r GROSS WEIGHT OF PLANE 22/4 TONS; LENGTH OF FUSELAGE: 6BFT.GIN. WING LENGTH: 118 FT.41N. FINED ANTENNA 4. FOOT HIGH rs UBLE RUDDER CARRY GALLO FLICHT OFFICER TAKING SUN \OBSERVATIO! FAOM REAR TRAILING ANTENNA INSTRUMENTS RATIONS, LICHT SIGNALS DRIFT BOMBS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT OILTANKS CARRY 18/2 CALLONS EACH / 6.25 EACH MASTER NAVIGATORS OFFICE CYLINDERS CARRY 1560 GALLONS OF EXTRA FUEL LEEPING QUARTERS COMPARTMENT BULKHEAD ANY TWO CLOSED COMPARTMENTS CAN KEEP THE SHIP AFLOAT ORS TWO PILOTS AT BLACKTO On us REDICE INEER § GLARE uN NOL "ocama FOR ENGINES NTO oceanic flying boats. very fact that these operations self news. For it indicates that But the have ceased to be news is, in it- we may be not unduly optimistic The consistent absence of inc in these experimental not due to a p good luck, r coincidencs to the 1001) 18s a ‘gr circle” : } the est distance between landing points, but weather conditions prohibit its being followed exactly in most cases. The great circle course over the Atlantic includes a non-stop flight of some 2,000 miles. As far as distance is concerned, this is not as long a hop as the Pacific flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, which is 2,400 miles. Leave Nothing to Chance. The Clipper ships on the Pacific route fly by weather maps, too although weather less turbulent than over the N Atlantic, the Clippers, course which 1s short- the there far rth great - circle course only three times. They have flown the whic h fo He i er, as forecast by the reau. ; IOUS, than 3 are willin to fly a fly much longer dist: e if the avorable the great-circle longer flight will winds, pleasanter speedier flying. course insure f weather and present pioneering are the ish Caledonia (the latter is now Cambria). apiece. large crews, each member a spe- cialist in some phase of flying, such as navigation or communications. They have transported more than sufficient fuel supplies to take care of errors in navigation or unex- pected and sudden weather condi- tions which were not likely to be accounted for by their aerial weath- er map. If it is possible to fly the Atlantic without leaving anything to chance, that is what they have done. Preparing for the first trip across, the Pan American meteorologists reviewed 50 years of weather rec- ords over the Atlantic. From these they drew average for seasons, for months and even for days. Meager first-hand reports were forthcoming from weather stations at Port Washington, N. Y.; Shediac, New Brunswick; Botwood, New- foundland ; Reykjavik, Iceland; Foynes, Ireland, and Southampton, Englar' These formed the basis an estimation of upper air con- How Crews Get Bearings. A $1 aes « fig n lane calls for task requires plenty of dex- terity and co-operation from the shore stations and the crew to get them back in time to do any good. {| These systems usually work in th following manner: The radio on the flying boat sends out a stream of signals. These are picked up by the shore station; the direc- tion from which they are coming is determined the receiving station's shore station then sends out a bear- ing In the same way, the ship bearings the { tions. The upon which ship is flying is the spot at which all the bearings cross spot | mercial aviation that, in the first flight, the weather and commun | tions plans worked out as we { better than expected | On July 6, 1937, completed The Caledonia ded at hours and 3 minutes later. The Clip- per III made the crossing from west to east in 12 hours and 40 minutes. An “Uneventful” Journey. Almost every prediction the mete- orologists made came true. Where two flights were Fevnes and lar Jotwood | be wind and rain, the pilots found | wind and rain. Patches of fog were | in the sky where they were on the map. It was said by the experts that this was one of the most suc- cessful weather charts ever pre- pared for a great flying venture. Radio communications worked out beautifully, too. Interesting were the different alti- tudes at which the two ships flew. Capt. H. E. Gray, commander of the Clipper, described his trip as an uneventful one, and indeed a small one, compared with some of those to which he was accustomed above the Pacific. He reported flying al- most the entire distance at 10,000 feet, with the clouds below them and the sun shining brightly nearly all the way after daybreak. He had the advantage of a 25-mile tailwind. The Caledonia fought an 18-mile headwind the entire distance, mak- ing the whole flight through thick clouds and occasional rain at 1,000 feet. The two ships passed each other when they were 67 miles apart. All the way over the ocean they were in | constant communication with each other. This was of great benefit, the skipper of the Caledonia was able to tell Skipper Gray what kind of weather awaited him on the last half of his journey, and vice versa There is actually no direct com- munication from ship to ship, how- any more than the crew of one ship has ever actually seen the crossing the Atlantic The British and American flying radio ns operate on different fre- ter . 80 that all ir ship com- ymplished * Air speed w £5 an hour Computing Comparative Speeds. The Clipper III flew 1,995 miles in an amount of time which would set at 157 miles an hour However, in computing the airspeed, 25 miles an hour must be subtracted for the tailwind, giving the ship an air speed of 132 miles It may be seen that the Caledonia was maintaining her calculated best air speed of 150 miles an hour, while the Clipper III was able to throttle back, saving fuel and wear and tear on its engines, while fa- vored by a tailwind. It apparent from the flights completed this summer that the route from Newfoundland to Ireland will be ideal for trans-Atlantic fly- ut aume is ing during the warmer months North Atlantic winter is a and only time will tell what i and ice will It prob- to install de- all the planes ing temperatures big ships ably be necessary icing equipment on in regular service. There are alternate routes which may be more feasible in the winter, and these will be tested in the months to come. The most likely is that from New York to Bermuda, the Azores and thence to Southamp- ton. New York to London by way of Shediac and Botwood is 3.417 miles; by way of the Azores and Bermuda it is 4,865 miles. One of the most important consid- erations in planning trans-Atlantic air service is the carrying capacity of the planes. donia is allowed to pounds, its empty weight is 25,000 pounds, and it requires 19,000 pounds of fuel and oil; thus only 1,000 pounds remain for crew, mail and passengers. It is believed, however, that the maximum load may be in- creased 5,000 pounds safely enough. Considerably more “payload” might be carried if the ships did not need such heavy engines for the purpose of getting them into the air. The Germans have been experi- menting with flying boats which are given a “boost” on their way by means of catapults, and have been successful with ships up to 37.000 pounds. There are three of this type now being used or under cone struction by them. © Western Newspaver Union, to the will dA AAR AA AAA AAA AA STAR DUST Movie « Radio * %%k% By VIRGINIA VALE %%% 326 20 20 20 20 26 2 2 26 2 20 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 2% ADIO amateurs played a big part in the preparation of the dramatization of Peary’s dash to the pole, presented re- cently. If they had not come to the rescue of the authors, Henry have been a year or more be- fore this program could have been heard. In dramatizing historical events it is necessary to get permission of all living participants to impersonate them on the radio, and of Peary's North Pole expedition Matt Henson, the negro who was the only one to accompany him on the final dash, Capt. Bartlett and McMilien Job It was easy enough to locate Matt Henson; he was right in New York. But Bartlett and McMillen were of? somewhere in the Polar Lanier and Bunce appealed rious clubs of radio amateurs and for the short channels were filled with calls to the two po- seas. to va. days wave lar exploration s} munication w surrounded by squal ister ten- ement houses. Back to this neighborhood Baby Face Martin, a hunted gang who had left ten years before and things begin to p via Sidney ar 1 Mc- d, sir comes ster Syivia Sidney wd J ipposed to be of the pict: logart as Baby Face Trevor as the hat are s ire, just take *» and romp It is nothing new for secondary players to steal a show, You may remember that it w in “Flying Down fo Rio" in which Gene Ray- mond and D del Rio supposed to be the slars, that Fred er Rogers scored success that ma most popular young untry, as ores were Astaire and Ging the knockout them about the couple in the cot ie _— Fro e nd rked their way i where they “Va for Warners, than he up and signed a contract play at the Drake hotel in Chicago. There he and his frenized cohorts are working up new specialties, madder than ever. yn When you see Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer's “Madame X,"” you will see a scene made under most unusual circumstances. John Beal, making voice and make-up tests when they were getting ready to produce the picture, ran through the biggest dramatic scene, largely to see if he had his lines all memorized, Aft- er the picture was shot, some of the staff were a little disappointed in the way he played the courtroom scene where he defends his mother. 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