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Field Men Represent Jl of Encouraging Aviation X -Sr 2-2 V.-. w-so. -swjpr .1 noiiRi F action I r lV'mL. 4 J t&o, 1 Lv L ! foroter38 years 0 mciusxrsai concerns Aid Safe Air Travel. r.y WILLIAM f. ilacCRAVKEX, JR. .'.slstant Secretary 0 Commerce lor Acronaxn'ut ARRIVING nt your airport this afternoon or it may be at almost any time is a plane with this insignia on its fuselage: A pair of wings enclosing a shield with an aerial beacon and a replica of the Wright broth- cia (uijnauu in wnun man :Jnadu his first successful llight in a power driven heavier than air machine, all within a double circle bear ing the words, "Aeronau tics Branch, Department -of Commerce." The pilot of iho plane, who is known at your airport, stops out, prob ably draKBliit' Willi him a couple of brief cases bulging with exam ination papers of those seolilug It reuses as pilots aucl mechanicians. Tho chances are ho Immediately sets up his headquarters at a near by place, working on the papers at light, and spending the days at the airport watching tho flying ot applicants Tor licenses or himself . Dying in planes for inspection pur poses. This man represents the (iovcrnmcnt in its important task ot encouraging aviation under regu lations Jestgned to prumoto sufo (lying and adequate, landing facul ties. Fly.V.g Field Inspectors The public has heard noihing or very little about the Department of Commerce's flying fluid Inspectors. It reads an increasing volume of material about airmen who succeed In ocean crossings. In distance and duration tests and doubtless is also stirred by the romantic appeal that fastens to the air mall pilot who Hies by day and ulglit in any weather. , The Department of Commerce field men, in many instances, have led or shared in nir achievement which have been Hist pago news. Tlicy have bad long experience in (lying, some with I lie army or navy, and dthers with tlic I'ost Ollice De partment. In their njimbcr is a war ace and several men wbo saw service over the lilies on the West ern Trout. ' Colonel Lindbergh's devotion to aviation and the progress ot com mercial Hying has ben a VeveUt- Hon. This some quality I. alo con spkuous In the 0 ot C Held men ami In fact Its i.rejenco has played a large part in their selection tor the posts they occupy. In a sonso thiy personify the spirit of the Government's Interest in aviation, suggesting as an appropriate Inset In the Department ot Commerce In signia. a modern plane pointing the new era of commerce by air to contrast with thoso days when the American clipper ship put the United States in the forefront of world commerce. Promotion and Regulation of - Aeronautics. Tho air commerce act, approved May 20, 1926, provided comprehen sively for the promotion and regu lation of civil aerouautlcs. Among other things It provided for the establishment and maintenance of civil airways and their equipment with intermediate landing fields, beacon lights. Signal and radio ap paratus and other aids to air navi gation; the establishment ot air traffic rules: the Inspection and li censing of aircraft: the collecilon and dissemination of iiifonualoii pertaining to air commerce and t lie stale of the art. including data con cerning the causes or accideuts: the establishment of a suitable weather service on airways: the chai liug of airways, and the pnbll cation of air maps: Hie promotion ot air commerce, ludumry and trade: and the comliict ol scientific research and development work lending to the Improvement of fa cilities for air navigation. The act provided tor the rating of air ports as to suitability, and mr the en couragement of the establishment and maintenance ot air .ports by municipalities. The act did not create a now bu reau in the Department ot Com nierce to perform these functions. The Intention was that, so far as practical, the duties imposed by the act should be distributed among existing agencies ot the depar luent. The greatest problem before the department was that ot creating a satisfactory regulation system. Several conferences were held with representatives of the aircraft In dustry after which the first Air Commerce Rcgulailons cro draft ed and put Into effect This was on December 31, V.M. llnder IK system ot examination and liccns ing of alrmon and aircraft a Held force of nkilled pilots and engi neers, who also enforce the air trafUc rules and Investigated acci dents, was provided. Licensing of Pilots The personnel of the air regula tions division must obviously ps sasa unusual qualifications. Except ing clerical and offlcj toiicr, ll'.cy must be especially expert in idi various phases of aeronautics. iSS- - a " ...... .4,. .wLJ i SmSSSSSl cIrmanV Blfi FIELD OF BALLOONS AT BRUSSELS. BELGIUM ' j j SSSJ . bT I I W. WRWAY MAP OF THE UNITED STATES ot,ARTMENT or COMMEBCe I i B??ig j Jfjt. CIOMAUlK;t RANCH W .v j , , i yjHo. vmco . ycATLL, jf ) y nash 4,,''t' 'mf ,'. . y C ' f Barber ' ink - -- k r ) ( (Cmz 'Jr Shop lWfri' ( f I nvcI Has Been ShSZT-- y--" ' CARL BOWMAN I"'! I sfpfiV' vfc J? m .t.a ,F.B.d) cc fY ! and 'VS f OTJIiCp ' vV"1"" if Jouo-.oc.ra.' "N",ra--fj1 ,.v,u. ( HUGO DAILEY X vh fewl'F t lI n HiTr 'C"""" 108 East Main , i';liriii 1 """"v .hv,u.X ts i ISMM' '. 1 ""Tt- f dance- ISMP- TTX;' "" JL ' cMNii ' ! : Wednesday ; iflfeP - - SSSk " A ' "tCX-co j 'Saturday Nites Yih rP'H .VtrT 14 lrJt ' I i MEDFORD'S NEWEST F lT k 11 r S : . UA ! pavil.cn THE NFWAND VM f I W1 ftAlAf ' tnwAY under mail contract Yfr Q.. V??'L!laum , OLD MCOHMEliCPi'S , 1 A.WY UND.R MA.LCONTRACT BUT NOT YET OPERATING -TTTn..., WI.U in Hill.re.i.c 5" T - f Jf F I AIRWAY ON WHICH MAIL CONTRACTS ARE ADVERTISED OR PENDING MNAjLr- h. - 1 I Aeronautical engineers and Inspec tors arc required -cnpaule of advis ing with manufacturers and techni cians and determining the airwor lliiness and suitability of new air craft, both prior to and during con struction. Including the examination and checking ot technical data, drawings, and diagrams. Th? in spection of aircraft and the exami nation and licensing of pilots and mechanicians require a force of In spectors skilled in the maintenance and operation of aircraft, with pi loting ability well above t:ie aver ago, and with good personality. The act provides for I lie determi nation of the physical litness of li censed pilots and of applicants for licenses a service that can be performed only by physicians with knowledge ot flight requirements. Tho physical Illness of licensed pilots must be checked at suitable intervals. A medical director is in charge of giving physical cxamina- tons to pilots and to applicants for pilots' licenses and about two hun dred physicians and surgeons at various points throughout the couu try serve as medical examiners for the aeronautics branch. Licensing of Planes The Air Commcrco Act requires that all airplanes oiieratcd in inter, stale commurco be licensed. This has resulted in the setting of stand ards for airplane construction In order to meet the requirements of the Department of Commerce. Manufacturers whusc products meet rtiese requirements Rre grant ed approved type ccrlllicales upon request, by authority or which they may build oilier nirph.uci ot the same typo. This alurds on add! tioii.il means for the public lo dis tinguish between the airworthy and the uuairworthy plane. All licensed planes must have been approved by the deparlmAit as safo for operations Planes bearing merely idcnlllK-atlon num bers may alao be sale, but the ap pearance of llio letter "ISC or C In connection with the number Is the only true safeguard tj the lay pub lic New Era in Air Coijm:r:e The establishment ot transconti nental Lir routes by Hie Post Oflice Department was the beginning of the present era of air commerce on .1 safe and sane basis and the new slop which has been taken with the organization of scleral com blned railroad an-1 airplane trans portation schemes is good evidence of t lie progress that has been made. Coder this system railroads and aircraft will be used tr transport passengers on the Iicm possible sch pilules. 'j'lepread interest in lins di l.iiue flying coming as It has otter a remarkable demonstration of the value and reliability of air mail ban - "-li1 y re su 1 1 e d In an Increased v I t 1 !?pnsn.lcnmtD on cqmirict iiruil nrr I rl I I I 1 J' ' t I ip PASSENGER OR EXPRESS ROUTE OR DOTH ( W . uiid) yjUTXii'A ',Vv. V desire to use this new transportn 1 1 0 1. both in business and for pleasure. The economic neces sity for air trail"- port has thus been created. Proof of this is seen in the rapid expansion ot tho contract air mall lines, many of which now carry passengers . and express. These lines aro achieving suc cess on tho solid foundation ot privatg enterprise aiiL liavo al ready set up a remarkable record without any subsidies such as aro given to promote aviation In other countries. Similarity of Air and Auto Development, fu-many obvious ways tho nir- piano and the automobile have striking similarly in their Intro duction nml their use as well as In their engineering construction. Today travel by nir excltca tho same inlerest'as traveling by motor car twenty years ago. 'i'te airplane has certain dellnlte advantages over tho automobile In Its Initial stages. It Is benelltlng by years of experience in automotive engine t FLYING IN construction. When '.he outomoblleacconipllshed on aircraft engine appeared gasollno was a waste product at the oil refineries, and it was several years boforo it was generally adapted to the needs of the internal combustion engine. The airplane derives the' henry's of fuel manufacture and research which has rendered gasoline the universal motor fuel and haa made possible the tremendous expansion in the use of the automobile.. Research on Aviation-Fuel and Oil Research on aviation fuel Is keep- ! ing pace with the aircraft engine ' - M i": :( jv JLr4SV A ' . bA. in. t i.. ,1.. n..i, . I n ..wmi.o nr bnnm Hit f tmn ln la V jia W j, 'r Xfi "X s-JRnx - T fc States anil n larsa num. " at. WILLIAM P. MACCRACKENdp. cfssetdit Sichviary of, Commerce for tferonatc-tcs . f.I -ohwjtW , - ... .. I BATTLE. FORMATION manufacturer. Much of this ro soo,rcli Is being done directly in the laboratories of the petroleum com panies, while Government depart ments, nolaljy the Bureau of Standards, the Navy and War De partments, are conducting extensive experiments and tests and have been tor a numbor ot years. Not oven secondary t. the work being done on fuel, Is that being lubrication. Here again petroleum is the rource from which this most essential element in the perfect operation of the moloj- Is derived, and the technical staffs of the oil and aircraft engine manufacturing Industries as well as of appropriate (Iovcrnmcnt department!, are doing Invaluable work In this cmnectlon. Another pronounced advantage Is that a supply of suitable fuel Is n"un"l. Wbn tho nutomobile first appeared on I lie roads It was dlfllciili to mako any considerable . , SpZ 4 i' V-Ll I . llio number ' " other way V'FZihjlJiiJ "XarfjrV iK!4fi5 nt airports the name of tho city or of nearby . Mlf1lQUL u ' i - LU7 or nlrwuyn morca Is urging sui:li air marking. VKSfJsB hmtS. journey without taking along In tho car a supply of gasoline. There, were no filling stations and curb pumps along tho highways but practically the Hist equipment on the ground at a new airport Is the aviation fuel station. Importancs of Airports Given tho same progress In en glne construction and reliability as well as safety that marked Hit: growth of the automobile, the prog res of the airplane rests on the establishment ot sulta lc airports and landing fields. In fi.ct, the -!r-port and airway- night be likened In their rela'lons to the progress of aeronautics lo the effee ot the landing nisi Improvement of good rouds on automobile expansion. Nature lias provided too air space but airporls. Intermediate, landing fields, and other grot"'- aids to aviation am necusnnry to the estab llshment ift a real airway. There has been a zreat growth tho number nt airports rondors the extension ot air trans port 1 1 hoc or ulrwiiyo much easier than w as t or m e r I y the cusu. .At one time a city net on I lie E GAS FILLING STATION MOVES FROM PLANE TO PLANE ' - air mail route could seo no reason to construct an airport, but oil ac count of tho miscellaneous opera Hons now In cxlstenro and tho In crcasingly wldo uso of the airplane in general business, no clly can afford to neglect this Important matter. As a result, cities fur off the present routes arc building good ulrports. This Is not only pro viding bases tor the miscellaneous operators but Is also attracting the scheduled air lines. 1 Markers on Air Routes Just as the driver or tho uutoino hlle likes to know where ho is "at" on the road so docs tho alrptana pilot when ho is in tho ulr. One of tho Department, of Commerce fly Ing men reports lo mo: ' "Jones a well known civilian pilot had a bad tlmo hctnro duxk lust evening. Ho expected to make Wright Held but got Into trouble, llo knew he was near a small town and that Willi. luck he might see a marker on top ot one of the oil storage tanks along a railway sid ing on the outskirts of tho town. It happened that this murker not, only would give him his exuet loca tion but would also tell him that nut 0110 hundred yards from It n an excellent Held for such a lund- Ing as ho now bad lo make. He dropped, found ho was right about the marker and made the landing In the farmer's' field." This Is not a fur-felched III nitra tion of the point that marking nt airways not only Is a convenience to pilots n establishing their loco Hon and the distances of travel but Is a direct aid to safely In air travel. In such markers Hie expe rienced pilot has an added focal point for an Intimate study ot the With air travel developing more rapidly Ilia 11 tho Installation of aids to nnvlgntlon, tho marking ot cities has become nn Important nocd. On the Pacific Const, In tho Mlddli West and olsowherc, petroleum companies have led thu way, mark ing 011 tho roofs of buildings, in storage tanks aud In other ways the name of tho city or of nearby cities, sometimes Willi arrows pointing to airports or landing Holds with tho lutorvuilllg miles Indicated. The Dopurtment ot Com merce Is urging such air marking, especially In tho smaller vllluges. It reports Hint more than 2,0(10 towns and cities liavo been "air marked" - by municipalities, aoro clubs, , factories, office buildings, fuel companies and others. Railroads have beeu urged to pnlnt tho names of stations on roofs, slid two companies have defi nitely undertaken Hi) program. O110 largo oil company namely, the Standard Oil Company ot In diana has marked 'JSO ol its sta tions In as ninny towns In ten states and 000 moro .uch signs are scheduled. In soven other states llio Standard Oil Company ot Cali fornia has marked nearly 500 ot Its structures, while other similar -concerns have undertaken such markings. , Light Beaconi The dlfllculty of night flying Is being rapfllly overcome by lighting mid other aids to aviation. Light beacons liavo been cxtcnslvoly con structed on routes whore thero Is night flying, and In this connection Industrial concerns hnvo again helped materially. For instunce. tho Standard Oil Company ot Cull torn la recently Instnllec two light K beacons, ono at ML Diablo and an other at Los Angeles In California, and three more are undor construc tion by this company ou sites near San Diego, California: Portland, Oregon, and Scallla, Washington. Among other industrla' . concerns which ha e Installed boncons In different parts of tho country nro Quaker Oats Company, the Statlcr Hotel Company, the Olson Rug Company, the Alabama P wer Com pany, Greonebaiim Sons Investment Company., All In all, there Is developing In aircraft activity and In aids td nav igation a coordination of effort which promise'; the solution of many problems and Is laying the foundation for air travel along such sound lines Hut the widening use of Hie airplane for commerce and tleaAure Is JncvUjibljtx , ONYX , :. 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