty. ." a ,,1ng H q. 'R d'10 3.1 rp 1anej (n 0 t ..0 2onsiocl'cd iI', ('rder of ad:ninistrativ~ Servic.icg of Airul~~~ imp or-t.anco ) - 1 man, Drums were s::ctisfpctory for reservicin~ Bombardment, but were too slow for (2) Groun Headqua,rters Pur sui t 1 unless extra DUlil"JSr e fur.nisha a) Gr~up Cinerations Sgt. lLajor .- 1 nan. ed , TIns, however, wo'i\ld~e.nt.ai L use of b) Group s~t. 1,:ajor - 1 nan. addi tional personnel. Drums should be c~ Engineer.ing Inspector, truck d.river -r;.l'lll;df;, spo t t.e d as ncar p'lane s as po s s i.b'l.e, or d) Radio Inspector and Operator, truck vice verso., to save ffianh~nclllng of drums. driver - 1 man. SupDlies and Equi~ment ( e) Arrmmenb Inspector - 1 roan. (1) Eqrd.pme nt needed but not L.ken: (f) Assistant Engineering Inspector, truck Lat Lo n satisfied.

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A re~,ort sU'YClitted by the '.,ili k,ry Att~,'che t'tlat of a c i ty '112S br.o occas i onaI :,"lashes or of the A""QeriC:J':l "'"'~TI()e.~'~sy '";er-,-:nny de.scr i bes in 3TJar):s f ro.n t.Le b'olley '::ires, ,,'};ich c f cour-se the fir"t re}--.c,~2r,c;ol f pa.s s ive rrer.svir os o '.';ould >::owe shown 'J:p ;~:ore c Lcar Ly n:'l a :le,r;: aga.i nst an air r;id, recently car r i ed out by :J.ig~,t t.uan they (~io. OD t:,e !,i,"l:.t of t.l e cxc rc i se . orders of the il.i:- ;,ii:llstcr. T::,is r'eh8r:rsal Tl.'8 cornc I e t.c oE'rke{,in;' of a city the s i ze of cons i s t ed of two -ph2,.;es, iirst r-e s b r ic t.er' i1"lerlin, such as '/'~s (~.e.r..o::..st:"a.t8d i:1 t}-:is exerlwJ.natio~ rrom 10 bo 11 p. ':1., an-' coroplct8 cise, v'Q1.1.1(1 m}cE' it :"ost d i ffi.cu'l b , if not i:'}daz-kno s s ~ctvT8en 11 n, nJ. :H'c1. ::,idnigl.t. Dos"i'bJ e , f'o r ::Ul3.ir raB ef'f'ec t iv al y to carry Dur i n. t,hePirr,t nha.s e so:no 4::,00 street out a rri s sii on 8,~ainst i.:c ?artir~'llar t:u:>get in I"arrms rcmq:-D. 1".1 Li1[;.:.1 tp' " -. ,;-'(~. ...'1. ..... wi.nd ow: ~r,l "1 ke city. .... ~.... "" .. ape r t ur en In no us e s , fac t o r-Lc s ".... JUSlneSS J.cI T:i8 rro s b striLdng feature of the 8xC:l'cise r nd p r emi s e s had to be rr:acle 1 irh-c-n1'oo ,\yith tl-:.e t:1in; tLe,t in1pressen u.I L tl~ose v:-;.:o":Ji tnesseeL it from tDe :lir was the IT'f:trkecl degree of d is~cavy ~lot~, c:,rc.'co,,::":, or ~hlck c.b~k pal)e~ ..::.lectrlc Sl:;DS and ll[jhts a n SL;J;J 'J'lnCOWS :!ad. ci-plL:o v.h i.ch p'::'8v2.ileJ c.,;.oug the c iv i Li an pO'pto be e:;tin::uished, and "lif'1t Locks .!' the.t ulation, as in'!iceted by the ahsence nf liGhts is, da.rkencd S'~,?tCe3 oc;t VE"3n rin inne r c10Qr or t.::r()'~,=hO',lt t:~e ,mtire cit.y. cur-ba.i n ane the out.o r door, ha.i to ':Je "rovi(led to pr overrt PDf -n-o i cc ti.on 0:1' li[:',t fr'orn On the f'o Ll owi.n-z day [lD Air f.e:.'cns3 E:zerciC',e premises illwlJiY'2Vou '''itt Lr.. 1,'1:'Scond uc t ed in one cf bhe e.i r :~e:fcnse di5Dur i rig the second ph~"J.,set~e onl y 1 igl: tiD."~ t!:'icts int.o ""'.'-Y~ich r'Lin is s~.lba.ivi(}ed, Pe I'h is in the stree,ts :"u.s to be hied f r-orn lovl-r")::ered d i s t r i.c t ie, a~):ro:.:i'Jii,tel.f 700 x lCJO meters and blue lights in LiCO s e l.ec hed stEm:liords. Ile{1<l ;::0~:_tains 8. POTJU'~[;.tiO:lof "l?Pl'')-;._iTutely SO,OOO. and tail lic.:Lt.s OD rond {.'n:. rail ys),i.::;les hr.d I'ue F~rpOS8 0': t.he exe rc i.sc V,ClS 'Co test t':1e to be cover-ed excei, fOI' F:1.i._ rrpertuT8 be tv.e cn p~;l.ssi:rc ~.'~r. d,~i\JLSC l:aeau.:3 ;~;';:'Lich ::.! ..T3.,o oTgan,i zed by ? inch0s and 3 1:1che5 lon:- 3'l.Q Ler.s t:1i'r: au I Lhe .All' :drnscr::' 1.T1':l"'r :l8 I.:DTr.Cof Luf t sohubz ~ inch dec". Drlv0rsNcre rC'Qelir8S +8 "DroGced "i1' nl'otectiorr;. TLe Luf t.s chut z f'o r oe s are dead S10~~1. }>.11 t.r ains ..... tLin ;"i a r;:diu~ 0:: SO Police .?iTe:nen, 'I'eci.n.i ca.L El?iel'geLcy Service miles c f :Serlin v-erc (3i:::'IJ.;::::-lyca:'kencc;,. (;;;ir de.f eri se sectior,), "o l.unt.ec r A.ir Def'ens e FrOI!'. a 7antQ.ge poinij 0", the roo:' of ;-,';.,'; Fo rce , :,:edical llrst Aid Sel'vice. Ka:rsta:it -SuilEn:;, r-ne couL' cas i Ly reco:-:niz8 i T~le P")li'.:;e cOTrt:~ol the Lu:ftschutz forces. In the chango from :\,11 illumi.m.tion to rec:":,rict-! each d is t r i c t; t,'18y have '3St:1blishe::l [J:} Lnf'o rrsaeo illu.1"I'lB.t l on, With but a very f'ev- exce-pt:i.O~1center Lnt.o -vhich 1',,,..'3 of 3~)DrOachiL.'( hon' tir:ns, Li-rh t s in ho us os &,n.'~ 8stst'.ic;h;r:en+.s tile airp12.ncs b r-epo r i.ed over tfJ.8 r":.;ul:;r telecould not'/be seen, end street ille,r:ur.'3.tion be- ohorie sy s t er, carne poor d.QC to t~1(" re'h,c,c:d mc:;:b,'r o f lishts I At 10:':)0 o'cloc>: on Lha oror n.i ng of th'3 3~.erburning. A J"oticpable red".ction in str8st leise, tl:.e irr.tor,,18tion center of t.he Kreuzberr.; trf\ffic was p_l~--:o r.oted rl-u!'1.YJ.6 tl:is 'P0rior1,and are:::\ (\'~(). 112) :-'eceiveJ ",',rorcl of th'3 arro roaoh of street rail"'l1ys '.','ith bho i r smal L d i.n lights I aJ.'J. ir r:til. a I';J!"1cdir;tely E1 po l i cc car'vrith loud were -procce:ling vTith t~r'88.t caution. siren r ush cd tl:.ro'lL~h t:w '-'ist.:d.ct as P, ':'Tc1rr.L,g '.7i t.ne s s i ng t.l.o s eccrid ,,[1:150 o i' the e::'ercise I sigr..al r-f' ".Dpro::chin" i",t,tad::. All tTaf:::'ic in from em a iro Lar.e flyLl[' over thc city, it vras t l;e district v':):, s t opp ed and all persons on the noted t:lat ,at 11 .0 I ClOC!.( 9.11 .street lic;hts streets ':':;':C8tJt ~)01ice:;8rc r.L'ecte:1 to the nearwer-e extinrais::.ed and the city "'3,S in com est du['o'.lts EmG i.nr.ab i barrt s 'rent into tc1eir gas -plete d8.Tki;ess exc er-t. f'r-o:n n con lig'"lts en I Draof s'wl r c r-s , 1":i;:(h s t.r-uot.ur es in tt.c3 vici:'i ty 01 the e.i r! Dur in.; the a ir at t.ack and af t.e rwa.rd s unb i L the d rome , r-h i ch ';T'C),S lzert bu:r 1in.; for t he S:lI'ct.y e::orcise was OV8T, onl y such '~.ovemel:t of traffic of the nirpL-m:cs 2;1 t.ho r i r-. ';.'8,5 a Ll ovred in the are.a as was occas i oned by t!:le The 'Dl,m~ asc end ed to "Xl 81 tit.nde of 4;300 ac t iv'i t iea of t,1,e Luf'b sohutiz :l1'c3ncic::;. A flight feet a~,d mode ,:;sv('ral tri'Ds over the c or.t e r I of l~";h: 1:0r:'bers fle:" over the ar ea :;imulating of the c i ty "mcl. ar-ourI t.1";~ city. "l.l t.Lou,:::~ it a!....a.i r bonioi n.: ~~tt3C~. '."as a b:-L;ht rr:oo~lli;/ht nig:::.t" it wa.s V':::1:1 (li-1 S!x'llating :\;::)0 e;'fects r-f the bombiIlf(, s~-:::;ke ficul t to see +,['.0 0:' ty e:~c,,,,pt t~E"~ by vel'," I c"ncJ13c; ',,'er8 1 i':}:.tecJ in sever::.l }~OU:::8S: Here the close and conti!J.~ous obser'raticY' one coul-:l. I fire depi'lI't:::-ent 'ent into action. r;:;1(0) first aid oistiEguish the outlines o:~ strc8ts. TL::: b,;- I ser-vice rescud s,~ver81 ','.'Ol.L.naCC: ir"j'rred, and lief v:as eX,?Tess3d that i"r,.,) reflection of the dressCl0. H,eil' l'coun::ls a i, evacU&ted them to the River Sor0e ceno the vc::r~ou~ ~L~a:~. woul; h?-'re j :"~s?itals. ,1r~ the. streets lar~e :whs such as been the onl~T means 01 lcle.1tlflcc,wl.on 0" r,ne I :.U::_1t L'lve oeon rr"tde by 3. bomb nad been nrenared. city, and haa. it beeL [' da~k nigr.t e'reU this :hese lcles 1.LY~Ov-ered. broke,'" ,;;as 8.:10 W8.t~r ~)[~ins. ~lO.,lld.ha~'e bC,en c1,if:f~cul t. ArDd: or, !';16e.r,?f Ove'l'he,:d high pov'8r electric liiles, were b~o~c~ ldentlfYlng +.ne teI'.':"ltory ':md.erneatn as be1ng i and IJ1n>,; on the street. All cf tnese Clhllhes
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sui t s , Tho se who 0 aS61 ved th<::.: exercises woro impress<c.r; by t10 following "points: a. The grdt '.'0.1U<3 of a sys t.em of 3efinite l'roceci.~re p,:,<,,)8rcd for in a.ivanoe of the bombi!l'; attack. b. ~he imr,ortancc of hewing the 'Droner technical 8~l:<.inm-JIlt and personnel l'1'coa.rcr'l., truind a.:;lrl prnp.jrly clistri but.ad, c. The exce l Lcrrb ')r;;;n.nization of bhe Luft.achut e forces.

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Arriving 2t 4:00 1).~,'., Fr iday , .April 12th, i tbtonio, he; S?"nt tho evening observb.g thh from 1-1cnsle./ ':"i :ld, Te':El.s, 111 a ':::urtiss flood-li/{ht and f'Lar e Land i nc; phases ('f stu"Cane1ar" Y-IO-3Q, piloted by l::;t Lic"lt. : :le:lt rright. fl:;rin;~. I'ovms end Griff iss, Au CO:-p3, the Eon. 3arry i A:"tcr inspeetiI:,<j the t roop s ('f the Second E. 1.VONlring, Assistant ~)eoret.'),ry of 11;",1', p:o:o-I Di vision at Ii'o1't, &,Jl) Houscon , TU.JsdC' .y, :i.r. . ceeded directly f r om the visit:J.n'!, ship~ L8..'1.- \';;oo(hing d'-\"pa:rt0d. d. 9:00 a.T,., ':Jer1.n8sday. gar to h1SpCCt the of'f i ce cs 1".:1<.1 6rJ1 1stcd men l'llOrniu? for SC1T~;:sdule .;!'ield, 1,rt. of ~'andolph gie1cl, v.no Vlere drawn up in for! ---0)0--mat i ori around the; Noct.h Circle in front of the .Adrninbtration B~ihin5, e."~t81' vrh:ch he i .A~n!J:':'I;:;S OF TEr: TI:II:D PU:-S~JI~ S0UA.DRCH retireQ to th~ ~U2rters prc~area for ~i~ at I t,he 3achelor Officers' :~lu1:~ Aft.er d Lnnc r Gi'.'ing a r es uno of the c1.ct.i'lities of the 3d Clt the Club, ~le ",pent tlv; evc:lin;,<; obs cr vi ng j Pur-s u.i t ScU<:dro:1, stationed 2t Cla.r'-~'i81d, the stude:':..t night' flyinC' FJrt Stotsenbnr3, '.?EUnp2..ng~c, P.1., U's NGWS Early '";<: bur-day , SccrDtar:/ WOJdri:rl.esbcg:'n a : L"ttcr Corr"s'o:lde:l.t firsij 8I'.'Jl'3e1:'at8s t'18 comfull n:orning 'Jy 2"ttcldins tho 'reveille foTI uri s s i onel pGrso::mel no"! s1;atiollC'.1 2t this rm~.:iionr set.tin,o-",-.!p e.ce rc i ses 8::1(1. 0:,\::.e1cfast I f i e.l d , viz: r,::tj0~ r;~=.. Browor , Coran:;lTh~i-:1S; l..r....q,j. fonr:ation of the Fl,'inf (~1,det ~atb:;'ion bcP.J. }?'l2.tt, Ldjht ::;ll-":=8on; Cac t.ad n C.":, Ford, fore be hj,:J,-~,elf pc1rtoo~ of bre:-tkf8st 'lt tho Oner2t::.ons ~n' Exccu t ive Of fi eel'; I,i outs , Ca.iJ(2-t \'1ess. Re :;per,t helli all hour il's;:Ject,!,'.D. Old, G."'. Ilccvi8S and '.LL. F"1.ir, ~'lL:ht inc tr:8 fJ ying and 8elcd'?~ffi.c :f"tTIat,ioDs of Leaders and , occnpyiI1!, various oth8t'posi ti ons , tho :flyin[' cedcts; th,,:n he IT'.dd', a tenr of Lieut,,~. 'I'.7i. St.eed, :~.q. Lve s , r.E. '!iClItsnutb., the Prirrx.."1T.j 321d Pa.s i c StE..ges, "':rLorE: he in~/{""~. l,,:orgcL"'1, e. ", H. 3u:~:}(ly, ":'}.8. l:Cors0, ~I.'f7. spec tEld tb:;,; cur r-i cul, ur; (\~~ f'Ly iru. t,rc.:ining, BOW~I18.n, ,J 31'1'1' nnel ,J. D. Zim:::terr;:an. He them and wac: later .;:iisl:eii to the SC:Dol of Av i agoes ()~1 to say: tion Medici:1e {or a hur r i cd 'dc.it. At 9:30 '~:Je :itcutCC', tilC new:raar wibh roaneuvcr c , On n.m., r.Liwin,s co=10tc,: ,.I. round of the f i e'l d , the morn i.ng r:-f Jrnuary 14th, l~ T'ur siri t rirl.~. ':lood ring left to in,;,)ect the out.l,ying p l aries and nIl.) 0 'Jseryo.tion p l ane took off for fi81"l.s ellr] ':as t:,"(;2.tO'; te th .. sTc;,;ctMlc of ; the Del "conte Pi::18o::'-J.8 Ce:-tral, "ur hea('QuD.ra t ud flyer througl:: a- fence 8!10. ters i:1 the Y.:'Jrther; ,'ert. of the Island of COm:L1g to a rc~~t ur.s iIe down r.n thf1 re iLz-oa-i i Linda,nno. ",le arrivd that ait('rnOOll, only tracks beyr-nd , Fo r t.unat.ol.y , the cz-a.sh did ! Land i n> e,lro'lt,) to r'~L'ucl at Iloilo. After not result in 2ny injury to Tersonnd. .Re- i out [l':"'1uti f'ul, ':;-Jt Lcn., h,c.) ovc.r w~tcr uno t,1lrnins r.o P.anrlolph Fidel at, noon, lI.1'. t.rop i cul. f'o r es t s , the sig:1t of th0 camp made Woodring lunched at the Officers' Club, and : ready for U:3 b.i the cnl i s t.ed p01'SOI4'1e1 who had D short birne Lat.o.r cle"artecl for San Lnt.Qnio ! -precedec us )'1 boat, Looked particulerly good, by aut.ornob i l e, I C'.E' acb i v i ti c.s Q:.lrir~;~ the two vree::s neriod. Kob',i thstanding a day of b'..12t1il1t, "bout, i o~ rmneuvcr-s ccnsiste(~' r-f in"pectio_t of Land ing Mr. 'N'oodring, ever on t~1G tiovc., was f I own I fields rioncerci'Gy Ld eut s , Cld and CoLma __ '1, th'J.t cverri.nrt to :Cort ~'!o:::,th, 1.',[:';:;1'<:: -vas he i problems in racLo oo.rmmi.ca.t i on arid siuulc.tcd schedul od t~ s'f)eak. 3.E returned to S~ defense against hostile aeri::tl and :lWel forces. Antonio b:l rail at 7:00 c;,.~l. Sundny , La cut , I Upon corop'l.c't i on of' roaneuvo r s we rmdo a flight Griffiss havin;; rebU'll(',1 Ylith the airp12n8 ! to Z[':Ilbo:.>..ngo and Jolo from :;),~l l.'orrt o , and rethe night before. GivinG !'10 sign of letting; tur ned to C1arl~ 7i01d by '(ray of Ce bu on ,Jan. 27. u~ in his acthrities, b2- book off wit.h Iic,ut'i On karoL 8th, a. fli,::;ht ('f Pur sui t "pl~'nes and Griffi ss .?.t 00 0 I cLock fOI 8. vi 5i t to I the 111"2SC1'i r} cornpLecnenf of of'f i cez-s and en':Je Fo r t.s :'31'0'1111 r-rid Clark, ret'lrning +'0 I'\.:lllcolph i listed rnen und e.r the: corrnrrnd of L'i eut., Old, en:Field Lat o P'+' night. gi3.ged in a Go'> Def'ense 1.hncu'Ter at 8.11 ,-.utlying .. oUrer m ear-Ly bren..kf2st 1lonela'y~~'rning wasJ ficl(l,rest (If T'r)l.t, Sbotsen"::!urg between the the bcginTJ.ing of S8crela1'Y lfood::'iI1' s busies Z=,bc;.lus ;;:CJUI~tr.ins and t.he Ch.ina Sea. Simulat,ed stay p,t Rando'Lph Field. L"avins 'by pirpl:me I war co od i ti"n3 governed the ex ar-c i so , .All planes at 7:~O 2.~iJ., he sperrb th~. day inspecti~g were c:;JlXJ'lllege~; te~:ts. S1.:p1)l~es. a:n? pea-son .... naI Kelly, :Duncan 8,."1.d Brooks ~ 1cld.s, returnlU: a'l \yore cO:1ccalcd 111 natural and wmrcvlsed shel tors. 4:00 1'.:,10, ancl, following a visit to San ; Gas !ll3,sks were dormed at sound of gas attack" -, alarm.

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T'%:PORARY PFOliD1'ION OF AIR CORPS OFFICERS Effective .A.p:d1 20, 1835
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1:?teUie-8lJ.ce and Operations 2n~11st. Lb, l,:orris J. Lee .A.rthur J. Lehman

Dcne.LdT'. Lyon

Officers

(Continued.)

Regular Rank

Gr~i,z,ltiGn

i 1 st

77 Pur-sud t 'J7 Cbs. (C&A.)

11 Bornbarrarerrb

Captain ~'Hllicl!1;V. A,>:'1.re'N::; ..... ';"",b 2' J.. 01-. s. (--' l..nm)i 1st lot. John E. 1;cCorruick ;;6 bombardment Captain Or i n <T. B'1[boy 6.11, Service I Lc t Tot. G-eorge :.:CCoy, Jr. 90 Attar..l<: Captain Poy 1,7.:::8lTl~;lin n Servi:ce ! 2nCi. t. L :Jouglas T. Mitchell 79 rursm t Capt.adn JOhE IiI. ClLxk 77th Pur su i '0 . 1st Lt. Jom. G. M.oore 31 :Sombard::J.ent Captain Ear-Le J. C:;rncnter 1 Bor.:bar'llr.e::-~t: 1 t Lt J 0".. J ~,D:: ., h V' r('v' 9 'Som'-ar.J--snt IS'. lU LI.JJ.J':: Captain J ohr. D. Corkille 8 Attacl~ i 2nd Lt. ::h~~'!ia.S S. rower 30 Bombardment Ca:otain ?'Tea].CL~ightor; 9 Ai:t'sid:;;> . 1st Lt. ::I:lwc'd R. Q,uesada Hq. Sqdn, GL-J:Q A.F. Ca;tain Fobert T. Cronau ~G 13(jTI1bpr(~nP.ntc+ Lt I 1 ',\Tillim,; A."P. Robertscn 14 Bombardment. Car,tain J 088'0'" H. Davi dson 90 ;I.ttac,<: I l;t L~: ':;eorge~. Schdgen 33 Pursuit Ca1)tain Joim ,,:. Davi es 9 3Q'[:u~rCment 1st Lt. ':<'oben R. SeLway , Jr. 9 Airship Ca~)tain 01 i ve r S. Fe rnon SO Seryice 1st Lt. Archi'D81d. Y, Smith 49 Bombardment Ca:otain \lVn:. C. Gol-1s"..1oroush 15 Obs.crvs.t i on ~jnd Lt., Sorv 3;-ci th 55 Pursuit Captain Benjaiai n F. :;'ri:;:'fin 22 Obsea-va.b io.a Ls b Lt. Joh;' J.. Sterling 17 F'ur sui,t Carrt.a i n J:m:es L. Grisham 30 3orr.J~rcment 1st ~t. Robert F. T~tc 8 Attac~ Captain Arthur G. Ha.niLton 11 30rr:.':J8.r(~mer;.t 1"t Lt.. Yantis 'l. Taylor 94 Pur-s'ui.b Cantain Caleb V. H'1:Jl118S 37 Att'1.ck 2n'1 11:;. Loz-ry 1T. Tindall 12 Observatbn Captain Anri.n F', Herold :15 Purs'ui.b Ls t rt Stew2rt ';7. Towle, Jr. 21 O'bs.(LR A"TIp) Captain Virgil Hine 95 Att~cK Lt: Clarc~ce D. Wheeler 36 Puxsuit Captain Hprvey H. Holland f:J9 Ser-vice Ls t Lt Will[~rd F..Wolfinbarger 37 Attack 94 Pur-c ui, t "',. Caot.a i n E(l'!lin J. House 12 Obsorvat Lon Eq;inec:r_i-lg Qffice:z: - Ca2..~.ins Ca;tain Iiober t Kr.uch Capr.a.lr; Cornelius J. Kenney S7 80T\7"ice 1st Lt. Her-ber t K. Baisloy 100 Service Captain Wes)Gsicle'I. Lar ncn 32 Borcbardmerrt 2nd Lt. Theodore 1:. Bolen 71 Service Captain Nlc"'.lcolm Lav.t.on S. rice t;9 BO'TljcJ.I'dm"mt~ridLt. :~or;;2n:2. Burnett 57 Ser~.. Capt.a.i n Clarence D. Lober :1.9Air:Liu ?'nd Jot. Philo G. r,>iscmholder SO Ser\'icc C2;ptain 1'cwton Long:fellov. :3 P",1I':;uit '?r.d Lt. S."H,ae1O. ~\ec;,::tzke 62 8eT'Tice Captain Frelerick:J. Lynch [2 Service 1st Lt. Charles B. sto~e III 70 Service Captain Jasper K. :11cD'.l.f'J:'ie SS Borobxrdmerrb 1 st L ',;. ~lil ton k 'I'owncr 61 Seryicc ,....-. Captain Leland W. ~i11er 0'.) Service Gl Service 2nd Lt. Hanl cn H. Vrm Al.lh::n C<,cptain Warren A. Mar/'ell 56 Service 1st Lt. .FrC'.:...."J.klin C. 'Wolfe 76 Service 13 Att.i,ck Capt.ai.n Ed.'/;::IXrl ~,;. ~IIon'is Cartain Willi~, C. Morris 73 At.t.ack Cc:.ptain Devcrecux lie. I1yers 7a Servi c.e 1st Lt. Al vord V.P. .A?lderson 70 Ser"ic8 Xst Lt. James':. Par'kcr 27 Pur srri t Ls t It. Donal d Vi. Buckrmn 64 Service 79 Purs',1i t ~~::tLt. Ch2~les G. Perr cy 1st Lt. Labbert S. Ce.LLaway 62 Ser vi.ce :;4 Attack Cnpte.:tn Vv:::.l ter E. '8C'--: Robert G. SQrk 2d Lt. '(1 Service 14 Bon.bar-Jrnerrb 1st Lt. Donal.d B. ".?hillirs Jos.:),.,h e.A.. f':luniston 1st Lt. 61 Service ;)9 Bombarlment Ls t Lt. Cp;pte.in Leo F. Post };o:rrls B. ~i:i.iI'bcld 75 Service 76 Service Ca;ptain r~r1 w. Pyle l~t :Lt. G~orge ~. ~cGrcgor lC-J Service 5 Bor.ibnrdrnerrt Captain Edward Raley 'frill Lam C. ;.,~ills 2;ld It. 60 S0rvice 97 Ob.(C & A) 2nd Lt. Captain George~. Fice George F. Schlatter 57 Service 31 Bor:!b,j.r'~ment 2nd Lt. Morle}' F. Slaght Captain Harold D. Sllith 56 Seryice 36 Pur swi.u Ce;ptain Rex Yo Stoner Sup~_Office!:.~ - Canta_~~ Captain George r. T(1urt3}.1::>t 17 Pur srd t, GrO'1-pOrga"izetions reo Sen,ice Caobadn Francis B. 'relentine :55 Pur sui. t Capta.in Alfred 'E. 1Lller Thurston Ii. Baytor Ls t Lt. 20 Pursuit 1st Lt. 9 Bombardment Dorcas ~,~<,".CI,avl I'ishe; 1st Lt. 2 Borcbar-lment, Kirtley J. Gregg 1st Lt. 17 Attack J'31'ClGS I'. lTt'lwberry 1 Eornbardmsrrt, 2:i!dLt. 12 Observation Geor3e R. .A.che2on 1st Lt. 99 'Sor,;[:.n.rr)lllent1:;t. Lt. Edgar T. Noyes 7 Bombar-dment. F. Edgar Choatle 1st Lt. 1st Pur s-ri,t 22 Gb"r~rvaticli. 2nd :!""t. He:-be:ct H. 'I'eI Lrmn Philip D. Coates 2nd Lt. 2::.d 1. t. Lav~on8e e. Westley 27 Pu!'s-,;,it 3 .Att~ick Loo B. Dawson 1st Lt. 35 Pursuit 19 Bombardment 1st. M" Poger V. Williams Henry ':r. Do r r 1st Lt. 1st U. E';;'ssell A. '.'Jilson 8 Pursuit 5 Bornbardmenb John P. Doyle, Jr. 1st Lt. 34 Attac;k J01:.11 E. LuJ. 1i gan 1st Lt. 13 Atta,::k Acldenda .AI bert F. Glenn 1st Lt. Cecil E. Henry 15 Observation Leslie P. Ro18o~b 67 Service Sq. 1st Lt. te~orary ralik of Captain 73 Att2.ck Mia1:.on',IV. Kaye 1st Lt.

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OFFICXRS ADVANCED TO BANK OJ? :,iAJOR

I ntaH ig:mce---?..::.:i~rc,t ions Of:fi2c,~ Captain Captain Cap t. 3.1n Captain Captain Captain 1st Lt. Cap t adn C2'?tain Capba.in Charles C. Chauncey Ira C. Eaker Haro 1d rr . """orge ~ Ll C'_ Oliver P. Got;llin,Jr. Willian S. Gr:wdy Harold lvl. McClelland Harlan T. McCormick Walter J. Reed I'8wis :S.P. Reese Earl S. Gcr.ofield At baclc 17 Attack 8' Pur sui,t I 20 PUl'SUit ! 12 Observation 19 :do:nbardment I 1 Pursuit 9 Bo-obardment
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A.ir :B'orc~Lal?10Y Fi~lCl

Captain Eugene L. Eubank , Ls t .4.ssistant to Ass i sbarrb Chief oi Staff, G-3 I 1st Captain Lawr-ence P. Hickey Ls t Assistant to Ass:stant Chief of Staff, G-l lIst Ls b Lt. Charles H. Howaz-d , Corrmani cat i ons lIst Sec t i.or., lIst Capt.a i n Ar bhur Ie. Ladd lIst Assistant to Ass;ste~1t Chief of Staff, G-4 lIst Captain Cl.ement.s }':cik,lllen I 1st Assist?nt to Assistant Chief of Staff, C~3 lIst Captain Ennis C. V~.itehead I J.st Captain John F. ':n'1iteley ,1st Assistant to Chief, Inspection Section. I 1st lIst Ist Ls b As~ist~nt Operation~ Officers lIst 1st Lt. 1st Wing Joe L. Lo~tzenheiser lIst 2nd -"ing 1st Lt. Dwi.gh t B. Scl.annop Ls t 1st Lt. Nathan F. Twining 3rd "fing 1st ,Mj~t,ant Ist

j 1st Lt. I 1st Lt.

Homo r W. Fl>:rguson Rud oLph Fink Ralph E. Fisher Karl ::;.E. Gimnler Frederick E. Glantz'uerg Char les G. C'TQod:,'ich Will ic.t.~l T. Hefley L~Roy Hudson Paul 1L Jacobs Paul :t~. Johnston Donal.d J. Keirn Robert H. Kelly Reuben Kyle, Jr. Charles W. Lawrence John F. N;cBlain Carl 8. McDaniel
Fhomas B. l'J.CDcma,lC.

99 Bombarrirnerrb

Lt. Lt. Lt.

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Hoyt L. T'rincle

2r.il 'ging

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Ls t

1st Ls t 1st Ls t 1st 1st

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Officers and A.:':'II'J8I'lent Il::t Lt. 31 Bomba.rdmenb 1st Lt. Gr0.52. 33 ?ursui t 1st Lt. Henry M. Ba il ey 3 Attack 8 Fursui t Donald F. Fritsh .91) e ra.:t.:,~9I':::-.9iLi ~ 19 Bombar-dment. Wentworth Goss 1st Lt. Edmund C. Lynch A. C. Prirr.ary Flying Jolm N. Jones 9 Bum'oarr.ment 8c:hool Coz-n-s.l i us E. 0' Connor 2 Bor-bar dmerrt 17 Attack Edwin 8. :Perrin OF'FlCEPSADVAfC2: TO F.A}'"'( OF FJ% r LIEmE::T.AJ:1T 1 Pursuit, 8&CO:15 ':Ci;;;:'-S'en:mts f--'-'--~la:k ~~. Pipe: 12 Obs er va.bi.on Edw l n , Ramllngs Gr,?~ 7 Bombar drnerrt James W. Spry ~dj'..1tants 21 Airship John A. Tarro Thomas C. Darcy 8th 7'ursuit 20 Pursuit 1f:.mming E. Till ery John H. I ves 2r.d 2C)ln'bc.rci.nent Joe VI. Kelly 1st Pr.rs ui t Flight Corrrranders Henry K. Mooney 20th Pur sui,t .fuuadr~ 7th Bombardment Walter P. Agee 11 Borobardrnerrt Edwar-d W. Suarez Comnunications Officers Earl Vi. Barnes 55 Pur-s u i t 35th Pursuit Sqdn, William C. Bentley"Jr. S6 Bomb. C Fl t. Oliver S. Picher Radio Officers Palph O. Br-ownf' i.el.d 15 Ooserv3.tion John P. 1:cConnel1 20th Tursuit Group Walter G. Br:;te,Jr. 41 ODs. B Flt. Cecil E. Archer 32 Bo~b.2d FIt. ;Dlotog~3E..hic Offic~~ Robert E.L. Choa.t o 49 Bomb.C F.l.t. Keru1eth B. Hobson, Comdg. 23d Photo Section Frro~< J. Coleman 94 Pursuit James F. Thompson,eTr. Photo. Officer,lst :,,?c. Raymond E. Cu1 bertson 53 School JcuJles K. De.A.rrr:ond 5 Bombardment Arrrrn~~t Officers Daniel C. Doubleday 27 Pur su.i t 3(11,lad rons Richard I. Dugan 88 Obs. 3d FIt. William J. Bell 56th Service. Ja~~s A. Ellison 79 Pursuit Paul VI. Blanchard 57th Service 2 V-6777, lJ...C.

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A. J. Kerwin l.hlone George P. lilood.y v-larles T. Myers E;nnett Q'Donnell, Jr. Joh:~ J. O'Hara, Jr. James :E'. Olive, Jr. Budd J. Pea.s Loe David M. Schlatter ViilliarI' J.... Scott, Jr. Lutber S. &iuth Milton J. S:nith Edgar A. Sirmycr, Jr. John T. SprQ,gue Allon R. S0~inger Fred O. TE,l::y Eclgar E. 'l'Oe" d Walte::; E. TeCld Robc.r b F. Ir'avis Louie P. 'I'u::-ner Lee Q. WassGr Robert B. V;::llia..."';S Char I e s G. VillI Lams on Harry E. Wilson

9 Bombardment 12 Obs. 2d FIt. 12 Obs Ls t FIt. 52 School 52 School 46 School 77 pursuit 95 At tack (A) 1 Bombardment 47 School 94 Pl~suit 22 Obs.3d Flt. 5 Bombardment 35 Pur sui t 52 School
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Armament ~fficers (Continued) Leon R. Brownfield 15th Observation Frederick E. Calhoun 13th Attuck Robert L. Carver 55th Pursuit Kenneth R. Crasher 8th Attack Loren B. Hillsinger 62ni Service Harvey P. Huglin 9.)thA Hack Harold R. Waddux 79th Pursuit Romulus W. Purvea.r 7'lthPur suit John R. Sutherland 20th Bomb2r~~ent Engineering Officers Milton W. Arnold 90th Attack Jesse Auton 7:3rdAtt.:J,ck Joseph W. Baylor 99th Bo~~ar~~ert John H. Davies 13th Attack Richard A. Grussendorff 37th Att~c~ Marvin L. P~rding 9th Bombarc~ent John T. Helms 95th Attack David H. Kennedy 49th Bombar~~ent Hugh F. McCaffery Hg. Sqdri,GHQ,s.r JoscDh A. Miller 96th Bombardment Erne'stMoore T't:l Pur-sui t David N. Motherwell 79th Pursuit William O. Senter 20th Bomb2rd~ent Carl R. Storrie 88th Obs. L.R. ~ph. Dean C. Strother 55th Pur srd, t Edw?rd cT. Timber12ke 40th Attack Birrell Walsh 31st Bomb~rdment SuoplY Officers Charles H. Anderson 17th Pursui t George D. Campbell, Jr. 88th Obs. L.R .~~~h. James H. Cunningham, Jr. 5th Bombardment 97th Obs. (C & A) Carl F. Darnberg 55th Pursuit Gabriel ? Disosway William M. Garland 31st Bombardmenb 77th Pursdt Paul R. Gowen Archi bald J. Hanna 33rd Pur suit 34th Attack Hunter Harris, Jr. Richard T. King, Jr. 9th Bornbar-dmenb 8th Attack Lester L. E. Kunish 79th Pursuit Stephen B. Mack Andrew Meulenberg 16th Observation Troup lMller, Jr. 20th Bombardment 30th Pursuit Berkeley E. Nelson 3::ith Pursuit stoyte O. Ross James S. Sutton 73rd Attack Thomas L. Thurlcw 30tl:1. Bomca'rdrnerrt

En!)ineedng Officers to Captain Harold W. Beaton Captain Hugh C. Downey Caut8in Albert C. Fotuk Captain Edv"3.rd . Harbeck, Jr. V Cautdn Aubrey Hornsby Cant<.inJames'T. Hutchison Cautain Guy Ki:::'ksey Captain Michael E. MCEugo

Major Rockwell Field Mitchel Field March Fiel~ Barksdale Field Bolling Field Langley Field. Harai ton Field L Scott Field

~l'y Officers to W:aj~ Ca~tain Shiras A. Blair Mitchel Field Captr~inGeorge G. Cressey Scott Field C!:mtainRobert E. Finley Rockwell Field C2.DtainAlfred Lindeburg Barksdale Field Ca~tain George G. Lunn~erg Bolling Field Captain Jesse A. Madarasz l.lar-oh Field Captain Harold A. McGinnis Langley Field Engi~ring Officers to Captain 1st Lt. Ernest K. Warb~,ton Selfridge Field 2nd,Lt. Harold W. Grant Brooks Field SunplY Officers to Capta~ 1st Lt. A~fred A. Kessler, Jr. Selfridge Fiold Adjutants.!2.Captain Ls b Lt. Wilbur EriksonHamilton Field 1st Lt. '!Val 'fIT. Gross ter Rockwell Field 1st Lt. JoseI'h G. HopKins Barksdale Field Ls t Lt. IvJ.l M. :krrphy ton WJB.rch ield F Ls t Lt. Ea.rle E. Parti+lge Selfridge Field 1st Lt. WillimD L. Bitchie Scott Field C~erations Officers to Captain 1st Lt. Harold Brand Rockwell Field 1st Lt . Paul H. Ker::mer Hamil ton Field Brooks Field 2ru.i Lt. Eobert S. IItcrum 1st U. S:owardEoore Mitchel Field 1st U. "Sicharn !~. };usent Langley Field 2nd Lt. Minthorne W. Reed Selfridge Field 1st Lt. Pear-L H. Robey Barksdale FiP.1d Ls t Lb , Robert 1. Schoenlein 1;archField Signal.2fficers to 1st Li eut.enanb 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd

Lt. :"lillarC: Baskin L. Mitchel Field Lt. David V:. Hutchison Selfridge F'l Ld e Lt. l/lillarc. s Lewi Harm1ton Field Lt. Harold 1. Snith Mar-chField Lt. Star~ey R. stc;~rt Brooks Field STAl'IOIJOMPLEMSl-ITS C 1!.eteorological Officers to 1st Lieutenant Comnanding OffiC'e:i.'sJ.ieuter~mt-CC'.l:"_:lel to 2nd Lt. Anthony E. Curcio Eockwel.L Field 1r.':tI'c"h Fi 01 a Major Eugene A. Lohman 2nd 1t. Harry H. Geoffrey Mitchel Field BolLi.ngPielet If.aj.,,r Martin F. Scanlon 2ni Lt. Torelis G. Wold Selfridge Field ---000--Coml1~mdingOfficers to Major Captain Fred C. Nelson Selfridge Field ASSIG11MENT OF :;'P,A.DUATFSA. C. TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF Executive Officers_~fi.ajoE Ca?tain Bernard T. Castor lfi.arch Field Captain Angier H. Foster Barksdale Field Captain Albert M. Guidera Langley Field Captain Dol L. Hutchins Ham,iltonField Captain Horace N. Heisen Rockwell Field Captain James C. &~ively Scott Field Captain Clarence C. Wilson Mitchel Field Upon completion of their present course of instruction at the Air Corps Technical School, Chanute F'i 'l, Pant.oul , Ill., the followinge d Ila7edAir Corps officers are assiened as follows: 1st Lts. Sa~elV. Stephanson to Selfridge Field, Hilbert Iv;. Wi ttkop to Ra.ndolphField, 2nd Ld eubs, K,ITtM. Landon to Scott Field, Daniel W. Jenkins to Barksdale Field and Roy T. Wright t.oBrooks Field. -13V-6777, .A.. C.

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On the niJ:;ht. r-f April fith, cC 12-ship f'c rrcat.i or, frerr. Rar:dclrh Fiell, Texas, f'v.l Ly illUJr..iri~ted, together with threG stirs of each tYre used A-t Kelly F'i c.Ld, lev.' OVGr Jan Antcnio in honor of Ar~y r~y. A ro~io rrc~ram was broadca~t from o.ne Cf. the 3crr~ers frem . 8:rr to 2:15, v.hi ch 'Nas ricked uI and re-broad cas r ed by radio station KTSA. It also went over the Scu.thvrest l~et "{('rk. On the f'c l Lr-v-i nr- clay, ATril 6th, ArTy Day, CCNCE}~Bi\TICNQF FIRST WING, ~Q AIR FORCF I\andclph Fic;ld, flew a '[":J2A"ferrr.ation ever Gan Antonio. Fcrty-,?ight ships were 'lsed to fcr:n Arril 13th rrnrLcd the largest concentration the lettnrs TJ, Sand A. In addition, a 15ty the 1st Wing. Units rarshir f'o rrrrrt i or, and r 3-~hip fcrrr.ation were . yet to be effected ticipatin6 in the ITi,neUVers were the Bombardflov.n over the "i ty at the sarr,e time. mer.t GrOUT f r crr; Harzi.l ton and Rockwe.l I Fields, s For the rerr.ainder of U"e day, Bandel ph Fi eld kept cpen r.oun for the Iu1::lic, and Qirrlancs the AttaCK Group frcm March Field, ar.d the were, kp}-t on the line f'cr inspc;ctioll. S8th C'bservation Sq1Jadron from Breoks Field, As t end i ng to "ho'!' the enthusiasrr, 'ri th v.hist T~y.as. Ninety tactical planes in all ~ere the San Antonio riub l i o received the U 3 A for:prc;sent for the exercises, which lasted two nation, the foll~v:ing poen, by l,:rs. C,A. days. Lauf'r.nbur g , v-h.i ch was ~(;d tv tte Rcndclr:h I nn Sunday, the 14th, ODe 0f the largest Field's ,)fficers' Club, is q'.::,otcd: crov.ds ever as sernl.Led on N,arch Field saw the l.:Dits engage in an aerial review for Brigadier;'.TI~J~3 \ General H.B. Arnold, wto had returned from :Jothing so creat, J'.Qr grand can ccq:are, Washington after rp.cei ving the lv:ackay Trorhy. ';:0 t!'-e:rajcstic flight of ourflest in the air, lat,er in the day, !'lEljor-General T'aul. B. 1vIzlcne, Flying the c:rLnev~ vlays en high, GClTIT.andingOfficer of the 9th Corps Area, arWHh sagl" 'Ninge; of steel in the cky, r i vcd at Ivic.rch Field a r.d was gucc;t of honer at Wato:Ling in rc'T-t'lre t he v.ondo r-f'u'l 'Nc1y, t he '!ling CLoker held that night and. attfmd.ed That Rar.do l ph r'o rros the U. 3. A. _, , :\ by all officers of the Ls t Wing rrespnt on the Cut ef the sh in.i nr; sh ip s read: of s tcel , i field. 7earr:ing to tell yov he"! rroud 'NP feel, I General 1v:alone derror.s t.r'a t.r.d his excprtional As '!Ie stand. at a t t.er.t i ori and ur.var-d gaze I ability as a p~lblic speaker in an ac1dres~ at At, the par-ad o of shirs 'llonr/ the 0ky-'r;~ys, the: banquet in v'hirh he expresse1. the ami ab l e With r."arts ov cr f'Lovi ns; v-c u;:v:ard flinG, feGling of the line 'br anr-he s t owar d the Air 'Iothe rcen on high, a hyn;n 'i.'f; s inr; _ I Corrs, err,p~asi;;ing t h fart that the ~ucress Of praise for an a rrr.y, w i t l. rr.cn lib) thesp of the entlre a.rmy d eperid e d or, the unlty cf ':2hat fly our f'c r t rr-s s r-n lirert:r's breeze, 1 PUI'T,ose and act,ion of its various rEvisions. A dcfense fer our ceuntry, thE': pilgrim's rric.0 rI'he next day , Gpner?l h?_lcme reade a t r-u'r of .An honor r o t hc c o who for freedem boxe d i r d , I t,h,,; station, inspecting pquirment, ms ta.l LaAnd if to the ur.known way s on high r i cns , and rrocp s of the St-'ltion Ceq: 1 err:ent, ':Lhe bugle ra.ll c;m-p to do and to d i e , I ad, TEcei',rin[; an aerial revi",w by the tactical We can seE' YOu fly 0' er rocks and rills, : cr"i t.s , In azidre s s i ng t,ensral Arnold, General O'er rr.ountain tcys' a nd cur horne Ls.nd r"ills, Ilk.r,}lonP.re:[;"-rke.,d that, it v.as the be::;t derr.cnstraTo teld this ;]"icn so s!-rong ar.d great _ r i on of f'Ly ir.g he had ever s e eri in thp Air For freedoIL' .'i cause, thQJ r.o other f'atc , \.Co rj s , Follo'>iqc .. he r8view, r v i s i tin[: C'rganiCan o'ert,poke O'..:.I' land as Lcr.g ecS yon fly, 7.8JioI:S Lo f t for r hc i r hr-me sti'tt, ions , '.'lith th", ::30br-av--Ly these- ships of s+fopl t Lrv the sky, I next, concentration date slOt a::; }V:lY 4th. W8 +aks off our h2~t,::;to the whIgS of th") air ---oCo--And r er cr enr.Ly hew our heads in Iraysr Th~,: 'lrn:;. cha'l I br ;nrlFod,'. nd Li1:srt~ a stand ":CFLL '!"f'iJl IIG-ECN STILL EHJCrS [,(,'0.[' RZAL':H / ~lt,h l~S !-orch or falth, serure In o~r l~nd, ~ ---uOo--i It appc.ar-s that the Las t r e s t i.ng ]:'la('e of Stm~y Jehn Silver, falLeus Werld War rigeon, I b +0 be the AerorE~tical 1(US81:IIl t ",'ri5ht a 1ST yn::rr:GHQ AIR FOFCE, IF AR. ..Y I>n" ,~aEREATICI~ Field, D"ytcn, Chiao The Hav'aiiE_n Air D"pet v ' received ''iord to that effpet. frem the Chief "aturday, April 5th, f'c und all un i. h of the cf th." llaterie1 Di v i s i on. An inquiry First -iring :participatine; in the'1c+bitips of directed to the pigeon lofts at Schofielci Arrr_y Lay. A cCTfosi tf? sq'.::.adron of fc:rs'.li t I Barrar:ks, 'I .II., regardine; stuL['y ,Jehn revealIlanes under Captain Ira C. Eake r flew o-rer ed t.h.rt he is s t ill en,joying good hpeJ th, deth; N;etrufolicFa1 district, and, Land i nr; at sri te his rire old age of 18 year~, SC' DO ~rand Central Air Termir~l, rerr3ined cr. disdefinite d~te can ~e estahlished as to ~hen 'P1~J dJ.rir.g n"e aft,ernoon. '::'he 95thdtack I he v;ill r-e taken te a taxidermist and clti3ql.:ariron was dis}a-l-,ched to HcrniLt.cn Field and rnat c Ly sh ipp ed to his last I'83tin~dRce.

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AIRSHIP TAKES OFF OlI \VHEELS 6 t h COl'iPOSITE GROT.JP IN P AN1\11A r~fuffiUVRS
rn1S unnual maneuvers in the Panama CaI"?-l. D~}.J2rtlne~1~, i,n whi c h th: !?th 800)OSlt~ Group, All' ]01'C8, partlclpatc1, U:3ve j'J.st been co cc Lud.e-I. Li eut. -Col. L.H. Erereton, norc~lly tqe Ccu~anding Officer of the Gro~p, was CO~Kan1ing Officer of the ~obi18 air for~e in the fielcl of the BrO\'7nmobi Le f'o rc e C',OJIIuani.ed by i"ajor-General Lytle Br-own, Liel:t.Colonel .J .H. Houghton ac t.eI as Groun COITLancler. Personnel f r or, Er a nce Fieli., com~riGinc 2~ officers anr'l 2(5 enlisted men, took the field. 1\.11 pe r conne l. and equiprr;ent wer e f 01'riee~ to advanced a i r d.roracs by a i r tr-ar.s-: portation. This, consiclcrin~ tr.e shorta::;e of airplanes, was cut to an aCC(Ji,,'pI isr.clent. Both of'f i ce r s and 8nli ;te i raen s'ub s.i s te d on the f i e I d ration ".iron) v.ht c h co ns i s t.e d 19.rcel;{ of ha r I tack an-i cheese arid dare bani tack ani ~r.Fesp,. Eov.eve r , it \;as found that a hari dav in the field anrl a little nani:.;mlation in its preparation mario tbe ration fairly f r or.i. uli ble. The DC.!1V:' to1!:e-offs ,..cre st.art81 at 'rho. 6th Cor.r;Josito Gl',?lJ.jJ CaI:lp at laJoya 1537 -;Jounie, ni t.n va.r i ouo r-ond'i tions of was 81. tuateel on the Ar i a s Rallch, near "trir~~. II It \iD,S no t e d that ',6th li<ht the Paoo r a River. '1'his r i v e r was lit!:> Loa Li n.;s the nose hael to ho trh.L8d, 1ov.n iZGrl for r:;\'.iLl.::~,inL;; f act , ov er; 'hathing. in to OVE:l'coc:.18 the t.hr uct of the lJrC]el18rs A fine roc]:y p081 Vii1S eli sc ov e r e d ali 1. as l=o~or .,:as al:nJ.icel; tr.a,t iJ.S thE Lo a Ic u.t t ll ce d hy aL'ost ove ryo ne 'un t i L one v,'crrJ increased." the. cf=.crt of _l=ro;,eller af t e.rno on., ":hE'n 01..,[, intro'Jid local hunt> 81' all'l fli,'~t SllT';;COn, Ca~!tain W. o'. t.hrust. rJecaGo nr::;:'~11p.Jlo, ['De.'- nless u the lead was ~lacGd. in thn rear of thE.; cenScott, pOVI8'1 off a. ('-foot cr ocod.i Lo who }:lArl ,j a inad. .'1n1 was L;in[~~l inG ';Ii t.h the ter of gri1-,i ty an exce s si ve Ly Len> run ba.t.he r s hai to 1:8 Llae'\.e [:8for8 the 61cvators Ca'Jtain W.J. Davies vias also sli{J:tly wculd t.ake effect. The maxi.r.un Loa.d nonr1u,ssed on om; occasion upo n fiiding car r l e-i was 3,5('(' oound s "it'1 the nose tri:,T.ei 'l'IT)'1 ODA r'leCJec ane'\. the cn;"ines a fer-de-lance snake restini in his runn i ng at' f'u l I throttle. T1,t Lc nrt.h of paz-acou t e . Ca.pt a.i n J. F. Guillett b nov" known as the run was 375 feet. "nei, the t.i.r.,c 21 "Little Garcia,lI hav i n.; i.istini-':uishei seconds. The e occ d at t3.'::(,-off v.as 40 hioself hy acc8vtinG a mes8ace~froD Col. C.D. h. (ind.icatoc1). 1n the second. rli:i.1~ith the ship loaded. Brereton for ~eliv8ry to General Rrcwn and then 'J.8s11in,; off down the 1'00.1 on a 1869 nound.s J1pa.J;jT o nl y and tnt' Y'.080 trL:r.::e1 dov.n t.vo d.ci.:;rces, the len ',th of ~otorcyc18, completely ~assin~ 1m General ~he run V,;:J-S 715 feet, t ho t i ue 3:3 8ccorrl'c, F'r ov.n and. rU sa:),)8arinG 111a c~loud efi1lst an-i t he air speed. Gs: ::1 . ,). h. at ta~,;:e-off, , arirI fallinc in the 'ha nd s of thp En8Ly. Tb.ese ta~ce-offs \':01'0 ;.,'Rdo on the r,;rass I General Brown e'\.rylJl r er.ar-kcd : "Scn.e ia;r fieJ1. ai,ioininc the airsnip l1anc;ar at I t ha t youn.; man viill Get h'J.ll[Ty a.nd COLe I tac~: to eat, and. v:p, \'7i11 find. O-J.t W1-'8,t 1Jon71e:1 FielJ,. A r'lrenchi:J{; r a i n l-:.'),ei soaked the f i c Ld . Und.er these ~onliic in the ue8saC;8.11 tions, the excess loading of 3500 ~ounds Other tr~n tho norrr.al rQn of ca~p ino.D'Goarei to DC' near tl'lC jJeE:.~;:, o the; a cidents, a f'cv. sco r-o.i ons ani. the usual C'li~l del'S cary) da:r.lc:erou;:;ly clo se to st r i lrarr.o unt of tropical bugs, a ,o;ooi. t.L;e was :.n.c the Greund.. Hovrc c r , a sr.o ot.h , hard v had, ty a.l L. The raora.Lo was - excellent, ~_a~ n.: s'Urface y;o'J.1c'c no doubt sl L~ht ;,' I and. c e r t.a i n.l y tho c orrrnand as a vrhoLe hac; it 1 :,r.~reas6 the 103/18 ,;r.ic11 ,.J.ybe lifted. I l)8on con3ieleraol~' harr'lened. lIT;. The mariI euvc r s endecl v:i th a De-Jartn8nt Rev i aw in o.8roiY11f1I:lically. . . In ~o~pQrin[ the relutlv6 ~erlts of i LO:1or of ?residont &1":loi.io ;\rias of \t.e t wo met ho ds of tak':'n,~ of'f a l.rsht ps , I Panama. SOlliO8,000 troops wit~ vehicles, 2!,at.i~2,1J.y and. acr odyuacd ce.l.l.y , t he 1.a'\'- i arrlr.a.l s and airplanes par-t i.c t pa t e 1 in the I Rev i ew , .. 'jF;'r. cetL01 Lnd i cc.t.e d. that an ad.d'itional 58~ rallons of fuel can De carri~d. This .1:'\;'''', 0DC'. ---000 --:rr,f.'8aSC;S the e nduranc e of the TC-13 OJ I the new officor arrivals at I H' ~, ~'[,'. 1" P 1.. ~S .no',YS at 5') miles all' 8l,es'l. Its I ~ ranee J!1e:1, auana , are t'a,jor Rt char i :nanso In,:\+-,ill air is Lnc rea sed O;YT l300 i H. :BallB,rd, Capt. GGCr(;8 R. tTefT, let i:t. r~jl.e~. , VJilliar:l H. :,icArtLur, 2uc1.Lt. Bicha:'6, jL ; lV~ontL:oI'ler;r,A.C., arid Cant., Kem:cth A. I Br ewer , l:iedical Corps. -15\~6~77, A.C.
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Rcc c n t tests were co nduc t ert at V'n:::ley Fieli, Va., for t.he ~w,:,po 88 of deter .inl ins; hoi. large a 10aJ. could. b lifted aer o dynaru cnj Ly 'by a::nlyinr:: the a l r-p'l ane princiule of t~~-off to airshins of the ncn-ri";i8. tTJe. Until ~heeis Dere Lcu~ted under the car, i t l:..'~ "heell C'.i.stocary to rely al1. r.o s t entirc17 uco n the 1oouy::mcy of the lift in::: L1Prliu.L tc raisc t.nc sh.i.p sufficiently clear of th .r;rouncl bcf orc ap'. r:;'Jin:; t ho pcv.e r of its Pl1Eil1es. '.-:itl1. the CirlVf:nt of ';lh0818 , it r.a s soon 'H3cove r e-i tilE. t a sli;htl:,' heavy ship ccul d I:y:eather" ::inor shocks of t.no torr;:tin ani lift its loar'l to flyin~ altitude. Tho tests referred to wyre conducted ~ith the TC-13 AirJhip l365,OCO cubic feet ~apaci ty) CC1ui1JD8d. thC',-;o 3'75 ',;i no r se power- ,.,:carcri cn~i:i.1es, and the pur.~)Cso 'i18S to r'lctercdne to \il'lcot extent the ~!l'inci 1J18 of ae:rorl:/I:a:2ic lift c ou.l,u he a:ciJlie1 to a l rsht ps in ta~::in0 off anr'i the ran[;e increase to be ex.:')ccter'l ther6-

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Composite WinG Many offi.cers coming to the Philipi d'uini.;'; the annual maneuve r s oZ t.ne pines are not ac ouad nt ed \'lith the fact I P3.1131JiD, Canal Depar-tment was hi{,:hly praisthat these islaLllTs ar e a h'.u.nter's 1j8,raed _ the Corrmandin(f Generals of bo t.h by disc. The~Tare often adv l sed to leave s i de s , l\hjo:r-Genera~ Lytle :Brown (the their f i.r-earms at horae when in reality, Brown _ Co;:mlancler) and :Brigad.ier-General if one loves the chase, he should. b:-ing Jobn ':,T. Gul:tck (the B'l.ue Cororaande r ) , at all his guns with him. ~. critique attendeQ by all officers of Many different varieties of bird and tUG Department at tb~ end of uractically game shooting are to be f'ound throughout a rao nt.h of strenuous field. activities. the group of islands. In the vicinity T1-:..e maneuv er s began on March 6th, and of Manila and on Nichols ]field, :1.nfact. c.uriub the first pbas<;Js the Win,:; ope;oatexcellent enipe shooting is to be bad iL ed from its home stat~ons, Albrao~ F~eld the fall of tI1e year . And are they goo d and FrD.nce :lield. During the latter ea.ting! In all otner Darts of the pha.se. the 6th Compcsite Group was atislands aWPj' f rom the settled areas. extached to th8 Mobile Force (Brown) atcellent ni& and deer shootin~ is to be tacki~g the Zone from a oase at Chepa, had. Officers l1unting in the northern Reoub'Ld c of Panama, while the 16th provinces ha~e revorted seeinG from Pursuit Group ~44th Observation Squadron fifty to sevent=r-five in a clava They at t ached ) was attached tq a P~ovisiollc-.,.l range in size, varyin~ from 60 to 250 CoaBt krtillery BriGade ~Blue). the depounds, depending on tile region and f'e nde r-, Wit:10U~ interruption of operaforage. Wild pig will run from 50 to t ions the 6th vOIDJosite (;-roup moved by 400 pounds. Monster 'pig. probably the I c.ir and t r-ucz first to C'1epo and. t he n real wild boar species, have been rei to a field at L,~oya. T~e 16th Pursuit ported killed on the Isla:ad. of PaLawan, . Grouu, also without Lnt er-iunt.I on of its ra.nging up to 500 pounds, with tusks a operations, rnove d to a field at good 8 or 9 inches long. La Chorrera. The real del uxe hunt t ng is to be found The maneuvers served to empha.e l z e the en the Island of MincJ.oro, the only place nece s s i ty for adequate and pr-ompt means in ~he world. where .the tamnravi. is. found. ~fo r cor.nmu.nic<:ttinc'~etween the commanders It ~s a spec i e s of buf'f a.Lo, welghlng frcru; o~ the gro1)nd and t he observers in the 400 to 700 pounds, rese~bling the carabao: 13.1:'. except for t.he fact that it lives in the! ;I'Le fJ8110UVeT.'S c l osed with a review on hills and mountains rather t11.:'1.n the i March 30th, whoa c)iJroxhnately 8,000 swampy plains, as do t:le buf f'a.l o , They : troops were nas sec at Albrook Field. The are extremely wlld and fierce. Hur.tLng i 19th Composi te Wir~:; participated on partie~ in the pe.s t few year s ~h,:vc repor-t- foot in mot or veri.c'l e s 3.110. in t1:e at r , ed var acua encount er s . One of'f Lcc r i The ground element,:f: ornied 8S three J.ncharr.:ed by two of them, killed. one at i fa:o.tr;f battalions and a convoy of 33 15')0 feet and the other at 20 feet. The I mot or vehicles, was coremaade d b.f Lieut.wri t.er on a trip last year :.:;a,;a wounded : Colonel Junius H. Houghton, while the bamar-aa charge a native beater, /;'or::.ng ; at r element, compr i sine; the entire airhim in the chest, with the result that I craft stre:cgth of ehe ~anama Cana.l Dethe Filipino spent. three m~mths in the I ?~J;:."Cmel,lt, ~wa~ cOJ:J.W.ded by Colonel hospital. Th~s year a nat rve Manyan. i k~l.;.L.l.orG... rlY.l.n; [' .?-12E. e scaned the Cl1[;,rge of a tarna.i.'sw only ~ ---000--through being just a little too ouick. Deer and. wild pig are also plentfful. A FLYING TRAININGlOR YOTjW} MEJ:~ ITALY IN par-ty r oc ent.Ly returned. wi th four nice .Accordins to reuo2'ts, of the total of heads. also m~ny deer and pigs. Hunting 433 ~;oung Fac i st s" who were enrolled. elu.Tis very difficult because of the extreme inb 19;~4 for training as 'oilots, 391 heat and. the rough country traver~ed. In the iHndamo province oxce l.Lent I nua l i.f Led , 4Cj were eliDinated for vari,OUS reasons and one was killed. These duck hunting is to be found.. Several students mad.e 53,644 fli,,"hts for a hunters have returnee with nice baGS. I total flying t Lne of 10, ;h2 hours. Excellent dee:p sea fishing is e.l so to be had. n1e wr~ter is not an authority I It is iilteresting to note tl~t prac- tically 90';iJof stu.dent pilots enrolled on tbat su1Jject. However, you fishermen bring all your equi:tmeat, otherwise you I were br eve t t ed as "pre-military uilots." i The ave rage time Was a:;YJroximateiy 25 will miss a let. ---000--i f1;1.in6 hour-s per studeut., . . I u:?~:n.be i ng called f'o r m.iLf tary se rv rce An "Llohg," flight Ll ho nor of 1bjor General HUGhA. Drun , Vias s triged by Army (d-u.r1ng 21st year aGe) these "-o1'euilots" will be sent to the pilots from W1:eeler Field uuen the Oc~a- military ce rrt r'a.L flying school now at Grcttaglie. 3ion of his arrival to assuSe corumand of At thi s schoo I at: add.i tio::al course of the Hawaiian Department. Jfollowin-J' a Win.g Rev-leVI over the Il'rcms1-ort BEPU:DLIC. about 50 hours :flying 'l.'i th t r ans i tion to service types is given. The successful Pursul t units Fassed over Ivnning a huge letter liD." V-67?7, .A.. C.

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The First Pursuit Groun, Solfridbe Field, Mich:, staG~d two=t~~tical protlems on Annl 6th \Al"Ill;)r .l)a.y) for tne p~ose of' ")erfor::nin~ demol1Gtration flights over Detroit and Chicago. The first fliGht took eff at 11:00 a.m., under the corumal1dof Ca")taiil George P. ---000--Tourtellot, and consisto& of 18 P-26~ WAR DEPT. ORDERS ,AtiV.h.'CrING AIR COTIPS OF.FIc:ERS Pursuit planes. This squadron pe:'formed a tactical mission d\lTint: the CilUTGES OF STATION: To Ranilolph Field, Tex. : pe rf od 11:00 - 11:45 a.m., rendezvousBri? Gen. J&l~S 2. Ch~ey. from Cffice ~f lng over Detroit at 11:50 and flyin~ thE/Chief of the Air Corp~, to ar.s urre comm.nd over the line of mar-ch at exactly l~:CO of the Air Corps Training Center. noon. This comnl.et.e d , the squadron T) Hcmi.Lbon Field: Capt::>. Carlyle H.Rio.eI10ur continued the original miscion aud andDelrra:r-n. Thmtou from Rock'!''311Field. landed at the home airdrome 12:45 1:15 1J.m. To M:,rcr. .Field: 2nd Li eut , Lloyd H. '<Vatnee A second. flicr,r.. of 18 P-2611 plane s t from Harni.L ton Field. took off froro Selfridce Field at 1:30 To Bo1li~g Field: C~ptain Jack C. Hodgs0n, p.m., under the cOll~ar.. of Lieut.-Col. d up~n c('~letion of course of instruction at R~l:ph Royce and w~rkeQ a tactica~ :probA:rr,ty Lndus t r i.o.I College. lem en nout e to Ohi cago , Ill., tlm~ng To Los Angeles, Celif: Captain n.F. Giles, t he l r arrival there so as to fly over upon completion of present cour-se of instructhe parade at 3: 30 pvrn, This flight tion at Air Corps Tectical :::;Chool, as In2trucwas grounded 1::.1 Cilicago f rom April 6th , tor of Air Corps, California National Gup.rd. to 9th! due to bad weather - heavy dust I To k;ater~c1_ Divi:;io~, ~right,.,~iola.: 1st Lt. and raln storms. None of the nilots , P;:\,Ul 1:. Kernoer , from Harm 1ton .1' 101d. in the earlier flight on A::rnry Day parI To L<.'.n2;l~'nol.2:..LVa.: Major Alo;zo ticipated in the second fli,;ht, due to I Drake, 80th Service Sqdn,. , :;:'anaI:'a. ~.elleved the shortage of airplanes and the desire t~ have training progress as even- , from tempor2..ry ranlr upon leaving T'anarra , To 1.1a.xwell ield: F Captain Bayard Joh::lSon, ly as possible for all 1Jilots of the :fro:Tt :i:. I. T-:-;-Ce..:lbridge, Mass. Group. .

at .A.gn8. Dulce and took on board the pa-: tient, Sergeant ~.J, Schaffler, a membe:::- of a map:ping ietail. Ca;)tain Rice negotiated the takE.-off fro;:..~the Unlighted field without incid0Ut and covered. the 100 miles to AI brook :Field wi thin an hour. The soldier was rushed to the Gorgas Eos:pit.al whez-e it was determined tl1Ctt, after all, he was not suffering fr0J;liO:.:Jpendici ti? Hor.ev er , he was a verr s i ck man and hJ.s physicians agree that he would not have sUl~ived the night had the C-9 not neGotiated the ni~lt flibht over the jUl1;les.

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de Panama, to the \jomm-:mdir.g Ofriof AIbrook Field that one of his soldiers was in a cr i t.Lca.L cond.ition and was not ex-pected to survive the night unless he could receive hos-pital treatment. Despite the fact that there are no lighted airwayc across the jungles of Panama , lishted f i e Ld.s or even li~;hts brighter t.ha t kerosene buz-ne r s in the towns themselves, Cantain H.E. Rice, pilot, with Mo.jor C.t. Oha.se, Flifht Surgeon, and Staff Serge2.nt Ro by C. Davis, 29th Pur sud t Squad.ron , Crew IJhief, took off for .nos"""" Dulce in a A ~." '" J-9. It was nJ.u~t" dark wl1en the tran""'ort land.e.d. ill the ,,~, . "ht ~ f' Id
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'Lo Focbvell Air DeJ?ot: Ca;')tain Harold H. C:".rr frorn Scott :Field. ANOTHER BRBiJJD OF 11EJ.CY FOrt A.c'~M.YAIBME:iJ, 1'0 I'an:"IT.a Carlal Dept.: Capt. Lsaac J. I 'Nilliams, A. C: !:lebcbmel:.t, Ft,. Lewis. 'Hash. The value of the a i r-nl ane as an ambuTo Batista]}, Texas: Col. Theodore A.Baldwin, lance, esnecially in count r i e s where fr.l' recnliCini; duty. F'r-evi ous or,1.crs reV\)ked. roads are' fe'i7 and difficult, was c,~ain To Hurrbi nrt.on , W. Va.: 2nd Lt. Jamel! H. demonstrated by pe r soune.L 0:' the l;;1th Cunningham, Jr., from Mitchel Fi.eld, assigned Comoosd te Wing, AIbr ook Field, P~11J.a.ma to dutJ w i th Corps of Engineers. Canal Zone, ou the niGht of A:pril 5th. To.Hl1v;aiiaI. !)ej),-'rt.Ilent: Ma.jor P..umeeabody', P Sl':lOrtly 'bef or-e dusk, the COI0.mal1din~ Offrom.hrrv '!VarCollege, July 30th; 1st Lieut. fieer of Company .A. of the 11th EDblnKingston E. Tibbetts, f r ornA. C. 'rechnica1 eo r s t e Leoho nad f'r-orr 11~ :;).11cG, Be12ub- School, Chanute Field.

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GENERAL CHANEY ASsrJ1vlES CCl!JMAND OF T~{EAIR The aas i gnroerrb of Brigai.ier-Ge':eral Jmnes E. : Chaney, Air ?orps ,',}~o. for ~he pe.s.t. four yccrs: was 0:::1 duty In the O:tflce 1)1 bhe Crllef of t1.1e Air Corps, to the Air Corps Trairing Cer.ter, Randolph F'i c Ld , T'exas , kay Ls b , to as surne command, takes 1,im back to f8mil iar sur round i.ngs , 1 for ncar l.y five year-s 8g0 he corrp l e bod divirlI ing u-p a f'ovrr-cyea r tau>:" of (~uty at P0th the I Prinary and Advpnced Flying Schools at San i Antonio. I Gem~ral Chaney was bo rn l'1farch 15, 1885, in ! lJa.ryl8.nd. .A.fter attenrJing Ea.l, t i.rcore Ci ty College for three yet.rs, be received an appointment to t he Urri t ed St at.es ;,;ili te.ry Academy, \ Upon gz-aduat i ng from i':8~,t Fo i rrt in 1908, he was corrmissior.ed a 2""d Li eut.enant and o.ss i gncd to duty with the 9th IrJ0ntry. During thp period of time between 1?-Q8 and 1914, h s S01'V8,1. a t.our of d'lty in the ~;Ji li-p-pine; Ls'l an-ls , "las on duty as ar instructor at the U.S. Military lo.c2<i"ml'!for four yeE'rs, and on duty at the ArnArican Ernbas sy , M-cldrid, SPain, for five ~onths. ~Pro;j:oted to Lc t Li eubenanb in July, 1'314, he was a.t.bached to thi:. ::;Oth Infantry. Six months later, in December, 1914, he was a.s s i.gned to the 25th Info:nt:ry, with station at Scho:ield Bar racks , Hcno'Lul u, '1'.:-1., 'Nhere ~e vn.s in com-/ menu of a company for two year-a, i On his next Cllang3 0:-' c:+ati::m, Gene:r:)l ' Chaney WP,S a.s s i rrned to duty at Chanut.o Field, Pant o-il , Ill., y,harc he rC'-ported on October 16, 1'J17. He only se r-rcd seve i-a.l week" at this station, for r-n I\To,\;,:.:::nb"r Gth 11e wa,s transf erred to C'f0I urrious , Ohi" , and assigl:ad to duty as Co.rrmndnrrt of the School cf hUh tary Aeronautics, Ohio State Unimrsit.y. 1:8 had been nrorr.otecl to Cautair. on MCll'ch 22, 1917, and o~ August 5th C'f th8t year received an appointment as W~jor, Signal' Corps. Transferrp-d to "T8sl~in[.ton, D.C':., on J1..me 12, 1918, he 'iv-;'JS as s i gned te (~uty in t:'le Office of the Director of lLili 7,ary Aerofr':'.1.'tics as Executive Officer in t.ne Oporat i ons Soc tri ori. This a.s s i.gnmerrt V!G,sof brief dur-at i cn , :;:'01' several morrbhs J.2ctC;The sailed for duty overseas, and from SC'Jtc""bcr ",1918, he sc rved wi th the knerican' Exnedit iCDbry Fo rc es , l'einrs en duty at Tonr s : Paris; at the Air Sf'rvice rror1uction Cor.be r ho. 2, whe ro r.h! rcc,.ived flying training; 'vi bh the 3rd Ar;11Yas C::icf Air Service Of f i co r, Servi ce of ;3uppl;T; as Corrnand i.ng Officer of -the Aird-ro;:le at Co b Lenz , Genrany; and. a.s .kriation Cf'f i ce r u.nder the CO!llffi.nding Officer, Pr ov ic i onaf :Jistric'~ of Great Britain, at Loridon , Enr-Land, From October 8, 1919, to June 5, 1924, General Chaney served as Assistant Yilita.ry Attache n.t Ro'~e, Italy, whe r e he vas OT' vec:y cordial terrr.s rith the offic~rs directing the Italian Royal Air Force. Trnnsfcrred to Langley ~ield, Va., Ge'1eral Chaney attended the .Air Cc rp s Tactical Sohr-oL at that station and grad~~ted ~n June, 1~25. He was then assigned as student at the Conrnand

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ar:l Gc:nera.l Staff School, Fort Leavewl7orth, KC'.nsas, from wnich he ermr ged in June of the follmdn[ ye:l.r EtS an hcno r gr2..dU<'?te. From Jcme 24, 1825, to July 15, 1937, he se rv ...d as Co-rnandanb of the Air Corps Primary ilyin'; School at Br-ook Field, Texas, and from July 16, 1927, to July 30, 1930, as COlwand'TIlt of tee .i\.rlvanced Flying School at Kelly Field,
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General Cha.:oey WB-S next assigned as student at the ArrIlJ War Co11vge, Washington, D.C., and u-pon his gradua.tion fro;.l tr.is institution in Juno, 1931, he was assigned to duty in the Fla.'1.s :;1vL,ion, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps. He was 'P:~oux:. ted to L'i erbenanu::olond, February 1, 1932. From Januarv 29 to J1.lD.e1, 1232, he was on duty as milit';.ry adviser to the delegaticn to bhc Genera'. Disar::l-'1mont Conference at Geneva, 8witzerlpnd, In tb.e oper2~tion Of' t1:e Air Mail by the Mmy A.ir Corps :rom February to lv1t:ty,1934, General Chane" was ass irned to duty as Executive Officer the staff of Gp,nera.l West.over, Olfico1' in Ch~rv,e. Ge,:e1'el Chaney r eco i vcd his pr-omobd on to his present raIl: on July 17, 1934.

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Vtiley Po s t -P2id a vi si t to the 113t.h Obs:')rvs.tion Squac'rorc, Indiana Na'b ional Ouard, at Lad irnapc Ld.s , e.fte1' he was forced down in his tlJ.ird atterrmt to ID'l..1<e record a cna.s t tC' co as b flight in the stratosrhere. According to the News I':3tt<'l: C?rr~SCJ('~rent, his s~.rpe1'charger went "i1ayv:11'e' wncn no was somewnez-e near Cincin.::ati, Cnd o , after his rro t.o r hnd coughed a couple of' times. .Also, his I"\xygen ,,ecmipment was no~ functi0ning prliperly, and in feeding oxygen t oc r ap Ld.Ly it caused the glass window in his strat,c.Dhere ~olmet to fog up, thus giving him p rco t i ca.ILy no visibility. As he cOc:ld I10t 3et hi:'; he nc.s Lnc i de tl1' ne.Ime b ,his onl.y ava i Laul -; wind,hielcl -riper Vlr\S his nose. After 'lsing l:is nose us a meohnn ic a'l aCCi:SSOry to the p I ano for a c'msiderab1p length of time, it becc-ne somf'wl18.t. indifferent if not sore, like~is0 his neck. Knowing tLl2t he hc:d c ros sed the Endi anapo LdaCnic~tgo raclio oeacon line, h'3 began to lose a1tituo.e and Look for a field, and quite convenLnt1y tl-w Lafayette e.i rpor-b en the Pur-due c&~~S came ir.to view, After circling the iel~ a few tll~es to be sure it v~s clear, and to f'Lnd a spot srnoot.h eaough to land wi bnoub a Land i ng geaz , he sat. it (10,\Tfl for a perfect 1:31ly La.ndi ng '"i thout any ,Ia:;ngc to the plane. C8?t. L.r. .AJ~etz he Ipef h i:n o f'f w i t.h his elabor1t8 headfcar, ani brour-ht. him over to at tend our 1'ei.,,,1ar 0.1';11, w::coIrpg,nicd by Dr. Arnot of the State Ac:ncory Poa.rr! , Nat.'lrally, we all anticipated an op.oortunity to herr- h i s s tcr-y cf bhe flight, but wben he modestly derlined, we gave rim t.ho usual "So you won't talk, ehr " and turnI ed to Copt. Aretz and Dr. Arnet for short t.alks.

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2nd Li eub, Dean CuI1 Suitt, Res erv e As one of the 'o i Lc t s of the 192fi-1930 Byrd Antarctic E:\'P'~,iition, D8 made nurnoz-ouz rl.dgh t s over t.l;c l\nk,rctic rc[;ions in the face of bhe grrve sf danger ,

Col. Frar.cesco ce Pineco, Italian Air Force Successfluly nesoti~ted the dCU1gers of TransAtls,",tic :flight, courugcous'l y crossing the Jllu ,les of :3ra:::il and overcoming countless other obstacles, the:;:ebj" cornp I cb i.ng a journe:r of 25,000 niles by flyin:; boat, in the course of which he ar r i.ved in the United str,tes in Ivarch, 1927, by air f ro.n c~ome, ltel1y.

Captp.in A;;hley C. ],icKinley, Re set-ve As photogra?her fo't' the 1928-1930 lyrd Exp ed i t i on , he pc,rticip~ted in the face of tile very grEtVpst "lancer Ln nuire ro us f'I ights over tile Arrtr.r o t.Lo reGions, which culminated in the i flisht with three cOT~a~ions to the South I "0 lC)'=":' Pole " 1.T . vembe r <')', '0 "'~V' !
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L'ieub , DieudOI:n,e Costes, Fr-ench Arm:; Reserve Li eut . -COlm:a,nder J o s eph Le brix, French Navy For aor ir-I journey of ~55,OOO miles, in bhe course of'i'Thich they arrivec in the Urri ted States I in Febr-uazy , 1928, 'by air, El,fterrtl'lking the first I non-stop flight across the South Atlantic.
von Iluenef'e Ld , of Gerr.nny J arne s Fi t zroaur i ce , Chi ef of Irish Free State Air Fo~ce Cap t , Hez'man Koehl, Gerrran Army, Retired On April 1'2-13, 19:~8 they succeeded in making th3 first westwc,rci nor--abop tran,s-Atlantic fliGht from l'"urope to 2Torth A::lerica. ll.ajor Cc,ptuin Berij ami n Mendez, Co l.ombi.an Army Between Rov. ~3 end nee. 30,1928, he piloted an a.i.z-nl.ane from New York City to Giradot,Colombia, a di s bance ,.,f 4,600 miles. By his skill, resourcefulness and eour'3ge, he linked the continents of :~ol,th and South Americ'l. by an aerial journey.

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Major Carl Spatz, CorrnrL~aing Officer Ls t Lt. Har:;:oyA. HcLve r son , Eelicf Pilot 2nd Lt. Elwood '1. Quesada, Pelief Pilot Staff Sgt. :Poy T'J. Hoo e , l'bcru:::::.ic On Jar~ry 1-7. 1929,t"',2Y participated in the refueling :luration fliiZht of the airplane! It({uestion Mark,1t at and r.oa'r Los A:cselcs, C31if., rerr,a.inin',: in -the air atotel of l50 hours, 40 minutes, 15 s aconds , a perioo of continuous fl ieht lcnger than any' previ ous flight e,er Ci2canplished.

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Cnptaia Donald L. Brurnr \ Gleml B. Curt i s s (Posthumously) By his vision, ini tiatlve, couraze and p er se-]I Over. a long period of years, 1Jr. Curb i.s s , by co _ veranee, he rend~re~ ezce~~ior~ll:; valuable i :.is initiative, energy and courage, rendered exservices to the Govcrrill2nt of the United c ep t iona.l Ly va'luahLe services to bhe government of- the ~Jnited Stc-,.tes by exp cr-imenba.l flights and Sti1,tes. by develop inc and perfecting dgb"u in,::::eC'.ll-pment, thus ::r,aking it po ss i,ble for in advancing cU1ddeveloping the science of mili tory and comrercial 'Pl<~nes to brrwcr se aez-onaut i cs , the lengt'1 and br eadt.h or' the United Scates durin, th.; hours of darl'mess. Ti'Hley Post, Pilot E~ro~d Gatty, Favi3ator Major William E. Ke-;mer, Pilot For a.i.rp'l ane flibht around the world, (June 23Capt. Albert stevens, Scientific Observer I July 1, 1931) i1: 8 dnys , 15 hours and 50 mi nut.es , Capt. Oi-v iL A. Ander-son, Al t er-nat e Pilot and thus not only eclipsiI:,; ill time all previous Scientific Otserver world flights, 'Jut also b:J' their intrepid courage, , A~ter reachi:"g an a.I ti t ud of EO: 1313 feet .. ~;, remarkabl~ e. c:ur8nc~ and llx:ster~y n skil~ m3,~8rialc urang the N8tlonal G00granrl1C Soo i ot.y - A:rrrry ly advario i nr; bhe sc i ence 01 ae r i.a.I navi gat.i on. Air Corps Stratosphere Flight, the bal l oo.i became d.i sabl.ed, Under the :rost adverse and Russell N. Boar-dman hazar-deus conditions, attempt was made to Jor'll L. Polando land the disabled aircraft in o rde r to pre, For flight, J'.l1y 28-,30, 1931, of 5,Oll-8/10 serve the scientific records obbe.i.ned , By the miles, non-stop, over the At.Lant i.o Ocean f'rorn the exercise of cool ju'ig:nent and foresight unde r United States to Es banboul , T=key. these ccnd i tions, certain scient iic records i were saved and the balloon 1,''3,S abandoned only Further av-ar ds of the Distinguished Flying lichen it was clearly ev i dorrt that not to do so Cross will be listed in the next iss .. . m would prove disastrous to hurran life. ---000---

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other ad~nistrative officers in the eomplerrent are::Ctnt. Don L. Eut.oh iris , EX'leutive OffiC'::,r; A Wing dinner at the Officers' Club celeCan.t. G1:y Kirksey, Engineering Officer; 1st Lt. brated the first concentration of the 1st P~ll h. Kerrner. OFerations Offic~r, and 2nd Lt. Wing, GHQ Air Force. This concentration inMilh,rd Lev:is, Signal Officer. volved a total of 70 nlanes frem W.~rch, Li e ut s , J ann T. Hel:.JS, .J. Mit~hGll. Sarr,uel Boekwpll and Ea~ilton"Fields. The afternoon G-orrrJ.ey, J. W. Denr.i s on and Lawren~o; Coddington, of lJarch 22r~, just befere the dinr.er, vms PLl oti ng f b", Pursuit. planes from lv:O.rch F'i oLd , enlivened by the landine of Car:tain Harold. D. took off from H&1Ulton Field on April 31'0. for Srr.ith, who Le d in t ho pilots and. }llanes I Sea.ttle, ';[asl1. , where Cfu'"inges will b", Irade on scheduled fer the Panama Flight. their planes. Lieut. Eul Li gan left in a C-24 Transport to fly these pilots back to lfarch One cf the charrrd nr; spots in Hamil ten Field is the Log Ca.b in 'vhieh can be seen as one :fi'ield. rounds a our7e in the road that winds along Ferty gentlemen ~ows invaded the sacred pretr.e case of t,he knells separating the> techI rints of the landing field to eat of the high 1ush grass. The Off iCf-~r of t,h8 Gua,ro. charged ,ni~al an~ rp,si~ential areas cf Harril ton Field'i Nh~le bh i relle seems to hark back to the \ the interlopers with ITotorcycles and fiTBlly days of the frontier, it v.as built, only two I drove the:n back within their ovrn grounds. An years ago from the piles 18ft over f r orr, t.he .1 eye w i t ne s s said that Cartet Bobert C. 3treater, foundations of the barracks. It is used at the Officer of hle Guard, narrowly e scaj.ed gorpr e s erit. t,o house the tools and equi})ment, for ing "Jhen he s t.epped out of his s i de C8.r to orlUffi J:!1RinteLance. der one of the I:olstein bulls out of the field. Transfers of personnel to other stations were A Noncomnissionpd Officers' Club was rpas f'o l Lov-s : 2nd. Lt. Eugen8 H. Beebe, publir hecent~y forrreti, ':rit.h i,aster ~gt. T.J. Kell~' as pno. Intell igen~e Of'f i co r , to N:arch Pres~dent; 1hstcr Sgt. Leslle L. 1,I[ells, VH'C, 'I lations President; Corp. Earl ~. 3ayliss. Secretary, Field; Sgt. Charles A. Lyon, 69th Service Squadron, to Pana-na ; Pvt, John T. Cour-t ney , 69th Serand Tech. Set,. ""illiam F'i nkey , Tr<>asurer. 'I'h> to r!.arr~l F'i o.Ld; sp,t. Georgp W. Boar-d cf Gov"lrnors cerq:rise Staff sct,,,.LoUis.1 I v i ce Squad.ron, T. Silva, Pau'l S. Patt,prson, M,er1'JYn P.' ;-:1 Hollowell, 9th Bomb. Sqdn., to Panarra.. Mer~'ick, Corpurals Joh'1 'N. SY.elton and l~e':" appointments 'NAre as fo1101':s: Captain J .J. Moran. Dp7ere'lZ Myers, EnGineer Officer and A. C. rurchasing and Contracting Officer, in ado.ition to Lt. -Col. Clur8nep L. T irJcer, ar-corzpan i ed by his duties as C.O., 70t]-. Service Squadron, Rnd 1st Lt. -Ja.oes 'tl. Spr.!, 2nd Lts , H.::ug"neH. A. C. Suppl,f Officer; 2d Lf Robert E. Cron,Jr. Beebe and '7m. C. Capp (:'ese1've) led a flight Q.ll.., as Class "13" Finance Offic8r and Corrmar.dof four Bombe r s to Rockvre I I Field for the ining Officer, D9tacr.ment F'i.nanc e Department;Cart. stallation of nev' controllatle p i teh p rcpe.l l er-s, .Joh]" O. Poady , Q.i,l., Station Transportation Of3t.aff Sf,t. Samuel H. 'i>!oob,rd, ;5lst "3ombardficer; Carts. John M. Davies, Guy Kirksey and 1:;+ Lt, raul E. Kemner, Aircraft Accident Classment Scuadron, met his dpat~ on the morning ificatien Corrmnttee; Warrant Officer Leland D. of }1ar8"h 231'0. whe-n ho V.'8.S struck by the pr~BriJcshaw, Assistant to Station Ordnance Officer; pel18r of a Boeing Pursuit plane. Th" accident occur r ed as ttl8 41 planes of the 17th 2Ld Lt. Cady R. Bullock, l-.:es., Assistant EnginAtta~k Group '''ere wa'rrni.ng up t() r o r ur-n to eering Officer. NBrch Field as an aft8r~th of thp concentraFirst Li ou t , 'Nil bur Erickson i~ tho r-r oud tion of th"l Ls t Wing. father of :; ?-polmd baby p:irl, Karen, whom the 'Nithin rhr- ncwly reorGanized 7th BO''lbardstork brouL~bt on March 30th to Le t t e rrrari Generrnerrt Group , five officers were assignc'd to al fIospi br.L, Both rro t he r and daui:::htpr are reimportant ad.'T'.i.nistrative positions, 'viz. Capt. ported to be doinS nicely. Lewis R.P. Beese as Intelligence and C:perations Of'f'Lce r-; Ls t L'i cuts , Jc:n:es V[. Sn. r-y , EnA'r Corps, r-o , ~ .L.ennesspe rea t.r cna 1 Guarnd , ,'1:>.7 Har b or. gine8rinc and. ArITBI~ent Officer; Ldgur T.Neyps, SUPFly Officer; 2nd Lieut.s. Foy' H. Lynn, CornAlthough the numbe r of v i s i t i ng 'drrlanes has ILunications Of'f i ce r and. Edward 'F!. Suarez, fallen off sormwbat this rr:onth, 35 having 'been Adj ut.ant , l'cc'lJ'or Fabian L. Pr at.t, :ivlcdical f'ur n.i h d "er','~ce ~rcm th . " t th e 18th , t h i 1ll'n~s') ,e 1 so t . _ ~s Corps, was attachpd to the Grouf and desig station is still an.ong "those present" in the nat~d as GroulJ F'I i ght. Surgeon. handling of vi s.i t i ng aircraft. Dur i ng January, Pe r s onne l, has sh i.f t od at the field as two 153 airnlanes of the Regular Army, Navy and new organizations have been f'crrmd and the other National GU'1rd uni t s v'ere furnished gas old organizations TPor3anizpcl. The 69th Serand oil at tl1is station. February d r opped off vice 3q'~dron hr1d its inception unde r the to a :Ilere 62, and t>;arch 'bo 69. V>'ea r e f:lad to corrrrand of Capt. Guy Ki rk sr-y , whose acting . have v i.s i tors ar ... extpnd an invitation d to all Ls r Sergeant is Staff Sgt. H.1. Pat.ter sori. , pilots to "light arid set." :'b~ other n"ll/l organization is the Station G J H B 11 A' C:omrlement, under the corrrrand of Ls t L~ put.. ,r~g. -eri, omc r a "Ow, d j ut ant Ge.ceraJ. ,.~ ~ ~ of Tennessee, piloted 'by 1st Lt. Robert C. Wilbur Erickson, who is also the Ad.iut.arrt and Lindsay, T.N.G., made an extended flight frem Fublic Relations Officer. The acti~g 1st this station to ~ollinb Field, D.C., on Arril 3ergeant is Corporal Frank 3. Davidson. The 18th and ret~lrned on the 18th. rar! the re-2:!;V-6777, A.C.

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Catron, a gr aduat e interest h the ccurne , and it is feH that ry of the Advanced Flying School, who served ac- 1 such exchar_ge progress will be Imrie toward th8 tiv~ duty tours at Fort Crock~tt and Dedd I perfect coordination that is so essential hetvreen Field, took t,he examination for appo i ntrnenb iIi :odr and ground uni t.s which "Ire ope rat rng t"'gethpr. the Air COThS, R"g'-lhr Ar.-:ry. i :philippine Air Depat, , Nichols Field, 1'.1. Crissy Field, Calif., April ISth. Temporary 'Prorr.otions have reached r.h i s stat ien War Department o r de r s were received t ransI at last, and the Depo t congrat,ulates Cartain ferrir.g Major Donald Muse, our Commanding Charles W. 01Connor v-ho , as Chief Engin'Cering OfOfficer, to the Fanama Canal Departrrllint. Du~- ;1f' ice r , has been stepped up nne nct.oh, ing the yAars that W.ajor ti:use was ir" r:OlllCartain Harold R. Rivers was assigned to. duty rrand, the greatest of friendshirs have been vrith +,he Depot recently and detn.ilGd as AdJutant, \ formed, and hi", departur8 is s i.r.cez-e Iy re'I replacing Captain .Wal ter E. Rir;har~s, v:ho Lef r gretted. It has been a privilege for all of for the states, v i.a Suez, for s t.ari on o.t Boston us at Crissy Fiald to havo had the oppo r-t.uni> wit,h the Organized Reserves. . ' ty of serving unde r his COIIJn-"1nd, au1 we hope The Engineering Sed ion suffers qUl t e hnav iLy he Till r et.urri to this stat.ion upen the comt h r-rugh the loss of t.eri enlisted men r-n sreolal pleticn (\f his tour of foreign service. Th'" duty therewith "rho returned to the United states officers aT"d enlisted men of the 91~t Obser~ on the March transfort. These men have d0ne "xtien Squadron rind the 15th Photo S8~tion wish cellent -:JOrk for the Depot, and vrP wish t herr, him t.he best of lurk p nd a very plE',asant ... tour "Happy Land i.ngc!' at, their new 1'ost:=:. at his new station. S"l ~ridp"J li eld, Mt. Cl errens , ){;ich. ATril 16th. On the initial visit to the field rf Col. Harry A. Wells, I.G.D., Inspector ~eneral ~f Th" 56th Service Squadron, fcrrr:erly the 38th the 9th Corps Area, on l.TBrch 6th, pp.rsonnel, Pur sui.b , is gra:iually g8tt.inF down to ncIT;'B~, tra'nsportation alc.d airplanes vier p"lraded on hav ing t aken char-ge of t he Il~st rr-anspor t ar a cn , the flying line for the first phase of the thereby relieving the personnel of the Quarterinspection, fo.l Lowi ng wh i e-h all d epn r t.rnerrts IT'A.ster Detachment of the dLlties rertninir.g thereand activities ~ere visited by tho inspesting to. The skipper, Captain (Bud.) Maxwell, wh0 r eFarty. Col. Wells sVlnced a real interest in ccnt.Ly returned from a.n ext ended fl ight, rrought Air CaITs activities, as was derrcnstra+.p:l by back e nough top soil to start, a post barden, hi s su1::seguer.t visit to faL1iliarize Lim:;elf having f'Lovrn t.h r ough the) Kansas dust storrr:s. mor e thoroughly -,d th th8 ~hanges caused by Due to the recent reorganization and ~Ilichigan th8 resent reorgcmization. cl~Latic conditions, hovuing and handraIl are ~here is no iIT7~diate dangf3r of the hill sUFporting the officers' line disappearir.g,as the main athletic eve.nt.s , The new post theatre was officially opener. on rr.ight possibly happen to many of the Presidio Nuroh 31st vi th c],free ShOT for all con~ernerl. hills wLich are large sand dunes covered with vegetation. 'ilork on the S.E.R.A. '[lroject,u.r.The opening show was ''Life begins at forty, II del.' the direction of Captain George H. Brown, starring ~'!ill Roger",. The interior of the new Utilities Officer, wh i ch has for its object t.heatre is f i n l shed vri t h ccrrrpos i tion board rruch t,h8 straighteninr; and rr:oving of the road in on the ordp.r of plastic flooring, and is decorear of the officers' quarters, has caused rated in a very moderni:3tic design. 'The ",el'l.ts many t,cns of r ock to be rerroved, The ''Hill'' are of metal, heo.vily upholstered, arc.rrohas been a beehive of activity for many virled with -progrG.'1l lights, which it. L; bellP\,d months, with hundreds of civilians being e~ are a novel feat.ure in Army t hea.tr es , Ii1.r:d~.:'applayed, as re~-lired by the rotating plan for ing is gradually being ccrr:pleted around the. vrork relief. ~!JP. ar e locking forward. to e. '[lre- theatre building, and it b belipved that v:fler. dieted early d.~y when we may drive our cars this is cornpl8ted Selfridge Fi~ld will have a: into individual p'arages and ste'[l off from the beaut.i.f'ul, a rrot i on -picture theatre aa exists In back po rch 'IIi t.hout s tcpp i nz into the mi d dI e thp service. of the road. Clark Field, Panpanga, P.I., March 20th. Closer liaison with ground units in this vicini t.y is p re saged by tho Lnaugurat ion of the policy of exchanging officers for contact During the m~euvers nt Del 1wnte, the vari~us ~OurS8S wi+,h other branches , First Li eut s . proble!!'..s took the 3rd Pursuit GrOLL]' l'ersonnc';' to Raydrm L. Boat,ner, Willi;)ffi F. Dean and Logan Cotabato, Bo robo , Bul uan , NakaI', Davao , C'amr

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Causland was as signed as Adj utant . beat-en path and otherwise i.nt.e res t i.ng for its W~ster Serg,ea."l.t Otto H. Nelson r8ported for unique Penal Colony. Theirs wer e the first luty from Scott Fielc. ani tooK: up the duties Pur su i t planes to 12JJ.d there. 'They reported of Post Ser gearrb ~,;ajcr. He was welcomed by a a [ood Im1din3 field ani an interesting and host of 012 friends. ho sp i table peop l e, In the gas dcf'ens e maneuve r near :Oort San Antonio Ai l' Depot, Texas. Auril 20th. Stotsenburg, simulated gas was used v,ith a dyeing agent to detenlune the effectiveness Hon, Harry F. Woodring, Assistant Secretary of the attack. The r-enud red counter meas of War, an-t :'ieut. 'I'o-vnsend Griffiss, his ure~ against t~e attack were taken. ~~_jor aide and pilot, v i s i t ed here April 15th durBrower and Lieut. lves actei as referees. ing the course of his air tour 0: inspection The postbC'scball bearn was recently organof mi.Li bar-v stations. ized, with Lieut. '7urtsmith in charge , Thus Cautain Albro, Sunervisor (Technical) fa.r three g3rnes vre:re won and one lost. for this Cor.bro'l Area , i~ back on duty from sick leave. His assistant, Tech. Sgt.Elliott Nichols Field, Ri73.~, P. I., ~I::-trch25th. Scott, al so returned to duty f ro.n a period of illness. We rer:ret to re-oort the death recdlltly of Ser3eant J.E. Price, who with furs. }rice CalJtain~Ivan L. P~octor. He was ad-ni,tted to just returned f ro;n a 30-day furlough, is atSt~rnberg G"meral Hos?i t,pl on llitlrch 8th wi til teched to the Depot from the 67th Service a.bdornina.L pn.i.ns , and it was discovered the.t Souad r-on , Randolph Field, as a pilot with the a i r transport service. He has been recoveran advanced state of ueritor"itis had deve'l oping from an ankle injury sustained in his ed. He d i.ed on MB,rch 19th, Lack.i ng only one emel:gency p",r,,,chute jU'IlP of l,.arch 6th. day of co.cp.let i.ng 17 years' service, all in During I/a.r-ch, the Engineering Department the Air Corps. He is survivec by his widow, overhauled a total of 24 planes and 57 enl~ry, who will retUl'n to the United states on the Tr3nS\)Ort sailir.g J'Jly 2nd. Burial gines and repaired 23 planes and 20 engines. will be in Arlington Nctional Cemct ery, Captain Proctor V!aS on duty with t~ce Philippine Government r-.s advd r-or to the Governor-GenGral ani the Chief of the Cons tabIn a mer-oiandum to the personnel of the ulary r-n the f'o rmab i.on of the Cor s t.abul ar-y Field, Colonel Henry W. Ho.rms, Corrrrundi ng GfAir Unit, bhc preperation of its Landi ng ficer, after inviting a.t bent i on to some very field, erection of necessary buildin[\s, etc. corrm], imentary r erra.rks rrade by the Chief En~rior t~, this aS~ig=e, nb ~he ~ad been COIrJIIl[;,i,n1, gin8"er of t~.,,;;. 10m ",~nt:mio Air TIepot, relative 3 ~ng off~cer of the 56th ~erv~ce Squadron. to the cond~t~on 01 aIrcraft sent tnere from Oificers who arrived on the Transport GTIAJ'.'T . Randolph Field for overhaul, praised those on Mar-ch 18th, were assigned to units as fol- I who 2.re responsible for such a high standard lows: 1st Ld.out s , Willia.',l L. Lee, 11th Compoox efficiency in ecHzineering rm i nb enanoe and site Group Hqrs.; George W. Hansen, 6th Photo I r-epa.i r , corrr.enced them on their skill, devoSection; John 'If. ~-:irby and if!. R. She-;;8rd, 2nd I tion to duty an'1 high zro ra.Le , and urged them Observation S~uad:ron; 2nd Lieut. Ph i.noas K. to continue t.his errviahLe record. }.i<;Jrrill, Jr:, 2;:d Obse,rvati~n Sqdn.; First, The Chief Engineer had stated that although L~euts. uul~u:: J.'. FlOCK, -John P. Kenny , 2na airplanes SCent to the Depot f rr-m F.andolph Field Lieuts.Wycliffe E. Steele and. H.P.Ddlinger, for" overhaul, averaged appro,ximat"ely 600 hours 25th Bombardment Squzdron. time between overhauls, and in many instances Officers derartins fro~ this station were: I h~d been in service over the ~rescribed yera Lieuts. Wiley D.,: Ganey f?r Cha:;;,:-te.Field; betweell overhauls, the equipreiEmt was always in Oscar L. ~ea~, .~a."l.g~~y F1:1c1; ,.,'\l:ha::~ T. I an ,e::cellent state o~ maintenance ,and repair. Coleman, SeIIrIrLge F'i eLd and ,-"er<11d1.,oyle, I Tn~s Skl.tA of af'f'a.i r s , Colonel harms stated, Randolph F'i.eLd, ; reassures Rar.do'Lph Field flying pe.r scnne'l that 1 they may have full confidence in flying our France Field, Panarr.a Canal 20:18, 1/1<;rch30.:.., aircralt. Eandolph Field got off to a flying start in Like other Air Ccrps posts, Fr-ance 'Field is I the race for the Army Boxing Championships in in process of reconstruction. During the the bouts held on April 11th, vrinr.i ng four out next year it is hoped that there VJill be com- ef seven contests and running up a net gcin of -2$.'\.T-67?7, A. C.

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~,IBRARY Some of the l\1'.o1'e Interesting Books

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I:ecbltly Added to the Air Corps Library A 00/:55, 193::>. -;:;~~- 3. Extracts from Interstak~ COIT:merce CorIT.i ssfon air rrnilloc:cet 1\:0.1 l'elnting to i1.i!' I!lI}il compensation. London, Grent ]31'i tain Air dnistry, l!Ja.rch 1935. 11. 16 P: (Resume of corrp.ercialinfo:r:m.tion. Specia~ issue ]0. 3/1935).
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It is plan----ned to procur o one llllit for oxoer imerrbe.I test The development of synthetic rubber has durL;g the next fisca1 year. progressed to a point "here construction of tires and coated fabrics is entirely prachiateriRls Brench Notes. ticable, al bhough the corrrre rc ia.I anp.lLcat ions ITon-destructi\;'e meth-;;-cls testini.' aircraft cf are slow to roater-ial.Lze because of bhe higher parts in order to detect cracks and other decost when compar-edwith nat ura.I rubber. i f'ec t s whd ch might affect tl:e strength or usaThe Air COl~S, however, is investigating thei bility of the part have received considerable application of one of the most succeasf'ul syn-] s bndy, There are bwomethods wh'i h have been o U:etic rubber cornooundnin connection with the! applied ezbens ive'Iy for the uest two years at construction of a complete observation balloon! Tright Field - (1) X-ltay; (2) Magnebi.c, X-R:,W that will not require the use of any nat.urnL I inspection has not r-eached the stage where it rubber; oven the cement and bape for the seamsI can be readily adapted to field inspection. being constructed of synthetic rubber . 1I18gl1E~tic inspection by means of 8. process comcompounds. I mercia11y known as the "ioagnaf Lux process" can Various rnanuf'aobur er-s n,we coocere t.ed in thel bo eas i Ly ap-plied by the aid of a relatively project of developing an observation balloon s imp e apparatus and without danger to :?ersonl constructecl aut ir-al y of domes bLc mo,terials neL It; is now being used by all the aircraft v.Thieh,along wi t.h the faet thRt helium gas is engine manufacturers and IIP nufaeturers of ... available only in this country, will Lake the welded steel propellers as a routine method of obse r vat.i on beI l oon independent of any s br-ail}spection on t.he finished parts. Blow holes tegie materials. 1/32 ineh in diar.'jetel' and cr acl;s invisible to The balloon vJi11 bo co:npleted in abcut bwo the naked eye or those whi ch do not come to morrt.hs and ,"ill b" g:.ven to eric of the Balloon the surface CeD be detected by this method. Squadr-ons for ser-vice testing in connoct.Lori Tire piece is mgnetized with either a low with their observ8.tion wo at the Artillery rk vol bage , nigh amperage cur r errb or by bridging School. the poles of two electromagnets. R01L'1ded fine EQiJIPi,iE2IT' ACrrV~TI:ES Lz-on f i Ldngs known as rre.gnaf'I z nowd.er are u sprinkled on the magne'b i.zed part. and align Flight Inrlicato~~~ C-~. themselves so thet the defect is indicated by The 'I'fDe C-4 flight indicator (gyro horizon) .which incom ..ol'ates a cagi.ng de-dee, is being a piling up of the pow::ler. The appar'ebus at 1Nright Fidd h8.5 been used s t.andard i.zed to super sed e the '1:.)'l)e -3 flight C e::te;;sivelv for the insnection of DronoHers indicator (gyro h;ni::on). The two types are and engine' parts wh icl: have been i~ service, subs bant ia11y the same except for the addition and several parts have belm rej ected which conof a cnging device which will cage the gyro tained cz-ack which would not. have been di scovs from any pos i.t i on. er ed in any other 'ray. T:10 most up-to date apLanding Lights. p,:,ratus available ~:as been -purchased 'by the San A Land ing light suomitt ed by Gustav Dietz of AntOJ~ioAir Depot. This apparatus has great West Ho l l.ywood , Cal.Lf , , has been tested in the f'Lo zi.bi Ldt.y and can be used for anything from a .photometric laboratory of the Materiel Diviwrist uin to a welded Landi ng gear strut assems i on, This Land i nz light differs from the bl y. ~he use of thL> method of inspection, corrvent i onaf types in tLat vertica1 strips which is entirely' non-injurious to the -part, 01'having the contour of a parabolic cur've are fers a practical method for reducing failures fastened wi thin a form, the strips being flat which :By occur in [~part clue to fatigue cracks across the hor i.zont.al. section. The r-o su'ltin,:; or defects in the steel ... i.ch were not detected zh beam is wi der than usue.I horizontally and has at the source cf manuf'acbure. a great deD.I of scattered light. This landing r:~:~sph~~.Gonc'io la light is not considered sup er i oz' to the pres'Foe gondola to be used. by Captain Stevens ent types in 11S3 in the Air Corps. this surrme for his fl ight into the stratosr Gasoline Driven, Por-te.b'l Enen-izer .. , o phere arri vod at Wright Fdel d on l!L-:lrcn 7th for 2 -xgasol ine driV8ii:-p'ortable -;;-:;161'gi zer, ~nuthe installation of the instruments ana equipfactured by the 1~ul Tool Company Chi.cago, , ment whj ch it is planned to take aloft. A DO'fTIll., was derronsbr-at.cd C1.t he l.:ate:!:'iel Divit metal sTlhere, nine feet in dimneter, the upper s i.ori, This er1uipment is designed to cner-gi ze half is-Dainted a brilliant white, the lower a the inertia starter flyrheel 1~ to 12,000 glossy bia.ck. The great bubhle is only oner.Tl.m. Tho UIJit consists of a smalL, twof'ourbh inch thick and wei ghs 660 pounds. There hoz-s epower gasoline engi.ne driying a right ar e several s:m.ll peep-holes for observation angLe shaft through a flexible cable. The purpo ses , also two man-size circular openings, torque is applied by a centrifllgal clutch one in the black portion of the sphere below which, in turn, is oClerated by a hand throttle the center, the other directly opposite in the white hemisphere for escape in emergency.
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Existing instructions r ecui.re -!;hat va.Lves of, , drill). This co~letes the modification of engines ins tall cd in P'J.rS1.:it type a.ir-crr .. f:'t be I : the pointer. insnccted once each 20:00 as P2.rt of th.,', 20r. T'le po i nbez- Locat ing holes in the tuning hour- inS?ection. A number o(P~r'sui:t o,-:-gar:i- , 1l.."'lTb body 01' housing must be bapned to take a zab Lcns have exp r es sed bhc optrn on t~18t the No. G-32 rrachine scr~~. The t~pninr operavalve check could Co to 40:00, arid bhe ir retion shculd bo pcrforrmd by us In.; a No. 6-32 cornnendations were brought to the attention of, starting tap on each hole, them finish by the M~tel'iel Div i s i on. I using a No. 6-32 bottom tap on each hole. The reply of the Mat,riel Divi~ion was as 'I GPT.AT CARE lvJ]SI'BE USEDIN TAPPING THESE follows: , S1~ FOLESI~J ORDE.'R TO PREVEW:ar.F.AKING OUT "It is the opinion of this Division t'1at thel TiIE BO:;Tm.~ A1TD HENCE ProVIDING AN OPENING checking of the val.ve cLearances on air-cooled! nTO T!?}; IN'~lE3IOP T.FfE O:E' TUNING UNIT THROUGH radial engines of all tJ~es having closed rockt '!VHICEi "T)IrtI',WATEP, ErC., MAY E1':TER. This er boxes can safely be ext ended from t'l,eI.tyI completes the modiiication of the tuning lli1it hour to forty-hour ~crioas, provided that the I housing. rocker ann bea.r i.ngs are adequately lubricated I c. P:'::ocl1re two No. G Shakeproof, or equal, and the rocker bc.ros properly filled 17Hh lub-I loCi:\:'c.lc::e::~ .and on: ro~.nd or flat- b"tt~on head r icnnb , T,)chr.icG2. OJ:de1'02-10-2 i:; nor bing i 'brass '.I.~,,.le sc rew s i.ze 6-32 by 1/4 r evi sed cove r ing .:he USE' ,)f 3, C')() seconri oil; I d. l:' __',.,ble , the dial and pointer on the the::-cfore,L.l" ~!:: ,tr'lci:.iC'ls corccer:1inz.: ve l ve i tun!:", ... ~:.c., nlad'1?, one of the lockwashers ChC',l( 0'1; t"'."i}' y b')urs wi~Ll ')e dlEx<:;ed to call I betwe,;, ,,}.; ',)C> , -t: and hous i n-: -::."tl the for va.lv e "c~':at forty hours. fI I seccn.I ..': .+",:';,"l-?:' ,,,,tween 1,"\; p:)inter and. the I head cf .L" : . ~l..,i.:'.; :'\:~("Y:. 2. ~'iit~ i.u':';:S ,~,-.,~_~:., +'<:;~:'.? ;)v~-,;.';.;:"'~), ~"lOdified j,,, Ai r C'n~", "t'1,tion h-rs 1'eqnested that the I' in:::'l)l'~r.t't in 1 C(ll'I.-'i?.i.lle0. ir r ,31'. 19, Circular as dir8co'v"'_' ': 'j(j v::-, {;:1'3 :'; CJ,J. :'.. L:. t. as readily E- "', '0" (,~[,<~'i"c.. 7,'e21 note that th<..:\", part I change- a.,; VIi 1j1 the 01 i[-'.ll'J1 OE... iC'u, "hut ai'ter wL:: .c ~ct,.. r:c; "p,-,,;,.tswhich nay have been c:.mae-I an irl~~.!i:--.,ll~l~l:)no-ice IU.las?;, ~,i1c\;~3 is 11t-01e : t is C(~ '::r: t.h~~('--:.-[.f:n1;j that, t}le.; are ouviousl.;~ 'be' need. inl' frequent c1nnge ar>~.the ."c:.ification yon' l'f'p"d:r aeeJ not be k.gr;ed w i.bh a C01derrm-l, will bc effective in preventins th8 loss of t 0 conu .;.r'a" .. CIJ the "'1' ~"J.. . e:' _. ~'.... '" v ~" .,.,. ;..2,), ... -, :,(, ,-'l ~ ~J.. .:>v I purts." pL,y.t of n.:, ',::"'c. grs:ph'shich states thftt "Con- , -" dC1P1~ p"",. co 'l.".' !, C Forrn ~~o '"'1 "'~l' be 1 I <-o,.u.. . I Supply Letter No. lS, issued by the Chief usr I to tc: ": J'I.1 parts ;)1' r s scmbl,ies,:v1,ich have I Si,r;n.:,l Officer, dat ed April I, 1935, reads as become o1;.")L,,te or whL~h Lave 'been daJ1:2',;ed I f'o l Lows : bey .:<:'11 rOT:"~"," "1. Cord s , bype CD-1l4, as originrllly proThe s.~';' ;'.:':1V',',S advised thC'.t t11e fir,,7, sencur ed fa:: une vdth nil"8raft :::adio sets, had tenc3 of Par , :1.:1 of Ci:!.'c',,'.ar 1:,_';0 sl1c,\~LJ have t'ilO 1i res cormec te" to te!'!I1:::13.1 No. 34 on each been mnp!.it'ied T..,y the ::m:ertiol1 of the~)hr2Se plug wniLe ter,,~IlrJ.l ~r(). ;:;0 hcd no wires con"cxce1)t rcs I'QtC-1," the se('ono sent-ence l)cing nected to tJ"'3In. A'.l late", C'Tocurem':r1t~ have the exceT,tion, and that this change win be one "'ire cor.nee bed to t(~r"u.r.<:.l1'0. 34 and one incornorated in Circ'.l1'1.r 15-50 w1'.el1 next wire cormect ed to tcrrr,inBl 1';0. 20. This was revised. caused by a cnr.nge in the c i r-c u'i tplan of the sets I n which used , The ID00el designt'!.tion 'Il:<T-8" nFJS been 8.S2. 1'he fOI::IET co r ds wo::-kGatisfa~torily in signed to the BT ty-oe Flircraft bdng procured Radio set, tTJ" S,::;T(-A!\-187> will not perc"t from the Swersky AL:crcft Corpo rat Lon . mit "proper fUilctio',inp in SC"-AC-183 , SG:H-Jill183 or other sets of v-h ch tloey ar e a }Jart. i S'~~ly Letter roo 14, iss~ed by the Chief The latter co cds are suitablp. fOT use in Sif1~jal Officer, d;xte:l April 1, 1~35, rtacls as either the SC~(-Ai;.-Je30'" any of the other sets. fo.Lows: 3. In order to Tn:','cl1t tile <Ii fn"'ul ties in":i.. Reuor t s hav s been r-ecoi vee. indicating curred when one of Ll' ,,'o,'.::er co rd s is i:md~hD..J:, tb.e.1,'>int.er 0n,~uni:r; TJnH: t.ype ~iC-125, vertently att[;i.chel' to one of t:lC latter radio as "Cln:cf:,lX':lS Los t whi Le El se1"7J.CO an or sets, it is rCO'1cs.,c,J T,:.[Jt al J. COlJS, type tran.~,,.,C':.t nu'; to the fact that the po i.nber is CD-114, be exarnined ar.d Cl~I. of those hav i.ng :t,l0t 1)Cl~iGh"ely l:d~ed or E"t~ac~ea. to the bun- I two vrii-es attc.chcJ h ,\,:'l""i.lfJl No. 34 be modi:mg,'l'.lt. T;as.d;i~ct or,dlfflculty ca~ be I fied by r errovf ng bne or;'Vc;8 vi r-o frOID berrrd.nal cas)}} correct-ell r.n t,he f i.eLd , and the fo I Low- i No. 34 and attacl:ing it to tc:n::U.nd No. 20. ing- 'o roc edur e i;; aubhor i zod by all Depots, 4. Since after '~:h; uJJji~'icatior, all the Bc;.d~~. Il:,pair SeC+,i~~s,and .Air Stations ':vh~re cords, type CD-ll4: w5.11 tb:"'l be al ike, no f, ..cJ.... +.:Hcs ar e l.l.vn.:..laole. Future nroduc t.i on I change in nomcnc'l.at.ur e w i Ll, be neces snry, It l will Lncor-oo rabe tLb :lXldification: I !!C. Rc:Yove the po inbe r from the tuning unit ,. 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The long-range airulane will form the ly of inde?endent air operations, i.e., future b2.8ic element-of this c0untry's ouer~tions of the GEQAir Force acting air force and give the United S.Lates alone or as the principal force in the its most flexible defense against any -performance of the mission assie;ned by from the ocean d.eclared Brig. "he r-d n-Oht ef of the General Frank M. Andrews, Chief of the Fo rce s , These independent air operaGeneral Headuuar-te r s Air Force, at the tions will normally be beyond the sphere annual aeriar membership roundup dinner of influence of the stITface forces of of the Indiana Deuartment of the the ground. or of the sea. ~hey comprise .American Legion at In<ii'3.uapoli s Oil the such cperations as attack on enemy aviaevening of May 1st, last. tion and aviation bases; attack onhosGeneral Andrews and scores of oshe r tile naval forces; on choke points in prominent figures in the ae=onnutical lines of communication, such as railway world and civic and. goverrment leaders ano, highway bridges, canal locks, port were guests of Fra~k N. Belgr~no, Jr., fa0ilities; attack on troop concentraNational Legion Commander, at the tions anQ on war industrial activities. Indianauolis Athleti~ Olub. etc. Stating that the r e soonafbl,e authoriOf course, if an enefUXAir Force ties of the War Department are fully should be able to estaDTish itself on alive to the l~portance of military bases or has available bases from which aviation and to the requirements for it can operate against t'he United the orgal.:lization,' ~quipmant and control Stf>,tes, it will attempt to car!;[ out the of t~ alr force, Gen&ral Andrews briefsame class of missions, particuiarly the Iy outlined the meas~'es which were inatta~k of refineries and factories enstituted by the War Department to efgaged. in the production of mu.nitions, feet the creation of the G.:-LQ, .Air . and. the attack of power plants and other ]'orce, following the approval by the utilities. Secretary of War of the reoort of the I It can be readilv seen that the most Special War Department COlWl:li ttee headed! important operation for the United by the Hon , Newton D. Bake r-. The proI StEctes Army Air Force is to defeat the t;raIU conteIC1plated eventually a force of I enemy aviation. This is ordinarily best .:;;320 planes for all pur-oo se s , including accompli shed by attacking enemy air combat, observation,~training, cargo bases. One destroys an obnoxious flying and transport, the G-B:Q, Air :iPorce t.o be I :lte(;Ot hrough the destruction t of its equipped ~ith 980.pla~es, made u.p of breeding or roosting places. Without aTl a~r combat unltS ln the cont1.uental I bases an air force cannot operate. limits of the United Sta':.es, in one com-j Our GEq Air Force, to car ry out its mand directly under the Chief of Staff fur.ction, ~ust also have prepared bases. in time of peace, and of the commander' The more bases, the more flexible the of the Field Forces in war. o~erations, but as a minimum requirement Four field armies, with the GHQ, Air there should be base facilitieG in every Force, will constitute the mair. co~bat strategic area. elements of our war forces. The four The Wilco;~ Bill, which has been favorartrd e s must of necessity be ske1e,toniz~bly reuorted out of the House Military ed in peace and brought uc to f'u.l l, A.ffaire' Comrai t t ee , provides these air strellgth as qu.iclrJ.y as possible wnen, ba se s and. certain other necessary auxilmobilization is ord.ered. iary establish~ents. It ~~s the indorseliThe Air Force cannot be improvised ment of the War DeJ;lartment end, its enactafter war is imminent, II General Andrews merit into law woula. add gr ea.t.Ly to the stated. It It takes year s to build bases effectiveness of the air defenses of the and airplanes and to train personnel. Unf t ed States in war, and facilitates The War Department has, therefore, air training in peace. It desel~es uniadopted. the policy of maintaining the versal support.1I Air ~orce at all times in a state of Outlinin~ briefly tbe functions 9f . ~aad~ness for war. Bombardmen~, Purs'uit and Attack AV1atlon, In any war between modern powers an General ~n~ews stated that tllese. br'anchAir Force pbase will precede the come s of av Lat i.on must have informahon upon tact of the ground forces. The outcome IWhiC~ to ba~e their operations. Accoriof this ~hase will be very im~ortant. ingly there are proviaed a few squadrons l'he .til' Force phase will ccns'isb largeof long-range observation, whose duty it .. " . . -1V-6787, A.C.
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is to locate and. check up on likely tar- Land-iba sed n:.ilitp.ry aviation. gets for the bombardment and attack. Je are not an aggressor nation. Our Certain sup-il.i e s and key persolmel. ...: nat t onal, po L'i cy of defense is well known must be quickly transported' to ope.rat.Lig and is responsible in no small degree air uni ts as r-equi.r ed . Ca:cfo and. t ranafor the mut.uaI re socc t and confidence port airplanes look after some of the I existing an.eng t he 'nations of Horth more urgent suppl.y and, pe r so nne'l transI .An:erica. Llll'ortunatel;';T for wor l d peace, port pr ob Lems. . _ I re,,:,erse cor... ~itions e::.:ist in Eur-o pe ~.nd Asscr<;],n;: t.o.at the Ar:~1Y i r def en se a : As La , I t:r.,ll1.1':: \':111 a.l.L asree "I'll th you orga~tz~tton v~li~h the War De~a~twent isl me tbat ~he ai~s an~ i~eals o~ o~ a~?d but l ding _.I~ far .L row. cor:rplete! \;l'ene~al ! forces! 111clu?lng mi Lt <;ar;y aVIatIon,. 11 t Andrews ,:,o;.-s on to say tr18t t tne ana. I harrao nious Ly Into the soc i a.L and eCODOL1money and nard wo rk are necessary bef or e 1 ic \;ill of the nation for defense and t~e U~ited States,will have an.eff~ct~vei toward the prevention of par. But no~aI~ defen?e. .at t he present t tme It IS I vii thst~mding this and the fortunate SI tonJ.y gettln:: under wa:,r. I uation existing in our continent, expe "For ex amp 1~, II ,d.e ;.,E!, id , lit'no GUQ aIr ~. .... . L1!, I r i. ence has shown us that we :.:;18:::r eaSl'1y Force has aSSl~ned. to it about 450 a~rbecome involved in wo r Ld conflicts ", We planes of a~l <;ypes, less than half ItS have no assurance tnat in ou~ nex~ war 980 set up ln~ the pr ogr'an. Of t~1e 4?0, the battle ground. ,:ill be on forelgp: onlY.,ab?ut 170 e:tre modern. and SUIt ab Le . : soil. !t is for every contingency that Tht! snortage t n conrnt s sf oned pe r so nne I ] we must pr cpar e , .. presents another ser i ous prob l.em . The I Comrner-ci a L and mt l.t ta.ry develonment of GiIQ, Air Force ?-lone wpl r~Quil'e when ! the air and science of e.via~~on in the completely e qut pped WIt h aIrplanes about, wo r Ld has advanced. at a r'a.o i o. rate, and 1900 trained pilots, navigators and ohnow foreShad.OYlS the early rroduction of servers. Today there are m-ailable to heavy aa r c raf t , with ranges of several GHQ. uni ts for these dut i e a about 500 thousand miles and \7itil large, useful , Regular officers, Reserve officers and ,loads. For military aircraft, an~~en~, Flyin, Cadets. Si rrriLa r cond.i t i ons exi st " aL:JIlUlJ.l on, high expl,o sives and aut hora zti in other Air Corns activities. Base faed. chemicals constitute this load. Range cilities are inadoquate and Lore are ' will be convertible into ar~illent and needed. I vice versa. Dith sufficient bases, However, there are br I ght sno t s in the weat.he r , oc eans , and other natural obout Lo ck - it is not all dark. ~ Du.ri ng stacles fOTI,l no effective barriers ~o tne next 18 Qonths for instance, a con- ! the operation of these lonG-rango 1'1,11'siderable nurabe r of mo de r-n combat aircraft. Their de structi ve, potcntiali ty craft y;ill be delivered to the Air Corps is tremendous. A f'ew suc n p l ane s could equal or suce r t or to nnything in the I carry in one load all tho 'iieic;ht of exworld.. In the ye ar f'c Ll.owi.ng that, still I ?losives t na t were dr-opped on London more, but it; sho ul.d be noted that these durin,' the World War. . deliveries are sufficient to provide reIs it a~y wond.~r tha~ the.na~lon? of pl acement s only for wor n out and useless I Eur ope , \71 tho :J;1elr natlo~ll stl? r i -yalal~planes. They are not ,sufficient to ' rles and pollvlcal.conf~lcts, llve In bU~ld up to, the number of aircraft reconstan~ fear of.a;~ ral~s, a~~ se~k . qUlr~d. by tne approved program.. protectlon by bU~lQln~ up t~elr aVlatlon ThIS program VJaS recommended by the arms and by f'o rrs i ng all' aI Li.ance s? These Balcer Commt ttee as a l:..dnimu."ll for ai.r de- I nations, as well as our OVI11, reall~e fense purposes. It should De met in a that the only ~ldeguate answe r to aa r atreasonable length of time to Drovide tacks is the alrplan3. adequ~te National security. For Ar~y It is the long-ranGe airulane TIitJ;1a aviation, whcn it is completely organizradius extending several thousand m~les ed. and e qut pped wi~l afford a def euse in any d.irection tru;.t, I. be~ieve, WIll. , V7eapon ~I pr rmar-y Lmpo r t anc e fo~ the f'o rrn the future ~aslc. elt;mej.~t, of o~. au preventIon of any oversea InvaSl0n of force and t~~t VillI 01ve to tne UUlt?d the United States or its po s ae s s i ons , I Statos its most f Lcxi b'Le def erise agaInst As t irne goes on, the increasing range El.l1Y challenge from over the oceans. of this extraordinary fora of easily The airplane has greatly increaSEd tho controlled fire power will dictate new destructive power of military armS to air defense frontiers and larger s:9heres I the extent that a physicnl conflict beof influencG for :lili t.a.ry av i.at i on. Our I twe en great nations iuig:lt weH prove to efforts, therefore, should be to extend be so dev a s t.at t ng that its prolonged the radius of our aircraft to the offecprosecution would be a l~jor catastropne tive maxiuo technically practicable, and., therefore, it is aviation per~~ps not for the pur po se of m:ll:i:1g the a.irmore than any other 'Dower, v.h l oh I 'beplane a vehicle" of aggression, but lieve will tend to dIscouraGe another :rather to subject n,n aggressor to this World Viar. foro of our ~efense as far from our . I thi:ll( that the continued development homes as 'Possible, and to realize to the 1 of a vehicle of mecbanic21 transportafullest. the 'lefensive capabilities of ,.J tion and mili tary power of. such possibil-,;jrr-67R7, A.C.

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ANOr:'H~R ERr1.A.:m OF LlbRCY IN :?ANAl.1A Sufferin:; a serious throat a i Lnenb , I him Irorned i at eLy and decided to operate Ro se ndo Jurado, Panamarri an Lawmaker- and I a~ on.ce. The _~lane was l:l~t at -:Ubroo~c political leader in the province of I Fl.elo. ~;Y' Mr. uaraene z and pl'. Br t n. The Bocas, was rushed from Bocas del Toro follo~lllG letter was recolvecl from the to ~a~ll~a City in an Ar~y ~1phibian on Amer Lcan Mini ster to Pariaria oy i.:ajor Aprll 22ud last. He was t~{en to the General H.B. Fis~e, the ConD~nding GenSanto Tomas Hospital shortlv after 4:CO eral of the Pa.nai.ia Canal Deoar traerrt : I 1. o C oc~ an~ was. scheduled to undergo an operatlon lLmedlately. On the morning Legation of the of April 22nd, Enrique A. Jimenez, SecUnited states of Ar~erica retaryof the Depn.rtment of FiIBnce, rePanama, April 23, 1935. ceived a telegram fro~ Governor S~lles of Bocas, as follo~s: I,ly dear General Fiske: "Jurado gravely ill. Try to send 'I'no iHni ster for For c i gn Affairs todD;{ hydro~lane to rush him to Panama. exnressed deen anpreciation for the use President also aQvised toCiay. Advise of" the Ar;.w a.Iro.l.ane yesterday in br i ngus of departure of pla:le and notif" ing Senor Rosendo Jurado to Panaca from Dr. Br-i.n . II Bocas del 1'01'0. Doctor Aro sernena asked .An.Army Awphibian, niloteQ by clajor mo to trQnsmit his most appreciative WllllS R. Taylor, of Franco Field, who i thanks, and tho so of his Government, to was accoraparri.ed by Cn:ptain viarren 1:. . you and to tho officers of your conraand Scott and Lieut. Cecil Henry, left for who were instrmlental in this errand Bocas del Toro in the morning and at of mercy. 4:00,J.J1. Landed at Albrook Fd oLd bear-: I am, my dear General Fiske, ing the sick man, Mr. -Jur-ado was transVery sincerely yours, ferred to an ambul anc e and rushed to the (Sgei.) Georgo T. S~nerlin. Santo Tomas Hospital. Dr. :Bin oXL,sined ---000--,f U

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The Edi tor of the 1I1,lanchester Guardian Wee]r,.1yll(EnGland) \ITi tes in the April 12th issue an editorial II\,'in~s Over Europe. II An extract fr or: tJ:ns editorial, referrins to ELlropean wars, is as follo'.1s: "Whitt "Dart is thc ac roo'l ane likely to play in them? There ar ei t.wo v i.ews . One, to which General ven Soecht has given his SUP-90rt, is that the primary objective of each air force would be to destroy that of the eneny. 1'he other, of which an early pr ot.agorri st was t he late Italian Genoral Do'uhe t , is t ha t air power shoul.u be e..mloye d Cirectly against vi tal c errt e r e on er::l~( soil. :rlK~ latter view is tr~t hold by al~ost every cencral staff in Euz-o pe , t ncLudd nr- our own. Hr. Laurent Eynac~ the former'French Air Mini ster said in the Chanbe r Las t week that the war functions of t he J'rclch Air Force v.o'ul.d "be bo t"; t o t eli s,)rgo,ni Z6 trw mobilization and c once nt.r'a t i on of enGDY troops I and to 1 de':,oralizc; the civilian IJop1llation. I 'Tnat Eur o'pcan Air 11ini sI

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THE SIGNIFIC.tl.NCS:F THE.. G:1N:'i;RA.1 ID~ArQUARTF.RS AlB FOBeR O . In an article un~e: t ne a?07~,_S~~~E,Ct operation of November 1, 1918, in the ~n the May issue of 0.6. Alh ShV~v~S, M8u8e-~u~onne battle, described by GenerLieut.-Colonel John D. Rea~dan, Air al Dl~n, as ~0110w3:Corps, Chief of the information Divi"LJ, our attack in the Meuse-Argonne sion, Office of the Chief of tl'.e Air on NJi/31Jbe~:1, 1'318, t.he First ArrJ.y deCorps, after 1Jointin~~ out that the Army cided. to uae 3.11 its air forces to help prior to March 1,1935, bad no unifieo. I di r-ect Ly t:1e ground ba t.t Le , * * 7.< Some cOl~nand to operate all its cOlubat units I 8 kilometers beyond the jum~-off line in the continental United States, stQted \ there was German artillery ln a large that it has been clearly seen right woods. ~his was bombarded by our avialong that the earliest mi s s i on ' a . ation from the beGinning of the attack nation's ai:e de.f'e nae will be ca'l l.ed rroo n in or der to count e rac t or neut rs.Lt ze to perform is that of meeting and comthe enemy t s artillery fire. The result batlng an enemy's air attack. AirpoY1er 'I of t he.t at t ack is well z-,.nown. The has greatly lessened the time re:{uired Second Division b:r noon of l~ovember 1 by an aggressive na t Lon to Launch en ef- 1 'had gone clear t hr-ougn the center of fective attack. III the event t he nat Lon I the enemy , and after that time the on the defensive has no viell or garri zed I e.ler,;y waR in full retreat. II air power of its own, air at t acks can be i The .;188 of all the aviation as a comreadlly directed aGainst its Dower I bined ~orce against a single objective .olants, wat~r. 81.1.1r91ies,bri~~ges, taJ;.J: I of sufficient irnpcrte.nc~ to secure defarms and s imt Lar; nerve centers 0:: ~nI' ci si ve r'e su'l ts is a f~OOO. examnl,e of one dustrial and economic life. 0:1.' tile tHugs SOUf;ht~t.JOOacccnml.Lshed Unless OU1" c01..mtry's air l".11i for the ts b~- t:10S0 rcsDonsible for the or~anizat': conduct of a dof'e nse as~1inst such an air t I on of thl:~ GHQ. Air Po rce as it exists attack are under a unified. command wni.ch t oday , ~o secure the most effective trains them for their dut i.es in war and results aviation of the four classes prepares the nl.ans whereby the?,. will .nuat be trFdned. to 0tJerF,te in combi.nacarry out mlcn duties, little .Wp8 can tion as a tc&m, and vhe leaaers of the be entertained for a succ e s af'ul, rGsistlarger emits nrust be given exper i.ence in ance e,gainst these early ai:." at t acks , ?eace in d.:i.scherbins their duties. Therefore, the \"'ar Deoar-t.rnerrt effected. Cne 0'':' t ne mo s t imno::'tant questions the orGanization or. lvIt'rc'h 1, 1935, 0: whi'~~1t:,:e operation of the Gil'Q, Air Force the GHQ, Air For ce , with headquar t crs at is exoec t ed to aaswe r is: "Whc'1t s the i LangLey F'LeLd , Va. . cc r rcc t unit org:l11iz2,tion for squadrons A grea'(; amount of cletailed ana'Lyt i cal, and'ToupS and for the troops which study Li.e s behind the action t aken by hc.nd~e si.:rp)orti.n; Grouna services in the the War D~part2ent in, thus 9rgDrclzinJ; vc.r-i ous perr,;lanent s.tations of these .Air the GHQ, All' Force , It has .I. ':'ns been Force um ts, " S:he 1'J8,rDepartment d.i recevident that to be of maximum ef f'ec t on tive to :Drib. Gen. Fl"B:ri:M. Andr-ews, Air the conduct of a war, ai.r cpe ra tions C01"PS, ccmmendc.ng the GaQ. Ail' Fo r-ce , must be '01'o')e1'l. coord.inated with the. :i statedtllat the l.iJew Tables of Organizageneral strateg;,- of the war; and that a tien for Air Corps Urrit e were to be unified air effort offers t:le .;reatest be s t.ec. b~r the Air Force for a period of hope of secur-l ng ir:rportant results. The! one year, at the 8I"d of which a full reAir Force rni ssion t.heref'o re may be statport thereon ';;[1S to be submitted. ed : "to conduct such air operations as Th3 Corrl013.nd.inG General, GIIQ,..11' Force, ; will afford t~.l0 ~rea ~ASt ai~ in wilming f..:.1S been giye:l. aut ho r-l ty to 1"';:11:e char ... ges the war. II ThJ.s Lnro'l Le s that there must an t:"l.ese tab l e s as deemed nece s aary , probe prenared as a gUide for these air vided t~e total nurr~ers of rraces and operations an Air Force opereting plan ratings are not exceeded. Fe [>lso 1k."S so designed as to correlate and cOQrdibeen drecteo, to submit a )relimina.ry renate the Air Force operations with the .por't en t.he ce T8b:'8s of Ort'./'r... 5.'ntio:1 on operations of oche r forces to secure ob- or before OG'!;c .... r L, 19;:;5. ~,~,"J s", t abl e s oe jectives which 'I",-ill be dec i arve Ln wt npr cv i c'e for ':.",;t''.':~J;ly :r,.d1.'.--;('J, . '~3..;~,nel . ning a f'av or'ab'l o dec i at on in the war . in the tp,ct7.c2.1 s-i;'.<J.ro'1iJ :1:l"~ ...>::' ll.j:ger " To secure an objec t Lv e of this nature "mobile se r v Lc e c~.:J.;:.clrc'lsll ':~.C:<::.J",d ':.0 requires the enro'lovment or' all t he av i a-: surroor t in ";1';.e :i;cld a,W:l'j f:C'C":Y';l';!''1.l1ent tion necessary ~o acc'"'mDlish the :,:mrpose Air' Jorps st.e.t i one , tl:i.e opei.c~T,:.6ns of the under a single dir8ction and in a coo r-: t.ac t i.c aL 1.7-:i.1i'03. All the pe r so.u.. I per.e dillc'1.ted Oi,erqtion. !t requires for the ! f'orrai n., dr.t i.e s pertaininE:; to t'r e adrirlni.aair unf t s" pa:rticipatinc;, trai~':i.ing_in I tratior~c,~lCl cpe,ra t~on of. each :)ern1a~.lent peace 111 ac t i.ng to<!,ether and In t no docpost are Lnc lude d a.n a, s~ngle or garn satrines and methods~ of their e soec La.L t I on o.esi.e'l1djted as the "s Eat.t on task. ,. co:~;plt.;:DI,:mt. II On the other hand an air f'orce of this Ano.,ne:." earl~r -or-oblero to be sotved by character. trained and operated as indithe G:~Q,Air Force Ls the determination of cated, is entirely sui taole and adaptec. the needs Ln t rooas of other arms, airto perform missions designed to efi'ol'd dromes , conmunt caba ons and supply for the direct aid to ground troops, such as the suppor-t of intens:lve operations of the -4V-6787, A.C.

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CRITICISM OF MULTIPLACE COMBAT PLANE Air Force in the field in case the I country is attacked. A great amount of ! data upon this subject has been secured i Pierre Faure, one of the regular air during Air Corns maneuvers held. in the 'wl'i ters on the staff of PARIS SOIR, in a past. The Air Force staff now affords a recent article criticizes the use of continuing agency for the ~ractical ap- multiulace combat planes on which the plication of suggested methods in actual French air doctrine is based at the operations, and details may be expected presBnt time. He says: to be worked out wi th a sureness uhich IITlle French Genera'l Staff has ordered a theoretical treatment alone could not I its cdr materiel with an idea in mind hope to auuroach. , wluch can be summarized as follows: let After touching upon the exper-Ience us build. planes of sufficient useful e?cpected to be afforded as a result of I load and of sufficient speed to be fit the policy recently I naugurat ed by the for various missions: day and night War Uepartment of bestowing temporary bomba.rdment, -orotection, long range reincreased rank to Air Corps officers I cormat ssance, ~etc. commens~rate ~ith t~e du~~es they are This type of plane - the ~~tiplace perform~ng, Ll8ut.-vol. ReQrdan went combat plane - has been stuQ1ed and on to say that the creat.Iori of the GHQ. bui Lt by a certain. numbe r of manufacturAir Force fits in wi th the "Four- t..rm'J i er s and we saw at the last Air Show, O'rgani aat Lon" evolved by Gene ra L roU:JasI Breguet, Potez and Bloch t ype s constru.ctMacArthur and that when, Air Force opor'ed under tlmt program. atin~ plans are comnl.e t ed they will I What are we to think of, the "al.L purprov1de for the employment of the CEQ. pose" plane'! Is it interesting? Air Force, either in whole or in nart, 'Ihe programs which led to these comin an~r one of the four Army ~reaa: The ! bat nlanes, by reason of the various great mobility of th~ Air Force units 'missions of these planes, have called will enable. Erompt concentrati?n of for a complete armament, a.large-persontlle whole AIr J!'orceat any Loca t tcn nel, and numerous acce sso ra e s, The mandirected by the War Decar tmeut 0:::- proufecturers have built planes with comv i ded for in ope rat Lng nlans. The ornl ex installations, Wh1Ch are heavy and ganization of the GHQ Air Force Headfil~~~ly not ~ufficientl~ f~t for gertain Quarters -orovides a commander and staff of tne most 1mportant m~SSlons which constantly trained in the handling of they were, origi~~lly, to discharge. such a combined air force and char-zed If a :?lane carz-a es three scarf mounts, wi th a ccnt.Lrru.Lng s tudy of new means it r equa re s 3 men to serve them. and if and methods designei to make its operat:nis ~lane. is to b.e ~ble to attack and t10ns more effective. to de~end 1tself, th1S leads to a form---000--ula with a very small margin for the uS8ful load. So that it was learned by GENERAL PRATT VISITS SELFRIDGb FIELD experience that these mu~tiplace combat ulr:n'dsare insufficient for long r-ange The 27th Pursuit Squadron was recentilight bombardment. ly accorded the sig~al honor of escortThe result is that the most im-oortant ing General Henry C. Pratt. Comma~der mission of a "retaliation" plane- - ,.night of the Second Wing, to Selfridge Field, bombar draent - cannot be sati sfactorily upon his inspectior- tour of Air Corps perfor.med by the multiplace combat plane, fields within th'lt Win~. Early in the 1::1 which a lot of confidence was til aced , afternoon, all a.vailabfe P-26 airplanes Conba~ is one thing, and bombardment were turned over to the 27th Sauacron, another. and tLis winged almada of 15 arr~lanes A plane specialized in niJ,ht bombing took the air under the cOmL1and 0: Major does not need an imuortant defensive arJames E. Parker. mament. Per sonal.Ly, I believe t.ha.t reBreaki ng up Lnt o search formation, the taliation -olanes would gain by not being Squad.ron uatrollecl the area eas tr.ar d armed at all. It is Lnroo ssdb'l,eto do toward Buffalo. Finally, an C-38 apanytlling. A plane which hP.S to travel peared on the horizon. Q,uickl;)"sser,:,.p far must carry as heavy a bOL1b load as blying the uni t by ::"ad~,'Major Baz-ke r 0, ~ossible and must neglect its defensive ordered the unit to fly escort until means, otherwise its useful load (iiminSelfridge Field was re~ched. Uuon ari she s rant c1ly. riving over t he field, the unit.!; dived In case of an attack by enemy planes, on the field, announcing the arrival of the crew will have to use parachutes ~f the disti:nguished guest. General Pratt the situation warrants it. But this was particularly im-oressed by the ease would r2rely hap~en, judging from what with which the Sauaaron spotted his we know of night bombardment, a.s in most 0-38 and made the statement tr~t Obsercasas retaliation planes will reach their vation planes in the next war WQlud objectives without having to use their have to be extremel~ alert to avoid be- II defensive armament. It would seem wise, coming "Cold Turkey I for enemy Pursuit. in my ouinion, to build heavy- carriers ---000--like the Farman 221 and the Bernard retnliation plane, moderately armed but -0 V-6787, A.C.

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Seventeen members of the JUiiior Birdmen of k~erica visited Selfridge Fi01d, Mich . ..1. on April 20th, as ,~u.ests of 1t.Col. rtalnh Royce, Post ana Groun Cowmande r , ~These air-minded ,rounoen, rangin,'S in age from 16 to ~l ~rears, had come to Detroit from wic,el~r seat tered cities of the United States to compete in the Na.t Lona.L Finals of the Junior Birdmen's Model plane-building contest. All were dist~ict cl~~pio~s in the art of constructing miniatUl'e gliders, ROG and tractor flying models. While the birdmen were visitine; the field, the 27th ~rsuit Squadr()~, st2ged an air show for their benefit. Sta:cting the ~fternoonls entertaimilent, Capt. Karl G.E. Gimmler and Lieut. Joe Irvine staged a combat directl:~ over the field. An acrooRtic team composed of Major

IJames E. Pa~(er, C~pt. W~lter E. Todd and I Lieut. Pavl W. Bla~chard followed the I comba.t and thrilled_ the visitQrs with I th3ir perfectly-timed. execution of diffiI cul t acr-obat i c maneuvers. Major Parker . tossed a~ extra thrill into the crowd I when he half-rolled his P-26 over the I edge of the field, at 2,500 feet and, level in:;; out the. pls.ne., flew on his side the lengtl~ of the field pa.st the reviewing stand, with his wings perpendicular Ito the ground. All effect SG6illedlost, I however, on one YO'QUg bircman from Georgia I who mildl;y exclaimed: lIWha,t s the matter, I have t he cross-winds got him?1I The show was climaxed by an aerial review of 15 P-26AI s demonstrating close lIV, \I elements l~nd flights in line, echelonment up and down, and rat-racing.

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WAS:ar:JGTON K~.TION.lI.L GUARDSMEN P&;,lTICIPATE IN W.AB.GAME By the News Letter Oor re spo n.ienf A Red enemy force attac'dng Spokane, Wash., hub of the Inland ~npire, was defeated in a war gawe on the mornt ng .,f AlJril 28th, when 400 officers arid men. par-t f c Lpat.ed in a commaud postexerci se for lithe pur po ee of e;iv.ing pro.ctice in staff and conmurrl.c a't I on technique. 11 Fer more than four hours, four Observatc-m pl s.nes of the 116th Observat Lon SglJ,:::"'0r.!-, ~nst t~.visiol1 Aviation, Felts F1(~LL, Spo.tane , t lew over tt~c problem, execut i ng cornnuni ca t Lon , pane l, and l1hotogrD.J!hic nris s i on s . ' At Brigade Headouar-t e r s , AnericE'cn Lake, Was";,i., Brie;adier-G.-e:1eral Carlos Pennington commanced the exercise. which included the corcrm.ni.ca.t.on platoons i of the Fourtll Enf'ant i-y Regiment, Fort George Wright; l61st National GU3rd Infantry, 1st battalio~; the 1st battalioa of the l49th National Iluard Fielo A::tillery, and pe r so nne L of the 116th Obs er-: vation Scu,-\cron. For delegates attending the Annual Convention of the WQ,shil::.gton Departn:ent of the Reserve Officers' Associ~tioil,the proolem was a closing Convention fe~ture, giving seven hours t credi t to 211 Reserve of'f i.c er-s pal'tici;x"ting in the problem. Lieut. -Colonel Abbo~t Boone ,of Seattle, in charge of Reserve activities for the State of Washin[;ton, ob served . the exercise with outs-ooken aDnroval and commendab on, l . -~ Two Douglas 0-38E planes from the 41st Division Aviation, e cut one d Wit~l SC-134 radio sets, were in constant contact with the 81st Brigade Headquarters and \ the l43th Field Artillery. Observations i of :~ront lines we~J made every 30 minutes l'Cnd re)ortGc~, by r.ad i o to be verified Il:-",ter -by ovcrLays , I . A tnird 0-3~ mc.;,ce~o-mi.nute obse rva'\ t i ons at the r rouc 11ne", of the 161st Nat i one.l, ward. LJ''1lltr;y- -::.11384th InfantI r;/ Reserve. The8C'- '0031 t.t ons were reported by overlays a:ter front line panels I i.md been dis-played upon request by the Il'irin~ of a red Ver;'! -oi stol. The fourth nl.ane I photographic, delayed at Felts Fiela, whi ch was the advance \ ai r dr-oiae, about rri.ne miles from the t.her.t re 0::' o-)eratLHls. Commur:ication with tIlis pl~ne was thrcugh the Eriga~e I Hea~c:~':Tte~s l:adio to the ground s ta.t i on i at ] iJ s F'Le Ld, Three photographic missions of front line locations were called. for in code radio co.mrunacat.Lon . Actual delivery of t:c.e pho t.ogr-apns to the front Line Loeations W8,S made in 17 minutes, not including the time for cod.in{~ and. decocling th IJles~sages. ...., O~se~vers ~artlclPatlns In t~~ exercise l~arned~considerable about "closer i observation of smaLle r objectives on the I ground lias cons Io.er-abl e dlfficul ty was exper Lenced at first in locating t.he 24inch souare white and ora~~e panels on .' t he wooden ground, indica.tiI?-~~ the front line positions of the frieneuy troops. the cb aerva t I cns Were made at about 4,500 feet above sea level, or 2,500 feet above the ground.. The ~roblem \,,'a3 spread over an area of less than three miles about the ba:ll(s 0: the Spokane River, below Fort
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George Wright. . FIELD EXERCISEBY 56th SERVICE SQ,UADRON ]);weutional uractice r e su'l ted from the pro bl eia for all radio stations, which The 56th Service Sq1.1adron will denart included Q net of f Lve stations conroesed 011 MI:;,~7 17th from Selfridge Field,Eich., of two radio ships, the Felts Field~ for a SD0rt field exercise for the -ourground ~ta~ioll,. ~6dgade Heedquartei.'s and pOGe of IL-1be:dug up t ruc ks whic~ have lLJ:8th F'i e.Lri A:r:hllei'y Head(1U.drters. S1.)e- been 1;:),"co Ld stJra,zel1 at that f LeLd cial wcwe len,:;,ths were 838i "lied pll ntas Lnce their arrival. The contemplated t t onc , and all messnge s were sent in exe r c i ee , whi ch it is believed is the code for decoLi~b ~QTFoses. . f~rst of its tj~e t? be uu~ertaken . All wr.t.che s , 1.11clnd.lllg tllose of iLo t e ::n:i.ce the o i-gani za't i on of uhe GHQ. 1.r A and observers] were svnchr-o ntae d by Fo rc e , is exoec t.e d to furnish much valr'ad.l,o fro1'u Bngade Hc.e.clqu11ters, which uab.l e I nf orraat.Lon regarding the movetv:ice moved its posi t i or, dur i ng tIle meat of an entire orc;ani zation under proole:rr. the new l,lail. Major Edwin D. Patrick, Enf arrt ry , ReC~.'hese exercises will take place in ular Anny Instru.ctor at t.ached to t he I the vicinity of Fl int, Mich., and will 161st National Guard In.:fa1ltrY', and LncLude eve ry officer ane. man of the au.thor of the exercise, acted as c~ief Squadron present for duty on the staumpire, and had as assistants Regular tion. The equipment will consist of 12 Army officers from Fort G80r~e Wright. Douge personnel carriers, o~e Ford The only orcanization pOTIuittea the field ambulance, FWD400-gallon gas uce of pyrotechnics was the 41st Divitruck :Ol' servicL.1<ip trucks and airsion Ayiation, whtch was assignee:. :red pl[me s , jue DOdge., ~;-ton pan~l truclf, VerY.Instol :for ch~r91ay of f~ont Li.ne 5 Jod,ze :rton plC':;'1jLps, 20 Dodge ll;-ton marking panels, green Very p i st oL for t rucks , 'I Federal G;;;-ton cargo trucks : lIacknowlsdge, II and wlli te Very pistol for and. a few motorcycles, the number de"Ready to wor-k wi th ~'ou. 11 pendent upo n tho se set up at the staA special encode arid de c ode Vias pretion at t he time the Squadron takes the pareel by !Yiajor Patrick. S~'lIlools v.ere field. c r eated to d~sign<,"lte all hill s, br i.dge s , Tl Squadr'o n will mcve out on May rivers and creeks houses, road .juncI 17th and.. proc eed via a roundabout route. tions and. Civilian:::onser'ation Cnmps in i to the si ~e se Lec t ed , wrri ch will be in the area. ... I close proximity. to sorae a i r oo r t , and At the crlt19ue ~~1ch followed, the pro, s~t up ~~~~ ?n t~e 18th, a~l available gram, G'3f.!-eri::il nrri ng't on dec La.. ec.. that Pe r ~ a~i.'Plane..,.' (;>:L tl1~ 1!'1rst Pur suit Group much ;'OocLre sul t e d from the exe rc a se , wi L'l worz 111ano out of the a I r uor t Sbaddin~ that "the officers from all organ lected, dur i ng the course of a tacticB,l t za.t Io ns functioned well af t e r gettil1i; ,problem. The 56th Squadron will service the pI'~?lem in mind, and we proved t1:l.:it r thes,: airplanes and make su~b r-cpa.l r s as our of fi ce r s and men are r eady to meet 1:1a:' De necessary. On If.ay 13th, blie any s i tuat.Lon t ha.t m~E~ht8!,ise." ~.. ~qurj,cl~on wi~l strike camp and proceed to Throuc'hout the -ir o b'l em t he 41 st in V1.- SeLf r i dge Fd eLd , sion Avi2ction l::ept a close lied SOil with I M[;lor ;Vorren A. Maxr;ell will command .. . the Ground forces a1vl explained the si t-I t~l.e S~;u.a~iron; Ceptain Morley]'. Slaght uations in which tile a ir-c raf t could best I vall be r n charce of 8"J.p-)ly functions, serve the friendly troops. I~ncl 1st ;ie~t ... Willian ~ell will be Similar exercises are on the training lIn C!'.kJ,r;e 0:;: t he convoy, WIth Master schedule for the 41 st Div~ sion A:via.tio~ I ~g'~, Jred.~ad ,and. T~c~mical Sgt -For s t e.r Camp on J1;Ul<;.~lth Cct ~'\..r:iE?!.'lc':m LaiC~,W~Gn"ll1'l COLJlTI:J.i.l0.sec t I oris of the convoy. / of where a D'iVIsa on C9mp WIll be be I d for I ---000---

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130M:B. Q,UDRONI .A mat t er of interest S with reference to 1the dev eLopraenf of Li:'hter-than-Air The 11th Bombardment Squ.adron,Hm;111toni e qu.ipuerrt 1.S the recent ac.t l on t axen to Fteld, Calif., i s enterLl~~ into. an e~~~ent.:/?rn~~h th~ J!'irst Ba.lLopn S(1~::ld.r~nat save oner-a t Lons prDgr:.J.IIlaS out.Ldne d t.n 11'Ol't ;jIll, Ok.Lahoma, w1.th Hcl d.um r or the War De~)~rtmel1t Cil;"cul,u ..No, G, ~[;1::luary I opez-at i ori 0:1:' a captive ba.Ll.oon by that 24, 19:3:J. On Anr1.1 18tn, four uo.uadron iOrb2YUZaclon. officers conro.le t ed a 300-1~lile radio '::1'..8 Ai:.' CorDS Materiel :civision,Tiright beam. fligllt bo Hurabo t , l~evada, and Ld Field, . is collecting conroar'at.Lve performfou:r o t he r officers coupleted.a 600-~ile .al1<?e.. data that v;ould.bc~'of value. in the rad~o. oeam fl1.sht to Yuina, A:C1.z?n~. 111e I a~:nsn of an ... bser,:atlon, ? ,?alloon t nt e ndtra1n~ng ~rogr~ is beIng met wltn the led f?r op~ra~lo~ w~th He11Uillgas. This greatest errbhus i.asm by all personnel ,and mar.cs a dec i de d aovanc eruerit , as heretothey voice the hope t.ha.t rnore airplanes ! f'o r'e capt i ve balloons have be en operated will soon be made available in order to Iva tl" .~'drogen ..gas onl.y , Hi tl-:..the GQ~: saconduct the training yet "lore intensive-I que~tJi~~. l~'lza~d, which is elimbated lye IVihe HeLi.um 1S used. -7'V-6787, A.C. RADIOBEAM FLYING BY lltil
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The 18th Pursuit Group, Wnee1er Fiel~,

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tactical exercise'in honor of M~jor General Drmn, the new Hawaiian Department Commander, on Anril 4th. TIle flying equipment, pe r ooime l and. motor transport of the group was insuected on the line, after which airplanes anu motor transport uassed in review. This was followed without interval by an attack on the Group motor column bv the aircraft of the Group. flle Aeneral expressed himself as well pleased with the showing of the Group, despite rain, low clouds and generally unfavorable conditions. In the evening, the Group with other elements of the 18th Wing gave a receution and dinner in honor of thlJ new Department CQlumander at the O~hu Co'~try Club. ---000---

a Pursuit d~monstr~tion featuring a large let~er fl.A." by the 6th Squadron and Pur sua t acrobatics by the 19th Squad.ron , An a.Lrril.ane from the Grouu was ~isplayed in Ronolulu as a part the Army Day Program

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OllApril 5th, the 5th Com~osite Group, stationed at Luke :B'ield,eng8,ged in a ~inG aerial Qemonstration over the Island of Oahu and City of Honolulu in co~~nemoration of Ar.my Dal' On April 6th, 1uk~ Field and the 6th Comnosite Gr0up joined with all other military forces of the Hawaiian Islands in ulacing e xte ns i ve mi 1 tary exhi bi t S on- the i Capitol grounds for the benefit of the geueral~ublic. The Air Corps exhibit consisteQ mainly of airplane motors, miscellaneous airplane parts~ armament and parachutes, snd attracteG. a wide at tendance and v:'::~o~~~~::ablecomrnerrt , FO.RI;:ATIONEA.DEnS FLYING tJNDER T1:IE L HOOD A ROUTINE OCCUPATION AT HA11ILTON FIELD Invitin~ attention to the item in the ADrl1 1st issue of the Newa Letter to the effect that tlw 50th Observation Squadron at Luke Field, Hawaii, has been experimenting with formations in which the leader flies under the hood, the Eami.I ton Jfield Correspondent states that occasions have developed at that field when the fo nua.t on leaders were i forced to fly b;;- instruments alone through "s::mpy" weather as a matter of absolute necessity and not one of expe rtment or practice. "Accordingly. II he adds , "it is urged by the pilots of Hanrl L ton Field that their friends in the 50th continue zealously their experimentation.lI ':' -. ,~ ,
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FIRST WING HAS SECOND CONCBNTP~TION Fifteen sky raiders of lfumilton Field, Calif., passed in air review on April 13th, as a preliminary to the second . concentration of the 1st Wing the next day. At 7:30 a.m., on ADril 14th, 14 Bombers, under the command of Lieut.Colonel Clarence L. Tinker, took off from Hamilton Field to a 10:30 a.m. rendezvous over Cajon Pass. At 11: 00 avm, , they bore down. on M~rch FlelQ to join the second concentration of the Ls t WingIn the afternoon they passed in review before ]rigaQier-General Henry H.Arnold, Wing Commander. On April 15th, the Ninth Corps Area Commander, Majo~-Gene~al Paul B. Malone, reviewed the Wing, of which the 7th Bombardment Group flew a3 a unit. At noon of the following day, the 14 planes of the Group landed at Hnmilton Field, marking the end of the Maneuvers. ---000--ARMY DAY AT AIR CORPS FIELDS

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The 7th Observation Souadron, stationed at France .Field, Canal Zon~, completed its annuOn Army Day, April 6th, an aerial real GuxmeryEncampment which VIaS established view was held at Barksdale Fielcl, JJa., at Rio Ha'bo , Republic of Panama, on April 8th. and the entire Third Wing flew over the Follov:ing the comp.l eHon of the course, the Ci ty of Shreveport Lmrned i.a eLy thereaf t cCu~ VJaS tuxner1~ over to the 25th l"3ombaTa.ment t er . Ver~' generous uublici ty was given Sq'lk'1clron on April HJth, nakd.ng -::'0:'1 days al.bothe occaSlon by the local news~apers, d ' s' r gether in the field. A permanenb crew of tTfO an t ne nreveport TEIES arranged an inofficers and. 17 enlisted men WdS mintained. teresting and u.nique radio broadcast of f bh Thr the review, with a pr eLi.mi nar-y address or e purpose of C8J:1p adl'Ilinistratio1J. ee by Lieut. -Colonel MIllard. F. Harmon, comof'fd cer s couwuted daily from France Field to Rio Hato at 110 on, firing in the late aft,ermanding the Third Wing dLCel g t1~e b i]n noon 8.11d. early morning. In general, the ..firsence of Oo Lo ncl Gerald . rant-, Vi h 0 '. ~ d . . -'-h' " d.'was a't t endd ng a conference of Wing Com~~g 'Il8.., goo , cons~!lenng u e P~?I a].r cors ~ rnande r s at Langl ey Field v. t;on~ on s?r~~ rr.orn;ngs. All off~ce:rs who v ' f7re~ 1uallr~ed, f~ve as E)~ert I~ the The 18th Pur sui t Group partici uated. in Pd Lo cs I Cour-se and ten as ~xpert an the Ob- .. a Wing Review over the Cit{ of Honolulu serv:rs Course. Capt. c.~ .Couslsrldrmdehign on April 5th as par t of tne Hawa.i lan score ant the f?rmer and 1(.Ja~or Wm.B. Ya;ye! on ' .. = , the lat ere FIfteen enl Lsbed men qua1:l.f~ed Army Day P rogram. This was f'c l cwe d by L on ground tsrgets. - V-6787, J C.

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COOPERArrION }1:r.;TY-JOROIOGIC.AL IN SERVICE , In a pspe r rccent Ly pre serrt ed dur i ng tn.e ae ro naut.Lce.I session 0: the 6th Ann11<'11 Greater New York SRfet;y Conference by Mr. Willis R. Grego', Chi ef of the Weat:'ler Bureau, U. S. DCDC"rtmentof Abricnl ture, 118 stressed. the great Impo r t ano e of cooperative effort. on the part of all age nc i e e concerned in t ne organization ano. use of weather service to promote safety in aeronautics. Statin,; that the Weat:1er Bureau is charged by law with the resJonsibility of providing meteorological' service ror . all public needs, Mr. GregG added that, so far as weather service for aeronautics is concerned, the three governmental bureaus with which cooperation is mo~t vitally necessary are the War, Navy and Co~~erce Departments. Prior to the World War, the War and Na:ry Dapar-traerrt s had no me t eo ro Logdca'l unlts of thelr own, all weather service being centered in one agency, the Weathbr bureau. The experience in th&t war led to a change of )olicy relative to wea.t.he r service, its gr ea't Lnroo r tance in m~litary ~nd naval c:1Hpaigns leading to tne creatlon of relatively small meteoroloGical sections in both donnrtments as a regular par t of their o'eacetime orgar.ization .. 'rhe service is of a highly s'oec i a.L ed ty'\)e, differin:' i.z in many res-pects from th .. for an" fo'rm of s.t civil activity. The uersonnel' enC"agod in it also have mili teTY trainin~)and status, with the result that these uni ts will be abl,; to functionat once in case of VIal'. With the establishment of these edditional meteorological orsanizations witir in the gover-rme nt , steps were t akcn to eliminate all unnecessary duplication and to make their facili ties and service and tho se of the Weather Bureau mut.ua'I Ly available and effective. Very conulete observations, inclUding up~er air,~are made at the air stations 01 t he se Deuartments and on aircraft carriers, and the data made. available to the Weather Bureau for both current and statistical use. The meteoroloGical services of the War and Havy De1?artments depend upon the Weather Bureau for the greater part of the data they require. At Washlngton reuresentatives of the t,70 Deoe.r tment s copy and chart the r-eoor t s at' the Bureau itself. In other cases t hev are received by radio and in still others by means of a teletype drop connected witn the airway communicatlon system of the Department of Co~erce, with the result that the data from all sources are available for the use of each service at essentially the same t Ime . A very im-')ortant cooperation is extended to the BUreau by the coramurrl at i cn c services of the two Departments. ~or example, the Alasl:an re~orts are transIiiit t.e d by Signal Oo r os rad.io to Seattle, ";'18s11.,whence they 81'03 dist r fbut ed to other 'oo Lrrt s in the St at e s . Sirnila:t1~, th~ Nav:r Dev"rtment fo rwar-ds reoo z t s tr om ltS own shins and a n many cases collects and trallsfuits si~ilar reports from merchant s hi.p s , na:cticularly durius :r;eriods of severe weather conditions such as occur in the hurricane seqson. The most recent examnle of cooperation and one of the most valuable is the org~'nization in July ,1934, of a network of airplane observatior~l stations,compris1nz 22 as against half a dozen -orior to that time. About an equal numbe r is maintained bv each of the three i agenc l e s , 'I'ho se of' the War and Navy I De'~a:ctments are at their fl~,rins fields I ar,c the flights are made as a regular par t of the program of t ro.i.nt ng , wi th t he result that ve rv little additional expense i s involved". The records secured are e.Ir eady proving to be of great benefit, although the Deriod of their usc is as yet too short to make I )ossiblc a full appre.t sal, of their value. All three sel~ices are eoulovso--called "air-mass analysis" I ing theque in t he charting and study of t echrd these u~5er air records of temperature and 11l..1lU1C,i ty and from some results alr eady ob t.ad ne d it is oui te evident tl~t considerable iillDrovement in the accuracy of weat.her forec:lsting will be realized. The Bur-eau of Air Commerce, Deoar-bmerrt of Commerce, r-e s-oo ns i ble for the saf'e t y arid. ef'f'Lc l ency of civil air t ranspo r t , bas direct charge of the 01'g."1.nization and oueration of certain navigational and' other aids, the most important of which, so far as meteorolOEical service is concerned, is commu~'licattons which, G:radu.:.-3.11~T deve10p~d. lutO ltu present hlgh state of efflcle ncy, is the med Lum through which weather reoo r t s and fo recaat s are urovidecl promDtly to rri Lot s and others I need.in!'; t.hem , Th8~ch'i ef d.ifficul ty, so i I far as wea.the r servsuice is concerned,is that of errangini; tatil.e time schedules. There seems always to be more irfformation available than there is time for its transmission. However,the pi'oblem is under constant at tack by the two 3ureaus, one working on the develo~ment of. improved equi~ment and tech~~que and t he otner qn the pos:JibilitlE:S of conaenslng 01 observatlonal material, by code or otherwise, to assure the rebulc; l' transmission of all t ha.t is, needed by the broadcasting statlons tnrouGhout the airway system. The cooperative work by the two Bureaus constitutes a very definite factor in assuring as large a margin of safety from the hazard of weather as is possible at the present time.
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mar-ke r s and broadcasts, course lights A type of cooperation which is gradu-ally growing ana is certain to dcvelon and improved. equipment and by the experience of the ~ilots themselves, with the into P. most Luroo r'tarit feature of t he whole wea t.he r "sel'vice is that i=,iven b~i re sul.t t ha.t p~ing is now perfectly safe In man/ co nd.i t i ons tbat fonnerly would air transport comnanies. Afte~ 8L airway has been Drovited by the Weather have been considered decidedly adverse. There a.rG two essentials in solving Bureau with ail necessary current information -ind f'o r eco.s't s , there still re-tIds problem of saf e t y comnl.e t eLv , One is t:-lc'1.tinior:lation co ncez-rd n.t the weathmains t.he ne ce s s l t y of ho Ldt ng or re-er, bo t.l; current and. expeo t e d, be detailleasing each ~lane as its scheduled time eC-, accurs.t.e vand co.anl ebe , The o t he r is of denartur.e a:crives. In asslJIni:o.f, this resDollsi tili ty, air transport cO;il.~;al1ies tr~t the ~ilot, 01' otber offici~l having the re s~)onsibili ty of or de r l ng or cancelhave come to recoDitze t hat t he dispatchers must I nc Lude , as an Lcroo r baut ing ~ flight, give due regard to the inlorlIl?,tion and f'o reca.sf furnished by the oual.Lf Lcc.t i.on, a ver~r inticJ8te acouavntance with the detaL.s of the "i'leatbel' metcorulogist. service, if not a fa:hl~r cor:lpr0hensive In 2 study of aircraft accidents causknowledge of the science of meteOTolocy ed ,;;hollr or in riar-t by bad weather, it was rcund that tile meteorological facitself. Some of the lar~er cOwDanies have personnel ~ith suff:cient meteorotors 20St frequently resDonsible for the logical training to ~~e them COillDotent OCCU:':Te:,lce f acc l de.nt s are as follows, o to apply the service furnisbed b;y--tl1e in t he order of t he i r imnortance: . 1. Ice f or.nat Lcn. Weather Burepu to their ow~ needs. Weather ~Qreau :orecasts usually cover 2: Low ceilin.$' 3. Poo r v.i sd b l Lf.t y , caused by f'og , successive ~:)eriocis of four to six r.our s , snow, smoke, dust, haze, sand and but the ',1etcorolo,::;ical 'Jersonnel of some rain, dust s to rms , of the com:fl:Lnies suwJlement t he ae by more detai~e~ forecasts for each indi4. HeavJ nrecipitation. vidual flight. 5. Ba~ field conditions resulting from snow, ice, rain, etc. Within the past year an arz-angenent 6. 'I'irunde r et.orms , squalls, etc., with has been v:orked out with one 0: t:1e cdr at t e adazrt s t ro ng vertical currents and transDort conpanies in a~cori~nce ~itll tt:.rbuler.Lce. which its pilO\iS make notes of the weather condi t Lons t hr c <1:,,;hwht ch they 7. G"\.1stiness and turbulence near the gr ound , pass, - t.errrpe rn.t.uz e , :heic;ht of base and 8. U:lia70rable winds, causing exnaustop of cloud layers, occurrc~ce of ice tion of fuel SUD'Jl;>r. f'o rrna t ion s , bu.apt ne ss , rain, snow, mark9. Lightr.Lin6~' ed inversion, crange in wind direction Dur i n-: the yc ar e 1931 to 1934, inclu-i. and velncity and anything else of specisiva, the pe rd od coverecl bv the above al interest. TheC\e datil are given to study, there were 102 accidents in schedthe Weather BUTeau's a i rway f'o re caat uled oir tr2nsport onerations tl~'1.t were centers as soon as the n:::"ane lands. definitely charged to weather. In 88 of Plans are under co~sider~tion for the these, or 86%, t:he conditions as actually receipt of the reports b~r radf,o dur l ng encoun"tere?- were ~:~iown?y the ni.Lo t bethe flights. It is altOGether prooable fore st~rtlng or:. nls,fll.ght. 1n the rethat other comp~nies will enter into a m::dning 14 cases, l4jb, t he conditions acsimilar arrangement. Already iupo:ctar.Lt tually euc ount e r ed were more unt avo raol.e results are being realized. than e xpect e d, some of them be i n.; due to The pr imary obligation in n::aking a . bF!.d. leather locally v "0etween oor erv in> flight is to get the ulane a~l careo stations of whose existence, therefore, throU;;hsaf:::ly, but comparat tvef y few there was no way of ~mowins. flights would ever be rade in seme secIn the liGht of whlt hauoened eSJecialtions if they were lL~ited to really ly in the 88 c~ses when it.was known i~ satisfactory weather conditions. Dr-less advance that conditions were bad it is schedules C8.11 be kept with }'ca30nable I o:i:'c~ni.rse a-pparent that the flights should r egul ar-l t;y, co nf'Ldencc br-eaks down and pat ro nage ceases. It be corces nec e s ear'y , r~t .L~ve been undert0k~n. Yet in many of therefore, to I! strike R bal -mce "; to att ne se cases the co nd'i t l ons were no worse than on o t he r oc cas l ons when flights had temnt 011 flights excGpt those when it is co nsd de r ed that the. C0l:clitions are so boe n made Wl. thou.t acc Ldcrrt . Tl~;is empha'bad as to offer a real h"'.zarcl. Decis::.on sizes t'18 d.iffic'.1~ ty of rr:aking a decision is often difficult, l)articulF'.rl:' Ln what in these ""borderlinell cases and it empha. t SlS8S 2. 1 so 'v h e great ne ed of' the closest may be ca.l Lcd "bo r de i-Ltne II co se e , when conditions are -P2ssrble and. pre cxnec t ed :Kind of c;ooperl1ticn be tveen nilot and to continue pa s sab Le for the dur-a.t io n of ;neteo~')lo~ist. '~':Jat this cooperation is the flight, yet thore is a }ossibility oeconu ng l.ncr~as~nglv we~.l established is i snown b;:,rst.at.I st.Lc s !'url1lshed by the of their changing for the worse sufficiently to make flying dif::' i cul, t or even I Bureau of Ai r COl!llTerce. In t~:.e veal' 1931 t he .11TUT.0er ac c Ldent s caused by weather' of dangerous. The pr0blem is being rtDdtrw;::,s 30, as against 35 for 1932, 25 for ed progressiYel: e2.Si01' by the ant roduc1933 and 12 for 1934. tion and use of navigqtio.w.l and other aids, such as radio beacons, ranges, The a?proximate number of miles flown -10V-6787,A.C.

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in the year 1931 was 47,000,000; in 1932'1 remotely controlled SCR-132 set tuned to 52,000,000; in 1933, 54,500,000, anQ in ! Beacon ~'requency: The_ o:pe:'ationsopera1934, 41,000,000. I tor on duty at hls deSK ln Post OperaIn 1931, anproximately 1,600,000 miles tions Office broadcasts his weather seQuence and /01' re~uested information. were flown per acci6.ent due to weather, as against 1,500,000 for 1932; 2,400,000 i Upon releas,~ng the key, the remo t e Ly controlled ra~lO set cuts off and the for 1933 and 3,400,000 1'01' 1934. Beacon re surne its broaclcast. s From these figures we sc.e that t lie re The o~erations personnel are being has been during the p,q,st fou:: years an increase in safety, from accidents caus- trained in broadcast :procedure Qnd voice so t]:,at the pilot flylng blind can hear ed -by weather, of more than 100 pez-cent !lCeiline;Zero, Visibility Ze ro ;" snoken in sche dul.ed air t ranspo rf o'Jerations, considered on the ba.si of the number of b~' a pleasant, mod.ulated "voice wi th a s miles f'Lcwn , A part of this increase is, smile. II ---oCo--of course, a result of imDrovemcnt in ~ other a.i rway a.i d.s but itis believed , lGRIAI, S'tJIrilEY DETERMINE THE EXACT TO that by far the larger part can be atBOUNDARY I,IlJE OF I'HREE C0tJNTRIES tribute& to the more intensive use of the airway weatDer service. Also, the weather service itself h-'1.S been i:nlJroved Th? 12th Photo Section, Air Corps, stat:Loned at France Field, Panama Canal in many ways, chiefly through fhe CXU8riencG gained by personnel e~gabed in it, Zone, comuleted 6,000 multiple lens the .establishment of a(1i t Lo na'L ucoe r ail prints from 1200 T3-A camera negatives ~~ t t salons and tile adoption of im-,)roved, made by Major Vi .R. Taylor and Sgt. Geo~ge W. Ed.wards on the border line of modern method.s of f oi-ecas't Lnr-, ~ Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. . In cO~lclus,ion,w,: ar,: quite just~fied These photOGraphs were made at the rea n stat1nG t.ha t , W1 th Imcroved de si s,n p~d constru9tio~1 of ai:rcr-aft,t1?e perfcc- quest of the State Depar tment, for the Arb~tration Co~mission of the three t10n of navlgat10Th'1.1 lds, the ae7clova countries who are settling the exact ment of an increasingly efficient . bound.ary line. / weather service, and above all complete ---000--V and effective cooperation on the part of all 2ben~ies involved, we may look for88th CBS. sQmJ. "R:i!iTURNS FROM WEST COAST ward with cOluidence to a progressively continuin decrease in the number of The 88th Obss~vation Squadron (LR accidents caused bv adverse weathe= conAmphibian) r-e tr.rued April 17th from ditions. ~'icli, Ri"i~erside,Calif., where I ~l1arch ---000--i four days were s~ent participating in maneuver-s of the 1st Wing (to which UG~GLEY FIELD WEATllliRBROADCAST S~RVICE this squadron 1s attachea). The flights A. system is in the -;)rocessof inst:ll- out and return. were made as Squadron air llaviration missions under the leadlatlon at La~gley Field, Va., wl1e~eby er sm o of Major Calvin E. Giffin, Souadweat he r broadcasts si:".ilarto tha t of ron Com.iande r , ~ Depar tmen t of Ccmner-ce St at.Lo na will be ihe seven planes makinb tr-e trip, in made by the Post Ouerations Office at Langley Field. This service will be op- tvo fliGhts of four and three planes, respectively, took off from Brooks e~ated oll.the frequency of the Langley Field at <5: 30 a.,~1., Lpril 13th, and arFlel,d r-ad.i o beacon, at zero minutes past rived at :\~rll'ch Field,-fl;ying bv W8,y of the ilour, durlng uoor daylight weather El Paso, Texas, and mucson, Arlzona, when nizht flights are cle,q,redto or ' about 4:30 p.m., Pacific Coast time the from Langley F'i e.l , and -u.:pon que st . d r-e same day. The Post 9perat10ns Radlo Station will The f'oLl owd ng deW was passed in guard 3105 Kcs. (and other frequencies critique, flying practice review, and l?-pon reql?-8st) for r-e que st s far weat hert~le VJing Di nne r , at v.hi ch af'f'ad r' all 1nfOTIilatlon. ~his service will -OC in ~ilots of the 1st Wing were adQressed o~eration 24.hours ~cr U2Y. bJ I~Lcj'Jr-General Paul B. M?lone, 9th The follo~lnG SUQuonce will be observCorps Area Oommander , and by Brigadiered in the weather ~roadcasts: 1, Station; 2, Ceilinb; 3, Condition I Geileral Henry lie Arnold, Co~~ander of I the 1st Wing. of S10J; 4, Visibilit:.r; 5, Tem')erature; I Cn April 15th, the entire Wing uarti6! Dew Point; 7, Direction ana speed of cipatea in Uass Maneuvers and in a reW1!}d; 8, B,lr(;ll:~ter; 9,.Any s-pecial hazview honoring General MCclone. Some 150 aras or cond1v10ns of lnterest to the ~lanes, comprising one Bombardment pilot. \;rl'OUP, Harui L ton Field; one Attti.ck~ .Whf'!l key in the Post Operations OfD, Group, March Field; one Observation f i ce l s.de-n-e sse d, a relay t o the Radio Squadron, Rockwell Field; one Squadron B~ac0!l lS actuated, o:pening the plate from Crissy Field, and the 88th Squadc i rcut t of the t ransraitter tubes and ron from Brooks Field took part in temporarily silencing the Beacon. these maneuvers. Another relay actuates the switch on a V-6787, A. C. -11-

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Barksdale Fiold, Shr,;vcTJort, 1n., Lonr; bho to S1.n DiGI;O. proposed and nov! bhc ac bual, horne of the T~c,i ,l T 'clr. G')Or}(8 S. '[[heat, Vice Pro:.ddont of the Wing, GHQ..iiI' Force, is r ap i d l y bcco'Din",: one I united Aircr:,ft Coryorr'"tion, arrived OE April of the leading crOf's-rrJads in sorlicc av iu:~Lortly b~~tcrG.:':nol~,tl :E'oul.ois d:partod. tion. Th(') 1Jo.'jY, CC"1Gt GUOI'd and kurinG illS p!,lot was lire. B."" 1!;lwl1.ill, ;lanager of branches, as 1I,e11 [)S OUI' O"l'i"l ir Corns, A ".a.'.<:o Urii, ted Ail'f)Orts of Cormcct.Loub , Inc., ':lnd Mr. f rcquerrt usc of Barksdal.o Field I s IB~ili ties Ph'i Li p :'Jl1vin;',Q,s co-pilot. }~r. 1':,1hJat r'cclmtly in East~"'Test cz-o s s i.ngs of tilC corrt incirt , ;:hGI r-ct.urricd '.,:0'.10. trip around the wo i-Ld , d.Ul'inC southern route; for t~lis c r os s i.ng is boccr.ri ng ~'lhich Lo visi tod :.,rmy air fielcls of various of d.nor-eas Ing ilFortancc and , in ,:;,;;,ny ins tansi Z0S and :pro: inoncc, fllJl he, c:::;-prosse(l hi'nself CGS, shortens d i s tnnces , as bccing g:::'eatly i:::p:::essed. '2y this .lett'v air As ev i d cnc e of t;,c convenience and i::;portbasco Scvoral of'f'Lccrs of this sbab i on were ancc of this fioli, the f'o LLowi n data as to bakcn for n dl.:::or.strc:tion ride in the latest distinguished "isi t.os-s d urL)i.' Lpril i::; ~:;1JbtYF' Boeing 8-4'7, equipped 'Titl" t'.'.") d011013rrd tted by tho No':!s 1,)ttor Cor-re snond errt : row WUSl)(,~.lgL"es of 700 hor-sepoweran' llr:~'T conI,:ajoI'-Gcncru.l G,~,or,;c S. 8ir;:OIids, Deputy s barrt f']JCld, \'arb,bl'J p i,tch propdl crs ,prior Chief of Staff of tho .Jo'l.r:0Y, acco::1pani'::d l'y to Iir. "(!lc:tt's dcpnrtu:rn on April St,ll. his Aico, 1st Li out , C.K. G3.il0Y, ::Bd3 em i nCapt. JO'J.Il ~L Foo vo'r , ':::hiof' of StFdf to the fOl':CE.l Lnspect i.or: of the; nC\T Third ~':ing nt COrYlYfmdr,,:lt f the Lircreft o bUSt) f orco 01 the this field on Jl.p}'il 3rd. Th() two ofti cer s TJ.S. 7',oot, ace... :~'''n;J.nicd by Lieut. -CO,TH:lder were fl.ying in ar. ia: .. i Trar:sport T pLlIJCJ ,pilotAlfro:1 Si;u"'1p, :T:<..LCC an O'T01'nirDt stop ho i-o on ed by Capt. H:;2 :~cCL;llun. The extoIvlccl L"April l:.5:,h, 0:1 l'011'0e to Sm Diogo. On the ~P:CtiO~l trip t,:J~'J~ll;~ GCll?ral ~i~-Oll'ls, u~ilSL.S~G dn bo , Co"rr,Dndcr .l'"lfrl.:d l.=ont;;o~cr:,r, f rora a z i ng CLJ.r ._trtJ... n:'::-;~)Ort(-}tlor~, a s G"'\.TldCTlCC of l~.i."';' Pcr.saco'l o., FIn,., al so onrout.o to th(~ i'Jc~t c rcas I ng ;.>i --li.i:laC,lnc;ss ou t.l.c l~:lrt of' :::;'0:1(;1'r Coast, SPO~1t bh; nii:rht at Barksd:::,1'3 Field. al Staff of' ii ocr-s. Guwr,.l.l SL .o:lc1 inSD()cttlCl S In arB} tion t o t':;.; lar8';;st Ian'] in;:: fie l d in rzany .Ar~.;y f i e.l ds , as ',.-ell c,s o t.l.o r :.rTJ."po:;ts the count r.!, Burksc:alo Fi"ld co:::priscs a lDrl5e and instalL,,l,tiG"-lS ,1111'i:1."tho trip. area. of Lakcs , ')a.'/ous mid woods. 'i'his c.r ea is Gc:"crul Foul c i.r., a,.~co:,,:p:mL,d ly C:'Tlkdn 'P~1rt of the r es crvat.i cn and I'rovid,:)~ IrEchiIle F L Ha l vcr sori , "de ',:1 i.lfo::'~:al l~l:~pcctio:l r.:;'Ul;e:d bOt;l.bi~". ra::,g:)f'. fT1h,?total ,:1',,; of the of th8 field 0'. ,i\:p!'il 4tb. Cn . t.;")ri~ 2,ah, roser7(.l..tion is SOEY:22, ";00 acr cs , Tent,ative General Foul o i o , tl'.i" ti~ .'c ac:co;::;:J&nicd by : plans of the lTo~xcth::;orps l.r"a cn.LL for brio kajor Carl Spat.z, 'lgain s t oppcd at 3arlcsdale aGSi[L1C't:, of t~'iO C:CCC():.=!E":'l.iesfor til,; care of Field, re':.aining 070I'::ight. the v-oodoo ar cas , E',J.ch corcpnny will rnrpire Hori, Farry.d. 'OJoorlring, A:3",istallt SL)Crct",ry I' b 1ilc1ir;E;s for hovis i ng , acl-1L.:.is-:;r,ttion and of \,'.,r~:l,r, hono r erl .3clrksclalc T ic.ld """ti tr: his :'irst J"LGssini--3_ L8,s'~ S;l:::-_x.:r, ~:ort_-,st and 'br-ush fires visit on ;,pril 17t'l-,. He r;:.,r.'rc~,seu ~li.:~c:clf e.s throatLJJ1ocl a 1<11'.';0 :portion of tb, out.Ly.i ng well pleased -Nitit tlv f i.e I d r.r; ..l thL) cLeC'ial a:rU,lS, anc::. 'l.t o no tirJl' sevcrul, t.houxr.nd acres review held i:1 h:;'s honor. of wood.l ar.d wcr o bur nod , ~'his ar-ea of wood s Carrbu i.n Albcrt C. :lco.l, vho :flo. tL,; I~C-i~ am' }r.l::r:s ~r07id:;s ar, i':eal fish ,~nd gar.?.J saneacros s thc; At1<mi.ic Ocean ill 1319; Li:;'.lt.-CCl. I hJ<:'.ry. A li~-.itc;,l a::011I/j of' fishh:g r<lft h'u .. rrbi.ng Roy Geiger, Chic:;' of Ivia.l'i:L Corps Aviation,nn'i I in :3U?:,on is :10'." al.Lowc.l , 2nd .... ":oa1;S 0: pro),'/ >r: 1i'" .. t .... ".",r .. ',C', T~CL'-,.,.:l~ '.L 'c" '~c1 lVJaJor .ru,_"l~'~P .1".'1~11'" .. cr'an .,.aIlnc: .. , ~, "n;l, .. 0.7s.1 pc~.... co ,.,<.,,,.-<.'t';.. 0.1 "'~' .. vv."" 1." 1, nop". t 0 1.."_.'-"<" flier, r:a'le a bril.'i' Gto~) a;h blris statim:, U:', I :'lCtlr,c Vlis fCnC1.l!;'.ct:b, C':,11S,.: or 'C),"ny 7isi tors. f rout.e to CDl ifo:r;"li ,1. Co lcro'l r;ci,"'cr ~'..'as f\;rT"'.,:: ",)l,,)~'J:.lt. TJo"'ulc,t,::'o';, 0" ::):.rkS0i~,lc l!'iold, inrying a n.w "OUi:1:t CorS:lir O'Jsonr:::,tiol1. plane cl"dir::; :i>;',:lili~~.s of o ifi.c ors o nd c,y;listcr1. men, . is aoollt 2, :SOO.
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RECIPIENTS THEDINTINGU1Sh."""']) OF FLYING CROSS(Continued) Vancouver, Canada. under secret orders of the 1liar Depaz-trcenb , to Newark, N. J" carrying doc1WBnts'of internatio~ll importance for delivery AiE.-Co~ to a state Department agent at Newark. thei:r Liout. Russell L. Meredith reoeipt by the latter on scheduled timo being For hazardous flight, February '7, 1923, +:;C:ciof the utu.ost irqx:lrtanco. Extremely hazardous ing medical aid to injUl'e(~ lI8U at poi.r[, of flyint; co:u.c1itions ware encountered. in W:Y0r:n:rg. death on Beave r Ls'Laad .Lake 1,lichiu);r~, unde r snow and clouds cOm.?letely d.EJstroyJ.ngvJ.s~bilextremely adverse and dangerous flyinb it3' from theSround to an altitude of 16,000 condi tions. feet. Licc:..G.':roodring, carrying the original papers, delivered them in tLJlC. 2nd Lieut. Uzal G. Enb Lieut. Colowell, 'blinded by a snow sborrn, During the National Eliminat'on Bal.Loon cras~ed to his death. Race, startin.r; f'roin Bettis F'i ef.d,Pi ttsburgb., Fa; , May 30, 1528, the balloon was struck by 1st Lt. :Hobert D. Moor (p<l::;thu:oously) lightning, instantly killing 1t. Paul, Evert, On Au~~st 23, 1931, during a formation flight, pilot. Hot cer{;ain that pilot was lcilled,Lt. a te~rific air current encountered caused one Ent, aide, endeavored bo ::evi V0 him at the of the ul8.l,es to be tIll'own against t,ne one risk of his ovr.nlife instead of jumping with uibt,,by L'1:,.NoOo=-, darraging tne t,aU group hi s parachute. fL~l renderin6 it uncontrollable. Instead of j~i:J.g with his paracluruc , Lt. Moor endeavor-ed Master SE;t. :i:lalphW. Bottriell first to save his pasaenge r and repeated.ly.orOn Y.<.w 19,1819, at McCookField, Dayton,O., dez-ed him to junp. ~:he lattar evenbual Ly J'..lmphe mado the first ju.'rl? to be p':orfonne:l by ed aDd Landed saf 81~r with hi s :parach:u~e, ~ut in Army per-sonnel, vri: th a lOC:lUallyoperated free I leaving he unba.Lanced the airplane vlll~.chWI1lCtype. parachute. Jurr:::9inf, f any ~dnci was t~en. \ d.iately fell out of control, o czashed and burst considered extremely hazardous. S~t.T3ottrJ.ell! into flames. :rcsul ting hl Lt. Moor's death. rcrpeatedly jeopoxdizeo. his life wh i.Le making i Sergeant Frank D. Neff Flr,:chute test j1.ll!1?S f:;:-om airpl, ane.' s ~ flying. at var rous speeds and al.t it.udes to pe rf ecb th~s On the night of Dec. 3-4,1931,during a seVere p2.rachute. By hd s untiring ef'f'or-bs , fearless-; wina and ra:h stO:::'!!l,he ArET! airshi:p TC-71 t ness and disregard of persoIl'l dangez-, he aid-; broke from its zcoor-i ngs , Sft. Neff succeeded ed materially i:1 provb.g the pre.c:ticability I i:,. st:c.rtin.r' On<3 of the rootors but was unable to of the free type parachut.e for airplane use. , st~t bne ~e"er fn.D within t:le car. Roalizing ---1 that the ai ~~"hipwas not unde r full control and Captain Hawthorne C. Gray (posthumously) I in danger of being wrecked and. bhe crew in~ured, On W~~ch9,1927,he aitemptGd to establish ~le inmed.ia'~81y clLc:1l'ded the uarachute, cl:unbed world IS al-I;iude rocord for thG Air Corns, and . out of the car l~on the unnrotected outrigger t reached. 27,000 ft.; on Nla,y 4,19 Z? he reached of J0~e 'iliEly plu..ging dirigible, ana wor:dng 42,470 ft. 8Il0. on Nov. 4,1921,42,000 ft. Af- in the ::ar~::::J.essn this perilous "po tion suci 3i ter reaching t,he ceiling on his last; a~tempt, ceec' ed in r,ancl-cr8.nldng the left rro t.oz-, thereby th.e supply of oxygen pecame 0xhaust0d when brin:;ing the aircraft unde r full en.gine control. the balloon reached about 37, one ft. on the d0scent, and Capt. Grey lost his lifo. 1st 1t. Cornelius W. Causland ;7hile piloting an aIq)hibian plane May 31,1934, Ca~tain Ulysses G. Jones, pilot in the Panarre. Canal Zone, ;nechanicaJ, failure 1 st Lt. ';iaUer r. :,ieyor, lle.clio Operator, caused a po::'~ion of the right motor to pene2nd Lt. Edwin 'I'. :Euwlings, pilot trate the pilot's coc~?it v~th such forc? that Staff Sgt. Robert F. 8ur::IU8rs.mechani.o the co-:p110t vms fatally injured and feI! During a tactical training flight of 16 across Lt. Cousland and the controls. The ~lanes from L11keField to Ei.Lo , Hawad i, May pla.r.e started. into a spin. Disrega:rC!JJg his own 14, 1930, one of tile boobers foIl out of con- serious injuries, Lt. Cousland ordered his passtrol and the cr-ew "Tore forced to take to ongers to retain their seats, EU1d by his conrtheir parachutes, landing in a rough s ea, age , presence of rci.nd and complete rrBster,y of Capt. Jones SIlO. Lt. Ba:.dh:g::l, each piloting the art of piloting, maneuvered the disabled omphib ian planes, Landed on the ':~'atcr in all ; aircraft to safe Landd.ng on the surface of a atteupt to reSC1Wthese men. Ow~ngto the . st-..:unpstudded lake. I high wind and waves, coupled with the nonfunctioning of motors of these plal10s, efi :=.;;c;.;:.=...;;f:..;o""r;....other Awards ~~tstcm:!in,I{ accwlisbmmts forts rrade to IIBl1.eUV8r them bowards the men Orville Wright in the water proved unsuccessful. However, I Wil bur tIVright (posth~Usly) by lan~ing in close prozirr~ty to them' the I De s igned , constructed and operated the aircrew f'lf a ~laval flying boat wa... able to see s , plane which at Kitty Hawk, D. C., Dec.I?, 1903, the men and. effect their rescue. made the first successful flight under its own pO~'T~ ella. carrying a human operator, thereby 2nd Lt. Irvin A. Woodring nxllcinc possible the achievemcLts which are now 2nd Lt. 'lim"!. W. Caldwell ,Res. (posthurrously) stirring the er.cotions and pride of the world. On October 15-16, 1930, Lieut. Woodring as flight leader. accompard ed by Lt. Ca.ldwell, I Mrs .Amelia Earhart Putnam both -piloting' Pur sui t planes, proceeded from ! For displaying heroic courage and skill as a -13V-6787, A.C.
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navigator, at the risk of her life, by he r non- I Chief Lk"trineGumier Idcha.el Wodarczyk stop flight in her plane from Harbor G}"~lce, I For exbraoxd.Inary achievement in aerial Newfound'l and , to Londond.erry, IreJ.onCl., on May ! flight on Fob. 28, 1928, and lIJB.I'ch 19, 1928, 20, 1932, by which she becarre the first and ! in Nicaragua. only woman and tho second -perSOllto cross the i Atlantic Ocean in a planu in solo nig~lt, and I M~ster Tech. Sergeant Albert S. Munsch also established new speed reco~ds and elapsed }'o:' ext rao rddnary aohd everrerrb in aerial time between the two continents. flight as pilot ill Ni oaze.gua, Jnnuary 14, 1928. Air Marshall Lba.l o Balbo, Italhr.. 1: ir Foree General Aldo Pellegri:ni, I-calian Air Fc:rce In recognition of the Italian rrass flight to the United states in 1933. Major Ralph J. lIJi tcheIl l'hile ~o::m:...nder f the Aircraft o Squadrons in Nic8x2glia, he led six-plane patrol in attack agclinst bandits in r:icaragua, June 19,1930.

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AV7ARD OAK LEAFCLU3'i'F:-~ TO Th"'E D.F.C. OF I Captain Byron F. Johnson Captain Eaker, LtG. Doo.l I ttl,.5l 8.'-1(1Hegenboz-ger I In cor.zoand of a -t,\llo-?1anepatrol in attack were also awarded tseUiili Loaf Cl.usbcr-, :J.F.C., . aga-List bandits in Nicar'c1gua :l.n tile morning the first-Ikll~d for se~vice as relief ~ilot in i culd afternoon of June 19, 1930. the Refueling Duration ?li:sht. JanuarY 1 - 7, i 1929; Lieut. Dooli t'l-,1e fer pol'formin[S a series 1.st L'ieub, :!:lerbert P. Becker of.acceleratio~ tests ~ith a PW-7 Pursuit pl<~le, I In commandof a 3-plane ~atrol in attack on VTh1C~ put 'chroup:h th,u nXls~ext~'eme m;rlE'UVerSa..s t rong force of bandits 1U Hicaragua on Jd.y vTas. I pos sdbl e an orde r that tne f'Li ght; loads 1Illposed I 24, lS31 ana. again on July 26, 1931. upon the wing~ of the pl~e .'night be ascertained'i 1st Lieut. Charles L. Fike thereby secura.ng sc i cnb i f'Lc data of grcat and. I 1st Lieut. JOhJ.lN. Hart permanent importance to -'::heAir Corps, and Lieut. a plane in attacks age.inst banrli'bs Eegenberger for his ~aluable contribution to I Piloting 011 May 2,1930 and Ju.'1.e19, 1930. aviation i:l perfecting tlie instrument Land ing I in Ni.cai-agua s~t~ I 1st Lieut. Johr.. S.E. Young I in attacks against I inPiloting a plane rrri.ng and. afternoon bandits .AWAEJ D.F. C.rO U.S. IfA:tlI~JEORP p!lliSmn;EL OF C S Nici:lragua on mo of .hllle 19, lS30. Lieut. -Colonel Thcr::a" C. 1'u::-;:lOr Extraordina.r-y aCl'l~_everrEnt aerial flight in as 2nc:.Lieut. RaymondP. Rutledge Comm,ndin? Officer, April ;:;2, 1921, in f:~,ight Piloting a plCU1G attacks against bandits :.n from Washlr.gton, D.C. be San Dcnd.ngoand return. in l~icaragu-,. on May 23, 1932. Located the crew of fj, plane l~'st in the dense jungles and for lvb,jor Louis M. Bourne, Jr. three days unbiI he was killed in an accident In aerial flight from l.uarni, Fla. to Managua, over tho jU::1['10s, rr:1errany flights und.e exr Ni.canagua, on Janua.ry 14, 1928. tremely d~~lgerous 0o~litions to drop supplies to the stra:aded cr evr and to direct a ground 1~jor Ross E. Rowell patrol that was proceed.ing to its rescue. On July 16, 1927, in Nicar~gua, leading flight I . of five pla~ies Ll the f'aoe of b-opiod storm, i Gunne ry Sergeant Neal G. Will iams conducted the attack in wh~.chthe greatol' '(lart ! Piloting a p1CU1C att8,ck against bandits in of the enemy were d8stroyed, and saved the I in Nicaragua em July 6, 1932. little gas s l.son at Ocobal, from a.Lrro sb cez t.ai.n destruction. Staff Sergoant Gordon w. Heritage Piloting a plmle in abtack against bandits Captain Alton N. :ParLer in hicaragua on July 22, 1931. Pilot on Dcu~~ber 5, 1829, during a flight of exploration over the une~Jlored regions of tho Serseant Hilmer N. Torner Antarctic. While a pass0nger in ar; airplane on Llarch 22, 1932, at S8,nDiego, C:..1lif., the pilot became 1st Lieut. Franl: D. Weir ill and. fell forward on the controls il'l a Lsb Lieut. Fra.:rL: H. Lmuson-Scrib:ler faiL~in0 condition. Torr..er pulled the pilot Piloting plane in attack against stron~ force from the controls ,~ld ricllted the ~lane whi~h of bandits in NicarDSua, Jen:' 14, 1828. u Vias falling in a spinning rr..stion from an altitude cf app.rox'ircat.e'Ly2,000 feet. Although he 1st Lieut. Hayne D. Boyden had never 10',I,'l1 a plane, Torner landed it withFor extraordi~a~J heroism, initiative ~nJ 8Aout dernage and then adr.:rl.nistered first aid to callent jud[,'In8nt while ir.. corrrrand ,.,f an e.ir tlle pilot. patrol in the atrback agains'b the enerqy on -Jul.y 16, 1927, at Ocobal , nicaragua. AWARDF D.F.C. TO OFFICERS T1.S. NA.VY O OF 1st Lt. Be,sil G. Bradley, Execui.Lve Officer Coirrcande Robert R. Paunack r Lsb Lt. L.H.M. Sander-son, Engineer Officer Saving the dirigible C-8 from destruction::m Charles W. Rucker, Gunnery Sgt., Mechanic January 3, 1919, by fire, thereby saving the Extraordinary 8chiGv~Dent in aerial flight on lives of its crew of six. April 22, 1921, from Washington, D.C., to San Domingo and return. ~ "/-6787, A.C. -14-

Rear AdIpiral Richard E. BFd (Retired) Lieut. George O. Noville, U.S.N.n. NewYork to Fr-ance Flight of 1927.

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I Doyle Joseph Cavin, Aviation Machinist's Lieut. Delbert S. Cornwell ' l&1te. Atte!lj?ting to save the life of a passenger For extraordinary achievement while pariiciwhile maneuvering at an altitude of 2,000 pating in aerial flight fro~ Coco Solo, Canal feet, the left wing of the plane collapsed. \ Zone, to David, Republic of Panama, on December The plane crashed bo a cor:plete vrreck , r-esul b- 14, 1933. ing in death of passenger and injury to the ---000--pilot (November 18, 1926). SOME USEF"JL "DOPE" FOR THOSE GOING TO F.AWAII Lieut. (JG) Williar., V. Davis Dole Air nace, Aug'.l,st 16, 1927. Was naviThe Vfrleeler Fie11 Correspondent submitted gator of the wirming plane "Woolaroc." !S04 interesting information regarding conditions in the Ha~~iian Islands which should Lieut. Alford J. WilliaL1S prove very useful to cfficers now under orders Io~ ~xperimental flights. during l~rch~ 1828'I~d ~~ose who expect o~ders for duty in ihe Ob"a~m,ng data and deval opIng methoc.s 0": con- ,Eawanan Denartment. He states: trol for airplanes in inverted flight: also I a. Do not b".JY any whiie or khalci unifo rms putting planes in tail spins and observing IprTor to-y:Qur arrival. A reasonable time is alaction, from which o-bservcttions he developed Ilowed for the procurement of the above, and procedure to be f'o Ll.owed to get p l anes out of J aparie s e regi'll8nial tailors can outfit you comtail spins. Stayed vnth one -plane in a spin I pletely in r:Hde-to-order style at a much n:ore so lcng that plane cna.shed, ! reasonable price than nainland tailors. Your ---Iminimumrequirements here are as follows: Lieut. :;'vallace N. Dillon, Executive 9fficcIl 1 'l'Thite service urri f'orm complete Lieut. Eugene F. Burkett, Navigator ~Dec.) I 1 white mess jacket and vest with black highL'i.eub , Richax'cl F. Whitehead, Photo O:2ficer cut tuxedo slacks. ' Aided materially in successfully perfonr~ng Sui'ficiGnt jlouses, breeches, slacks and a hazardous arld diffic1ilt aerial survey of I shirts of regulation fJuiki to pernut you to Southeastern AID,ska dur ing sumner of 1926. Jprcseni a good appearance on all cccas i.ons, ---b. Bring a good tuxedo. Except when the mess Claude G. AleY..aroer, Chief Radio Eleetrici' , Jacket is prcscrioed, the tuxedo is worn exAlaskan Fligh-b as above, !clusively during the evening at social f'unctri.ons lor at horr,e, Lieut. Apollo Soucek I' ~. IA10 to the large ~ount of ovcr-vBter flyE:draordina!'y ach i everrenb in the art of ing engaged Ln by the Air Corps at ,this stahigh altit1me flying, establishing on June 4, tion, bopts are seldam worn. However, for in1929, a world's altitude record Ior seaplanes'l spectioni' cerelnonies, etc., spurs are preand on J~e 4, 1939, a world's altitude recor~ scribe~ ~Air Co:~s.lace b3~ts exc~vted). for heav~er-than-a~r craft. .Q:.. Iv:ove8veryt1uns to .meeler F~eld ihat you ---would care to bake with you to any rra.i nl.and Lieut. George T. Cuddihy (Deceased). station. Bring yoirr :furniture, your pi"mo, For his d i scovery of the ~rinciple of reredio and bo oks, ::-'1 fact, bring everything. gaining contr?l of a plane. a.n a tail sp i.n and Veneered f'ur ni.bure is ~ot aifecte~ here any for Gther dar~~~ ventures ~n the realm of ex- I more so than at ~lY 1,B~,nland stat~on close to perirnentation which ,contributed tovJa,rd adI the sea. Youwi Ll, enjoy your music here as. varicemcrrb cf the science of aeronautics. much as ever. Up-to-date rcode l radios are caI pable of excel.Lent m;),inland reception and, in Lieut. Erro ry B. Bronte, U.S.N.R. i ad.dition, Eonolul'.l :possesses t"v;o'modern broadIn recogniticn of his heroic co~'age ~ld I casting stations whose programs are enjoyed great skill as a navigator en the second suc- ' bhrougboub the Islands. Our cliuate is not as cessful airplane flight from Califorrrla to thd hwnid and d~Lp as in~st tropical locations Hawa'i ian Islands under extreme adver-se "Teathe~ so, again - bring your home with you. The conditions, ,July 14-15, 1927. I quarters are Lazge and you will not reO'ret I your d_ecision to do so. .A.WAP.D D.F.C. OF TO EllLISTED MEN, U.S.NAVY ! ~. Sloes are someviliat expensive in Ha~~ii. It ! is reco.rroendad that you purchase a suf f i.ci errb Harold Irving June, Q:ief Aviation Pilot I S1':'?lj1y 'che jlJ3.L.ucu1d to suffice for a period on Navy'::; representative and rJ18I:J.ber crew of I of two years or so. of "Floyd Ben:l1.ett" which flew over South Pole on i f. ':2he aubccrob.i Le Question arises. YOUI' Nov. 29, 1929. Eyrd Anta~ctic EXFedition. lice~lse (yearl:1) 17~1:tcost you ~ne c~nt per i :?ound, so don' t br~ng a Locorco bi ve wa th you. A 'Patrick A. McDonough,Chief Photographer \ Ford weighs 2,600 -pound s - result is $26.00. William J. Murt.ha, Photographer', 1st C1. , ---000:"-.A1a::ka."l Aerial Exped.I tion during surrrre r of! You sketch artists in the Air Corps - how 1926 ma~erially aiding in successfully per- ! about sending in cover d8Signs for News Letter?

\ i Lieut.-Co~der Ben H. WJ~tt Alask~~ Aerial' Survey :Expedition. 1926. Was , in corrrrand of expedition durinC entire time.

T~oma3G. Reid. Chief Aviation Filot (Posth11lllOusly) 1U.nskan Aerial Exped ibion , 1926, as above.

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CHANGES F STATION:.To Lang~lel F.ie,l~,Va . O Captains Burney M. Giles and <TohnZ. Upston for duty with GHQ Air Force, ~on completion of present courso of instruction at Air COrDS Tactical School, MaXl'lOll FL.lld, .Ala. - 1st Lt. Stu:ut G. ~.1cLcrma:'l. for duty Vii bh G:rQAir Fo r ce upon cac-plotion of tour of !:oroign service Cnptain Davi d R. Gib'Js, f ro. Phd Ld ppIncs , 1'0LLcvod fro::1 te.'TIpore,ry ra.'1lc upon dato of departure, - Captain :'lnl tor Bcnde r , :'1'0".1 Chanuto Id Lt. 1h;:;,urice C. Bisson to Hawaiiun Dept. Field, for duty v,ith GHQAir Force. npon compLobion of p re scrrb course of instrucTo IV,D,rch Fiold, Calif.: 1st IJt. :E'ob'3rt M. Losey, fro'~ C::lifoi'nia-rnstitutf'.l of 1'',"chI1010:;y, tio::, at, ~i.ir Corps 'Iech':lical School. ---o~)o--Pasadena , for duty 1:litt1 1st Wing. To H:tcilton FieH, Calif.: 1st Lt. RiC''hara TE1i1'OR-\.B.Y PPOlv'.oTIOHS C. Lindsay and 2r:j,'Lt. Tr!illia-c. Ball, 1'0::1 Crissy Field - ~.1':::jor Clinton W. Bussell fro;::, duty on WeI' Dop t., GO:lOrrl Stc~ff to duty ',d"\:'h To Licmt. -Col. Station Co~lFm)Jnt. E:],jor 8hiras A. D1:11;;St"'iJ.tion CO::1'1()~nt CO!""'rTo Chap;;an Fiol(l, MiaJQi. Fln..: li~,:"jorW':l.V. rnandc'r , l:1itchel Fi,;lit, H.Y., May 2, 1;)3~-j. Andrews, from 'SoIling Field. Re'Li evcd fro:1 Captai .. CIa,ude) E. Duncan, Exccub Lvc and Opern.-' i tU:Ilporary rar..l-:: lay 19, 1935. : tions Ofl'icer, 1st 'nng, l&:trch Fiold, C.'.lif., To Office, Chiol.....9! the A~..E-C.2..P_~ Lt. 1s't May 2, 1935. Donald F. Staco, f rorn 3rooks Field. 'I'o C::rotain ~ '!fashinr:t(:m, .p.C_.-=. Ci:ptel,in VTillia,,:, L. 1st Lt. Ro'Land 0.8 .A1<;:ro, J'..djutont, Station Ritchie, f'r-om S,:::ot"v Field, IlL, for duty in Co:;:pla!1ent, :;~itchel FL,ld, 2b,y 2, 1935. Office of Ar.sistant Secretary. of "Tar. Ro.l.Lov2.1d Lt. Engc:no n. :leabo, .Adjuta:t:.t. 1st Wing, ed 1'0'.1temporary rank, Juno" 5, 193;;. i''1l'cr.Fidd, Ca.Ug., 1~:r:W')" 193[-j. , To Barksdale Ficl(l, La.: Colono! :Robert 1st Lb, A.lv,,~L. Harvey, Flight CO;';T.-::.ndcr,49th Goo Lr Lck , f rom '!!ri,~:htFidd, for duby as StaBomb:'rd.,,'\c:lt S'I'Jac.ron. LLnr;lcy Fiold, ~,:cW 2,1935. tion Complec::lcntCo'.r.,[Jrd,:;r - ~d Liout. Arthur 1st I,t. Don W. :,j,,'W::':'U8, Irrb o'lLdgcnco Line.CoJ::.1.F. !~orewethcr, fI'O'l tlut:,- as s tudonb at; iliass. IDuniC:J.cior,,"O}ficor, 3d ~ri'ir:.g,jJa-'t'ksd;'l.le Field, Inst. of Toch"lOlogy, for dut7 \'litL. 3d '!ling. . La., Y;;,y 7, 1:J~~5. To RandOlph Fic:lrt. Texa.?2. Captain COllrtla:d lIst Lt. J~e:.jS S. sto,;.!oll, Director, cloricnl, 1,:. Bro,'m f rora Hawniiar; Dop t , for flyhlg trai:1A. C. T'.:c~micCll School, Charnrbc Fidd,l.b.y 7, '35. in;; v!ith class co,::-:-.::lcb,g <'!\u.y1, 1935. I To Bolling Field. D.C.: LJjor Lcslh, iv"'Jl.1cDill 1'0 1st Lioub , upon completion ot.pr05:mt course of instruc' 2d Lt. Davd d H. Bn}cer, AI"~a~::Dnt f'f'Lccr-, O 78th tion at Naval War Co l Lcgo , Ne";port, R.I. ProPursuit Squadron, l'n't".w:n. vious ordors in his case r ovokcd, ?d Lt. Hubo rr, P. Dellingor, Chief Tnspocbo r , To Philippines: IGt Lt. Ja,."'JS F. Ph.illips Philip~inc~ ""ir Dopo'b , ',;tny 3, 1935. f rom dnty as st'.lr\~at "' . C. En[;i:rlGcrinr School, . ~~dLt. Aubroy E:. D0t),Son, Supply Officer, 11th WrightI!'ic1d. B();'!;bar,b,cnt Squat'lron, i'in.y 11, 1935. To HaWEd ian De1)art:-J.:mt: l{ajor Do:..') L.Hntcbbsl 2d Lt. l'\o'uert I~.L, Eabon , :)uTJply Officor,lst from H-uJilto::l l'inlA~,~lievod f'rorn ten:p()rary BO::lb;)rrh,2!~tS<]u3.(lron, :i:;iitchcl :B'ield. Mny 2,1935 rank lb.,;:;14, 1935. 2d Lt. Pob i n 3. :Jplor, Co:;:~:unications Officor To Los )l.r..golcs, Cc@.:..:.. CEl.pt. Leon W. I 7th Obs, Sqcm.dro:l, ,April 35, 1935. ~ohn.s~n. fr~l:1 dut:! witl, 2nd O ..Jser'r~:ttion S'1lL.-:LdrOli2d Lt. :B.'lint ?ar~ison, Jr E:'1ginccrinf, Offi1:1Prlll1pp1:les and fror:\ t,~r'';j:loral'Yral'lk and to cor,24th Pur-svd t Squrid ron, pursue course of instruction at Califor:lia 2d Lt. Hobort. L. Scott, Jr., COc:Y.'lunicu,tions Institute of Tcchr"ology. I Officer, 78th Pursuit Squadron, Pan::rr':a.. To Housto!l, T0xas: Capba.i n Harry ~"]eddington i2d Lt . :J.1:Jort. ri. Sh<.:phord, En[inOi1ri'~G Off ifor duty as Instructor, Air Corps, Texas Ii'at 11. I cor, 7,Hh Pursuit Squadron, Pa:10:T.f.1. ~uarJ., UJ?onCO'1p~CtiO:1of prc~ellt C()~1I'30 of 2d Lt. IJ?Tr,uan 1). SHlin, .Ar:r~lcnt OHicor, Lns t rucb Lon at All' Corps T:1Ct1cd Senool. I 29th Pur sui t, SCluD.dron,ApI'll 2:J, 1935. To Chanute Fiold, Ill.: 1st Liout. S[-J,;'.lUel 2d Lt. JW-::lCS . Underhill, D AI",;"'BDont Officer, V .: Stephenson, UPO::l -co:.1plcti(m of p~'esont I 7"vr" Obsorvo.t.Lon Squad:ro;1, April 2,[';, 1935. course of instruction, A. C. Taet.ical Sc:hool. I ---00.1--To Fort Leaw'Ilvlorth, Ka:asa.s.: Lieut.-Col. i Lewis R. Broreton fro''1. Panl1:r:a for d'lt] as In- I Capt'Jin Ira R. Kou:r:ig, as s i gncd as oo-ncander structor, CO::I:':.'1~1(.1.G,Jneral Staff School. and i of tho 1st Bal Loon 8q1.l3.:1ro:.,.... advanood te ns To Wright Field, 01:';5.0: CLLptair Pearl IL:Roboy rar~k of h::'.jor, e!'f,;ctiyo if";":l 7, 19:,5. from Barksdale Fie:lrl to duty as stud cnt at I -- ..000--:-A.C~ En;;!ineerin" '- Sc:.ool. Rdieved from tc','1pO-~ Cuuts. l!ielie J. Coutlee, Bcr::.m:rd A. Bl'id<Tot t ,-.. I .. . rary rank, August 1, 193fi. I 1st Lt.s, G,)orge F. Fu.lrknn, Millard C.Young and R..HTI'IRElvrn;11'T: C:':['lt.<1in Frederick A. Johnson, i DU:1iel F. CDllshan. <Tr., are r'31i':.lvcd f'rom temApril 30, 1935. . !'orary ra:::..l{ dr'.te of d.cpi',rture f ror, Panarm, on -15V-G787. A.C.

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O}?DERS RZV'OY..;"'IT): Assigllmellt of 1st Lieuts. Dudley :no Ea10 ard'll'urren H. ,Rigpins to Pr:.nar..n C8I1.al Dcrp:,,:.tr:1unt as sd.grmonb of Major Eugene .i.. Lob~.D..T)" l/1'1.rchJ'icld, as Instrclctor as Corrrrand and Gor.eral Staff 8c1:001, Ft. L.. mvonworth. PTIOlv!;TIWS:to 1st Lieutenant: 2nd Lieuts. Geo~ge F. Kehoe, r,uli~ April 4th; Roy H. Lyrm, ran': April bU. n:::TA!LJ:;l' TO AlP COFJ?S:2nd Liout. Stophen O. Fuqua, Jr., to R:ndolph Fiold, Texas, July 1, 1~35, for ,?rLnry flying trn,ining.

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CATL'iPEL.AJ\ LUB PASS:;S 700 MARK C The Caterpillar Club, mythica.l ir cburac t.er insofar as its st~tus as a rona fide organization is concerned, is continu.:.,11~' adr1,ing new '1lombers to its fold and , so far as it has been possible to oscertain, th3re 2r~ ~t this lIrriting 705 names on its roster - 63'/ '",1enand 8 women - lI:ho ':Tere saved by the parachnt.c. The number of erne rgency -par,,'c}cute j'1::ps totals 73g, s i.noo bhus far 28' "!lonmade t."o emergency jurrps 0ach; OT1e,}fl8.jOl' },'rar>kOlD. Hunter, Air Corps, three; cUl~ one, Colonel Ch~rl~~ .. .!.. J~~p.d.b~, A th" Eigh Potentate of the Order of Caterpillars, four jumps. There are listed beloN the naroes of those who rmde emer-gency jUl'r:lFss i.nce January l,19~~4~ The accuracy of this ro ster h; not vouched for. since it is well r.ir:h impossible to keep an accurate check 001 emergency jU71ps TD,de b,"l civilian fly8rs. For eX&~le, only just recently, etteTtion was invited to the case oi' Miss Babe Smith, who or, Ju.ly 17, 1932, almost throe years ago, became eligible for initiation into the Caterpillar Clu~ as th8 outco~ of a prCLctice parachute jU'11p. The shrouds of the pilot chute hooked over her foot vnlen she "baiL'IJ" out at 2,000 feet, effectually prevcnb i ng the oper.mg of thermin chute. Rer stre:i'10U~; efforts to shake th0 shroud lines free p rovcd ':!i thout avu.i.L, and finally, at 200 feet, she opened her e;":iergancy parachute and LandeI ~',i thO"lt injnl'y. 80m3 m.~y qucsbicn th," r>I'Qpriety of admi,tting to me:ribership in the Caterpillar Club airmen or a ir-ro.aen who made parachute jumps unde r such or si::nil."tr c i.rc umsuancos , since there was no aircraft failure d'U'in::; fJ. ight. Early in the history of the Caterpillt\r Club, when DBmeS v-ea-e eag or-Iy sought of those who were saved by t:1C pa:rachute to justify the existence of this J~'uhical society, two men were adnri tted to:uei1bers~lip who made practice ju!!'s and found it l~cessary to use their emergency parachute in order t.J effect a safe Land i.nn, It was then conb ended that the !i'l:lin consideration involved in eligibility for membership v~s the fact that the parachute was in:::;trurnental in saving the lifG of the jumper in the extreme emergency, and tnis policy was since a.(lhered to in similar cases which followed - and there were quite a number of them.

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George Yeschlce Ed'llar,:',W. A'"1derson J. It. Gauterbine Beirne s. Lay, Jr. Marlb Eddy Levi n T. Miller Stanton B. A:"T.:ustead Donal~ W. 1iseriliqrt De'1Es T. Craw ROyde)'l:E; - Fe'ebe Charl es P. A'J.cierson A. G. Caden S. D. KamrDI c. P. Moy 'rJ. L. Gruber L. i: E01ge:.:. T. P. Goley Bay :k,rtincz Johr. E. Gi'..,son No~~an ~. Bu~nett** :1. 1. :iT:)yes Paul D. Bunker~ictor L. Anderson 'H. r,. Corliss N. P. Cr-umley D. P. BA.Xter llf. G. LeTarte Carlos 1. Reavis Francis E. Drako J. C. Pennington George A. Ratton Hugh Herndon, Jr. Ed. Shern:on Albert R. Jackson Ja'1lSs O. Foster Da,Tid P. Levy

Aerog. 1st 'C1. ti, :~.:T2~VY ' A.M.M., 3d Class, U.S.N. A.J.,f.;/l., 1sb Cl., ;~". s.x. Ci vilian 2d Lieut. Air Reserve 3d Ldeub, Air Co.rp s Civnie~1. 2nd Lie'xb. Air Corps Flying Cadet, Air Corps Ensis:n, U. S. Navy ?!id Ldeut , Air :E8r:erve 2nd Li cub , Air Corps Private, Air Corp Civilian Flying Cad.cb, Air Corps Flying Cadet, Air Corps Ensign, U. S. Navy Civilian Ciyilian Civilian Ci7ilhn Civilian -17-

Pi ttsburgh, Pat I::JPerial, Pa. V::mcouver, i'Vashington. Langl ey Field, v. Longley Field, Va. Langl ey Field, v. Montzomery, A18.. l':e8X Kelly Field, Texfl.s. ~~eel~r Field, RaW2"ii ~~eeler Field, Ra,~ii S8lf~idge Field, Mich. Near Pearl Harbor, T.R. Ncp:::, Pear-I Harbor, T.R. lTei1r Pear-L Ha.cbo r , T .H. Ne,'l"rP0e,rl Ha.rbor, T.R. rafT Pear-I Har bor , 'ToR. Nec,r Pear-L He.rbor , T.H. S,U':. M13-!;eo, alif. C NJ!.1lisfL:lrl, OHo. Fr-cenonb , Ohio. NeEr Fredcr icksb1lI'g , Va. Neer Edgard, La, Rear Kelly Field, Texas, ScJnDi~go, Calif. Winfield, Pat Winfield, Pat Winfield, Pat Denver, Color,qdo. N38,r Laz-edo , Texas. Brack en , 'T'e:;;:as. Pensacola, :?l13-. Pal~tto, Georgia Palmetto, Georgia Little Falls, Minn. Birmingham, Ala. Wichita, Kansas. V-5?87, A.C.

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Date 1934 652 May 653 May 654 Y.ay 655 May 656 May 443 l"laY 657 Mny 658 May 659 June 661) June 371 June 661 June 662 July 663 July 664 Jtl'1.y 56 July 665 July 666 July 667 July 668 August 669 August 6n August 671 August 672 Au.gust 673 Se~tember 450 September 674 October 675 October 676 October 677 October 678 October 679 October 68G October 681 October 682 November 683 November 684 November 685 November 686 November 687 November 232 November 688 November 260 November 689 December 69~ December 691 December 692 December 1935 693 Ja?luary 694 January 695 1v'la.rch 696 March 697 March 698 Auril 699 April 700 April 701 April 702 April 703 April 704 April 705 April
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Place of J\mlP Flying Cade t , Air Corps NeLU' Kelly Field, Texas 2-:lc1 I,ieut.i.irReserve Selfridge Field, Mich. Staff Sgt. Air Cor-ps Davison, Ei.ch. Flying Cadet .Air Sorps Near Kelly Field, Texas :E1.ying e'. , Air 80rps Cad Castroville, Pexas 2nd I,ieut.Air Corps Chorrera, Panaroa Civilian Lake Zurich, Ill. Civilian Nev:Have n , Corm. Civilian Dallas, Texas Civilian Schenectady, N.Y. Civiliarl Lancaster, N.Y. Capt. Conn. NaV 1 Guard Rutland, Verrrx:>nt Lieut. U, S. Navy VVinterHarbor Shoals,Yl8.ine P.l,;., 2d Cl vss , U.S.N?:vy ',"'inter Harbor Shoals,lvlaine 1st L'ieut, Air COTUS l:Jright Field, Ohio 1st Lieut. Air Corns France Field, Panarra Capte.in,Air Corps Holdrege, Nebraska M'3.jor, ir Corps A Holdrege, Nebraska Captain, Air Corps Eoldrege, Nebraska Private, Air Corus Atla.~ta, Texas 2nd Lieut. Air Reserve Atlanta, Texas 2nd Lieut. Air Reserve Logansport, La. 2nd Lieut. Air Corps Kelly Field, Texas Flying Cadet, Air Corps Randolph Field, Texas Flying CaLct, Air Corps SUT.mcrfield,La. Private, Air Corps C~nberland, 6hio Flying Cadet, Air Corps TIead1.an's Gulch, Calif. 2nd Lieut. Air Cor!s ~ear Kelly Field, Texas Lieut. U.S. Nav7 Near G~~ntanarr~, Cuba Capba.Ln , Air C0x:?s Browns, Alabam'3. 2nd Lie'..:t. Reserve Air Waldenburg, Mich, Private, Air Corps Redwater, Texas 2nd Li"mt. Air Reserve Redwater, Texas 2nd Lie"t. Air Corps Fox Hill, Va. Flyiag Cadet, Air Corps Fort Eustis, Va, Cqptain, AiT Corps bimnarck, Ill. Pr i.vate , Air Corps Bi.srrar-ok , Ill. Private, Air Corps Bismarck, Ill. Civilian Observer, A.C. Bismarck, Ill. 1st Lieut. Air COTUS Fowlerton, Texas Ensign, U.S.Naval Reserve Everglades ,near Miami, Fla. 1st Lt.MiIm.Nat'l Guard Dianond Bluff, Wis. Air Mail Pilot Scottsbo.ro,Alabalm . Flying Cadet, Air Co~s Near Boerne, Texas Flying Cadet, Air Co~s Brooks Field, Texas 2nd Lieut. Air COTUS Pacific Ocean (SBJl Francisco) Sergeant, Air Corps Pacific Ocean (&~n Francisco)
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Gib:ore V. Mir.nis Edwin A. Warren 9 Joe Gonzales 15 J. Stanley Holtoner 16 Williar.'l,i. 1Iaxks,Jr. ?8 Neal E. Ausman 30 Nels O. Sondergari 31 Frederick l''l. Soule 10 Jack A. Becke 12 Ely fu. Ki~~ey 14 Paul Hovgard .... ?,4 Herbert H. Mills 9 David P. Young 9 J. . Murray 13 Frark G. Irvin 24 Bernard J. Bridget 29 Orvil A. JUlderson 29 Williom E. Kepner 29 Albert~. stevens 7 Henry G. Thorne 7 Archie J. Oli 10 Lester R. Willipllm 20 S. D. Grubbs, Jr. 28 7{. H. Lorris 22 James O. Simmons 27 J~1lres Tre'lleek Iv~. 2 Fay W. Olmstead 2 Edward J. Hale 3v. G. 1,:ullins 4 Warren R. Carter 9 Thomas J. Gaughen, Jr. 18 Arthur Prestridge 18 Leroy A. Rainey 31 Willia~"l D. Eckert 5 Rodney E. Jones 6 Earle G. Harper 6 Frank F. Berl'ield 6 Joseph E. Daley, P 6 VVillia."1l Browning 1:. 8 Julius T. Flock 8 Stevens G. Bancr'of'b "'. 24 C. L. Smith 28 Hobert G. Chew"'. 12 Anthony G. Eubanks 12 G. S. Buchanan: 14 F. L. Aneerson 14 D. R. Ii.acVean
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Corperal, Air Corps Flying Cadet Clarence D. Fields Staff Sgt. Air Corps John H. Price Sergea."t,Air Corps A. R. P.aaford. Lt. -Comdr , TJ. S. Navy John F, Guilcn-artin Flying Cadet, Air Corps Daniel S. Ca:upbell 2nd Lieut. Air Corns A. B. Thompson Lieut. (JG) U.S. N~,~ J. Rulne Lieut. (JG) U. S. Na\~ 3. G. EoBen Seaman,lst CI. U.S.Navy William C. If:cTIonc.'1J.d Sergeant, Air Corps John W. Green Civilian John B. Ackerrran 2nd Ld eut, Air Corps Addenda

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F. R. Cook

Brooksville, Indiana Cortoro, Arizona Pescado River, Pana.~ Near Centerville, Texas Near Woodville, 1exas Colton, Calif. Pearl City, Ha~~ii Pa.zona , Calif. TIa<iona, Calif. Rar.ona , Calif. Ashland, Ky. Boston, Mass. Kelly Field, Texas.

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Babe SrrJ. th Civilian NOTE: Second emergency parachute jump.

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a p8.I.achute j~Jrr:p, 13 lI,iles scmt:h"!cst of 82':" .k!.to: .o, wh..n ;y;:)to.r tlo~blc i e.8V101)~:a. Ho. reLeased r,-- fL.rc ::1.:, .. 0 ;cCHie pr"p;:,r-:.,.tl.ons to Jur-1?, w:lOr<;uno:.:\:'~lo '.:oto:' cub b:'.ck: ill. 8,'1701''11 rzo:..,;let" Inter the en.:;in,~ cut out u::;air-" 2::::t(1 "Then he released [\!lathe:':' f'Lar c the enzin: i--'T:odi"1toI] cut i:: Ol;~Q ::cor:'. Aftor clir"bin from 2500 f U(,t to :3,000 i oct , tIo~, e',rhLC cut out for t~18 tt.ir:J. t jJ:'.iC - i:.. o.: r!ltJ;~t. '. T}~;] 8r~_sol il.i.C gang, , hUe',teel tj--.,t he r:L:nst '~O gallons of :f.lOl,lm+. s,.,i.c,c.... ,in,. lro~;l .'1n'.dliary to :T'-'3.in t'mk so',-',;H'J. ti,,;I')S [Jr,"IWiht no r csul t s , By that Gr::.pola:-ld, T";Z'1G, and cr;)ssinu: the'TrLlit, til,;,; 1t0 "r,:;s ;Jt o.n 'lltHQclc of lC'OG f:,t :.\00 he Pi vo.r at about 100 fcot ho ";\7(iS rer/liLinr;v the co ul.d s. t\'l:.it hc '.'J()ulcl b:~ l.1;'C:c-..Cilu to .T!k._~ the i.ecc s sany flyi:1r; :-1 ti bud.i for t~lQ.t - rc[;ion and \ fidrt. Aft,,!, ')(; j1u.:p:d he st; .ted h-. o-",-porie::::tchad r08c~he(~ SC10 50:) feet, v:h"r:: tn, C '_,o.,cor C1It cd no S (';""3 "., of f::~JilL''!". Tb; jerk c",nsed by 0Ut. E, att8::-?tc'. to bri:::1g tIl,: pl~'n,) Jow.i tho o-p",:'j.J:l? of t:i:' parG;~hutc O:.111S;(I ~':iE1 to lose but, fi-:l(li"!",:~t'J.,is L:rQssib,ll', vri bn its r8lJid ....Otht:1C' r i oco rd em.] tL:o flc,srlir}lt LJ wr,1.S loss of al, +,ltl'.k, wa~ fo~-c,]r:. to ju:--p, "ll't~'r hold h.;7. H:, l''ll"iJ.::.d.in 'J. s;tlll b;),;h v.h i.oh so:."!C exceed Ll[lJ stl'cn,W'ls ;O;lij h,dr-rnisi;'lg t21r) :orc,) of hb f'ul.L. efforts i::c gcttiD!~ clr.",.r of the) c:raft, cct a '\ chock.l hcit:ht csti.-;-;, t,,)(~ hy Din, ~,lso sni:i to Ser[:8p:r:J.7. ~.r'iilli';]',1 r~. ~..:cDo~"1c?lo., a Li.)7'~bur of tbe h~V(~ be'~ll ()sGL:-;;~t~c 'hy v"it~"ossc:-;, of [,Q(,ut i tC':;Yf>, tEJr';cd "'.i'b) ~lCE Of: the 100 foet. E:J l:.ll,1.C::' SCJ)"':V:1flt 0":1 his L:::'t ; ff1,:Ou:, iJ.C:::O b:.tie , J " . ';1' ::jKZC." 'Nas i;'i t i :,t')0 i:l+'O t.ho C;,ter810.0, S11S ,,';-111].)1:: .S1.':'lcrJ b:l:u1s''':'s, lc,c:;r'J.t1011S : Fl,/in. \lin'd, ",Y" ~.ihi.L; flyil:g L,[In] a STJr['.l:n~;cl cl:0do. T',c fe,et tb-1t 1';0 Lun.I- I nELt:: ::;1ub ,',e: 11' ;~f' an n.i:'l)l8.nt..~ '''hic1.l t,'",1t'; U. :3. Iv:Uriil(' Corps had cd in so::t, 100[;8 s.md: 8(;i1 ::0 r:onb'c, [;'.v,)c. as~~i,!,,~!1 to +,ho'.ir Corps '1'nct.icnl S<:}:.'lol at hi'" f rom -::or.~ scr i.ous ).nj~JI'ic:". lvI.:l~:.T:~ll il:l'l. F F[1tO [hcrDod t11.:,,+ the cngiuc The pilot had the ui.us ur-I e.::::pJri(m:;c of sho ul." cut O'lt 'rLi.1,~ Sf-to II;c:0Clulrl':ns f1.ying In::lc1i~18 first .';'7itt~1 hi~ })nr~H~1:"~lt"J of'o r o the: b ov','rtOl'r::till "';101'(. ,', f'o r c ed 1;n.1i::-1,; wcul.d be pl;rr,c i tselJ:' C;',Y;: d ov.n, Fe s-ii d nV0ryt".inr decid:':dl:,' u'hc:.'JtLy. He had no rc,~ol.U'se othor hE'IlP(;-~~t.d so fa5t .. t.l",'l.t :lf~ (1i:I:t. t t 1:,'};v0 ti~1C t:r-cu~~"" rc:,:;o:rt t.o his T'il"L-,.'cLutc, cLd eli vee1 cxpo r i oncc n:,1.y l"lnr( icn1.ar !...~::~otioror S ... :;-~S::'j,hC<J.ufir3t J.'ron tho lLft ~;ir1.,. of tho cc:;kpit n.t t. ion O);Cep'C t.h;''+, of t.o r-ri f' i o SPO\;J, \1 1.t LT_.::GI) <.1ti turt.. of :~:boui',SCO fo"t. Cl'''.\r of tho di"lt,31y on 1,::.1.0\ iI'" 1001-:,,;1 to'i!!'rcl t:l,J :f JIlin;; ;)lp .. '.t;, :'-,1 J"":ikoC! 'Gh,:~ rip cord. : "1':\'-; fsct thr.t pLa..e ~',l11Cl tb.oUf.Th t ~,,/t1. C r: -pi t] i t :~:tS t}}r1.t ...-, th:,; c.~;,u!vc :~c..1r:t oTH.. r:.nd," 'Sc~t.. Ivk~""J:::!L11.d st;j,tcd, s uch c. spl'-,=::,xlicJ. s:~i1? -pu.s ,r:f")iD,~ to cr;~;.:.:~]. 'IWo.S :1. 'T(:r~r 111,'fl,s'.-nt rl':: i i z:'.t Lon, II Jro11 touchinr; tcrr ... ':'ir.,';'1, ',-tC "'::,,; i'-..~,--,dL'tC'lJ ;e(hiskod l Fo rnc.I to ''1:(:1il out" 0:" D P'lr:'Oi~it 0)1'1;::'0 off hi" fo"t :::nri tb.' chute) lJroCG,~d':;(l to drug :lhile flyLi,.; 07('1' ,-'IJ"l','o.::-r',bl" tcrr;~i;l"'~lC'::::' +.L--, grour.d unb i.L he V"lS ;".llc !~uccos!ithe ong i.nc fa:1.1-:l to trUe' ore s'.',i tchin:-: oV'Jr I ',-:.irr ,.10,'1: :ZnlJ.J to t'\cr:le t: C..;" (;)"t :,~dl bo.: nost. to the . "",.i:c k~-u{. :n: L,~~Curl et, :? It. Cook ----0(:;0--stc."tted thr.d; ~lC 'W2:; i2~,~rc,r;.c;\;d O-:l th'.: a;:,~t':'lority. \ of th,} chute [.s i~', arcntyl, 110 ~'r:in:3 or.Ly SCi) I foet above bn. r;rll.1nd.. 1=:'., v:as )ellO~ki.'/ UflGOJ1- I Cl~'ZG;c~S HI "'.:;SIGl.'J:,r:~::;t'OF C78'I:::EK' Cb..,;lP.YING scious 011 Lanr' i:ug, h:--rl no rcc011cctior' of th,'. I reanne r in "Thich h: hit" r.:..:r./,lnl.'tcr rto C:::,:'j(1 to C;!.pb',L. F:d::lr'.rd. '1. ~hlder}-ill fro;., r''l[':ineer Of"suffered frm" c\ lx',d CGosc of ;jittcr:; fOJ.' <1 , ficer, 8Ist Ser'icc Sq1:lD.d.I'on, to dnty as L.tolvrhil.e. " 1:":,,,G i"t-;lI 0:'1 cC:".,-1.!"l;",to 1,-(, coul'1. I lie''''!.:)': :.ll.cl OroI'2tions OLciccr, !lOU. AttDd~ Sq. not r<..'Jccc:';b:;r D'1",inr.,.- j1l:<:p",l 2.t ['11. Capt. Otto P. 'iI'8,/laL;l, ,~rOtr S,:.-rot,;o.ry, A.C. Aclv2Eccd Flying 8c>001, t,> duty C's In\:,elli;3CJl1CO Dnring the} COl,rSlC of nCI'ot-retic flyin~: in :,,'cd O',cr;:.ticns Officer, 9th ObSCl.'., .. tiorc Sq(~n. ) Ra.wrU, the) pl".:tl,) -pi lotc-rt by 2r.1. Li out. ::Jon:,.ld. Cq;t . ,T,T:ll'S B. Burwell fro:c duty "s L1telliS. Cn:::pbull 'N':~'l0 irltO 'j.n out sid c snL::. t'rO-::l I g'.;nc\; ; tTl': OperLo.t.io,':s Offi"cr, :',9-1;1. Cbs. Sqn:1., th.:} top of Goloop. ELl C~'fOl'tS to r.'rcnin \', t.o dut:r 1.1S Sc,croto.:!.'j'. ,LC, -,~ebnmc(;d :Wlying nor:-.al fligr.t lY::'ovd. i:; 'l:.'.in, 2<5 the., 'pl:i.!le Scrcool. vlould r,ot 'l;-:S;".rc;~ to th;, contrJls eithor vTith Cc:~IJt .,Ton,.: ~. Sprague fro.':l '1~Jth JO--'lb8-rclr::Emt tb] throt;tlo 0"D:Jl'l cr clOSed. Un;,lUc:din:' his i S'L0.C1. to ]'], igJ:,t CO'[."7T11wlcr, 20th 00'''.10. Sgrln., s,fctj b"l t, h~ ','Jo.~ ic)crl:btoly t.hrO~'!ll ,~lor:r Fiolo, Va. of the plane. ~Ic ::,tc1tGd he bxl !e.o cOclbt. t1:Ett I Lr;ngl:./ CC1f't. :BoD;:rt R. Kelly fro."! 12th Obs. 8qdn., tl-.c purachut:} woule i\l.:1ction, "but llcvorthcBrooks :E'i.,l(i, to dllty as L,tcllifj\.:lcC "me. Operloss hr .. a fculh,r; oJ' satisf8ction v'hell hu f ;,1t the jerk of tb) opur.co "pcJ.3.'achute. The ations Officer, 88tJ-. Obs. S'11;n.Qron. cha.'1.cOS nrc goon that all tho 705 Cntc~rnillalr; Cant. Hnrol:l M. McCle112.nd a~;sif;ncd as C.O., fel t tho sarno way ',',hcr: they WOEt through. 19th Bo;:nb. Group, dfectivc April 20, 1935.

It is i:ltGrosHng to no to that '3.'1JO'"'g tt:lt} : emer-gency pnrn~}-ut0 j.'r.'?S ~()c.:ntl" ,,1' do , th;-' one by Sergcrmc Joh. d. r'r toe , all r1.1J.t:1 (-:t t.'"1C San lbtonio ,'cir Dq)O,t, not oril y COLS-l-itU,tUd \ his first junp C'lt ;11s0 his first accicl':Cit. A skilled p i Lo b of so'ccrc 1 Y3LU';, 1 c~::r)e:riunc() . '!T~ th ~r,tc~icdl~' n.ll. t:'Il0S o~' i'I:r;, plr:1l1('S as wol l n.s vnth cor'T.01'CliJJ. cratt . 1"1l; Lnr1 n total I of 6364, pilot ~l.(ll.ll'S to his credit" incl ud i n \ .~36 hours on tri' '1,~nort -pli'm,s. Sf,t. Pr Lcc 'HCLS l'e+;,-lrnLw to Scm .~i1t()~lio Air Donat f rom B:;r~csrLl,-~ It'ida, L"., L. e. t ransnc r b pl:n;,:' "Tith, t'''o .,...... . -," ,-". c'.r,','o h Thoro V10r8 ,10 pass cngor s. ':.[iil..) flyiL,s over the 11<:a'J"il'/ 'I/o.)dc<.t co~t.,'Y of Eas t To}.,,",>, (me. a,fter pn.ssL'-!; ,cmcL,r a 8-::.:.J.l l,i,Ih' squall n~,'Gr

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FLYING BLIND IN A DUST S:rOBl
Flying bl incl over r:.o1-,n~8L:,s c,t 2CJ, (JCC) f'ce t r ecc'i vcr ruid upon tur;:.in!:; down tho volume, this in t: dust s bo r,n, in corsp Le t c rl.E;.rkn,'~ss, with s t.ati.c Lncvcasad to t!:lfc (~xt('Dt that. it urcventod static playing pr,-,nKs Vii th :radio 'b~acon s i g:ny hcari.ng the ra.l i o beacon, Eve'1 though' I rre.i.nnal s 8.Le. his fuol suy;ply runni ng low, Prh-ak t.ai.ncd ':W' course in toU: directions, I could not ;T. V. Poupitch, Air COrDS onlistJd p i.Lob , Gtn,fird tbo eerie of s i Lonco, Ther: I bcgc-n to fly t i.oned '1.t lrocks Field, ~ox: ..s , rof''.sc(~ to dethe o ul.ar legs to :.scerk;,in if I coul.d hit tl,c sort his ship rind succeeded in l:c~niing wi t,hcone, of s i Lcnoe 2~ all 0ct.ilr.".toc. in~ersoction. out h1jury to l--ti::-.sclf cu:,,1pFsscngcr in rho SUdginC by ti;'c, the sm!:~ t1:inS bc:;an to take rcourrba.i.ns in Ch i.huahun , !,';cxico, by s\)j.rallinG place E:,Son t:-e O'1.st ano 'Nest legs: cxtrcr:.o staaround tr.G 1 inc, of sJ:'lrks of two fl8,r0S, orcE"tic, L,t0r:for:'Yicc 'Nit.h raclio rr;cci:pt, all of of vir...ch he 1'('1,;8,88:1 r'.t about i 17, OGO foot n,""1 which pr0vcllt"cl lTD f'r-o.n finc1ing the s i.Lcncc COllG. the other r;,t Dbou+, 9, O:JO feet, tho3 (lust prcI th8n~ h;gcn~ to circle ar-ound to whc ro I thought venting the] 111'8;; burrri nr; at their usua.I intho cone T"ight 0", ana. rrl.,dl1!111y ti;:;htcned the tensity. circle, -lJUt fdled to f i.nd it. I b'lgr.m to check Pr i vat.; PO'J.pi tch, nCC;OI:1jV'l'lidd by Corp. E.1. ':[ly beacon ::21' ng"iL tc orient r'1y~;df Lr, th,~ quadSri. t.b , left Brooks ?ield on 0..1 appr-oved nirrunt s ,':h,m I could r."cc:iv,: tho s ignr L; ':L::'l1. when wc,ys cross-country flight to :;'"ort 19orth,Tm:. j I locb:cd up, I ho,d ur.cousc i ous l y st,'llcd the Ol.Lnhcrca City, Ol:rl2..; "l.rr."..lillo, 'I'exo,s; ship ilDd ,'In,~; in n, ';piL" ! recoveror; ut 17,000 Albuquerque, N.:,:.; -7inslo'N, King.'.i.m, Aztec and.j'f,)et and rim: r:iY f'uc'L C:.mg') r-ead sliC!"'.tly above Tucson, :;'rizorm; .:I;1 1)'lSO and :!1idla:ld, Toxrls, ; z oro , m:el th0;r, the az-bi fi c i.a.L horizon V'C1S out of ard r ct.urn to Breolec; FielcL '10 r ccchcd TUCSOL ' sir:ht.. the S"ctL1e di,-:>" an- left t.h(~ f()llowin,'j att.ornoon f. cO:lV:cycrl to th.:; ;;1C:chmic, Corp. M.L. S'Clith, at "l:20 '['.:'1" .:)1' Fl Po.so , sctti'lg the corcpas.s tl:ut I l~':.d no i:lca as to ""here VIr; wr.r o , but that course to 30 clc:~rccs tC) "J.loVl for C,1. vor-v VI') had 17, CDC> foe;t Y":i.'lich ,'iRS sufficio,"t to safestrOD'S Dort}, 'iJi;,d. Th.. next d10Ck poin't, DCLy avoid po s s.i bl, '~.oUl:"ins t in t,hi' cv.irrb that a fC!'0 rlurkncss '.'.:;-1S i ,r:O'llt, 2C' ~.~-liles east of pnz-achube jllT.:.F' -th~'Cn.r..:l; n ..cc~s::Jar:l. , ~'\~_lCll I look2d Rodeo, Ariz., C't ,""out, S:;'~O n.r:" ilvinr tho", b2.ck at. Corp. S~:itb, he 0h'ce.d./ hL':'l tb;r, rear at 10, con r'''8t, d'nklass encl" n 011St '~to~r; 0:1cockp it O})(';:[, C'Td or.o f'cof oyer tLo sin.c of the vel oped bin. ship. lk: inCJ.lircd 2.3 t'i) vlb"t,}~,;r I wn,s ,":oinr to 111iJhaI, left I J'U.CS01', " P'r i ,:e't(, PO'J:pi.tc:h statjl.ID,P, ,.1Ld ',1pO:l lID' rl'Cl.;r tn".t I was no t , but 'iVeS eri , "I had four hour s ' 1101. 1,s tllC ~olIrnc;y go i.ng to CD.kc:: rm effo:rt to SbV'.~ tb.2 :O"'ip, he f rorn Tucson to El Po.so v:a" Ollly 'J. b.:c-hour cli::lbciJ. bc.ck into t,}-,.:'; G~cir and , d('~slli'f;o :2'1.{ nd;ricc flight with an (:-'13, I b.J,,01. t.,,:o '00\;: l' S 1 f110l as to j'J:C.j,J, 1'0 s'~Rt(;d L:: '!,'c)1Jl<1t',.y "'i'0h mo r,~)gards a safe rr..-:1.l"'c5in. L'i v i ovr of f'o rr.o r ',;;ef"l.:thcr It:JSS of conscqucncca. tr,:'cinL~g ,,]ad l'cccivL'!3 s)lit<bL, weat,helr r cI dr')FpC'd Q fl:r2"1:l('i it, nl.o-vod vcrr L'i t t l o 0" ports by r ad i.o at El PO$O, ~:nvL1G r;'Jffici871t account of t.h: rlUSt,b11': o::hi1.,itlCO Lcrcly a rilaz c fuel and r~~ccivi:;l{-~ t:--_8 or.oours r. si ~L:3.1, c'.:r1Q of lig11t in t,~'ll; i7:~!_"lc~in'+lci,ricini-ty of tho f'Lnrc, fully CqUi,ilpod fmc Eight flJL'l[:, 1 '03,','[ no I vm,s "1o:ping thr;,f. it. ,w1cld r,;v-;:i.l o.J,y :possiblo need to turn brick +,0 TUCSOL or to try [:Jln 1,)"1d :Ti:l1ntniE. rm,lb'~ o~pccV:: bd~'\T us., . Tr18. Sporry hoat the first ava'i Lab'lo I1h',cfJ. As I nppro'lchud r~ZOL f:_~lCtt to :tUllCt:J.071 ,n t.;r tn0 ~,r'l1:" 8.1::1 El Paso , t210 T:.T8c?J-ncr r cpo r t s by r::_'l(J.io Ch2.rlg0c} vrh or; I sav tho flare C1)!.'l1ing, it sr::i tt(;c1 G stl~eGIn f rorn four 'TIiL')s' '.risi 'biti ty to t.wo ,"Jiles I :.,ri,,- , of s'prlr}:s v;hic:!"- f'o rrx; Ct vr.r t i orL linn and I ibility, r-nd 0xtrc;;c s tr.t Lc whi cr. :"t tL,c,s could th2n u~d',;cb~ish, ;;, ho r i zon . It i:'1;~icn~ed to corro'l et.cl.y cut out the In P'lSO rtid i o l:lc.lcon. \ me t;\2t so 10:';; ,ts "t,:' sF'.,rks wcrp, rlcsccnihng Thi~ I later f'o und ovrt to be caused 'bv local :,"crtic'"l~',. I h..d Un~ r:nch ',\1t,i tu~c :m:l tL:..;,t no a.trno sphor-Lo cond.i t.Lons 8nu. <:;L:lrg..:d dust. ~ntcrve:,:ln,~ ob::truct1.ll11S c:;<~,;t,)J. or.Lovr, After nc::arly tvr) hours :.2.r] dapscrl f'r o:n the I s-pir,:l.llcc1 tightly n.r-ound this c:trcrJ.n of time of tnkc-0ff 8.t 'I'ucs o.u, I osti::-ntcd thl.'.t sparks t.o ".,voi (1. :eLY 0'.0.her obst,".clccs., rr:.c1l."ltrdns, my posi t i.on 'NC1S TIr;,S El Pr.so , ar.~l be-gan to etc., 7ihich I "!ould 'b unnb I o to detect or. acconconr.ru t o on tr,,,; cone of s i.l.onoe , I "l:Jc;':;'-'.n count. of the visibility, nnd qlli.cld'i lost my '11to r cc oi.vc 8, slightly of'f'<co ur s e signi'll, and b i t.ude , ':Thr.:nl tl:',(l f1:1':8 burned out, I rClC!lSed a turnc;d to correct for it, cli'-'lbi'1[; c't bho :;aIf,C s ooorid f'Lar o o.t. about S, GOO feet, v,hcr. I ngnin time to nvo i d hitting 'lny rr.ounbc ins , m:d aJ. so I s ucccod-d in (JstoJ::lis~lil1g a ho r i z or, by t.no line to ho.vc '1 bl,tter '!IOrJdrlg eercn with bho cone of I of sTJF,rks, and agr1ill ClCSCOl"dcu rapidly. siler.cc, in vic"! of' tJ,e fl.yi-r;r; conditions. I I had 'both of the: In.l.cJin:~ lights Oil vlb:m I At 20,000 feet I 'Nas also 1liind <lnd. bego.n to I suddeI:ly appron,cIlCd t,hc gruu:lcJ. ,'mil estirrntcrl that fly by h,strur;]ents at 6:00 ']).'". Tiw off-course! I \'lo.S about 100 fect e..1:ove it, iT, G. '.livo 8.nd a sigr't<l.l b0gar. to lHcdorninatc; smd it tooK: SO,::0 speed. b,.1I:J.:. T.hc ~c,Qtor bc:g",n to splltL,::r ~'lhen I tim~ before I hit t.r,,,,; on.course signnl [H~::.dE. ' leveled off c,nrl. prc}J'lrcd to hcnd in th:1t ex[!ct But t.hor; thu si,sL8l -neg':lr; to wcaken, and after! s-pot. I struck the ErOli."ld once, '!Iheels first. a rc;2,son,~blc length of ti:nc, I '\'l"lS surc that I ! 'I'h" flare whiCh ~nd been aJovo US, Vl0nt out and 'J/1'iS Eoing avqy fl~onbhEJ ste-,tion; so I turned I b01.lLCI,d. I tri,)d to 1jockey' the ship emd 1800 [md started bC1ck. I reccilvoCl i,ha 07:cm.US2 Oaso it d.')':m in the d:n1.mess, sinc'l I was wholly SigIl81 ago.in; th,; vol'l1.Tf1C incrc'.lscd, even ,'hough I unawaro, of cours,;, of ,'"hat I rfJiglJ.t strike. I 1 i'.u.r!lod it dQ1:Jnon tho rccc,i,:or, indicctting I lnndcQ ,-'nd rolled for some dist,mcc, w!:le:'1I that I was f,oing tov!srd !fly stntior:. WheT'!I \ could fool PiC ship beine; stoppcd rapidly. Sudbegan to turn do'!:!, tllC volumo, the sto.tic ir:cJenly, it nosed over. The tail cnrr:o risht down creased. I had b",,)!: rece.iving statiic OD the and Corporal Suith flI:tl I clLnbed out."

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the Yunrz t.ze l.:edal for participation in the Sr..angl:..ai 3::::pedition, February-d'ul.y , 1932,viz: In a beautification dr i ve which will rrake Pvt.s , Harold H. Harris and Wm.S. Bradley, Ha~lton Field the zarden spot of N~rin 70th Service SQuadron, and Orville E.Vp~demark, County, the post nurseries are issuing to the :iuarterrrE.ster Detachment. rrUlita~7 persolLnel 15,000 chr~ysanthe~mms,7500 A danger zone ,~s marked out on the waters assorted Iris, 5,000 Cnnna, 10,000 Gazinia, of San Pablo Bay, east of Hamilton Field, be2,500 Geranium and 7,500 Messenlerga..'1tllem..nn. cause of machine guYl firins from l'lanes at Lieut. Robert E. Cron, Asst. Consbr, Q;uertertargets elons the seawall. master, has charge of the issue of these Lieut. N.R. A[ee 1~S ordered to Roc~~ll Field on April 5th to pursue a. three months I flowers. course in Instrument Flying and Aerial NavigaH~nilton Field personnal have an opportunity to study in technical research wo rk, A techtion. Flyin~ Cadet R.C. Streater.v~s transnical library has been fitted up in a room on ferred to" Selfridge Field, kich. March 31st. the ground floor of post headquarters. Mvjor-Generr::.lPaul, B. Ifialone, 9th Corps Area Brooks }!~iela., San Antonio, Te~as, April 30. Commander, inspected the perso~'1el and buildings of the field on April 6th and expressed Lieut.-Col. E. L. Eof'fi.an , CO':nanding Offihimself as being well satisfied with the stacer, is scheduled to lea7e about l~y 15th for tion. Thi'rteen l/li>.rtinBombe-s nassed h i s rer 'Rania. City, South Dako ba , to make parachute vi e--Ing station in an aerial re~.Tiew. I in~tallations on the Stratosphere Balloon On the afternoon of Army T)ay, Lieut. -Colonel \ ..-bieh is to 211a (e its ascent from that point. ' Clarence L. Tinker led the 7th Bombardment I Colonel Eof'frran is consir'ered one of the foreGroup in bombing maneuvers over Crissy Field. CGOst authorities on parachutes bodry, He reAn attack by Pur-sudt ":'llanes was beaten off as ceived the Collier Tro~hy for his invention of delighted spectators gasped. I a t r i angul ar. type parachute ''ihieh rives a slowSeven out of nine Reserve officers whose i er rate of des oerrb ann, '!'hen not in use, occute:m of acti~Te Quty expired sec'lr~d <1 conti~u- I 'Dies a smaller space than the circular type at~on of the~r tours for two ~~nths, effect~ve\ narachute April 15th, viz: 2110. Li aubs, Noble O.Sprunger, I .. An inspection was rnad e of Brooks Field buildBenton R. Baldwin, Joseph P. Bohl, rvis M. I ings, personnel and equipment by .Assistant SecNelson, Duncan .T. Powers, Ja'Tl,;SE. lioberts and. retary of War "oodr i.ng on April 15th, this conNathan F. Searles. LicutE. Henry .,.. Ce1ik and 1 stituting cne of the series of inspections V~.rvih J. Griggs becaT.c orivate citizens on made ~y him covering most of the rr~litary flyApril 16th. ing f ieLds in the country. On landing at Lieut. Frederick L. Anderson, transferred I Brooks Field, Mr. Tf\'oorlring was met by Lieut.here from Crissy Field, took up his duties as I Col. Hof'froanand his staff and, accompaari d by e Police and Priscn Officer and Provost and Fire'j them, made a complete inspection of enlisted I&~rshal. . per-sonnel, and pilots wt.o were with their Lieut.-Col. Glerm I. Jones. Medical Corps, I p Lanes in field inspection ordez-. Following who is touring overlanD. by autornobile froill I the inspection, all p~ones participated in an Washington, D.C., to Hmnilton Field, will t~(el aerial review, 8fter which all lnotor transup his dut:ies as Post Surgeon upon his er:-ival\ port vehicles passed inrevie'~,.

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Sixty-si:: rro bor vehicles total the land rm- i Philippine Air ~.~, Nichols Fiela., P.I. bility of the 7th Bombar~JnentGroup at tnis I field. Of the latest bype , these vehd cLea Durin;::;March, the engineering section overcould speed over 70 miles an hour if they were hauled one B-3A airplane, one Rl340C, one not throttled down, The classification shows I SR1340D,four Rl690.t3engines and sent five enthree Colu~bia tar~ers of 1,500 gallons eseh, i gines to storage av~itin8 block test. a Coleman t.ankor- of 1200 gallons i 13 rrotorII I,iBjor John G. Colgan left Ma.rch 23rd for two cyclesj 12 ~levrolet ryconnaissance t~fcksi mo~thsl le8~e in. China ~Japan. Captain 9 Federal i 18 Dodge, ~-2--ton;? Dodge, i-ton; I Al.oert B. P~t~s as no',",an comnand.. . and 3 Dodge Panel De1J.very trucks. The guards I Upon returr.u.ng from detached serva.ce an Whouse rr.otorcycles on their beats no longer I Baguio, Captain Alfred L. Jewett assumed the have to pound the pavements in the night. duties of Assistant Depot Sunp Officer. l.y Fly~ng ?adet Verne A. McDe-:mnt.. statio~ed I Capt. Charles Vi. O'C~nnor left ~pril 1st on at thJ.s fJ.eld, recently rece~ved h~s COEllUS"20 days' detached servJ.ce at Ba~o. sion as 2nd Lieut., Air Reserve. Lieut. Heubern P. Dellinger,who reported for Three enlisted men at this station received duty, vas detailed as Chief Inspector. -21V-6787, A.C.
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Courtney, LeoraI'd , Mannion and Roberts, Corp. Floreck, six Privates, 1st Class, and 39 PriHori, Harry H. 1rvoodring, Assistant Seo.re t ar'y v2tes were transferred from this organization. The old-timer arrorig these men is Staff Sgt. of War, made an inspection of Kelly Field on Goulla, who served eight years '!I'ith this 01'April 15th. The airplanes were Li ned up in .. .1..'" gana zac i on. their customary position for stude"~ training We r ece i ved by transfer Master Sgt. Starling, by sections. Instructors arrl students were Staff Sgt. P.llilt, Sgt. Moore, 19 Privates, 1st first inC'pected ODthe ground in front of the a.i rp Lane s to ,.hich they:rere a.s s i gued, Fo110v:- Class, and 50 rrivates. Tile officers ani men of the Glst extend good ing this, the Assistant Secretary.:itl:essed luc~ to our fo~r members and a welcome to the t.ake -of'f and routine trainin.~ of stur,ents. cur n(3~.:,r OL.:;S. He oxp r e s s ed satisfaction with the Advanced Capt. l.;iller returned from leave recently Flying School before le27in0 us for Borksdale and a,ssur:led corrrmnd of the organization. Field. !,,~iche l Field's t basketball team comoleted a Such visits a.Iways aW2:~enin the minds of rro s t suco es s f ul, season recently by 'I':i~.ning for those dationed e.t Kelly Field a new rope the third consecutive year the Harbor Service that some day this pest will be rebl.:ilt as Leesue cha~ionship. This League is corrrposed have most other .Air Corps stations in the of seven teems, one Navy, one lvarine and five United Sba.t.es , ArlT\Y. These t8EUl1Slayed two games with n According to a nr es s dispatch, 2nd Lieut. each other juring the season. At the close Jeptha Wesley Fatal', Air reser7e, age 29, ~~s of bho season games were played with other killed in an airnlane accident ncar :Socota, service telli;~, the only loss being to Bolling Co Lorib i.a , on Anr'll Lobh , No debils of the accident are a~ailable at this ti~B. Lt. F2tor Fielc by one 'Point. The :Jersonnel of the team consisted of Lieuts. D."', S~,1i C.E. th, had two 'brothe rs , r.Lso as sooiat.ed with the Air Corps. Lieut. L'iLbur'n D. Fat.o r is now on Flaherty, F.E. Miller, Sgt. ":ilson, Corporals Seberle, Rees, Head, and Pvts. Unger, HQrtwig, duty in the Pn i Li ppi.ne Islands, and his brother, Che.r es D., was retired from the Air l Lappin, Aertgerts rend Har-ron, Corps and noVJlives in San Antonio, Texas. Fort S.i.ll, Okle., :faL 3rd~ Cl.ark Field, Pa~"lDanga,P. 1., April 6th. :'he Ls t 3;:tlloon Squad.ron expec t s to receive l'ajor G.E. Brower , Co.nmndi.nr- Officer, we.8a in the near future a 50,000 cuo i c ft. su-pply of member of a flL:ht t:::la.trrade an acriill survey HeLi.um gas v-hich will be used to inflate a Type C-3 Obse:cvation Balloon for 8XPerimontal of the northerlll~st is1unds of the Phili~pine Archiuelago, 1) ilot in,'; Colonel =:Josser, Go:;'ernor puipos es , of th~ Uiounta5.nProvinces. This nec easi, t.abed Cn Army Day, April 6th, the personnel of Post Fi816 entertaineCl. nTmro:dc:mtely 2COO vi si tors rno e than four hours over-"'ate:::- flyinG in the r who passed t.hr-ough t~le Air COrl)S hangar-s and rough :3alintang Char.u nel , and the A-nohi i an esb vi ewcd bhc var i ous types of eqrupmerrt 8Ys,i i ted b cort was rr.ost weLcorr.o , This como ebe s iilajor l for their benefit. The hangars were open for Brower's cove:::-ageof the Archipelago, as he nu',lic Lnsnec bi.on f rorn 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. has 10".'11 over Y'ru:ri Ls land (b sight of l.:ost of Aoril '."as sperrt in policing the Formosa), over Si tar::m.i (the ::;outhern:r.ost point in sight, of Borneo), and fro:11the easttire Post Field erC:F) and r.ow that this is , ern C08St of 'jindanao to 'Puerto Princesa in over t'1e ol,r; "Dlace doesn' t 100~: tl-oe same. Fa'l avran. The n.os t note,'rorthy feature of the Tl}:; :\ir COI'ClSudc"tb2,11 tea:"l m"',dea credi tb wind-sv'ept r.or-bher n islClrds was the urrive'rsa.L able showin; in the Post 1eague during the stone construction of the d"'celJ.ings, very s in- pus,t scason. The oc',sebEtl1 tea:11recently deilar to the Kor-ern t?pe. T':,o sites for develf ea.t cd the i,ledicccl Detachlllent, 13 to 2. opment into landing fields were loc~ted. l/aster Sgt. 1,:Cms.."ield,who has been with the The Sauadron (3rd Pursuit) as a vrl-coleis 1st ;3alloon S(1'-1:'101'on since it s arri'Tal at Fort well un~on the Trainir:g Directive. .iov-cver-, Sill in June, '1922, sn i.Led for Panama to rethe shortage of eO'.li'iJeent necessary f'or In place l&:,ster 3gt. ?alph J. Pump , "Thois now el strur.1ent Flying (l~aving onl.y one pbne so wi th the Sq'ladron. We all join in ='Jis1::.ing Sgt. eaubpod) '!lill urobabl,/ cruse a little diffillans:."ield 8.11d f'amlLy a pleas::mt 70yage and in CC~ t~. in co~:;pletin~ that phase , ~elcoilling sst. R~~?el to this outfit. The post baseJall league is comins along Staff Sgt. Sos son "}US deta l.l ed as Sq',ladron fine, the Air Corps now rolding Qovm, econd s Scrpply Sergeant, end Tech. Sgt. St hIDlel, after ulace. We eXDcct to brine; nome the cun v.hen t~'!Oyears S.D. whh Finance and 'i.U.C., has the season Rn~ls. . t'lken 0"81' the Sgt. Mnjor' s dut ies for Air Corps t ro ops . Mitchel Field, L. L~'1'e',' York, l!:ay L.rt~. I en April' 2r\(1, l/0.jor-General Sirooncls,Deputy Chief of St~ff, ar.s party, with C~ptain Hez As of W~rch Lst , ~1.de~ the org,:,niza~io~" of IVicClellar:, n~lot, ,.visited Fort ,Sill. . the GW). ll' Force, tne ')lst Ser-vi ce Sella.;ron, A On Aprll L.th, HOIl. Harry H. \!J'oodr~ng,Asst. Air Corps, e~e~ienced considerab~e ~:langes in secre,'to.ry of :,va.r, vlith Lieu~. Tow~send Griffis person.c"el. Staff Sergee.nts Go,li 1.:'. H~ghley, , as p i.Lo t , a.r r i ved f rom }"ma.r~llo,.;.exas. The Kramberg, Iv1arley, Pollack and Yonconish, Sgbs, Ist-iicld Artillery Band and Color Escort from -2 V-6787, A. C. School, Kelly Field, Texas ..
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the 3rd Battalion, 29th Infantry, were in for- IKool~u Rarlge seem to fonn a perfect combination mation on the concrete apron in front of the 1 for the production of cloud rras ses , hangar to render the customary honors. One I Having no sed out the 23d Bomb. Sqdn. for the battery of 75 nm, guns, in position just west post track championship in February, the 12nd of the landing field, fired. the salute of 17 I Bomb. Sqdn. again took the measure of the 23rd guns upon arrival and departure of the Assisin the 'post finals for baseball on .April 10th. tant Secretary. On April 4th, Luke Field and the 5th CompoA series of cor~ications tests between an site Group were inspected by Nnjor-General airplane, equipped with a GlI: 202 Tram::nit't,er Hugh A. 'Drum, new Department Ccmrande r, An imBCAA 179 Receiver, and the new sen 179 Ground pressive aerial review, followed by a demonstraSet, have been carried out with e~cellent retion of Bombardment tactics (23d and 72d Bomb. sults. Voice rece~tion was exceptionally good. Squadrons) were given in his hon~r. Air Corps troops entered a baseball beam in , . the Staff TroOps Baseball League. After two ga"''8..iis..'rJ. Air Depot, Luke Field, T.R. weeks's practice, the team appears to- be a likely contender for the ch~ionship. The Ha~ra.iian Air Depot just completed the asBoth 0-19E planes of Flight '!Ell are now sembly of ten B-4A airplanes shipped to the equipped with hooasfor instrument flying. Hawad.Lan Department following overhaul by th~ Rock/rell Air TIepot. Production is meeting reWheeler Field. T.R., April 18th. quirements, and it is anticirated that not later than July 15th there will be no airplanes in The 26th Attack Squadron completed pr~se this Department past due for overhaul. This three of the Chemical Warfare Training. The will be the first time in more than three years Squadron has drilled and carried on rotltine that the Engineering Section of the Depot has hangar duty while wearing gas masks. The been in such a favorable position insofar as Squa.dron is equipped with 8 A-3 airplanes, aircraft overhaul is concerned. Another indivbichi~~ used for flying training of the 18 cation of improvement in prod.uction in the Enpilots assigned and attached; one airp1aI~ gin~ering Section is that prior to April 30th all airplanes received by the Depot before Jan. observer; one flight surgeon; instrument fly1st were completely overhauled and returned to ing for 56 pilots of the 18th Pursuit Group; ~heir organizations for use. and flying time for enlisted men from all squadrons in this Group. Due to difficulty in securing satisfactory The 18th Pursuit Group began its annual results throug~ the use of enlisted men in airgunnery work at the Wing Gunnery camp at craft fabric work, authority was requested and Wairranalo on April 15th. The Souad rons of obtained for the hiring of civilian aircraft the Group go to camp this year and operate fabric se~stresses. After a short trial it is as detached squadrons on the following apparent that this plan, copied from the San schedule: April 15th, 19th Pursuit; April Antonio Depot, will be ~roductive in results 29th, 6th Pursuit; Nay 13th, 26th Attack. and will ma.terially speed up the production iIi Vlliile Waimanalo, squadrons will fire at I the fabric unit of this 'Depot. for record and conduct a few field exercises. The inter-squadron baseball tournament at 41st Division Aviation, Felts Field, Spokane. Wheeler Field was recently te~nated for the 1935 season, and. for the second consecuThe Washington Department of the American tive yeaz tile6th Pursuiters captured the Legion will stage this month its "First Airplane. laurels, emerging from the inter-organizaRound-'Up" of memberships as a result of a cotion cOillptltion with an undefeated slate. o~erative program worked out with Adjutant GenThe 19th Pursuit, runners-up, dropped two eral 1~urice Thompson, 41st Division .Aviation, games to the 6th Pursuit. and Homer R. Jones, State Legion Corrmander. Th~ a i rmen have a big job facing them ceFor officers of the Division Aviation, the fending the championship AnrrJ laurels for Round-Up will furnish an opportunity for trainthe en~ire Division and Department they ing in beam and night flying as the two prelimfocght for and held during 1934. inary flights on May 15th t o Vvalla Walla and Pasco, and two similar flights on 1I.1'ay to 23rd Luke Field, T.H., April 18th. Yakima. and Wenatchee will be over thE') eam netb work at night connecting the four points. .At Durvng the past month, app roxircabef.y offi- each field scores of Legionnaires are scheduled 6 cers snd 18 enlisted men, with three to five to be present with memberships rounded up in Observation airplanes of the 4th and 50th Ob- their respective districts. ser-vabd Squadrons, under the corrrmnd of Maj. on Deta.ils for the flight were worked out by Lucas V. Beau, Jr.. were stationed at Bellows Lieubs. Hi11ford R. Wallace and Ellsworth C. Field, Waimanalo, T.rr . Towing targets for French. The fonner is commander of the l16th the 64th Coast .Artillery (A.A.) was the prinPhoto, Section 8.'rJ.d Chairman of the Legion's cipal line of endeavor. State .Aviation Committee, while the latter is Continuous formation of clouds 07er the Comzandez- of the Eighth Legion District. On Koolau Range prevented high altitude bombing Nay 31st, the tvro officers will make a flight by the 72nd Bombardment Squadron the past into Western Washington, visiting Vancouver, week. Strong northeast trade winds and the Kelso, Chehalis, Tacoma, Bellingham, Arlington

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and Seattle for the purpose of gathering up 13eattl~ Wash men are n t th ft ... and final n~mberships. At Boeing Field, Seattle, \ t~ree ~re ar~ b;ing ferr~wdat e lac Oryth' . f-f"'81 '11 t t' 1 ae 0 r ep ace ose st a t e Leg i cn 0 r i c r s. W~ mee ne pane and now :rea,dy for delivery. ~ take over all membez-shd'ps secured. As soon as an.. 0-19 airpl ne . d.' th A' t. t ...... t] a. ,equ~npe W~ It. ~s. th e h?pe 0f th e D' ., ~v~s~on ;~a ~on .~~ the necessary instruments, is deliv~red to new'lrald~ot eC1~l).Plml::ent, s?bl<ebn.lulefd tOt-h.'lave r r ived this station, a daily high al ti tude missions are A pr~ s, I'll 'e ava r a e or e annual , t t F t L " ~ '" h b ., I.to be flown for the purp"o se of obt.a i ng met eo-' am encaIDp1 a .or .l.bh e'~TL" ..as " cga.nnrng , ,rolog~cal data for the Weather Bureau. J une 1. 11a,JorRob i.n A. Day, Instructor,re-I ceived word from the Nev.' ork ArmyDepot that Y LIB R ARY NOT E S four SCR Ai\_-185 receiv1l1g and transmitting' . sets are to be shipped soon. They will reSome of the More Interesting Books place the present SCR-124type. and Documents Lieut. E.J. Corigan, 116th Obs. Sqdn., just Recently added to the Air Corps Library returned from an extended flight viliich took him to st. Paul, Chicago, Nashville, Los A 10.01, U.S. 2. Statistics of civil aeroAngeles and Spokane. Other recent flights ntautic~, 1926-1933, by Gre~t Britain, Air Minisincludecl Capt. Cl9.ude Owento San Diego and ry, 1~35, 7p. Extracted from Aeronautios return; Capt. L.C. SheIT.Bnto st. raul; Bulletin No.1, published by U.S. Department of Cap bs , Wm. Foster and Robert Oweri to Boise, COTlTOOrqe. Ldaho , and Carrt s , Owenand John Walters to A 4Q/70. A Climatological review of the Portland and Seattle. A1a.s~a7!w{onPla~eau, by W~.jorGrow, 1935, l3p. W~jor Robin A. Dav flew to t~e Rockwell Air B 03, ~5. The ~nfluence of acceleration upon Depot, ferrying an o..Z,8Bfor ove rhaul . the human organism, June 1934. Tr. B-8601. 6p. Spirits high with the 41st Division WonelDTerability of contemporary Pursuit planes Aviation as a result of the recent inspection is no longer limited to technical conditions made by Major-GeneTal Paul B. MEtlone, 9th lof stability of the airplane but by the accelCorps Area Comr:-.ender. The Adjutant General erations wb ich can be borne by hurr.anoreanism. of the Corps Area in an official comnund ca~:lJ,~ 323.l-=.. The Story of Heli urn, by Gil bert tion to Adjutant General Maurice Thompson, Grosvenor, 1935. 4p. gave the rating of "Superior" to Police and . D 13.,4975. ArmyAir Corps Radio Blind Landappearance; 'xcellent" to Unit and Individua ng Sys bein adopted as standard by Bureau of R.l appearance, readi:-ess for field service, I Air C~ml''.e/rce, epartment of Comrerce, 1934. 5p. ~ storage 8-'1dwar-ehous i.ng, l!Very Good" to D 7~:.2 2. A~rplaIle Cannon, by Colonel appearance, officers, and. "Good" to garage Bl~er,' ,April 13,1935, 14p. Tr. B-8524. and motor transportation. General T~ompson, Br~ef n~story of the use of the cannon on the in his endorsement of this cormnmi cab i.on to airplane. Wajbr Day, wrote: "The ratings accorded your 383.l/D28. The Economics of Air :M'ail Transorganization by the Corps Commanderon the portation, by P.T. David, 1934, 235p. Underlyoccasion of his recent inspection, indicates ing causes of the air rrail controversy are a highly corrmendable degree of efficiency in disclosed in this volune, which gives the histraining and administration. If tory of air mail transportation and the net deficit incurred by the government in connecBarksdale Field, La., ~~y 9th. tion witb the air rr~il. 629.18 H 32. Air2raft performance testing, A d erronst rab i on was given on Anri! 27th for by S. Scott Fall an." ':L'.H. England, 1933,206p. the students of the Corrmand and General Staff Written primarily far the constructor who wishSchool at Fort Leavenworth, Kans , , by the 3rd es to put his aircrL1ft through 8-11 adequate Attack Group. This deIT~nstration included progrmn,of tests en modern lines. the dropping of live bombs and firing of rna919.9m 32. The Conquest of the South Pole chine gllilS at ground targets, as well as a Antarctic E~)loration 1906-1931, by J. Gordon showing of the new type parachute borr~. Hayes, 1933, 3180. Record of noble endeavor All P-12 airplanes no", assigned to the 20th 0r l:ardships bra;'ely 'co rnc and of almost inPursuit Group are being he'Ld in r eadi.ncss for credible idventure. irrmediate delivery on anticinatcd transfer. 940.414 G 5~_ The Russian AI'II\Y in the World They are to be replaced by P:26 type planes. I War, by Kikolai Ni.ko l aev'i eh , 1931, 287p. ComVfuen~ll units are unifo~y equipp.. d, field e IPlete and erllwlstiv: ac~ount ~f the terrible exerc~ses and maneuvers wlll be greatlv slmlosses suffered by Russ~a dur~ng the war. plifi~d. At present, those squadrons ~quip---000--p~d wa th the P..12' s are unab l e to keep up , w~th the P-26's. All A-8's have been ordered 1Bsuer Sergeant Jarrs A. Lee, Airnlane transferred to Langley Field. It is underPilot, on duty with the Air Corps D~tachment, stood that they are to be used as initial Aberdeen Proving Ground, N~~yland, accepted apequipment for the new Attack Squadron at that po i nbrnent as a Warrant Officer, United States station, and undoubtedly represent "stop-gap'" Army, ~n May 10, 1935, and the resulting vaequipment. caney ~n the grade of 1ester Sergeant, Air The P-26 airplanes now on hand are being Corps, was filled by the promotion of 1st Sgt. equipped with flaps by the Boeing factory at George Sproesser, Langley Field, Va. May 10, 1935. ' -24V-6787, A.C.

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Altitu:le Corr:pl1tati~ An. e:d,r'~21,.,lJ i;':porti..L.'1t fe' ct.o r in carrying out in~,tr~:Kmt fl.liE,! mi s s i oris and irlstru:c:ent lardings is the strlT'brdizcd use of a l ti,"cter equip:l,;nt. The Air Corps Type C-5 s er.s i t ive al t h::eter is 1)ractically in uni versal usc in t110 Air Corps and , vri t h i r, the last YOGI', has been s'lpplc:2.lcntecl by thtJ C::ypc H-l station c,ltir:lcter for obLrcir.ing the necessary d',ta at the ground for trrl),s'C,i tkl to airplunos in flight. The:: ihb. L.bt:incl from the s t.at Lor, al ti~:letcr and tJ:1C;'d:,oa of nsir':': tL:ose data has been strcnd,;rcli :::ed in tvw systc~.s, either of w:lieh ;::o.y be usd '."i th th'," S2~::e egllirr::C:lt at t!le will of the Ii1ot. 8,'stC:1 I is for use in instrument Land i r.r; and r.rov i d cs r'.;'l i::dication of zero al ti t.ud c '-'The'1 the airp l euo urrives on the rum:c;~r. S,/stc::-, II is for usc on long flights .phere it is ncccs sar'y to CTOSS rcount.a.i n rangcs , ctc., and p"lr:::uts the al timeter indication to 00 eo:-q;8.I'E:;Q. with the elevation recorded on strip ~zps. Fer ~~st accurate results, t,hc:'i}pe :'::-1 c.:lti tude corr.ut or' is required. Furt.hc r detail or; t~ce eguiI;~(;Et of standardized ;::roc,;dure ::L1] 08 fo ur.d ii. Technical Order 05-32-1.

at Dayton, Ohio, fail wi thin one rront h or. the tidevn'1ter rack. kiy fir.ish used by an Air Corps Contractor n.us t I"CL:t a s i x-raorrr hs 1 test at Churrnan }i'ielo bd101'e:: is "Iproved for usc.

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Autoy"':atic Filot A rc-rrese::tative of the Sperry G:1roscope Co. , Drookl,\'E, }J.Y., arrived at the 1u.tericl Division r-cccrrt Ly to assist wi tr-. the first, r.mtor:'atie pilot iEsta~,lation bo i nz YBdc Lr. a ':::ype YB-12 Iv'.L:.rtin l'onbcr. He will r':rrnin at r.l.o I'i vision until tl.J i':stC1llatic!~ is c01":nlded and [,ssist v. i th the necessary aclJust::1cnt~ dUri:':/:; flight t'Jsts.

Air C~s Test~ of. rrobeth':,c....92.atinrcs. 'I'hc :lev,,10F::ent ,::'::1 t,:stin':' of.:;'rot0ctivc coatiLgs for a.i r-rLar.es i,: 0:18 of +.h0 f'uno t i ons of Wright Field. ThC' rnnufaC+urers of t he s o prod uc t s have bc..n i nt cns i'..ly de::"olc::oinr: t r,e o field of synthetic J.::-leq:wrs "rld (:;,al:lcls :~Lll1.~,factured f rcrn resir~" unkr.ovn up to a few YiJ2rS ago. These prcd uc t s ar:J definitely superior The ncrt,,,'Dlc liquid-oxygen generater"' was dewith rOBard to vr-ter resistance, r3ura.bility livered to ::;ku,u+.c Field, Kr:intoul, Ill . , en and working properties, rut, as Ln the CRS8 of i Earch 3Cth, by k"terid Di v i s i or: T)crso:;lnel, and other 'Tntcric\ls, ~::any of thc~j ar-c rrc.rkot.ed ! instructior,s Lr. i ts open~tio;, and r:;;.interu~: .. nee vri t.hout, adeq1.v,:-te t<sts and the COJ:s\Jl,:iLg pubstation f r o.n Ar.r-i L 1 .tc 5, 1 ic is used as the Labor-o.t.o ry. I r. ordcr to be; ! v.e r e ei yen at that certain that U:c Air COTrS vi L], not be ho l d i.ng I 1'he unit is to r'J!::ain at Cha:mtc. E'i o'Ld indefh:tho bag, comp Lc.t c Le bcr ator-y tests ar c rrnd o at itu1:; for Lns t r-uct ior, purpOS0s. t/ Wrip;ht Field lc,bor;ltoI'io,; ar.d t.hcs o are S1.:'1):pler'Contcd by o~posure tests c'r. racks h:stelled ! ~5:,bco~ 'fu~~ls f2~ H~1;T B-10 aifll.mics.. . at Charxa.n Field, :(inY'i, F'I or i du, ~h() instal'J.'DC 1,.cJ.rtu', B-lvP alrr;L':ll)s w i Ll. bc C,}ulpped ,,',ith 45-irlch s t r oeml i.no v-hoe Ls ';'Thieh will :zive lation' 2,t CC-Cap~Ct~ Field consists of ,~ Land rack at 450 f'uo i.nr' sout.h , aul a tidewclter rack considerably better s or-vi co "hem the 4'':''-in;h so located that th~' tc,st nc:n"ls are i:,:"crsed vrheo l s en tho YB-10 and YB-12 typo ilirrLmos. dm:ing high tides. The r08u1 ts of tho ChE'nn:aJ\ The' Li5-inch who eL ,..ill ! have Lar go r brakes '.'Jith Field exposure te:sts i.nd i.cato that the cor.discoring r e s i s trint dr-ums ',:hich sho uld r:~<ltorially t i.ons are rr:ore severe th,:" these enccunt.er od d ocz-cas c tho .rn ict.er.a i.cc on bh i r sqlliprr.ent. The at any Air Corns staticn, 'iii th tho r c ss i b'l o l"lrger rolli;;" radius a"o i'ootpri:-lt of tho '15exceTJtion of F'rr:ccc Ei.e l d , Enarre'l f ini shcs inch v.hL,d 8.:3 tire s)-,ould E:.rDle t.hc 3-l0B airwith' a durability of f'r crn six to nine Ywnths r Lunes to cp c re.to Ole ",uch softer groll:ld t.han is possible w i t.h tho YE-le r yp c,

Ext,erG':'l Ener!,izer. ~ ~~cl"-adju"tiq:: cxt e rrio.L "nerr,izer has been s'ili~ittcd for test bJ the Eclipse Aviation CorporatioD, Ec:.st OI'8nge, cT.J. Trw obj8ct of this unit is to db',inate the shock Load ing of the stUTter gUll'S, and it is dc s i gned w i ~h a low torque settiL[;, ::pnroxiatl.ly 20 ft./los., at the., t.i:':-lCof 0l'l;::8.gcr:cnt '/lith r.h., s t.ar t c.r hand crr.nk. 1Lis torque is increr'iSUC in proportion to the sp ccd at l:;hic~ the Land o r ank h. t.urr.ed , until ~Le c1 ut?h re7qc~"es il nor::;"l. s8tt~n.3 of ap~roxECJC1.tely tlO ft lDS. It re<1ulres .-35 seconds to brinr the sta,:dard Air C01~S starter '1"7''1.'h881 fro,,:,, C to 12,(::::C r.p .. :lo 5CO st~rts ha~TGbelCn ~:;,do wi tL th.i s crw~gizer vii bhout the cl ut ch ~'cttin8 b::illg :.rl t c.r i 'l1ly c:,an["3d.

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merit and issue to the scrvd ce activitios. It is iL:rpractic1:'ble to r cwork the 7YT,e B-2 vest. Th" oulv sc Lutl on for tho Tirosent difficul tins is rrc r e fren~18:nt i n~';~H:;~t ion nr:.. d t.E.sts as prescri bed e:.cist i1.8 t.cchi.i.oal. ordcr s , "

The f'o l Lov-Lnr- difficulty was reported Lr, 1'8cent Unsatisfactor:r Report: Vest~ife 1)re~8rve!', Type B-2, j,,~~~oy~.:... 1.' 'rho ar:tuntircY v"lve Lind rrr n.i f'o Ld QSSW':bly of Vest, Life i~l'CSen'ol" tIT3 B-2 (yd10w) f'a.i Lod to infbto VLost })!"J1'8"ly b.f iLDating OLe oell or.Ly, ~'hr;l'e has 1;8'CH two such :t'oi.lures d ur i ng tests ru.d one a.U:rillG l.,rrcrger.cy jur::.p at tJ:"is s t ab i or., It. is 'bc l i ovcd t h., failure of the t./To :3-2 vcst us c-I bv Lieut. Anderson. Dcce::-.bvr Li , 193,:, in S:"lJ Fro nc i soo Bay v-hcn only o n.. cell was infl"t",d v.as (;,l11Sed by the c'1\:nlizinf; valve StiCJ.rillg. 2. Durln~ test, the failure of the vests to Lnf Lrvto -pr8j.:crlv was c3:.~cd by the ru'.l"rcr part of tl~e c'gW:lizinn: '131,'0 b0CO~;i!1[ stuck to the valve ::;'.celt. 'I'r.cn one valve wcul d onon and all t1,e ':::; '~nt(;r O!l8 cell cr.l y , . 3. The Typo B-2 ','est han been in 1'SO i1t this station sin~u S2ptan~cr 10. 193{. 4. A rrcnthlf (Oh~;ckb"s }lecn ;',"].10 for tho past thl'e'" :r:c\tb; of the t:'T0 B-2 v,-",t b:v usin!; adap bor C'>.; "",tt,,0:."88. to tJ.8 o ir Ih18 (3) wh i oh hu s 120 'uO'1.Ld" pTf)SS'lrC, "t:y p'.lshin~~ lush 'butter, (c; ~LG,nt8rilI. then r.o t e thu ever; dis tri ~nt io'1 o !' "i l' in ;ccs co l Lc . Wrll,l val v ..:;s "hm',. f,,"il,ll'O 1::1 t~.br",st. OJ') lo t t Lo Specifico.ti:Jn ~~o 102':;7 L-; used to t~~s1 as .. dirE:~~O'l I r; 'J:.e2h~\i2:,1 Or,Jcr 13-1-,), I'Cl.~ngrC);ph 5, v-h i ch so 1;:~:r nr.s s~~o--:\.': s~'~~~e[..... rr( V1.OliS 8 t.cs t, Val "OS Uw.'! 1" Ll ad L,;'re 8C2L pri.ed loose, rf';i!'stnlloc1 i:~r.:l tested. s,-"tic.f"ctor~ly ['ft e rwar ds , 5. It is. rcsorLneLCl"d that a ",:cr8 pos i t ivc distribution valves be u"pd or pcunro.te ovlindeT br' inst211"C!. 1'01' t~[]C~' '0811.' . C: . Th~ v,~sts ll"v" ~c~,r. 1'cp;~ireJ a~ T>r()-. s c r i.bc.d L1 l'~,.rF1E;r"p.:, 'i QEd put D(J.ok zr; scr-v i.ce , 7. Photogl'o.Dl~ of C1.dc:ptcr at.t<:lc:lcd. 8. No rpr-ev i ou- l.r:sf.tisL'ctcry :?icports have been s ubrr.i t tt.d 1J t}.is st:'.tioL OT. t.l:.is cond i,t iOT1. rtc-p Ly t I)l]? : 'i"iIn thi:~ 'conn(~+i('n, it is recclizccl ft.2-t bh.. 'Present starJ.;'.rcl nr.eurr: tic life pre,'c1'vcr vests hav not I'rovcn ('.~ti"Glj' sct.isf:ictory. A ccns trrit study r'\S 1:r2r. !lPdc of t.1.:lis t~>T8 of equi'[lDcnt fr-om t h. tb:.c tb; f i r s t ,'merL:',r:tal de:::ig21 "IiOS 'C"'pleyul. As a result of t;:cL; s r udy, t,here hns Dccu r1c7clcpC'd 8. :,(,'" dr-s i r n , r:Y~Jo !J-3. It. is 1)(:1 i,-;v'(~ tJ..: u:J.d9sirp, ..-olc c feat ur os 'oA-pcricncc(l Hi tL +L'2 old tffc Y'CS t have [)0 (;11 corl'cctl,d in Lie 1.'."/' tff"" vest. The '=YYJ(; B-3 vest h,,::; aTl ir.di vL'~'J.ill infb.tion sjst"rr, for ""'Cl'l o:.,,:."[.J1'. 2:.;-,11 co' ~TDr.:::j ',1 C02 r-ylinrlcrs, LO', T\.'o,iL .bLo , vi Tl b8'lS8~1 in, ctcr_d of tLc r.rosor.t. cyliclc.r.This c zl i r.d c r is l"li.::;vcrl r o be ',:'Ohl f')ol'oro:,f ,;Tld 1,-;::;5 COITiI., 1 ir-"tE::G. f'r cm r st'11cd:.,oiJ,t 0,;:' :cD a r.t 'oj JL1CC GT:.cl'" iLS]J:~+Lcr . . Iter8 ].s nov' a qllrn ti r. of t h.: nr: dccagrlod equipIrlont on 1,roc'1rO"81.t for so rv i c c tcs t, Sevora.l vost.s ::',,11 be furLic'hcd Crissy ~:Lcld as :;oon ELS they br;con:e Cl.wFlilo.bl.-). lJr,on rc('('i1 t, of ~,tirf"ctGry s"Tvir-.-.' t" .. ,t r'nOl.t~ ~ t,l:", artisl()!!ill be ~t;,-i~d'"rdiz~d" for vrr.Jc::~'c_
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3trJ..t i:..ssc,Jbli8s. Cleo, Left and Right. Par t s Ho. 13-5313-5 a.id ;:\-638-6. 1. St.rub As sC:Iblies, Oleo, Left and PiF;ht, st'~ck Ln t.l,o r,;tractcd no r i tion thcrctJ losing ,dl ::;l.ock 'l'\;"or',irw oU:litics. 2. The idryl'~n,;'hE's just r,-,turn,.d f r orn all c7ten".od crosc-:-cow:try trip on "ckioh the Cleo ::;trut::: wo r c no t Cle3.11ClJ. It is be l i cvcd tho defect '''iOS c'1u5cd 1>1 01cst ar.d dirt acc'.lf':ulating in the c'rlir::kr ,"r--:li.:':clthe pac::inc nut. 3. L"~Oi"'l:nCLdthcs,_ s t rut s bt' clL;asscTl'cled ar_d gi vcn L~ tl .. rougl--l irL:-:;?Cct iOL. o Net" bv 3t,d iCE :E'n;;inl-,lr Of ricer: strut as::;e'ffiSli( s' ;'\'0r,~-:;fls:lssc-;;l'EI-:::d'-:J;rl ir;s:'eeted ar.d f01.1TJ.d to G-.; Lr. p:osd co.nd i t ior.. ~h,:) airnl,~1Ec ::lCc':..cmic v:~:o re;,:oved t.hLSC str',lt~; {ro:'. the a.irp l az;c rcr.o r t.cd rLlt. the:( were; very diffic'J.l t to rd'Tve ac' tL.;.:, '!Jcre ':')r;;lctic,'ill~' I'r oz.en C1t the teT' fit t.ing d'lt; to the bolts bcillg excessively t ig1'lt. It is bdh'vcd th,~t. Elis i" arcouYlted fo~ the shocks l;:ali~LctiOlli'1g. Rc1:x t:). FH: -Dr,,,:::;ril>s s'hcw the 1)01t. and hc I.e tolerances to be sa t isa'ac t or-y ana. since no previous trc uc I e of this liCI.tuTe has h'81l encnll;.lb"rcd, it is the OI,LlioL that the; difficdty is c i thc.r clue to all e.xc',s SJ.v,-,ly t igr. t fit of t11,: 201 t bJ" tLL: rrnnuf'uo t.ur-or or to f'a ul t v Lub ri ct.t. i o.u. It is r cqu,~stcr1 that t h,.. belts ill a,'~cstion t,:, r ol i cved a slight ",:,cunt b:/ drc::;sin[( the ,1thLChirW ho l cs iE tL,: 0180 uDTJCr Lo r ..in8.1 fittLlf: if cy.ardno.t.i ori sho;,-s t,hi; actLor, to be ncc rs sa rv in order to r.r-o vi dc .... pre.per f'.lL,ti')ni;.f," 01'

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~Ti"\F'r Tn i r, fire f)Y.::tilif!;11isrJ.er, T1:0r:..nt8:1. O::'~.:.the cnnt r-ol CCL]J~Ic, I'il",c'. t" r-c r f o r:n s'LtL:.factori!y v'hen rcq'li rca f'o r' CIS': O~, srro l iering electric ';,iriLg b'.ck oi' t.l.c Ll:ctrur[,cL+ 'bo1.rd. I'..lIT actien f~ilcd to n1'olidu ~ str88~ of sl~ficieTlt f'o rc o , . . T~l" i nxr cc ti c n t~"g 'i,-a,,; lest rtt t h i s t ir.o , but lt, 1" I'ea~,onC1,01'-,tou,~li8'.'e th:;,.t the 0xtin[\lisher ';.'FLS p rcpor Ly te st cd icS r,:(1Uir8d by Technical Order C11-82 sir,se the trLg V",1:3 iLCita.lhJd when r;j,st iJlsncct i'::;LS ~r';(.;l',:; n:.r~de. In o:'d'J:~ t,o. G_~;.)~lT(; T'r~;piJr. fUL~cti,?ni:l[':. of. thes'; (:dln>.r\;.lsncrs, "'.Jaln In se1"'lCl, 1t. 1S sClc,se"t"d the;; s(veI"ll s t r cxc s of t h.: hand.I o be ,~.ad: W},G:; Liqui d ~:]ustbc <'.ldderl. It, is belic'Jcd tr.,~t [1 te,.t cC',r:,) " Yc::clr is insufficient. Al rr 1 ar:.cs , :;::r'T)~, I -2f"\.: FciriLg TLst~11ation,

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Fairing Installation, Lmlding G02T, TR spec:,icn was Lade by the Engineering Officer Farts No. 15-2785 and 15-2785-1. f rcm Langl ey l"ield, resulting in the belief Numerous cases of cracked and bent cowl the 1::10wor clutch vas sl i pping, therefore neformers of the Land Ing gear fairi: . (3::;0;:.bi',' cossi tating an ong i.no chango. The airplane ly are noted, e spec i.al.Ly or, 8h"pLlnes r e t.uru- I wns then flown fra l the Mnnicipal .Airport to iug from cross-country tri:ps. C1'.lp!-an Field, and the eng i no was reported to Caused by pil o bs and :"ec~lC::lics using this hnv0 run satisfactorily except for being fairing as a step while stR.rtL1q; th8 airplane, slightly rough, servicing and nerfol'ming 'T[..:-int0T.F.il.c,) "'orl:. ReplY to DB: Recc:mend t:"J const.ruc r.Lon of bh i s frvi r ing Thc-'iairfield Depot reports that during Lnbe redesignGd +.c. allow personnel to use samo I sT)eetion of tho sut.j ect eng i ne they found t,hat as a step to fe.cilitatc I:'.t:l.into:lf.U1Ce nd starta i ttlG clutch showed evidence of slipping. Fiston ing or a s t ep be incorpJrated with t1.o fc1iring i No. 25G9 installed in No. 1 cylir.der was installation to <1ccoqlish the saoe purpose. cracked.:rhis -p(;;rc".i tted some "olowby" whic~ ---.I scored the cylinder. 'j;he scored cy l.Lnde r vall Carburdor Asser::C1y, Tae IJA-YBC,"LQ. No~4.,628:t~ rGquire regrinding for over s i ae piston. They \,-![ion tho airpl'me was skrted t~e r.o t.oz- Load-! al.so f ound that the rear -proreller hub cone ed up. With c.r.?tor stop;?ed: wc rkd.ng of the. was loose, '!Jorldrlg on the crFtr2cshaft, and had wobble pU'q> ellowod eXC'-)SSlVe f'Lovr of gaso'l i.ne ] gall'"d the rear cono seat. throuGh the drail1 pipe. Upon removal of the 0 The Fairfield Donet is of tho opinion that carburetor v i s ua], inspection "bowed that. the tho foregoing cor.di tions would cause a rough. needle valvo ::",:;a+' vms ;:b,oa:ed o~.f, allo~'l~:e engino. The clutch slipping would g~ve t~e amthe float t o bOOGLe stUCK a.n 8. o.ovm r.o s I t.Lon. ! I,rsssion of a clogged or dirty gaco l ine Li ne or strainer. Th0 ~istol1 failure is similar to Fa.rachut.s Fl.ar o , T.Tne :i;- 8. others reported to the ~ivisiol1 on the C<1st -i:{-8p"nlchut:';flarO:-1.Y,rt No. AC dra':ling tYlo cf {listen. All J1istens procured in the 2K-13158, igr.i ted upon ccrrtr.c t -.:itr .-;round I future will be of the forged tJTe. The trouble v-hori F-l2D 'driJlalie No . 31-:212 gr-ound looped I exr,e:cioncl,d v'i th g'3.11ing of the crankshaft rtay I.t 2partsnrurg; S. C., on Y;,---:crch 19~~5. 9, ha~Ye boen dU(J to the: irr:prorer tightening of the Fl ar e burned inside container, sett,ing f i r-o i prupeller hub retaininG nut. to t,11,-,','Tine and. b',;xning "l;ot.h vTings and fabric i cn f'us aLago, IL~rtin B-10. Rl?--:Jac fuel pllr::p.il0316MA, develThese ra,...ks werr; lOC8.t.0d below bhe v!iIlg at i o"p',dfm'c:;;:;essivo i3:"O'.:nt of corrosion arm:.r.d d istar.cG of 84" fro:1 the cerit.e r of the i the 'baso , necessitating its rerccvCll. The baso f'us cl.age , i e.r ound the dr i vo shaf t vn....S badly ccrroded ar.d Burr.e"l fl'lre and rack and. flare f'r-orr. oppoI the drain from the. rackir.g gland alrcost closed site v/ing hein~ forwar~ed as Gybibits under : 'by corros Len, separu.t.o cover. h:-;::l,y to TJR: Recorrmcnd t,hat, f'Lar-oc SUS-pcJ.<}"d below the -t'fil' exc es s i VP, corros ion of the tYre F-6 wings on I-l,"] airylanes he suspended closer I f uo'L pUL:p asser'1bly ~o. R-1551-D in 3-10 air-. to the' fus81".ge. i p Lrne was beli0veci due to the grcA.ter ccrrosl~n Reply to 'JP: i t0nel.:mc.i.os of the .y;"tE;nesi= ba s o alloys when a.n "Tho rc.co!I:_,cndat Lon coute.i.ned in thi s report i corrt.ac t with sC1lt char-ged <1t.::ospheres sur-:h as t~ the ;f~cc~ tLat ~fl:rE'ss1:spel1d~c1 ~elow the i prr:vCiil al?nf"( th,; s-ea coe.s t s , vnngs 0, .Lod(~l r-ra o i rp.l.ancs bo 1nsualled. TW8ntj-fJ.'T8 tync F-6 Fomoo f uc I -pt:rrp IC'.SSPfficloser to th,-- f1.:s0lo.[8 car.no t be concurred In. I b1i8:O wore f'abr-Lcat.ed frem r,.ap:nc,sium alloy to Tho "present installuticn drawing Locut es the I ile1;crrr.il-"e 'i.hether this light metal might be fla~'es or" li:,.o,l<,l '-12 8,irnlancs 1 8L~ inches from used for fU81 syste'-:l parts. 'l'h0 castings were the center line of the air?~an? Th8 loc~ti~g treated for resistancG against corro~ion ~y a of tho racks clcs;r t.han ~~l:-S.1S n~t. f'ea.s i.b'Le, rhrc::-.ate acid process. I'c.l::::P assernbllC'5 Wlt~ due to th3 r(;sul t i ng 1')OS51 ll:- ty of lntorferb (n.", letters lVi.A. f'o l l owic.g the ':-:an'llaet::rer s ence betv:oen thc. flare and t,a:.l surf'nces of I serial number have tho bodies and :-.ounb.ng tho a.i r-o l ane at t irn.: of rf11ease.!l I pl at c.s of I'":n~esi':,-'Il alloy. ,The "ru-'JI' a~sf)rrlbly _ ., ~"'" ~ 1" '!; I r-cfcr r ed to an t.h i s r cpo r-t r s ?: th.e llg~t tieg 81 lpJ?lng, ci utCh ,.i.h-l~',C-~~ Eni;;lne 30.32-159: I nes i un, base alloy. r;'he eXCeSSl V8 C orrOSlon a1'Ap"Prox~:::8L:ly 4(\11m:.te~ o,:t of Jacl~sor.v~lle, pears to have dcvci.opod due to the lack ,of adeFla., thlS e::1glr.e bCf3.:1 rrn s s i ng and back-flrIOlJate corresion resistant troak1ent. If rf'Lng . The.pilot,believil1g there was :I!ater. 1:.1 iports o~ si::,ilar, difficulties are r'eported, the gp.solln~. returned to Daytona Berich , lan~-. i steps wi Ll, be", t akcn t,o rerr.cve these Fl.."qJ as semed, and dral::e~ about f'our gal Lons of ~aso1J.ne 'I blies f'r-cm service. It is requested thn.t th~ from ~ho AuxJ.l~8ry taw:. The engJ.nc. t.nen pur~F as s e.cl-Ly in question be f'orwar ded to !hlS f'unc t i oned sa t i of ac t or-i Lv for approxlrn::J.t.ely 20 ! Di v'i a i.on ::'L'1rked for the attention 0 f the 4'le1d mi.rrut.e s out of Dny l.ona BlJach, and began missService Soction for exa.ni na.t i on p.nrfl. further ing ar::.d tack-firing age.Ll. He returned to ; disposi Hon." Daytona Beach and r-ernai.ncd unt.I I a mcchan i c IS:
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cond i r.Lons fl~xiblp. cor.ddt is beL:::; p:ocured to retIal>') e-.8rtp.in sAd,ions each of these gla3scs were reccd ved of the rigid concbit. \\'b,en t.lvc fl,-,xi'tlo ~onduit from the M.':!tcriel Division on ?;Ip,rch Hi,1935. hecoJrnes ava.i Labl,c , inst,ruetions will ''roC) iss'Jcd A thoro'.li<h test hr.s b'Jon :TaCo 1:.! tris orto have se;'l8 ir.stallcd. Pet, O'Ter1":.aul of th8 ganizatio.'l of the n1,ov" pl"S5 1liit~:1 tre 2.2 aiIj?lanefi. Larrp used [~t, var-Loun di,;ta'1ces "lId ru:glcs A"3 a tioD'rorLry r err.edy , request the TJr8:38nt fr(J~ th8 Irirtor. }.lso Vii ~h bow of the 21;:'.55' t.ub i ng , if j-ract i cabl e , "'."t pc i nt s wh8re faL\.es used si'.ul t,ur.::ously as sU,'\.i.;ost,"'d in r-ic.i ouz-e s are cccurripe he wrapped VJi th bh'i r; ::;hepi; gram, WrL:;J::.t, Fipld., . Arril 2, '19~s5. AttC'''Cpts rne t a'L ar.d ter:,o.. It i,; believed. tt.u.t cer.tl1in were 81 so 1""''"'.<1 C) t 0 i~'TrcJe rliffusii:.f, IJuali t ios 01' the t u.f;P'S 7rill give cot ter service if sc:pby t~e r.p.,.,lic"l,tioT" of rroum glass S1lbsti tu,;e . ported SQ as to di',iLAte sc:.e of t Lo ::;train end cc l o rc.I rnks , All cf'f'c r-t s to dat c '1"1 th cn the; cordui t, fi ttinti. the abcvc gh .. ;; Tlrov'Crl l::.ns'\ti:'".fD-ctcr'l. s F88al"ding yoc:r r-er-cr.zrer.de.t.i on t~~'3.t rcp-pC\r Fy c0ilinp; 1rp81 ;:Jass, 2nd 81l0"'in:-: it to rrp,iJ sclcl~red to t.ho niJplps b e used, this is coe1 :-:lO',"l.y it,:; hUit u<-;istinp q1.:2.litics he.vc net reso:n:"enc1 d RS it wO'c:.1d be Jrr.r-.tic811y 'eceL imt:rnv"d to t: s<:,tislndorypoint. A wort Ll es s as R rr.d i o ~:.hir,ldinr." sheet of 8"ral sl;"eGG has be or. 8id,;;; )(001 r es u.l r s for the' J.lr.st ""r.reCl rJ!'Vs. .3~:..r:~~?,S':l1l~':!:"y,!.-::B].:",~!. ur.22tl.rt .Xo., 21-4328. T It is TClC)orc-...r..",nrlcrl t'!:'l2t a r.o r e s'lital,18 1:'1c..3t t ub s""fncrt rcssc.,:tly TC.,X)\'f,d. f ror. glass ,:.'i+.L'1.t IpE..st. ch", q ua.L it i",::; of Cp"l T-2GL airrl~~s, ~ir Ccrp~ No. 33-l2~. ~last t'~t)0 11i,'~, ce n installed' b f'r r (,tout. lr:I~(" at thp glASS 2>::; rC.;p',~T-ls d i f'f'uci c.n , h. f ur-r.Lshnd, ti:,D c:f f'a i Lur c . Trw g'.lI' to ",-,hie-I" the hln:;t :Reply t,) 11. ::t, : t'.L"hs was asse.'D"t.18ri r:li,l nc t fir", 0\'81' 2("' r-ounds "It f2.f [k T.OCSSS'1,T/ to rceh:,c" the intpn:;iat tllC' La s t C1',;;',rterly test .. ty cf t,ll('" :..lh~:im",t ien of -:-.lp t./T8 .3-2 rhohgrcq;,hi~ lrt~T) 1:.1 r:;:.ttin!~~,u+ SCIne ('f the c'.J.r"Et-:T-l,L t c ~1.:S. : "QU:sr fF.il urr-s cf thi s rart hrrvr- OOC".lrrrd rp,nt, v.h i r-L is 2cCT';Ilisi"1E"1 "ry ;j-'rcwiLi~ r lio zVii t~h'",; rX'oviclc;'1 f'o r this PUIf0S'} m'ld v'hirh p,rlC1 Drc">:ir,g 21-~32r: h[:ls Q8eD ch2Jlgr':1 rcquirin; [tr8 le-cateel OL the 'back o f th8 l8,;"2C '1..,;:;8Ir.~,ly. that the thrp8.,lE-'rl rerti(')~" f'f the; fi Hint; 1'2 rrade It is ",1 so 1:>21i v,oe1 H.:~ t the d if: iCLlt.! refr()I:, r.i ck-il, 5t."81. .. Il"l. acldi t ion, Tcchr.ioal C'rder rJl.,2CI1--R 1'I''1\1i1',]s t ho rIa"t tc:h8 to 'h~ ferr~d ~)IJ (;8.n be c:vcrcc:::J.e b~,r using cr-d i no ry rii';i-Jly 'Jt.t'lcl'}81. to th,~ L:c:n tarrpl in rmnno r chaLk for spottir,,:,; r ho c'!ifLcsir:g gla,,~: in the rrarticrcll.'1 th,'S8."T~l 8.8 TPCCTIDPnr18f1 in yo u r 1'8ceLter ro :rr')VShr eD ,":.;c',5"i\'2 m:o'lJ""t, of ports. 'i'hi s T,'chnicel OrrisI' rC'1c;,irns -(,1:8. t. +-.hEJ 1 ip;ht c~}r:i;-;g thr u and rc"cl-.iLg the llB[:"'..ti yeo Tt. vri Ll, r.Lsc [)", r,<cCSSS'lr:/ to,:,'r-ply tn:.., \ b~8.st t':te C~2 nge . tel:Tf~rl"' cvprh~,ul of U'_P ncc eaChe,lv. en t"th sirks cf t~f' .,,;la:::s rir,l"" +'12..t I ri r-p Lancs . if t h i s rhon,,:'" 13 con,sldered \ S'1.ry Trior to ov,"rhaul, r0quest it b",n".E..dp. II is, on tLe eDC ~>i"lc: that h8.'; tbe snnd rl8.st.ed sLrf'1.C'" Lnrl on tl1c o r.h-.r- si.h: th;c.,t is s[..J:.d ITt, ,... m ~:-,--:-~ Ie"' },18st;d (;v .... t,hl,' <eLl-; 1'i', SLT7c\.CC. r I ' ~'1c,:Lon~!_-:0'"T'P "i\"-~,,':':'- ,~::";" .,... I L l,elay, l'F:rt Nc. 2':::S-}J, 1;1 .Tl..:Dotlon rex, F".:.rther CO:TBT"ts arC) r'2q'Y:;stErl on the reType Tj-lu,'l..167, fer l~SC v- i t h tY'Pt; srit-H3 r-ad i o S1,jJts "h+."drl."c1 'by coqlyil"g .. th the above 6 rc"cruLcLuati..:JEs. " sds.. . 2. The Dcarlng CuTS en th~ r~lRY 00IlP, 1nto :::Ub8 - Cond.t.i t T-25A, Trut No. IS-281,S'-51, \ ';ihirQ the bc~riHi! -pin:" of th,' 1""1"1:" p.r,r:-,t,urp f i t., ha.vc \'.'c.cntr s'..:Cb on --x i r.rrt t.h",t t~8.p.rrr:aJhp tlc.P L"Cp::;SPI',Y to 0J_ango o;'51Il'1S of rur-e :~tirks in l~oth 0'f,,-;r: IlLCl 010O'p(1 pO:;J.tlons. F-2bA o.irr1r-.llpS i-; ir::ct'c'lSorJ. thr')uf"h t1'.0 ! '.i::r"~, 'Lu)"si'\r:' play :n th arr.::d-llre rns r.Ls o fc:.il'lrp Jf cJncl'~ir "-'lbir.g, DG.rt lTC'. 1~-::~F<10""us"".1 it to C'o~';c in rc'Ltr-ct. 'irit1; Li ,,,,h vc Ltage ::'1 (L.R. 0,,1 .nnid bc:' t r II.H. ~'oJ.( nc i d bo',); rc:mu,+.,,'.r Lf:;r'j~~t r h- o.nrn t ur. Thi::: ::::hcrt cir15-;:'';-llC-S2 (ThE .. '")c18IlC1ia box to H.E.L-::~r;ctc);! ('"it "C~'J~,p(i '::ctr-. t'b,c Fla.\" ;j,r~a.tnre 'lcd thp high ~r.ri 15-2~F)-5:) (t..u, SOl0r.oirl 'C07 to L.". \ vcli8:;<: r'.OE1'.,'.ckr r o h.~ b\'TLC'1 ccn,c;i'lF.rt,tly. i{,;"'R;Tl.e+.c..). In qrlditi"n. t1~csc t,l'Y'S I'll''': r r cI' This st'L'~ii'ic f'ni Lur- I,G.S occr.r-r cd on +-,".'C ~,praqU8nt.ly ""'.dl.! h"T,+' c r hr'~kcn wl.cn it is. Il8rptc ,4=et I on ',OX88. ~c"3:;'3ry tr vo rk en tllE' ~,]n 3yach1'oni7er 3. 'Inis p'1Li:,rLPnt '(;as TF.cPivE'r\ new fl'o::l t~p :;ol'c[l'Jids. :",;igr::al '':;cn,8 eul hP:0 net 1'-0fn o,-prl~"1ll18d. '::h18 In o r-Ir r that T1".El.inh:nc~nc8 ti';:8 F.ay bE' de(~guir'fCnt }18S hr:n. 2frro:d~atply lS: heHTS of eT"',"-sr,d r,red t.1l8 frcq0.< st rET 1 8.C ing of t hesp ser'lJ.cc. Iar~s 1:.0. o'bvird,,'a, it. is rcr:;o:'TL1enr\;~rl "tr.'1.t the 1. 'lhe C8use of tr~" l:I1satisfElcLJry cor.diticn al'Jlr...i,,',m t.'.lCP,'3 hE:; rq:l'1ceCl:Jy 1'1(":;:ibl", tC:bir.g is \"ndct8r'i.Jncd. ?r ':'.1 r:orr"r tr'3.id. RX::?:7:.cr.rJ t.hd~ C'~rl-",E.;r r,r",-l"l sr::ld8TP'1 te niprJ.c'> ef tLo S~:l,.rr8'.D. 8.S r ~.hp ~"l'rjiLf::: LO'; 1;s("e1 hr. vlcr ted. 'Lh" COT'r0r r.l!:1='les t,o t..s '.lsr;j :":J t""",t the rrfspnt. box t, ~lr ..TcIJ:J '>T(1,~'l 1")c \:J il i zr:;d.. '::-t(') sl~n~.)C,"" 0(ilillJi\- tene:; rc~st bo rr,ov80. or r<;r:'Jv~rl er.+.ir';l,I i!(nr:,nCh2!,~ing p,nsines, v:orkin? Gel the s'Jlc)!JJ1.rls 'iT:d ','"L8r. r"'bu.ging
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The ohief purpose of this publication is to distribute information on aerollautics the flying perso!~lel in the Regular Army, Reserve Corps, National to Guard, and others connected wi th aviation. ---000--HY VISa TO THE AIR COR2?S / By Ea,jor-Gener~l Geo. S. Sit-londs Deputy Chief of Staff

Upon assumin~ my present duties as Deputy Chief o~ Staff, I determined that my first official visit from Gene~al Head.quarters to units and establ1ehments of the Army should include e~ements of the newly o rgant zed G. H.Q.. All' Force and some of the Air Corps Schools. In my preliminary talks with General Andrews, he made clear his conviction that immediately upon setting up his Head9.uar~ers ho should. enter uoon a deteml1na~lOn of and solution of""his organizatlonal problems, a stock taking of What he had to do and what he had~to do it.wi th, leading up and into t.ne preparatlon and execution of plans for the arlmin~stration, eg.uiDDlentand training of thlS new a~d vltal1y imnortant rrk~jor 'lnit of our fleld forces of which he had been placed in co~~and. It appear-ed to me that his grasn of ~he fundamentals af the Droblem was ewlnently somld. It was realized of co~se, that it would take time'to make of lt a ~ompletely going concern, but it was.consldered extremely imDortant and de ei rabl,e that the higher command should obtain a first-hanel ~cnowled(;ein the early stages of the steps beint~ initiated.for the solution of the prob Lem , ThlS, therefore, was one of the imnortant. reasons for the instructions gIven me ln the latter part of March by the Q~ief of Staff for a tour of inspectlon - by plane - lasting about two weeks and cover-Ing the South Atlantic States and the GUlf States as far west as El Paso. I was also extremely desirous of learning somethinc; more than llW very sketchy knowledge of the Air Corp::; part of our Army school system. In the years of ny service, I have had much to do in the development of our Army educational system but had no first-band knowledge of the ' Special Service Schools of the Air Corps. It nas therefore with much enthusiasm ~nd anticipation that I welcomed this o~~ortunity. Although I visited other military establishments and troops, including elements of the 2nd Infantry Division at Sam Houston, of the First Cavalry Divi~ion at Fort 131iss, and various Civilian -0nservation Corps installations, it is with my vicitto the Air Corps that this contrilmt,lr:mt.o YO'lr publication is concerne~.

At Langley Field, I was honored with a review of the air units stationed there, inspected the more important installations at the station and,above all, 118.d presented to me most clearly and comprehensively by the officers of the Air" ForcB, Station, and Wing Headquarters, their problems and how they were eoinb about the solution thereof. By st.av at Barksdale Field was short, bl~t in a f'ew hours 1 time roy old friend, Gerald Brant, shewed m~ his post and gave me much Lnf'orraat.Lon on the Third Wing. In a half day. at Randolph Field, Colonel Harms (whose entry into. the sel~ice \las closely and enerGetlcally s1;lpervisedby me in Marc!l, 1908), with hlS StaIf and Faculty, s~owed me. the poet and gave me a most lnterestl.ng and enliGhtening exposition of the organization and operation of the s~hool. I do not belleve it would be posslble to give a more understandable and comprehensive presentation of a set-up than ~a,s given to rae on that day. ft was wltn much regret that other dutlCS prevented me from making more of a visi t with Colonel Ei clce at Kelly l Field, and it is my pl;lrposeto do so at the first opportum ty. . It was at the Air Corps Tactlcal School at Maxwell Field that I made a more extendeu visit tl1an at any place on my trip. To anyone who stoJ?s to. thi~<, t~e developraent of t~ctlCS wlth the machf.ne s and weapons whi ch have been progressing and chanGing so rapidly since the War, as have those pertaining to the Air Corps, must present a difficU!-t and even ~ baf'f Li ng problel?' Ab<;J;ln, founll.ln command a.nother I frlend OI 10ng standlng - another whom I helped to raise - Colonel Curry. Th! s time, however, he was telling me. With much patience, clarity and conviction, he and his assistants set forth their mission, how they were 01'ganized for it, and what they were doinb to carry it out. He also with evident pride took me on a tour of inspection of this fine new post, which ~~S been largely brOUGht into being durins his tour of duty there. Now for a few brief and general impressions. The General Headquarters Air Force has entered into w~~t frankly reus t be reCOGnized as an expe riment>' al period. The problems are many, new -1V-6796, A.C.

and complex. I ~ convinced that GenHere they are. In the Air Corps, as eral Andrews and ~is staff are Going well as in other arms, there are some about t nf s by conraori sense methods. whose e:"lthusiasmsrun ahead of accoroplisb.They are ta::in~,; first the things up !!)8l'lts pQBsil:lle for thew. or anyone else. that OUGht to come first. I lalow that ,As far as I am concerned, I would rather they Rre putting out with the very best be tTyiug to control and direct enthusiasm t ha.t is in them to make our .Air Force t.han st:t1J.gsling overcome hidebound to an effecti v e fightin,'; t, just as our inertia.) But let's temper our enthusiunt Four ArillY Comnanders are strivine to do asms with realism. wi th their unite. c> In the Air Corps, as well as in other I want to say to you i~ this rather a~s, there are some who maGnify difficulintimate discourse that those of us in ties and h~ve a wrong perspective. There positions of high cornnand and res')onsi- are undoubtedly deficiencies in training. pili ty in bhe iJationa,lDefense are flrlIlMy OW11 oni nfon is that the Air Corps is in our conviction that wha t ever may be wi thin i{;self endeavoring to overcome the future develo-,)meJ.1ts machines, in them Yll all the means at its disDosal. th weapons, organization and tactics, this There are undoubtedly some deficiencies in s~cp i~ bOUl1Q to be one in the right personnel but, even in tl~,t, superior direct1on. I Dcrsonally feel that inguality will ~o a long way to overcome the stage of develo~oment in which we lack in rruarrt i ty. . find 9urselves at the present I.loment,a At the~pre5ent moment, lack o~ ea.ulpm~nt step 1n any other direction ma~ be com- is, in ~~T o~inion, the most~ser1ous def17 pared to step~ing off a precip~ce in ciency cOluronting the Air VorJs . That 1S order to take the shortest line where- something that the highest autnorlty must as by developing a road as we G~ along, solve along with the otber Great uroblems we are more sure of reaching the prODer of financing all the prcs~ing u~o~lems of dest i na tion. ~ government. In the meant Lae , h1ghcr anA?_ ~o the schools - and now I am on thority lla,s right to expect of 11S coma f'ami ar'ground. - the organization and plete ty and hone st effort t.omake methods of instru~tion are in accord the most efficient use of tho facllities with the principles which have made the we have. United States _~illY educational syste@ r can't wind this up without refer~ing the envy of military authorities the to the great trip I had by plane - ~llot, worli over. The school plants and the Cantain Hez i,;cClellan- u8c:1.anics,Tech-. new Air Corns posts, as we I L as the new nical Sergeant EO;'T Hooe and Corpora.l ICW1S pea ts of other arms, are splendid. ,rIley Kraus s . It Vias probably all in the day,' s I represent years of devoted effort on work with them - as it should. be - but I the part of those who have been are are j1~St want to say tbat it's up to all of us in responsible positions in the War De- to do our day's work as they do. . . partment,an~ of those leaders in the In case any of the real heads of fam1lles other Executive and in the Legislative who ext-ended me so many delightful ho spf.Departments of the Government who have tali ties should read thi s, I would like given heed to the dep'l or-ab'Le cor..clitions them to 1o:10Y1 t.ha.t I have made the record in that existed. prior to t~e new ~uild.inG r::J.y book of happy men.o Le s, r program. I h~ve no :pat~e~ce "nth. t~ose ,.. . ---000---" / w~o way say t ha't such llV1nt; cond.l oris t.i .,', ,,,_, _ .,'" V w1ll rcake our ArJ.1Ysoft . T,tleyar0,for GLN3Jl'l,AL CHANEY ASSUivll.S tllid DUTI.JijS the officers and soldiers, simply in ac cord with ul1at are or OUGht to be knorBrigadier-General James E. Ctaney, Assisiean standards of peace time living, and tant Chief of the Air Corps, reported at it is to be hoped that proper housin~ Randolph Field on May 17th 8nd assUilled cond ltions Yiill be extei1c:.ed the to II command of the Air ~orps Trainini~.Center. whole Army; also t.ha.t those 1:..1 high Other than a r-oceot.i at the Of f Lc ers t on corrmand are going to be a~le to give 'I Club and a few private receptions, the ars1lfficient field training to Ieep us rival of the new COITnandin~ General was hard - and I know that if the test of I heralded only by his acpea r-ance at his war comes the lunerican soldier will 'desk. H:::'roql1cstcdno cer-eiro or display of ny meet it with the same hardiL.ooclas 1)lanes to celelJrate his taking over coJ])LJRnd always. Wi th Mr s, Chaney he arrived after a ico tor One of the h:'1pPY features of my sertour from ';Vas:hington,here he had 'been w vices in t~e ArmJ is that no~ &ftcr serving in tho Office of the Chief of the Dk~ny years, particularly in various cam- Air Cor~s. Enroute, he visited Langley paie;ns and in t he schools, I have a Viid F'Le Ld , Hiar:ll, Fla., Pensacola, Fla., and knowledGe of and ac qua i nbanc e VIi ofth No VI Orloans. ficers - ,n~I seuiors , my cont empo rar Le s General Chaney relieves Co Lo neL JacoU E. and my juniors. Officers of the Air Fickel, Corananda.ntof the Advanced ]'lfing Qorps who are now cOI:1inc; positions to School, Kelly Field, who has been in remof ~i~h command and res),?nsibi~ity were p~rary ~orillnand the TraininG Cente~ of 1:.;ra1.rll'yl by.rae at,West Po~nt, ~nCl elses~nc~ t.ne deuarture for q,ut~l WaShl~gtcn in wnere. I know tnoy vloulcl tl.unle 1am 1,,0 L1eUt.-Coionel Henry B. Cla{;'ctt, All' sliliI;i.n/3 I did not have a few 11 sldns';rCorps. if
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Close liaison and cooperation wi th I There is now being ~onaucteri ~t. the the Sixth Brigade, encamped near " Air Corv.s Tactical School at M8-~vell Monterey, Calif., with higl:ly successful Field, Montgomery, Ala., a special tv-o re sul, s , nar~::edthe two weeks I field e.x-\ weeks 1 ccur se on various Air Corps subt crcises recently cond~cted by the 91st jects for Corps Area ground officers. Obser~ation Squ~dro~, Crissy Fieli, withl The co~'ee is under the direction of Lt.the lath Photo Section attached. The Colonel Harold L. George, Air Corps,ani rase of operations was at Watsonville consists of a series of lectures andilAirrort, Watsonville, Calif. lustrative problems by the various inDuring this period, Observation,Attack structors of the Tactical School. Offiand Bombardment and towing missions were ce rs were ordered to Maxwell Field frem flovm by tho Observation ~ilcts and obthe various A~y posts in the 4th Corrs Eervers. The annual tactlcal inspection Area for the period of the course. by lliajor-I}eneral Paul B. Malone CoruIn addition to the theoretical courses mandinL I}cneral, 3th Corps Area' was tauGht, these officers will be given fapRrtic~ar~y interesting, in t~t it was, miliarization flights in BOllibers~nd in conducted 1n connection with the porbi-place planes, and will b8 permltted formance of actual missions with ground to make short night fliGhts and crosstroops. country trainins flights as passen~e1's. Major Floyd E. Galloway, Commander of .The following officers at Maxwe~l . the 91?t. Obs~rvation Squad.ron and Bri1 Fleld are serving as instruct01'B ('1' s t.ht ~a1e alr Offlcor, made the summation of course: One hundred percent 11 and was joined by _ Lt. -Co Lone L Harold L. George anJ Capt. very favorable cerement frem General Robert H. Webster - Air Force Ccur se . Malone and Bri(';ad.ier-General Whi two r th, P. Major Odas Moon - Bcrr.bardrnentourse. C Cornrr:.anrling General of the Sixth B.. igade. ~ tv:c;.jors Claire L: Chennault and Warren ---000--R.,-,arter - Pursult Course. N.ajor Fre~erick W. bvar-s, Observation Course. FURSUITERS PARTICIPATE IN SILVER ~nIlF~ t.~ajorAustin Vi. rlartonstein - Air loCi stics Course. .The F~~st Pursuit Group, Selfridge Colonel Jilliam N. Porter, C.W.S. Fleld, M18h., un~er the co~~nd of Lt.i Chemical WarfarE; Course. Colonct Ralph Royce, departed at 1:30 Ca Jtain 8-orclon P. Saville - Air Intelp.m., ~ay 4th for Brantford, Ontario, ligence Course. where the 19 P-26A airplanes and one Major Melvin B. Asp - Engineering and C-24_Tranoport reillaineduntil 3:('0 p.m., Inspection. ~~a~T ?th, for the purpose of participat1st Lieut. Hilton T. Hanlcins - Metcolnf, In. the demonstrations held at that p1ac: III hon9.~ of K~ng Edwar-d of Engl.and. rolosical Ccurse. Officers orclered to attend the course, Thu; Good-\nll fllf';htwa s ordered by which started on May 23rd, include: the War Department at the request of the Lt.-Colonel Cary I. Croc~ett aDd 2nd State DenartDent. ' Lieut. George T. Duncan, 22nd Infantry; .. ---000--!'1aj Cha rle ~ H. Busbee, 3f,th Field Aror tillory; 1st Lieut. John M. Works, 1st PURSUIT PLil.N:::'S FERRIED TO WEST COAST Observation Battalion; Captains Charles ~Vi~nty off~("c~o from Langley Field,Va., S. Johnson, Levie W. Foy, Willian M. Hutson and William D. Scha.s , 8th Infantferr1ed P-12~ a1rnlanes to March Field l'f .n O.L ~he return flight, these , ry; Captains William R. H~by and r~orgo 1 R. McElroy, 6th Cavalry. 'plots f'o rr i ed P-26 ril ane s to Barksdale The opening exercise for the class ~as ani Selfridge Fields.Lan1 P-l2F planes to ~eld at ~:rc a.m., May 23rd, ~ith tee ~cangley Field. Those who participated vorrmandant of the School, Colonel Joha In.this. round trip transcontinental F. Curry, as instructcr. Each daY of fl1ght ln Pursuit airplanes were Majors cour se will be filled ~e'lton Lc ngf e'l , C. V. Haynes, Cal')tains the two wee]:.,,' l.ow ~.R. TOddz W.R. Wolfinbarger, R.A.liilscn, with lectures a.nd pro1:1ems from Sl:I)(' a.m. until 3:00 p.m., and students will K.~. Travls, A:R. Springer, B.J.Pcaslee, be afforded the opportunitv of securing ~l .~. Be ntLay , H. W. Dorr, C. G. Goo drich, flying in addition to the rebLUar ~.L.lillrvey,T.S. Power, 1st Lieuts. schedule. ~.A. G~~~sendorf, B.E. Ne~son,.S.O.RosG, ---0('0--,).S. P1~uer, T.C. Darcy, ~nd Lleuts. ?"!J. V1a80e11 and B.S. Harrell. On his way to the West Coast, Cantain Captain George w. Goddard, Air Ccrp~, j.ood.ri~h wa.e forced rlown near lilescal who conducts the Aerial Photoi'TaFhic ~~izona, by engine failure. His air~ School at the Air CorDS Technica~ School J.-.ane was totally wrecked, but,tt': .. I at Cganute Field, III ~, recently flew to ;8~a~e1 ~~1jury. AM.a.rch Field airplane the united States l.CilitaryAcadellly,'!/bere ent tHO days, during the course of ,ernerl m.m to that station, and he sub- he ~c;fl'}Bnt.:":f r.or~tl.IT~e(l ferry mission his JW~Cll he delivered lectures to the WE'st t.o .h9.rl':.s'lale Field. P01nt Cadets on the subject of Acria-.. Photography. - V-6796, A.C.

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The 18th Composi te \7ing co n-tuc t ed a I ai7.in~ po i nt for each mission "18.3 iclentit~st, of l~ve demolition bonus at J3e110'"78 f ied by rieans of a red flag. I :Flela,. Wal.l:uanalo, on May 3ru. last. For Attn,ck targets WGre of two tYIles; s~l~Jrr.e tUJ.e. periodic tests of Live Lorab s houe t t.e s , rel)resentin:; troops and a Li.ne ;rom the currant Reserve in the Hawadi an of squar-e cloth-covered franes represent.... epartment have been pending. Shortly ing a truck train. ~fter the a~r~val of the ne~ Department O~eraticns were directed from a CP set;ornnander, l'laJor-General Hugh A. DI'UI.1, up cverlockinl; tl.le erit.d re range. Tele~olone~ Um~?ns, Comcnander of the 18th phone cOillTlunication was provided between v~mn,oslte. \huf';, conceived. a nlan of com- the CP and Luke Field; CP and Rad.i,o StahUl?g t h i s test with the de1J.orstration tion at Bellows Field and CP ani Observaof .Au Corps bombi ng arid attack tactics. tion Po i rrt . Radio communication was had Tms plan pro-yed. to be cppo r tune , since between the Rad i o S:ation at :Bel~ows . Gener-a.L Dr-uma s In the process of C,)Dl]'ield, Luke Pi-eld and airplanes an ~llght. pletl?g.hlS tactical inspection of vari~hen airplanes reacb~d t~~ir bowblns ous ~~lltary organizations in the I altitude, radio cOli~unlGat1on was estabHawa.i an Department. L Ilished wi t.h BeI Lows Field on short.nave A nQ~ber of difficult situations prei and instructions for bombing weroglven. se?ted thenselves, not the least of I Shortly b2fore each ~hase of deillonstrawhlch was the location and layins out of I tio:::l, an announcement was ?honed. t'? the t~r~ets, both from po i nt of v I ew of the Observation Point for the Lnf ormat i on of illllltary p~rsonnel participating in the the spectators. . demon~tratlon and the spectators. It Perfect ,leather favored the entlre.dewas fln.~l~y decid.,~?- ~o hold these tests mons t re.t i on . Tho firs~ mt e s i on ?onslsted on. ~he \lalB8.n~lo Lll1 tary :Reservation. : of drop",::;iIlf;four 600-1 o. demD~l~lon OOffiOS Thl u, re_se~~~tlon. afford.E;d e~ou{,:h area II and toot: place p~om:ptlY. on sc.r:ec1ul~. .All for liropplr.s bom?s and pr ovLded also au bombs went off Wl th a 11.lg,?- r-uer 0-,- cl,:o unu~n::-al obGe:rvatlon point for spectators, tonation and. made a ver y tmpr-es s i ve d i sa. r i age of h.iLl s along the north edge. I p'l ay for the beginning of the urogram: Slnce t~e slopes of these hills are very! T~e second missio? ?onsisted of drO~~lng stee:p, t t \78-S necessary to br-eak trails I S1.X300-1b. demoLi t i on 'bombs and a hi gh and. an ~ome. ir..st:::tIl.c?SC.~:)Ilstruct steps \ order of accura<;:y resulted. Ne::ct ~ollowand hanc ralls to r.he ooservation point I ed. D.. dernons t.r-at i on of attack mnatl,?n by which was c Lear-ed. to ac corrrno t e be tween I the 2-6th Attack Squadron, Wheeler Fle~d., da 300 and. 400 persons. Being at an altiI comraan led b;,y' ::ajor S.D. Frierson. ; Aenal tude of. several hund r ed feet, this point i machine guime ry against silhouet~e tarafforded the spectators a splenQid view : gets w~s demonstrated. Just as ~he_last of the oombing and. attack demonstrations.' of the 300-1'0. bombs was dropped, tne A Prov i s i ona.L Bom.~ardr:.lentSquad.ro:'1 Vias I Attack t oolc off f r om 3e110,,-;s !ielcl,1iihere organlzed ~t ~u~e.F1.eld and. ~laced ~der I they had been stat1.one~ for tn~ day, and the c omruariu of NlaJor John V. Hart, Alr formed very rauidly, d.l sappear-rng mome nCorps. Other personnel of this Squadr on . tarily behind the volcanic peaks to the were Captains Resinald Heber, Ford J. \'t7est. Suddenly they reappeared and. dove Lauer, Lieuts. R~ery S. Wetzel, William I to the attacJ~ on the targets. These atL. Kennedy, Jack~. Wood, Louis A. I tac~s ~ere made oy flights of three airGuenther, 1cTillia::~_L. Tratis, Har-rv G. I :p~anes each, 5l-ncl. e ~epeated bY,single vrer I!.ontt:;omer.;(, Jr., Joseph oJ. Ladd , JaDes ialrDlanes, 80i] rri t s belnt:; rccordeG.: W. Gurr, vlifford H. Rees, Charles H. I The B0mQar~nent again took the alr,and Pottenger, Travis M. HetherinGton and i one 300-lb. and seven 100-1'0. bombs TIere John J. Hutchison. ! drop0od. This was immediately followed It being the desire of the Wine; ComI by a-'-der~onstratioll by the 6th Pur sui t mander. to conduct bOl?bing f rora as high : .Sc:~c,rol1, V'l1.l~e~,er Field., corcmand ed by. an a.l t i t'udo as pr ac t t c ab Le , a number of I daJor EarlY Jii.I> =:tJ.ncan. Aer-La.Lmaclri ne Mark XV synchronous bomb siGhts wer-e . \ gunnery and bomblllg vierc delr\o:n.strateC1 ;)T')curo(l jut tl:ls ::.J.Tj;icul<::tr~)rQ,j0r.t, i against the silhouette and t r-uck train and for a period of ten cays the ProviI tarGets. The ro~ail1ing missions follows i ono.L Bombardmerit SqU::lUTOnarried c out I eel in rapid. succession. T\'lo 1100-1'0. do~xtensive bombar-drue rrt practice be twe cn i r.101ition bombs wore dro ppe d and wore 0,000 and. lZ,000 feet altitudo. i f'oLl oweu by a salvo bombing demorist raBombardment targets were arranged to I tion, 12 Bombard2el1t airplanes dropping fulfill the re~uiremcntG of t~e ord.nance I sixty 100-lb. practice bombs as a unit test and to prcvicle a series of aLr,in[; ! and r-epea.t.e d by f Li ght s of six bombers }Joints, Y;llereo~' the craters cauaed by I eac h. the bombs droPIJed. woul.d be suf'fi c i.eut Ly ! Attaci{: aviation again took off and sc.;-parated to enab Le id.ontification. Ilaicl a f Lve--p.l.ane smcke screen, imrnediThree aiminc "points were established, I at el v f oLl.oved by all airplanes of the e~ch consisting of three oLd bomber ?rovJ.s~or:..al BOLlb:3.rdJn~nt Squadr-on ~assing W~ngs staked. to the grOUT.ld. T~o tarset I In reVlew past tne ODservatlon pOlnt. a!ea was outlined by flags for the bene- I ., ~~e hiGhly commonclabl? manner in which f~ t of the observers and. spectators. An I t ne test and demons t ra t i on were conducted -4V-6796, A. C.
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may be evidenced by bhe following radio-I. gram received' f.rom the Wing Comruande r : "The D8partment COTI1'":l8.nd.er 6.esires me to extend. to you and raember s of your command hi s extrei~e apprec~a~ion arid :pleasure at the lughlJT ef'f'Lc l ent manner ln which the bombing tests were COlloucted at Waimanalo May third. It c Lear Ly dem0!lst.!'ates to him the high degree of tact~~al. and technical efficienc.y of the l'hghteenth Wing. To the General's commendatory remarks I desire to add' t~t ~ erperienced the greatest gratif1ca~lon and satisfaction from the mannor a n which the t e s t s were co nduc t.e d a?d the results obtained. They co nc Lu~l.Vely. prove t!?at. the Ei""'ht~enth Wing 1.S ~ h~~rlly efIic1.ent and tnorough org~n1.~at~on.capable of performing any m1SS1on WhlCh it might be called upon. Emmo ns . " . ,I ---000--V

ering of the right wing of the ''P-7,~ flown by Oade t Lampl a.t tne tim.e uf 'hi.e disaprearan.ce. . '_ i Fl;fl ~1t? Cadet Mll to n A. Lam:p1..roysteT1. I nusl! d1.S8:prea~ed. d.u-:inp' the m.ght. o'f , Marcil lOth, wni Le enroute to Selfr1.~e Field fron Clevelaild, Ohio. Curlo~S Y enough, Mr. Owen bad re ?rte<:i ~elfn ,.,._ the airpla.le fl;.'ing in R1S V1.Cl.m. ty'~ t vreen 8 as and B :40 };l.rn., on. the evem.ng I of March 10th and, a1'ter a tnoro~h search of tne area during the pcrlod from March 11th to 23rd, his report wa~ filed with the z-emaf.nde r of the 309 ada. reports received as to Cad.et Lampl s whereabouts.
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The 19th Pursuit Squadron"stationed at Wheeler Field, T.R., move~.to Bellows Field, OaLu, for its annual ~~e~d and FRJ~NCE FIELD AIR1ffiNCOOPERATE WITH THE a9rial gur~ery exercises on AprIl ~?th" INFANTRY IN MAN'.J;UVERS wlth 12 assiGned and 3 attached off~cers I and 65 enlisted men, f1.'he move ~roL1 . F'rcm March 31st to April 4th the Wheeler Field was greatly e.xped~ted t.hi s Howltzer Platoon, Headqua.rters' Company, Yf?ar, due to tile replacement of ~ll vm~14th Infantry, Fort Davis, Canal Zone, t1.oe Liberty (Glass B) trucKs. The 4? made a march across the Isthmus of " mile trip to :Bellows Field was made WI th Panama a~ the conclusion of the maneuv18 trucks 5 station wagons 1 ambulance, e r s , Th:;.s march was made without, for traile.r'ancll rnotorc:rcle. in about an the most part, of the benefit of trails hour and 45 rui nut.e s . or roads ~hrouG~ the jungles. The Air Bellows Field is located in a fla~ Corps ass~ste~ ~n con~acting tho plapocket on southoastern Oahu, approxlmatetoon. There 1.S quote~ below an extract Iy 3 miles in length, and bounded on the from the report of the march: east by t he Pacific Ocean. The western "2. The assi stance. of the Air Corps length is bounded by ~ ha.rd s"1;1rfaced . was most valuable. Li.eut . Ce.ILaharr on road. The pocket var i c s a n Vll.dth fran .. April 2, under very difficult conditions auuroximately 400 yards on its southern located us and established contact vri t h . extrel:iitto almost a mile on the north. us. This was at the identical cpo t last Two ra~1ges are located on thts land, year that ~he 2nd FieLl Artillery report I with the Land.i ng field separatl.ng them. that the A~r Corus could not locate I The field ~s east of the town of their smoke co Luicns , Whereas Lieut. Wair:lar1alo, popu.Lat Lon 1,500. A mile Callahan picked up our smoke colurJns and further inland the Koolau Range of tprouC;h a sma.l.Lopening in the trees was mountain" s?arp:y rear point~d aole to read our panel message. 0:1 the peaks some 2,400 feet. \'11 t h the f~eld following. day he gave us our location I as a center, tilE range forms a sern1.and thereby facilitated plans for movecircle. . ment. The .field itself is rough and Sllghtly "3. The Air-Ground Liaison on this rolling. T-;IO r-unways have been completmarch demonstrated its value in this ed at this TIritinG. The rest of the country where conditions arc far from field is unsuited for landinG' The new ideal and shows tha.t its uses are runway , com)leted a little over a year manifold. II ai?o, runs perl)cndicular to t ho shore ---000--11.ne. Inland to this older macadam runway, a dirt and gravel extension has In adding this extension it PORTION OF CADET LMJPLIS AIRPLAlffi FOUlID been built. was necessary to cut into a knoll that IVhile fishing on Lake St. Clair on rises on the west of the field. This May 5th, Mr. P.E. Owen,of Tecumseh, cut has added materially to the field, Ontario, discovered a bad.ly battered. since it bas ext e nde d the har d surfaced portion of airplane ~etal. The TIreckrur~lay in excess of 100 yards. The age, approxiraately 22 feet square, vas second runway is a diagonal cinder su re f'ound about 100 yarde offshore on a nand face r'unrri ng southeast towards the ocean bar, in about four inches of water. A and crossinc the macadam runway. Both particularly strong northeast wind had I runwa~s are app oximately 1,500 feet in Leen blowing for several days, and it iSI lengtn. believed the wrecl~~ge was blown inshore The buildings on the field are all of Q1ITing;this period. The meta.I was posi- . frame construction, and consist of offitively id.ent.ified as the upper skin cov- I ce r s t quarters, mess ha.ll , a new dispen-

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sary, a Post Exchal~e, Engineering and i BIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIU RU~DOLPH P. WILLIAMS Operations building, a bath house for I enlist~d personnel, and a field mainten-! Ca~taln Randoluh P. Willi~~s, who uill ance shed. The frames for 30)yrar.\ida,l I partlcinate in th~ f or'thcondng National tents are also pezraanent . .All' buildings I Geogra..ghic Society-Army .Air Corns Stratosare grouped together south of the la .. i phe re J!light, is one of a limitec:.number lding field. Forwer occupants uill be ! of officers in the Air Cor~s holdinG four surprised to learn that" the screening is: flyin~ ratings - those of airplane Pt.Lo t , so excellent that the mosquito nuisance I Airsh~p Pilot, Airplane Observer and of the past is practically non-ext sbant . Balloon Observer. He is an officer of For recreation there is an excellent high technical attainments, and is 1)arbeach 300 yards from the building, which I ticula.rly vlell versed in the subject of ext~nds the entire length of the reser- ! meteoro~og,: . .. vat ron, The beach has been so "Jouular ' Ca.Jtal.n.hll~alilswas born a n Ba1 t rrao , re that many backs have become overly red. I rg.,~October 31, 1~98 .After passing After the eveninG mess there is alTIays a i through the elemel~ary schools and attendsoftball game between the officers and I in~ tllli EnGineer School, Johns Hopkins enlisted personnel. ! Unlversity, 1915-1916, he received an apThe ground targets are located on the f,ointwent as cadet at the United States s?uth range. Since last year, three new l~ilitary Acad~my) from which institution :pts have been built, and targets are I he graduated a n Ncveube r , 1918, and was now placed on uulleys so that as soon as I commissionec a second lieutenant in the one order has fired the next can start Corps of Encineers. their runs. Afte:c't. t ~t3ndinG the Engineer School at --"""000--Oamp Htuphreys, Va., from Decerabe , 1918, r , to June, 1920, he was assigned to the DlTIiABLEFABRIC FOR ~ING COVERING 1st U.S. E~ryineers, and served ~ith the America.n Forces illGermany until Hare};!., A German research worker, who has con- 1922. DurinG the course of hiG service centrated on air~lane lacquers, las deoverseas, he commanded Company ":0" of that. regiment. Follo'7ing several iao nt hs' serve~o~e~ a c~at~n3 on pyroxylin ~ase WhlCh 1S enJoYlng.great popularlty among vice ~ith the Air Corps, he was assigned to duty with the 2nd U.S. ~ngineers and suort and professlona1 constructors of gliders in Ger~ny. serveC therewith until August, 1924. The new coatinr5;, called "SpecialFroD September, 1924, to June, 1925,he FIU6zeuglack F, II 1S claimed, to inpart was a student at the Engineer Sc~ool. He greater streUbth and adhesion to the fa- then effected a transfer to the Signal bric with which sliders are covered and Corus, and for several months was on duty prevent all wri~dingh looseninG or in the j:.1eteorologicalSection, Office of tearing aWay of such Iabric coverings. the Chief Signal Officer, ~ashington. The inventor rejects varnished silk, On Se?tember 13, 1935, Captain WilliMJS cotton fabric saturated with oil, rubwas detailed to the Air Corps and assi6nberized coatings, an~ starched cloth eO. as student at the Balloon and Airship which have all been usec'l. airplanes for School at Scott Field, Belleville, Ill. and gliders with poor results. All such Completing the course at this school in treatments lower the strength of the fa- June of the follo\7ing :fear, he was ratec'l. Balloon Observer and A~rship Pilot. He bric, he observes. Cotton cloth, prorenmined at this school in the capacity ,perly ~ainted with the special lacquer, has been found to offer the breatest du- of instructor until September 1, 1926, when he was assigned to duty with the 12th rability and resistance. Airship Company, He was transferred to The lacquer "F" is painted \7i th a brush. It cowes in two kinds: the urithe Air Corps on October 25, 1927. After completing a tuo-year course in mer called "Tra~rongsmi ttal F" and the Aerology, the first year at the Post Gradsurfnce coating called "S1Jannlack F." uate School of the U.S. Naval Academy and These lacquers incorporate a&nixtures the second year at the i.:assachusetts Inwhich retard combustion. They are institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., flaomable, but do not burn any faster Captain Williams was assigned as student than untreated cotton fabric. at the Air Corps EnGineering School at . ---000--Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, graduating ~n A Board of Air Corps officers, consist June, 1932. Immediately thereafter he ing of Majors Ralph P. Cousins, William was assigned as student at the Air Corps S. Gravely, Frederick ~. Evans, Edward Training Center and, after graduating from M. Powers, Captains R.C.W. Blessley, the Prir~ry Flying School, Randolph Field, Franklin O. Carroll Howard Z. Bogert and the Advanced FlyinG School, Kelly and 1 st Lieut. Pa.trIck W. Timberlal-::e, Field, he uas rated Airplane Pilot and was appointed by Special Orders of the Airplane Observer, June 29, 1933. War Department to meet at Wright Field, From Kelly Field Captain Williams proDayton, Ohio, for the purpose of apceeded to Langley Field, Va., where he was praising the designs submitted for on duty as Instructor in advanced aeria: 3-place Observation airplanes, in re~ navigation. For the past several months eponse to Circl:llarProposal 35-405. he was on temporary duty at ;'lright Field ---000-in connection with the Stratosphere Flight. -6V-6796, A.C.
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~he mi:l-J'..me HewG Letter, whi ch it is hoped to have "PV.t,.QA t.Le _st:-q~(:SII ;/ June.l5U'1 b v:ill.oe.",a slJeSip,l is~ue acsf[;na.ted tr:..e "Generi,l lIea0..ouD.rT-ors A~:.' ~ o rce :N-JI;1ber. f This nev. fiL=:htin.; uni t in the air branch of our mili tary e s tabl.I shnerit 112.S '-10\7pa cscd t ne ini t i a l auarter of its first year' [' exi ct.euce I an1 whi Le throe morrfhs conct I tute al L too brief a ')eri.od in wh i ch to foru defini to conc.Luo i.oris r'i th resnec t" to the ce1"er&1 adapt.aui l.t ty of this Herr orG~ni7.e.tion in our scuene 01' National Defense, nevertheless some ic:.oas have no doubt be..n ~:orI.led by this time on the subject. On this as sumpt i.on , tho C08manuer of the G. E.Q,. Air l'orce and. seve r-a'l members of his staff hQve been im'ited to contribute articles for this special issue, with the G.H.~. Air Force as the thome of uiscussion. Other Air 80r")s per-ao nne l who L."ayhave anything of interest to contritute alon" the above line arc invited to for~ard sume over their ~iG~atures to the Illlor~ation Division, Of:"'ice of the Chief of the Air C01'PS, not later than JU11e lOth, next.

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DISTI~~UISHED FLYING C~OSS Announcement rlas reccnt l: made bv the "Jar Deyartcent of the award of the':2istin;",uished Fl;;iu[,; Cross to 1st Lieut. Frederick L. Anicrson, Jr., Air Co r ps , the ci tation ac~onroanying GaIUeoei11(:: as follo~s: llFP3DERICK L. ~UmERSON,Jr., fi,rst lieutenant, Air Cor~s\ Unite~Statos ~~~l',~or ~eroism ~~s~lay~~ while parc i c i pac rnr; i n an ae r i.a'l f11G'lt o n Decemb~r 14, 1334. An air~~ane piloted.by Lleutel~nt ~lQerSOn ~~Ile iliancuv8rIug over San Francisco, California, CB11bht fire. Di r ec t i n.; his .nechard,o to jUJ:lD and pr'epar Lng himself to .dc likev:ise~ Lieu~~nant Anderson, observine that he vas Qlrectly over the city, returned to the cocLpit, despite the fact tlmt it \7aS e.Lmo s t cor.rplctely tnveloj,Jed in flames, pt Lot.c.d the bunnt n.; ~)lane aVlay
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. the ci ty and t hen ju:.lped from t he plane in hi s pa r-achu't e into San Fr8nc~6co.Bay. / l'he paraclnrt e subme rge d and he \7aS III ! gruv.e dange r of clrovlnin~ until rescued i b;Z one of the crew of t.ne U. S. S. I O:IIJ",H01I;.A. HE,d Lieuteront Ande r so n not I, d l sl)lA.;yredan ext r-aor d.lnary (1I!lo~nt of . courage, coolness and d~srecar~ for his own self, tno.airplane wcul~ probably have crashed In a concested part of the ci ty, t.hus '00s s ibl.v caust rv, considerable loss ot life and ~estruction to I private p ro pe r t y , II

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---000--~7enty-fiv0 Y0prs ago - on April 23, 1910 - two 1Jionocr flviators, CI'1ud,o -, 1i ,,_. L. vr anamc-w.n ,{;0, th e .l;;ng ann.an , [1no.Ou1. s Pa:?-lhan, the Frcnchmaii, both pd Lot i n.; a Henry Fn.rtnan Qirplane, struggled valiantly for tho prize of 1 10,000, offered by the London nAILY MAIL for a LonJon to Hanch8ster fli{o':ht. Tho winner, Paul han , teok rougblJ 12 hour s for tho flii..',l1.t. Today the r0<\'Sular cocmer c l a'l Gc1:0du~r botvloen these two ci tics calls for a I., hour trip, LncLud i n.; one stop. '"
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Colonol \";illial~ G. L'lc'::;horcJ.,and Lt.IColon01 nobcrt.leG. Walsh, ~ir Co~ps,the former coranand.l ng the 13th Gc;:J,UO S1te I Groun and the latter the 16th ?ursuit !Group in tho PaUffiua Canal Zone, are unIdor ordors to ~roceed to Washillcton,D.C. land rCwort to the Chief of the Air Corns Ifor duty. They are rcliovei from tempor rar;y incrca~;od raul: effoc ti v e upon t:lO i date of t he i r departure from Panama.

Captains Husn A. Bivins and Bernard J. I'Toohor, Air CorDS, the f'o r.nc r Tc;chllical For 15 :10u1's a balloon wlrich auccnded i Supervisor of the Fa.l rf t cl d Air Depot near Moscow was borno by stror.g winds 'Control Area and the latter Technical over the Russian count.r ys l de and oV0ntuar+Supervi SOl' of tho ;dcldloto".'{l1 Air Depot ly came to earth in the mi(lst of a pack .Control Area, are undervor der-s to pr ccedd of wolves, whic::lprocoeded to attack its ito i,:axwell Field., kontt;'oill;J:'Y, Al a oama, two occu.1?antc:. Lu.c;;:ily tiley managed to lf or dnty as stud.ents at the Air Corps reach tho ~afl:tJr of a peasant's home. l, Tactical School. -7;'" V-6796, A. C.

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PRACTICAL D~MONSTRATION OF NAVAL TACTIOS Lieut.-Colonel Herbert A. Dargue, Air Corps, Assistant Commandant at the Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Ala., has invented a new means of bringing forcibly to the attention of his students in the Naval Ouerations Course a practical demonstration of Naval tactics, both in the air and on the ground. In the past this course has consisted mainly of lectures alone, but under the personal supervision of Col. Dargue one of the rooms on the second floor of Austin ?all has been secured and converted lnto a game room, marked off in squares renresenting approximately one nautical mlle in size. Small mo1els of the principal classes of surface vessels have 'been manufactured, so that floet dispositions of all types may be laid out and moves made on the game board actually to simulate a naval battle. Airplanes have been introduced b"'J means of a small colored cardooard cutouts nounted on pins, which may be stuck in the linoleum floor at any desired point to represent a given situation. Except for the airplanes the entire set-up is to scale and the student viewing the game board from a standing position has a generally correct impression of what he might see from an altitude. of from five to ten thousand feet were he flying over the fleet area. About the only candition which it has been impossible to reproduce is the visibility condition, because,in order to make the ship patterus ctand out for the normal game that is played on them, they have been painted a brilliant red and a brilliant blue, It is obvious in the reactions of the students that this visual nethod of instruction is far more im~ressive than a series of lectures and dlagra~s on a blackboard, and it is believed that in the short time available the students obt~in a fair idea of the basic pri~ cipleo of Naval Operations. Lieut.-Colonel Dargue departed for the West Coast recently to serve as Air Corps Observer aboard the U. S.S. SARATOGA in the war games to be held on the Pacific until about June lOth, at which time he will return to ~~ell Field. ---000--Hawa.ii in 17 hours and 45 minutes. The 6th Pursuit Squadron of Wheeler Field formed the Army part of the escort. A large.gathering was o~ hand to welcome I' the alr liner, and even a wet morning , could not dampen their enthusiasm. Not I desirous of dIsappointing the crowds that were informed the ship would land at 9:00 a.m., the huge liner fle~ about the isla~d for aJ;l our before making her h I initlal landlng. Despite the fact thaj the harbor was choppy, the landing Was perfect. As the liner nosed in toward I the seaplane ramp at the Fleet Air Ease, the escorting planes from Wheeler Fiel~ and the Navy seaplanes from Squadron, V~lO I dipped in salute and headed for their stations. Eefore the return flight was made by the "Clip-per " all Army fliers frot:l Luke and Wheeler Fields paid their respects to ,the gallant Captain Musick and his fine I crew and were given an opportunity to inI snect the big airplane. Ma.ior Early II E., . Duncan, at a formal W gathering in honor of the "ClipIler" personnel, extended the greetings of the 18th Pur suit Group in an address over one of the local broaQcasting stations. The flight was a I fine accomplishment by the Pan-Afficricaa I "CliIiper" and her worthy personnel.

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HA.WAIIAN AIB.::,fi;;H WELCOME "CLIPPER SHIpll _ T~ Pan:-American "Clipper," huge transDcean1c alr liner flying from Alameda Airnort to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, arrived on the QorniuG of April 17th, and landed at Pearl Harbor, the large Naval Base,at 9:00 a.m. Swift Army and Navy fighting airplanes formed the official escort into the harbor at the completion of the record-breaking seanl.ane accomplishnent of flying the PacifIc from California to -

The Sixth National Soaring Contest, conby the Soaring Society of America, 1 will be held at Elmira, NeVI York, June 29th to July 14th, inclusive. An elaborate program is being planned, which will include, for the first tims, a four-passenger glider and several twoplace gliders. It is announced that th~ sailplane d~vision.will be augmented thlS year by several new craft that have never I heretofore participated in a national contest. America1s present soaring champion, Richard C. duPont, is expected to fly the "Albatross 1." Former soaring cham~ion, Jack OIMeara, has stated that he vall enter his "Chanute," and another former champion, Stanley ~ith, is exp~cted to demonstrate a new "Bowlus-duPont utility glider. Air Corps personnel, conveniently 10cated, and who can do so without interference with their duties, will undoubtedly derive considerable information of value by attendance at the contest.

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GEEl!!\.N NAVAL OFFIOER VlSl1!S 'DLL"! '!1]';L!)

. Langley F~eld, on May 11 ~h, was honor-I ~e ~e~an light eru..t~el' KJ;J3::hW1ZE., e.i b~' a ViSIt from the Asslstant S6c;.'e- i wh).ch ~.S on a ~()Od wi.il to",-!' a.na. trai:n.~ tary of War and the Hcuse Mili tar~r .Af I cTu.:1 se t recentJ.~r an.1. vec1 at the "port of fairs Commfttee. The party traveled by I.Eousbon, ~Pexas. This vessel came by tne air from Bolling Field in two airulanes.way of the Azores and South America tc In a Condor Transport, piloted by 1st the United States its first stop in ~~e Lieut. Tow~send Griffi s , Air Corps, .Aide I country 'being at San. Ped-ro on the l'acin . to the ASSIstant Secretary of War were ,Coast, where it engaged in target practhe Assistant Secretary of War Hon. ltice by permissio~ of the U.S. Navy. Harry H. Woodring; Mr. John J. 'McSwain~ \ The cruiser, which carries 28 officers, Cbairnan of the House Military Affairo 121 chief petty officers, 120 petty 9ffiCOlIiIJli ttee j M!?ssrs. "Suc:o.el.L..,',Col1i~st ce r s , and 321 sailors and cadets, WIll D?na~d. H. McLean; Leslle ..C .. .A.;rena.s; continue its journey, making several WIlll~l ~. Rogers; Matthew J. Merritt; ports of ca.ll prior to its return to John t;',. vostello; Major Ricbards and Kiel in June. CaptaIn Persons. Oaptain Gunther Sur See Lutjens, ComIn a Ford Transport piloted by liajor mander of the cruiser, bis Adjutant, Lt.Phillips, were Messrs: Andrew J. Y.a;:r, Commander Alfred Schemmel! Lt. Wil~iam B. W. Harter, Paul J. Kvale, Fraiser, BernTeider, and Colonel VIncent Ch1lde,a Anderson and. Col. Chaffee. lmember of Governor .!\.llred's personal Th~se Gentlemen were greeted upon staff, left Houston, Texas, by air on landlng at Langley Field by General the ~orninc of April 29th. They first Andrews and his staff and the Post Co~- flew to Austin Tezas, where they called ~nder.a~d his ?taff. ~ncy immediately ~po~ th~ Gover~or, and then continued to L1ad~ an 19spect~cn of the post by autoKelly F1~1'i, wEoro they Were met by mobll~. ,~he ~nLpecting party were enColonel uacob h. Fickel, Commanda~t of tertaIneCl at . luncheon by General the Advanced F:ying School, and ~1.6ut.Andrew? at his quarters. At 1:30 n.m., Col. Harrison H.C. Richards, ASs1stant ~n aerIa~ revieTI Wac given by the 2nd Comoandant. The party proceeded to the .ing,. G .H.Q. Air Force. Aviation Club, whore they were later Ar: Interestinz sidelight was a COI::,joined. by the Ha,yor of San Ant.o nd o , city pa:pson between tho B-6 a i r p'l.ane e "1ith comrai s s roncr-s , and representatives of whleh the ~om"barWnent Group is equl.pped 1 civ~.? o Tf."?_r.i. zaJG~ ans , After att~ndint;S a A.Gnd Martln E-10. .. a As tho Bombar dmerrt Luncheon, ]:'1 t.he I r honor in San Anton1o, ro~p pascod in review, the 3-10 flew Oapt~in Lut~ens atld his party returned by Just above it. The .e;rcat difference to Kel l v Ii':.(':,.d to co nt Inue their journey in speed. YiQ.S noted and. cOrQUlcntedU1Jon by ai ..r tO~~Ql..;l_S~On rejoin to the cruiser. by the inspectinG p8rG~j. ~ Ca')tail: 11..:,tjc:':1S oo r-t s that this is re r An 18--plane Pur sui t equadro u, led. by the )~cur~h tra:"~::"':::'1~ruise c ~.or the La,ior- Rex Bt.cner , dcrr.onstrated the KA.RL;uEU.E!B, and it a s t.ho t hi rd Ge.nn8-nlat8st Fur sui t tactics in a s-'.")o.ctacular naval vessel to bear tba.t nazue. The drill in string and "V!I fonna:hon. first of these was sunk off I'r t nd dad durFollov/ing the review. Col. HU~h J. ing the World War, arid the second was ~~8rr, Air Corps, Cni0f of StafL, GHQ sunk after the War as a part of the Allief AIr Force, gave an intoresting talk to peaco torma. ---000--the fuem~ers of the inspecting ~arty on the pur'po ac s , accom:plisbments and plans of the CHQ, Ai:::,Eo rc o , ' The inspecting pa~ty de~arted for Old-tiwers of the Air Cor"ps who recent:Bolting Field at 3:00 "p.rn: ly vicitcd the St. Moritz, 1n New York, ---oOo~-f01:I:!:i an ol r; f:cj_ end there in t ho per-son Of E:~-Cb.-)~'i:'.in E:....'J..:?lcJ0 }~'l.bo:!:'C.e, :Na"tio:ual EX.TLNDJJD AVIGATIOHFLIGHT BY :BOMBERS Cuh:'l~-:. Jl.Jl'\y. cc:~ o:'15.nJ:'i:~bor dc will r-e remem..)(;r8:':' a s a S >'l('l.l.Cnt at p::"Q.ctieally Nine 3-6 airplanes of the 96th Bo~evGi.J fJ.~Tinp; CO';TSC given b;,r t:le "Ur bar-IDent SqualiY'JrL took off on ~:'a,.r15th Cor'~'_3in the oLd days. He a.l ao gradup.tfrom L8.11cll,-~rl'Jeld, Va., on a scuadrou ed from tho Technical School at Chanute ~xtellde:': aviS;;a.tion fli(!,ht nhich\lill FiO~i. LncLude t.he :r 011 oV7i:.1E .\.tr CorDS sta::2i~8 recent poJ.i tical '.. nhenval in Cuba tions: Po co , LI2:xs;ell: :B8.r'::s c..-::J. 8 , r~~u~ted in 9n~~~in LaOOTc.e, wh~ at the F.aru101ph Flells, :bo:ct Sill, and tl,""c.,,rG.~ G8:J.1J~ Ilyi:.1C officer an the J??-~t'3rson Fie~.cl. P2rtici)a.tine in this I Cu:::::.nAi:' :r')"::'~c, being left out in tr.e f lIght are nine officers, iri ne flying i re:;rt:anization of the Arm;,.. He is now ~adp,t.s and tVlenty-th:ree enlisGed. men, eo:mect8d with the St. Moritz, where he le1 by Ha,jor ,J. K. McDJifie, the says all old Ail' Corps friends will find Stt'~arlron Gommaad.er. a welcome from him. ---000---3 V-6796, A. C.

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~ring aerial gunnery practic:~y th;;" ~a~et ~len made an enviable record 33rd ~ursuit Squadron, Langley Field, I through his high school and college,havVa., Flying Cadet G.F. Breck, Jr. ,nhile lng excelled academically as well as engage-d in firing on ground targeta, was I, athletically. He was born in Utica,Mo. , the victim of a fatal crash. He was August 28, 1908. Following his graduagiven a military funeral at Hampton, Va.,I tion from the Texas College of Arts and being escorted by the enlisted personI Industries, he applied for and received nel of the Squadron and the officers of I an anpointment as a Flying Cadet. Upon the entire 8th Pursuit Grou.p A blark com~leting the course at the Pri~ry file :formation v.aa also flown over FlY1ng School at Randolph Field, he was Hampton a e hi s remains left the ,station., transferred to Kelly Field on March I, I being f orvar ded to his father, Mr. G.F. I 1935, to pursue the advanced co-ir se , Breck Sr., at Los Angeles, Calif,. i The loss of such a promising younG man Fly1ngCadet Breck was born at Hot i is keenly felt, and our deepest sympathy Sprin~s,.A.r~., November 28, 1910. He i i3 extended to his family. attended the University of Southern I ---000--California for three years and, follow- " inG his appointment as a Flying Cacet , The second wee~ of the maneuvers partiand his graduation from the Pr i.mar-y and cipated in by the 91st Observation SquadAdvanced Flying Schools, was assigned ron, Crissy Field, in cooperation with to duty at Langley Field, Va., unJer his! the Sixth Brigade, near Monterey, Calif., Flying Cadet status. / I was saddened by the loss of two of the ---000--./ no st popular and efficient members of. the V gIst. Second Lieutenant fr~ssell E.~d, Flying Cadet Lawrence Thooas Allen, a .\ Air Reserve and Private Bernard F. stude~t in the Observation Section at Rygwalski w~re drowned when their 0-26C t~e A~r.Corps ~d.vanced Flying School ,was I ai~e was forced down in Monter~y Ray klll~c.. n an a~rplanG accident on the a I by motor failure at 1: 60 p.m., Apnl even1ng 9f Apr1l 23, 1935, near Orange 23rd.. Lieut. Laird was flying in a forGrove, Jlm Wells County, Texas. mation of five planes. The formation Cadet Allen was on an authorized stumade a wide turn over the Bay, and at dent nightl~vigation flight to , the point farthest from shore his engine Kings~ille and Corpus Christi, Texas,at I ap~arently threw a connecting rod. He the tlme of the accident. He left KellY', fa1led to reach the beach by about 160 Field at 7:00 n.m., but failed to check yards. The plane sar~ immediately, and in at either Xlngsville or Corpus both men were dr ov.ned in the exceptionChristi. His instructors waited lon~ ally heavy surf while trying to reach after his gaso~ine s~pply must have aeen the beach, despite all efforts marr8 to ex'haustecl,honJ..ngthat he had landed rescue them. su.ccessfully and wcul.d be able to report \ Private Rygwalski came from Cleveland, his whcr-eabout.e , but no such word was I Ohio. He enlisted with the 9lst in received. It being impracticable to September, 1933, having three years! send out a searching party of airplanes previo~s service. He was a credi~ to ~~ring the night, plans were made for his organization, and his place wlIl be the search to begin early the following hard to fill. ~orning. Lieut. Laird's home was Bakersfield, A flight of about 35 airplanes, parti- Calif.; his school - the University of cipating in a radio-controlled search, Nevada. He completed the course at the left Kelly Field early in the warninG Training Center with the Class of Octoand flew over the area~ in which it was ber, 1932, and. was assigned to Crissy ~onsidered mo st Li lce Ly Cadet Allen might Field for active duty. This status he te located. m1ile the search was in retained. Ulltil last February, when he. en}rogress, word was received from the listed. in the gIst wi~h a commission ln citizens of Orango Grove that the crash the Regular Army. in vJ..ew. Ev~ry.memcer ha~ been lo~ated approxirrately eight of our organizat10n feels a dlstlnct rermiles northeast of that city, and that sonal loss in his passing. the pilot had evidently been killed in Lieut. Harold Gunn, Air Reserve, corethe acciQent. The searching planes were posed the following verse in Lieut. recalled, and an ambul. ance airplane was Laird's memory, which is an expression dis atched to return the bo dy to Kelly of the sentiments of CriMY Field: F:i'Oe h e f 011 oWJ..ng y th remaJ..ns f . d.a . IN MEMORY OF RUSSELL E. LAIRD n :it' _e 0 Cadet Allen were shi~ped to his ho~e at We miBs you, Russ, we're sorry yon went M~Allen, Texas, in cnarge of Cadet aV/ay, William TI2gBdale, who acted as the But we knew that the flight to the rest escort. TUe deceased Flying Cadet is of the great C.O., ~~rvived ly his mother, five brothers Is one we all must make some day. and four sisters, all of whom live in. Wp. do net weep, rut reverentIy the Rio Gra.nrie V81'.:.ey. For one brief moment, we "snan to fI an..i

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A composite squadron of 15 P-26AIS, 2 BT-2J's and one 0-19, 01' the :First Pursuit Group, SelfridGe Field, Mich., visited Benton Harbor, Mich., on May 10th, durinG the course of a tactical pr obLem . L:aJor UcCormick, Group Operations Officer, led the P~26 Squadron, and Lieut.-Colonel Royce led the Observation element. The Gro'..1n landed. at the Kalamazoo Airport, and then flew over the Cherry Blossom Festival at Benton, ~arbor. The ~ilots and ilien rCillain?dat Kalmnazoo untll 1:00 p.~., May l2tn,when the entire Gro'..1p returned to Selfric.ge ~icld., working a tactical !lroblem enroute. ---000---

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difficulties were exnerienced in I servicing the airplanes, as two local I aviation companies, in addition to the I Pail-American Ain;a;;rs,are doing a flourishing I Pan-Aice r Lcan business at San Jose. ~he Ain;ays operates from 1ts ! OW:::l field some 12 Jdloceters from the Oi ty, while the two local ccmpand e s ope r-: I ate from the municipally owneu Sabannas I field. Due to a lack of surfaco tra~sporta.tion facilities to a nurnber of rmportant -plantations and ~ines in the ~ePLENTY OF TROUT AT RAPI~ CITY, S.D. I public, ~he Lo ca], compan~es hav~ earned some var i ed and Lrrt er-e t lng fnnght s Captain John H. McCormic~:, Air Corps, loads. At the time of the arrival of the r-e t'ur ed to Langley Field, Va., from a n i fli,::ht,a local pilot was t.aki n.; off, ;carryin~ ano~-cart for delivery to one ~ersonnel ferry mission to R~pid City, uouth Dakota. He reports that at Rap ld of the coffee plantations. , 1'he officers of the fl ibht were the City the s~ratosphere ~ersolli!elhave a i.nmerrt s and stream \7i a plentiful supply of trout. I guests at a series of crrt er-t.a th In fact, according to his rencrt, the 'I were afforded every oppo r-t'urri to take ty stream is GO full of fish that if they in the various interGstin~ sights in the do not bi t e 0 n your fly you can reach I Costa Rican C~~ital. in and pull t nem out wi th your hands , I Tl18 cool. nif:{J,ts 80.11 Jose, which is of feet above sea level, The trout arc kel)t in a c er-t.a.i.n oortion ! apnroximately4,COO of the stream by wi r-e ne t t Ln.; . " I afforded a very we l.ccracrelief for all There ic a rumor tbat CJDtain R.P. I the personnel 0:: the fl iiSht from the Willimns was Goon fishing, -acco~panied I Canal Zone weather. b~r three nelpors; a man to renovo the I Wnen the flight departed frem San Jose, flsn froffi his line and put them in his i Colonel i:1Q::;hord i det; to lead the dec ba slce't a -';hotographcr, anc a mat hemat i> i P-12E's over the fffi~OusIrazu Volcano. , ciaJ for TIeiGhts, measurements and tabu- i The crater, of this mount.a i,n is over lations, all f our- being ext reme Ly b~y. '11,500 foet, and it ~roved to be a most 1 ---000--V I Lnt ere st Lng and awe-d nspd r i ng sight. The :me~bcrs of the flight enjoyed a rare priCMTAL ZO~IT. PILOTS VISIT COSTA R1JA ' , !, v i Lcge vhcn t hey looked. directly into .! the crat.e r , for usuall -r at all seasons The first of wha.t is e xnec t ed to be a I of the year the top of the mountain is series of c ro cs-count ry trainin::;flichts I covered by heavy CLouds. into Central ~~erican countries froD the I From Irazu tho flight proceeded down Canal Zone, was conrol.e t ed on Ea:! 2nd. by the valley of the Rio Grande to Puenta the return of the Headquarters Fli:'Sllt of Arenas and inspected the landinG field the 19th Composi te 'lJinft AJ.brook :?ield I there before headin~ for David. Despite to frOill San Jose, Costa Rlca. I the fact t ha.t the lIary sea.son" bas theoThe fli6ht consisted of throe P-12E's, i retically ended, th~ weather was not ~ilote~ by Colonel w.e. McClillrd,~ing difficult at anY_:~~8~_~: the flight. ~ COIT:Ci'.and.er; Lieut.-Colonel Charles T. Phillips, Wing Operations and Ca~tain illIJ::lORYCOLONi.L HICKi\.lvi OF PERPETUATED J~mes H. Wallace, Assistant Qnerations Officer; and two 0-19'3, pilo~ed by Under General Orders of the War DepartCaptains Guy B. Henlerson and Hansford i mont, the.ffying ~~eld comprising Tracts W. Pennington. Lieut.-Colonel Fred T. , IIAII nd liB 11 Hawad Lan Dop:lrtmcnt .I e dea Cruse, Gerie ra'L Staff, a f o rraer attache sig~1ated as "Hickaa Fielall in honor or.' of the _~erican Legation at San Jose,and Lt.-Col. Horace M. Hiclwm, killed in afr 1 airplane accd derit on Noverabe r 5, 1934. -11V-6796, A.C.

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~ IMPROVEMENT OF CIVILIAN AIRPORTS HIDBE has been recent discussion In the event that the above proposal as to the al.Locato furnish Federal Relief funis to the l of the last various States for the improvement of -, ItRelief A:ppropriation" for the airports goes through, it will be highpurpose of imprOVing existing airports ly aesirable to have the completed questhroughout the Continental United tionnaires available in the Office of States, or constructing new ones where the Chief of the Air Corps. These quesneeded. It has been proposed that such tiormaires can then be used as the basis funds as are allocated will be given to for reco~endations by the War Departthe various State authorities to carry ment to the various State authorities out the projects within the respective covering the improvement of airports of States. The War Department is naturalspeCial importance in the scheme of ly very much interested in this proposnational defense. al from the standpoint of National DeFortunately,the requirements of nafense. The better the airport accommotional defense coincide with the present dations throughout the Continental development of airl'orts, due to the fact United States, the greater will be the that the centers of population and infacility with which GEQ Air Force units dustrial activity to be protected are can be concentrated in any part thereof, naturally the locations of the principal and the more effective will be the oper- existing airports. In a few areas,other ations in such conrtruction areas. strategic requirements indicate the need Since October of 1934, there has been for securing more airports than have a War Department Board of Officers enbeen developed to date. These needs gaged in the study of airdrome requirehave been indicated .t o the various Air ments of the GH~ Air Force in the conCorps station commanders by the list of tinental United States. It is underairports for which questionnaires were stood that these studies indicate a furnished in March of this year. These lack of airports in certain strategic commanding officers can do much to inareas and also the desirability of imfluence the improvement of present airproving some of the airports along the port facilities in those areas where usually traveled airways. they are now lacking. There have been furnished to all Air ---000--Corps stations and commands where air. planes are available questionnaire forms Lieut.-Col. Ernest Clark,command~ng to be ~illed i~ ~or certain of the.airthe 18th Pursuit Group, and Major. James ports ln the vlClnlty of each statlon V. Hart, the 72nd.Bomb. Squadron ~nthe with a request that the information need- Hawaiian Department, are ordered to ed to complete same be obtained by reduty at Selfridge a~d Kelly Fields, reconnaissances made as a part of the spectively, and relleved from advanced regular training schedule. rank upon departure f rom Hawaii. ---000--~

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UNFA VORA13LE WEATHER HAN!)ICAPS FLYING TRAINING The present class of students at the Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field, Texas, has completed 11 out of 17 weeks' training allotted to this phase of their work. As California sons would say, we have had so much unusual weather lately that students are slightly behind in flying time tut well ahead in the ground training which, of course, balan~ ces up. The unusual weather had included fcrgl rai~, hail, wind storms, etc. It has ralned as much as six inches in one hourI and at this writing a number of cultlvated fields are flooded and all rivers in this general area are at flood level. It is not believed that graduation will be delayed on this account, because, as mentioned above, the time lost for fl~ing has been gained by ground instructlon, hence the remaining weeks of the course will be spent almost entirely on flying training. The Attack Section has just completed the student maintenance aerial navigation flight. On the first day the students went from Kelly Field to Abilene and Fort Sill and-on the second day from Fort Si11 to Midland, Carlsbad and Fort Bliss. The third day was spent in maintenance work on the airplanes at Fort Bliss, from which place they returned to Kelly Field by way of Marfa and Dryden on the fourth day. Colonel Jacob E. Fickel, Major Ballantyne and Captains Sweeley, Bradley and ~~tley accompanied the students. ---000--r

INSTRillAENTFLYING AT KELLY FIELD

The instrument flying check required by the Chief of the Air Corps has been completed by most of the officers at Kelly Field, and their training in instrument flying, added to that given students, has increased instrument flying at this station considerably. For example, the 39th Observation Squadron reports that during the past month over 320 hours of instrument flying was done in airplanes of the squadron alone. It is equlpped with the BT-2B airplane in which the SCR-183 radio set is installed. -12V-6796, A. C.

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Ifea;rly20, 000 pt~o~)le in about, 3,700 t ec t i ng the Bay districts. Parachute automobiles swe p: Into Hami Lt on Zitl,l jurups vrith an aerial review by the 30 to witness its o f'f Lc ls.I de dlca't i on on pl<~118';'; ')f tile 7th })o;nbar(Jment ~ro,,!-p, in May 12th. lierve:.ol'..s ]\'ar:i.1:" , Inr:.,v,l!ich r.hi.c h l,i(;'l.1,t.-Colonel Clarence L.TuJ.:er h-:~ been in~trurnep.t81 in sec"li,ril...~ t re d Lr ect e d the maneuvc r s from his Bir1 s~ ve lof Hg'c.:.l ton .'l'ield for R f'L; lnG 0' Pr ey , ':.'1 tll c ommand.s over t1:',c r ad.i.o f ie l d , took chargc of the ded.i cz.t i cu whi c h v;ere :1Garct bv all of the "-~:>3c,rC:.olE:i program. t.hcu s.md s t~ll'Cll.t~r the L\edi'lLl of a.n n.:1';:-:11One of t ho ir:mosinl" ce rcmorrl e s of the I fie!' Oil the br:nmd, contri,buted to the occur r e rl as the i3':u2irrrall of t he nj t the 1hrir;- CCl'clr.ty Boar(l of S~.11)f':cvisors tenb'. b..1 B2:;s'oavr, District At~orney 01 dcr e I t he deed for t he 923 ac re s ::y!' I\:~Tin ~9llilty, presid,~Ll as Ch8.:rman}'lt". ~D.Li~ ton Field to Governor Fr ank :<'. ' tee clec...lcatOl'Y exe rc r se c . Otl,er o~fLll,"crr:;'-ln, _o~ Califol'ni8., ';1:0 in t ur n I 3.1s present nero Bri[/ldie~-GeEenl~ . prof-,-,:;re::':,.lt to Brie. Gener;ll 'ler~ry a. Jar:lcs L .i ':Joocl'U'~f; 'I~.E .. Gllh:cr~.~; La.Jor AL,:?l:;", t ne latter aCc8Dtin::.: it as the F.b, G."lloy,a:r, Air Off:i.ce.l' 0; t~le Slth~ offIC.:.;::l represc:ntetive of the War De- I CO:CIJS ,,\rea, Clli.J ',':arc.en J .3. iIcl_'h1.D 01 'oar traerrt . I San 9,'u.8St:i.11 Prison. . ~ - In (~ very impressive talk, Gene ru.I i ~}-'18 ev errt staLpe\..~ 1 teelf ,?-S t he A;:nol,-.:. ~?uch?d. On tho rdlita.ry LisJvor~r 'biGrest 01'.(; which l:L:.:mil ton .FJ.c-l(1 has ve t l.ttf2P: :l.1c;~l'lct and the rai s s i on of tho exoe r i e nce c'. l s ,l1ng of t no G. rLQ,. Air Fo rc e L:. pr o' . ./. ---oOc--V
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boys and. girls of Sonoma County lined up at the entrance to the field recently. The visitors, ~ho are doing agricultural extension ~orl: with the University of California, par~ed their cars on the circle arOUllQ Post Headquarters and. then on foot inspected the shops, operations office,the Bomber-s in Hangar 5, the fire d.e'Jartment, one illess hall and day room in the barracks of the combat units. Several days later, two grou~s of Catholic young people, co~pris1nG 50 boys from the Sanctuary Society of St. V~ry's Cathec::..ral San Franci sco , and ', ~J\;el of v'e., ,'Jeubor::;:' of tho Ctltnolic Daughters of . .fu.>1erLca , v l.s t.ed t he field. The boys Lrispec t-: I ed the Martin 30mbers, while the young ladies, under the guidance of Chaplain Stanley J. Reilly, made a tour of the AIR WAl3. OVER CALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL post. Arlong other school children who have Roaring to their first extended war visited ~ilton Field were 37 students of problem, the fleet Bonbers of the 7th the aeronautical class in the Modesto high Bombardment Group ','cis'. sc 1::0:lUh~.L to ~~cave s0hool wit~ their teacher, Mr. J.P. Hamilton Field at 7:00 a.m., May GOth, Nystrom. The theorY,'" the cont roll.abl.e of for tbeir maneuvers over the State pitch uropellers, and many other sallent Capital for ten days of si3111ated co~ feat~'es of the Martin Bombers were taUght flict. . these students. The El Verano and the Tule Tactical prcbl.ems and Lns t rument fly- Vista grade children also inspected the inc '.7ill be stressed in flying training. hangars and the planes. Should the ~ing Commander order a ---000--flight over the San Diego Exposition, AIRMEH PATROL FLOODED .ARBA.S the night of May 29th has been tentatively reserved for that mission. After a wee~ of heavy rains, the rivers Ground trainin~ during this period will emphasize p1stol firin~ and Ground of western OY~ahoma reached the flood stage. II machine 6LUlS. Old Mather F1eld will be On May 19th, Flight liE, 16th Observation occupied. An advance echelon of 90 Den Squadro~ Fort Sill, Oklahoma, ~as called on to patrol the flooded area and notify from the 70th Service Squadron,under rescue groups, by drop nessage, the locacoomalld of Captain Alvord V.P.Anderson, will pitch a tent city that TIill renind tion and condltion of any warooned. people si~hted. By noon of that day the water in one of the Gold Rush days of '49 in th1s area had subsided, ma~ing further this area. In this reoccupation of Mather Field~ Col. Tinker will remember aerial patrol unnecessary. vividly his rirst eXClerience there as ---000--commander of the 20th Pursuit Groun. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE OF FLORIDA AIRPORTS Captain Anderson rapidly Dobiliztd his advance force at !.latherFidd with Funds to the amount of over a million the aid of the 53 trucks and. the 10 and a r~lf dollars from appropriation for motorcycles of the 7th Bombar~~ent euergency relief were expended in the State Group's tactical trans:portation. Upon of Florida on the iillFrovementof airports the arrival of the flY1ng units, the and runways. The Inrormation Division, camp 'lias prepared for them. The 70th Office of t~e Chief of the Air Corps, has Service SQuadron will furnish supuly, a comulete set of oblique photographs, repairs and maintenance service to all taken. in December, 1934, and January,1935, um ts of the Group vihile at l'rather Field. A comfortable uniform of blouse, showing the present status of thece airslacks and overseas cap was prescribed ports. Any activity planning field exercises for wear in the field. Sacramento will in this area, or any individual ulanning see 30 planes maneuver over it dUl'in~ a cross-country flight, can secure the this aerial mock war. loan of these photographs to assist in ---000--furthering t he i r under-Eaki ng , CALIFORNIA I S YOUTH AIR-l::nrDED ---000---

Center. ~' Commanding generals of oversea departments are authorized to eliuinate navigational tests as "prescribed in paragraph 1, and to sUQstitute therefor i such navigational requirements as are in keeping with the uhysical and beogr'aphf ca.L limitations. of their deuartments. Tests prescribed in Ai~ Corps Circular 50-1 will be carried out inso. far as equiuoent and radio facilities pennit. The type or types of airulanes to be used for the tests will be designated by de9artment corumande r s concerned, Report of flight tests will be made in accordance '7i paragraph 5d, Circuth lar No' 6, War Department,.1930. ---000---

Major Dor~ld B. Phillips, Bolling Field; Evidence of the keen interest in aviation on the part of the youthful popu- Captains Don W. Mayhew and Albert F. Glenn, Barksd~le Field, are unders to proceed to lation of California is shown in the fresuent visits made to Ha~ilton Field, Maxwell Field, Ala., for duty as students at the Air Corps Tactical School. They are Callf., by various grouus of school children. ~ relieved frOID tem~oraryincreased rank . Forty automobiles filled wit~ 169 4-H effective Au~;u.st28, 1~35. -14V-6796, A.C.

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The frJllowinb Air Corps of'f'Lccr-s , who are. to at.tond G,mcrcll or Special Service Schools, ';re relieved from ter-por[Lry increased rar.k on bl;e dates sot forth: Barksdale F'bld, ;'1'1.: lirJjor Char-Les C. Chaunc'e~l, Augu"t 26; ~,~}j rs J ohr. i.1. Cl ark , o Joseph E. Davidson, C'1ptc!.in Nat::.an F. '::wir.ing, August 28. Brooks Fiold, T~xas: ll.?jor Wil1ie~ S.Gr~v01~ August 27; Captain ';Jillim. T. Hofley, Aug. 30. Langley FiG! 1 , VCi.: i\f:r'.j Cal eb V. Hnyncs , or August 26; ~tajors Newton Longfellow and Harold A. McGinnis, Aagu:;t 28; Captains 71illi1'1IJ: L. Scott, July 31; Elwood R. Quesada, Augusb 28; Louis P. :turner, Se-pte!;,bnr 30; 1st Lieuts. Oliver S. Picher, August 31; Tho::.as C.Darcy, Se:pte:'lber 30. Captains Edwin S. :.1arch Field, C:::llif.: Perrh ... Jun<::: 4;--:JOJ.-c. H. Dul.Li gan , July 25. , lvbjor Leland W. :Hller, :!Jitchel Fi;ld, N.Y.: August 27. . . Randolph Fiel~, Tcxar-: Captains Homer ~. Ferguson, Au:;;ust 28; Crlrl :So l,ic:i:la:uel, August 30. Selfridge Field, MicL: }f.ajor Jal~os E. Parker, Augu"t 27; Captains Clark N. Piper, George F. Sc:-,latter, August 31; ltillthorne VI. I'ieed, September 30; 1st Lieut. Joe W. iCclly, September 30. C"ii".AKGES 8rATION OF To Langley F'i e Ld, Va.: 1st Li eut s, Dudley D. Hale and .'errE"n E. HiFT;:ins, f'r-cm Signal School, Fort 1,(rn:JT.outJ.-,, 1,.J. - It'l.jor 1,~elvin:S. Asp, from A. C. 'Iechnic[cl School, Max'.':ell Field, Ala. Relieved from te~orary rank June 29, 1935. - Captains Joseph A. BulGer, 80th Service Sq'k.'l.r1.ron, Par.arca ; Glon O. Barcus , 19th Pur sui t Sq1.illdron rend John E. Bodl e , 18th Pur sui t Groul), Hawai i, reI Levcd from ter:-:por'lry rank effective 1.:P0D date of depar":,ureLs t Lt. EarL 'iv. Hockenberry, frc:n 16th Pursuit Group, Panrcra , relieved fr om to'qlornry rank upon do.t.e of d'"J:1Cl:rture - 1st L'i cut , Dougl as Kilpdrick, 721'.1. Borr.b , Sqrln., Hawad i , relicwer1 f'r-on: t8I!:porary rank on dp,te of de'PClrture To BClrksl~le ~ielrl, Ln.: CrTteiL rc~orge L. il.urray, f rorr, Kell.! Field, for duty with GHQ. Air Foroe, J'JI~U 2CJ. - Cap t a i.n lv:orris R. nelson, 6th Pu r s.ui,t SquailroL.. Relieved from t errpo re.ry rrink upon c1 GT'Cl r t.ur e fro:n Haw ri i. Captain Ja~es L. Daniel, 18th Pursuit Group. relieved f r om t orq.o rr.rv rank upon den8.rture f r on; Hawaii. To Bolling Fi~ld, D.C.: Capt'l.in Ralph E. Koor, to 23rd Eor;;'c. Sq:J.n. Re.l i cvcd f rorr, te:e:-Forary rar}: ',,1' on~e'Pc'rture froT:: E.8x78.ii To Cbanute FieLI, Ill.: Cap n.i,n Richar d t D. Reev0 fro", GGt::' Scr-v i c e Squadron, Ph.i Li.pp i.ne Dcr b , Relievc:1 from terrpo rnr y rank upon 2.at,) of de])arture. - Major J'1l:lGS E. Duke, Jr., to 19t~ Iursuit Squadron, rc1 iAved fro:"! tpq;ora.rjr rrink upon departure f r om Ea'naiL - Ls t L'i.cub, Albert Boyd, upon completion ~r('sent course of instruction at A.C: Technical Gchool, that station. - Uajor -15-

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to Early E. W. DuJ1Can, 6th Pursuit Squadron. Relieved from temporary rank upon departure from Hawai i To Dayton! Ohio: Captain Oakley G. Kelly, fro:n Randolph Field, for duty as 'I'echrri ca.L Supervisor, Fairfield Air Depot ContTol Area. To Harrisburg, Fa.: Cap t.e.Ln Henry H.Reily fl'Om'Lilllg:ey Fiold, for duty as Technical Supervisor, hCiddletown Air Depot Control Area. To Ha.vaii: Captain ldwal H. Ed~~rds from duty student, Corrrand and General Staff School, Fort Leavenvrorth, Kansas. To Hot Surings, Ark., reporting to Ar~~ and Navy General Hospital for observation and treat"cJIlt: Colonel Charles H. Lanforth, fro~ Langley Field; Lie,rt.-Colonel HOIll'Y B. Clngett., from Offico of the Chief of the Air Corps; Cartain Lynwood B. Jacobs frorr. Abordeer, Provir"b Ground, ll.d. To Kellv ~ield Texas: 1st Lieut. R.F.C. Vance, up~n co;r:pietion' present course of instruct ion, A. C. 'I'ac t ieal School, Mc'l:;:well Field. - 1st Lieut. Russell E. Randa.l L, l..Ton completion present course of instrnction at Air Corps Engineering School, uright Field. Previous orders in his case revoked. - 1,'1jor \"olcott P. Haycs , 65th Service Squadron, re1 ieved f r om te"1'0rary r-arik upon der'1rture froe Hav~ii. - 1st Lieut. William L.Ke'1nedy to 23rd Bor:-bardr-.ent Squadron, relieved frem temporary r-rnk upon departure from Eawnii. 70 F'ort L'~aver.'.'7orth, Kr.naa.s , for duty as Instructor: Cal1tain SaIDL. Ellis, ur-ori COIT..pletion pr enent. course of instructioll at Courmnd and General Staff School. 70 Little Rock, Ark,: 1st Lieut. Claire Stroh, for duty as :nstructor, Air Corns, Arkansas :~ational Guard, upon corr:pletior" of present course of iEstruction at, A. C. ,: Tactical School, lvill.xwell Field, Ala. ~o V:'1.rch Field, C<llif.: :.:ajor Hubert R. Harr-on, fr021 dut:,r as s t ud erit., CO:T.:2na. and Ger.eral Staff School, Fort Lerrvcrrvo r t.h , to duty with 1st 'iring, GHQ. Air Fo r-ce , - 1st Lt. Earl C. Robbins and 211d Lt. Dcnal d H.BCixt,er f r-orr, duty as s t.ude nt s a.t Sign,,! Schoel,Fort l'~:onrLouth, K.J. To Mru..'1Jwll Field., Ala.: Captain Harrison G. Crocker. Fr.evious orders in his case revoked. Te M:Lldletowll, Fa.: Cuptain Russell C. 1Y~Donald, f rcrn Kelly Field, Texas. To Mitchel Ficld, N.Y.: Captain Charles P. P'r irr,e to duty wit}; GHQ. Air Force from duty wi th Or8aniz~d Reserves, 2nd Corps Are:LCaptain David P. Laubach, l~th Pursuit Squad~ ron. Ro l i cvcd frem t()rr:porary rr.nk uron depa.r bur-e from Hawaii. - M'njor Bur t or; Fv Lewi s f roir, Fairfield Air Depot, fer duty ':vif1.:GEQ Air Force. Pel'ieved from tCIqJor::lry rank , Jt;Il8

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To Fanarw: Lieut.-Colonel John }T.Re.,'11clds from duty as Instructor, Field Artille~y School, Fort Sill, about SeptE:ffiOer 5, 1935. To Rmidol'f1h Field, Texas:Ca-ptain St<!nton T. &nith, from duty wi t h Or gar.i ze d Reserves, 5th Corps Area, Schoen Field, Ind. - lL~jer Phillips Melville to the 5th Composite Groul" (Continued on page 17) . V-6796, A.C.

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1".;0 sbu.ient officers 0: t21e Baai,c I i:ll.~ for a few rni nute a at an altitude of StaGe of the Air Corps Prima.r~-?lying 1800 feet, he decided to get above the School, Randolp~ Field, ~exas had nnr- :clou~s to see if he could find SODe row escapes recently on QllE of their ibrea~s. He finall~ came out of the clouds extended night fli"'hts, one of then jat 10,000 feet, but could. not find any ~issinG deatn in his bur~in~ airplane iedge to thew, so stayed at that altitude. by a ere Bel mar~:;in. About a. quarter to twelve, the clouds beSecond Lieutenant John l.~. ~Iutchison i gan to bl'eal:and, filld~ng a hole. in them, is recovering from scratches and jhe carle down to an al t i tude of about bruises suffered when he Vias thrown out; 2, 000 feet, at which time he could see of his plane as it crashed on the ;the city of Llano. He circled the tOWl1 Kuykendall Ranch, near Buda, Texas. He [two or three times, endeavoring to find a was returninG from Austin on a niGht Ilan~in~ field1 but beinG unsuccessful he navigation fliGht when he ran into low !clroppeu his flrst flare. He located a lyinG clouds near Buda. In the midst !field he thought was suitable for landing of one of them his plane crashed, cut- land was endeavorin~ to drag that field tinG a sw~th' for 100 yards in the mes- I when his flare went out. Tile townspeople qui te and brush. '\Thenhis -)lane struck i ap~arently were attracted by the flare the ground, he was thrown out of the ian~ had started out in the vicinity in cockpit, an incident which urobably ,Which he was circling. savea hlS life. A uoment later the i Cliubing bac~ to an altitude of 2,000 plane burst. into flames and burned to a I feet VIi a view to drop")ing the second til skeleton. ~hen Lieut. Hutchison was Iflare, he decided at that point to jump throvm clear, he lost one of his shoes. when the flare would not release itself A friendly bush broke the force of his ifrom the plane. Ey that ti~e the people fall. He exuerienced considerable dif- lihad gathered in the field, which at one fic~ty makillg his way through the un- ,tirile had been used as emergency landing derorush, cactus and rocks to the near- Ifield, and a suot li,;nt ~as directed on est ranch house, from which place he !Lieut. Stone's~plane frou there, which was ta~en to Buda for medical treatment.lattracte~ his attention. He thereupon He returned to Randoluh Field the next returned to that field and fOUlld that the day by automobile. ~people r~d parked their cars along the The other student, 2nd Lieut. William ~edge of the field, so that the head1i~ts B. Stone, lost his bearings near Llano fliGhted up the landing area. After dlSon the same night, and when his gasolinelcovering there was an area large enough supply ran low, he dropped a flare. For-Ito land in, he had no difficulty in landtunately, it happened ~u be noticed by ling in the field with the aid of his wing the chief of the fire deuartDent who, ltiu li~hts. suspecting the pilot was'seekinc to mal:e On the followinG day the COIDillanding a landing! used.a great deal of thought-iOfficer 9f.Randoluh Field wrotf.a letter fulness, lngen~ty and promptness, and Ito the cltlzens of Llano, tha~:lnb them notified the Llano telephone operator toifor their tiuely courtesy to Lieut. Stone, rouse everyone in town who had an auto- :c:.":.comnend i.ng them on their thou,:;;htfulmobile and urge them to go to the eoer- iness, ingenuity and promptness in li~hting geney land~nG field at the edge of the !UP the landing field, stating that they city. About twenty minutes later, cars iwere instru@ental in averting ~hat might from all parts of the town had gathered ihave been a fatal accident, or at least along one side of the field shining I the loss of valuable government property, their headlights across the level space.land extending to the citizens of Llano an Lieut. Stone had unbuckled his safety I invitation to visit ~andolph Field as belt and was getting ready to "bail outu1guests of the officers of the post. when the automobile headlights were! ---000--turned on. He made a safe landing with-I out difficulty, stayed at Llano overI PTDi/DTIONS CF AIR COl'TS OFFICEHS night and flew the nl.ane back the next 1 day, ?=fter additional gasoline had been! Captn i n Harrison W. Flickinger was promoted to sent 111m frow Rando Lnh Field. IMajor, wit!: rank from May I, 1935. In his report of the accident, Lieut.~ Pr-orr.o t.e d to First Li eut enant. were 2nd Lie.uts. Stone st~ted that he had l~ft ~nC:olph. ':lilliam Ball, rank April 25, 1935; Carl R. stcrrie Fie~d ano, had gone to ~ustln, his des~l and Merrill D. Burnside, rank April 30th; nat.t on, and. had starteu. tI:e return ~r~p'l E.lollings.worth Gregor.y, F. Eugene .H. Beebe,Bayola He stated toot the ceiling was cLo sLng 'v.Grnnt K,mJ18thA. Rogers Reuben C. Wocd cTJ!.' , to SOLle extent but the beacons were . . ' ': ' '"' ' still visible at a thousand feet; that I ~eslle O. Peterson, IrVlng R. ,~dby,.Fl:~-d~... after he passed San Marcos, -t he beacon .vood:Theodore M. Bo lsn , Nor::>.'m R. sn u. _11m at New Eraunfels became invisible so he Car-r i s on, Jr., JaI:1es J:lckson,Chester P. ... L, turned back and endeavo red to get 'back G~lger, Hugh A. Parker and Thow",,:=; I'.Fersuson, to the emergency landing field at San j Wlt~ rank fro?Ma,y 1,1935; Robert 5. I'avenrart, Barcos, but by that time the beacon ~aru: f~o":l Arr~l 20th; Donald L. putt, rank f rcrn there was no longer visible. .o\fterfly-,.apnl ,;:,2, 193::>.

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To Captain (Continued) 1st Lieut. John W. Kirby, N~y 14, assigned <13 Flight COImRnder, 2nd Obs. Squadron,nichols Field. P.1. 1st Lieut. John IV. Persons, May 18, assigned lil't Lieut. Charles A. Bassett, upon cornp LeFlight Conrnand a r , 14th Bombar-dment Squadron, tion of present course of instruction at Boliing Field, D.C. University of l,:ichigan, Ann Arbor. Ls b Lieut. -Iarncs G. Pratt, W2y 11, assigned as I~t81ligcnce and Operations Officer, 87th To Rockwell Field, Calif.: lli.1jor Howard C. P~rsuit Sql~dron, }!Jam1ell Field, Ala. Dav i d sori , for d.rt.y with GEQ Air Force, upon Ls t Lieut. Lloyd H. Vlatnee, May 18,assigned cO~JlRtion of present course of instruction as Icrte I I igcnce and Ccrrrr.un i oo.t ions Officer, 1 st a t Corrrrrmd and General St8ff Scnoo l , Fort I Wing, lik'lrch Field, Calif, Leavenworth, Kansas. '['0 1st Lieutenant To Washington, D.C.: Captair. 'I'homa s W. . 2nd Lieut. noyden E. Beebe, Jr., YBy 18, asBlackburn, fro!TI Quty as Instructor, 36th D1signed as Engineer Officer, 97th Observation vision, Texas National Guard , Houston, to _ Squadron, rl.i tchel Field, }L Y. . duty in National Guard Bureau, July 5, 1935. 2nd Lieut. Willian; D. Eckert a s s i gr.cd as Enl{cajor Leslie W;acDill, from Bolling Field, to eineor Officer. 29th Pursui t Sql1<'ldron, Al brook duty as a member of War Depar tn.errb , General F'i ol d , Canal Zono, (lLay 8, 19~5) Staff, August 18, 1935 - W2jor Edwar-d 7. 2nd Lieut. Charles B. Dou~h8r, llay 18, asHarbeck, from B8rksdale Field, to Office of s igned as TransT'ort Officer, 6ls t Servico .......i the Chief of the Air Corps, relieved from Squadron, Mitchel F'Lo Id , N.Y. ... temporary r-ank , Jillle 30, 1935. - Cal't8in -2nd Ld e ut , John C. Gerdon, May 11, assigned. '!7illia:T; B. Souza, from Langley Field, to as Metc)oro10gical Officer, St a t i or: Corr:plc;:'cr.t, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps. Breoks Ei ol d , TeAas.:':~ 1'0 Wright Field, Ohio.: Ls t Lieut. Russell 2nd Lieut. Paul G. l-liller, May 18, to Surply J. l.:iI~ty, upon co:~:plction of -present, course Officer, 96th BO::lbard;r.er.t Squadron .Lang l ey of instruction, U~iversity of Michigan. Fiold, DETAILED TO THE AlP. CO:sPS: 2nd L'i e ut.s , 2r::.dLieut. Gerilld E. 'ifilliaIr~s, Y;ay 18, asDorial.d F. Buch'.vedd, Irdentry, and Ri chard T. si~ncd as CorrI~ications Officer, 20th BombardCoiner, Cava'Lr y , -ind to R'1.ndolph Field, Tex. rne~.t Sgu<:'1.dror.,Langley Field, Va. for -pri:-:,.ary flying training July 1, 1935. pqrture fr~n Hawaii. - Captain Charles T. Skow, from MRxwell Field, Ala. To Fock~ell Air DeEot, Coronado. Calif.:

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C"tl..AXGES IN ASSIGlTIv2;,":TS AEi CORPS OFFICERS OF Lieut. i callrt Officer, John C. Gordon fro~ MeteorologiStation Cosple~ent, Brooks Field to S",pply Officer, 12th Cbs er-vat i.on G;roup, at t ha t s t o.ti o n. 1st Lieut. Troup Miller from :::upply Offber to Eng i.no cr' Officer, 20th Born~arJc:ent Sq'~ad~?n. Captain J,:u.rs P. Newbor r-y , from S:xpply Off 1cer,12th Obs. Group, to Supply Officer, station Corr.p l c.oent , Brooks Field, 'Texas. 1st L'i eut , Richard J. O'Keefe, from Supply Officer, 25th Bomb. Sqdn., France Field, to Chief Ir .. nec to r , Pana.rn Air Depot. s M:ljor Lcvi s ?P. Reese from Lnt c l l i gonce and Operations Officer, 7th POEb. Group, to Squadr on Conrrandcr , 69th Service, Ha'.,ilton Fidd. 1st Lt. W':l. O. Scd0r, fr orn ::<::nr;ir.eering Officer, 20th Eorro, Sqdn. to SClpnl;' Officer, 6th Squadron. Above officers continue to retain tec:porary advanced r ank.

Captain Younge r A PiUs .. assip,lc'l i:k.:y lS, 1935, as Air Officer, 7th Corps Area. Major Ira.d. Rader assig:18d as Air Officer of 4th Corps AreD, M:W 11, 1935. To Ma;j8r Cap t a.i.n Lionel ,{. Dunl np , W.a:v15, to duty as Co~arder, 66t2 Service Squadrcn, Nichols Field, "E. 1. Cap tr.Ln DelY"'.ar H. Durrt on , l.:ay 25, 1935, to duty as S1...'p-pl:r fficer, O Statiorl Cornp l.crnerrt , Hamilton Fiel~, Calif. Captain Don L. Hut.ch i ns , llay 24,1935, tc duty as SuppL' Officer, 18th Co:y.l'osi tc ~'linG' Fort Shafter, T.H. Cnp t a i a Car Lyl e le:. Ei d euo ur-, MeW, 29,1935~ to duty us Lr t.e l Li gonoe arid CperC1.tlons Of'f i c e r , 7th Bomba rdrre rrt Group, Ha::1il t o n Fiold. To Captain 1st Lieut. Frederick L. Anderson, Jr .. Wny 25, 1935, to duty as Operations Officer, StaThe f'o l l o-vi na-cnarned officers 'Fere r e Li ovod tion Ccrrro ercent , Hnmi I ton F'i c ld , Calif. l from t.ompc ra.ry advanced rank: Ls t Li~ut. Arthur L. Burrp , Jr., IL,y 18, to l,njor John D. Corkille, Aug. 26th; Lieut.duty as Flight CO:TT'Emder, 21st Obs or-va t i on Col. Laur-ence F. Stone and Ls t Lieut. Jo~;e-ph Squadron, 3011ing Field, D. C. F. Carroll, upon departure frO!TI Hawaii; l.:a.jcr 1st Li cut.. Paul T. Cullen, May 18, to duty H:uvey Prosser, 66th 3ervice Sgdr... Ni cho l s as Flight Corrrre.nde r , 97th Observation SquarlField, P.I., IVlayHth; Ls t L'i out , Richard H. ron, Mitchel Field, N.Y. Wise, upon departure from Hawaii 1st Lieut. John F. Egan, May 21, to duty as _ Flight Conrrrmd e r , "A" Flight, 17th Pursuit Master SSt. Vernon L. Po l-e.r t s , A.G., Kelly Squadron, Selfrirrgc Field, Mich. Field, was arpointed Warrant Officer,l~y 1, '35. . -17\[-6796, A. C.

l{",~jcr Floyd E. Galloway succeeded i':':-'1jor Dono.Ld P. ;;:Iuse as Cor.mand i ng Officer of Cr i.s sy Field, ~alif., tho latter having departed for the Ear.arrn Caral Depar-trront . All the officers of the 9lst Observation Squadren co~leted tr.s firing of the prelir.r inary und record pistol courses, Q~der the direction of 1st Lieut, John L. Nodwed, Arrr.ament Officer, ",ith highly satisfactory results. The enlisted ~eD have co,,~leted the preli~~1ary course. First Li out s, F.L. A:lderson, Richard C. Lindsay and 2rd Lieut. "lillia:a Ball were recently transferred to Har~lton Field. Many of' Us sa'!f Ls t Li eut , George E. Henry slip awny f r o.n our enCilrc:p:"~ent t Watsonville, a C:tl if., on the :::erninG of April 27th, but no hint had been r:iven that before the setting of the San Fra~cisco sun he would be the . r,room of the f02~r l~iss Barbara Jones, daughter of :fJajor A.i:'. Jones, Assistant Chief of Staff, 9th Corps Arl?a. They honevrrooned at Yo semi te l~atiolril Park and returned in tim) for Lieut. Her.ry to CO,:1C'C:c.ce rrorrbh.Ly his contact course w i t.h the Coast Art,illery on 1&-"1Y1st. The post wcl.co.ncs the attractive bride. Vlhecler Fiold, 'LH., May lOth.

April 30th was rto rc than just ar.other of Unc I.o Sa:,'" 'Pay days to his boys. Th~tt date sa'!' tho 6th Pursuit So uad'ron gathered r.o pay ho;rago to one of their fine soldiers, Private Lloyd H. Ho s s , Specialist, 2nd Class. ':his ve co rur., VIi t.h a r-o und red face and r-eady sr.d Le , was called "Front and Center" while If.aj cr Early E. "', Duncan, Corrrrar.di ng the 6th Pursuit, read the certificate from the ~ar Departr-ent awarding Hess a Silver star for bravery in action vzh iLo a roen.be r of Company "A," 2'8th Il'lfantr:l, Ls t Division, .A,.S.F. M".jur DQ~caL co::r:c;nded Pr i.vat.o Hess on behalf of the officers a:1d enlisted men of the 6th. A s;r.all but wo r tl.y group of air:ren ansvIered "First Call" for t,~.o Group Baseball Toa:'1. Lieut. Nicholas E. Powo l L, 6th Pursuit Squadren, i1rpoint~d coach, faces the difficult job of rul in,' the dcsH:1ies of' a tea':~ which capt.ur ed th~ Ar::;y Laur ol s of the Hawa.i i an Division arid DpT:'uk:cent durinp the petst season. P'ro sp ec t s l;oID bri~.hter t-b.an ever before. The ~ivision League officially opened on :U1Y 4th, and the ';'heeler Fiold ;"ir:::e~' s first gaIY:ewas wi 1-h the 3rd Engineers of Schofield Barracks.

50th Obsery&ti~_Squadron: 'iTeigr.ts, loads, e tc ; , are evenl.y d i s t r i.but ed bhr oughout rros t 0gservat~n airplanes, but the' 5CU, encounbe re a pro om v/h i.ch s burnp s the local aeronautical engineers of the Sq'~dron. The subject matter of lift and correct distribution of physical load at the proper 7Drr~l~ to offset tr.e crushing of back rest and fake flooring is presented in the person of Corporal "Jin" Pendleton, weighing 210 pounds and standing over six feet; alas, just too big for a wee 0-193. It was sUr;gested that Vie pLlce hdrn in his proper elen~nt, but as far~ng is an overc rovrdod occupatd.on in Hawaii, we ~nust resort to BO!::lbard.rrentAviation. Upon a recent bow flight, it beca: necessa~1 for the pilot to ask the Corpore.I kindly to find a sr.al Lcr Iran for the rear cockpit, as it was essc:,tial to got off the gr-ound with the rraxi::-:'lll":'l r un of a mile. Eight -potential i..ooh-rn.i o s reported for duty wi th this organizatior: f rom the Recruit 'i'raining Cont.c r at "[neeler Field. Theso add i, t i ona.I mer; were we Loomed with open arms b:{ the line ch i ef , First Lieut. J Chappe l I r-epo r t.ed in f rora leave or. April 15th. Inc i dcnt.al Ly , he deserteel. the ranks of bho bache Lor s , Congz-at.ul atd.ons l 4th Observation Squadron: During tl'.e first part of April, this Sq=dron engaged in various tactical ::issions, wh i cl. consisted of aerial gunnery on t owed targets, t<)U. pilots and observers, many :::::rl.ssions 'Nith the flexible guns be ing fired; instru:::ent flyir.g, vrh i.ch 11:',der the able diroction of CJpt. RoGors, has proceeded ','lith rapid stridps j aerial IJhotogxciphy; day and night r-ccorina i s suncc ; and ccrbat exercises U:::;il}r; aicez-a guns. c The So uad r-on participated in a de~::enstratior, flight for Army Day , ail aerial revi.cw for thc Dc;>artment, Corrrcand e r and a personnel and s.h iI' in::;pee+' ori L by General Dr-um, out of wh i ch i t c:".er;~ed ':rit'-'. a very f'avoz-ab'l,o r cpor-t.. One coopor'1t,ive _:D.Ss ior, 'Nith the Ei ol d Artillery '"as acc orr.p shLd ed. Great stress has been laid on radio corr~ mun i cat i.onn , both int.er--pla:lc and. planeground, the results shov'ing the val ue of tLe ground course be i.ng held daily ia tLc Ead i,o

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'I'h detacr,ment wh ich has b ecr, cr,R;"l:'(edin t.ow tr:.rget v.o rk wi th the ant. i-aircraft r~r'i.'1lent at Waimanalo has returned. ':he ros~lts obtained were erit irely sat i sfactor,J' to both the Air Corps and t~e Coast Artillery. The ,ah Squadron nov! having nine 0-19' s in sorvice has reacher] the peak of its strength. Having been used alG:est continuo~sly for the I past four years, these ships are nea-ring the -Is..; Y-6796, A.C.

end of their ~eritorious career. Their durability under difficult flyin~ conditions stffiJp them as one of the best of the service ships, but the rapid deve.Loprcent of Arqy aircraft necessi tates their retircIT.ent from active duty in the ncar future. The recent inauguration of te~orary pro~~~ tions 'brought about :fnny inter-squadron transfers, also a i.c-n Operations Officer from the rca.i nl.and , Captain R.B. Warren, f rorn Randolph Field, Texas, ,,,here for several years he was an instructor at the Flying School. Three tion-cor~. who arrivea on the last transl'ort end joined cur squadron were 1st Sgt. st. eve Stano'nich, fro~l the 19ti~ Airship SqlJadron, Larwley Field; Staff Srct. Frank Bobulski f ro:n the 15th Observation SqTh~dron, Scott Field, aIm Staff Sgt. Chauncey L. And cr son from the 48th Schoo l SqTh'ldron, Chnmrt o Field (Crew Chief). Staff Serr;cant Arther E. Seball (Crew Chief) was transferred to the 4tt, f ror-. the 65th Ser Tice Sqd , This Vleck saw the end of a very disastrous baseball season. After wbning the title last year, we lost all gx~es this year and finished a d i srra'l last. Ihis can be dtributed to scarcity of seasoned :r;lu./(:;rs, only three veterans r-erra.i ning f'r orc the previous year. Some p.romi s i ng players were 11Iiearthed ar.d '118 feel confir1cnt of doing bot tel' next year.
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c orrmis s i ori , bhough it is a IT'.atter of conjecture as to future endurance. A gUI'''-'1eryca::Jp ",as os babl Lshed at Rio Habo , and the 25th is busily endeavo r i ng to corao'Le to the firing schedule i:J. ti!"..J8 to prepa're for the proposed Group extended cro~s-country flight in Hay. The Squadron is also engaged in flying nigttly for the record searchlight practice of the Coast Artillery on UlC Pacific side. VBjor Willis R. Taylor is tc~orarily laid up with a broken hand , sustained, according to his story, while cranking his rro t.o r-boat.. Several investigations are novr under ','ray to check the tr;~th of this stOT'J' Major Horner B. Chandler, who hu.s been ill for tDe past fe~ weeks, is no~ cOIlvalescing at the Gorgas Hospi tal. During the recent inspection b.: trc, Inspector General, the I'<:lillll;'.[J, Air Depot Dct.achmcnt. Mess and Engineerini:; S::lOjJSwero h i gh'l.y commond.od for their ar,peclrancc .and efficient operation. Air Corps Tactical Sd,ool, :;. axvToll . Field.

The 54th BO:-:1bard:o::ent Squadron, captained by the veteran Ser;:;eant ''Pi,Lt'' Cas ey , third sacker of the t"a;'1, cap bured the L~ter-S'Juadron Bas cbal.I Cha;-:pions11ip again this yoa.r .' winning every ga::>2 played. Thl) T~J.ctic~ll School Havrai i an A.ir D.:pot, Iv:ay 10, 1,935. I De t achrcerrt tea .. TJ, coached and s upe r-o i scd by First 3asu;T.'.:.n "Joe" Childs, f in i shcd second, Second Lieut. lv'.<i.rsh,qll Bcrmer- j o.ined the staff f'o l l.ovred by t ne :.~,~t}.. Service Sq1n(l.ron and. . of Depot officers on -":['ril 25th and 'lTa,~ assigned the 51st Attack. as Officer in Charge of Flans and Esti~ntes Captain Fr~1k F. Everest, Jr., Post AthletBranch and Assishmt 1l.dj]J.tant. ic Officer, is busy selecting his Post Tea;~ The Er.g i nco r ing Sect io~' e qua.l Led its ;(.<irch reand stated that he be'l i cvcd the Tactical cord by cor:-pleting 7 ~1'lj()r overhauls of aircraft School would place its best basebull t",a;n and one ITiljor assernbl;i. EiGht en,;sines of variin years in the field ar~aiLst the ~~;,nv t-eams ous -types were al so over-haul, (,;d. desiring !3:a;.;:;es r; tr.is ~eC+icr; of the' L The Depot is ju~~t bCf)inning to feel the effects courrt ry. of the big scale nmC'.lvers v:hich are going to ocThe Spring Horse Show for the Tactical cur in and a.roun.l Hawa i i d rr i nr; lk'ly and is lookSchool vias held i r;.. the "ridini3 ring," Irrrneing forward Viith ~c.uch interest' to the visit of diately in f ror.t of Austin Hall at i/ic~x'l!ell the Fleet. Fiold OIl Saturday .ro'rrii nz , ~LaJ" 18th, aEd was one of the rro s t 80101'1"11 everrt s staged France Field, Panarm Canal Zone, lJay I, 1935. this year. 1.~'ln.!vi,d tors fraT:: l';ontc,;e::::<ery and sur-r ound i.m- r;c::;:.. uui, t.i cs , and ali offiThe 7th Observation Squadron now has 80-19C's cers and Lad i er: '"rre prese:1t Ln the stands in operat ion. T"70 pl.ar.es 'ITere surveyed and one v-hon bho sr,o .... c,tarted. Th" Children's Hack was recei ved f ro.r. ovorr.aul the jJast .ront.h , All Class opened t:", :~:lO"OJ.There ",'101'0 18 enplanes were painted wi th the new Air COrDS trants in thl.~ t:-'.r~;~~L U,Tl(l t.h c -'TirLrter \W1S .. colors, blue and ye.l Low. . Barbara Sl[nGo:~, ,:ccU;;;l'oCI' of Capt. and .;;rs. .. First Lieut. '/!illian H. ILoArthur was transferKinsley ';''T. SlaaSOL. In t;18 next event, the red to the Fnnarra Air Der.o t, taking over the du':' Officers' CharGor :::;lass, there '::ere 15 enties of Assista~t EnRine~riDG Offi~er. trants, first place gaine to Li cut., Haywood The 25th 30rr,bclrdrr.ent Squadron, under the lead~ansoll, ~r. Jane Egli!l won first prize ership of Lieut. Bernard'A. Bridget, entered the In the ChJ.ldrc'l's Ju.,,-ping Class, Lr, v.h i.oh new year with i1 totpl of fi ve B-3.... a i r-o l aucs and there were five entries. III th0 Lad i e s ten pi.Lot.s. Hov.evcr-, by the tL:~e the ;~ir Corps Novice Class. five entrants, thuorizc winW.aneu'lers ended i r, Fcbr-uar-v . the Panama Air ner ','JaS 16's. Gu,tes. "Fairs of Road Hacks" , Depo t had recc:'r;-c.eTldcclV1X'E;eof these for sur-vey, tho next ever..t on the progr8C1, .... t.h nine ,i 'VTit.hth i s skeleton squadron, the coc-perative t eams competing, \'Taro won by Captain Schrarrrn rr:a.neuvers ','Tern launched. The old Keystones were and ILrs. Evans. This 8'T():1t '.'las f'o l Lowcd by subjected t-o rather cxc i tine exigenc'ies t:,ro'liShthe "Open Ju:::ping"contest, Y'it.L to"1 co:::reti:" ou~ the period, but survived the heavy duty 1'8tors, Coptain Everest beinG the winner~ qUJ.ro'Lf>nts placed upon them and are still in

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Col. Clarence L. Tinker took off in his Bird OlPr8Y at 8:00 a.~ l~y 20th, for the 7th Bonr bardL~ntGroup Naneuvers at Sacra~nto, with Captain C.B. Stone,III, as ~o-pilot; Tech. Sgt. HamiLt.on Fi el d , Calif., Eay 20th. Feder Berg aG Crew Chief and Sgt. Allan p. Cross as radio operator. After the original Captain Don L. Hutchins, former post COr1take-offs of the Bombers of the combat units mander and executive officer at the field, at 7:00 av rn the planes f'Lew to Iv';'<J.ther e'Ld, . F'i sailed for Eono l ul.u on Iiay 17th. It is bedeposi ted their load of men and baggago and lieved he ,,,ill take '1f ihties intircately con- then r-e t ur-ned to Harni Lbori Field for additional nected VIih the construction t of the 11e'.'! L':!pedimenta and passengers. $11,000,000 flying field to be located between Stuart B. Dunbar, publicity director for the 11hLtertocm and John :::clodgers irport. A RedwoodEt..-pire Association, accorcpani ed by Fred Captain \hllter ~. Hough, who was sick at Wk~e,still &~drrovie photographer, secured excellIJaltor Reed G.cnerd Fospi tal for .zany 'TDnths, lent shots of the take-offs of the Bombers for reported for duty 0,1 LVDyst and was appoint1 the Sacran:ento 1'J8Ileuvers and cl ose-up shots of cd Executive Officer to fill the vacancy Lt.-Col. Tinker &~d Capt. Stone as they boarded caused by Captain'E~tc~ins' transfer. the Bird OIFrey. These news reels are to be Lieut.-Col. Glem~ 1. Jones, until recently used for publicity purposes at the San Diego ExChief Flight Surg80n in the Office of the position by the Redwood~ire Assn. Movie panChief of the Air Corps, arrived at the post orarras of the ll.arin air field were also taken to take over the duties of Post Surgeon which fro~ the top of the water tower. lvi-:jor Fabian L. Fratt foreerly adml n.is bez-ed, 'While bheBcoibez-s are at Mather Field, 2nd Lt. Y.ajor~uy KirKsey was appointed Station In- Duncan J. Powers, Air Reserve, Group Athletic spector, relieving Capt. Charles B. Stone,III. Officer, has dra7ffi up an intensive prograu of First Lieut. Ri.cr.ard C. Lindsav and 2r.d Lt. athletics for the left- 'beh i nds of the combat VvilliaLl Ball wer e transferred he'~e fromCiHssy un i t s of the 7th Bcrrbardmorrt Group and the 70th Field, the latter icein:: placed on special Service Squadron. duty 'Nith tt8 Group Operations Officer. Stock in the Harni t ori Field b. s8ball club is L W.ajors L.R.F. Beese, Fabian L. Pratt and : going up. Under the leadership' of rech. Sgt. Capt. JaJ:es "f. SJ:ry vte re: de s i.gnabed as the I John S'J.ggs, the post nine defeated the SfmRafael Aircraft Accident Classification Corr.mittee fori To~.~nine, 5 to 2; the Har,"Dny Grove Druids of the 7th B~?b~;-riliT,~nt. Group. . ".' Pe ta.l urca , 3 to OJ the crack To::r.a1rais High SwatsSgt.. Er i.k J. L'i ndhc , on dut.y a n the Of f i.ce I rr.en, 4 to 3, and the San Rafael t cwn t.eara for of the Station Inspector, was prorroted to the second ti!ne, 7 to 2. During the rraneuvers, Staff Serg~ant on Apri~ 26th.. all garrc s were cancelled, and it is }'ossible Secor.d L~euts. Cady n .. Bullock and William that the tact.ical activities r;:B.j prevent the r eC. Capp , Inr Reserve, sai.Led for duty in surr:ption of s chedul ed gor.:es. The Inter-Squadron Hawaii on Y.aY,l7th: . league games were washed out. bocaus e it. is ImDepartureso! enl1sted ~en for other stat1orQ.practical for a combat mlit of 49 men to care were as fo11m'Is: Staff Si~t. BrU!lOVfetzorke to I' for its Bon.bo r s under an intensive training the Fhili.,~nines, .oct. ~t:-"; Tech. Sgt. Williar:l schedc,uc.'and at the sarB t i.me play base~all. 3 .. ll~or~ead., 69U. Serv,lce Squadron, to. the...., Dur i ng tho? recent qua,rterly test of [~lrpla~cs, P~lll1pP1lles, Sept. 14tn; Staff Sgt. Ol~ve r us \ the Bombers, witb full military . loads, were rnL,lndse?, . n0v.rat Le t t.errcan General HOSp1 tal, to spected for fitness for three days of field 01'tne Ph i Li.pp i ncs , October 9thj Tech. Sgt. erations. :<1ajorL.R.F. RRese e)'Cl.::uned ar!T.a;;nentj Vblter .d. Waddell, 9th Bomb, Sqdn., to ?a.Il8l1R, Capt, Ja:-:;es W. Spry, rrecharri ca'l efficiency and July 30th; li'a~tcr" Sgt. George 'f!. ~raft, on fo; correct arrount s of engineerinF( suppl i os t and de~ached ser:'J1~,,:}:~re: to. the ,40tn A:tack I Capt. E.T. Noyes. flying equip:nC'~t and ~lothing. Squadron, KEllj ""l' HId, ~rl vate ~?hnh.'I.. ....,.. ~t~r:mrds the planes sped off W1 t hc i r fu:I;l th ;rroes ser, II tl: -Jomb. Sqar:': to ~c.lell .!' :eld, D~l~tary leads, .not. to exceed 2,200 pounds, ':Vl th h !/my 20th; St.af'f Sgt. Eorni r.i,c Dcnni s , Stw,t1on I the gunners f i r Lng 25 rounds from each rr.aoh i ne Corrp Len.ent, to Hawaii, JUDe Ll t.h, i gun r.o test its response. A Board of Officers, consisting of Najor I With a score of' s';:ift war birds, Lt. -Colonel Arthur G. Hiedl ton, Captain A. V.P. Anderson I Tinker f'Lew to the third rendezvous of the Ls t and Ls t Lt. Boy H. Lynn, '.'Till rnee t 0:1 June 2d I Wing, G".dQ Air Force, at I'I:arch Field on I{.,;'),y -lth, to conduct an e.ca-ni nab i on for air mechanics. In his Bird OIFrey, the Flight Corrr.a.nde r of the Staff Sgt. Axel Bishop, who has over 20 7th Bombar-dment. Gro1.1p lod the Lar ge s b force of years of service with the colors, beoarne Mr. , }!;a.rtin Bo:nbers that the striking arrn of " Axel B'i shop r8centl.y His background as a 2d Hamilton Field has yet mus t.er-ed for a 'Iring conLieut. in the S'nit.ary Corps during the World centration. War qualified him for the position which asSecond Lt. Lloyd E. W'),tnee, f'o r-re r- post. sigsiduous attention to duby gained him. It is nal and meteorological officer at Harni L tor.. believed il.r. 3ishop will serve in his capacityl Field, was transferred to March Field. as T!Jarrant Officer in the Air Corps Supply at W.ajor Robert C. Murphy spoke on "!lothers" bethis station if present reco~mendations are fore the Ar~erican Legion Auxiliary of San approved. AnsellY,O ivrayiou., llotl.ers I Day. on -20V 6796 A. C.

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Capt. Delmr H. Dunton has taken up the du- 1.98..'1 Antonio "\ir Depot, Texas_, W~Oth. ties of 1Bjor Devereux M. Myers as Air Corps I Supply Offic:r, Er,:f;~:lee!' O~ficer and Purch~sing I The ~epot was host recer;tly to a l'~rty of and Contrachng 0111cer. He was also d ebui.Led Navy all' per sormel, on bhe i r annual, all' tour of as Ordnance 'and Chedcal Warfare Officer. Major military, naval and cOr:lrercial aeronautical acM:yers.r;tains corrmnd of. the 70ti:lSer v i ce ~qdn. t~'Jities, especially assercbl y ~d re~air estabOfflclally Th~ed the 11th Aero Squadron uune llshments. The tour was rrnde ln a bl-ITDtored 26, 1917, while n.t Kolly Fi e.l as a "wa.r baby," d "Condor" Tra:;lSl;J0rt plano piloted by Lieut. E.T. the 11 th Bombar-dr-errt Squadr-on on 1:'13.rch 20th be- Neale, of the Anacostia, D. C. Naval Air Station. came a combat un i t of 49 men. Major Ar t.hur G. ! All members of the party manifested intense inH~~ilton, who asslli:~d cO~ITand of tho Squadron terest ,in the operations of the Depot. Their on October 9th, is sti Ll, inco!lTffl,nd. Other , visit was thoroughly enjoyed by the Depot perregular officers assigned to the 11th are Cap ts I sonnel and proved of i.mnense benefit in the coD.R. Lyon, Vvalt.er Agee and Lt. A.K. Dodson. Reordination of aircraft engineering mat.t.er-s , serve of f i ce rs of this o rgarriza.t on are Lbs , i Officers who r ecenbLy visited the Depot to C.M. Nelson, N.O. 8prlu,ger, L.R.Lue~ecke, and confer on enGineering and supply rratters were the Flying Cadets cere R.H. Volin and. H.E. Major H',A. McGinnis and Captain A.L. 1,'.erre11 Kni.e r i er, from Langley Field, and Lieuts. L.P. ;r'1hi tten, Lieut. Glen C. Moser was transferred from J.F. Early and F.D. Klein from the W~teriel this station to Varch Field on April 26th. Division, Wright Field. W0jor-General James B. Allison, Chief Signal Philippine Air Depot, Nichols Field, P.I. Officer of the Anrry, during the course of his recent tour of inspection of Signal Corps actiCant.. Charles ';'i. 0 I Conno r r eturned from devities throughout the co~~try, visited the Detach~d service ao .Bai','uio and is agad n in charge pot and conferred with the Co~anding O~ficer, of the Eng i nee r i ng Section. later i:lspecting the new Signal Corps alrcraft I.. r. 8.L. Larnbort , Shop Superintunde:lt of the : radio repair section here. Eng i ne er i ng Section of the Depot, is now on lis During April, the Eng i.nee rng Dspar brrerrt?verr first long leave since he joined tho Section hauled 25 airplanes and 43 engines and rep<:J.lred in 1927. Mr. P.7. Spicer is acting as Shop 53,airplanes and 48 engines. Superinte:ldent during Mr. Laniber-t I s absence. The Depot regrets losing Staff Sergeant Opal E. Henderson, from Kelly Field, who \vas on detached service here since thrch 4, 1933, as airplane pilot with the supply transport serCol. Jacob E. Fickel, cO'l'"~ding a flight of vice, and who departed l~y 17th for service in 13 airplanes from tte Attack Section of the Hawaii. A.C. Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field,arrivThe IT.o:lthly Control Areo supply and engineered here Y0Y 11th and departed the following aay ing confarence at thi~, Del'ot on Hay 7th was atfor El Pa.so via ~Cidland. tended by Majors C.C. Nutt' and T.L. Gilbert Major iAcDuffie, leacling a flight of 9 B-6A from Kelly Field; Lieuts. J.G. Neal aIld A.M. planes from Laug ley Field, Va. , arrived here Kell~y,Randolph Field; Capt. P.C. Wilkins and YJ8.Y 18th and de-P8.rted. the 19th for Fairfie1-} Lt. H.F. Gregory, Fort Sill; Capts. D.W.WByhue on via Scott Field, Ill. ~"d E.M. Bailey, Barksdale Field, and Capt.H.W. The Air Corps bas cba.l tea::, I kept a clean reGrant and Lts. D.F. Stace and S.R. ste~urt, cord to date by defeating Ordnance 10 to 0 beBrooks Field. hind the 2-hit pitching of I gmund son. Recent visitors at the nepot were WQjor George P. Bush, in charge of the Supply Division Langley Field, Va., M.-1'y IS, 19.35. of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, in connection with a study of the ~atter of estabi:'ho3.'.Crd su.i Squadron had a run of misPur t lishing a Signal Supply Depot; Lieut.-Col.Frank fort.une in its early"season SUIlllerypractice. D. LacklRnd, enroute to Wright Field froD an While firin,"(on graunel targets on the Flu.'U Tree inspection tour; Capt. W.R. Carter, I'rom . Island Range on April 29th, 1st Lt. A.J. Har.na Maxwell Field, on a ferrying flight, and YaJor was seriously injured when his plano crashed. ~.S. Jor21son, Rockwell Air nepot, on a ferryHe suffered severe cuts to his left eye, fracing flight. ture of right knee and concussion of the' brain. Y~. David M. Warner, Associate llaterials TestHe is now corrval.e sc i ng at Walter Reed Gm'"erc11 ing Engineer at the W~teriel Division, \vas on Hospital. several days' terr.porary duty here instructing :Ma;jorH.A. i:l1cGinnis and Capt. A.L. ~lerrell Engineering Dept. persoIl11e1 in the usc of (Res.) returned from an aerial t0 .J.r of inspecmagnaflux apparatus. tion of the Air Corps s,~ply facilities ruld I'll'. Herrran Offer, Civil Service Gua,rd at the systems at DunC8 1 and Pando Lph Fields and tt.e Depot, retired ~~y 18th, at the age of 70,after Fairfield Air De~ot. nearly 19 years' service. He was watcrEan at Capt. R.P. ':iiliiarl'ls a recent visitor was Fort Sar" Houston for over five years and sorvfrom his tenporary post of duty at R~pid City, eel at the Depot cont.i.r.uous l v from Octo bel',1921. S.D. He reports that preparations for the One of our n.o s t fai bhf'ul, and efficient errp Loyee s 3tratosphore Flight are progressing speedily an he takes with him the best wishes of the Depot efficiently. personnel on his well earned retirement. -21V-6796, A.C.

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The accidental discharge of a pistol which he was c Learri ng proved fatal to :4'"1ster Sgt. Frederick A . .AnI , Retired, who vms e.zp Loyed en as Civil Service GUBXd at the Depot since January. Interment took place on May 6th in the National Cemetery, &in Antonio. The deceased is surviveJ by his widow, son, daughter, mother, brcther and two sisters. Lieuts. J.H. Hicks and D.J. Ellinger ferried two PT-3A,' s to the Rcckvrell Air Depot and returned with tvra O-19~' s for Kelly Field. Lieut. Charles H. Dee~ffester, Asst. Er~r. Officer, MlddletG~TI, Fu ~r Depot, a recent visitor, bec~B severely ill and ~~s sent to the Station Hospital at Kelly Field pending orders to prcceed. to tht)Fitzsimons General Hospital for observation ~~d treatment. Lieut. and j,,"rs. Charles K. Moore are r ec ed.ving congrat.ul at.i ns on.the arrival on .April o 25th of bhe i r first-born, Kennebh Hart Moore.

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A 00 England I, No. 38. Orfordness rotating 7ss beacons, by Air 1v:inistry,Groat Br1ta1n, Oct. 1934, 212 p. A 00 U. S. 29, 1935, llJav 4. Senator l,~doo amlounces drive for vrorld air records, R.A.A. Release, Way 6, 1935. A 00 U.S. 53. 42 Expeditions of the N~tional Geographic Society have oOQperatcd with the U.S. Goverr~ent, by National Geographic Society, Apri~ 9, 19~5, 5p, _ A OO.2{14. Data on treaties, pacts, alliances, declarations. Assembled by Mil Hary Lr.telligence~iv. liay 1935, lip. D 00.113/2. Provision of high flights ~ith oxygen in military operations, by S.A.IJovikoff. June, 1934, 5p. Discusses corcpr-es sed o}'Jgen Advanced Flying Scl.oo l , Kelly Field, Texas. and liqu~d oxygen. D 52.1/9. The problem of stability Lr, airOfficers ;"tt,:,is station who rc.. .adc ext''lnded planes, qy Louis Breguet, 2Op. flights reccnt Ly 1/101'8 Cap t adns G.H. Sted to D 52.7/58. The Itali~~ Dirigible N-l, by AberdGcn, j,Jd.., i:: n, 3T-2B; H.E. En81er to Al.Lcs sandre Guidoni. Orxaha , Neb., in ar: 0-25; G.C. Jaru.son to E 10.2, U.S. 28. U.S. Aviation and the Air Tucson, .Ariz., i~ 0 BT-2B, ferryin8 Lieut. B. Stern, SigI~l Corps, on an inspection tour; lJail, l,ny, 193'1, 2Op. Fr-om Magazine FORHJNE. F 10 U.S. 40. Airports and landinG fields; 1st Lieut. C.A. Clark to Winston-Salcf.1, N.C., a corr,prGhensivereview of all phases of this in an A-3. subject, inclading pro~~tionJ public relationVfuen the baseball season beg~~, it vms deship, engineering design and construct ion, cided to a.I Low the t earns vlhichhad already equipment and r::anager:Jent, A.",ericanSociety by begun to play, to corrt inuc to play tOe;0ther of Municip~l Engineers, Oct. 1931, 7lp. regarJless of tra::sfers vlhich later took place to conf'o rr; to the new GHQ orga.>.lization. 629.l304/Su7. Airr:an's World; a book about flying, by Peter Sup. 1933, 224p. Purpose of These transfers, however, have caused a few book is to give some iqression of the airh1JI:lorous situations. For examp'I e , a :nD who !I.an's world, of its beauty, majesty and was f'orrne.rLy in ,the '13rd Squadron and is strangeness. ' playinc 'on that t c.ua lEaS -hi!:'lSelf playing 629.17 SU 6. Aircraft, progress and developagainst the 68th Squadron to which he is I10W ment, by P.H. Sumne r, 1935. 295p. Book intendassigned. The mer. arQ just as eager t,owin, ed to bring the reader in touch with air rcat.however, for their old squadron. The 68th Squad ron, with ten victories and ters by a wo nLd picture of progress in aviation. 629.17 B.76. The Autogiro and hoy' to fly two losses, loads the Kelly Yield Base~all League , f'o l.Lcved in order by Headquar t.e s r it, 9Y Reginald Brie. 1933. 82p. 92/M32. King of Air Fighters; a biography team, the 39th, 43rd. 42nd, 41st and 40th of lvfajor "1f.ic~1 Malillock, V.C., D.S.O., l.C., Squadrons. by Flight-Lieut. Ira Jones, 1931. 303p. OffiAfter having been out of the boxing leasue cially acknowledged by Air Ministry to be the for several yenrs, Kelly Field re-entered leading British air fighter of the War, with this year, but has a sC<1rcity of f!'nterial 73 vi.ctories. to se'Lec f rorn, t Selected kn~ine Articles The swi=ing pool has been repainted and Significance of the GHQ Air Force, by Lt.Col. new diving boards Lave been installed. The John D. Reardan, U.S. Air Services, I~y 1935. Spring openinc of the pool took place on Or-gard zabion of Air :Jinistry. Revue du i/;inisMay 22nd. tere de LIAir, April, 1935. French text. Tho spring weat1cr at San Ant.ord was apo Contribution of Interior Network of Air propriately celebrated at the field by an Lines to the Organization of National Defense. elaborate Spring Danc e , Les Ailes, April '1,1935. French text. War Birds are Flying, by W.B. Courtney. Colliers, M~y 25, 1935. Europe ha5 three times as ::cuny combat planes now than at end of the war. Aviatioll being groomed for Le ading roll in event of conflict. Civilian irna.gintl.tions reel at roar of props and crash of bombs, picturing burning clouds of gas and lethal clouds of bacilli poured from the skies. How true are these visions; what protection against them?
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Fiold Cookin~ Outfit. 8yntheti~R~bbLr DG~elo~~ A ren~esentativc of tho 1~teriel Division '2'h.3 use of s ..nt.he t i.o rubbers as substitute visi ted t,he JcfferSOn'.rille Q,utJ.rterr;aster Depot, for the crude l'uhlGr cmploye:l in the construcJeffers:mvllle, Lnd iana , for a confe r cnc e rr;b i.or, of the nuracr-ous rubl e r articles neceswhich were I gar-d i.ng the conrnerrt s and criticisms sary in tho Ai~'Corps hac: kept pace vri th the rradc by Air Corps activities on the f i ol d cooktechTlicnl advances rrade in the d eve'l oprnerrt and roan-if'ac t.ur-o of these synthe t.i cs. Crude I ing outfit developed by that depot. rubcar is nccessarily n strategic rrnterial, In view of the fact that satisfactory re~ults were obt~ined in a nQ7-ber of tests by in that there is DO source for it of COmLcrcial ir~orbmc(" w i t.h i,n the continental limits it was decided to ship I Air Corns acti "Hies, this eq~lipment to N..arch Ei el d , Calif for furof the United Gtat8S. ther ter:ts during :raneuvers on thG west coast. Fo r-t una.t.e'l y for all concerned, the synthetic At the conclusion of these tests, r;tandardizarubbers are superior' to c rude r ubbe r in the essential points vihich are of intorest to the tiOD will be considered ;;iter incorpori1ting such change s as have been found~sirable. Ai:e Corps. L1 partic'llor, they are rco r e resistant to tJ:-.c acti c.n of gasoline and rrcs t of the f'a.ni.I iar sol vent s , and arc rr.ore i::mervi .. C'l carri.nrr CO!mJolJrld Formulas. ous to the d if'f'uo i o of helium and hyd>rogen - The .Air C01'PS has for SO:1:8years past purchased cleaninc; rra.t.e r i.a.I s :for use at thE; depots th.'cn rubber, :r.aking the:'u 0= value in the construetior.. of balle~r.s End rdrships. in the f'c rm of propJ'ietary coropoundn. This Of the two cor::~erciall'y i::;portant syntrletics method of procuron:ent './as found to bo unuati sfactory due to tho large var i e by of cleaninG the one known as Thickol is used in the con1'::'5 tbe eqUc..-.J. of struction of ho s o fer the flexible oonnec t i.cn I compounds which vrer- of'f'er-cd " I compounds known to be ,;atisfactory f'o r ony parin fuel lines on airplanes, and has been ticuli1r app Li.cati on , ai.d also on account of tho s bandurd for 't,he past two ,,'ears. It is aLso used as hose equipxcnt for dope and paint differences in water supply and (:quirmer~t a t sprays. th,;) several stations ""tich prvlented bhe usc of The second synthetic is knORTIas Duprene, I a s i nfl.e f'o rrnul n for all stations. 'eha l,~torand its possibilities appear to be evell better \ ieI Division initiated Em investigation of thElll those of .:rhickol. This synthetic can be c loarri ng corrpour.d.s about a year ago and has sueused with gasoline Rnd all the usual solvents cessfully f'o rmul at.ed scvern.l ::.nterials vrh i ch encountered in thE,.' servic8 and, in add i tion, can be used at the several detJots Vii-h~ s3.tisfacis sui t::tble -bhrour.hout. bl,o entire temperature , tory results, Fl.t an av('rug"., cost of 34' cents range of oil hose; which fact presents a disper pound. tinct advant.agc over Th i oko'l . At the present It "Jas found t.haf various :mdifica+,ions of t~me a standard C-3 Observation balloon made , the f'o rn.u'l a developed for Wricht Field were newi tb Duprenc coated f abr do is being cor~struct! ces sary 8,t o t.h ar d epo't.s , A representative of ed , and vJill 'be delivered to the service SOP.1e the Mntcriel Di vi s i on visited e acb r:rLjor depot t irne this con.i.ng sunrr.e r , In addi tion, Dup rcno I and, with tho as s i s t.unoo and cooperation of peris being used in t"1e constn.:etion of standard sonne I I"1t the depots, developed f'o r-nul as ,'chich and scrv lce test parts in a mnrit-e r of other I require the nurchasG of only six basic inGrediplac8s. cnts whi ch , after proper Ly d.zing, vri Ll, se t i sf'y our req'lircrr,ents for cl eaner-s , The depots out'Auto:'1atic Pilot. side the Uni ten. States will be fur:-ish,)d '.:ith Installation of ar, a.uto'TIJ,t,ic pilot in a Typ e I fonm.Jas wi th which they IT;iY 8xpori!:':eLt i:': order 'B-1?], airnlano was corr:pleted ~YJdthe a.i rp Lanc to select one for their operating conditions. ferried to-Bolling Field for the purpose of being placed in service for approximately ten I Regrindim; Crankshafts. days. At the er... of tho present d ini s s Lori , this Fe:cili ties and equipment have 'boon rcado availairplane is to be ret'JIned to the If.atericl ablo ut the Fairfield Air Depet for re3rinding Division for r.orr~lete test of the autoITatic I all t.ypcs of c rankshaf'bs , and the other ai l' depilot. I nOts have beon instructed to ship all crarkshafts that they are holding for regrinding to

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Captain Kabrich of the Che.rd caf ilhrfaro Service visited this Division for thopurooso of coordin~ting the Air ~orps' req~iru;ents with reference to provision of eq'lip~:l(mt for the disso;:liIlation of srroko produc i.ng chemi ca l , Th0 conference b,3t,w::cn Captain Kabrich and memboz-s of the EngiIl0ering Section dealt 'ootJ:-.,trith the] dcs Lgr, f'eat.ures of the container CCl:ldischarging apparatus and the instal1ational features prevn.iling ill 0xistini~ Attack type airplanes.

Lr, v~e.tr OJ t.l.. l:ncrt.'.~::iSCI~ instrurnt3nt r,;q~llr,-_~mcnt~~ ana. u;::;0.f!c i!:" tn.(- ..:\i r Corps, .. s+.cp:_~ hrJ ..... 7e been, tnkuc1 t!'l<c'':'rcLinin:~ and o-per;)tio"l'; ,,)iv i r i or;.. of t;.:,~: C:ffic~:, . ~:').i~f of the Lir Cornr: , f'ur bhor to .clnc".tr' ccu<Lific;.J. en'l i s t c-l pe r sonn81 at Chan ,t,') :::-'bld i'; 1-:". installation, ope rat.Lon, in:'p,x~tio", :~,':: ','rdnten:trlcc' of ail'craft. inst1'."':.,."t,,. '~'() prov i de QJ.c:quate t0st appar at.uc f'o r tt--lL,sc ::;c:Yc, tho 1\01to1'iel :DivL;ion has ill procl's.'. ,'. 11TOj.-c: te, design HId. -procure: thc,rlUccssaT/ (.. pim,,,.:lt , ,;:;, r-rp i.dl.y a" possible. Some items ill':' no.:r' und e r DroC~r81rkJnt and '.vil1

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Broken Valvo .Ad,justin,;, .~rm\' and Be.].l Assembly No. 95H. Pratt & vn',i t ney K;giue R-1690-11. 1. No. 951.i vn l vo tc:.:ppet adjusting sc rew ir:. No.1 exh;:.u"t cylinder 'broke vr:':ilc in flight. 2. Timo OE engine. app roxdrmt ol.y 35 hours. No previous ove rhaul, t izae, 3. Defective IJart, rIC.p1aced and turned over to Pratt 6: 7f',itr;ey'Corlp~.l!1-fIS representative at Langl ey F'i ol.d , Va .1. Val ve tappet ,:dJusting screw fruc tur cd be bwcen locking nut alld rocker a.rm, Cnu~() of f'a i Lur e und ct er-r.i ncd , 5. No reco'1J'::endations. 6. Defective llart r';1l1:1ced ':md eriri n conb inued in servic~. . 7. Pro~rious unsn t i.sf'uc t.o ry report has been submitt,;d OIl this s'.ibject. Reply to D.H.: The drJ.r",-.agod [,djllStinC sc rcw r-emoved at Lang.l ey Field was f'o rwur'd ed to the I)ratt:.md '!!hitnoy Cornprmy by their representative, and it was f'ound that the fracture was c Lcar, ,wi th no signs of r:S"1.turial dcfcc t , It is thu op LnLor, of Pratt & Vhi bney Ccrrpany, as well as this Division, that this and other s ir ri La.r fail ures were the rcsul t of oxccssi vc t ightc:ning of the adjusting screw lock nut. It is imperative that :-:-:uintcnaIlce pe r sonncL be oautioned to tip;hte:l th8S8 loek nuts SI1':gly but not cxc cs s i,ve Ly ar.d under no circu.":Ji;ti1.;ccs to strike the wrench ':ritrJ '1ny object, as i;-l this manner- bhe 10c1-::nub is pulled up too tightly, thus pr el.oad i ng tho sc r ev- and possibly straining the part beyond its clastic limit. Current adjustLi[; sca-cws are fabricated wi bh a fin" thread, and r.Lnc. this type is believed to bo cons iIo r-tbl.y strollger than tlw f'o rmer coarse bhrcad scrcil it is not believed that failures will b,: oxccss Ive if proper care is exercised to avoid oxcessive tighteninE. Ena.smuch [l[: r.h i s is tne first failure of its kind to be z-epo r t.cd to this Di vi s Lon on thu Lab o typ .. screw Ho. 9514, no further : ac-

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Strainer Assy. Oil (C'lIlO). Thera is boirig fOI"w1'.rded for cxarri.nat. i.on one' CU;lO Oil 3tr;".iner, Part #27310. It ,dll be noted that t.l-lis assembly has bOOL very bad Ly !:lutil';l-tod by the usc of improper tools whon rerrcvi.ng 1 t fro:n the ,;lJ.,fJ,i:rlG. It has bo eri :lOtcd that at Leas t 50% of bhos: r t ru.i nor-s installed in oni gines roci.,i ved her-o for overhaul i.~re in appro:dI rna.tely the some cond i tion. -2'-1V-6796, A.C.

It is believed a~d recommendedt~~t Service #2-3832. This nagnebo will be shipped to bho activities ~~ould be instructed to use oruy a San Antonio Air Depot for repair. Time since last overhaul: 123.05 hours. large monkey "\v:rench that a spanner wrench or be designed that would r-errovo this assembly . .:!?. M:1i;jnetos 071939. installed on R-790-A # without trouble or mutilation. Engine ~29-259, (Time since last overhaul: on ReplY to U.R. The dronagedcUno strainer re- 79:10 hours) and M.~gneto#03016, installed ceived in con.~ection vnth subject report has R-790-A Engine #28-176 (Time since last ovorhaul: 70135 hours) have also defective prirrnry been exarni.ncd and. it is evident that this and other assemblies have: been badly nJutilated by bridge assemblies. part #2-3832, and will be service activities duo to the lack of proper r-cp'l nccd as SOO::1 as overhauled rmgnet.os arc avad Labl,o , tools for tho ro~~val of the assetlblies from the engines. According to tho records of this Division, R-1820-ElI1 engines arc equipped with Finder assy. vertical view TyPO-".-2. 073392. CUllO oil strainers No. 27291. A drawing of Lens demlmts cannot be tighte:led or Locked wrench No. 82743 is enclosed. This wrench has to insure from loosening and possible loss of been designed by the Wright Aero~utical Corfront oloruer~ ~rr"ile in flight. Vibration, poration for rerr.oval and installation of cuno against which this cqu ipmerrt is not protected, strainer Ho. 27291. Th0 rmnufacturer states has been the cause of the loss of a front elethat this. wrench my be procured in szrn.l I mcnt at this station. quantities at $12.83 net and that del iV'Jries Recorrrrendab Lont It is r-ccorrroonded that some can be rmdo app rox irtat.e'Ly three weeks after means of lockir.g e.l eincnb s in place be devised receipt of order. A qu~ntity of these or that elements in place be devised or that wrenches will be procured as soon as possible elements be sealed into the barrel si~ular to and distribution made according to the locathat of the K-IO (Fa~rchild) cronera lens. tion of R-1820-EK onriinns. This includes the 0166676. Level.ass.'!. Levol.s have been go inc: rapair depots. dr:? clue to leakage through cemented areas. . Sorr~of this equipment has never been installAirplane P-2G~. R~port failcrre of bracket ed and therefore it is believed not to haVG rro.i.n fuel bank support 'Part number 3-5484 left been crus ed by hcat . During [L period of two side rear P-26A ad rp.lane .Ai! Number33-57. :mnths six out of ten of these levels have The failure occurred in the right angle bond gone dry. forward lug of the rear Luf'b brackot r i vebcd Recor:rr.cndu.tion: Rccor-roend that a more suitto the Longo ron Boo ing part number 15-2415-4. abl,e cerncnb 'bo used. Airplane A-lO. Due to vibration of tho Reply to U.R.: slots durinc Plight, 2nd the closing and oponNo locking device is provided on either tho ing of the s l ot s while Land ing mid taking off, front or rear el omcnt Lens for the type A-2 excessive r11bbing ~nd friction is creatod bevie~ finder. These oleoents are set in their tween the slot and leading edge of the ~Ting, respective barrels vo~y tightly and no locking causing excessive wear of the metal ir~ contact, device has boen cor~sidered necessary. Tho the wear becorai ng so pronounced as to pmwlens ul ercenb shoul d be checked prior to flight .trate throup:l-"the skin of the slots in sevo.ral, to insure that they have not booorno loosened. s-pots. Before future procuroroonts are rrade of this .Recomrr.end that a means bo devised to r~ t;type equi.pmenb , the specification 'Nill De strict tho surface of both the wing and slot changed to call for a locking means to be profrom corrtucb rng cnch other. vided on the front and rear e'l omcnb of the Lens, Magneto VAG-9D. SUbj0Ct mgneto was install In the rruuuf'aobur-e of level 'lids, the scaled in R-790-B engine aerial 28-234 vrh i oh .. as v ing of the liquid is dependent upon the smooth installed inFT-3 airplane serial 28-233 and surface of the top coming in contact lith the failed causing collbion on ground with Pl'-3A srroo bh surface of the 'lial cup. Those u.re he'll a.i rp.Lanc acr i ak No. 29-87. Upon Lnspec t i on it together by the pressure retaining screw was found that contact between gro'md contact against the bottom of tho vial and the top of stud and prhI'2ry br'Ldge of coil (part No. the level seat. It may be thut due to shrink2-3832~ was, d()fecti vc and t.~ere wc;s cvi.d cnco age of the packing ill these vials that this of arc rng a.t ~hc corrbacb P01~t WhlChburned pressure is lessened, causing a leakage of the off t~e end tho st~, tQ~lng the t0mper out liquid. This c~~ be prevented by filling with of.prlrrary brldge at tne VOlnt of contact. new liquid a~d re-installation of tho pressure TIllS precluded the groundlnij out of the , scrow so that it exerts sufficient p resnur-o on magneto. . . . the vial cup to make a perfect seal. Since 1. InSpe?tlon revealed ~he cond i t.i ori as this is thQ first Unsatisfactory Report reccivstated horel11. The defectlV? IDllnetoWUS. od on this equipment, no action will be taken tran~ferrGd to the Sa". Antomo All' Depot for to r-ed es i.gn the vials at this time. This rerepalr.. ." I port will be roado a catter of record, and if 2. I~speCtl. 01, of tho f'ol Lowi.ng YA:--9D Mag- addd t.Loual, Uns.atisfactory Reports [LrCreceived netos, d i sc.Lo sed the f'ol Lowing oond i tlon; further actior; will be baken, ~ . .:.kgnoto #08115 r-ernovod from R-790-.~ Engin~ #28-140. The: lower h~f of contact Strut Assy. La..~dingGear ''V'' A.C.No. 7-788. sprlng has. no tenslO~ a.. lS. bent aw.1yfrom TJ.d 'Strut Assy. Oleo. landing gear installed on the upper half of pz-arm.ry br-Idge assombl.y ,part l~PT::"""_'l';:;2-::::;C~a"-~-;d-";=';;'';;-':'--:;-~=~;;-'-';::F';='=~~:T:: D airplanes. A.C. No. 8-256~ 2:) V-G796, A.C.

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Replacement of landing gear oleo strut assemblies has been ereatly hampered because the inadaptability of the oleo struts received from Air Corps supply stock and the 1I'';J1I struts on the airplane. Tho bolt holes i~ the flange on the oleo strut do not line up viibh ;the hole Ln the ''V'' strut, rmk i r.c; it necessary to mabch "V" c~trut and oleo struts froD stock as closely as possible and cl.ongat i.ng th" holes to fit. Al bhcugl. ;3, dose mar.ch was found and the holes were elongated only slightly, those in stock at the Station Air Corps Supply do not match [;L~d the holes will have to be elongated beyond any degree of safety. Recorrmend that the oleo strut and the ''V'' strut be iss11ed in a cornp.l.ebe as scmbl.y or , that the flange on the oleo strut be left blank sO that the bolt holes may be drilled locally to fit the I'V" strut on the a i rp Lane, Reply to U.H.: Exarrd nat ion or drawings shows that all tho attaching ho'Lus for the component p[erts of' the lending gear side V strut assembly ,U',' jig located at asaezcbl.y in order to provide for interchangeability. It is the opinion that the parts woul d no t pass inspection if the holes VTore rnislocated and, ther0fore, tho posdbility of a slight buckling in the fuselage m,~~bers betwee~ landing gear centers is considered as ~1 explanation of the) difficult,,! reported. If'. however, it is ShOVr.l that this con~ition does not exist, proper corrections can be rmde by procuring G quantity of tho tor:;llJ1r:ll fittings, part ~\jo. 1-10538, v:i thout the drag strut attachint; holes d.r-i l.Lod for usc bv the activities -Nhel, th8 condi ti~ll reported 'i s encount.crod , Further comments will be made on this '~satisfactory condition wr.en infOrnJation is sccurd as to the por;sibility of a buckling cond i t i on in the fuselage. From tho description contained in the Unsatisfactory Report, it is impossible to determine whcbho r the trouble was encountered with the V strut ass emb'l on or off the airv plane. If tho troublo i;: rra,Ch~' the holes t n/j is encountered off the airplane, bh, 01'1'01' is obvl oual y duo to mi s.Locab i.on tho holes at manuf ac t ur e ~-12C - Rudder stop cablcs not adjusted properly. P-12C - Left brake spring should be replaced. P-12C - Rudder stop cables not adjusted properly. P-12C - Shutter control bracket loose. P-12C - Pointer and dial as sembl.y not synchronized with valve. P-l2C - Right navigation li[;ht not functioning. P-12C - Propeller not oiled. P-12C - Cylinder fin cracked off around spark plug holes. P-12C - Tail skid control arr.l loose at bolt. A-3B - Technical Order No. 01-1-37 not co~ plicd with - battery drain. Mixture control :lot adjusted properly. A-3B - Hose cO:J.nection, ~.lin gasoline line, loose. Tecr.rucal Order No. 01-1-37 not co~ plied with - battery drain. .Gnsoline vn.Iveand pointor not synchronized. A-3B - Booster does not engage urrt i.L after cl ut ch engages. A-3B - Battery t.e rmine.I washer i:nproperly installed. 0-19B - Gasoline Leak at pump connection. O-19B - Gasoline gauge light not fu.~ctioning. Wobble pump should be changed. B-4 - Terr:lnal washer-s installed improp0rly, one battery. Gnsoline tank cap chain broken. Hose c Larrp loose, rmin gasoline line. B-4A - ?usolage stol~illing patched over. Primer not functioning. Engine scl.oc Hve valve ann. pointt'Jr and dial o.sscrabl.y no t synchronized. Hose c Lamn loose, ::J[;,in>;asolinc line; connection leaking. . Compass not S~nh'1G with radio on. Throttle stop, left Cl"gino, not f'unc tioninE~prop erly. B-4A - Engine s ol ocbor vn.l ve not satisfactory. PT-3 - Fire Gxtb[,'1lisher not installcod on step side of f'use'l.age. PT-3 - Fire extinguisher improperly installed. . RJbber particles drained from carburetor strainer chanber. 0-38E - Seve rc.L druin gromrmts in the bottom of the fUselage UIlopened. Inspection plate in the rig~t lower wing not pinned. 0-38B - 'iHng pane Ls not Lnspcct.ed. Ln accordance 'Iii th T8chnical Order 01-1-12 (inspection gror~ets were unopened). . Under date of May 3, 1935, the ~ief Signal Officer issued Signal Corps Supply Letter No , 17, p8rtainini;~ to Junction Boxes, Typo T~-A0-l67, procured on order No. 132351 (part of Radio Set, Type SCR-AD-183).

Tho follo"ri:-'/:.i'defects were noted in the type of aircraft listed during reco:lt technical insoootions: P-l2D -.Hight ;:Thou!dragging. CO;YJDass S'!TlU1f, with raelio not installed. . P-12D - COLlpassnot 8<,1"'.l."'1[; with radio on. P-l2D - Rudder stop cahl es not functioning. Pointer'lnd:ii(~l asse:crbly no t synchroni zed wi bh val v e, Hose c12mp looso. P-12C - R~l.Cld:~r stop cables not f'unc t i.oni ng properly. P-l2C - RUdder stop cables not adjusted properly. I'-12C - Sk"bilizer -posHior-:,indicator not functioning. . P-12C - COr.J.pn,S8 light not f'unct.i orring, - 26-

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ISSUED THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

BY OF THE AIR CORPS

WAR DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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"Information Division Air Corps

June 15, 1935

Muni tions Building Washington, D.C.

The chief purpose of this ~bllcation is to distribute information on aeronautics to the flying personnel in the Regular Army, Reserve Corps, National Guard, and others connected with aviation. ---000--~ THE AIR FORCE CRU) IBLE [HAT we should be able to every bombardment, attack, pursuit and "employ instantly and effec- long range observation sguadron now tively a concentrated and authorized for the GHQ Air Force precoordinated unit, embracing sents such a variety of included objecall our combat air strength tives as to form an adequate task for a in the continental United large section of the offices of the States, bas been acce~ted Chief of Ordnance, Chief of Engineers, by'most students of a~r de- Chief Signal Officer and the Quartermasfense for many years. The ter General, respectively. general acceptance of this doctrine The powers and limitations of the Air finally resulted in a decision to orForce, as one experienced Air Corps ofgani ze such a unit. ficer observed, has been a frequently On Mar-ch 1st! 1935, the headquarters used term in which all the empriasds to of this new umt, the GHQ Air Force, date bas been placed upon the Ilpowers" began to function. This did not mean and little or none upon the IIIimitations. " that the organization of the unit above Among the first of the powers which come described was completed. In fact, it to mind is mobility. And the Air Force was barely begun. And althougl1 much units are truly mobile, once they. are in has been accomplished in the last three the air with a full load of gasol1ne and and a balf months toward carrying foroil and with all equi~ment functioning ~ard the organization of our great perfectly. But the Ilmitations of ~ostriking forcell of the air, by far the bility are suggested above. Can the gr~at~r progress !las been made in visu- planes be gotten into the ai~ in t~~ al1zingthe many steps tr~t remain to be condition to demonstrate the1r mOblllty taken and the numerous problems still in a reasonable length of time? If not, to be solved before we can have a comthe true mobility of the unit must be pleted organization - an Air Force inmeasured by the inclusion of the period stantly available for effective operaof preparation required. . tions in any strategic area of continAnother one of tlhe powers of aviation ental United States'. which looms large is its "f i re power, II The values of these two important especially in terms of bombs. BUt factors ~~rmn are rela~ive. What is'meant by limiting these powers are availability lnstantly avallablell and "effective at the operating airdrome of an adequate ll operations as applied to an air force? supply of bombs of suitable sizes preOne definition might be as stated besence of trained men to fuze and i oad ,/ low. To be considered "Lns t ant Ly these bombs ready for droppin~, and of ll , available an air unit should be able other trained ne rsonne L uiier i ngl.y to r to fulfil the three following condiconduct the airplanes to the proper retions; lease point for the bombs to hit tIle in~. Take off with all its airplanes tended objective and to release them at from its home station within fortysuch point. eight hours of recei~t of the order. A well known factor in overcoming Q. Fly to the deslgnated concentraenemy resistance is the maintaining of tion area at cruising speed, with mini- pressure beyond the power of the foe to mum stop-overs for fuel and oil, at overcome by the exertion of his maximum such intervals as are dictated by the recuperative powers. Unless, therefore, range of tIle planes. the limitations of an air force permit &. Take off to perform a normal opthe repetition of missions at sufficierating migsion against the enemy with- ently frequent intervals to afford the tn twenty-four hours after arrival with- requisite amount of pressure, the powers 1n the concentration area. of that air force will be largely nulliTo "operate effectively II may be defin- fied. The enemy will recuperate between ed as being able to accompli~ the asblows and be able to vnthstand each sue. signed mission with at least the averceeding blow. age results which either training or The application and development of all war experience has indicated to be prac- these principles of operation are now a ~icable for the particular type of uni t direct respons! bili ty of the GHQ .Air 1nvolved. ,Force. The operating technique and docTo reach the above objectives for 'trines to be followed by an air force -1V-6eeO, A.C.

in action aGainst various types of ob~ lvarious States concerned, to the end jectives and in varying situationsr.l.ust. that Federal funds allocated to them may nO;7be formulated aut.ho r l tatively and be used in part for this purpose. promulgated to the Air Force uersonnel. I' The great advantages of short lines of Problems of o rgant zation are numer-ous operation from dispersed airdromes over and pressing. Of prime imnortance among I long lines o~ operation fro~ large airthese is a de t.e rrr.tnat.t on of the most ad- I dromes well a n the rear nay be exoec te d vantageous proportions of the various I to be derived from tho use" of ground classes of aviation. The "Dr-um Boa rd " I t ranspo r-tat i on instead of air transportarepor~ of Octo'ber,1933,is t he latest ap- I tion for a great part of tho di s t ance ~nproveu statement of the propo r t i ons of vo Lved , and the use of more e as i.Ly t ra.i nthe v';lrious classes of a,,:,"iation wi tllin ed ground.. pe~~onnel for a large. vol~ne of the AJ.r Force. The contInued study of . the work Incluent to the operatIon ln this probl.em is essential, since the val-I lieu of the more highl~T trained flying ues of the factors upon which the deter- , personnel in the airplanes. mination sho ul d be based are constantly The first directive given to the GriQ, changi ng . Seine of these factors are: , Air Force by the War Department was the 1. The "fire power " or destructive ! test of tentative t abl e s of o rgan.i za t i.on effect of e ac h cLao s against various for the included uni ts of the Air Force. kinds of targets. This is a vital problem, and its correct 2. ThE::relative suppl.y and operating I solution is bas i c in establishing the requirements of the various classes of I ground. wo r k for success of the Air Force. aviation arid the difficulties of mee t i ng I Tho t(;mtlltive tables undez-go i ng t?st are such requlremelJ.ts. . I e. r-ad.I ca.l departure f ro,n all preVIOUS 3. Tlie relative time required to train . ~aDle;:; for Air Corps units, as we l L as replacement personnel. to operate tho va- f rom the present anpr'ov ed tables of all rious classes of airplanes.. . other arras of the Service. As such they ,4. ~hC. probable- :ta:-gets of aviation as I nill r e q.ri r-e the car~ful a~aly~is. anci at f'ec t Lnr; the "('1.'0'11 sa on of the needed te st of ac t ua.L p ract t ce whi ch 1 t 1 S amount of each~ class to at t ack such tar- I aLways advi saDIe to give to sOuletilint:; gets. In connection v:ith this factor it I so entirely r.ew and at the same time may be stated that heavy bOffiDardnent,De- I so vital to successful operntions in cause of time f'orecp'lacement f'act.c r , am- I W9.r'. munition expenditurefactor,and relative I Only one of these nou tables ~ill be vulnerabili ty to fire rlirocted against consid.ered, tr.l8.t for the Service Squa d-: the at rp'Lane itself, should not be ei:lI!lo~r- r'on , The table for the Service Squadr'o n ed against targets wrri ch can be destroy-provicles for one hundred and ninety cned or neut ra.l i aed by sma.l l ar bombs ',7hich listecl men in the var.ious grades ar.d can be carried by lighter airplanes. VOl' : ratings, and possessing t he yarious should long range bombers be usee. ~.lt~'?inst apec i a.l i s t qualifications needed to pertargets close at hand or which car. De form the varied duties falling unon tLis brought to short operating ranges. unit. Those ~~ties include for the The tactics of boinba.rdaient aviation present, in the absence of any o t he r wi th referenco to the use of short or provi s i on for taking care of t hem long lines of o ocr-a t Lo n , i. 8., d.istance eV8ryt::ing concerned y;i t h the o-)eration from home a i r dz-ome to target, offer an of three comba t cquadr-o ns in tl:?: :field engrossing ;Jroblem for G:']d~'. Economy except, the nc~u,al ai.r dr-cmo servic:~::1g of effort 8.11din the co u.r.aunt i on of sun-I. and ma:L'1G2n~'::.:o f t ho &,_rpl~.'J::; c and plies dictates t!:E.:usc t; '" Gf'0rt lines of their 0-P0:;.'~t.i.(;~' i.~: Fli6,t, I;~!,.;c r i g i na.l operation a.s far as pra:.:tic;}~)le. securi-I concept ',;as. t. ':~:),t t:.'U20 <)C.L"\;iC8. squadrons .. ty of at rdr omeo ar.d oft.,1e at rpl.ane o would be inte~'c"i:,:.~i':Jblc or reT/ cl.as s philo on the airdromes indicates the use of unit. T::i ~:vns :lc';; been n.o d f i ed , of long lines of operation, whi ch will I due to the hO:d,:"Jc~3snZJss :.r"1.Linc; of remove the horne a i xd r o.ac of the operatreplacements 1 -; \7,"\,::. ti.me q~Jall:::'i8d. to ing units t o a gJ'(;at d i at anc e from the hano.l e the v::.cely (~::.ffeJ.':.ns dut ie s conbases of enemy ul.c,nes. . rie c t e d wi t.h ::;vc,:.,~:ing an,: one of the The use of short Li ne s of oneration d.i.f'f er-ent, c l.as so s of av La.t l on , lbot:lor involves, f rom oons Idcr-at to ns of securico riei.ucr'a.t i or: wa s the great var i at i on ty; the wiele dis'oersio:-l of ur.i t s on nuin the ';iOrlz Lo ad. at> between servicinG me'rou.s a l r dr-ome se'pa r-iLe d from each s" three heavy bo.nbar dmerrt squadrons and other by a number of miles. 'lllis di s three single ?lace pursuit cquc!'c;rons. The persion. in turn, Lnv o Lve s increased table as or-i g i na.l Ly pr epar e-I did. not prodifficul ties in control and ill t he SUDvide throe Lde.rt i.ca'L cec t i ons , one for ply of t ne units. In areas whe re there eac n tacticill c ouad.rcn for a CC;H1i tion are insufficient a'l r dr or.e s it also inwne re each of the t hr-ee t ac t i crI squadrons Valves de Lay in builr'Un['; the needed served is located 01. a d i f f er crrt airdro:r,e airdromes. Hov.ev er , it I9a~Tbo poss_ib~e 'und.e r OJ: sit~,ationreCJ.\l~r~nc ' :1 o.i cpersed opto have these airdromes \alrports) bu l Lt e r a t i.ng ba s i e In <.,;j,.r,'. tl:J~i:HCl'C pro babl.y and ready whe n the need comes, providing will be required.a sclf--sdrvLsc:0ction to take the r~quirod cooperation is had with the Care of the headquarters a nd a<iministra-2V-6E300, A.C.

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tive personnel of the service squadron I the ground . itself. I In the.case.of an attack from the sea, It is believed the above is suffici- 1 the hostlle alrplanes must base on airent to indicate the extent and complex-j craft carriers. The limitations of ityof the problems facing the GH~'Air carrier take-off preclude the use of Force. The War Department apnears to especially heavy bombers, and hence of be alive to these problems ana to the especially long range bombers. There.need for. affording every possible aid fore, to make the airplane attacks, the to the Alr Force in order that wise 50- hostile carriers must come fairly close lutions may be reached. One of these to shore and at time of take-off and aids has been given by the War Departlanding of their planes will be well ment in according rank commensurate within the reach of liCht bombers, which with the duties performed. The insig~ need carry only very llght bombs to nia of this new rank is in the Air destroy hostile nlanes on the carrier Force Crucible along with the wonderful deoks or to put the deck itself out of ingredients - youth, ener~y and on~orco~nission. tunity. We shall all awalt with klndAirplanes operating from land bases est interest and best wishes for sucagainst carrier-based airplanes have the cess tl~.product which shall emerge. following advantages over the latter: MeanwIllle, a fen catalytics for the a~ They can take off and land in forboilin~ pot may be offered. What does mations as against single ship taket~e Unlted States desire its military offs and landings, affording a tremendalrplanes to do? ous saving in the time factor. The National Defense Act and other b. Their flying fields are far less legislation indicates that it is the vuTnerable to damage than flying dec]{s, will of the Congress that our military and they can have alternate flying policy shall be one of impregnable defields to use in case primary fields fense. It may be assumed with assurare damaged. ance, therefore, that our militar'T c. If defeated, they can withdraw and planes shoUld be able to prptect us disperse to nuoerous landing fields, from possible enemy air~lanes. To harm while if carrier-based planes are defeatus serio~sly, hostile a~rplanes, flying ed in the air, they face annihilation on from a f~nal land base, must fly over the carrier or canture if they land in many miles of-o-ur own-relatively unimhostile territory: portant territory in which there are Q. Their opportunities for information no remunerative targets, in order to are greater, due to more numerous obserreach vital objectives. If our own vation points. airplanes operate from advanced airTheir disadvantages lie in the ability dromes they will be able to employ much of the carrier-based planes to select sho~ter lines of operation than the their time of attack, which is known to ,hostile planes. them and unknown to the shore-based From dispersed airdromes close up to airplanes; and the position of the Our land frontier, our airplanes can carrier is movable while that of the reach the enemy planes on the ground targets of its airplanes is fixed. at the base from which they make their The Air Force Crucible must melt all. final t~:e-off to attack remunerative conflicting tactical doctrines and i targets at considerable distances with- methods into one integrated whole. The l in the interior ofour country. To dedoctrines must be adapted to the purI stroy airplanes on the ~round does not poses for vn~ich the Air Force has been I require heavy bombs. L~g~t bombers witn the necessary range (which can be created. half or less than half of the enemy Truly this is a diffic1ut task, bombers) may be reasonably expected which should enlist the earnest aid of successfully to stop onemy air attacks ~ll c?ncerned in reaching a correct by destroying the hostile airplanes on solutlon. ---000---

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7TH BOlviBARDM:il;1TT IN WAR GROUP MA11EUVERS point within the continental limits of the United States, in a war problem. :Brigadier-General Henr~ H. Arnold,Air Only a few months ago, Lieut. Root marCorps, COillD1allder the lirst of Wing, GH~ ried Miss MaxinG fr~fy, TIhornhJ had met Air Force., inspected the war maneuvers as a cade t in San Antonio, Texas. At t:18 of the 7t11 Bombar-dment Group as it swel- time of the accident she was Li v i na in tered in heat whi cn registered 80 deI the quarters assigned this counle at grees in the shad.e of t.he r r tents. I Hamilton Field. r/~rs. Root toot>;:the reDispersior:. an1 concentration problems i mains of her husband to the homo of his oc cup'Led the time of the flying person- \ father, r1r. V. S. Root, at Huntsville, nel eacn morni~g. Extreme secrecy Alabama. cloaked the point of concentration, I Lieut. Root graduuted in 1928 from the which was given out bl Tadio by Licut.i Alabama Polytechnic Institute. AODointed Colonel Clarence L. Tl:l.ker, Commanding i a flyinG cadet, he graduated from" the Air Officer of tho Grou:D, f rom his command Cor:ps Traininc; Center in 1934. He receiv.. plane, the Bird OIPrey. Thea, as the ed !lis commission as a second lieutenant message \':as t ransmt t ted to the 9th in .the Ail' Reserve on February 28, 1935. Bombar-dmerrt Souad.ro n at Mills Field Private Porter is survived by a sister, Shn Francisco;' t he 11th at Stockton: Mrs. Stella Buck , of Eddyville, Nebraska, and the 31st at Suisun, all flew to the I to nhom the remains were ship~ed for focal po i.nt at different rn.t e s of speed I burial. He Was a veteran r-ad.i o operator so as to arrive there at the same time. v:ith 12 years of service in the Anu;)". One of the cO:"lcentrations was held over ivlajor Harold D. Smith, corruaand.i ng the beautiful Lake Tahoe. 31st Bombardment Squadron, and an eye ---000--witness of the accid.ent, stated tr~t he . believed the rear controls of the Somber SACRAftE:TTO CO:~:mI..t'>.LLY G3.E.ETS illf.Y AIBMEl~ were jarrc.medby o ne of the news reel men A falling against them. .M~ssrs. Alexander and. Tap-oan, Fox techBanri Ltail Field personnel are highly nICIans, were veterans In whe neus reel aiJpreciative of tne enthusiastic receuAt one time they were en{~aged in tion accorded them by the civilian pep- i field. I taking air :?hotogra:-or...sin the Orient. ulation of Sacramento on the occasion~ " They were vndely 1'::nown movie news j in of the recent field uancuvers over reel circles. Mather Field, vht ch is 11 miLcs distant ---000--from that cit'.' ~ Lieut. -Colo11~1 Clarence I" Tinker. AERIAL SUR.V.fJI FOl\T :BRAGG OF RESERVATION formerly co~mandinG the 20th Pursuit Group at Mather Field, has ma~y friends The Second Photo Section, Langley Field, among the townspeople. Man:? of them . Va., r~s just completed an aerial survey expressed the hODe that Mather Field for the might acain. bocotne a permanent Air Corps of the Fort BragG Reservation CortG of Engineers. This survey was made post. nitn a 5-lens mauping coroera at an alti---000--j tude of 20,000 feet. This is an uw~su~lmapp.i ng , and DISTRESSIN~ ACCIDENT DURING Ml\NEUVERS ly high al ti tude for aerial it necessitated the use of oxygen breathing apuaratus by the pilot and nhotoDeath rode in the air Viith the 7th grapher. At an altitude of 20,000 feet Bombardnlent Group from H~~ilton Field the camera used in this survey will ~hotoas it engaged in war maneuvers UDder graph a n area of 428.49 square miles with t lie leadership of Lieut.-Colonel C.J~. O:~1e exco sur e . Tinker, vii th :!JatJ.10rField as a bane, AU,aer i a I survey of the terri tory from durL1, the pe r i od from May 20t1:..to If.ay Harupton Road.s , Va., to the Neuse River, 30th,last. I, Horth C'1.I'olina, L; in process at the presSecond Lieutenant Ed.~ar Vi. Root , Air Reserve, p'Lunged to death about 15 ,ent t i me, bo i Il6 made f91' the Coast and. I Gecde t i o Survey, r/ho \'Illl use tho I::notomiles west of l:t. Whitney in Clo",'er II graphs to establi sh Lnt.er-med.i.e.t.e control Creek:i whi ch is in the vicinity of ,pointa bet~een their known control Sequo a ~ational Par~. He was pilotI points, thus eliminating the 116ce ssity of ing a Martin Bombc over w:1ic::1he lost r detailed survey by the ground survey control, and drooped 14,000 feet ina "9arty. spiral sr t n . The pl.cne s t rucx a tree ---ouc--and burst into f'Larnes . Those vho succumbe d , in r.d<lition to tLe ,)ilot, Represcntatbe ~'lilcox' s bill, 3.uthorizwere Private, 1st ClaGs, Gu;;,: ~ Porter, F inc:; the co ns t r-uct I on of strate;e;ic nil' radio operator; and Messrs. A.P. , bases to provide peace-time training for Alexander and Le~is S. T0-ouan, Fox I the Air 3'orce .ind r:ar-time defense Movie reel cam6rar:1Em. .against invasion, passed the House of Lieut. Root and Private Porter were I henresentatives on JUl1e 5th. members of the ;!.lst Bombar-dment ScuadI ,Not a single amendment Vias proposed to rou, and with 15 other JomJers were I this measure as it was sent to the Senate. flying over Ft. ';";:1.1 , t he highest t ney -4V-S800, A. C.

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ITE!LS~ROl.lAIit FORC:;BULL.6TINS The iollor:iXl~ iteLiS have be en vouol LahI O Eve n Gore time is reauired to eone d to ~he -persc;>nnel, of the GIIC~ .:\.lr Fo r ce s t r uc t ba.se s and. to build. -i to airulanes from t1ffio to t1mb tnrough ths modium of and corollary equiLment. ~i~ Force EUllet~n~ i s sucd hy the Air c. ~irpL~.nes arE? fra:;qe. In storage ._o rce He adqua.r t e ... : s t hey de t.e r-i.or at.e t n phy s i ca.L structure The r ca l i.sat.i o n tl1<'l~th~ Air C9rps was a~1~t~corue oos9.1o~e even ~ore ra:?id~y n~t,or~an1zed to penTI1t tue use 1n war 1 than 1n use. ~t 1S thus 1~practlca01e O! ItS t r eiaendou s s t r i ki n.: Dower to the to_create a WFir reserve of a.l rcl.ane s . be st ad.vantat';c led. the 'ifa~ DODartment to hgui1illTI8ntand. Dni t Training l'Jeecle(l. ereate the GtiQ Air Force. Unaer this 0 An aIrplane ~lt~OUt ~ll of its equing~nization, the tactical counmand of the m~nt and a complete c revr of trained. llien 1..~r For~e un!ts, forruerly ciivided. affiong snouldnot GO to TIar. For exawp~e, a t he varIO"'J.S vo rpe Area Comn.ande r a , is Bombar-dment Group of 44 modern a i r-: now ce ntr a.l l zed under t1.e Conaua.nd.inz planes, fully equipped, canned and trainGeneral, The General He adquar-t.e r s A~r ed, is of more value than several times Force. ItE war mission will be to conthis number of obsolescent types, partiduct of~e:1sive air operations a!~ainst all:y equippo(1. ani manned oy partially enemy all', ground and sea forees. The traIned. men. execution of t ho se oocr-at i ons will reIt ca nno t be overemphasized t haf the quire, aoco r d.i ng to circulJstances indeobject of all plai.mi:Ll[ and. t.ra.i ni.ng in ~enient air missions or missicns in con- the GHQ Air Force is to create a powerjunction with friendly ground or naval ful, hiG~Y mobile striking force ready f'or ce s . The functions of the Chief of I at all times for in:rnediate action on M the Air Corps remain suostantially as d.ay. It 1ms accordingly reen iecid.ed neretorore. t hat as new airplanes are received, one The TGEQ . Ai~ Forcl? Stronr;ly SuFQ...crted. I G9-uad,ron or gro-;p at. a time will be , ... e GEQAll' .ror ce has the whc Le ?071er h orou;:;,ht up to e..f'ec t i ve strength,ratnor l1;J-da,!-thori ty of the War Department be t~1?n allot a few at r pl.ane s to each .. It ~nnd t t , The Chief of Staff, a.roear Lng w111 thus be ne ce s oa rv lor those uni t s bef'o r e the proper COI'"~i ttees of Corigr e as , not se.Lec t e d to receive n8W al rpl anes has urged that funds 013 a:2Dr01Jriated to \ to be pahent and. make the best of what procure the full numbe r 0:;:- 2320 ai..,.they have. Unit rather t.han individual planes and. corollary accessory eouinment training will henceforth oe strpsseri. recOIDillended oy tho Special ~a~ Deua~tFor example, it is planned tr..at the anmen~ 60wnittec head.?d oy the Hon.Eewton n~~l.GUll?ery and ~omb~ng ~~~ches,.to~cep. Baker, the wa.r-rt ime Se c r et.az-y of V!ar. gIn In tile fall or 1906, wt l I be In t.he He ~s also a~ke~ for add.itional rA~ular I nature of ~ comp~tition bctwe~n ~e~ected of f i ce r s , eEl. t s t e d men, Reserve of'f i.ce r s squadrons Lns t.e ad of bC.ween .ll.lelll'ldualS. t and. flyinG cadets. Congress and the Heasures to IDcre~se iftorili:t.L.., Pre s i dent appear symp?-thetie, and roal ,Co,?oat sqUfdrons h;we ceei.l sk i.nned to progress seoma to oe 1n sight. tne aone. Tne functIons ef serVIce The ConeeTlt of the GEq Air FC'rce. I squadrons have oeen enlarged and station .Th~ whole roncept underlyinG the GEQ IcoffiRlemcnt? luve ?ccn created., all ~ith All' .J!orce is tha.t of a t.ighl.7 mobl Lo 'a v i ew to. i.nc re as i.ng the mobility 01 the force of great striking nower. Like any !COmbat unItS. The ereation of station o~: t~e. Four A~mies, . it ~s directly under c0n.::91eme~~shas long b~en urgei. by Ai~ tL~e Chi.ef of St.af'f In t trce of pe.ace and \,COIPs.oL1cers to pcrmi t the ut i Lt sat l on unde r the Conmande r of the Field. Forces of s:nlled e nli sted ilion for their pro1~ time.o~ war: All plans, e qu'l pmcrrt :"p~r w~~~ on the.l~ne, in the shop a:r;d. in anri traln1ng wlll be oased. unon the eon- "tne 9~~lce. StatIon cOffiDlements anQ c~pt of mob.i Lt t.y . :,101'8and. more f'Lyr n.; se rv i ce squadrons constitute a vital WI~l be ~~pected of. the GBQAir Force lele~entof t~e ~reat comoat organizat~on u~l.lt s , 11el. d. GXCrC18es and maneuvers II t~1e.7 arc ~eslg~()d. ~o serve. All corram s WIll oe held more often, out the actual s~oned ana enllstea memoers of the sernurcbe r of airplanes will be sroa.Ll, for ,v1ce squadz-ons and ?tation cOl!l~olE'ments some time to come. It ~ill require time \must ~ea~lze tnat wlthout them a mobile for these pl.ano to roach their max lmum GEQinr .so rc e .could. not exist. a~pltcation, for Wp are not only short i m . Enlisted of aIrplanes and. accessory equi~mcnt,out I ~he creat10n of tlie vh~ Alr Force bas also of ~ersonnel. icau~ed a shortage of eruisted nerGonnel ,G=iQ, AIR :FO::lCE iJJ h DAY YORC:;, at Its various stations arid an-unsatisThe GllQ Air ]orc has oeen created ~actory distribution of grades and rat"11)onthe principle tha t it shall be an I ~ng? ~he Air Gorps shan of t he forthH-iay force, Lmme dt a.t e Ly ready u,pon. the conn ng Increa~e in tht? enliste?strenGth o'ltbreak of war to execute its m1SSIon lof the 1..rLlY i Ll, par-t i a.l Ly r e'l I eve the w of.1efense. Some of tho reasons for s~orta~e. Studies are oeing made to ~eth1.s concept IU~O: \118ve the une oua.I di stri bution of gra.ie.::: a. rAuch time io require1 to train its ;and.r~tings, ft being rrorosed to assigL personnel. ! a ht gh pe rce nt.age of a.i r mechanics rat-5V-68C'C', A.C.
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ings to the combat squadrons and a conIugher rank, the War Department placed. in sequently hi~h percentage of specialist effect the temuorary promotion system ratings to tne ser~ice squadrons and authorized by the Air Corns Act of 1926. station complements. In order to permi t This scnene , like 'J.la.n:[reorganizational eve~yono to ~ve an e qua.l oppor tuni ty to features of the GHQ All' Force, is under follOW the Ilne of work he desires reservice test. The policy of rotatton of crui;,s will normally be assigned to the I officers into and out of the GHQAll' . st.at.t on compleme~1t. Here dur i nz their I Force, to f or e i xn service, to tho varlprocessing periorl ani subseQuent service I ous establls':;rue~ts under the Chiof of the t~ey can Qetermine, wi thin reasonable Air Corps, to SC:1001 duty, and to the Li.mt t s , aSn~o whe t he r they desire to War Lepartru.ent, .JOTi:1S Area and D~partment t~ke up ofllce work, outdoor work, toch-' Staffs will be continued. In thlG ~ay, nl?al or comb~t work. ~s opportunity some officers now enjoying temporary anses. they wlll be ava i Lab'Le as replace-, rank will lose it when the nature of ments t n s~rvice and c ombat squadrons. I their as s i gnmerrt changes, and othe-rs ~D..orar.x....Promotion. not now :p0Gsessing temporary rank wi l.L To reme1ya situation-untir-recently receive It. exi~ting in the Air Corps, under which offlcers performed duties calling for ---000---

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TRAl~SCONTIlffiNTAL FERRY FLIGHTS

A six-plane flight to California on a a skinnod nose and a horned toad. fer~y mission recently returned to Laugley Field welcomes heme its first Langley Field.. Major C.V. Haynes was in qua l i f i.e d and ratee':. "De se rt Rat.ll The comrr;,ani, an1 was accompanied. by Captains horned toad is be:i:.!8ving aclw.irablJ ani H.W. Dor r , il..L. Harvey, e.G. Goo1rich, upholding the honor of his flif'ht comThomas Power and 1st Lieut. O.S. Pt cao r , pani onc in JCiis La.1g1ey Field. ho.rr:o. P-12C a'i r p'Lanes Wore f cr r-Led to March The flight Has held ove r at El Paso, Field., wher-e ?-26A t S ,/;ore nr ocur e-I and I Texas, for threo days on aCCO"LUlt of ferrie1 to Bar kcda'Lc Field: At the last l,veather. named fioli tho flight prOClJ.red. P-12F 1 S A seconrl flitTht to 1v,a1'chField Ylasd.eand pr ocee-Ie d to La ng l ey Field. I dicatei to riisprovin{" the theory that One of the outstanding inciicnts of a i r-p.lane c are the fastest means of transthe f:).ight vra~ the forcei land.~ng ?f E?rtation: Captains B.J. Pca_~lee, R.E. Capt.a.i n Go o-Ir i ch. When about bO rm.Le c .nlson, L1GU+'S. S.C. Ross, B.h .. .:Telson from Tucson, Ar i zcna , he was forced. to . and :B.S. Harr eL'l took eight days getting land. in the mountains when his main tank II to March Field. 'l'ho;r encountere.i headrefusod. to take. After rolling down a , w i n-l.s all the wa;:, some as hibh as 50 mountainside in a ball of what had pre;nil~c per hour, d.~st storms, fog and v l ous ly be on an at r o'Lane , he s t.ar t ed e ng i no troubl~. .iN. ~ntuall;? '. however, all walking. He emer-ged f r oro the desert reached. Selfnclge E'Le Ld and from tnere some hours later at Mes ca.l , Ar i eona.wl t.h ] returned to LangLey Field. by transport. ---000---

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ADVAlTCZ:D FLYING- CLASS IN READIlJESS

TO GEADUAT.E

Training for the present c~ass of stuThe precent class begRn with five Regudent officer~ and flying cadets at the lar A~my officers, one foreign officer, Advanced Flylng School, Kelly Field, and Glxty-four flying catets. These Texas, is almost completed, and the grad- were di.v i ded. into sections, as follows: uation date has been set for June 22nd.. At t.ack , 10 students; Bombardment, 22; The Chief of the Air CorJ?s has been inObservation, 20; Pur su i t , 18. l:a th the \Vi ed to make the graduavion t address to exce pt ion of 01 0 flying ... cadet, who W8.S the students, and the NeVISLetter CorI killed. in an airnlC'ne accident, all of respondent expr e s se s the hope that the I thi_s class v:ill b'ad.uate. General will f i nd time to attend the ex- I' Tne new. class of students for t}1C Adercises. vanced Flying School will arrive on On May 25th, the average flying time July 1, 1935, anri will consist of a~proxof each student of this class since he imately the follovring: 33 Reg"llar Ariuy came to Kelly Fielcl was 101 hours an-I 30 of f Lcer c ; 3'1 flying cadets, arid 3 forminutes, which leaves about 30 hours to eign officers, two of whom are 1st go. All sections have completed their LieuterBnts in the Turkish Army and one st'J.dent maintenance air navigation a 1 st Li.eutenant in the Hexican Army. flig~ts except one~half of the ~~rsuit ',T~esc students will be divided into secSectlon. These fllghts are usuallJT made tlons, as follows: Attack, 14; Bombardfrom Kelly Fiel'i to Fort Sill, Oklahoma; ! mont, 22; Observation, 14; Pursuit, 20. thence to El Paso, Texas, and return to ---000--Kelly Fiel'1. Different routes are folThe 20th :Bomb. Squadron, Langley Field, 10'l'le'1 by the various sections. recently v i s i ted t he plant of the United Aircraft Corporation at Hartford, Conn. -6V-68CO, .A.C.

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VIEWS ON IJ.'RE G.H.Q.. AIR FORCE

Let us give the GenEral Headquarters Air Force a year in which to make goodl Having passed the first quarter of its one-year t8St period, Some ideas can be formed as to wheth~r this new scheme of organization IS likely to survive, whether it is practicable and possesses sluficient merit to warrant its adoption perman en t Ly ,

It must be admitted, however, that three months is hardly a sufficient ~eriod of time to warr~lt passing Judgment on a new organization which had r:o precedent in this country PossIbly a year may not be sufficient ~i~e in which to arrive at any defInlte conclusion as to whether it fits in properly wi t.h our military or gani zation. To digress for a moment. Let us take the British Air Mir.istry as an example. Great Britain was the f~rs~ nation to create a separate all' Iorce. The Air Ministry ~as organized during the 'World War un der ~he stress of extreme necessity. It IS true that considerable opPGsition was directed toward it by bot~ Army an? Navy leaders, but the rrany air raIds over London and other E~glish corrmun lties brou.o;l"~t ters to a mat head. There Was en outcry against the divided responsibility oi~sting over the air forces of Great Britain and a demand for their "ni fica tion Which could not be disregarded. And r:ow, a espite the fact that the Br i tIsh ~ir Y.inistry is in its eigrlteenth year, one notices noW and then rumblings of dissatisfaction and disccmt ent and. a demand for tho old oro er of things. It may be assumed, ~ithout any f8ar of con t rad ic t i on t ha t the framLrs of the organi~ation of the G~Q Air Force Were not TIholly satisfIed in their own minds that it was a letter perfect organization. They realized no doubt that flaws therein would be discovered as time went on but, in all probability, they felt ~hat these flaws would eventua l.l.y be Honed out. It is quite likely that t~p. thought that this new organizatIon would be just feeling its way Was a factor which led to the decision to give it a temporary status for the period of one year. A military air organization is a complex problem at best. .Aviation has revolutionized warfare. Friar ~o the World War, there were no milItary air tactics to speak of. These ~actics were evolved and developed In the years during and follOWing the War. There is this difference

in.th~ Sit~tion confronting military aviat i on WhICh can be hardly claimed to eXIst to any appreciable extent in other branches of a military establishment. Av~ation is subject to constant change. otner co~bat weapons are subject to change also, but it is generally a gradual one. Aviation is always confronted With the possibility that th~ modern airplane of to-~ay may be obsolete in a fAW weeks. The statement is oft~n heard or seen in print that &viation is still in its infancy. In th0 light of the startling achievements in aviation in recent years, there seems to be considerable truth in that statement. TaLCl, for instance, one exampl, in air tactics,- Pursuit versus Bombardment. Not so long ago the Pursuit oirplan~ flew circles around the t hen lumbering Bomber. But what a chang~ has taken place! The Bomber can no longer be placed in the "s Low f'r lght" class ,and e it is almost a match in speed for the f'as 1it t I.ePursui tel'. W1'.a is the ret t sult? Air strategists are now scratching their heads to evolv0 nor tactics to keep the bombor in its propgr plac~ or,p~rhaps, they are commenc.ing to feel dubio'.1s to the future of fursuit as aviacion. What are the views of the ciVilian, the layman, on the organization of the G.H.Q. Ai~ Force? They are deeply interested in aViation, because it presAnts to them a popular appeal. Aviation has been conc tant Ly in the,public eye ever sineeehe l'iri",,)1tchor-smade Br-o their first f Li ghts at Kitty Hawk , N.C., 32 years ago. When this courity entered the World r Vlar, and an Irrrnens e appropriation was made by Congress for av i att or, there were f ano if u'l cart oons in tho n'1\/spapel's depicting American airplanes dark~ning the skies over the enE:"y country. But our peopl~ soon learned that an aviation indus try which did not exis t can not be built up overnight, as it were; that it takes time to build airplanes as well as to train pilots. FolloWing the close of the War, the im~p,t~ which aviation received as the outcom~ of that conflict dir8cted the gAni us of rran t owar d making bigg~r, better and fa.ster airplanes. As the years went on, the airplane not only becam~ increasingly reliable, but progressed ~.1ickly in speed, range and load~carryIng capacity. It began to nBwn upon military men and civilians alikA that the airplane was destined to playa very prominent role in wars to corne; that avlation would revolutionize future conflicts between nations' that a nation weak in air power could hardly hope to cope successfully in a strug~le with an
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en~my well fortified in that respect. Why the GHQ, Air Force? The American citizen no doubt feels that the military authorities of this nation,alive to the potentiality of the airplane as a combat weapon, have taken steps to solidify tbe Army Air Corps into an or- I ganization lending itself to extrema mo-I biliti 3nd the utili~ation of its strik-! ing pO~Gr to the utmost. I Opinions gathered from civilians touching on the creation of t he GHQ, 1 Air FcrC0 lead to the conclusion that I thoy believq it~ basic purpose is sound, I namcly,t}~t cas and rapidity of concentration at any givpn locality in this country are salient points which rraks the schewe well worth while. Civilians - f eat.ur writers and othe ers who have written books on military aviation - appear to be convinced that the air arm \7in figure most conspicu?u~l:r in future wars ,particularly in the lnltlal stag8s thereof. They quote th8 old axiom that he who strikes the first blow is more apt to be the victor; thp.y contend that aviation is an offensive arm and th~y lli~ve applied to aviation the theory helQ by some football coaches to the ~ffect that the b~st form of d0fense is offense. As an offensive arm, they believe that aviati?n ffiUst ave: perfect teamwork,and h that all' ~3rsonnel WIst be trained to maximum efficiency; that an air forCI) must possess the ability to s trike instantly and effectively, ~ley have r~ac1;ed the:conclusion that the pr i mar-y mISSIon of an air forCA is to keep the enemy out of the air; that aircraft is the bcst defense against aerial attack' and that failurA to defeat the enemy air force renders the defending nation pow~ erless to nard off at tacks from the ai 1', They have Visualized the consequenc~s follOWing such failure to cbeck enemy aerial aggression, Writers have paint~d word pictures of thes e consequences In a man?Rr to cause serious thought and consldArable uneasiness, Some writers have painted lurid pictures of the h~v?c which would be wrought upon civlll~n pcpllations were the 8nemy to acquIr8 supremacy of the air and proceed unmolested in its work of dealing i death and destruction through aerial bombs and poisonous chemicals. Statements have appeared in the European.press expressing the thought ~hat lIttle or no faith can be placed In the ability of an air f orco successfUlly to defend a nation against aerial ~ttack, the contention being that spaco IS So vast that attempts to intercept snemy aircraft would meot with little or no ~uccess, particularly in night operatlons. As a solution to the problem the policy of retaliation is advocated. To the lay mind this would lead

to the conclusion that the Bombing atrpl.ane is destined to be the reigning tJ~e, thus placing other types of combat airplanes in the supporting class, American citizenS who have given serious thought to this ques t i ou ,believe that such a policy of ret~liation,while possibly applicable in Europp,where powerful nations border upon one another,could hardly be accepted in tris country,bounded as it is by two wide oceans. ~ere appears to be no intention on their part to discount in any way tho present orfuture range of aircraft, but th6Y can hardly conceive the idea that this country,if subjected to eile~y air attack,woula hazard sen~ing It~ airplanes across these vast stretches of water on a mission of retaliatiJn. Thus they are of the firm belief that effebtive air defense for the United States hinges on the ability of its air forc~ to keep the enpmy Jut of the air over our own t er ri t or-y as before stated. Statements have been frequently noted to the effect that the pilots in the U. S. Ar~ are the best trained in the world. No one appears to have contradicted this. It bas also been stated that what the Army Air Corps lacks in quantity it rrakcsup partly in quality. Those Who hav~_ tak\'nup the. aviation question serIously shake their heads in dou-bt,b~ing alive to the realization tl~t a nation cannot rest securA und81' su.ch a state of affairs; that a skelc)ton air force, even thou~h tbe airplanAs are the most modern In the world and the pilots most Affic~ently traine1, is a mighty s Leno.e r reed upon 17h1-:::h to lean. Whethpr t~e GRQ Air Force will ~ecome a fixturo in O'JI' National Def8nse scheme or whether the American air arm will assume some other form of organization does not seem to concern the lay mind as much as the on0 \lord which places the whole situation in a nut shell - RESULTS ~ Tho layman belives that, re:gardless of the form of administration under which the American air force will eventually op~rate,the all-important es~ential in our effort to promot~ national dAfense is to have the proper kind and t.nsnecessary amoun t of t oots wi th which to work - airplanes and pilots. He has read the oft reiterated statements to the effect that thG GHQ Air Force has not the r-euis i t e number of q airplanes to enable it to function properly, and he likens this situa~ tion to that of a liner without lrropellers or a battleship without guns.
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Upon the organization of the GHQ, .Air The Coraptro Ll.e r General goes on to say: Force, a Captain of the Air Corps 'was liTho act of July 2, 1926, cited, protemporarily promoted to the :can;: of vides that the assignment by the Secrelieutenant-colonel. This officer ontary of War of officers of the Air Corps listed in the Aviation Sec t i.on , Si::;nal to fl~ring conanands shall carry temporary Cor ps , dur i n-; the ~Vol'ld War; conrol.e t ed rank' including 1)aJ and a.l.Lowance s aphis fl,1il1l:: training; received appointi pr opr i at e to such rariI. t. The regulame rrt as 1st Li eu t enarrt ; wan subsequenttiO~'lS fi~ the r-ank 1'91' the duties assignly pr omot e d to Captain and, 01~July 1, [ ed a n th~G ca.se as Li eut enant colonel. 1920, was appointed Capba.Lr, in the Air I The base 'pay of lieutenant colonel may Sonic?, 3.e(~'llar_Arm-l.' .~. I be in an.J-one of three pay pt;'r~ods, not At t he Gnu. of l'!;arcn, 1935, the .0If~cerl based an any standard of of'f LcI ency , but ::mcmitted a voucher, co ns t i tutinc: his by reason of len~th of service or circumclaim for the difference between the stances of ent e r i ng the service. An ofpay of tho f'our t h period and fifth I ficer holding tho rank of lieutenant pe.r i od , from Liard: 2 to 31, whi Le ascolonel is entitled to 'ba se pay of tho siE;ned to cl1Jt~! unde r his t empor'ary ~ns i xt.h per Lod if he has comp'l o t e d ..thirty creased rank under the provi sions or I years t. gerv~ce; to pay of the f~1 th Section::3 of thE; Act of Jul;y 2, 1926, period ,1) if he has c omp'le t e d twonty 44 Stat. 782. years' serv i ce , (2) if Ius first anpointUncertain as to whether he had the raerit in tne permanent sorvice was in a a;ltho~'i t:/ to :naJ;eopayment on this c La.Im, gr0de. above tr.a.t cOrresl)Ol."ding t o captne F~nance Off1cor of the post referred. ta~n ~n the Army, or (3) ~f apP01nted to the matter to the Conptroller General the Regular Army under the provisions of of the United States for decision. the first sentence of section 24 of the The Compt ro Ll.er- Gener'a.l , after ci ting lTational Defense Act; and to :pay of the Section ::3 of the Act above ref'er-r cd to, fourth neriod if not wi thin t he oon1iwrrl ch authorizes t ne Socretary of War , tions prescribed for the fifth or s i xbh to assit;;n officers of the Air Corps to pe r i.o d', Tho service record. of thi s ofvarious cornnand.s and other dut i es car ry-: ficer shows that his first appointment ing there~it.h increa.sCd raru~, including in the Rcgcuar Army was in the ~rado of pay and a.l.Lowance s a;ppropriate to such cactiaf,n and that he has cor:.plltcd. less r ank , and Circ}l1ar l{~. 7, ':lar :p.epartthan 20 ycar s 1 service. It wc~(;. apmont, J.:1.1:.ua17 25, 19",5, pr e cc r t tn ng pear, however , that he Vias arruo i nt.e.I to reGulations gove rni nz; the bestowal of the Hsgular Arny under the provi:;ions temporary rank for Air Corps officers, of thc first sentence of sec t Lon 24 of also cited Section 1 of the Act of the National Defense Act. Such statute June 10, 1922, 42 Stat. 625, providing: pr-ov i de d tl1at not loss t han cnc -be.Lf of "The pay of the fifth period shall be the totu.l number of vacancies created paid to * * * lieutenant colonels of thereby should be filled, subject to the Army * * * W:'10 have cO:.n;leted'xrenty SUCD. examination as tho President .nay years! service, or who se first appo i n't-: prescribe by persons other than officers mont in the permanent se rv Lce va.s in a of the ROg'.llar Army who served as of'f I-: gr~de.~)ovo that corresponuing to ~anIgers the ~J?ited St~tos durin~ ~hG t a i n a n the Aruy, or who were 8:ppo111ted'iorld Iiex . ll'nilo c l atmant ' s or1G1ml to the REogu1ar Amy underv t he provisions appo i.ntrnorrt wac Ln the r ank of caot at n, of the first sentence of ca l d Section i 1; neverthel 'ass, was made under the ')1'024; Act of June 3, 1916, as auendod by visions of section 24 of the cited act, the Act of June 4, 1320 * * * . lo.:1c1 the placin{'; of Lt eut enarrt colonels IITh~ pay o~ the fourth period shall I who entc:::-eJ. the ~egu.lar ~1'I:lJ-~n thEtt be pa1d to l~eutel~nt colonels of the manner, ln tho f~fth perlod wlthout reArmy * * * who are not entitled. to the gard to length of service, would appear pay of the fifth or sixtb. ner-i od. *** II to have as i to purpose t he p'Lac t n.; of The first sontence of Sec. 24, Act of him morc nearly on a parity with officers June 3, 1916, as amende d by the Act of of the regular service who no rrnal.Ly would June 4, 1920, is as follows: benefit by reason of a longcr ncriod of IISec 24. Fillin,::" of vacancies. -fut service. Soe House Report 926~ part 2, less than. one-half Q!' the. t ot.a.L nurabe r 67th ConGress, 2nd Ses~ior~,. page s 7 and of vacanc i e s caused ov t ht s Act, exc Lu- 8. The 1'.:.: appears no t.hi.ng wh.i ch would si ve of tho oe in the Ivledical Depar traeut limit t ho ili;pl Lca't i on of this exce-ot i on and araoru; chaul a l ns , shall be filled by to officers oric;inall;y appo Lnt.ed ir. the the atroo Lnt.nent , to date from Jul;y 1, r ank of lieutenant co Lonol , Indeed, if 1920,. anG s,?-b.jcct to such c::,amina~ion it wore app'l.i.cab.Le only to officers who as the ?resldent nay prescrlbe, o~ ~erwere apPolnted to the ReGular Army lL~der sons othor than officers of the Regular the first sentence of section 24 of the Army who served as officers of tho National Defense Act, as amended, June Uni ted States Array at any time between 4., 1920, in tho rank of lieutenant coloApril 6, 1?171 an~ tho date of the pasnel tne p~9vision would be superfluous sage of thlS Act. ,1 as t he oft rc er would have been appointed -9V-6800, A.C.

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A comparative study recently made tin connoction vlith ratin~, "Wha,t constishowing the perce~tages of officers tutes an Average officerr~ rated as Superior, Excellent, Average Tr.cre arc at least t~o lmportant reand Be'l ow Averngo Ln the various branchsnocts in whi ch the ratin,a; of Air Corps e-s of the ArLlYshows t hat thc Air Corns officers is 1I70rkinc out unf or tunat.e'Ly. had thl; sraal.Le st per cerrtage of any First, in comparing Air Corps officers branc!.l ~n the "Superior" and lIExcellcnt" with officers of other branchos for cencategoncs, 8.nclby far the largest pGreral details, the Air Corps officer is cerrtage of A'fer2.ge officers. The ir.:.plict a eli sadvant age , In the second place, cations of this cOGDo.rison ['Te obvious. officers o.re not considered eligiblc for Air Corps officers have ovidently rated I Special Service Schools of the Air Corps. on a basis of a much broader knowl.edxe ! This is dUG to the fact that the Air of th~ w~9le po!sonnel or the A~r Co~ps I Corps has adopted the volicy of other than nas Deon t~e case wlth rat~ng ofI brenches with a more 11beral r2.ting GXficers of other br-anche s , This is easi- I po ri cnce and. recuires tl1<.'\tan Air Corps ly unde r s t ood , clue to the fact that by I of'f Lce r' to be eligible for the Tactical means of cross-country fl;;rinf'j and freSchool :::mst have a rating of above Avcrquout asscnblies of Air Corps officers age. froLl many different sbat i ons , Air Corps Thic Lo.t t er ob,jection can, of course, officers in gonoral are vory ~81l acbe met by cl~nsing the policy with 1'0guainted '\:ith t he accomnl i shment s of a sne c t to tho admission of Air Corps offilarGO number of tho officers of their I cers to th0 SpcciQI Service Schools. Ho~branch. I, ever, t~c forwer disadvantage cannot bO Trat the Air Corps ratings h~ve been cured bJ any othor method than a Loro more nearly I n acco rd 1,-:ith t:18 theory Ilibere.l a't t itude on the part of rating of the ratin[~ svs t.om is SLOVill by the lofficors. It is true, on the othor hand, fact that for t.he ot9or branches co ns i I that this '3.isadvantage is more apparent derably mor c t.har; 5010 of the total numthan renl, as there are relatively few ber of officers wore rD.ted e i thor I Air Co r os officers be i ng considered along "Excellent I! or "Super Lor 'I'h'i s lends I wi th officers of o t.hc r branches f'o r depoint to tho expression freq't::.entl,/mard I tnils out si de the Air Corps. ---000--

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GOV:EILl1/iENT OF SAlT SALVALOR PLEA~'3:J WITH VISIT A squadron of two Bombi ng and seven Observation La.ne s f r or.; Franco Field, Panama Canal-Zono, under the coranand of Lieut. -Colonel 10,:i s H, Br-er-e t on , Air Corps, recently visited San Salvador, Repu.blic of Salvador, r.nd were favorably received by the offi c.i a l s of the hCJmblie and otters. T:1e vi si tin{,~ Arrr.y airmen atten1l8cl a mznocr of so c i a'L functions ,;ivcn in their ho nor , o no of them being reception at t~e Pr-es Lderrt i a'l Palace, where tl:.e PrCS1Q8nt of the Republic received them wi th hi s entire cabinet and oub-c.ab i ne t . There wer e also present about 50 Salvadoran officers, t~o frow each rebi8ont. All of these social functions were attencled oy the Salvadoran lilinister of 7{nr and other high officials of the Goverx~,8nt. In a letter to the Secretary of State reportinG u::'JOl1 he visit t of the Arm;l ad rraen , the Ho n , FrarG:: P. Corrigan, American t:inister to Salvador comments most favorably on their cc nduc t during their stay, stating t hat their behavior

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As a result of these fli~hts, 19 new American and International 'speed and load records W61'8 established by D.W. For the first timo in aviation history TOMlinson and Joseph Bartels. ~he DC-1 a test ~as cOuducted at an altitude i~ a giant Douglas ~ohop1ane, powered w1th two 715 h.p_ Wricht "Cyclone" enabove 20.000 feet to de t e rmi ne whether gines. At present this plane also any bacteria are present Ln the uppo r holds the transcontinenta.l transport air re~ions. The highest altit~de sneed record. . - The two airmen flew 2,000 l:ilomoters, r eache d wa s 28,000 feet. Cultures had or 1,244 miles, in 6 hours and 30 ninnove~ b8fo1'e been taken at this height, ut8s and 34 secor-ds, or at an average ::tnrl in t.na.t sense t he flight co nst I tutspeed of 190.906 3ileo an hour, carrying od a r eco r d. a pay load of 2,000 kiloGrams, which equals 4,410 pounds. A Ba.Lt L:lo 1'0 phvs i.oi a'L engaged in bacOn the second lap of tho triangular toriolo;",ical r c soar-ch work received the course from Floyd Bennett Field, Brookappr-oval, of the Wer Depar-tment to make lyn, N.Y., to Bolling Field to Norfolk, a fliGht in a l!.artin Bombe r to conduct and back to Floyd Bennett Field, a this test. He eXDosed a total of 12 sli0'htly better tine was made t han on plates in the rarefied atlJ.osl?here, the the first lap, averaging 191.674 miles first one at 19,000 feot and tho others an hour. ~be course covered two laps. at intervals of 1,000 feet until 28,000 i1hen t~? plano was broucht over.Floyd feet was roached. Two nlates were exBennett lleld at tho end of the flrst posed between 26,000 ana 27,000 feet. lap of the 62l-mile closed course, six Ten of the nl.at e s S:10VIOdo presence of n new rocords hed been ostablished, the baC?tori?. One p~ate oxposed"at 24,000 r-emaf ni ng 13 1'0 cords lJeinr; accomolished anc another at 26,000 feet each showe d at tho conclusion of the seco n.l lap. ono cololiy of Stal?hylococcus, surely a It w~s the second rocord-bre~king co nt.arni.na.t Lo n . . flicht made by Tomlinson and Bartels In his letter of arror-cc i.a't I on to the . F'l.yi n.; the Chief of St af'f", in viHcl1 he erabod.i ed a I wi. tlliru. a weelt t.hey established same airplane on l':ay 16th, 14 reco rda report on the results of this bacterioover the same ccur se . On the 18th, tlley 10c:ical test, the physician statod that sr.~shod three existing world's records the difi'icul ty he encountered and wrn cn and Eine .A.rr..ericaI1 and five international Lnt erf'e re d very mat er-La l Ly v:ith carryinG narks they set ureviously. In addition, out the technique was tho extro:ne cold. A,::1erican records for It was nece s sary for him .to Ileal' a pa i r '\ t hey established. which thore had been no previous marks. of sterile, thin ru~uer cloves and to . But to re,t':lrn to !:Ir. Fr~T's letter. open arid expo se the plates to fresh and l~tGr remarklng that Captain Marriner in uncorrtarai.na'ced air oirt s l dc of the plane. 7!aslling~on \'la~ ino s t holpful to TYIA pcrThis necossitated TIutting both h~nds \ conne'l r n malal1g tne nece s sar'y arrangethrOUGh the machine cunner's openinG' nonts, he GOGS on to say: un-protected f rorn a hiGh wi nd aiid cold. liThe success or' the who Le undertaking It was 'olannecl to exoo se the nl at c s for of the DC-l crew one minute, but it W.9.S not possible to I hinGed on the ability two VJa~T r ad.i o hold then Lo nger than half a minute. Two to ma i nt ai,n uninterrupted cOr.liuunicatiou with tho theodoof his fingers ~ere rather severoly I t~lcphQne lJ. te observers at each turni::1P.:ooint. frost-bitten. He states :lC beean using These fligLts made histor;l ill'that for oxy~en at 21,000 feet anQ did not ex~Le first_ !imc a ?losed course was being parlence any ouillarrassement of respiraf Lown at rngh al tJ. tude. Only because tior. at any tiffie. "I do not think that the \7ork Was done the fllC;ht cre'w Gould advi se the observor on ac h apnroach to a turn of t.he with sufficient accuracy to claLn the pl.ano ' " altitude and t rue boarinc; from establisbnent of any new facts, 11 the the turnin~ point was it noss1blo for physd c i an concluded, "but it surely inthe obs?rving party to 1)1c1:: up the plane. dicatos th~t t~e atmosphere above 20,000 follow lt through the theodolite telefeet is cterilo." sco pe , and inform tho :pilot of t11e ---00c,--plane' ~3 angul ar e Levat i on , I Corznrurrl ca.t i.on 'ili '~ll t he Army station at :NEW ViORLD'S RECORBS ES;rABLISH.:SD . Bolling Field and Willougllby Sgi twas Tho President of the Transcontinental I po rf'cc t . Partic"JJ.arIJ" on the v, 000 and Western .Air, Inc., 1,11'. ~ack F1';ye! in K~l~r~l~tor qicht .. when ~nclement we~ther a recent letter expressed. tne appr-ec i a- I caused s;barH_1oDnent f tile last lap rn o tion 1'01~ by h i s company for th~ aid and I ffvor o~: a sho'r t cOUl:se ar~n;m:l NeY:York, cooperatlon gavcn by tho Array AJ.r Corps ,tno r'ad i o s~wec. the c.ay.,71 t hout the in supplyinG t'ilO-way radio coamunt cat Ion t\"o-r:";lY r ad.i o fac,ilities it would have between their DC-l and Bo Ll.Lng Field, ' been Lmpo s aI b.Le 101' the crew of the plane D.C. and ';';illoughb~l Spit, Norfolk, v., \ to :1'!-V? adv i sed the cround personnel of during tho closed course record flights c,?i1(ht i ons and ar-ranged for a change of on M.ay 18th last. tne cour ce . I Plcasu express to all of your person~ -11.V-6800, .A..C.

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nel who so kindly and cfficientl;y render- av i.e t.o rs around the world in 1924, has beer. ordered to duty in the Office of ed us this service the appreciat10n felt the Chief of the Air Corps, Washington, by the entire Transcontinental & Western Air organization. D.C. Ca~tain Smith is at present a student at vhe Command and General Staff Whenever you, or any of your officers, School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In may find occasion to stop at Kansas Cit~ I sincerely trust that you, or they, will his new assigr~ent he will have chPrge of the technical inspection of all the give TWA an opportunity to express in a airGraft in the Army, being assisted by more concrete manner the debt of gratitude we feel tOi7ard the Army Air CO:J;'i!Js.1l four regior~l supervisors and a corps ---000--0/of insuectors at Air Corps deuots. Of the Army officers who completed the TWO CATERPILLAR DEGREES IN SHORT ORTIER first aerial jOUI'nC~l around the world. in 1924/ Ca"Ftain Smith if' .t.he only o ne reLee Gehlbach, a former 2nd Lieutenant maiul.ng In t~e military service, the in the AxBy Air Corps, who several years others having resigned from the Army. ago was stationed w1th the 1st Pursuit F01' hi s achievement of the fl ight, Group at Selfridge Field, Mich., seems to Captain Smith was awarded the Di at i nbe the only member of the Caterpillar guished Service Medal. He also holds C!ub.to haye two degrees conferred upon the Distinguished Flying Cross. He is h1m I~ rap1d succession. An item in the a graduate"of the Air Corps Tacti~al June Issue of U.S. AIR SERVICES with reSchool and is a member of this year's gard to Ge~lbach's two initiations into graduating class of the COfilllland and the Catern~llar Club is as follows: General Staff SC~~~~60___ IILee Gehlb.ach is a "pilot Who embodies just about all the characteristics that II.COYOTEII AERIAL GUN1TERY go to make what women, writers of verse call a birdr.1an,cbaracteristics that By the News Letter Correspondent make ~he.real flyers of today a separate and d1st1nct species of the human race. Englishmen have their fox hunts, but About tw~ months ago, a man of Gehlbach's they haven't enjoyed nuthin' urrle~s they own stam1na, courage and experience have participated in lIc.oyoteliaerlal <!immy Collins - was killed when attemptgunnery. . . . Ing ~o meet the Navy requirements for lICoyoteli aerial gunnery IS tne d1SCOVterre~nal velocity dive and pull-out while ery of' the 41st Division Aviation, . testIng a Gr~~an airplane over Long Washingto~National Guard, Spo~~ne. rleIsland. The plane was a total wreck and cessary to this highly entertaining form it is understood that the manufactur~rs of gunnery training are the wide open had no Lnsur-ancs on it. Gehl bach was spaces in certain sections of th0 sagehired to p~t a sister Grumman ship brush-covered nortlmest in which the through its paces. Vlliile flying the greyuush;y tail and slim-nosed coyotes plane in a spin test, starting at 12,500 roam. feet altit~de, Gehlbach found he could This form of training has been fcund not get the plane to come out of it and, highly beneficial to officers of.the~ after making more than fifty spins, he 41st Division Aviation in preparlng lor Waf successful in saving his valuable their fire for aerial gunnery records ne ck and other parts by taking to his during the two weeks' encampme~lt of the parG~hutG at 2,COO feet, over the Navy 41st Dtv i si on. in June at Fort Lewis and ~r?Vlng ground at Dahlgren, Va., on Camp Murray, Awerican Lake. rlday afternoon, May 17th. . Flying r ea.so nab'Ly low o~'er. the sageJust before gOIng to Virginia,Gehlbach orush pla1ns, ~t ~s not dlfflc~t to stopped over at Cleveland, Ohio, to nut t1jump uptl a coyote who, as he race? a Gr~at Lakes plane through the tests through the sagebrush, becomes a lIvely rOQ~lred by the Navy before it could be observation target for observers ahd delIvered. The details of the two tests pilots. Flying down on the coyote, the were w~oily dissimilar, but the final re- pilots are given good training in ground sult~ of the operations, from the person- gunnery with the camera guns. As the a~ vIew~point of the pilot, were not unroar of the motor gr ows louder the coyote lIke. In each case he survived by a doubles his speed, until it annears he ~irls breadth. In each case he took to believes the airplane is on h1s back. At hlS parachute at the last possible foot this time the "chicken stealer" rares f altitude, and the plane was wrecked. up, shows. his. fangs. and immedi0tely be~ n each case, Gehlbach stayed with the gIns turnlnc In varIOUS dir8~tlons untIl plane - first with the Great Lakes nrothe plane is pulled up. duct, then with the Grumman - until Contrary to' the general belief, it is t,~ere lInothing to do oxcent jump for was almost impossible to run a coyote to h l.slifc. ~ death with an airplane, because after ---000--each dive the coyote is smart enough to rest as he dog-trots along. WORLD FLIGHT LEADER COMES TO WASHINGTON ---000--Captain Lowell H. Smith, Air Corps, 'who led.. the historic flight of U. S. Army V-6 800, A, C . -12-

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WHAT WILL IT ro?" By Major, Air CO!1)S,

EGLEC'I'I~TG for the moment '\'The Gre1?-tAmer~c::n, ci tize~ is, in hi? the robl era of close S11-o- . snar e t Ime , suff Lc i e nt.Ly Lnte r e s t e d In x . 7'" portl. of th~ t;round. forces, us, to. bTin~ us .out t9 view OCC.'~Siona.llY /. I there rema i ns the encom- a:1Q pOllShus Lp a bl t , And '1,11enhe ( '---//. ! passing, speculation of i needs 1?-s, he is most uns'par i n.; L.l his \. the nat t ona.I concept of at t ent i ou and suppo r t , Air,Force erapl.oyrncrrt , I. In,oppositio~ to Europe, we,~ave no Glve a man a gun with beLl.i ger e.nt ne i.ghbor s . And, If vte ever no target and he wi Ll, did. have trouble rri th them, we would probably wonder wha.t he most. assuredly hang back on the cmpl oy; will do wi th the ment of any weapon that rdgLt jeoparci.i ze ........ gun. ,/ Give a man one I the lives and beings of their defcnsotarget ansi he will :mo'7,riefinitely one I lees women ani c hi.Ldr en, America doesn't use for ht S still.. But If you glve guns wage wa.r that ,my, So ner e Vie arc, a I L to f'eud i e t . neighbors, no doub t exists d.::-essed up vii th the beginning3 of a most a3to the, :prime use, of the guns. :prorllisine:: Air For-ce and qui t~ un~.ertain Europe \71th one-if'Lf t.h the area, a In our m.l d s wnat we I H do TIlth t t, n pOp'J_la t~on d.ens i. ty almo st eight to one We're quite fed up vr th any thought i of ,the 0:? and divtded amon~,four of fightin~ other people's l:ars, so we m~J;?,r na.t i ons , pr ov i de s the All' ~orces I canno t pro j e c t o,?'selves into R. 0~l!;ngla~d.2 Errinc c , Ge.rma.nyand 1taly I E'!1"Op8anconce)tlon of empl ovment of ,,1 th def i rri to targets WI t.hi n 1l10cal I All' Forces. 7'10hClVP. o nroJ_1wate tarn flying" cJ.ict"ll1cCS of their airdromes. I gets for our bombar drnerrt, so we conjure 'I'heae abC 011 fCJ..dists hav e armed t hem- I v i oi ons of co opo rn ti ng ni th OU1' Navy in se l vc s ,.del a nev wcapon , boinbar-ime nt s i nki ng ho s t i Le navies aDproachin,:; o'ur av i a ti on , }Jriuc1 for use 3.ge,inst each shores. But, like true A~ericans, our other I s horne s arrI terri t or i e a. Navy staunchly asserts tl,ey wi Ll hold We have no sus ni oi oua no i ghbo r s . We our enemies we.lI off cur sho re c . With have no hercditaY;'l foes. \7e ll<.lVt; no our Air For-ce in being, our s8con:11ine use for our military exceut 8.~3 the of coast def'e nse is our bombers; our tru3te1 v.capon of a Goorl c l ti "on of tho third 11:18,our sc aooa s t defenses; 0111' family of naticn2 to bo brought out in fir~l defense, OliI' army in being. nat i ona.I crIlcrGE;~lcics imlJOscd,upon u~by ,OUT co nce o t of employraent of. G.n:.Q: t ne s l ow ev oLu.t i on of domoc t t c a nd Irr Ai r Forces raust be our 0.,.;n,"8 ear. De tcrnational affairs. at.t.o rrt i ve to 3:1Q urofit bv f'or-ei gn deThe geographical position and co nge ave l oprncnt s in trw t.eclm i que of equiption of Eur oocan nations f I xe s their mont and e.nril oyn.ent., We call most asAir Force empl oymerrt . Their pe acs time s ur e d.Ly profi t by their dcve l opruent.s air base locations arc sui table for war in corrrnun ca t l on s , intelligence i nets base operations against Lnmnne r-aul.e a11('< TI8.rning systems, for co.nnrun ca.t i ons i :profi table war tilll~ target s , ~h~re exa.r~ as '(i tal, to us 11S to them. ISts no need for All' Force mobllity by ~rantlng tnat ~e lack the concreteself-sufficient uni ts ope r a t i ng in many ness of European doctrines, s:e can aptheaters over vi de tcrrltorial expanses prz-r so t.he funclar:centals of Air Force as from. va.~ierl, scatteresI and ba s t i Ly prea nea}?on, of liar .a nd adapt t hc.n to the pa:rcf ::urd!o:nes, T~e~r ~m~Jl?yment 1s pecul.Lar t tLo s 01 our na.t i ona.I ter::;pcras ta t i o . They must "dlg In' In p8Etce to mont .".nd geogro.phy. t8 secure in liar. Their problems of Offensively, the airplane can be a movement, corannm ca t i qne and. supply can i terri bl e Y;e~pon, but ~ie shrink from the be solved In peace. 'I'hei r strateGic co nc cnt. of ItS i:.~eneral. erapl.o vment, and logistic }Jlans can be consurrrna.t.ed a;ainst area targets and t nc.ir defenseat Le i sure and projectnd to comnl.e t i on less populations. Spccific nril I t.ary long beforo the er i o-i of s t ra i.ne d retarGets will De presented to test the lations. . metal of o'J.r "nits, pspecially if the , Our nntional. t ercpor is but a c:omposta:c~uts ?-re r]ef8~ldecl. , t t e of 011I' tJDIcal s qua.r e-i shoo t i ng Dcf cn s i ve l y , a.i r forces arc as Vital American bu s i ne s s man, v.hose all conto the succ e s c of t.he general oue r-a.ti ons G1Jming, e a.rne s t attention to tho progas artillery is to the defense of a ress of his affairs blinds 1'~m to the position. threat of gangdom. His oLd family 1'0Our googr.q-phical expa nse , measured by vo Lvc r , hidden from ~is ch i Ldr-cn ~n a Eur ope an st.and.a.rds , is st~gi;Sering. Our remote top drawer, 1,7111protect hlm, populatlon ccntor3 and crltlcal areas he feels, should his home be invaded. are distri1:'uted as sDotted focii at conWe, the armed services, arc knerica's siderable intervals," Our areas arc good. 011 tr lste1 revolver, lairl a;;;ay in Lar ge , our forces are small. We must Jjcar>.e, Dlet a.Lv.ay e gUc.l.rde1and protected. cover a lot vi th a Ii ttle. from too r igo r o'us inroa1s by ra1icali sm. 7:e kno:.. a lot anJ we have Lea r-ned a ; -13V-6800, A.C.
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HIGH ALTITUDE FLYING BY WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD AIillAEN Officers of the 41st Division Aviaing time was about 455 hours, 15 minutes. t~on, Washington National Guard, Felts The airp~ane used was a Do~g,las 0-38E, ~leld, Spokane, are believed to have equipped with a~ SCR-l34 rad~o s~t, Just completed a flying record superior which made posslble cloud and bl~nd flyto any other National Guard squadron in lng training. In every instance, except the country. one, the pilots found it possible t9 reOn June lath, the squadron pilots com- turn to Felts Field. In the except~on, -Pleted flying the "weather hopsll for the a storm blew in on Felts Field, making Department of AgriCUlture, after having it necessary for the weather ship to started making these fli$hts on July land at Pasco for an overnight stay. 19, 1934, during which t~me only 16 canTen weather flights were called off on cellations were made. account of all airplanes being on crossThe flights, which averaged 16,000 country flights to Tennessee and Florida. feet altitUde, were made voluntarily by Three cancellations were made by the the pilots, and wi thout pay . During Weather Bureau due to a broken aerometepractically the entire t~me~ the pilots orograph instrument, and three other took off about midnight, anQ landed cancellations were made because of bad about 80 winutes later. The total flyweather. ---000--':' .The many friends of Mrs. Horace Meek of Hickam Field. H lckam will be interested in learning The Chief of the Air Corps is furnishthat she is now residing at Mitchel Field ing Brs. Hickam with an engrossed c~py Hempstead, L.r., N.Y. It was with espeof this War Department order, and w~th cial gratificat~on that Air Corps nerson- a copy of the proceedings of the Board nel read of the action of the War Depart- of officers on the matter. ment in naming the important new tactical ---000--~ir Corps field in Oahu "Hi ckam Field, 11 The House of Representatives recently ~n honor of her deceased husband. Funds passed a measure to fill up the Air Corps in the amount of ten million dollars have to authorized strength br authorizing been made available for the construction the President to commisslon gradl~tes , of the Air Corps Training Center. -14V-68GO, A.C.

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BRIGADIER-GEKERAL FRANK H .AlJDREWSvI' In June, 1923, General Andrews was t ransf'er red to Kel Ly iield, San Antonio, Brigadier-General Frank M .Andrews, I 'i'exas, and served as Post Executive OfCommanding General of the GHQ. Air I ficer until July 15, 1925. He was Force, was born in Hashville, Tenr.., I then appointed 0o~nanding Officer of Fe-bruary 3, 1884. He gr'aduat.ed from ! the lOth School Group. He also served the 'Jui ted States i'ili tary Academy in as Assi stant Co.nmandarrt and c.ommandnnt June, 1906, cOll@issioned a second of the Advanced Flying School at that lieutenant and assigned to the 8th station until Se~tember 1,19271 when Cavalry. He also served as first lieuthe was transferred to Langley FIeld, enant ani captain with the 2nd and 18th Ii Va., for duty as student at the Air Cavalry regiments prior to his detail Corps Tactical Scbool. in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, Follo\dng hi.s !?raduation from the in September, 1917. He accepted a com- Tactical School ~n June, 1928, and from mission as Hajor, Si~nal Corps (tem1?) the Command and General SJ.:;~ff_School) on September 22, 191r. Fort Leave nwor-t.h, Kansas, In .June ,1929, Follo~ing a ~eriod of duty, from ,he was assigned to duty in the Office September 26,1917, to A~ril 26, 1918, lof the Chief of the Air Corps in in the Air Division, Off~ce of the Washington as Executive Officer of the Chief Signa.l Officer, Washington, D.C., Trainin!~; ana. Operations Division. He he vias as s i gned to the Flying School was appointed Chief of that Division on at Ro ckwcl L Field, San Diego, Calif., JanUr:1.ry7, 1930, and Executive, Office for duty as a student. 10f the Chief of the Air Corps, on May Completing his flying training in 27, 1931. JUl;y, 1_~+81an.l re<;:iving the rating of He was pr-omo t e d to Lieutena~t-Co~onel J~nlor illll1.tar:; AVlator on the 19th of permanent Li.s t ) on -Janua.ry lu, 1930. t nat month, General Andr-ews was t ranaGeneral Andrews received commendations f ez-re d to Arcadia, Florida, and ril aced for his excellent work as Chief of Staff in command of Carlstrom and Do r-r Ei.eLds , of the Provisional WinG during the Field In Oc t ober , 1918, he vias assigned to Exercises of the Air Corps in the State duty as District S-c_pervisor of the of Colifornia in 1930, and for t he efSoutheastern Air Se rv i ce District. He ficient manner in whi ch he cournanded a was promotei Lieut.-Colonel, Siglml flight from San 1LtO~io, Toxas, to Corps (t(,;rrrp.) Februar:r 8, 1918. France Field, Panama Canal Zone, in From Marcil, 1919, to August, 1920, 1932. He re ce i ved a decoration f r'ora Ge ne rc.I Andr-ewc was on duty in the the Italian gove rnrr.ent for assisting Office of t he Dir,;ctor of Air Service, the flight of tho Lt.a.Li an Air Armada Washinfton, D. C., where he servei as to tile United States ill 1933. Chief of the Lnspec t i or; Division, as General Andr-ews graduated from the a membe r of the Advi sory Board, a;:111 as Army War College in 1933, and \7aS ora member of the War Plans Di v i s i on of dered to Selfridge Field, i!:ichigan, as the General Staff. Comoandi ng Of'fi c er , On October 9, Transferred. to Germany for dut y wi th 19;)4, he \73-S ordered to duty Hi t~l the the American :ii'urcoo', . Goneral Andrevis YbI' Department General Staff. served as Executivo Officer and as OfIn January, 1935, he was designated ficer in Crulr~e of Civil Affairs until Co~~andirig General, G.H.~. Air Force, Ma rc h 1, 1923, whe n he was returned to and he as sumed coranand thereof wi th duty in the Office of the Chief of Air I the temporary raw: of Bri gad l er General Service. . on March 1, 1935. ---000---

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Colonel Thlgh J. Knerr, Air CorPG, led 1st Lieutenant on July 1, 1916; Chief of Staff of the GHG. Air :Force,'>7Cls Captain, I.~ay15, 1917, and }~ajor, Januborn at ]'1:drfield, Iowa , tIay 30, 1887. lanl 15, 1918. After graduatinc f r-oinhieh school, he On il.usust 2,1917, Colonel Knerr 'aas received an appo l nt.ment to the Urrlted t ransf'er r ed at hi s own request to t he States Naval Acadeny, graduating thereIAviation Section of the Signal Corps, from in June, 1908. During the period and was nlaced on dutv as a studellt of three vear s and four months he se rve d ,at tho A~liatiol1 School at Roczve.l l as a comr.ds s i oned officer in the lIavy, Field, San Dieco, Calif. Upon the comhe vas on duty a portion of the time as Ipletion of his fl;\ling t ra i ni ng he was Chief 7,n~incer of the U.S. Destroyer rated a Junior Iilitary Aviator as of FLUSSER. He was also a 8emoer of the Dec88ber 13, 1917. U.S. NClv~r ifle Team. R I From February to JUlIe, 1918, Colonel Transferred to the Coast Artillery i Knerr served at Parle Field, Mill L1i=:ton, Corps, U.S. Army, as a second lieuteniTelli~., as Officer in Char~e of Cr08sant, on ilovember 8, 1911, he was ~romot-Country and Acrobatic F1y~ng, also as -15V-G800, A.C.

Chief Engineer Officer. During Jur.e andl Colonel Knerr was assigned as CommandJul~, 1918, he served.as Chief Engineer ing Officer 9f the. 2nd BODbardment Group Off~c~r at Gerstner Fleld, Lake C~lrles, I at Langley Fleldl Va., on July 1, 1927. Loulslana, I On several occaSlons he led this Group Transferred to duty in Hawaii, he Was ! on 10i.1,;-distance ro e e-count r y flights, c assigned to the command of the 6th Aero ! the most notable of wi:l.ich the one was Squadron and Luke Field, T.H. He also I to Los Angeles, Calif., and return in served. as Department .Air Service OffiI Septerr.ber,1928. He also played. a promeel' and Di s bur sing Of f Lce r during his ! inent part in Air Gorps maneuvers he l d tour in t~~t insular possess~on fr?m in d.~fferent ~ea~s ~uring the period. he August, 1~18, to May of the follow1ng was 1n commanu 01 tne above-nam0d organyear. \ ization. Relieved from detail to the Air 881'Assigned as a student at the Army TIar vice, Colonel Knerr returned to the I College, Washington, D.C., in August, Coast Artillery Corps and served at 1930, he graduated therefrom in Jl1ne of Fort Barrancas, Florida, until February, 'I the following year, and was then assign192~, when he was ro-detailed to the ed to duty at the Materiel Division at Air Service and assigned to pursue a Wright Field, Day t on , Ohio, as ~hief of refres~er course in flying at the Prima- the Field Service Section, a position ry Flpng School at Carlstrom Field, ,he occupied until his appointment on Arcad1a, Fla. Follo7dng his graduat i on J l,farch1, 1935, as Chief of Staff of the f rora that school, he com:rleted the ! GHQ. Air Force, with the temporary rank ~ourse ':It the Advanced F J.ying School at : of Co~onel. . Kelly held, Texas, graduating December I Dur i ng Annl and Hay, 1933, Colonel 181 1922, and receiv1."ngthe rating of Knerr nartlcipated in the Antiaircraft lfAlr?lane Pi Lo t Army Air Corps Exercises in Ohio and Froh1 F?brQar~ll 1~23, to August, 1925, adjoining States. He VIas a merabe r of Co~0:1c:lAnerr. was 9n dut~! at the the +-ir Corps Exr~di tion of ten B-19 Falrfleld, Oh10, AIr Intermediate Benot Martln Bombers WD1Ch flew from ~ashInGton, as :~omrnandingOfficer of the 88th Oo.ser- D.C. to Fairbanks, Alaska, arid return, vation Squadron. His next assigltment July - August, 1934. Colonel Knerr . was t ha t of student officer at the Air I piloted one of the Bomber-s and Was f Light Corps Tactical School at Langley Field, I conmande r of the second of the three Va. He ~raduated. from this School in I f'Li.grrt s into wh i ch this Expedition to June, 19,;:;6, and from the Coramand and I Amer Lca 1 s most northern possession was General ~taff School, Fort Leave nwo rth , 'organi zed. Kansas, 1n June, 1927.

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GUAl1D@iffiN NO~ RADIO EQ.UIPPED

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TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

All airplanes of the 41st Division Aviation, Washington National Guard, F~lts Field, Spo~~ne, are now equipped wIth two-way radio communication. .Tnis was made possible by delivery of f i "8 new tYne sets, four of whi ch are t'.lC SCR-AA-1S5 airplane sets and one ~'.;"".A.A-146 ground station set" The airI.j.;~,:; sets were installed in threo (;-.)3:8'8 and. one 0-38, under the d'i r-ec t!on of Ls t Lieut. Charles O. Holter/ wrri L the two old SCR-l34 sets were t nst~lled in 0-38BIS She installation of the sets was compl\ted at this writing and before the officers and men had received lectures on the operation of the new eqUiPment,
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THE LANGLEY rlED.AL ,. A Civilian Conservation Corps worker, Robert Flylik, of Tyndall, S.D., suffering :rom double pneumonia, probably owes his On May 21st, at the invitation of the regents and Secretary of the Snithsonian live to the assistance of CaptainsAlbert Institution, Brigadier-General A. W. W. Stevens and Orvil A. Anderson, Air Robins, Majors E.M. Powers, J.G. Taylor Corps, who interrupted their stratosunere and Captain H.Z. Bogert, Air 00rps, and flight preparations to send four cylinders Theodore dePort, aircraft engineer, were of compressed oxygen to t he Ho t Snrir..cs present at the presentation by the Veterans. Administration. Hospital- in Chancellor, Chief Justice Hughes, of answer to the call of physic1ans for the Langley Medal for Aeronautics to Dr. oxygen. After the pat1ent received the Joseph S. Ames, Chairman of the Nationoxygen treatment his temperature dropped al Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. ,and physicians said he was improving. -16V-6800, A.C.

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TEMPOP.ARY PROMOTION OF AIR CORPS OFFlCEBS

'ro Ita,jor Ca~tain John E. upston assigned as co~ander, Headquarters Squadron, GHQ Air Forco, Langley Field, Ju..""le 1935. 12, Captain Ghar1es P. Prime assigned as co~ mander, 1st Bombar-dment. Squadron, Mi t,cne1 FieH, N.Y., Jur.'3 1935. 7, Captain Barney Giles assigned as Intelligence and Operations Officer, 2nd Bombardment Group, Langley Field, June 12, 1935. To Cant.ai n 1st Lieut. Lilburn D. Fator as sianed as Flif,ht CO~Dnd8r, 2nd Obs. Squaaro~,Nichols Field, P.I., J'lnG 4, 1935. To l~;tLieutellant 2nd Lieut. 'I'hetels Odom assigned to comC. mand of 2nd Photo Sect ion, Langl.ey Field. Va. June 7, 19:55.

OFF'ICERS PELIEVED ITOM TEMPORARY P,A1'K Captain ;!liltOD Srni h, from Brooks Fi e'l d , J. t Texas, J illy 5, 1935, to Schoen Field, Fort Benj&~in Harrison, Ind. Lieut.-Colonel Earold hI. EcClelland and Captain Donald n. FitzGerald, from Rockwell Field; lk..jors ~'T.C. Morris and Ira C. Eaker. from Warch Field, July 26, 1935, to Air Corps Tact ica1 School, :r.a"~.well Fidd, Ala. Captain Stcvla:rt I'owl e , Jr., from dnty W. with 21st Obs. Squa~ron, Bolling Field D.C., June 5, 1935, to Office Chief of Air Corps. WJajor Hugh C. Downoy , f ror l.1i l, Field, boho N.Y., June 26, 1935, to Air Corps ~raining Center, P.a~dolph Field, Texas. The following cnan0es were made in the assignmont of officers tCJ~)orari1y pro":oted, these officers retaining temporary ralVc: Major Earle J. Carpenter from comr.ander,lst Bomb. Squaaron, to Supply Officer, Station CompleIT~nt, Mitchel Field, N.Y. Captain AUR;ust ':!. Kissner from 66th Service Squadron to Engineor and Annament Officer, 4th Corrposite Group, Nichol~ Field, P.I. Captain George "l, Mundy from 2nd Observation Sq~ldron to Engineer Officer, 66th Servico Sg.-.Jadron, Nichol s Fie1n., P. 1.

CHANGES OF STATION: To Office of the Chief of Air Corps, Washington: Colonel Chalmers ---000--G. Hall, f rorndeIty 'Ni th Oxganized Reserves, Master Sergeant Frank G. Bilker, 61st Ser2nd Corps Ar'Oa, Newark llJ.J. Major Leslie vice Squadron, Mitchel Field, N.Y., was apMacDill, f'r-orn Bol.Li nr;Field, D.C. - llajor pointed a Warrant Officer, Rcgul a.r Army,J'me Ro senham B,;8m frOL1 duty as Instructor, Cavalry 1, 1935. He rerrains on duty at ilitchel Field. School, Fort Riley, Kansas. - CLtptain Lowell ---000--H. Smith, upon comp'l e t i on of cour-se of inOn June 11, 1935, Captain Cornelius W. struction at Corrrrand and General Staff School Cousland, Air Corps, was re1 r evcd from asat Fort Leavorrvoz-bh , Kansas. sigI'Jnent'duty and temporary rank with the To Langley Field, Va.: Captain John R. Drurrm from Kelly Field. - 2nd Li(mts. John E. Panama Air Depot, FranCe; Field, and or-de.red Barr and Joseph' B. Zimnennan from Philippines. to report to the Corrrrand i ng General, Panarra Canal Department for duty with Air =:orps and To Va~Tell Field, Ala.: 1st Lieut. N~rion to Governor of Panama Canal for additional Huggins, from duty with Flight B, 16th Obs. duty. Squadron, Ft. Benrii , Ga. - 1st Lieut. nz V-68CO, A. C. 1-17-

Clayton E. Hughes, 2nd Lieuts. John B.Ackerrmn and Ed,vard J. Halo, from Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field. - Captain Peter E.Skanse, upon completion of course of instruction at Air Corps Tactical School. - Captain Levi L. Beery, }/,a~Nel1 Field, for duty as student at Tactical School, that station. To :Randolph Field, Texas: Captain Eark R. Woodward from Langley Field to duty at Air Corps Training Center. To Brooks Field, Texas: Captain John C. Kennedy, from Crissy Field, Calif. To Bolling Field, D.C.: 1st Lieut. William A. Matheny. Previous orders revoked; To Chanute Field, Ill.: 1st Lieut. John J. Keough, from Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field. To Barksdale Field, La.: Captain LeRoy A. Walthall, from duty with Orga.""lized Reserves, 9th Corps Area, San Francisco, Calif. To Scott Fie1el, Ill.: 1st Lieut. Hayni e McCormick,'.from Fort Sill, Okla. To Fort Ri1~Kansas: rlajor Howard J. Houghland, Langley Field, for duty as Instructor at Cavalry School. To Chicago, Ill.: Captain Gnarlos DouglaG, from Tactical School, If.i3X''rel1 Field, eo duty a~ Instructor, A.C., Illinois National Guard. 'I'oos Angeles, Calif.: Captain Philip L Schneeberger for duty as A.C. Procurement Planning Represontative, :~ourth Zone. from s irni Lar dut,v at, 80m Francisco District. To Hawa.ii~n Departrrent: Captain Charles :E. B'rarishaw from A. G. 'Tactical School, MD.xwel1 Field. - 1st Lieuts. Donald D. Arnold,Robert E.L. Pirtle &.d 2nd Lt. Daniel A. Cooper from Signal School, Fort l\f;cmmouth. J. lJ. To Panana Canal Dcpartmerlt: 1st Lieut. Frederick W. Ott ,~d 2nd Lt. John A. Feagin, from Signal Schoo.l , Fort Mcnrro ut.h , N.,}. To Philippines: 1st Lieut. Edward H.Porter from Signal School, Fore Monrroubh , N. J. PROUOTION: To 1st Lieut., rank Way 17, 1935 - 2nd Lieut. I'horras L. Thurlow. RETlIna,~': 1st Lieut. Eyr1e G. Johnson, U~y :31,1935; Ls b :L.iellt. Robert M. Kraf1;, lfJay 31, 1935. :RELIEVED FF.OM :DETAIL TO AIR CORPS: 2~ldLt. Eugene H. Cloud, to 25th Infantry, Fort Huachucan, Arizona. TRANSFErRED TO AIR CORPS: 2nd Lieut. La"!X'enceB. Kelley, Field Artillery, rar.k from Ju.,~e 13, 1933.

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The control of the Roy~.l Air Force i.s vcs'bed in the Crovm. The Secretary ?f State for Ai.r, t.hr:Y~::q,:ess of Londonderry, lS the head of the All' .'.1:11Stry and President of the Air Council, and is 'charged wi~h,cont:ol,over milita~ av~atian and over c\vll aVlatlon through hlS DlrectorGeneral of Civil Avi"djion. Nuli bary Avia,tion is separate and di s t i nc t, from the ArIItr and. Navy', the Air Mini st ry hold ing a coord ina te rank with A.clmiral~Yand the War Office. There are no unlts actually allocated to the Army. The Anrrj Cooperation S~ladrons work with the Army on call, .The Fleet Air Arn is that part of the Royal All' Force allocated to tho Navy. In ['eaeral, the Fleet Air Arm is trailied and controlled by the Royal Ail' Force when on land. When on ships or carriers, the units of the Fleet Air Arm are under naval controL Approxir:ntely 70% of the pilots and all observers in the Fleet Air Arm,ar o c.rawn from naval pc::-sonneL The Royal All' Force at present consd sbs of: HomeDefens o Force 43 Sqdris, Army Cooperation Squadrons (home) 5 II Flying Boat Squadrons (home) 5 II Corrmunications Squadrons (home) 1" Foreign Stations 24 II Fleet Air Arm 16 " Total - - - - 94 " The Branches of the R.A.F. include the General Duties Branch, the Accounting, Medical, Legal and Chaplains Branches. The General Duties Branch is the combat organization and consists of personnel (commssioned and enlisted) for combat duty. There are approximately 2700 pilots in the ~oyal Air Force, of/,hich about 400 are enlisted 'pilots. The Squadron is the basic bacb i cal, unit. Higher orsanization contemplates the Wing and Group. The Group consists of two or ITOro WIngs, and the '!.finp:, t.wo or rrore Squao.rons. None of the higher organizatiol1s are at home at present, but in End i a there are one Group and three ~ings. A considerable expansion of the B.A.F. is contemplated for the near f~ture to meet changed conditions in Europe.

the General Staff of the Air Fozce s , the Directorate of Air If.:ateriel, the Di.recborate of Military Personnel, of Air .Admi.nistration Audit,and of Construction. \' TheAir 1.rmy. The mi~ita7'Y,aVia~i~n is c"111ed the "Air Army," and as dlVlcJ..:,d ari..o three catcgo1'ies; t1::.at operiting directly under the I Air Mi,nistor (about 1 5), t11at attac~. cd for work \~ith the arrrv (about 4/5) and tQe squndrons detached for ser-vice with the 'Navy. Territorially, it is distributed ezrong three air regions in France and a region in Ncrt.h Ii Africa, with units dcbached for service in the colonies. The fo~atioQs include: Air Forces in the home country, in Northorn Africa and the ,theatres of operation abroad and Colonial 'Aviation. Troo~s: Aviation _ a vary ing number of sqnadrons, which are organized into groups, V!i1: ..gs ani br I gadcs , attached in principle to an air base mobilization centers. Lip,hter-than-Air varying. nurlib~r of lighter-than-air Companles oz-gan i zed Lnbo battalions and half brigades. Strength _ Officers, 2,127; men 29,800. atericl, flpproxirrately 3,500 -planes of all ~::r,pes, combat, training, school, etc.

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Canta i n Car l y'l c H. Rir1eno'u 1:'ec8.::le a Major on ~,i3,y 2~H':1, +aki:1[': OVPT the dc:tics of ~,i'1jor B.P. Reese u,; Opo ra.ti ons Offic,>r. 7th "SoY:"barrl,c.c'.t, G~our. l'!.ajcr ?'JGse we.:', assigned as Corrrmn-t ar oi' -thE' :3:,:,tJ. Sprvice Squad ron , relievin: jt:,r G;2)' Kirksey, new f'unc t.i on irig as Stati('D IC1spector. Recent VhI' Dep8rtment czd or-s ::11 corif e1'1'e('1, so on Cap ta in Delcr~CirEo Dunton and 1st Lieut. Fredericl: L. And e r son th" t ercpor ary grarles of "r'ljor 8:1(: caDt'1in. rE'srer:tively. Crr\?t. A2'ldol'son w."'.:~ recEntl.'" awa rd ed the Di s t i n~ui st2d }'l.','"~i~pC~os ': fer I'errx:lini:~g in. a burnU2g plane w:~lle tlylnr: ovr.r San .r: rar.C1S80 Lon.z onough tn i.nsl:re it cras\inE.; into Sen Francisco Bey, ttereby uV0idi~p' rossib10 10 s s of 1. i IT, arr ,1.f:::rngl~ "1;0 pr.:yperty. He ju:-:<ped -!!ik, his paracblt.e and v'a~: rescued by H3-vy -per.~oruel. He will ~OGn be of f i.c i-t I l y dccor.;Jea w i til +he :no:1:cl 'by t:18 Co rpc Area Air Of'f i.o e r , actinf a.s re}'resentc.tivc) of lIJajor-.Gene::,pl }'':'.'Jl B. Itc:.lrme, St,1 Corus Area

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A plague in honor of Captbiil HO~larr. :3. ~'J1.lISe, construction quarterr;.ast<::r, at HalU1 ton ~~~ld, VTas placed in the Officers Club a~ Hmrult.on Field. Should Capt. Hurse be d e t a.i Led to . Ei.l'.':di on the contemplated $11 ,000,000 proJccb , the plaque will 1'(J!Ti1in here as a :r.ermria1 to his s~rvicos. St. Sats. Domi rii o Dennis and G'"orge S. Y.rei tz" sa i l.ed for Hono l ul u J1.121f, l.bh for 1.1 L tour of service in tts Hawa.i, ar; Depart!Ilent. i st.Sgt. Ear ry Kran:er, station Co"['le~~nt, f'unc t i o-is as the nerC'onn;;l sergeant. mE1Jor at Harni I ton :F~eld. HL:; assistant is Corroral
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Evb , ':Hlli82,l W. 8:nit,h, stat~on Corrpl e-oen t , was reco""1Denrled for 1"ost Po i rvt , To sho-r r. is schol~st.\c ~bil\ty, he will first a.~t~n~ the ~Ves',;Point Preparatory School at LIe) }r.')s i d i o , f'r-o:.i whi ch ho !TRY!?C! to the-: Uilitary Aca'>my shou l d he, in con:petition -rrith otLer applicants at thi::; prcn2L.ratcry course, dr-rroristrp.t.e suf'f i c i enb T'.:'oficiency. Lc t Licut.. Ed"!ard "', f'JJ",.rcz. grouT' c,.djubanb , T;fdcGcd the cp0r3d of a fo.;t a"irplantJ against de::d:h ar: "he f'Lev to t.hc bGisicle of his f'abhcr , wr>o 'Ins r-enc r t.ed criticnlly ill. . S+,. 8r.t. '/u:e1 "i"Ji::;Lop,-f o rrmr l y rre s s ,.ergGant at t,he Sta":ior' :Iosni t a.l , via:; -pronoted war-rant. I officer r~') a",~_~~:1:rJ. as as::;ist2:1t to the Air Corps Supply Of~lcor. Thr" '11Cnthl'l GODtcrol Area_ supply anr1 engi:b,jor JOJ,n i/. I'av i vs , l-;o;;rnll'ler of the 9th : ne o.r.i ng cor,Lfercmce at this Der.of vas IHc] r1 on Bomb, Squa:1ron, is nCWT on t,.,o r;ont,>:s Leave June 4, v,ith &11 aJGt.endance of 25, inc;luc1ine of 8-bseY1ce C[1-p"a:in T'o;181d ,T. Y.:;i.rn tel1:porClrvis it in,; norr;cnnel and reprusent8ti vcs from ily a.c sumi r'f~ eo':; IT o'Ed the Air COJ-pS stations in this Gontrol Area. ~t.\'jors Rc;f:er"l; C. U1Jrilhy. J"(wi s R.P. Reese }lcssrs. \"lll. Ev.Llg. ::::r,ief, Aircraft l.:aintear.d 1st. L'icut., ?i"Lerd T. King acb'o. "-5 nanc o &:Su})p1y Br.inch , W.F. L0r:gl'3tz. Ch i cf", boar-d t.C) i".vesL.c:a"le tlle ca'"S0S of t.hr- J.eath Ensbe }.1ainterlancc ,~ Supply Brt.nch , Field Serof 2Hl Li21Jt. Edgar W. R()ot and Ivt .. 1 c l , vice Section, ~.fut:;rid Di vi:,: iOT", Wrigr.t. Fiold, Guy F. Po.r't e r , : . Ch i o , vo r c visi tOl'S hore Iia:' 29 to June 4, on ~4"Ljor Po bc r t. C. 1,:urp'W, flight surgtcon. t.empo rary ,~ut.:r t.0'1r of various Air Corps acsroko on t,nc "Sij:cnific:tur:c1 of i',';czlOrial -;)ay" tivi ties through ~',he '''est to confe r on f i c.Ld bcf'o r o the h igh ~ctool a.s,~cml::ly r,.t Sar. Paf'ae.l prorlu;:s ar.d corid i.t.i ons , on Via." 29t,h. At. t.t:"ir oi'.'ic 'JI'oc;r"ITI on Me" Tbe S.A.A.D. Ba s eba'l I T8a.r;~, und e r the coachn:oriaJ. Day , he 1'e:cd Li:-lcoln's'Gettys"burg ing of Major P, V. L;nico and t.ho rrunagerrent of ArHrec;s. Mr. Jclius G1ml, is forging ali end in it" 8fWinr; rrr.neuvo'r s aro s~h"duled for -Tune 17fort to keep uo witn our record in this field 20, acco rd i rig to a report 'J.t this e t.a ti on, in for~er years. The t83ID is now runner-l~ The IT;\Jnici!:,al airport. at !!;.ines Field, Los for the cDClmpionship of the s i.x-f.e.-mCt t-y -19V-68G0. A.C.

Th8 post library ut. Hamilton 'Fii"ld~ u~der the l.Suic1ance of Chaplain Stimley J .. aellly is re-pr8ser,t uJ with the -ro rks of t.he great. writ e rs of 1 i b')ra.tul'e, Scott" I'icker,s, Twcnn and John L. Stodbrd. The 1a'Gcst. cocmt shmred OVLr 1,07'] vo Luu.cs , Pvt. Jed'. roT. Miller, 69th'Service Sr1"ua'cron, is .the Li b r-a.r i.anThe s0r:ior clas~~es i r, t1-.~' Ross Or a.rrrar 3e:.oa1 v i SHirl he r-e last, S;:"itu:;.'2ay, 31 d:ild.r-cn ta.1.cing :181ip-ht in the hut,h l:o:rbers of th,] 31st BC'TI~)ara,~;(;nt Squt'1.dron w; :I.a::ter Sgt~ Thon:a;; RanC11(;s E:;:c1 Sgt~ Le~'Tis explained th8~r intricaci.':s

Major League of San Antonio, holding second 'I Flying Cadet Scott was transferred at his own p1~ce and but half a game behind the le~Aing requ~st to Barksdale Field, La. teem. Li~uts. (J.G.) J.V. Peterson (pilot) and \ 41st t>i~isior. Aviation, Washi~on Nat'l Guard. Morrison and Li cut s , (J.G.) N.F. Garton (piSiz Dougl.a: Observation a.irpl.anes were schedlot) and J.W. Boundy , U.S. Navy, flying two uled to Leave Felts Field, Spokanc , at 5:30 a.m. Naval Land Scout planes, vi sited this Depob June lOth, to participate for the fir,,,t ti,;e in May 22-24, en roube f rom the ~ravr,l Air Stardivision aVl;:J.tioTl training with Ha.tbnal ';uaro. tion, Perisaco l.a , F'l a,. , to San Diego, C8.lif., I troops from '::ashing~on, Or-egon and Idaho, COITrO? a t~'.l2' of. val'i~us Govern:"?c~tand c iv iL I manded by Adjutant General "Ifnie, of Oregon" t alrcrait eng1neer1ng c::;ta;)11snme:1ts. Division COTI!'l8Jlclar.It, I'li11 be r.nc firc.;t o.illajor John Vael O. 'Heaver, Air-:Ses., San Anv i s i on ca-np s i.nce t:18 organization of ~h8 41st borri o , began a 14-2.ay active dut,? tour at the' Division Aviation, ko::.-ethan 5,000 8-uaro.smen Depot, bcg i.r-nrng J1IDe 3d. l'/.ajor We8.ver is from the three St.ates wi.Ll, be encarrpod for 101"0 SaL:s EnGineer ::or the General Electric Comvre eks , pany, ar d is active in civil avi ab i ori o f'1.k:J. elaborate trainin;c schedule wi t.h ohher ' fairs. This is his third tovI at this Depot. arrr~ of the service h~~ been planelcd by the l::u.jor S.F. Lanci.ers ana Captains A.C. KinDivision Aviation, corrrmnd ed 'oy ~,\ajor Robin A. ca.i d , S.:t. Urest cad , an-i L.J. Maitland, '1.CDay Air Corps. C2:ptain G3,rdncr, Instructor cornpanh;ri by Stn.ff Sgt. S.P. Ri.a'l es, Sgt. att~ched to the Ah' Corps Reserve, Boeing Wm.A. Stryker, and Pvt .AM2cl. J.R. Cross as Fide', Seattle, is slated to be i11I' offiCl3r on mechanics, of N::1.xwell ield, Ala., flew one F the s'~aff of Geneml 'fibiteo Captain"S. "[3. B-4, two S-4A's, and a C-14 transport in to Bayley, Instructor attachd. to the :::alifo.cnia the Depot May 30, for overhaul of tre B-4' s, Natio:ml Guard ,sQuadron, "Till be I,.s-pcch::.'. returnin:s June 2d in the transllort. Cap t.ai n Garoeler w i Ll, fly one of f,h" CaliFoPlia CaptG.in J.T. Morris, Enp,ineer Of'f i cor , acsqwc'.dron p l rnes to Fort, ::'cwis, for usc bJ the cornpanie'l by]:,:r. E.G. Lupton, Shop Supcrin41st, Divi sioel Avi at i on, 'ilhich 'Hill ha,Te seven tcnc1.ent, of tl18 Rockwell Air Depot, Coronado, shil)S for the C'-':Ti"p. Cu.liL, arriv"d at this Depot June Ls t on an An Jperatio:1s schcdul.e has been '-lDprov:,a by G:densiv'" air tour of the Air Deoobs and cerMajor Lay 'Thich will kN;p all airrl~c~ a n bhe tain aircraft f'ac t.o r i cs in the E;).st, to conair from 7:C() a,Dl. to 5:00;->.11. FrachCi1lly fer on chop rne bhods and new eq',.ri~mcnt. 2VCC',I pilot goin,-: +0 erE'p will h'\'~2, fl?',m 180 hour-s co f'ar t.h i r fi"'Cell '188.1' a.r.r: 1 t 15 beFort Sill, Okla}1mm~ulle 4,1935. li(j~~d'Jth(' '~erH;r;:l ,,!;~('r,_gc '1!iil be more them 205 hours bv t.ho t iIT.2CeLT)) end s . During the past two weeks r-a i n hu,,:\':npened 'I'c.cop s or' tho Div i ri.ori Aviation we"':"8 schcd't' . ')'00 rofT., u. " ' T'ln' ac t'1'11 a es at Po s t F'i el d to a very rra.rkcd de;lled to cmtra1n f or carep a,t (1. greG. Routino missions v,rith the Fie!c', A.rtil9th ,U1.(I -1:.0 arrive at the Fo r t I)o':li5 3irdrome lery School and War Department Training t:isat ~:OO a.''1. , June lOth, the s<:ocil.ron f o rrrasions were carried out' when the weath(;~ pcrtion ac r os: the State reaching ~c,w-patt."be mit ted. san:..; time. On May 21st and 27th, Student Obsurvscb i on Acr i a.I g;.mn0ry mi s s i oris , f'r on t. and :-eor gun Flip;hts from Kelly Field visited Fort Sill, firing for r-ecord on the tow tRrgd -,'nll start and On -June 1st a St'.l::ient, Bcmbardrcerrb Flight at 1 :00 p.Y!., on the fil'st day of camp. An arrived. hou:.'I c; fli,'ht from Fort Le-,'iis to 111',:'?"co,on 'Ihe Air Corps baseball tea:n has WOT'. six, the P;".cifi~ ::;oast. is ncc cs s ar'y -t,r roach the lost none , and hes two r errai ni ng wnw" to ran~e. To'.'!tc~rf,ct g'mncry vri Ll continllt", for play. If Sgt. Igmllndson can pcrfonn the six'days, with tFO fligh\:"-; "etch d.:'.1.y, w:tl.l "Iron Man" act and win these two end t"70 out all pilots ar d obsurvers have fired. ... of three in the chorrp i onsh i p series, the GTOU t:lTr,et iirinS f'o r record -r i L]. start .. nd Staff Troops TTophy is in the bag. the second week of C,'"1rr;p, with the tarp:et located on 1;he Fort Lcvri s 'llrclro;"")o. 30th front La:r:>:.gley Field, Va. ~u.'l.e 4t!.:.. and r-co.r t':'J11S will b:; fired on tii(' ground target. The BT-2B airplanes formerly utilized in In o rdo r to i nr-ur-o the Division Aviation t~e Instrument Flying Section have becr:c ashavir-J(3plenty of coopcr'at i ve missions:Jf all slgned. to tactical organizations. They are kine's. lutters were sent to comlT"mdoYs f all o averaginr:; 7 f'Ly i nc; hours per day. other a rrns of the se rv i ceo s cve ru.l weeks [l1~O, Am:mgthe higher record bomber-s this "T:onth asking th8t the Di.virdon .t~'Tiation be d.efinitnare Captr.i n Dale D. Fisher with a score of ly included in their s chedu'les , As a r';s1Jlt, 194.3 out of a pcs s i b'l e 20CO. CaptainsI'. S. several p rob.l crns will be coriduo t c-l in ar-t.ilPower, '!{illiam Bentley and L'icub, W.'3. Irmrin leryfire adjustment. Pr-acr.i ca l Ly 8very day wer e in the high 18 hund r-ad s , there: will be observation, COmrTJilllic8tions and v Lieut. CoL W.B. Weaver, Chief Erispcc t or , photographic missions wi t.h t.he t','IOInantry G.TJ:.Q.Air Force, inspected the 2d Bombardment, regiments. Group in all ph~ses of its activities. TactiCars from the motor transnort sectioD will cal missions! includ ing squadron bombing, were provide the transportation i'or tbe Division performed. Aviation bivouac, to be held at Chehalis. - 20V-6 800, .4. C.

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Some of the More Interesting Books and Documents ,0 Recently added to the Air Corps Library 00 U. S.~.:.. TI'1O years of emergency cor,sorvation wo rk (Civili,m Conservation Ccrps) , 1935. 40/83. Italiar. organization for the protection of flight. 1934. 23p. Tr;:ns. from L '.Aerotecnica, Dec. 1934. 'Pakes up operation of rad~o-IDeteorCllogiea1 services ill Italy. B 63/26. The air medical services; a cor.:parativo study of the functionins of the air ID0dical servico in various couI~ries. Jan. 5, 1933. :t61}' ,Trans. from the French. C 21/100. Tho .Air Corps, by M~jor Robert C. Candee. April 18, 1935. 24p. Lecture delivered before the Er~ineering School at ~ort Bel voir;, Va. C 21/101. Air Corps in coast defense, by N~,jor Eobert C. Candee. Nzy 15, 1935. 12p. Locturo deli vcz-ed before the) Engilleer Sd::ool at For Belvoir, C 21,102. Purpose of the Air Corps, by General Oscar Westover. April 87, 1935, Gp. Talk befor'} U. S. Chamber of Co-rncr-cc, C 71.7/3. Instructions for practice, anti:aircl"rft artillery, Great Britain, "Jar Office. 1935. 27p. C 71. 6 U. S. 66. Promoting and regulating aviation safety, by Eugene L. Videl. 1935. PresenteJ at the aeror-autieal session, 6th Annual Groater New York Safety Conference. D 52.41/'15. Installation of steam turrino plants on ai~lanes, by S. Shapiro, May 21, 1935. 15p. Takes up altitude, surer airplanes, ecoriomy , d,"pend"bility, safety, noiselessness and simplicity. D 52.41;52. I'he Winter Operation of Aero Engines, by Alan Fe r rd er-, April, 1935. 911 Reprint from S.A.E. Transactions. 616. 97/G98. The rosidual effects of v~rfare gases, by H.L. Gilchrist, 1933. 93p. Takes up Chlorine and Mustr:ird zascs, . 621. 43 J89h. High Speed Die~cl Engines. Wl th snoc Lal. reference to aut.ornob i Le and aircraft typos; an elementary textbook for enrineors, studonts and operators, 1933. 2';8 p. 629.142. K 45. Mechr-ni cs of Fl ip,ht, by A. C. Kennode, 1932. 207 p. 629.18 Al 8. AIQ~nQ~ in aircraft, by Al.urninum Company of Amer-Lca , 1930. 159 p.

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The Reviev' by Governors - there vrill be t~r0e - from ';,'ashingten, Idaho and Oregon, vn.ll t ako place on Su::day, June 23rd, on the Fort Lewis naradc rround. Details hav,' bcc~ v.o t-kcd out where all airplanes w iLl, be' available, fer flying ,;very day from 7:00 a.rr;. to 5:00 p.'Tl. R,glllar checks will 0<) rmdo 'by crews after bh.. flying hus been completed each day.

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---000--Unde r spic i al orders of the "'ar Dcpartmsnt" just bsucd, two boards of Air Corps' officers wero appointen, ta meet at the call of tbc president thc:r:ciof at '/,Tright Field, Dayton Ohio, on 8. date to bo sd bv the Chief of'the Air Corps IVlc.1tcrid Division', the first boar-d to appraise the designs submi t bed for bombardment airplanes and the second to 8.vpraiso the designs suc~ittcd for single and two-seater purs:.lit :.1irplar,';)s. Officers Ltesignated on the first board are Lieut. -Col. Harold Lee George, N.a:xwell Field, 1:r'lt,;:ley.,.,L.'1nijL,y :;"i,:,ld AJ~a.:.. VJJ.j.~l'[;j .)0;',,, ,:~.c.. A. vloodru:!'f, Cup ",uns l! .G. Car:::ooll, E. Z. ,

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OFFICE OF S:BE '::BBF OF TEE LIR CORPS metal covering is installed, it is requested that the fabric be coated with fire resisting enamel to reduce the possibility of fire from overflowed gasoline l~fl accumulated oil . In cases where the fabric becomes deteriorated to the extent that replacement is necessary, care should be cxorcised to allow two inches of cloth to overlap as shown on Section F-F of Drawing P-I030l7. 11 Iloufjlas 0-38 Airplane: The alerrd. filler to and the drain cock which is used to test the

level of the fluid in Oleo Strut, Part #085525-1 on airplanes of the 0-38 and 0-38B series have given cons i de rab.l t.roubl,e at, this c station by le&king. Tho I~xture of castor oil and al cohol has boen ox t rome Ly detrir:lental painted and doped to surfaces a~d it t.as been found practically i~ possible to r orrove this from lucqu0red. and doped surraces without reIwvint; the lacquer and the dope. This trouble has becn corrected a~ this staYB-IO }lartin Bomber. Linen on leading edge tion by installing a Zerk filler wifth ct scr-ew cap which canno t leak, and a level '\testerrradc of left corrbe r pane'l has rrul Lcd out of the out of a union with a positive screWT cap nude wire due to tho deterioration of tho linen. from the cone and nut of tho urri on, Both caps This W'dS cvi.d crrt.Ly caused by oil and gas being spilled when servicing and oil getting OIl the have been built to a rOlmo. nose by br~ising and have been drilled and safetiod t08cther. panel in flight. Repl/ t,o U. R. : liThe changes mad e bo prevent It is r-ocorrrnended that a light strip of aluleaks at tho Foints in question are satisfacmi num be cxbendrxl from the trailing edge of tory. the metal panel to about the first row of As a matter of infonr.a.tion, quant i ty of a stitching on the linen panel. leak-proof alemi te lubricators will soon be Note by Station En~ineering Officer: This office reco='3nds that change outlined in this procured. II Unsatisfactory Report be prescribed for inP-26A Airplane: AHero:., Swing Support Asstallation on all airpl~nes of this type. It sembly. Part No. 21-2095, and Aileron S'J!ing is believed that this shoul d be accomn1ished Spacer, Part No. 21-2478. as a temporary measur-e o rJ. y. It is f;\rther Spacer appears to be turning in bruckcb and recommended that the part of the under surface wearing, resulting in excessive play. of the fabric covered trailing edge affected Airplane new. Time in service, 303 hours. should be metal covered throughout Vlith dural Cause of this condition undetermined. No resheet of a suitable thickness. pairs or modifications mad.e, No r-ecorrmenduReplY to 'J.R.: 'fIt has been f01.L."1.d at that tions. Parts continued in service. least a part of this deterioration is uue to Reply to U.R.: "The design of the me chanacid fro2 the battery drain being sprayed on i~ in question is such that the spacer is the fabric covering. Instructions 3r.ddr~~staked at ~lufact~e to the aileron swing ~ngs will soon be issued calling for a change an the battery drain wh i.ch shoul d corroct this support as sernb'Iy, This practice appears to condition. be sa.ti sfactory, and since no previous trouble with rotating has been encountered, it is conIn regard to your recorrmendation that the sidered logical to assume that the trouble is fabric coverinr, be rer1aced with stoel coverdue to faulty staking at manufacture. It is ing, this chango will probably be rmd.e when the airplcmos ar", given overhaul. Until the requested that the spacer in question be scV-B800, '.1.C, :, -22-

The follo~ing difficulties have been re~orteQ in recent Unsatisfactory Reports: Airplane TyPe P-26A: Tube Assembly. Blust, 30 cal iocr , Part No. 3-4729. Breakage of Sq)port Assemblies, blast tube. Part No. 21-4328, is occurring alter approximately 5 hour~ flyin~ timu with blast tU~BS ins~~lled. . Caus ed by vibration of the blast tube dUG to the 10050 fit of this tube OVGr the barrel jacket. A ','vee" shapecl slot, at open end and approxlrnatoly 2" long V![LS cut in a blast tube at the barrel jacket end. On each side of this slot, a small piece of 3116" tubing was welded to receive a #10 bolt to secure the blast tube to the b'lrr(~l j'lckot. This blast tube V.us installed in P-26A airplane Ho. 33-122 and has ::,een bal Led for Lns approxiID~tely 35 hours. A burst of 65 rounds has been fired through the gun. 'I'hus far,this installation has proven sQtisfactory.

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staked to the support asuemal.y ':rithout I Prestono line from expans ion tank to right the assembly from the rear spar hingo i outlet, on left engine, t Oil if this is possible. If additional reports i radiator cowl on left engine crackcd., No on this trouble are received, consideration I tags on fire extinguisher showing ,late of toward changi ng the staking method to a more I Lnsucc t.Lon, positive means of attachment will be given I 0-35. - Oil line hose connections cleledive. consideration. II I Fire extingui sher Leak i ng, I 0-35 - Safety vri re of Curro st rad ncr broken. C-24 Air-DIane, Hub Asse~bly, Propeller. Carburetor screen on left cm;;ino brokAc - 31-428-1'. Air Corp; No. en. FUGIline from ca.r-bur et.or to C-l 32-287. struiner, left engine, not rr.rrkod , R-1820-E Engine, I Technical order 08-5-1 not f'ul.l y CO:,rAir Corps No. 32-384. III ied with. During 40-ho'~ inspection, propeller VIaS ! 0-3E - Battery rrount i.ng not painted with acid found to be slightly loose, by the 56th Serproof paint. Weld cracked on mornbc r I vice Sq'ladron. Propeller could not be tighthousing, upper end of right oleo leg. I Hose connecb i on on fuel line from C-l ened with or without spacer installed, so it i was turned over to the Propeller Department strainer to fuel pump defective. for insl}cction. B-7 - Techniccu Order 01-1-25 not fully con~ plied with. Zerk fitting missing on Lnspec t lon of propeller hub, Part 1:0.30-707, ! right engine. Lower retaining nut on revealed that splines were .019" larger than fuel pump, flexible drive st,.1ft on left hub wh i oh was drawn from stock. Propeller shaft was not da~ged and replacenot properly snfetied. ment hub tightened vnthout difficulty. P-2c~- Sod i.nx.nband flakes in gas tmJk. P-26A- Ring cowl loose and not safetied 'proper'Lv, The following defects were noted during reC-l'! .-:':,.)d\r:~'mt in [;as t(j.... , nxs cent technic:J.l inspections: OA-.i- - Ji~leva-torst.op acljustment not set. YIO-40B- Cai-bur-et.or line drain loose at fitB-5A - Compa.ss not ,wlUng with radio on. Lens ting. Excessive play, lef~ elevabroken, left lrllJdinG light. tor flettner. 1'T-3A - Hole in cowling which support,~ air BT-2B- Inner a.i.Le ron strut fitting loose. BT-;;'13- st~ibEizer 8,ljusting mechanism badly intake st3-ck worn oversize. Screen worn. Inner aileron strut fittin~ in aiT' intake stack is torn. All worn. aileron cont.ro l linkage pins "Torn. I BT-2B- Rubt.c r t ubi ng, bat t.ery box drain, deRubber grorrrr:cts on oil line drain I worn. Defective hose on oil uresteriorated. sure line. . BT-2A- Sedirr,,~nti).j rra.i n f'ue.l tBllk. 0-43A - Radius of bend, Prestone te~0raI BT-2A- Len.ki'\g gas rl,l'ollndcarburetor butterturc line tOG srrall. Battery drain f'Lv valve shaf'b , BT-2C- Le~~ing gas n.round carburetor butterline disconnected. Flettner confly valve shaft. trol linkage worn. Loose connecA-12 - Flare door latch broken. Left rear tion, train line s~itch. Play in wing -butt. strut cuff c racked, front control stick ccssei:lbl:y.Side I Ruduer control cable frayed. play. wobble pcunphand I e. I A-12 - Tail wheel control cables f~ayed. Screw 0-43A - Technic.ll Order 01-1-4 not c omp ed I A-12 Li out of vertical fin fairinG' ri8ht side. vri tr_ at solenoid switch on starting ! A-I;; - Real: rudder stop needs adjustment. motor. Lock rr.rt loose, shutter BT-23I-SliCht Leak in fuel r oLi of valve CJT,d3 control rod. 0-43A - Fuel line from rear carburetor not ':ray val ve; A-12 -starter te:.'minal loose. Ears broken, rra.rkod , Fuel line from rra.i.n tank filler and cup (oil cap safetied). to fuel cock shut-off defective. A-12 - Dnll socket, stick control, loose. Technical Order 08-~)-lB not fully A-8 - Gas leak at fuel Pl..lITII' (2 re;.orts). complied with. 0-43A - Fu'31 line f'r-orr car burobor to C-l The following difficulty has been reported s t rr.Lne r not rrarked as required by in recent Uns8tisfactory Report: Technical Order 01-1-51. PT-3A - Elevator control cables too loose. 'I'vne D-2 Butteries: It is very 2 ifficult to PT-3A - Aileron control cable slightly re;;ove Type;:J-2bp.cteries from battery containers, l)r3.':Jl:1g #0168774 without tearing the loose. Horizontal stabilizer rear name-plCite off the side of the battery. The support loose. name-plate is secured to the side nf the tatBT-2A - Propeller badly nicked. 0-25C - Horizontal stabilizer t runn ion worn. I tery 'tii th round. heud screws which (;cttch on PT-3A - Right gas gauge leaks. the 1/8" wooelliner of the battery box. Oil tank It is recorrmcnded tl"Jat Specification 70-22,oe cover soaked with oil (tank apparently lea~ing). Vertical stabilizer revised to specify that the name-plutes be loose. fastened to the end of the batteries instead 0-35 - Carburetor drab: line,left enrdne, of the side. Since the handles are fastened badly bent., Hose connection on on the ends no loss of space will b" encountcurely
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ered by mounting the narre-p l.abes b-:lo;" the liandles. lill:pk-~.: "Action is 1:8in[; te.'-:(;r.to r~vise~oecificati~n 70-22-3 to s:pGcify the! ~ep1"ate be a~hed. to th(j cr.d of the c~ttery' 111steaclof on the side. If desired, th0 name-:plate on the batteri0s installed ill air-l craft and in stock, may be removed &-~d rei~ :,talled on the end, as it is merely sc;c"lred a n its 'present location by four screws."

No recc1lwandationSil. ACNo. 33-631: :;'~e,?lacement f F-1690-11 engine AC. No. o 33-631, im-talled in YB-12 airplane A.C. N~. 33-l6~, Que.to excessive oil ~o~s~t10n of tile englne. Excessive a~ount of oil ~s ?~ss~ng through oil cylinders 2nd c~~s1n6 ffilsflrc of tbe engine. 1 ~ly to U.R. : "Ihe five pist.on ani rim; as1 'by the Rcckve'l L Depot' L1 \ semblies forwarded conr.ect.i on with these reports J:-..av(~becnX8T:".C ineu. All the pistons wore found to be slipht. The following difficulty ~ 1:08n re~orted ly scorod and J, number of the rings stuck. ln recent Unsatisfactory Re:port: One of the pistons VffiS found to be ~~dly burnThrowl-EIL2.-il rom f ACNo. 33-556: ed under the compression rings. It is believB::-eatt.er,No C~!,esEngine throwing oil ed that the increased ring clearances now recslon, & Excessive Oil out at' both 'Jreathers C(~tion, F-=Ii:\9Q:-- and had absolutely no orrme.nd ed , top,ether with the i ncr oar, in tr,e size of thE; crankshaft. 0 il jet, should t end to 11 Engines. co~rcssion on No.9 reduce the number of failures of this type. . . cyl rnd er ra"p Lng "It is in-;perative,however, tbat the oneratno i ses In no~. 3 and 4 cyl t.nde r-s, ing limits on rrarii f'o'Ldpressure and cyl'iniler This engine has been in "ervice temperatures be cur-ef'ul Ly observed d ur i r.g 105:10. Cause of unsati sf'acuory cr'Jll,diiion ground and flight o:peration of the"e ensincs as no piston and :dng assemhlies y,;t devised llndeturmined. will stand up vrhen high-output engines of this No recoTInBndations. type are operated above their no rrrn.LratiT'[;. ACHe. 33-639: It is al so highly important tllat c'lrront. inEngine thrOWing oil fTo~ both bre~thstr1.lctions regarding the use of tb,~ mixture e1's, lost approxirrately 400 R.F. M. in cont.ro l be c;nefCJlly observed at all ti:'}cS f~lght. Ground test showed no comor esand particularly that the mixture 8ontrol sl~n.on No~. 2, 6 and 9 cylinders.' must not be leaned O'lt to the point where r c"-hlS eng i.ne had 84:35 flying tip',e.. dudior, in },.P.l,:. is not ed, Cause of unsatisfactory condition undGtermir.ed. ---o()o---

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ta~{s with gasoline from the float tanks. When the installation is comoletei1., If.J.+,eriel A :photographic m~thod for recording the take- Division officers will flight test the airr-t.h Beach; If these tests 3TO sucoff and landing characteristics of an ai.rplane; plane at No cessful, the airplane will be assigned to has heen developed. The take-offs and landings Langley Field for service t,est of the eqni-pare rrade over a carefully laid out course,and ~ especially appointed rrDving pictur0 carr,ora mer.b .fu:':nchronizenGun Installation Difiiculties 15 us~d to record tho successive :positions of I'n an effort to ovorcolT,ediffic-",lt i-,,~s-;Jret,~e aa rp l ane at certain intervals of birne, vio~sly eAperienced ~ith synchronized gUf ins~multan~cusly recorded. The picture obtained in P-2i'j series a i r pl a.res , th,' Maglves the history of the distqncc in height in stallations teriel Division r-epres crrta.t i ve nov at Barksrelat,ion to tirr:e from which all the characterdale Field in conneot i on with A-ll a ir-o lnnes , istics pertaining to t:.e take-off and bnding can be dcteIT'.l.1.ncd. The :practicability and ac- will revise the synchronized glID lflstqllation in P_261 s and conduct sufficient firing opercuracy of this method have bcsn derronst rat.ed at ions under service conditions to deternine on rrany occasions. It is Lnbonded t.hat this corrections necessary. become a standard methad for the det,orrr.inaEngir:.e Gauge Unit. tion of t.he se characteristics in exnerimental An engine g'3.ug,~ unit, incorporat in;; ari and service type airplanes. " electrical resistance tyPe therno~eter, has ~oat for B-l2A Airplane been submit t ed for test by the WedonElectri.~ representative of the Engineering Section ca.I Lns t r urnent.Company, Newark, NewJersey. 1S now at the plant of the Edo Aircraft CorIf this tY-p8of instrument proves sat.isfacporation, College Point, Long Island, New tory, it vri L], el irr.Inabe the unsat i sfacbo.ry York, to supervise the installation of floats ~ontaining gasolin~ tanks of 600 gallons capac- conditions whi.ch have arisen due to breakage of thermometer capillaries. 1ty on a B-l2A airplane. Part of the landing gear mechanism will be reworked to rrako it suitable for operating the retractable float water rudders, and the fuel system will be tested for its ability to supply the main - 24 V-6bOO, A. C.

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Information Division .Air Corps

Jul~7 1 , 1935

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The chief uurpose of this publication 1s to distribute infonnation on aeronautics to the flying per-eo nnel in the Regular Arr:D.y, Reserve Corps, National Guard, and others connected with aviation. /. ---000 ---

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NEW CLASS GRADUATES FROM ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL

~.:~~~';.RIG~IER General Oscar Westover, t~ry ayiator. Then, too, I regret that ~~ss~stant Chief of the Air Corps, tne ChJ.efof the Air Corps cannot be .>~\Vas the principal speaker at the present on this occasion.,since it cOITmencement exercises of the means that r must come to you on such Class of 68 students graduating from sl~rt notice that I have no specially the Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field, prepared address to give you. I must Texas, all. aturday morninc;,June 22nd. S confess, however, that I am :pa.:p:py be to General Westover's presence e.t Kelly here and I cherish the opuortunity of Field was literally a flying visit. mating some remarks, which I hope may The student class comprised two Air be of interest and value to you. Corps officers, three officers from Whenever I return to Texas, and espeother branches of the Regular Army, and cla.l.Ly the Training Center, I am forci63 civiliansand enlisted men.who uursued bly reminded of our ~ioneer period of the intensive one-year flying course at develop:nent in avia.t1.on~ecause Texas b the Air Corps Training Center under the is inseparably connecten with those sta~us of Flying Ca.dets. Among other earl.\( ays of flyin~. It is.a long d off~cers attending the exercises were fligut from the Ist~ck and w1re1 Erigadier-General James E. Chaney. AsJennies to our :present ships of steel. siatant Chief of the Air Corps and ComIn those d~ys flying was starting;today mandant of the Air Corps Training Center, you are starting flyin~. Brigadier-General Robert C. Foy. comme..nd- My contact with the Xlr Corps Trainer of the Secona Field Artillery Brigade, ing Center has been sufficient to acFort Sam Houzton. Texas; Colonel Jacob q1laintme with the high standards and E. Fickel, Commandant of the Advanced efficiency of administration and trainFlying SChoOl! and Lieut.-Colonel H.H.C. tng which mark it today as the best Richa.rds,.A.ss~stant Commandant. training establ1s:b..ment its kind in of The exercises were held in the nost the world. Therefore. it is ap:propritheater. following the aerial review in ate that row first remarks and expreswhich all of the graduates participated. sion of official appreciation sbbuld be After the introductory remarks by Col. addressed to the commisaioned, enlisted Fickel General Westover addressed the and civilian personnel who have conassembiage. as follows: tributed their Wholehearted efforts to "Genera.lChaney, Colonel Fickel, achieve this result. The Air Corps is, Colonel Hams, members of the graduatindeed! very proud of the results coming class, ladies and gentlemen: tinual y being accomplished at the I come before you today as the repreTraining Oenter, and as AssiBtant Chief sentative of the Cr~ef of the Air Corps, of the Air Corps I desire to praise who sincerely regrets his own inability highly and sincerely those whose leaderto be present on this occasion and who ship and initiative, regardless of ofwishes me to convey to the Commanding fictal capacity, have made this possible. General of the Air Corps Training Center, To the Directors of Training and their to the Commandants. staffs and faculties stage, section and fli~t commanders of .the Primary and the Advanced l1ying and instructors I especially extend ofSchools, and to the members of this fieial appreciation. of the Chief of the graduating class particularly his hearty Air COrps of their consistently good, congratula.tionsupon the completion of though hard! work in carrying on the the training of this class. He wishes training wi'tih hat marked thoroughness t me also to convey his greetings to the and efficienc~7which has characterized officers on duty wi th the School of the high standard ~et for qualification Medicine, and to all the officers on lin flying at these scheols. On the duty at the Training Center and to their loanifest results of their endeavor~, I families. I at so congratulate the Commandants of Il personally, regret that the Chief I the Flying Cadets, to whose leadership of ~he Air Corps cannot be present on Iwe entrust the resuonsibility of inculthis occasion. It would be particula.rly eating in students"those essential appropr~ate, and for each of you a memo- jtraits of military character and discipr~b~e c:Lrcumstance, to receive your cer- line from which we build the future . t:Lf:Lcaterom the hands of one who is f adaptability and usefulness of graduate not alone the Chief but who also holds flying cadets and reserve <)ff1cers . the distinction of being our first miliA successful completion of a year's
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training at this school is indicative of 'I certificate of graduation from this School. that teamwo~k which is so essential to So, too, is it sad to refer to others who successful academic fUldpractical train- I have fa~lec to complete the course, some ing. Particularly 1s this teamwork ne- I through faults of their own, and others cessary among the instructor personr.el!, through no fault of t,heir own. Yours has without whose thorough coordination an~ been a hard course, a long course, a wholehearted effort there could be no I course which has tested your determinahigh standard, and it is only high tion and your morale, undoubtedly, on standards t~~t we try to acr~eve. I am many occasions. I have no doubt that aware, too, of the many handicaps with many of you! upon receiving your ap90intwhich the Training Center and School au- ment as fly ng cadets, felt that you had thori ties are faced throughout each yea.r overcome the greatest obstacle, namely, of these times of aviation depression. your a'?pointment. end that your progress Shortage of personnel, shortage of thereafter would be a matter of cour~e. equipment impose additional problems of Undoubtedly after a month you found that administration and additional hours of to be an elusion ~nd that you were ,up W'ork in order to insure that degree of against a tough proposition, and I imagsafety in flying training which is corine each month since then has confirmed related with efficienc~ of tr~ining. So \ that fact. You axe, so to apeak, the it is with full anpreclation of the efsurvival of the fittest, and the test forts of all personnel connected with whS.ch you have survived was made both the Training Center that I express conthorough and difficult for your nrotecgratulations of the Chief of the Air I tlon in the future. The fact that you Corps and his commendations for work I have overcome doubt and tendencies to well done. qui t, all evidence your determination to I coegratulate particularly the mamsucceed in the flying g~e and. as a rebers of the Graduating Class who by sul, :lrOU have survived the test with flyt, completio~ of this course, have aemon~ ing coior~. You have won your flyin~ strated not alone their ability as insignia, and look::; ahead to a rear pilots, but tl:Ie possession: by them also flying future. Bear in mind, however, of those essential q'1alities which make that the flying man's test is a continua good officer. You have acquired a ing one , and every flight and e",ery new knowledge and appreciation of the funda- flane presents some test of ability &D'J.. mental traits of military character ~echnique. loyalty, obedience to orders, respect From now on. judgment become, of parfor superiors of the military service, ti~~lar importance, and that can be acpromptness, frankness, attention fo.du~, quired only through experience. The. maintenance of good I-hysical cond.Ihan. fact that you have been. well tra..tnedIn etc and the training and technioue of I the art of'flying, includtnt'instTum~ntflying is without parallel, as evidenced I and blind flying, tr.a.y give f0u.a::false.by the perfection of your review this sense of security. and partIcularly confimorning. dence in the performance of flying misReviewing the kind of training which sions. School yourself in proper JUdgyou have undergone here, it 1s evident menta It will take years of practIcal that each of you have been under the ! exnerience to round" our your Judgment. closest supervision both rersonal and For instance. take the question of flying professional. Every faul~ has been in bad weather. No one Can withstand the :pointed cut and corrected. "Io,:rshas ; ,fury of the elements. Recent tornadoes, been a life of orderly regulat~on~ both flojds, dust storms, and 0ther destrucin your work1 your play and your Ily1ng, tive meteorological disturbances are and whether An barracks, mess halls, clear evidence of this. Therefore, it is drill periOds or other formations. always the better part of wi sdom for you When you join your organizations, to seek a safety have~under such condimostly with the ~neral Headquarters Air j ti9uS, thus insuring the safety, not Force, you will still be supervised but only of y.our own life, but also the lives permitted greater freedom. Rem~ber of others. then what you have been taught here both Curb absolutely any tendency to free in the air and en the ground. A.s exflying or grandstand flYing. Make it a :pressed by an old instructor after giv- I fixed rule to stick with the plane to lng his sbuderrts the final check, 'when the efficient accomplisllnent of any asyou start to do something and your feat si~led mission; to ao otherwise varies start "natting on th(\ rudder bar," don't from the intent of the ~rder and may do it.I'This qu~ation applies both to jeopardize your career and the rights and your professional and personal conduct. benefits of your dependents. ~velo::! It is always sad to refer to those who forethought and plan carefully all your commenced the Course with you but were flyin~. You will have plenty of opportuUDable to complete same. Itls particunity ~or initiative and development. larly unfortunate that Major Zablan of Your careers will be watched both during the Philippine Constabulary should have your years of servf.ce as a flying cadet suffered such an untimely death in an Of the tactical un! t and during such subairplane accident just about the time he sequent active duty which you may 16rform Was d.ue to receive his coveted wings and as 'Resarve officers. 1'here is leg 81a.- V-6 817 , C

tion in prospect which may make it possible for you finallr to.~nter the Regular Army Air Corps, and I hO'06 that you may be successful in doing so. I envy the opportunity of embarki~ on a flying career at a time when aVlation developments are as r~id and as broad as they are to~~y. vvnen I recall the develoument of heavier-than-air aviation, which all occurred in my life time, I can aPEreciate the tremendous advances already made and predict even. more marked advance for the future. Again I congratulate you gentlemen, and before I close I wish to especially congratulate the officers wl~ have just completed the course. To those who have come from other branches of the service, I wish to assure a hearty welcome in the Air Corps, for you have met the initial requirement for a successful career therein. To Major Sorenson and Captain Hill, wi th whom I have served in the lighterthan-air 'branch of aviation, I wish to express my personal congratulations to them and to the service - the former upon his possession of so many of the coveted ratings of the Air Corps, and the latter upon just having completed the primary flying course at Randolph Field. Mlf best personal wishes and official fellcitations accompany each of you upon your graduation from this School. We will watch your progress and trust each may be fully successful in this future service." The list of graduates and their station assignments appear elsewhere in this issue of the News Letter. . ---000--SIXTH PUJ.1.SUIT SQ,UADROlJ IN TRAIlHNG CAMP

6th Squadron for flying) t fired all events and recorded the fi~e score of 1304 out of a. maximum 1500. First Lieut. Mark E. Brad1ey, Jr., Ssuadron Engineering Officer, made the highest score in the record events with the splendid mark of 1033.5. The enlisted personnel fired ground machine guns at a towed sleeve target and at ground targets, and were afforded excellent exuerience ln the utilization of these arms. T'ne noncommissioned officers of the first four grades fired the 45 cal. automatic for record. Commissioned ~ersonnel who attended the Field Exerclses, in addition to Major Early E.W. Duncan, Commanding Officer, were: Captains Ray H. Clark, Fli~t Commander and Squadron Adjutant. Morrls R. Nelson~ Operations and Intelligence Officer; ~.L. Boatner, Flight Commander; 1st Lieuts. L.O. Ryan, Armament Officer: M.E. Bradley, Jr., Squadron Engineering Officer; C.E. LeMay, Group Communica tions Officer; R.E. Griffity, Communications Officer: 2nd Lieuts. J.B.Shields; B.J. Webster, Assistant Adjutant, and S.J. Grubbs, Jr., Assistant Engineering Officer. Recreational activities, comprising such popular snorts as baseball, playground 'ballt volley ball, horse-shoe pitching anQ swimming, occupied the leiture hours of the or~anization and, as a result, the 6th PurSUlt Squadron's encampment for the Fiscal Year 1935 was most enjoyable in every department. / ---000-SUBM:JRGED SlJBMARINES
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The 6th Pursuit Squadron, stationed at Wheeler Fieldz T.H.! conducted its annual training ln Fie d Exercises, Ground Gunnery, Aerial Targets and Bombing at Bellows Field, Waimanalo, : . T.H.~ during the period from May 2nd to May c5th, inclusive. During this period, except for a week1s intermission when the squadron pn~ticipated with the various units of the 18th Comnosite Wing in the Joint Army-Navy-U~ S . Fleet Exercises each ~ilot completeft the War Department Trainlng Directive requirement in Field Exercises, Gunnery and Bombing, and averaged approximately 40 flying hours. Results obtained were most gratifying, every pilot firing for record attaining "Ex-pert, II and in no s t cases making sufficlent scores in one event to qualify them for all three events. All pilots were not required to fire for record this year, Eaving qualified during the past three years. . First Lieut. Curtis E. Le~lay, Group Communications Officer (attached to the

The 19th Pursuit Squadronz stationed at W11eeler Field, T.R., particlpated with the other Sauadrons of the 18th Pursuit Group in the Joint Army-Navy-U. S. Fleet Exercises in connection with the recent fleet operations. The mission was to locate submarines that mi$ht attack the fleet 'being supported. I~ was found that, .except when the sun was very low and light values were much reduced, it was possible to locate Bubmerged submarines from an altitude of between 750 to 1,000 feet. Many submarines were located and reported by radio and visual signals. . Missions of about three hours' duration were flown. These operations presented an ~EE:0rtuni ty for many Air Corps officers to e their first official contact with _ the Navy in joint operations, and the experience was very valuable professionally. ---000--The .Second Bombar-dment Group in 26: ': . , . B-6A's, 2 BT-2's and 2 PT-3's, and led by Colonel Oldfield, ~epartcd from Langley Field, Va., on the morning of June 11th for Mitchel Field, L.1., New York, for one month's tour of duty in connection with training of West Point Cadets. Practically every officer and enlisted man of the Group made the trip.
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of it being stationed /at Wheeler Field! adjacent to <. '. the Hawaiian Div sion at .~.;':. Schofield Bar racks , the ~ ,."':~Attack SquadroIl!as been 26th .. .. ' h afforded, in cooperative missions, opportunities to gain a great amount of valuable information and e~erience in the performance of tactioal problems that must necessarily fall to the lot of Attack Aviation in its mission of offense and defense. A cooperative problem of beach defense was recently worked cut wi th the aid of the 13th Field Artillery and a searchlight section of the 64th Coast Artillery. This problem was to determine the effect of machine gun fire against small water borne craft, attempting to make a landing, illuminated from defensive positions ashore. The target was a 6' x 10' x 4' structure covered with target clotht mounted upon floats and drawn shorewara from 3,000 yards by means of cable and winch at approximatel~ five miles per hour. The illuminat10n in the first phase was by two standard Coast Artillery Corps 6411 searchlight'S,1,000 yards apart, laid on the target. The range in this Phase Was from 2,000 to 3,000 ~ds., and the attack was made by 6 A-3B alrplains in column. No tracer ammunition was used. The results were extremely satisfactory. The greatest deflection noted was approximately 10 yards, and the o~erage and shortage were extremely small. Difficulty in aligning sights, due to darkness, was reported by some pilots, but it is thoUght that further practice along this line of firing will solve that problem. The firing will also be aided by the use of tracer ammunition. In the second phaset the same target and range was used, but the illumination was furnished by the airplane dropping; M III flares over the target. The attack was made in the same manner as in the first phase. Difficulty was experlenced by the flare ship in locating the target, and the illumination was poor, with consequently poor results in fir..., ing. A study of the question of illumination leads to the following conclusions which, however, must be tested and proved: Flares must be dropped close to the surface of water and to the rear of target, altitude of dropping about 200 to 300 feet. The present type of flare is not suited for this work. A flare which would ignite upon contact with water and float upon the sllIfacewhile burning would seem to be ideal. In tliir:: problem the communication was found to be very poor, both panels and Very Pistol lights proving unsa.tisfactory. tilt\'Iould seem," says the News LE>tter Corres-pondent, "that we must come
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ment may seem vague, unless it is understood that such communication is ver:[ necessary due to surface craft straY1ng past the boundary lights and causing many interruptions." . The News Letter Correspondent goes on to say that it is interesting to note that, with the loading equi~ent available at the station, it required 75 man hours to load the ammunition for this fli~ht and, had bombs been used, an addihonal 40 man hours would have been reguired. Due to the small size of the auxiliary fields in the area and the absolute necessity of dispersion of aircraft for defensive purposes, the problem, especially at night, of take-off and landing c0ntrol has caused a good deal ~f discussion among.the personnel of the 26th Attack Squadron. Various methods have been tried, the most satisfactory of which has been the Air Traffic Control Lamp, Type :B-I-A. This lamp was used to s1gn8.l ships when to take offt direction, and when to land. It is extremely simple to operate, and the results obtained were all that could be desired. In a. recent night test it was found that from dispersed defensive positions the airplanes could be dispatched at 30 second intervals. Landing of aiI1>laneswas accomp1ished at 45-second 1ntervals by the same method. Further tests are under \'lay to determine the value of this device for daylight dispa.tchingfrom dispersed po sf,tions. The 26th Attack Squadron 1s organized under Table of Organization 279-P, War Department, 1925, and consists of 90 men, 12 officers assigned and 6 attached, and 15 A-3D airplanes. Forty percent of the aircraft are normally at the Hawaiian Air Depot undergoing overhaul. The Squadron is or~an1zed into: Flight liN. II with Capta1n Harvef F. Dyer as commander, and Flight "R, II W1th Captain Homer L. Sanders as commander.--____ --- ---000-------50TH OBSERVATION sq,UADBON WINS TROPHY

Members of the 50th Observation 'Squadron, Luke Field, T.H., were pleased to learn recently that they bad been awarded the .AnnualAircraft :Efficiency Trophy for the Training Year ending June 30, 19::.;4. This Trophy is awarded annually by the a.F. Wichman Compan:r,Ltd.] of HOnolulU, to the squadron aemonstrat1ng the highest efficiency in the operation and maintenance of aircraft. In commenting upon this award, the News Letter CorrespOndent of the 50th, says: "We feel pretty good - thanks - and we are out to win it for the second.consecutive year." V...,;6B17, .A.. C.

NEW PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIT AT WRIGHT FIELD By Marguerite Jacobs Heron URING the War and until 1920 resoarch in connection with the developthere exi sted at Mineola Lon.<'" ment of f1 YlDg equi pmen and accessories . t ~ Island, under the direction ~~~J E.C. Schneider, Ph.D., well to the end that the efficiency. health, . known in Army circles as aubh- and lives of personnel be protected. It "r af the "Schneider Test" an "Air The Materiel Division with its engineerService Medical Research iaboratory II iug facill ties and personnel was consiestablished for the p~ose of ascerdered the logical locale f~r the new talning the various effects of flight labor~to~y, an~ a medical officer, upon personnel and of devising ~quipcaPta~. Harry li'. Armstrong, was ordered n ment to obviate thOse effects w!Uoh to WrIght Field to make a thorough study proved adverse to health and comfort. of needs and possibilities and to line In the World War, the American pilot up the organization and work. had~ except in isolated instances been In attacking the problem, it was sursub ~cted for the first time to fiight 'Ipri~ing to find ho~ little data on the at 19h al ti tudes. The whole problein subJect were in ext sbence , Ooncerning of oxygen, the amount,needed and eauip-I ox~gen., for instance, knowledge of ment for supplying itt was so new fhat WhIChis of immediate importance, a it engrossed the concentration of the suryey of all the relevant literature r~search group virtually to the exclu- I ava11able, includingabstra.cts from 92 saon of all other considerations .. By I periodicals and 22 books, failed to 1920t however, the development of aircover conclusively such points as the crafli itself was moving forward at such most.favorable amount to be inhaled by a rapid pace that it demand-ad the full the 1ndividual, the effect of its freatt~ntion of the Air Oorps, and the quent use, its effect if used fo~ long Med1.calResearch Laboratory studying periods ali a time, the cause of lts anpilots t equipment was permitted to pass parently destructive influence upon the quietly. out of the picture. teeth, the ~tter as to whether the For f1.fteen years this aircraft davel gaseous or llquid form is preferable Q.Pment as held the center of the stage. for human <?onsumption, the degree of b Speed of normal :flYing has been greatly concentratJ.on at which it becomes poison~teppedup. Flight at altitudes demand~ous to the system, t~ oxygen.requlreJ.ng additional l"xygen.has increased and I ments of a. sealed cabf n and a superhigher, altitudes for normal cross-' . charged pressure cabin, the effect of country work promise to become more or o~y~en and carbon dioxide mixtures at leas common usual practice. in This high al titudes. '~ progress has been so 'heartily accepted Research in this field will have to by the air pers9nneltha.t, although now ~tart With. the f'undamentaka .. A skull and then some p1lot has complained of 11.~being f1 tted with human teeth, some his teeth breaking off Clr loss of fill-, W1. gold and amalgamfillings, th and . tngs after altitude Iwork with oxygen or thi s will be subjected to oxygen in ment~one. a "blacking out"ex.perienc~ d both forms and under all varying temperin hIgh sneed turns, it has scarc,ely " atures and amoun.ts. Results of the use been realized that for fifteen years no of oxygen.upon the systems of animals work bas been d.one toward stUdying the are being studied. With various other changed ~ffectB .of modern fIling upon. methods ~f at~ack, 1t is expected that pilots Wl. th a view 'to supplYlng equipi~ormat~on wlli be. gained which will ment that would normalize those effects maze equd.pnent, posslDle to meet all refor his, physical comfort and well being. Q..u1rements,from the flying as well as TJ;1e ~hool ClfAviation Medicine while tne comfort and health standpoints of achve a.n its research along the tines the individual. of"occupational" influences and illness In starting research on the ljlhysy;taJ. es and their cures, except in the inreaction called "blacking out, a-cans~ance of goggles, has had no tie-in trifuge is being constructed. By means wlth the equipment angle of the problem of this_equipment it is hoped to discover Wi h these con,siderations in min,d,the the 8J!lountof centrif~l t force required need of some SUCll research laboratory to br1Ilg about the "blac::.kingout" ~~nse.a.s was operated during the War and un- ~ion. A German scientist in e~erlmenttil 1920 became lncreasin~ly clear to lng with dogs finds that upon being subMajor Malcolm Grow ChiefoPlightjected to these high forces, small hemorSurgeon of the A.ir'Corps, who placed rha~es of the b}:tiin result, and it is the matter before the proper- authoripossibletbatdefin1te p~sical damage ties. At a conference"'between the may be the u6'na.l y for the humanbei~ . t Ohief of the .Air Oorps and the Surgeon also. T!tEY1iew laboratory will endeavor Genera.l of the ~, i.n J.pril,' 1.t was to determine these th1IlgS d.efini tely. decide~ to establish.at wright Field as The question of the endurance of cold par 0 the E1:':in.eer1ng ection, a S in o~,en cockpi ts will al so be g i t Pl\YliologiclJI,lResearch Uni t "to conduct thorc.ughly. Without doubt an ~:mf~r~-5. V-6817, .i.. C
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able pilot is operating at a tremendous1 RESCUE METIDDS PBACTIOED HAWAII IN disadvantage and nothing has a more dis integrating effect upon his morale or ',- An interesting test and demonstration of efficiency than the cold that heavy, 'the use of the Douglas .Amphibianfor resbulky clothing cannot keep out. For cue purposes was recently carried out at years it has been known that heavy Pearl Harbor by personnel of the 75th clothing cannot keep a flyer warm in Service Squadron stationed at Wheeler open cockpits wr~ch are full of drafts. Field, Schofield Barracke, T.R. Open cocJq>l s must be designed so that t Practice in the rescue of personnel from drafts th!'oug'h the floor and sides are water-wrecked a.ircraft is highly desirable shut out, and they must be heated. It in a~waii. Major R.C. Wriston, Air Corps, is only through this method tbat an ap- \ as pilot. with Staff Sergeant Jerome B. proximation of normal body heat can be McCauley as co-pilot. and with the entire maintained. The frlJsting of goggles crew of the .Amphibian as passengers, made and moisture under face masks have alseveral landiIJ.gs and a-pproaches to "three ways been causes of complaint. Heating men in a boat" which sJ.mulated a wrecked of cockpits would eliminate these difairplane. :By the method of trial and erficulties as well as the wearing of ror, a good deal ~f valuable iDformation electrically heated or too bulky gloves. was obtained as to the best method of apwhich pilots find extremely awh."Ward and nrcach and rescue of personnel. This inbothersome in operating an airplane. tormation is being prepared for the inA pilot suffering from cold has but struction of pilots and crews assigned to one idea - to land a.s quickly as pOIlalert duty with the amphibian. sible and regain comfort. He .will not ---000--make his usual leisurely circle of the / landing field to look things over beSAN AliJTONIO DEPOT AIDS FLOOD SUFFERERS" fore coming in, and so may experience a crack-up as a result of his haste and As an incident in connection with the dulled perceptions. From studies rerecent heavy and unprecedented deluge of cently completed, it has been show~ rains in this part of Texas causing disthat the efficiency of the average astrous floods.ln all extensive area surpilot at the temperatures nrevalent at rounding San Antonio, food supplies were 10,000 feet in continental.United ferried on June 15th to sixtiyouths of States is reduced 23 per cent. the Citizens' Military Train~ng Campat A stud of the escape of carbon monox Medina City, marooned by high water, in ide gas~nto cockpits will also be una Borobardmentplane piloted by Master dertake~ to determine the increased Sergeant C.P. ~ith, on duty with the air amount of absorption into the blood at transport service at the San Antonio Air low temperatures and.high altitudes Depot. Lieut.-Colonel C.P. George. of the with the develoPment of protective ][ghth Corps Area Inspector's Office, ace~i}XIlent in view. companied this flight in another plane. These are but a few of the problems ~iloted by Captain E.D. Perrin~ of this set forth for immediate research. By Depot. July first, it is anticipated that the It was necessa.ry to drop the supplies laboratory will be fully established. from the ship while in f1:1.ght, as a landIf the flight surgeonls feelinglis tng was impossible. stlf1ed, that 1n considering the Aero On the morning of June 18th, Mr. M. namic and. construction cbaracterietics Cason, Civil Service employee of the En~ an airplane the designer bas been - gin~ering Department of the Depot. (who is 0 :Pt to forget that a man has to fly it. a won known pilot in San Antonio as a then the new laboratory group is there private avocation), and who was then on intbe interest of the "forgotten man." leave Of absence. flew a commercial plane, or is it desired to have the laborachartered by the Pioneer Flour Mills of tory in any sense a clo sed corporation. San .Antonio, and loaded with flour and It is above all thi~s fool' the use of cereals furnishel by that company on an the service. Those 1nterested in its emergency relief missioa to families 1sodeve 1opment hope to make it first and lated by floods near the towns of Camp foremost a. clearing house of ideas. and Woodand Barksdale, west of San Antonio. flight surgeons and Air Corps officers He also car.ried news:papers to them and. and personnel are invited to cooperate. brought back mail which it had been imposSuggestions are wanted, and any 601usible to dispatch previously. Mr. Ca~on tions that are submitted will be given also made other prIvate emergency flights respectful consideratiQn. in the flooded areas, ferrying an electric ---oOo-~ repair man to restore light service and <, other men to make a survey of the property Am ong prominent vi s1 tors .to . the flydamage t lng fiera utilized by the 11'9t.h Obserh ' e c. ---000-ovation ~d.ron New~erseYNa't-1.9na. I Dud'flu M v the ~neer11'\D' .. De r.-ent Guard. (Newark Airport f were Pres'lde"'t the San Antonio Air .. - pot overhaUled\I.lU a. . of ""'b ....." ""'0 pa ..... Ro osevelt. Secretary 0 War George 11. total of 33 a.irplanes, 48 engines, and reDern. a.nd Secretary of the Treasury paired 38 planes and 41:7 eng1nea. Henry Morgentha.u. Jr. ' . ...6"" V-6817, .A..O.

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SIXTH COMPOSITE GROUP B:CTl1RlTS FR01;1 C:;;iJTRAL AMERICA ~ The 6th Composite Group, Air Corps, year, and only for about three days. returned to France Field, Panmna Canal Tl~t afternoon the Commanding Officer Zone, from an extended navigation . of the flight, Lieut.-Col. Brereton, and flight throuvll Central ~~orica, on May 'I his field officers were given a recep19tn. The flight equipment consisted tion by President Sacasa at his ~alace. of 7 0-19C Observation planes and 2 B-2A In the evening, the American Mialster, Bombardment planes. The personnel parMr. Lane, gave a buffet dinner. ticipat1ng. in tl~ flight were: Lieut.Tno flight left Managua early the next Col. L.H. Broreton, Majors V.R. Taylor, day and proceeded to San Jose, Costa ~.B. Mayer, R.H. Ballard, J.P. Sullivan Rica. TIhere an overniGht stay was made. ~Q.MC), Ca-::>tains .~". Ooual.and., \'T.:.:. C I ::'he eoune'l, per were entertained by Mr. Scott (M.e.), H.R. Baxt er , J.F. GUillett,/ Drevr , the American Ona rge d'Affairs,and F.R. Robinson, 1st Lieuts. J.W. McCauley, in tho evening attended a dance at the E.~. Roso, G.C. Northrup,!.E. Gabel, Grand Hotel, Costa Rica. The flight reW.n. Tunner, C.T. Movler, 1'1.5. Graham, turned to France Field, via David, R.P., D.P. Callahan, Jr., Mastel' Sgt. C. : the next day on sohedul,e , Haymes, Sergeant J.S. Welc~, Jorporal Froilla t~aininb vie~point the trip H.T. Swanson, Priva.tes J.F. Curry and I was a gl~ea1isuccess. :Prow a social viewJ.B. Bourke. ncint it was even more of a success. Many The itinerar::rof the flight was as I rriends were made 1 and it is believed follo~s: Ithat fron an officlal vie~ooint friendly France Field, Calml Zone, to David, and cordial relations between the Uluted Republic of Pana~a, where a servicing States and various Central American stop was made; thence to San Jose, Costa cOUlltries uere more firmly cemented. Rica, where an overnight stop was ruade. ---000--/ San Jose, the cQnital of Costa Rica, v with a.?opu~ation of 150,000, is at an WING ifuU{EUV:RSlrr~1 LOS ANGF.I~S elevahon or 4,000 feet. Hr. Gerald Lieut.-Colonel Clarence L. Tinker,ComDrew, Chargo d Affairs of the Aoerican manding Officer of the 7th Bombardment Lebation, e::'l.tel~tained member-s of tlle Groun, Hamil ton Field, Calif., led a the flight. flil;!~tof 16 Eartin Bombers to the manOn the fo11o~ing day the flight proeuvers of the 1st Wing, near Los Angeles, ceeded to 11anas'Ua,:i'Ucaragu.a., \7here a Calif., on June 18th. 'I'his contingent servicing stop was made. Tne knerican represented the 7th Bombardment Group, 1t:inister,Hr. Lane, gave a luncheon for less the 9th Bombardment Squadron, who se the p,ersonnel of the fliglrc. The ~lanes had been divided between the 11th fl ignt then proceeded toSal~ Salvader, and tho 31st BOillbardillent Squadrons. The El Salvador, and en route D~ssed ove~ 11th flew to an encamument at N.ines the active volcanoes of J:~OiactoI:1bo and Field, Los Angeles, While the 31st flew San Higuel . A 3-day stop \18.S made at to Long Beach. San Salvador, and durins tllo stay of In conjunction with the 17th Attack the Army airmen, the .American Hinister, Group; the 88th Observation Squadron Dr. Fra~~ P. Corrigan, gave a luncheon from Brooks Field, attachod to the 7th for the iaembe rs of the Salvadoran cabBombardment Gro~Q, and the 19th Eombardinet and the Comrnandin~ Of:ficer and ment Group from Rocltwe lL Field, the profield officers of the !light. gra,Q before the 11th and 31st Bombardmont The President of El SalvaQor, Senor ~quadrons was to work out war ~rob10ms General do n .A.::'l.dres de :iAenendez, gave a in the vicinity of Los AnGeles at a radireceRtion for all the members of the us of 500 miles. These war nroolems flignt. The J~erican colony in San were to cover the period from Tuesday, Salvador also gave a large di~~or and June 18th, to Thursday, June 20th, includance for the visitors. At the San Salvador Country Club., the President sive. TUGsday, Wednesday, Wednesday night, and E1ursday morning were to be and his Cabinet Gave a dance in honor of the visitinG aviators. Durin~ the consuwea in the solution of these problems, wi t n the wing concentration ta:dng stay in San Salvador, several members of the President's Cabinet uere t~~en, nLace on Thursd.a;ynight at Roc:::r1611 ]j'ield. ~he 11th and. 31st Bombardment for flights. s~uadrons were schedulod to leave San After leaving San Salvador, the flight returned to Managua, Nicaragua, Dlego at noon on Friday for their home where an overnight stay Vias wade. A station, :Ja.:Jil ton Field. luncheon was given at Gasa Colorado, a ---000--beautiful place in the oountains some 17 miles out of Managua. This luncheon .A. new $3,000 X-Ray machine was installwas given by the staff of the Nicaraguan ed in the Station ~ospi tal at Hamilton Arml' On the way out1 a very unusual Field as a diagnostic aid. Lieut.-Col. signt greeted the visltors - n~~erous Glenn I. Jones: Post SUrgeon, has anoointcoffee plantations or "fincas" in bloom.. ed Captain Junlus P. Smith, IAedical-Corps, The coffee plants bloom only once a as the X-Ray Officer. -7V-S817, A.C.

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Flight D, 16th Observation Squadron) \the quarters with de~ths of from 3 to 10 stationed at Marshall Field, Fort Riley, feet. In all ~robability this will cause Kansas, is working every da~, including the quarters to settle to a considerable Sundays and holidays, removlng mud from extent. the buildings and cleaning equipment) In the noncommissioned officers I quarcaused by the recent flood wnich inunters the water reached a level of from dated the entire airdrome) writes the 9 to 12 inches above the first floor and, News Letter Correspondent as of June of course) filled all basements. The 15th. He goes on to say that all actifloors were warped and bulged in all vi ties have been suspended at I~arshall quarters that were covered with water. Field since the third of this month. A All wooden structures were moved to tem~orary air base has bee~ established, some degree. The uaint house) with all however, about 5 miles northwest of Fort the paints and allIed material, was moved Riley proper. The pl anes were ferried approximately one-half mile from its to this field and are located and operoriginal location) and is now standin~ on ated there. The servicing facilities the flying area near the north floodllghts. are somewhat limited and our gasoline To illustrate the high velocity of the supply is practically exhausted. We current, a container full of .30 caliber have partly solved the problem of maincartridges was carried about four or five taining a limited amount of fuel on blocks from the place where it ~as stored. hand by servicing the gas tanks to caSome of the National Guard buildings wero pacity whenever our planes stop, enr~~ed into our Transportation hangar. route here, at Fort Leavenworth. In Old dilapidated shacks, not belonging to this manner we have been able to have the field, are strevvu allover the airsufficient fuel for local fli~hts. drome. The transportation hangar is Flights were made over the ~looded stri~ped of part of its wall and roof, areas all along the rivers emptying rn- I and 1ts interior is in a ravaged condition. to the Kaw) the latter being adjacent The Aqua gasoline system and the field to the flying field and the one that lighting equipment are out. of commission. caused all the damage) to determine the The extent of the damage to thi s equipment extent of overflow and dama~e done .has not yet been determined. In the case wherever they went over thelr banks. 1of the gasoline storage tank, the river The commissioned and enlisted personbas moved within ap~roxiinately 10 yards nel are temporarily quartered on the frOD it, TIhere prevlously the bank was main post at Fort Riley. We nope to about 70 yards distant. If we should exmove back to the field in the near uerience another flood, even tho~l not future, possibly one week. as severe as this one, the gasoline The flood arrived much sooner than storage system will be completely wiped was anticipated, and came in a torrent. out .. Further, if there should be a repeThere was hardly sufficient time to tition of the river going on a rampage, move the imnediate uersonal effects and tho barracks and officers' quarters will complete evacuation~of the equi~ment ,be completely carried or waShed away. We was utterly impossible. All maJor ite~s, lare hoping that the elements of the however, were elevated to places where weather will stay kind t9 us, ~~ another the water did not reach, and were not flood would prove exceed~ngly dlsastrous. seriously injured. We have, with but a The main channel of the river has moved few exceutions, restored most of the to within about 35 yards of the officers I equipment to a serviceable condition, I quarters, whereas prior to the flood the and this work is still in process. bailie was between 150 to 200 yards away. Marsr~ll Field is, unfortunately, 10During the past week the river receded cated on the bend of the Kaw River, and to some extent, but at this writing is some of the old inhabitants in this vifluctuating, due to heavy rains west of cinity state that this ulace was entire- here and swollen small tributaries still ly inundated in the year 1903 and again emptying large bodies of water into the in 1915. It appeared as though the ~~oky Hill and Republican rivers. These river tried to chango its channel and two rivers join the Kaw a short distance follow a strai~t course through the from the field, and it was somewhat difcenter of the field. This it virtually ficult to determine the exact location succeeded in doing, at the srone time of the junction of these rivers by aerial flooding the entire surrounding area. observation. The depth of the water on the field It is almost unbelievable how such varied from three to six feet. The small rivers, creeks and even tiny brooks, hangar, having the lowest floor on the that barely had enough water to flow, field, had the maximum. The damage to could ever become so swollen with water the Quarters was the heaviest. Basements and go on a rampage as they did in this of officers' quarters were filled with locality. The flow of most of the small mud and water, and illone .of' the quarstreams was reversed. Towns all along the ters the water reaahed and covered the main rivers were inundated, and several first floor. There are cave-ins a~ound casualties and considerable damage to pro-

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l'erty were reported by the rescue 'par- '7 in.; length, ll~ ft.; weight, empty, 220 Ib.s.; take-off run, 328 ft.; clears ~ies. All troops were held in readi40 ft. obstruction after an 800 ft. run; ness for rescue work. Whatever fell in the path of this fu- climbs to 3,280 ft. in 19 minutes. rious torrent was practically doomed, --000-./ and a. scene of devastation marked its I P~GHUTE FOR LOWERING AM:BULA.NCE LITTM wake. A hint of comedy, miIlbled with slight sentimentality, emanated from some outside parties, who asserted that A model of an ~nbulance litter with pa"perhaps we should have been eQuipped. rachute attached,for the purpose of lowerwith seaplanes, or at least ampnib ... ns." ing a patient from an airplane to the a The writer believes the suggestion some- ground in case of emergency, is on disvihat unwarranted., especially in the play in the .A.rmy Aeronautical Museum at faoe of our ~resent sad plight. Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. This eQUip~ ---000--/ ment, developed by Air Corps engineers, shows a means of holding a patient in a THE COUPE DEUTSCHE DE LA. MEURTHE 11 tter in the event necessity demands a descent by parachute. The contest for the COUTS de It\: Meurthe, Knowing the ~.tient would be helpless, which has become more cr~less an Inter- the position o~ landing had to be considCaud.ron Trophy, Was won at Etampes, ered so that patlent woul d not land on France on May 19th, by Mr. Raymond . hi s head and sustain further injury. Delmotte, piloting a Caudron C.46QThe idea of a parachute with a litter Rena.ult-456, who covered the 2,000 kil- is not entirely new, a2 it has beetrused ometers '1,24:B milelil) 4 hours 30 in as a "stunt" novelty. For actual use. minutes, 17 seconds, and a.veraged. 276 tbG shock of landing would 'have to be m.p.h. France has now won the Trophy reduced as much as possible. The proposthree times and holds it for good. ed scheme on the model was to have the All five entrants who oualified this feet oflltter protector stick into the year were French and flaw Caudron maground, which would prevent dragging, chines. M. Arnoux (Caudron.460-Renault- also to have a pneumatic shock absorber 456) broke th9 world's record over 100 in the litter protector. kilometers ~62.14 miles) with a s~&dof .A. series of spring rods around the J)ro291.5 m.p.h., when he flew it in 12roin. teetor would prevent the litter from 17 seconas1 during the contest. striking the ground in flat position and The winnJ.l1g machine was fitted with a further injuring the patient. 330 h.p. 6.... c;rlinder Ranaul t motor and a. The parachute canopy is contained in retractable undercarriage. the uu~er end of litter protector, the It is interesting to note the consid- top be~ng attached with a breakable erabJ.,e advance in average speed attain- static line to 60me part of the aircraft, ed in this year' s race over that rethus as surfng proper deploying of canopy corded in the two previous contests. In after launching of the patient, since. the first race in 1933, the winning presumably, no aid could be furnished by airplan. t a Potez~ was flown at an aver- the patient himself. e age apeea.of aOO.07 m. p ,h. In 1934, a The usual Air Corps parachute measures Caudron plane averaged 217.2 m,p. h' 24 ft. A 28 to 30-ft. canopy was proposed -000-for this model. Several tests were made, attaching a NEW DESIGN OF LIGHT AIRPLANE litter to a 30-ft. canopy to determine the proper size. This aevelopment never A Frenchman, M. Henri Mlgnet, hae re- progressed beyond the small model, as it oebtlY. designed an entirely new type of belongs dla'~nctly to war times, and the plane which he has termed the "~. priority of other more immediate engineerLouse" or "Pou-du-Giel. II The ~lane is lug developments has caused a postponemen.t M simple in design that the l.nventor of further experiments for the present. claims to have solved the problem of ---000--su:pplying to the general public a plane .r.. CORRECTION whJ.ch is non-spinr.J.Il$ non-stalling; and which fliee itself wlth the absolute In publishing in the April 15th iisue of maximum of saf'etyand renders flying the News Letter the report of the E:ng:1ntraining unnecessary. Mr. Mignet has eer1D1$-Supply Conference, held at the ~ublished a hand-book wherein he has Mater~el Division last November,an error laid dorm the fundamentals of his plane was made on page 182, under the heading as well as his aims for the future. 'nle "4. IGNITION," paragra.ph "e. 'IQliiiOA nook gives a full and. complete descrip- Qeble." This paragraph shoUld rea. : tion ()f the apparatus and the method i1']l!'jffi'erience has shown that the standard Whereby any person may build the plane ignition cable is definitely unsuitable wi thin hi8 ewn 'backyard. The specififor pressure baffled air-cooled engines. cations of this -plane e as follows: '1"'ne new high temperature cable appears to ~-pan, front wing~ 19i ft.; rear wing, I be satisfactory for all installatioJl'.If 13 ft. 1 in.; chora. of both wings, 4 ft. .

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NEW CLASS TO BEGINTBAI1UUc- AT RAlITOLPH FIELD, TEXAS

A total of 159 students. comprising 8 Air Corps officers, holding lighter-than-air flying ratings; 6 officers from ot.her branches of the Army, 11 enlisted men from the Al"!IV Air Corps, one from the. Infantry, one from the Signal Corps, and. 132 candidates from civil life. will report to the Commndant of the Air Corps Primary Flying School, Randolph Field, Texas, during the latte:" part of June, &\d wUl constitute the July class to begin the year's course of flying instruction at the Air Corps Training Center. The eight rronths' course at Randolph Field is divided into the Prin:ary and Basic sbages , each of four rronths ! durab ion, During ~he Pri.I!ery Stage. stue.ents fly the prir.ary training airplane, a~ the probability of the:r suCcessfully completing the entire flying course generally hinges upon the progress they ueke during these first four months. Upon being transferred to the Basia Stage, students fly the Bel-SiC Training plane, the controls of which are rrore delicate. This airplane serves as the medium of transition to the regular service types of airplanes wt.ich are used when graduates of the Primary Flying School are transferred to the Advanced Flying School at Kelly FiE~ld. Texas, for their final . four months of the flying oourse. Those Air Corps officers graduating from ~he ..Advanced Flying School ..Till go through the ' . fo~lity of annexing two additional flying ratings, those of "Airplane Pilot" and. "Airplane Observer" to the two they already hold, namely. "Airship Pilot" and ''Balloon Observer." Other g~ad'~tes will also receive the two above named heavier-than-air ratings. The successful officers of other branches of the service will be transfer!'ed to the Air Corps. while then enlisted men and 132 civilians, training under the status of Flying Cadets, will be assigned to duty with .Air Corps tactical squadron.c; for the period of one year. At the end of that time, provided their services have proven satisfactory. they are commissioned second lieutenants in the Air ReseI'Ve and , if the necessary funds are avail. a.ble, they are assigned to tactical squadrons for another year of active duty, this time unde~ their status as Reserve officers. In the matter of representation among the various States of native sono; in the entering class of rlying Cadets at the Air Corps Training Center, the keen rivalry heretofore always existing bebween the States of California and Texas. still prevails, although a formidable contender - the state of Washington - has now entered the field. In the forthcoming July Class, Texas contributes 21 students. closely :followed by California wi th 20 and Washington with 11. . The cities of Seattle and Los Angeles are tied for first place in contributing I~ocal boys" to. the new class, each h?ooving 5. Dallas and San Antonio, Texas, each have 4 representatives. . . -1 Roster of July Class at Priner;y Flying School

OFFICERS,AIR COR'S Captain Karl S. Axtater Osborn, Ohio Capta.in Courtland 1'J. Brown Natick, Mass. Captain Douglas Johnston AIton, Ill. 1st Lieut. UzaJ. G. Ent Northumberland, Pat 1st Lieut. Reginald R. Gillespie Spencer, Iowa 1st Lieut. Ralph E. Holmes Walnut Creek,Calif. 1st Lieut. Wilfred J. Paul White Plains, U.Y. 1st Lieut. John G. Salsman Madison, Wis. OFFICERS OTHER :aRANCIIES Second Lieutenants Ste"Phen O. Fuqua, Inf. WMhington, D.C. :DonSldF. Buchwald,!nf. Marshalltown, Iowa. Richard T. Coiner. Cav. Washington, D.C. Wro. J. HoIzapfel, F. A. Racine, Wis. Charles E. Brown, In. Cordele, Ga. Edward G. Winston, Inf. Maryland FLYINGCA.DETS CIVILIANS Mobile. Ala. Howard F. Pringle. Jr. Sylucauga. .Ala.. John Clinton Williams Tuscaloosa. Ala.. Beverly Pierce Head, Jr. Ansheim. Calif. Albert N. Klutha Berkeley. Calif. J 0 K. Wo.rner Brawley. Calif. Clifford D. Maddux Cambria. Calif. John P. McCliroout Los Angeles. Calif. James Lee Bledsoe Los Angeles. Calif Burton Rolland Ellison Los Al18e1es. Calif. Lee M. Greenleaf Los Angeles, Calif Gordon H. Pierce Glendora, Calif Lawrence F. Converse Hollywood. Calif. Hadley Vincent Saehlenou Monrovia, Calif. FraIlk E. Mears, Jr. Palo Al to, Calif. Herroon V. Estes Pa.sadena, Calif. l'aul Howard Dane San Diego. Calif. William Wa.ring Miller San Francisco. Calif. Miltor~ Scott Adair San Marino, Calif. Thomas Kerne Hampton Santa ina. Calif. Boy A. Seaver University, Calif. Howard L. Buller Greeley. Colo. .A.dam Joseph Heintz New Britain. Co~ R. L. Jackson Washington. D. C. William George Graff Washington, D. C. AIton B. Moody Tifton. Ga.. Whitfield T. Scarboro Moscow, Idaho Winston Irving Jones Moscow. Idaho nonald Ellis Ridings Potlach, Idaho Homer Peterson Chicago. Ill. Vernon Donald Hansen Chica.go, Ill. Charles F. Mudgett, Jr. Rushville. Ill. William James Pinkerton Urbana. Ill. Oscar H. Bizzelle Evansville, Ind. Charles Wesseler Bicking Indianapolis, Ind. Forrest Edmund Beeson Kokomo. Ind. Gilbert Buren Baird West Lafayette, Ind. John Oliver Bradshaw Ames, I~ Qordon Russell Kennel Graettinger, Iowa }!Ol'IIlm C. Osher Orange City, Iowa Bernard A. Te Paske Schleswig, Iowa. Elwin Lohse Kansas Ci ty. Kans. John L. Matthews Ashland. Ky. Witalliam G. W.ontague Louisville. Ky. Charles w. Anderson .Louisville. Ky. Robert Wilton Fausel . Aiexandria., La. John William Glynn

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Cecil M. Hill ColumbiR, La. I R. Rodney Massie, Jr. Clifton Forge, Va. John Bauer O'Brien Cumberland, l~. James W. Lindsay Lovettsville, Va. Aa.ronHardy Ulm, Jr. Brookline, Nass. Harry Spack . Richmond, Va. Robert Franklin Hardy Flint, Mich. George William Rogg, Bremerton, Wash. Russell i"T.Luzius 1,i:ncoln Park, Mich. John Allison Pechuls Pullman, Wash. HerbertA. Peschel Breckenridge, lId.nn. James M. Erwin Pul Irran, Wash. Jack E. Hamilton Duluth, Minn. JOElFrancis Badek Puyallup, Wash. George Edward Clausen Minneapolis, Minn. Ted Sinclair Faulkner Seattle. Wash, Paul John Gilloth Minneapolis, Minn. Paul J. McMahon Seattle, Vvash. Maurice Dale St. Clou4.,Minn. Robert Becke Powers Seattle, Wash. Vern L. McMurrin St. Paul. Minn., Vernon B. Thatcher Seattle, Wasb. Vernon AI ton Kelly Anding, Miss. Charles Richard Wheoler Seattle, Wash. Melville Whitnel Beardsley Kansas City, 1".0. Willard Dudley Griffith Spokane, Wash. Blake WQrkrmn st. Louis, Mo. Thomas Eastman Se.ndegren Tacona, Wash. Lloyd Eyre Augusta, Mont. Paul Frederick Fisher Charleston, W. Va. Edward F. Cullerton Butte, Mont. Lawrence E. stewart Montgomery, W. Va. Richard Caldwell Shaw Missoula, Mont. Baymnd T. Snider Sharpless, W. Va. George T. IUc.'"lardson Kearney, Neb. Roy L. Thompson Frederic, Wis. George L. Gottschalk Dayton, Nevada FLYINGCADEl'S ENLISrEDMEN, A.C. George Boyd Adamson Reno, Nevade, Pvt. 1st 01. Clyde R. Russell Cha:mdler, Ariz. J. Robert Adams Lincoln Park, N. J. 37th Attack Squadron. Langley Field, Va. Kevin Burke Buffalo, N. Y. Pvt. James Ferguson Whittier, Calif. Lawrence K. Brooks Clayton, K. Y. station Complement, March Field, Calif. Hov1G,rd . Jackson E New York, N. Y. Pvt. John N. Reynolds, Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. Ant~ony Abbatiello Schenectady, N. Y. 53d School Squadron: Randolph Field: Te~ JG:IIlCS B!.air G. Yonkers, N. Y. Pvt. Vlalph W. S. Catl1n. Bay Cl.ty, Mich. WilliamLe~is Curry Raleigh, N. C. 56th Service Squadron,Selfridge Field,Mich. Roy William Osborn Sanborn, N. D. Pvt. Fritz Krueger Mt. Vernon, Ky. Irwin V~.Wander Ashland, Ohio A.C. P.F. S. Det., I6ndolph Field, Texas Francis Horace McCrory Bowling Green, Ohio Pvt. Oscar Cohen Orange, N.J. Robert Daniel Axmstrong Cincinnati, Ohio Rqrs. Squadron, Randolph Field, Texas Paul Weitzel Zehrung Dayton, Ohio Pvt. Claude C. W.aose Allentown, Pa. George E. Schaetzel Mt. Healthy Ohio Station Comolement, Langley Field, Va. Roy M. Long McAlister, Okla. Pvt. Homer C.~Ellette Sturgis, S.D. Paul Franklin Helmick Corvallis, Ore. 75th Service Sqdn., Wheeler Field, T.H. Royce G. Kunze Detroit, Ore. Pvt. Rhoe E. Harris Cleburne, Texas Richard Charles Merrick Portland, Ore. 62d Service Sqdn., Brooks Field, Texas HowardF. Bronson, Jr. Harris"'Jurg, Pa, Pvt. Charles T. Chapmm, Jr. Corpus Christ.J:,Ife:c. Richard Dale McCloskey Ln:ncaster, Pat 531'0. School Sqdn., Randolph Field, Texas Paul Stefan Balas 1fdees1:lort, Pat Pvt. Robert Leslie Grove Dsllas,'1'exas Charles Mil ton Merriman Viilmerding, Pa, 53rd School Sqdn., Randolph Field, Texas Halbert Hamrond Acker Anderson, S.C. FLYINGCADETS, NLISI'ED MEN,OTHER BRANCHES E Robert LeRoy Stroud Chester, S.C. Pvt. Albert J. Baumler Trenton, N.J. Thomas Jefferson Craig Columbia, S.C. Co. B, 51st Sig. BIn, Fort Monmouth, N.J. Wilkes S. Barnett Greenville, S.C. Pvt. Wiley G. Wells Morehead City, 'H.C! Edward W. Ketcham !radison,. S.D. 26th Infantry, Plattsburgh Bks , , New York Morris Gould P'.arrison Chattanooga, Tenn. ---000--Christo'pher G. Hopkins Nashville,Tenn. Frank Van ~1oy Amarillo, Texas Major .Carlyle H. Ridenour, Group Operations Charles L. Caldvrell Austin, Texas Officer, Hannlton Field, Calif., is pushing the Bay Hamilton llartin Austin, Texas 100-hour recomnendations of the War Department, Hugh Ruther Hall fuUas, Texas as laid down in C~rcular No.6. All pilots of Womderful Agib Trembly Dallas, Texas the 11th BombardrnentSquadron have qualified, John Clark Wilder Dallas, Texas ~. the .pilots of the other organization~ will Wilbur Ralph Jf.ahan Denton, Texas be qualified before the end of the Fiscal Year. William Renwick Nevitt Houston, Texas 1935. Major Ridenour ,selected Captain C.B. Harvey Haydon iVhitfield Houston, Texas Stone, III, and Lieuts. William Ball and James Harvie Patman Hughes Springs, Texas Richard C. Lindsay to act as his assistants in Alton B.Williamson Pearsall, Texas this flying training ,schedule. Glenn S. Fikes San Antonio, Texas ';'--000--John Melvin Hansell &ul Antonio, Texas Hilmer Luebcke San Antonio, Texas Effective July 1, 1935; there will be formed Chester Lee Sluder San Antonio, Texas in the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps a4 BobertL.Bullock, Jr. Taylor, Texas additional division, to be knovlUas the Reserve James Marion Jones Temple, Texas Division, which will handle all affairs now Edward Miles Strieber Yorktown, Texas handled by the Reaezve section ....which is disconJames William Haws Provo, Utah tinued, and, in addition, all .t(eserve Training afairs now under the Training and Operations Div. - 11V-S817. A. C.
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Colonel Gerald C. Colonel Gerald C. Brant, Air Corps, Wing Commander, 3rd Wing, GHQ Air Force, was born at Chariton, Iowal June 29, 1880. Appointed to the Unlted States Military AcademY~Ahe graduated therefrom in June, 19~, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and assigned to the 9th Cavalry. After serving 14 years in the Cavalr~ he applied for transfer to the Aviation Sectlon, Si~nal Corps, and was apnointed MaJor, Slgna1 Corps, August 5,-1917. Touchlng on his transfer to the Aviation Section, when interviewed several years ago by a newspaperman in Hawaii, he drily remarked that he did so in order to get into a "safe" branch of the service. Immediately following his appointment in the Signal CorEs, Colonel Brant was ordered to Kelly Field, Texas, for flying training, which was interrupted in December of that year by the influx of more than 30,000 troops, for whom no accommodations were available. Everyone had to turn to and see that they were sheltered, fed, inoculated, tradetested, uniformed and organized into squadrons. In connection with this work he became successively Adjutant of .the 2nd Training Brigade, Executive Officer of Kelly Field No.2, and ~{ecutive Officer of the SouthernTrainin~ District which comprised all the flYlng schools in the South. In April! 1918, having completed his fl;(:.111; tralning, he was appo Lnted, Commar. .... Officer of Kelly Field No.2. g In::".:',e that year he was ordered to of Wa~r'cngton and became Chief of OperatioJ,s, Office of the Director of Militarf Aeronautics. During the months of Oc tor er and November, he held the po'Sitio'" ;I Assi stant Director of Military Ae;',.,<-,u.Ucs.He received the rating of JUlil r Military Aviator as of November 15, ISI8, and the rating of Airplane Pilot as of October 5, 1920. Following the signing of the Armistice, Colonel Brant was named Chairman of the committee apnointed to organize the Air Service on a pe~ce-time basis. Transferred from Washington earl! in 1919, for statiJn at Ellington Fi$ d, Houston, Texas, he served as commanding officer of that field field from February 6 to May 17,1919, when he was assigned to duty as Department Air Officer, Eastern Department. In the New York to Toronto Air Race in the Fall of 1919, Colonel Brant finlshed in second place. He also participated that year In the Transcontinental Reliability Test Race, but a broken oil pump caused him to crash in the . Catskill Mountains, as a result of which he suffered several broken ribs.
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Follett Bradley

Lieut.-Colonel Follett Bradley, Air Corps, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, GHQ, Air Force, Langley Field, Va., was associated with military aviation in its early days for, as far back as 1912, he made several flights in the early Wright biplane at Fort Rile;y, Kansas, in connecti.on with experiments In. the conduct of Field Artillery fire. He was deeply interested in Army aviation practically at its very incaption, and on several occasions made application for detail in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, but the exigencies of the servt ce were such that, while he served with this branch for some months during the 'course of his duty with the A.E.F. overseas, it was not until July 1, 1920, that he was permanently transferred to the Air Serv i ce with the rank of Major. Col. Bradley was born at Omaha, Nebraska, Febl~ry 12, 1890. Graduating from the United States Naval Academy, June 4,1910, he was commissioned Ensign~ and served in the Navy until January 24, 1912, when he. accepte~a commission as second lieuteriant of Field Artillery, U.S. Army. He.
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was promoted to 1st Lieutenant, July 1, 19~6, and to Ca~tain, May 15, 1917. From June 20, 1914, to August 13, 1917, he served a detail in the Ordnance Deuartment, during the course of which time he graduated from the Ordnance School of Application. In the World War, Col. Bradley held the temporary rank of Major, Field Artillery, National Army, from July 9, 1918, to August 30, 1918, and that of Lieut.-Colonel from the latter date to February 13, 1920, when he reverted to his regular rank. During the year 1916, Col. Bradley learned to fly at Mineola, L.I., New York, in his own time and at his own expense. In August, 1917, he was ordered to duty overseas, serving under the Air Commander, A.E.F., Zone of Advance, on duty connected with the armament of airplanes and aerial gunnery. During his service overseas, he piloted Curtiss, Nieuport SIlad and DeHavUand type airplanes. 6 n November 26, 1917, he passed the examination for the rating of Junior Military Aviator, and he received this rating as of that date. Relieved from duty with the Air Service on January 10, 1918, Col. Bradley was assigned to the 17th Field Artillery. In Se~tember, 1918, he returned to the United States and was ~laced on duty as Instructor at the Artlllery School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. During the course of his service at this post, he held at different times the positions of Director, Artillery School of Fire; Officer in Charge of Flying; Commandant, Air Service Observation and Communications School, and Executive Officer of that School. In the meantime, he availed himself of every oppor-tunt ty to keep in flyin~ practice, and passing the examinatlon for the rating of Airplane Pilot he received this rating on August 12, 1920. In August, 1921, Col. Bradley was assigned to duty as student at the Air Service Engineering School at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, and upon his graduation therefrom in August of the following year, was transferred to Chanube Field, Rantoul, Ill., for dut~ as Assistant Commandant of the Alr Service Technical School. Transferred to duty in the Panama Canal Department in August, 1923, he served in the dual capac i ty of Commanding Officer of France-Field and the 6th Composite Group. He also served for a time as Air Officer of the Panama Canal Department. Upor. the completion of his tour of duty in Panama, he was, in Seut ember, 1926, assigned as student at the Air Corps Tactical School, then at Langley Field, Va. Graduating the following year, he continued in the capacity of student for another yearL this time at the Command and General ~taff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He then returned to Langley Field for duty as Instructor at the Tactical

School, and held also the position of Director of Instruction. -;lhilestationed at Chanute Field, Col. Bradley participated as ~ilot in the Pulitzer Air Races held ln the Fall of 1922 at Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich., and took second place in the contest for the Liberty Engine Builders' Trop~. DUring the period from August, 1931, to June, 1933, he was again on duty as studentr comIlleting the one-year courses at the Army War College, Washington, D.C., and the Naval War College at New~ort, R.I. In June, 1933, Col. Bradley was assigned to duty at Mitchel Field, N.Y., as Commanding Officer of the 9th Observation Group. When the Army Air Corps took over the operation of the Air Hail, February - June, 1934, he served in the capacity of Chief Inspector. In June, he was detailed as a member of the War Department, General Staff, and assigned to the War Plans Division, remaining on this duty until March 1, 1935, when he was assigned to duty at the Headquarters of the GH~ Air Force, Langley Field, Va., as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, with the temporary rank of Lieut.-Colonel. ---000--PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF AERIAL BOMBING

The 11th Photo Section, stationed at Wheeler Field, T.ll., made a photographic record of the high altitude bombing recentl~ conducted at Waimanalo. The photographlc plane took off from Wheeler Field at 7:00 a.m., and arrived at Waimanalo 30 minutes later. The final bombin~ schedule was obtained, and contact was malnZ:ained with the radio station at Bellows Field, so that the photographic flights were coordinated with the bombing. Photographs of the actual exulosions were obtained of every bomb dropped during each phase. After the uhases were completed, a vertical photograph of the target was taken, showing the disposition of the various bombs. During the entire bo~bing, men stationed on the observation hill took a complete record of the test with a 16 millimeter movie camera. These films are on file with the 11th Photo Section. During the complete test, the total time flown was 5 hours, 55 minutes, in 5 flights. The total number of aerial exuosures made was 50, and 45 prints were made of the results for file and fu.ture use. No trouble was experienced in catching the bursts on the target. The distance flown from the target varied with the size of the bombs. On some of the smaller bombs the airplane was so close to the actual detonation that blurring of the photographs resulted. Had a photographic airulane of the Fairchild C-8 type been available, a longer focal length-camera could have been used with much better results as to clarity and size. V-681?, A.C. -1 -

INcm::AsE IN ENLIsrz:n SJ:F:ENGTHO~ THE AIR OOBPS . As a result of the provision in the Army Appropriation Bill, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1936, increasing the enlisted strength (If the Uni tedSta,tes Arrrw by 46,250 enliGted men, there v~s allotted to the Air Corps, effective July I, 1935, a total of 1442 additional privates to bring up its total enlisted strength to 16,000, including 365 Flying Cad.eb s , Provision was 2.1so rrade by the l/lar Department for the allotment of 344 additional ~uartermaster and Signal Corps men to Air Coros stations. The distribution of these additional enlisted men to A~r Corps fields and stations is given below, as follows: FIRST COR? S AREA. Boston, Mass. Incr~ase --...,...,Lsb Corps Area Air Corps Det. 4 . SEC01"D COR? S AREA Mitchel Field, N.Y. Det ..4thSig. Service Company 7 Dechment, Q,uarterrmster Corps 12 97th Observation Squadron 1 9th Bombardment Group Headquarters 4 Station Cornplerrent 75 Governors Island, 1f. Y. 2nd Corps Mea A.C. Debachroent 3 TH!:RI)CORPS AREA Bolling Field D.C. Det. 16th stgnal Servic~ Company 7 Detachment, Q,uarterrraster Corps 11 100th Service Squadron 50 Sta.tion Complement 80 Burgess Field, "?a. Det. r6t~ Signal Service C~any 1 'F~rt H~hre s, D. C. ( t;r. C. Det.D)th S1gnal Service ornpany 3
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Det.16th Signal Se:'vice Company Debaohrrent , Quartermaster Corps ,Bq. and Hq, Sqdn. GHq Air Force 2nd Bombardmenb Group Hqrs. 33rd Pur-sudt Squadron 35th Pursuit Squadron 36th :?1.4rsui Squadron t 37th Attack Squadron Station Complement Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Air COrps Detachment Middletown Air D8P~Pa.. 2nd Tl'ansport Squadron Bal tiIllOro,Md. .. 3rd C<)rps Area .Ai l:'. Corps Det. FOURI'H CORPS AREA Barksdale Field, La. Det. 5t~ Signal Service Company netachment, quartermaster Corps 8th Attack Squadron 13th Attack Squadron 90th Attack Squadron 55th Pursuit Squadron 77th Pursuit Souadron' 79th Puxi;ui t Squadron Station Complement Jert McPherson.. Ga.. 4th Corps AXea Air. Corps Det.

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4TH CORPS ABEA. (Oont I d) Increase Fiel t'!. Ala. 4 Det. 5th S1.gzml Service Company 5 Detaclwent, quarteI'l!l['.ster Corps 99 A. C. Tactical School Detach1n&nt 4 51st Attack Squa~ron 4. 87th ?ursui t Squadron FUTH CORPS AREA. Fairfield Air ~ot, Ohio. 15 \ Flight h~,h, ~ Transport Squadron Wright Field, Ohio. 15 light 1'J3," 1st Transport Squadron Fort Hayes, Ohio. 10 5tli Corps Area Air Corps Detachment . SIXTH CORPS AREA ChaLute Field. Ill. Det. 6th Signal SeTvice Company ~tachment, Quartermaster Corps 98th Service Squadron 48th Pursuit Squadron A. C. Technical School Detachment Unassigned Students Chi.cMo, Ill.: Bet. 6th Signal Service Company Det. Co: A, 3rd 1.1. R Bn, 6th Corps Area Air Corps Detachrrent Scott riel~ll. net. 6th Signal Service Company Detachment, ~uartermaster Corps Station Co~lermnt Selfridge Field, Mich. Det. 6th Signel Seryice Company Detachment, Quartermaster Corps 17th Pursuit Squadron 27th Pursui t Squadron 94th Pur sui t Squadron Station Complement $EVENI'H CORPS 1lREA Omaha, Neb. 7th eorps Area. Air Corps Detachment . EIGHTH CORPS AREA. . Brooks Field. Texas. --Det., ?tt Signal Service Company Detachment, Qua,rtennaster Corps 62d Service Squadron Statio~ Complement D.!.yd , Texas. en . liet., 'th SIgnal Service Company Kell; Field, T~xas. Det. 7lli'Signal Service COIIiJany Detach~nt. Quartermaster Corps Marfa, Texas ~Fort D.A. Russell) Det ?th SlgDal Service Company DetacrJnent, Quartermaster Corps RandolEh Field, Texas. --net:, 7th Signal Service Company Detachment, Quartermaster Corps 67th Service Squadron A. C. Primary Flying School J)atacbment San Antonio Air Dep?t 3rd 'transport Squadron Fort. Sam Houston 8th COrps Area Air Corps Detachment NINTH CO;I:1PS .AREA Rockwall Air Depot - 4th Transport Squadron 15 V-S8l 7. A. C.

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NINTH CORPS AREA (Continued) Harrdlton Field, Calif. Increa~cl Det., 8th Signal Service Company 20 Detachment, Quartermaster Corps 4 7th Bombardment Group Feadquarters 46 Station Complement Warch Field, Calif. 9 Det., 8th Signal Service Company 17 Detachment, Quarte~~ster Corps 4 34th Attack Sauadron 4 73rd Attack Scjuaclron 4 95th Attack Squadron RoCkwell Field. Calif. 5 Det., 8th Signal Service Company 12 Detachment, Quartermaster Corps 4 19th Bombardment Headquarters 61 Station Complffinent Crissy Field. Calif. 25 9lst Observation SqU&dron Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. 10 9th Cor Area A.C. Detachment Recapi tulation: 1.442 Air Corps Enlisted Men 104 Signal Corps Enlisted Men 198 Quartermaster Corps Enlisted Men 22 W~tor Repair erilistedmen 1,766 Total ---000--1m',: STUDE1'T CLASS AT AI? CORPS TACTICAL SCHGOL The following-l~ed Air Corps officers have been assigned to duty as students in the next class at the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala.: MAJORS William E. Kepner Rayrr~nd F. O'Neill CAPTAINS Orvil A. Anderson Aaron E. Jones Eugene B. Bayley N~Nton Longfellow Levi L. Beery Alfred J. Lyon Hugh A. Bivins Harold 1;;. McClelland John K. Cannon Harold .A. IvIcGinnis Harold L. Clark George V. ~bPike John M. Clark Richard H. l~~gee Samuel M. Connell Merrill D. Mann Josel'h H. Davidson Russell L. M.:mgr..an Lewis A. Dayton Le'l and W. Mller Claude E. Duncan William C. Morris Ira C. Eaker Edward l-i, Powers Donald D. FitzGerald }~x F. Schneider Thad V. Foster Leon E. Sharon Dale V. Gaffney Edgar P. Sorenson Harry A. Halverson Char'Les E. Thoms.s.Jr. Earl S. Hoag 3ernard J. Tooher Charles A. Horn Kenceth B. Wolfe Cortlandt S. Johnson FIRST LIEUTENANTS Charles H. Caldwell ThOll".3.s Lowe ~.1. Lawr-ence J. Carr :DonW. Mayhue Benjami n W. Chidlaw Ernest S. }!.oon Alden R. Cra\vford William D. Old James T. Curcbar-pabch James E. Parker John H. Dulligan Donald B. Phillips Ford L. Fair Ji~lwood Quesada R. Homer W. Ferguson Augustine F. Shea Carlisle I. Ferris Ralph A. Snavely Albert F. Glenn Nathan F. Twining Edmund C. Langmead

COLONEL McCHORD TOURS SOUTH AMERICA By the News Letter Correspondent Like the fireman who put on "cits" and spent the day hanging around the engine house. Colonel Willia'!l McChord, Corrrmnd Irigthe C. 19th Corrposite Wing, Air Corps, Albrook Field, Canal Zone, took 25 days' leave during YJaY and spent the w~ole period flying. Cross-country flying in the Panama Canal Department is extrerrely limited, being confined to frequent short trips over the Panarrani an jungles and an organizational flight to some adjoining Central American country. Flights ou~side of the Republic of Panama require diplomatic authority and they are infrequent. fJo Colonel l{.cChord decided to see South America as a passenger on the Pa~American Grace Airways. During a period of 24 days. the Wing Commander covered approximately ten thousand rr~les. The itinerary of his flight included stop-overs for very brief periods at Guayaquil. Co 1 oIllbi Lima, Peru; Antofagasta, a; Chile; IIJontivideo, Uraguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Colonel McChord pronounced the trip as most interesting and instructive. ,He corrplained bitterly, however. that in order to rnake his schedules he was forced to arise alrros t every morning at 4:00 a.rn, in a cold hotel room. The traveler lI~S greatly impressed with the progress already made by commercial aviation in South America. "The people of South America." he said, "are now reaching in a few hours remote sections of the country which a few years ag~ were reached only after tedious journeys requiring days and sometimes weeks. Vrnile the a~~unt of commercial aviation in South America is impressive, the field has been by no means fully developed. Agents of our ovr.n nd foreign manufacturers are on the a job, and the near future is certain to see increased developrrent of co~rcial aviation throughout South America." ---000---

TBiEORAFY PROl/;QTIONS To Major Captain Walter B. Hough, June 30,1935, as Executive Officer, Station Complernent,Hamilton Field, Calif. Captain Robert Olds, June 30, as Asst. to Asst. Chief of Staff, G-2, GHQ Air Force.Langley Field. Captain Christopher W. Ford, June 17, C.O., 3d Pursuit Sq'~dron, Clark Field, p.r. Captain Orlo H. Quinn, C.O., 58th Service Sqdn. L~~ley Field, Va June 19, 1935. Captain Ralph H. Wooten, June 30, as Asst. to Asst. Chief of Staff, G-4. GHQ Air Force, Langley Field, v. To Lieutenant-Colonel W~jor Henry J.F. Waller, June 18, as Air Officer, Sixbh Corps Area. W~jor Horace N. Heisen, June 20, as Coumander. Station Complement, Rockwell Field, Calif. To Cautain 1st Lt. Thomas W. Steed. Operations Officer, 3ra Pursuit Squadron, Clark Field, P.I. ,June 17. 1st Lt. Wm.P. Sloan, June 20. Comnander,Fl t. A, 13th Attack Squadron. Barksdale Field, La. -15 V-68l7, A.C.

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Cantain Edgar? Sor-enson, Air Corps (3~mb.) Ls b Lieut. John .I. Keough, Lir Corps (Attack) , 2nd Lieut. JOh"1B. Ackeman, Co,~,st.Arti~lery :::OrpS1CbS.), 2nd Lieut. Clayton E. Hughes, F~elc. Art~llery Pur s-ri t) 2nd Li eut , Edward H. Hale. FielJ Artillery Cbs.)

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Cadets Observation Pilots Kenr.ori, Oh i o Tho~as J. Berrett Souther!1- Pines. iT. C. Willb"m 1'. Fisher Victor R. Hrvugon Sea t tl o , Wash. H3rbcrt B. Hoover Knoxville, Tenn." Abhenz L8-. Cedric E. Hudgens Douglas S. McZlwain Ann Arbor. Mich. Beaver-darn, Va. Harry ':I. l,"arkey Sal t Lnk('. Ci ty, Ubih Joh:..'lW. Mas s i.ori Hilmer C. Nelson Vashor:" Wash. LittleFork, imlli~. AbrC1h~~l Olson D. John N, Rodgers Bellevue. Pa, Argyle L. Smith Venice. Calif,' Lawrence L:. 'I'homas Cooper, Texas V~~lt8r F. Wil~l~ Gil 'bert, Ariz. MOEty n. Vlil son Spo]mne, Wr:sh. :Robert B. Womblo, Jr. Bal tirro re , W.:d . , Pursuit Pilots Davi ci C. Ba.r r-ow Jr. , DeSoto City, Fla. Winnetka, Ill. E:Jrl E. B['"tus J,,,:ck 'fT. Berry Co rwo.Ll is , are; Irving L. Br-anch Glenbrook, Conn. Willian B. D~;,vid Calhoun; Ga. Dorin.Ld S. Dunlap North East; Fa. Joseph F. Foarranes Wythoville, Va~ Konneth ::7. Lawver Freeport. IlL Pe.Icusc ,rTash. ' Frederick C. Long Elm0r E. McKeoson Richmond, v. Los An~eles. Calif. Jack S. l.18.r1:s UAtlantG, Ga~ William M. Reeder Richard P. Schunacher Los Angeles, Calif, Allan J. Sewart, Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Qlarles E. V. STIith Has t i ngs , Neb. Huntington Pn.rk , C(1lif, John C. Ziler M,"ryville, l\~o. L=ald R. Strother

Atkck Pilots Robert P. Brush South Pas~derm. Calif. Eoul trio P. Frcermn Clinton, S.C. George W. HazlGtt T[-),r8nbu:rn. Fa. Charles D. Jonus JC1cksOll, 1"3.ss. Preston P. Pender Hendersonville, N.C. Robert G. PolhmTcus Son M[)"rino, Cal if . Charles T. Raines Vie:.ma. Ga. James L. Travis Portland. Ore. Don ;:,:. 1,"000. Eaton. Colo. Borobardmerrt Pilots Clau1c B. Ad.air Col umbd, a , S.C. Paul E. Amspaugh Cleveland. Ohio Frar:k '!'T. Brendle Dallas, Texas Blai ne B. Ca.'TIp bell Sa.l t I,aKe Ci by , Ubah Willi","'11E. Davis. Jr. V-Jilwington, N. C. John 1,'i. Gra1-:tam Fort Worth, Texas Sam R. Hale Greenville, S.C. Wathias F. JunGer Cincinn~ti, Ohio Herbert Morcsan Jr, Freedom, Pa, Benjamin J. Pearson SUElttlc, '1\Tash. Alton T. Peterson Bridf~e;)Qrt, Conn. James A. Philpot Calif. William P. Ragsdrd e , Jr. 1!IcAllen, Texas Wilkie A. Rambo Gonzales, Texas Robert R. Reed Oklahoma City. Okla. Clarence L. Scrmid Palo Alto, Calif. Emil S. Scott Jourdanton, 'I'exas Douglas VI.Smi'th Los Angeles. Thomas S. TerriE Pasnd ena , Calif. James F. Vfuisenand Los Ange'l cs , Calif. Paul B. Williamson Peoria. Ill.

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,The Att,ac)r Pilots arrong the'. (;rad'.lato-1. Flying Cadets "Iere 8,ssigned to station at Bar1:sG;l.le F~eld, Shr evenor-t , La , : Pombru-dr-onb Pilots to Lanz.l ey Field, V,-...; Obser-vrvti on Pilots to M~tchel Field, N.Y., and Pursuit Pilots to SelfrBge Field, lilt. Clemens, Mioh, Four C2-dds arran: the Obs or-vabi.on pilots, l,~essrs. Haugen, Hud.gcns, "iilbur .md 'Jiilson, arc as s i gncd to the 12th Observat.i on GrouT' at Brooks F'i e Ld , Texas . . The officer [';raduat~s 21'8 assigned to stations, as follows: Major Sorenson as student at the All' Corps Tp"ctic,~l Schoo'l , 1't3X'.lell Field, Ala.; Li cut.. K(~oughto Chanut e Field, Ill.; Licuts. Ackenran"H11:sncs and E',18 t6> Im:relL<:Tielc1.'Ecintgomcry, Alc~.

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The following items have been pUbliSh-1 be contracted for in hotels boarding ed to the perso~nel of ~he GH~ Alr]Qrce houses, wa~ehouses, public buildings, ~hro~h the medlUID of Alr Force Bullet- etc. Feedlng to be accomplished by reslns lssued by the Air ForceHeadquarters: taurants, contract with caterers, etc. NO PEACE AND WAR STRENGTH TABLES OF Transportation and truckint? by contract ORGANIZATION: For the nresent period of with trucking com~anies, hlre of boats test of the.GH~ Air Force, there has automobi~es, se:Vlcing trucks, airplan~s been establlshed but one set of tables and publlC carners. Communications by of organization, - not two, peace and toll, lease and contract with telephone w~r. This is nec~ssary for an M-day a~d teleg~aph companies. Hos~itallzaalr force. The h1gh technical skill re- tlon, medlcal attention, and funerals by quired to perfect the teamwork essencontract with civilian hosnitals,doctors ti1'l.1 an air organization in the per- and undertakers, respectively. to Similarformance of a mission demands a conb Ln- ly, all other necessar;y services that uous day to day peace time existeilce on can be arranged and pa1d for locally, the same basis as \:ill obtain upon the should be utilized. ~tbreak of war. The.efficiency of a~ Q. Case II. Utilization of facilities ~l.l:r unit would be serlously reduced if normally provided for other arms by the 1t were required to undergo a violent War Department, such as shelter and food period of transition from a peace b~ the ~uartermaster Corps, communicastatus to a war status. tlons by the Signal Corps medical attenMOBI~IT!: ~. Mobility for the GIIQAir ~ion and hospitalization by the Medical Fo~ce lS ltS capacity to reach the revorps. ... . qUlred theater of operations and onerQ: Case III. Ut1llzatlon of spec1al ate. therein. The degree of 1tSiiiooili- eg.Ul-pment and I?ethods developed by th~ ty 1S measured by the shortness of the A1r.Corps ~or lts own us~. Su911 spec1al time required to effect the movement of eq~pment lnc~udes th~ llghtwe1ght Air the ~actical.units, and to perfect the C9rps ~ent, tne sleeplng bag, t~e.gasoreqmred 10glstical organization for ll~e f'Le Ld r~nge, the drum servaca.ng shelter, subsistence supply maintenUluts, the flve-gallon gasoline and oil ance, and communications.' 9an, t~e light tractor, the field lightQ. ,Note carefully that the prompt l~g um ts, etc , , all t.ranspo tabke by r movement of combat units to destirmtion alr. though important, is but a art of '. DISCUSSION OF CASES: It will probably strategic mobility. In addtion to this o~ seldom ~hat a concentration of the' enmovement of combat units, it is necest~re GH~ A1r Force can be served exclusary so to establish and develop the slv~ly oy any one of the three cases deservice of sup:j2ly nd maintenance as to .s<?rlbedabove. However, in some situaa be ready for tne combat units uno n their t i ons ,.squadrons a~d groups may be served arrival. To do this, it is necessary eX?lUSlvely accordlng to the case most apfor all supply servic~s to move their pllcable. ... stocks, and establish their labor at .~: ~ase I. The utll1zat1on or local the poDnts of.consumption required b c~vll1an ~gencies where they eXlst in . the combat urn ts concurrently wi th the w~.ole or l~ part should be the lP.OSt efflmovement of these units. Mobility of ctent , s~hsfactory ,and eco nomf.cal., supply is coequally essential to mobil- odern a1rplanes require hard surfaces ' tty of combat units lor operations. Prepared hard surfaced SHELTER, Su:BSISTE...~CE OTHER AND a~r9-r9mes are fSlU.~d ordinarily only near SE?VICES: There are tllreemethods by clvl~lan commun1t1es or.a~ Army permanent Wh1Ch shelter SUbsistence and other stat~ons. These commun1tles and Army services nece~sary to GH~ Air Force stat10ns nearly always have nuclei of units in the field may be provided. most of the facili ti~s mentioned 't?lder They are: Case I. These nuclel can be read1ly . ~. Case I. Utilization of local civil- a~pted or e~anded to meet the needs of lan agencies. Shelter for personnel to Alr Force units operat~ng therefrom. How. I ever, . even though servlce under Case I
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may be most efficient and satisfactory, training under the other cases must be secured in peace time so as to be ready to operate thereu-~der in war ~l~n necesslty so requires. Furthermore, even though Case I may be more economical, peace time a~propriations so far have not been avallable under appropriate procurement authorities to permit wide applica.tion of this method. According-. ly, for the present at least, ma~T of our peace time exercises and maneuvers must be served under Oases II and III,at least in large part. ~. Case II. To operate under Case II requires coolleration on the part of all Theater and Corps Area Commanders in or through whose a.rea.sGHq, Air Force units operate . The staffs or the GHQ Air Force unkts concerned must anticipate their needs and work in close cooperation with the staff of the commander furnishing the service. Shelter mess equipment, supplies, transportation,laborci etc., must be furnished by the Comman ers concerned, and delivered by them to the points of use by the tactical units. As GHQ, A..i.r Force units in. war will usu~11y operate from prepared .bases far removed from ground troops ani their. service establishments, It seems unwr se to com:plicate tl1eir logistical plans by req~ring Corps Area commanders to serve GHQ A~r Force units unless nece sst tjr so dictates. Further-more, should the Corps Area commanders be required to serve the G~ Air Force, they must gr&nt it first priority, because it is an M-day force. To do so would probably place an intolerable burden on their facilities, alrea~y scarcelyadequate to meet the demands of a generaT mobilization. In the abnormal case where there are no civilian facilities, or where they may have been obliterat ed b:[ enemy action, Case II comblnad with Oase III must be 1ltilized, and will become normal. 0.. Case III. In war if and when the possibilities cf Oases r and II have become exhausted, the GHQ, Air Force must depend on such equipment and methods as the Air Corps may develop to permit the use against the enemy of the last airplane that can be flown. To be prepared to meet this situation, and to perIDit operations under Case III, will requi~e intensive ievelopment and modifi~ cation through actual use in field exerc1aes and maneuverS, of the many itema exemplified in paragraph 5c above. While. these items will be developed primar~ to mee t the needs of last di teh resistance, many of them will be used IJnderCaseB r and II. . ~. As operations under anyone or comoinat1ol1 of the three cases will present problems to be solved. peace time e:t.ere'lsesnd maneuvers mu.st b:e held a ~e~ all Cases and combinations therGct. In that way only will a smo-:)thly
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functioning system be develo~ed ready for immediate operation on M-day. TRANSPORT:.a. The Air Force to make maximum use of ita inherent mobility must be as free as possible nf ground agencies of transport, both for narsonnel and materiel. To this end the cargo trans~ort has been developed for supply and. malntenance purposes. This is strictly an agency of the service of supply and as such is vitally essential to the maintenance of combat units in the field. It therefore should never be diverted from its primary mission, except for brief periods of tUne to carry a peak load requirement of combat conmandez-s , after which it should revert to its supply and maintenance employment. . b. III addition to the cargo transport airplanes of the supply service, personnel transports are provided to combat units. They normally remain under the control of tactical commanders. These transports are assigned to service squadrona to assist in the operation. supply , and maintenance of the group'S they supP9rt. Personnel transports are normally the same tyPes as the cargo transports. COMMUNICATIONS: The problem of communications under conditions that require the maximum mobility and/or dispersion is dif-. ficul t of solut1on. The Air Force. command net will maintain contact between the. Air Force commander and the Wings and Groups wi thin the capacity and limitation;) of radio communication. Augmentation of this means with and between these and lower units will involve wire and messenger. The physical limitations af radio and wire service may compel the liberal use of airplane courier, particularly far the transmission of written field brders. TRAINING: In order that the Air Force may become ~elded into a powerful entity, it is essential that it be developed upon a firm foundation of properly trained echelons of command . To this end, field tY~n1:l1g will be a normal progl'ession Ix-pm s~dron to group, to" Wing. and final17 to the fully developed Air Force. Ee.c.asubordinate unit will be required to demonstr~te ita fitness to become a Ullit of the ~xt higher organization. SnaIl steps fi~st, and a demonstrati~n of 1essons lef!','tned will be the method by which this wi~l be accomplished. INSVECTIONS: a. To make certain that the Air Force is-in a state of readiness comme~surate with its available equipment and personnel, inspections will be made at the proper t~mes and pf.aceu. To accom-v:' , plish this, J.nstructions have baen issued which z-equar e adhez-ence to exi.sting proce~UTe and a facing of actualities. The obJ~ct of such inspections will be primarily. to discover and remedy shortcomings in training and equi~ment, rather than to demon~trate how goou the organization is. These inspections should not be con!us~d with teohnical inspections, Which will continue as in the past to be made under
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the supervision of the Chief of the Air I EQ,UIPMENT: The fact must be kept conCo~s. . stantly in m"~d that the \l'arious supply Q. Field inspections will be conduct- branches of the ~rmy are as vitally coned in two disUnct phases. cerned in operations I maintenance and (1) By ord~ring the organizati~nsinspections as are Alr Corps units. into the field aa they exiet, for the Methods of storage an~ issue em~loyed by ci purpose of con :ucting inspect10ns to de the suppl~ branches w~ll be subJect to termine the status of their equipment severe crlticism, if they are not caupon which they will have to depend for pable of executing their auppl.y function short periods of time while out of Without delaYing or hampering the opertouch with their service squadrons; ations of combat units. Combat person(2) By pooling the resources of a se- nel can no longer be called upon to do nior organi~ation to completely organthe great amount of warehousing, inspecize and equlp a junior or~anization. so tion, maintenance, etc., of supplies that it can take the fiela. at full that bas beel1 customary l.n the past. It strength, supported by the service 1s essential that the ~uartermaster, for squadron or a suitable section thereof; instance, ha~e his st~ck of field equiptlils full strength organization to main- ment so arranged that it can be Issued tain itself and operate. for an indefln- upon 24 hours notice I to any organi zaite length of time, for the vurpose of hon requiring it, and be prepared to determining the changes requuea. in the receive it back for repair and maintentab s of organization and equipment. (Ie ance upon termination of the requirement. 3) The first p~se can be most ex~e-. Combat units will not retain in their ditlously accomplished either on or ~n possession the field equipment furnished close prOXimity to the home station. by the various suVply agencies. This The second phase will require the occu- equipment will be warehoused by the repation of an airdrome or area reaBonsponaible branches. ready for issue on ably distant from the home s~ation. __ ~oo;~:t notl~. .

TEX.A.S 'FlOODS In the past few weeks. Texas has experienced record-breaking floods in the central and southern portions of the State. Towns as large as Austin! Del Rio and Uvalde have Deen serious y damaged by the floods and highwaYs .and railroads have been washed o'ut in almost e~ery direction. Communities and many fa.rnilies have been isolated by the rising waters which have caused sCQ~es of deaths and a tremendous amount of
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Kelly Field received numerous reouests for assistance. On the evening of -June Lfit h , the Mayor or Crystal City. Te.xas, telephoned to this station. requesting that an immediate reconnalssance.be made of the south side of the Nue~es Ri~er. opposite Crystal City, to determine if BoW' families were in immediate danger. Captain O.P. Weyland and 1st Lieut. F.R. Smith, who were practicing instrument flying in two BT airplanes, were recalled to this station by radio and sent on this mission. By the use of drop messages they communicated with those families in the danger area dispatched a motor boat to their assistance. On the way home they dropped a message to the Mayer of Crystal City. wh~, using the Rea Croas emergency code, rv:,Ued that their me ssage s had been u.ui.:2x'stood. All of the families thus informed were able to escape without the loss of any lives. On June 18th. Mr. Cecil Graham reg.uested that an airplane from Kelly Flelddrop a message to the family of Mr. Oharlie Mangum. who were living on

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of which they had no warning. First Lieut. R.D. Butler was dis~atched with the message and, although l.t Was dark before he reached FOWlerton, he located the house and drop~ed them the information. Towns a n the vicinity of Uvalde, 'Particularly those to the North. were seriously damaged by the flood. Camp Wood was completely isolated, and provisions were badly needed. The neceS9ary food supplies were obtained from the Red Cross a.gency in. San Antonio and ha.1J,led to Kelly Field, where they were loaded into the sneclally designed containers for droppl~ such foodstuffG. After loading about 500 pounds of theBe supplies in each of two Bombe ra , !liajorR. D. Knapp and 1st Lieut. F.S. Stocks. the pilots. took off to deliver same. lJajor Knapp was accompanied by Private, 1st Cl~ss, W.E. Verbillion as radio operator; CorJ;1oral Jack Riley as crew chief, and Staff Sergeant Leo Post, who attended to the work of d.ropping the parachutes containing the food supplies. FlyiAg with Lieut. Stocks were Staff Sgt. H.L. Chest .. -,ut, photographer: Corporal J.L. Crady, crew chief, and Pvt. E.P. Taylor, who !u..li;r11ed he parachu.tes. t Arriving at Camp Wood. they aeliv~red the bread. sugar, beans, potatoes ,bacon, and other supplies, which received a hearty welcome from the inhabita.nts. Since it was imP9ssible to reach Camp Wood'except by air, the delivery of these supulies undoubtedly saved considerable sufterlng and possibly deaths fro.m lack of fOOd . 9V-6817, A.C.

:BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL WESTOVER

The senior Assistant Chief of the Air I Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, which startCorps, Brigadier General Oscar Westover, ed at Ge~eva, Switzerland! in ~ugust, will complete his four-year tour of duty 1922. and. which resulted an his detention as Assistant Chief next December. Gener- in Hungary. where he was forcibl~ hauled a1 Westover was born at West Bay Ci t;y, down, while drifting low to cbt af n favorMich., July 23, 1883. After graduatlng .able winds, by peasants seizing the drag from High School, he entered the A.rmy as rope, and thereupon investigated by the an enlisted man on September 4, 1901.and gendarmes and other Hungarian authorities served with Company "K," 3I'd Battalion I for violating Admiral Eorthy's edict -oroof Engineers, until June 15, 1902, when hibiting the flight of foreign aircraft he entered West Point as a cadet. He over Hl~ngary. graduated from West Point on June 12, In February, 1921, General Westover was 1906, and was assigned to the 14th Inf. aunointed Director of ~ircraft Production General Westover remained with the 1n- cnarged with the liquidation of the fantry through the grades of Second and United States Spruce Production CorporaFirst Lieutenant, in each of which he tion, a wartime production agency, a. poserved five years. During this period sition which he bas held continuously he served tours of duty in the Philipsince that date, except for the period pines and in Alaska and detached serfrom July, 1928. to 1932. vice at the United ~tates Military AcaIn 1924 he was Executive Officer at demy, where he se~ed first as InstrucLangley Field. Va., later in the year betor and later as Assistant Professor of coming the Commanding Officer of that Drawing. His marksmanship won for bim. Post and the Commandant of the Air Corps the Distinguished Marksman's Medal, and Tactical School which was then located membership on the Infantry Rifle Team at there. After two years in this post, he the National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry entered the Tactical School as student, in 1911. He was promoted to temporary graduating in 1927. His next school Major in the Signal Corps on October 20, tour was at the Command and General 19l7~ and assi~ned to duty in charge of Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., the ~ignal Off1ce at the Port of Embarfrom which he graduated in 1928. and he kation, Hoboken, N.J. In June, 19181. he was retained as a member of the faculty was assigned to the Bureau cf ~ircrart there for four y'ears. Production in charge of Storage and 'rrat:- In January, 1930, he received his profic, receivin~ his promotion to Lieut.motion to Lieut.-Colonel! and two years Colonel, Air Bervice, August 14, 1918. later, December, 1931, h1S appointment In November, 1918, he was appointed Asas Assistant Chief of the Air Corps with sistant Executive, Bureau of-Aircraft the rank of Brigadier-General, to sucProduction, Washington, D.C.~ which ofceed Major-General B.D. Foulois, who had fice he held until July, 19l~, wl~n he vacated that position to assume his duwaS ap~ointed Executive in the Office of ties as Chief of the Air Corps. the Ch1ef of Air Service. General Westover possesses all four General Westover's outstanding service aeronautical ratings bestowed by the Air during the World War was recognized by Corps, and has had as well rounded serthe award of the Distinguished Service vice as any officer in the Corps. In Medal, and his promotion to the grade of 1933, he commanded the Air Corps maneuv -. Colonel ,emergency) on May 24, 1919. ers at March Field, Calif., during which In October, 1920, General Westover was practically all of the modern conceptions. assigned to take training at Omaha ,Neb. , of the emploY:Illent f air forces were o and Ross Field, Calif. Upon graduation tried out. His summary of the lessons from the Balloon School at Ross Field learned during this maneuver furnished a wi th the rating (If Balloon Observer, in valuable cont.r-i but Lon to the advancement 1921, General Westover was reassigned to of the tactics and 5upnly procedure of duty in Washington as Chief, Balloon and the Air Corps. He also participated. in. Airship Division, Office, Chief of Air the Command Post Exe:sises held in New Service. While holding this position,he Jersey~ in 1934, in the cap8city of served on detached status for the purCommana.ing General, GHQ. Air Force. pose of particination, as aide, to Col. ---000--LabID, in the Na~ional Balloon Race at Birmingham, Ala. He attended the AirOn Air Corps map No.2, Washington,D.C. to Uniontown, Fa., dated March,1934, it .. ship School at Langley Field, Va., from which he graduated in 1922 as Airship is noted that the compass courses between Pilot; and participated in the National Uniontown and Pittsburgh are reversed. The sup~ly of maps Garried by every Air Corps Elimination Free Ealloon Race at act1vity with this error should be corMilwaukee, Wis. ,.'which race he won by reqted. It is a~so noted that the Army traveling to the viciui ty of Lake St. John, quebec Province, Canada, - a disfield on this map is shown as "Rogers Field.1\ Air Corps activities have been tance of 866 miles (almost twice t~e di~tance of the nearest competitor) in moved from this field to the Pittsbur~ Allegheny Airport, located anproximately 16? hours. He later represented the four miles south of Pittsburgb. UU1ted States in the International -20V-6817, A.C.

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The Secreta~ of War has op~roved the report of the Boare convened to select the successful candd dates for ap:poir.tment Second Lieutenant, Air Corps, Regular Army. as The final exami~tion ~<as co~1ucted in the United States an~ foreign possessions, April 2-8, 1935, and approximately 475 candf dabes underwent exnmi nat Ion. All candddabes were graduates of the Air Corps rJ:'raininf, Cenbo'r , q"U-':l.lified eirplane pilots and members of the Air Corps section of the Officers' ~eserve Corps. Of the 42 ca~Ldidat'ssal.ecbed , 40 are enlisted men of the Air Corps, Regular Army. The names of the successful candidates have been subadtted to the U.S. Senate, and, UTI on confirmation, a~pointments will be tend.ered to those candidates, who are listed below in their order of standing, as follows: Harne Clifton, Ray Willard Wood, Randolph L. Johnson, Arnold Theodo~e Pi troan , John Dav-id Stalder, }~vin Frederick Parrish, Noel Francis Nmehleisen, Dolf Edward Swyter, Carl Weller, Rich~d Cole Gavin, Edward Morris Jarrrnn, Robert Edward Crutcher, Harry, Jr. },ialone, Jack MaROn Mo:;rers, Fran1-:: Neff Allee, Edward Schwartz Renshaw, Harry Noon Starlley, Joseph B}~lnn L angb en , Thomas Frederick Sartain, Clarer~e Morice Price, James Hughes Hoore, Joseph Caruthers Fulwider, L~v~ence Scott Harris. Lester Stnnford HoltenL~. Eyvind Wacbritz, Donald Hewrran Houston, J8mes H.C. Leitner, Chas. HerxY,Jr. Wood, Clair Lawr-eno s Harvin, Charles Bennett Macintyre, George Henry Arnold, Bob A!T.lstrong,Burton Til. ,Jr. Sbepherison , Mell M., s. Neely, Harold Lee Nichols, Erickson S. Bell, Jasper Newton Waldron, Russell Lee Day, Willia~ Foster,Jr. Fisher, Robert Strachar. Coursey, Harry Hooks, Daniel Edwin Todd, Rayrmnd Patten Present Station Staff Sergeant Ma,'X:Well Field, Ala. Sergeant Langley Field., v. Cor~oral Scott Field, Ill. Corporal Barksdal,e Fd e'Id La. , Privat~, 1st Cl. Rocb"Ell Field, Calif. Private, 1st Cl. Patterson Field, Ohio Private Rockwell Field, Calif. Private Fort Lewis, Wash. Private Nutchel Field, N.Y. Private N'Ja::w'ell Field, Ala. Private Crissy Field, Calif. Private Randolph Field, Texas Private Brooks Field, Texas Private Narch Field, Culif. Private Langley Fi.eld, v. Private Barksdal e Fi eld, La. Mitchel F5.eld, N.Y. Private Private Barksdale Fielci, La. Private Brooks Field, ~exas Private V~7.Well Field, Ala. Kelly Field, Texas Private Private Scott Field, Ill. March Field, Calif. Private Priva~e Crissy Field., Calif. Private Brooks Field, Texas Private Langley Field, v. Private 1~lell Field, Ala. Pri vate Crissy Field, Calif. Private Bolling Field, D.C. Crissy Field, Calif. Private Private Barksdal,e Field, La. Private Bolling Field, D.C. Private Rocbrell Field, Calif. Private Langley Field, Va. Private Mitchel Field, N.Y. Priva.te Cris~y Field, Calif. Private W.aJG'lell Field, Ala. Private Mitchel Field, N.Y. Private Brooks Field, Texas Private Mitchel Field, N.Y. 20. Lt. A.C. Res. Not on active duty 1st Lt. A.C.Res. Not on active duty ---000--Home Address Gering, Nebrask~ Parksi ey, v. Wilmot, S. D. Huntsville, Ala~' Riverside, Calif. Kingsville, Te:cas San Diego, Calif. Fort Lewis, Wash. Hudson Heights, N.J. Fort Ga,ines, Ga. Los Angeles, C~f. fullas, Texas Durant, Okla. Highgrove, Calif. Boston, l'"e.ss. Galveston, Texas Washington, D.C. Galveston, Texas San Antonio, Texas Florala, Ala. Scooba, Miss. Bloorrnngton, Ind. Riverside, Calif. San Francisco, Calif. Springfield. Nass. Bal timre, I'lld.. Ware Shoals, S.C. Li be raf , Kansas Baltimore, Md. Los Angeles, Calif. Denver, Colo. Washington, D.C. Athens, Ga. Huntingdon, Tenn. Rye. N.Y. , S:1ntaBarbara, Calif. Montgomery, Ala. Greenwi.ch, Conn: San Antonio, Texas Mi.ndletovm, Fa. Iowa Park. Texas Cambridge, Mass.

}/J5,jor James H. Doolittle, aeronauticel enNajor Lewi s ILP. Reese, Harnl Lbon Fie!d,Calif., gin~er end speed pilot I who is now a represen- conducbed bombing practice recently from tat~ve of the Shell Oil Co., recently dropped 15,000 feet on a lOO-foot circle in San Pablo in on Harni Lbon Field, Calif., flying a Spartan Bay. Piloting the B-l2A Ma.rtin Bomber, 1st Lt. mor~lane. In a 15-rrri.nute talk to the asI Birrell Walsh climbed directly into the sun,so senililed pilots of the field, he outlined the that spectator.s sh i.eded their eyes to gli''I!'se L p:esent day advancement in 11Otor fuels and the tiny speck in the sky. Bombing is now being o~ls. An hour later, he took off for done almost daily over the Bay at heights of Sacramento. .5,000, 8,000 and 15,000 feet. Extreme accuracy i.ndirect hits is reported at all these heights. -2 V-68l7, A.C.

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WJajor Porfirio "E. Zabl.ai, Pailip-oinc Consbabul.ary, who -:.as a stud-unt in 'Lhe ObsGrvation SAdior: I1t t,he Ad-n'nced Flying School, Kdly Fi81d, Te::?s, died n.t. aboub rnco a.rf..., J'.me 18th, as tlj,() result, of inju:::icG r ece'i vcd ir. ar; at rpl.uno acc'i denb '"ldcr. occur-red approxirnatGly three niles noz-bh of K 3r:dalia, Texas, a'~ ,;-'baut 11: 30 0t;Lhe Ll~ght of the. 17th. TDlnng off frorrl F.elly Fleld c.t 8:00 p. m., on a r ecoana'i s sance rrri.SSiO~l,v.hic:l Lncluded t:;c bowns of So.binal, Pear sal.L, Pleasanton and S+,ockdalc, Major Zablan checke0 in at Sabinal, f'r-orr. which point he 1':a5 to ---000--proceed to St.ocl~dale, 'f.-hieh is just south of Eando.Lph Field. At tho t5.:ne of :'Lis tuk'3-off, I WAF. DEPA.Rr1!ENT OPDERS t~e >"oather ':"'\S good, but 1,1.t0r, at abou~ ~en I CP.ANGSS F STATION:To Harrd Lbon FicH, Calif.: O ~ cl ock , a l.~ght Leycr of cl~Uds e:ppeare~,.or ,. l.:a.;.ior Cl.inton. W. Russell., fro:n duty as a member an. nou'r or +':1'0. The cl ouds "I\.~rcnot vor:r of the "7ar Department Geaernl Staff. bhdck , bl1t d id reduce the alht1;1t1C <j.t wh~c~ I To Ca:~nbrid8e, M;ess., for duty as st.udents at he ~ould fly: No vo rd vmr. rec~lved fz-om him 'Harvard School of Bus i nos s Adrninistrat,ion: 1st dur i.ng the n7ght, and :!lre}1arat~ons 'were roade Liout. Edward H. 1Yhi to, Procurement P~anrllng Ropfor a sear'ch i.ng party to c1epo.rt early tho r. en1,ntive Cbicapo Ill. and Ca])tilln Ray;ccnd R. following .nor.ain[;. th" meantime,the rad.io . <'~tud~nt' A.C. 'Tacti~al School,Ma:cwdl , '" A. . b r ou d cas r.rna s t 8.t' .aons In can .t\.l!t oru o wero reF' eld Ala. que:;tcd to a.sk their Li s'benor s to f'urrri sh any . 1To Chanute Field. Ill.: Captain Alfred L. i~L'!'l1J[~tion tLoy could conccr-rung the lost Jcwet'.; f i-or the Ph~"pincs.. . al~'j~l.'lne., . To R?;ndolphFicld, Texas: WnJ~r Mart;,:1Us J;:~t,,)r only a f'c... of tho searchd.ng par by had St:~n3eth, from 2d Obs, Sqd.n., Ihchols tldd.,P.I. bak.m off on :'ednesdn.y r.-.or::::inss, teluphone a i l\elic'.Tc~l f r o;r, temporary rank 11"p~n depart.uro:., call was r cc e i ved through Boerne to the of - I To Hawai Lan Department: Ls b L1Cut. Janes .~. f'ec t tr.at :iu,jor Z.').Hnn and bho a.i r-p Lane han Brig'15s ,-f'ron~dU1y l.S. student, A. G. T'~oh:!1ical been l~cc!.t()d ::,.b~ut t~re(; milos nort~ of, Sch~ol, Charrubo Field.. _ Captain Daohe M.Reevef; Kf'ndaha and. G. f'ew m::'l~s w~st of TWln Slsters.1 from ~'!rir;ht Field, Ohio. . Those t~wn-:; are about ~O rni.Los duo noc.thof I ':'0 }'hiJin.E2::"!c De;:'3,rtrncnt: 1st. Ll~ut. Sam W. Kelly Fu:li. Due to the rug?c(: n[~t~rf;: of th'J Cheyney, 2nd Lieut. George F. Iv~Gulrc from. duty as courrt ry and. the f'Loodod corrl i bon or. streams r:t"lde:o.ts, A. C. Technical School, Cnarrut.o Flcld. and fields, it lW"3 in~ossiblc to ferZ! him To ~a~~~ Cnnc~l D8~2rtmont: 1st Licut. John A. out by air. or to land a doct or in the near' Saroo"rd from A. G. Tech. School, Chanute Field. vi c i rd by, A r,round onibul.ancc was imcdie.tely To Fort Logan, Colo,: Ls t Liout. Paul YT, Wolf d.i spabohad to the sc cne of tho accidf?nt,. a rfrorn M:l.rch Fiuld, Ca.L if. _ r~ving there [l.t 8':10U"':. ll:?O a.;'~. ~ V.aJo:' Za~);;n To Hot Spring", Ark.: ~,:.,.jor Ja"1l8s A. Healy, d~ed as th0 arnbulanoo ar r i vod , Irrves b i gab i.on Kelly Field, for obs er-vabion and treatment at revealed that the vlrcck was Locaiied by, "fr.. Arrrjy and EnvY Gener.'ll Hnsp I ta.l. John Kneuppcr-, of BhmcC',1(~xas, who wl~h rlln I To Mitchul' Fi0ld . ~r.Y.: IV:"1.jor Louie C.M.1.1lory brother was sC'Olrching for., some ?he,"p l"b.:ch I from t1uty ;'rith 81st Service Sqcln., Kell; !ield. they thought "I':e:CE' rza.roonou on Iugh grouud. I Relieved from tempor'lry rank Aug. 10, 1930. l.1ajor Zahl ari waa in the airplane, .~)Utuncon-ITo Pr0sitllo of San Frenc i sco , Culif.: 1''a.jor JOhL so ious when ~ou:nd. One brothe:;: reme.~ne(: at G. Colgo..n., from Philipnines, to duby at Hqr s , 9th tho scene whlle the oth:-r hu:;:rled to thL Corps Area. nearest doctor, who arnv\,d 11"'. v.s s the.:l an L I DL"TAILED AIR CORPS: 2nd Lieut. Edward G. TO hour. Everythi:lg possible "'as done to save I ".'l'n~ton Inf. , "mel to Rcndo.Lph Field, July I, ._1. hi :f'" bl ., ,,,, t~.J ~-:;,jorl s life ana II'i..:U'-C .7II' corn or~a e un- i 1935, for :l.ving training. , hl tne crnbul.anco could ar r r V8, but ~t was . TE.<\.lEFERS: 2nd Lieut. Victor H. Ki ng , Adva~ad. thought from t~e first,e7.2rrUTh~t~on t~t he, Flying School, Kelly Field, to 62nd Coast Artllcou'l d not r egaa n consc i ousnes s. It a s bc l i ev- Le rv Fort Totten N.Y. J'une 19, 1935. ed ~le was un~ons?ious f ror. the bi.me of +.he RELIEVl~ FROM DErAIL TO AIR cor\P~: . 2~d Lieut. ""D .. acc1.dont urrt i.L h~s death... 'nllia:n R. huber, to 1st Cavalry D~V~Slon, Fort .The exact Cn.US0of the acc~den~ ~s tmdeter- ! Bliss, TOLqs, for duty with Field Artillery. Tlllned, but it appears he was lylng on a C0111'se of apIlro:'":imat?ly 340 degrees over a i Tecr,r.ical Serge;mt Thornton C. Fitzsiroon:, 20~h vall~y and t~at ho ~~d no~ ~e~ one. of the nu- , Bombardmcn~ Squadron, Langley Field, Va., appolntmeroU.s low hllls Vlbl~h eX13'" ~:' that country, II nd Warr2JJ.t Officor, R. egul.az- Army, rank from Jtme unri mus~ havo ~lmvn l:,t~ bho s i de ~f one of 1., 19~~5j rerw.ins on duby at Langley Field. these h~lls wIn1e cr-ua sn ng , The a'i rp'l.ane struck about 50 feet f'rom the top of t.he hill . and skidded along for some 30 yards before V-681?, A_ C. -22C

t.o ;] stop rightsidc up. The Land.Lng geal' o.nd ;,rii1r,s were knocked off, nnd the engine pushed "':lack iuto the f'uael.agc , but tho airpll)J".e did no~ catchfiru. Batt flares wero still in place; hlS s9.f,:ty belt war. buokl od , 91ld the' switches were on. \ lSa.jor Zubl8.:J. woul.d "\-~cvJ"8 grrcdu,,?tcd on .June 22d, 1935. He is sur vi.vod by his wife, Mrs. I,iary S. Za.ulr-m, bm daughters and ono son, all oi' whom Ili V"l in Manila. 1). 1. H,~ had long b,v{i1a mel;lbcr. of ~he Ph~li pp ine Consto.bu~.~y ';-Dd was O~lC ,~f ~~~e s eru of If.aJors of that orgaHlZabon. Onr df.,~p()~ v sympathy is Gxtended to hi s f'ami.Ly :llld to the I Filipino peopt e who have lost 3. most valuable of:'icer.

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Hawilton Field, San Rafael, Calif. June 20. Fi ve reen now form an outpost of Hamil ton Field at Mather Field, 11 miles from Sacramento, for the purpose of servicing Bombers from this stat ion flying in that direction. They are Privates, 1st Class, Earo'l d f. Harris, Joe H. Armacost, Elmer Trainor, Archie Cathcart, and Private John Laskowski. Lieut. Ri-chard C. Kugel, 11th Bomba.rdmenb Squadron, flew on an errand of mercy between Lee's Ferry, Arizona, and Escalante, Utah, on June 9th, searching for Everett Buess, of Hollywood, a roving painter of the mounba.Ins , who has been missing sd nce last January. Capt. Douglas T. :i.1i tchell, who narrowly escaped injury when his plane crashed at the Oakland Airport, is now at Hamilton Field awaiting orders. The plane, which was da~ged to the extent of a crumpled wing and splintered_propeller., ~as sent to the Roc~vell Air Depot for repairs. Captain Douglas is a member of the 79th Pursuit Squadron at Barksdale Field, La. At the time of the accident, he was ferrying the plane from Seattle to his home station. It is believed he will ferry to Barksdale Field another Pursui t plane upon its completion. Hamilton Field is in the films in the California Building at the San Diego Exposition. Mr. FredClie Mae, formerly ,3, Captain in the British Royal Air Force, shot the pictures as the 7th Bombardment Group took off for the Mather Field Maneuvers. These pictures are the property of the Redwood Empire Association, of which Mr. Stuart B. Dunbar is the publicity director. Fifteen tiny pheaswlt eggs were found on the flying field. As no mother could be discovered for them, Tech. Sgt. John Suggs adopted the foundlir~s and brought a chicken hen from Novato to hatch them. The hen seems to take to the eggs, but so far no results have been reported. 1v:ajor Arthur G. Hamil ton was schedul ed to fly vri a war strength equipment of 13 planes th and 13 pilots to the Municipal Airport at Coalinga on June 24th to service test his organization for a period of ten days. The personnel nf this organization, the 11th Bombardment Squadron, numbers 49. Captain John J. Morrow reported for duty on June 17th. Assigned to the 9th Bombaz-dmenb Squadron, he is at present acting as Squadron Comnander during the absence of Major John M. Davies. 'Upon the latter's return, Captain Morrow will be assigned as flight conmander.

Captain Oliver K. Robbins, who reports here on August 1st, was assigned to the Station Complement. He left the Air Corps Tactical School on June 5th, and is now on leave. Staff Sergeant Harry Kramer was appointed post Sergeant Major. His former position as Perso~el Sergeant kajor is now held by Sgt. John A. Settle. Major Carlyle H. Ridenour was designated as a member of the Aircraft Accident ClassificBr tion Comni ttee during the temporary absence of liiajor John M. Davie::;,now on leave. Captain Ja1'Jles Spry was appointed Group W. Technical Inspector in addition to his other duties. Sergeant Joe Howard. 31st Bombardment Squadron, who reenlists on July 26th, is scheduled for a tour of service in Panaroa; Lieut. Edward W. Suarez, Group Adjutant and former All-American tackle at West Point, recently returned. from Natchez, Miss. , where his father was gravely ill. According to Lieut. Suarez, his father had a miraculous recovery. Richard C. Murphy, son of 1~jor Robert C. Murphy, of Ha~lton Field, grad'~ted from George Washington University last week with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The only two defeats of the season were recently sustained by the post baseball team, which bowed to the Fairfax nine, 12 to 3,and to the Army aggregation from Fort Scott, 9 to 8. Captain John Roady, Post Athletic Officer, still believes he has a winning team, and is booking games with visiting teams on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. 119th Obs. Squadron, New Jersey Nat'l Guard.

From January 1st to June 20th, our Squadron was host to 546 visiting Armv, Navy, Coast Guard and W~ine Corps ships and their crews. Our proxinUty to New York City is. of course, partially responsible for this large number of visitors, but we like to feel that our earnest efforts to make our guests comfortable and give them real service is also a factor. The 44th Division Aviation Ball was held on Saturday, June Lsb , in the new Newark Airport Administration Building, which was built with E.R.A. funds, and was designed by one of our officers, Lieut. H.E'. Clark. The affair was, as usual, a huge success, em is rapidly becoming the outstanding social event of New Jersey's sumner'season. Durine intermfslfibii". the guests were entertained by night fO~l?rrrft'i()n.' - 3V-68l?, ,A. C.

flying, controlled by radio froln the Airport I The discussion in the critique following the Control Tower by the Commanding Officer,Robertl return to the home station brought out many L. Cousey. valuable ideas that were picked. up on the The' Squadron is rapidlY completing pre~ara- tour by the officers who participated. tions for the ~neuvers to be held in the viCaptain Thomas made a short visit to Hot cinity of Pine Camp, New York, the latter part Springs. Ark on the return trip, to calIon of August. All pilots are hard at work on in-I Colonel Danforth at the Army and Navy Hospital. strument flying, under t~e supervision of our I The flight was so arranged that several Regular Army Instructor, Captain iN'illiam hours of night navigation was uerformed en McKiernan, Jr. route. Aerial photographs wer'e taken, and the radio was used to the fullest possible extent San Antonio Air Depot, D1illcan Field. Texas. for the reception of weather broadcasts. The officers who participated in the fligpt were The persorillelof the Depot sincerely regret Captains Donovan, Kaeppel, Lauth, 1st Lieuts. losing Lieut. and ;\:Xs. harles K. Moore, who C Kutterer, Rae en , Burkhard.t and Freeman. go to Wright Field l;Lt he end of June. Lieut. t Moore, who came here in July, 1932, from the Fort Sill, Okla., June 20th. Air Corps Technical School, Chanute Field, The school year at the Field Artillery served as Assistant Engineer Officer, and subSchool will be brOUGht to a close with General sequently as Assistant Depot Supply Officer and, for the past six rr~nths, as Acting Quar- Field Exercise 8. This year three additional tennaster. He will enter the Air Corps Engin- Observation planes with teams and equipment are expected from Brooks Field, Texas. Also, eering School as a student on August 1st. three Attack ships were requested for "Stroke Lieut. and lv'lrs. Moore take with them the heartiest wishes of all for success Rnd happi~ -Screen" and attack mission purposes. These ships were scheduled to arrive not later than ness at their new station. Captain N.P. Walsh, Quarter.naster at this June 21st. station, was welcomed back on JunG 15th after First Lieut. Haynie McCormick, who has been his absence since April 1st, he having been a on duty with the 1st Balloon Squadron, was patient at the Arr.ny and Navy General Hospital ordered to duty at Scott Field, Ill. at Hot Springs, Ark. A hearty welcome was extended to the follow- A.C. Tactical Sc~ool, Maxwell Field, Ala. ing recent additions to the Depot's official Hon. George H. Dern, Secretary of War, was family: Captain 'Walter Hitzfeldt, QMC, and a visitor at the field, arriving on June 8th }krs. Hitzfeldt, arld their two sons, arrived in a C-4, piloted by Wajor Phillips. After June 8th from Fort Sill, Okla. Captain an overnight stop, he took off for Bolling Hitzfeldt was transferred here for duty as Fd eLd, Brig. GelleralFrank M. Andrews, comAssistant to the Quartenraster. manding the GHQ Air Force, was also a visitor, Captain John P. Richter, A.C., and N~S. arriving on June LSbh for an overnight stop. Richter motored through from Naxwell Field, The Operations Officer reports that clearAla., arriving on June 18th. Captain Richter ances were issued to 139 airplanes departing was assigned to this Depot upon graduation from the field during the period June 1st to from the Air Corps Tactical School, and was 15th. ap-pointed. Assistant Engineer Officer at the Lieut.-Colonel Herbert A. Dargue, Assistant Depot. Commandant, returned June 17th from the West Among recent cross-co~~try visitors at the Coast, where he has been attached and on duty Depot were Major Y.L. Burge, of the Tactical with the ma.neuvers of the fleet as Observer. School, ~~vell Field, June 12-15, passing He was stationed aJoard a Naval vessel. and through in a P-12 from the West Coast; and Captain H.H. Mills, I'ns bz-uobo r , accompanied by reported an excellent trip. j Colonel John F. Cl~ry, Post Commander, 'lAms Lieut. "'.E. Nicol, 32d Division Aviation, on leave from June lOth to 20th, durinG Michigan National Guard. in an 0-38, June which period he visited Washington. 11-15. Captain Charles T. Skow , Post Corrmuni cabi.ons 35th Division Aviation, Missouri Nat'l Guard. and Signal Officer, ,~.s transferred to Randolph Field, Texas, and left this station Seven officers of this organization and Capt. June 9th on leave of absence. Staff Sergeant Ray W. Clifton, pa~t president Arthur Thomas, Air Corps Inst~ctor, flew to Field, called the Randolph Field, via Hatbox and Hensley Fields, of the l(CO Club at I,:a.xwell in four 0-38E IS, on l1ay 9 and 10, returning on Noncoms of the field together recently 01' the May 12, via Houston, Texas, and Barksdale election of officers for the coming year. Field, La. Every hospi tality was shown the Tech. Sergeant William H. Turner, popular visitors, particularly at Randolph Field,where Secretary-Treasurer last term, was elected an interesting and instructive tour was made. President, and Master Sergeant Eugene H.Duffirt through the various departments of the TrainVice President. The Board of Governors coning Center. The stop at Houston was made at sist of 1st Sgt. Donald S. Williams, Staff Sgt. the hangar of the Texas National Guard squad- Barron C. Powers and Staff Sgt. Leroy Cox. ron, commanded by Major Blackburn. Plans are under way for the second year of the -24V-68l7, A. O.
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A Fishing and Yachting Club has Benj. F. Giles stepped to the front in the been organized, also a Pistol Club. The A & R first flight, winning the Post Championship activity lately received five new light rowand having his name inscribed on the beautiful boats which are being used alIrost continually permanent trophy obtained for the Club this for exercise, fishing and recreation. year. In addition, he received a handsome troThe inter-squadron basketball season has phy. Other winners included Staff Sgt. Robert started and has aroused considerable enthusiV. Beemer, runner-up, 1st flight; Staff Sgt. asm. Almost the enbdre post attend the games E.L. Higbie, winner, 2nd Flight, with Lieut. and root for their particular te~ Oliver, runner-up; Lieut. lkttheny, winner, 3rd Luke Field, T.H., June 6th. Flight, with Lieut. Va.nce, runner-up. Ma.jor Lotha A. &rUth, low medclist in the qualificaDeparting for the I!E.inland the U. S.A.T. en tion, was defeated in the biggest upset of t~e REPUBLIC on May 29th were Lieut.-Col. Laurence tourna.:nentby Captain Bnl"?h A. Snaval.y in his first match. Najor Sadth captured consolation F. Stone, Captains Douglas Johnston, Courtland M. Brovm, 1st Lieuts. Douglas M. Kilpatrick prize in the 1st flight with ease. with Staff and Joseph F. Carroll, First Lieut. Richard Sgt. John C. Hrivnak taking 2nd flight consoH. Wise is scheduled to sail for Gnina. and lation honors, and V;ajor Claire L. Channaul, t, Japan on June 6th, via comnercial liner. 3rd flight consolation prize. l~ny of the visiting naval officers and Major Melvin B. Asp, Station Engineering Ofsailors make Luke Field a way point during ficer, received orders assigning him to the their excursions while on liberty, and the GHQ Air Force at Langley Field, and departs field personnel extend them all possible from Ma.xwell Field before June 30th. As evidence of their appreciation of this fine offi- courtesies. A total of 34 enlisted men from this station cer, all enlisted personnel assigned to duty departed for the mainland on l~y 29th on the on the Line under I.ia.jor Asp's supervision while he was stationed here, got together on U.S.A.T. REPUBLIC. First Sergeant Orient M. the a.fternoon of June 18th and had a ~icnic in Durling, 23d Bombardr.1entSauadron, was arrong his honor at Harraget Springs near Wetumpka. those departing, transferring the yoke of relJajors Asp, Horton and Bich arrived at the sponsibility to Staff Sgt. Dick Winters, who Springs shortly after 2:00 p.m. Mess Sergeant replaces Sgt. Durling in the capacity of ActJoe Bruckey, 84th Service Squadron, had tables ing First Sergeant. laden with the best foods obtainable and everyone enjoyed the party. Hawaiian Air Depot, June 6. NJ8.jor Asp gave a short talk on his service at MZwa~ell Field and thanked his men for their The Er~ineering Section of the Depot has cooperation. unjor Clarence F. Horton, Air finally succeeded in stepping up production to Corps Supply Officer, and Najor Arnold H.Rich, a point where at least 7 major overhauls of Commanding Officer, 84th Service Squadron,also aircraft have been completed each month f01' delivered short talks. Mk~ster Sgt. Eugene the last 3 monbhs, This is a minimum figure Duffin was in charge of all 8.rrangements for upon which this depot may operate in order to the picnic, and it certainly proved a success. rmintain schedules and meet present DepartFollowing the refreshments and" s~eeches, SWilIr- raenba.L requirerr.ents. From a product ion sta..'1dming, compulsory and otherwise, was enjoyed in point, the Fiscal Year now drawing to a close the Spring at the camp site. has been the n~st successful in the history of the depot, and the outlook for the coming France Field, Panama Canal Zone, June 5th. Fiscal Year is extremely favorable. Unusual activity has taken place in the DeCa~tain Frank Hawks landed at France Field pot Supply Section during the past week or so, at 4:40 p.~, May 4th, and took off the folresultinr, froul the construction of a large lowing morning at 3:10 a.m., for Los Angeles, lean-to running the entire length of the l~in Calif. He was on his return trip from Buenos building, and the general rearrangement of Aires, Argentina. supplies within that building. Many' new bins First Lieut. 1. S. Ott and 2nd Lieut. ".Tilliam and other storage facilities are now being 1'1'0Keese (Air Res.) arrived at the fiold in May, vided which will increase'the storage space in and were assigned to the 7th Obser~~tion Squad- the main supply building at least 3010. Captain ron, the fonner temporarily as Assistant EnC.P. Kane, who recently arrived from the -25V-68l7, A. C.

Rockwell Air De~ot for duty in Ha~~ii, is supervising this constn~tion work which calls for installation of a new local issue department and other features intended to faci1itnte and speed UP the har-dling of supplies. The Engd neer Lng shops were rocer:.t1y the mecca for men of the U.S. Fleet, which has been berthed here in Pearl Harbor and which completely surrolmds Ford Island. The increased production of'the Engineering Section has resulted in increased demands for supplies. It has been necessary to increase quantities being requested, and requisitions are now being prepared on the basis of one year's past consuropb Ion, The ~roject of rearranging the Depot SL~p1y warehouses to provide for greater storage facilities is progressing rapidly. A large addition has been constructed, and ITCL~ other chanees are now being effected to improve storage facilities. The Purchase Branch of' the Supply Section is at present having an unusual volume of work, due to receipt of f1ll1ds for prOCUT6ment of bills of m~terisls for several long-needed projects. Fo rerro arrong these is the resf roofing of th0 ~nin Supply Warehouse and the new Test Block Building. Funds have also been received for tho procurement of gasoline storage tanks to be installed at various outl~ing bases, as well as a large water bank to be installed at Homestead Field. The Union Oil Company's tarlk steamer arrived in the Depe.r bmerrb on l'Jay 30th "rith sufficient gasoline to fill all aV2"ilab1e storage space. Plans are being F-ade to contract for gasoline for the ensuing Fiscal Year on a yearly basis. In order to overcome some difficulties experienced in the past in obtaining gasoline at the various outlying bases when special flights or maneuvers are held, it is planned to draw up a fl exible contract which will permi t deliveries of quantities to any point when needed.

Due to the shortage of airplanes, the 75t.h made every effort to get airpla.~es back. into service in the shortest possible time. In the last instwlce, on April 20th, at 3:00 p.rn., a P-1ZE was flown to 'Wheeler Field with the engine leaking oil through blower se.ction. After inspection, it was decided to change engines. With 4 men working until 8:30 p.m. that day. and from 8:00 to 9:00 a.D4, Easter Sunday, the airplane was flown for engino test 8..;d delivered to the squadron at 10:00 a. m, Again, on M9,y 3rd, a V-1l50 engine was dannged at Bellows Field, Wa irranal , necessi0 tating a change. A detail of 4 men with an engine for replacement departed at 3:00 p.rn. for Bellows Field. The change v~s completed, engine tested and. detail returned to tI'Theeler Field at 1:30 a.n".with replaced engine. . Bellows Field isapproxirnately 30 miles from Wheeler Field by road. Group Trans"Oortation nuring the past few rr~nths-was au~nented by a considerable m~ber of new, uP-to-date vehicles. With the arrival the latter part of ~his Tonth of six additional l2-ton Dodges , rune 22"-ton Federals, the transportation for the Group will include two 5-nassenger Ford touringsj twelveS-passenger reconnaissance cars; five trucks for light hauling; fifteen trucks for hea\7 hauling ,and twelve ~~to~cycles. In addition to this,three pane L trucks are 0:1 hand for the installation of radio sets for use in blind flying work. The care and rmintenance, and to a Large extent the ope rablon of this transportation is considered a duty of the 75th Service Squadron. Soma nifficulty has been experienced in finding sufficient men to handle this added overhead without impairing other functions of the Squadron. The necessity for a transportation personnel of 64 men, including the noncorrnUssioned officer in charge, truck-rmster, dis~atcher, mechanics and drivers for all cars, makes us wonder how the Station Complement instituted at Air Corps stations on the mainland. is workWheeler Field, T.R.! June 6th. ing out. Some of the vehicles for the Group have been assigned to squadrons of the Group, }9th Pursuit Squadron: Since 1ay 27th, the 19th has been engaged in its annual dive bomb- who furnish drivers a week at a time. Under ing and tow target gunnery. The bombing range, the policy in force, each driver is assi.gned a definite vehicle which is his to drive ~ld Locab'ed southeast and ad.jacent to old Wheeler maintain. Field, has been used for bombing, while tow At a recent review for Ma.jor-General Rugh target ~~ery has been conducted off the A. Drum, Corrrnaudingthe Hawai ian Department, north shore of Oahu. the Group motor vehicles presented a show The 19th increased its strength by one 8which has not been equalled since the period pound boy on May 27th. Lieut. and Mrs. A.L. immediately after the World War. Schroeder announced the newcomer as A. L. Schroeder III. 75th Srrvice Squadron: This organiza.tion has Advanced Flying School, Kelly Fiel~, Tc~s. been extremely busy for the past few weeks Colonel Jacob E. Fickel, with kieut. -Col. maintaining planes of the 6th and 19th Pl~guit C.A. Mitchell. Adjutant General's Department, Squadrons, which have been engaged in annual field gunnery and bombing at Bellows Field, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, denarted from this Waimanalo. Since starting this training, the stat ion June 5th for lTewark"; J. After vis]II. engineering department has completed 7 P-12's. Hin::-ma.ny Air Corps stations enroufie , Colonel received from the HavrcLiian Air Depot, assembled Fickel returned to Kelly Field on the evening and rigged, and 9 P-12's were dismantled and of June 16th. shipped to the Ha~~iian Air Depot. - 26'IT-6817, C. A.
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Activities making special weather I and when, issued. . observation fli&~ts for th0 Weather I In pursuance with the Technical Order Bureau have been instructed to usc the numbering system, amendments to 00-2oA Purpose Mission Code Symbol "U" and will be issued as 00-20A-l, 00-20A-2, etc. the Auxiliary Mission Code Symbol "14" to designate such flights. The Basic The revision of Circular 15-1 will and Specific Mission Code Symbols to cause certain references in Circular be used will depend upon the type of 15-3 to be incorrect. Circular 15-3 fli ght training received by the indiWill, therefore, be revised at an early vi dua Ls par t i ct pa t i ng, For instance, da t e , It is not expected that or gantaaif the flight Was accomplished entire- tions will experience any diffiCUlty in ly by instrmnent, the Basic and Spethe preparation of Forms No.3 as no cifi eMission .Code Symbols would be changes have been made in the manner of "W-28" (system of Missien Code Symbo Ls recording the basic data or in the data prescribed to be used effective July required to be shown on Form No.3. 1, 1935). Until Form No.3 is redesigned, it will be necessary that the Purpose MiSsion Code Symbol, when used, be placed Due to unexpected delays, the new in the column provided for recording Forms No.1 will not be received from the Specific mission. The space in the Public Printer until about the this column is adequate for entering first week of July. It Will, thoreboth types of mission symbols. fore, be necessary fer all activities to continue in use the Aircraft Flight Form No. 41: Report, revised September 29, 1933, A revision of tentative Form No. 41, and the temporary forms provided for Maintenance Inspection Record, was aprecording. the special types of flying proved for stanDardization by the Secexperience prescribed by War Departretary of War, under date of June 8 ment Circular No.6. However, as 1935. Copies of the revised form are stated in Circular 15-1, the new sysbeing distributed at the present time .tem of mission symbols is to become In general, the form is similar to effective July 1, 1935, even though the new Forms No. 1 will not be avail- tentative Form No. 41, Which haa been able. Extra.cts of Ci rcular 15-1, con- undergoing service test for the past two years. The main chan~s are the taining the new mission symbols, are provision of separate columns to permit being prepared and will b~ forwarded all activities as soon as possible to separate recording of the oil serviced to each engine of mllti-motored aircraft eliminate the necessity for each acand the division of Power Plant columns tiVity reproducing the symbols localinto two sections (left and right) to ly for the information of tho pilots permit separate recording of the data whilo the old-type forms are boing pertaining to each engine on bi-motored used. ' aircraft. An additional "Status " c01Technical Order 00-20 has been reumn is provided, as revised Technical vis ed and reprinted. Distri but ion Order 00-20.A prescribes that the status was a tarted Saturday, June 29, 1935. of the airplane at the end of the work It will be noted that the number of day will be indicated on the next lower the Technical Order has been changed horizontal line if any work has been from 00-20 to 00-20.A. The 00-20 serdone on the airplaue during the day etc. ies has been allotted to the Visual The starter is no longer given a ~epInspection System for Aircraft. arate column, having been merged With 00-20.A covers the Visual Inspection the ignition and electrical systems The System for Airplanes. Instructions head.ing of the column ItTanks - Fuel' and lt covering the Visual Inspection System Oil has been changed to "Fuel Tankslt for Balloons and Airships will be as- and the column placed under the It i rA lt signed numbers 00-20B andOO-20e, if ,Planelt section, rather than the IIPower Plant section. The oil tanks are .

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- Starter loose at fly wheel flange. 0-25A - Throttle stop not functioning Form No. 41A: properly. Form No. 4lA has been revised and is 0-25A - Battery terminal washer imnow being printed and distributed. In properly installed. Radiator general, the-revision is similar to shutters do not open fully. previous revisions, changes in the colto umn headings having been made to corre- 0-25A - Gun synchronizer '-'"ire juncspond with changes made on Form No. 41. tion box, not on terminal and not taped. The following di f'f i cult;'), been rehas Booster coil 6hould engage bepor t ed in recent Unsatisfactory Report: fore clutch. Eigine T,y~_ 1. Engine received 0-38 Primer leaks and does not R-1340-G7 with the oil pressure prime. T.0.01-1-37,relative in~talled in adjusting plunger battery drain,not complied wi the Alr lane~y~ screwed all the way in. P-2S 2. At 20:25 hours, the 0-38B - Internal brace wires of the r oil pressure dropped wings have not been inspected to -45 los. A new spring was installed since overhaul. in the oil pressure relief valve which Battery terminal washers imraised the pressure to 85 pounds. properly installed. Oil sump 3. At 25:25 hours, the airplane was mounting studS loose. flying cross-country when the oil pres- 0-38 - Spark plug gaskets improperly installed. Sure dropped to 55 Lbc , Three washers 0-38B - Nut missing from starter were placed under the spring at Hatbox mounting stud. T.O. 01-1-37, Fi eld, Olcl ahoma , reference battery drains,not 4. At 30:20 hours, a new oil pump compli ed with. was installed locally . On test flig.1J.t, 0-19 - Oil tank not bonded. the pressure remained at 90 lbs.,till 0-19 - Oil radiator clamps not tight. a slow-roll was performed. The oil A-3-B Battery terminal washers impressure then SUddenly dropped to 35 properly installed. lbs. and remained there. O-l-E - ~lselage overhaul- dato sten5. At 32:00 hours, all oil lines cilling painted over. Stud, were checked and cleaned and the oil air in~ake, loose. pressure adjusted to 80 los. After B-4A Hose clamp loose,main gas line. about 10 minutes ground time at 1,000 Nut missi~g-starter mounting RPM, the pressure dropped to 30 Ibs. flange. Push rod housing gasand remained there. kets need replacement. Selec6. The engine was removed and type tive engine gas valve and R~1340-27 was installed. After 1:20 dial assembly not synchroniZhours, the oil pressure dropped. to ed .properly. Aileron stop 30 poun ds, cables not adjusted properly. 7. The oil tank was removed from C-14 - Right aileron binding. Hose the airplane and.was found to contain clamp loose,ga301ine line. a quantity of fine metal and loose P-12J Shock absorber fluid in gaSohard carbon which is oelie~ed to have line gauge. Fu01 preSSure been returned to the tank from engine. gauge hand stands at ~ ib. Note by Station Engineer Officer: P-31 - Main gasoline valve and pointer "Recommend that in all cases of enassemblY,not synchronized. gine failure where it is necessary to Left brake assemblY arm restchange engines that the oil tank be reing on axle in "offll position. moved from the airplane and thoroughly Stops should be adjusted. cleaned out before installing the new Main gasoline v~lve and pointer engine. There has been three cases of 0-25A assembly not synchronized. low oil pressure difficulties with new Stabilizer adjustment worm anengines at this station in the last chor bearing loose. six months that were caused by fouled oil tavzs from preVious engine failures 0-31A - Battery drain installed in bottom of box. BT-2BI - Landing shock units not stamped The following defects were noted to indicate type spring induring recent technical inspections: stalled. Gasoline leak at gas0-38 - Oil line anchoring clamp ket between carburetor and broken. heater. - Rudder and tail wheel control 0-38 cables loose. Oil line hose P-12G - Battery low on liquid and prac. tically dead.Belly tank connecclamp loose. tlon cap not down on pipe. Gasoline stain indicates seepage leak at bottom of main gasoline tank. carried under the column "Oil System".
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