December, 1934 F O R M E R L Y TH E 99ER Vol 2, No. I.

10 C E N T S

UW?I?T Wff In This Issuer RONALD GALL BARBARA SOUTHGATE GEORGE MASON Airtvomait Alice Henchman and the Daisy—Buck 25th Century Rocket PistoL Absolutely harmless, H 4 • Rogers ship. Z A P S just like Buck's pistol......

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25th Century inter-planetary navigation helmet H I with antenna and visor...... 25 th CENTURY

Yes ma’am! Here’s genuine 25tli Century flying equipment—exact replicas of the flying and fight­ ing trappings of that Ace of 25th Century rocket ship pilots, Buck R ogers. The Pilot and co-pilot trying their hand with rocket pistols. Hero of millions of air minded American youngsters through many a furious air duel or perilous adventure ... You can depend on it there is a gift that a n y youngster would give his right arm to own. W e know that by the crowds of youngsters that greeted pilot Alice Herscliman and her Daisy sponsored Buek Rogers ship on the recent 25th Century Combat set—pistol and ultra-modern Michigan and Indiana air tours. holster ...... O t I C The fact is—we can barely turn them out fast enough. Give some youngster a break. When he pulls on that Inter-planetary Navigation Helmet and straps down that trusty rocket pistol, you’re looking at a future birdman, ready to go places and do things—and 110 motors to limit his flying range ... and best of all it’s absolutely safe. Or, if you want good clean sport for the older ones, get a Daisy Air Rifle—the finest character builder you can find. A part o f the Buck Rogers crowd at Escanaba, Mich. DAISY AIR RIFLES DAISY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 310 UNION STREET, PLYMOUTH, MICH. With the Eye of an Eagle FLIGHT NEWS

i r p l a n e s manufactured in the United States during the THE A first nine months of 1934 totaled 1,285, of which 673 were for domestic civil use, according to a survey made public today by the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of HOTEL Commerce. This represented a total increase of 220 aircrafts over the corresponding period in 1933. The Department of Commerce announces that Dr. Clara Regina Gross of New York City has been appointed a medical LEXINGTON examiner for the Bureau of Air Commerce. This, in the words of the Roosevelt Field News (a four-page weekly packed full of interesting news items) is taken as an acknowl­ looks to your comfort edgement of the growing interest in flying among women. during every hour spent Right, say we, particularly as this appointment comes right on the heels of the appointment of Dr. Emma Kitredge of within its hospitable walls. Los Angeles to the same post. On November 10th and 11th, a number of Southwestern 99’s went to Fresno and participated in the three day Armistice celebration staged by that city. There was an event scheduled 1 It's as up-to-the-m:nute In especially for 99’ers which was won by Clema Granger with its appointments and serv­ Bobby Trout second and Ethel Sheehy third. Prize money ice as the modern plane— for the race was two hundred and fifty dollars. that's why it's so popular with air travelers.

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A giant Condor pas­ would select the man for their pilot, begin at the beginning and learn the senger plane circles the simply because he was a man. The male fundamentals of aerodynamics. Cannot field at Boston and comes pilot still captures the confidence of our our girl pilots play an important part in in for a landing. Its population. Due to this fact, it would the education of these children? pilot, who possibly has seem that woman’s place in aviation is Likewise in our women’s colleges, avia­ had thousands of hours not to compete with men. Few women tion is fascinating the student bodies. flying experience under will ever be found on the transport Flying clubs have been formed. Un­ all possible conditions and in all kinds runs, they will probably never seriously fortunately the equipment which is some­ of weather, taxis the great ship to the invade the men’s domain of instruction. times used is not of the best, nor is the apron, turns it so that its door is exactly A women’s field in this flying game is training available of the highest type. in line with the gateway to the terminal unique. There are things which they Is it not the duty of the women pilots office. Another transport has completed may accomplish which the men cannot who understand the difference between a regular run from New York, shorten­ undertake as effectively. reliable and unreliable motors, the dif­ ing distance between the two cities by It is reasonable to suppose that when ference between airworthy and unair­ one-third. The passengers alight to step the people realize that the femine sex worthy equipment, and the difference be­ into a waiting bus which will carry them is actually as able in an airplane as she tween safe transportation and spectacular in a few minutes to the city and their has proved herself in an automobile, that bally-hoo to educate these girls to take final destination. is the time they will say, "If she can do their cored place in this young industry? Fifteen people is the capacity of this it, then flying cannot be dangerous as It is our girl pilots who are educating big airplane, and of the fifteen five may it has a reputation for being . I f she can the parents to the possibilities in avia­ be women. Aviation has come into its do it, then it must he safe for my son tion for their children. It is they who own, and the women of the world have and daughter to learn to fly.” are playing their part by demonstrating accepted it. In the final analysis it is Thus good work can be done for the that flying has just about outgrown its the women who will endorse a new ven­ future of aviation through educational infant stage of noisy notoriety and is ture to its success. The automobile in­ efforts. Who can better perform this rapidly settling down to its next stage, dustry did not develop to its present size task than our girl pilots? Who can bet­ that of a safe, comfortable, and rapid until the women adopted the car as a ter reach the mothers, the women’s col­ means of transportation and communica­ comfortable, convenient, and rapid meth­ leges, the women’s clubs, and the high tion. It is they who are contacting our od of travel. A woman driver at one schools to aid the world in developing women’s clubs which in themselves are time was considered an eccentric, a this comparatively new industry? such an important influence in the affairs menace on the public highway. Today, of the country, and thereby convincing it is rare to find a woman who is not the older generation that their children able to drive as efficiently as a man. are not eccentric, are not insane, are not Criticize as you may, the girls have u r high schools have gone air- simply attracted by the romance which proved that they are capable of becom­ minded. Many of them have has surrounded aviation in the past, but ing efficient pilots. Many of them are O formed aero-clubs that are actively in­ are sincerely interested in a business getting into the air every day. The terested in aeronautics. Some high which holds the greatest future possibili­ country at present has nearly four hun­ schools even have girl’s flying clubs. ties of any of our present day. dred licensed girl pilots, of whom some Colleges have their clubs. The day is seventy are the possessors of transport not far distant when the schools will of­ licenses, the highest grade which may be fer courses in aviation and aeronautical obtained. These seventy or more girls engineering even as the universities are n d so , hats off to the women. Their are qualified to pilot or co-pilot on trans­ doing. It is on the ranks of these field of aviation today can be one port lines, to do charter work with air­ A juveniles that our future industry de­ of education, to carry the message of the planes, are capable of instructing stu­ pends. And the girls are evidencing as progress of the flying world to the peo­ dents. much interest as the boys. These chil­ ple, and to guide the footsteps of the dren need guidance, they need a steady­ younger generation into the most worth­ ing hand to steer them away from the while paths. ET the fact remains that due to ad­ spectacular and the glamor which is still Y verse psychology, if two pilots of entrancing, and they need to be taught equal capabilities were on the ground that flying is an intricate study, that there with an airplane waiting, one a man and are infinite possibilities in it as an in­ one a woman, nine-tenths of the public dustry, but that to be successful one must 'Barbara Southgate CONTENTS

Flight News ...... 3 Not in Competition With Men—An Editorial— By Barbara Southgate...... 4 As Plane As I Can Make It ...... 6 Cyclone Engines— By Ronald Gall...... 7 Aerial Photography...... 8 Lines in the Sky— By Pat O’M alley...... 9 Flight Movies— By Clara Studer...... 10 In Old New England— By George Mason...... 11 Books and Magazines— By Mabel Britton...... 12 Just Among Us Girls— By Mister Swanee Taylor. . . 12 Fashions in Flight— B y Fay Gillis...... 13 Bread and Butter and Aviation— By Suzan M. Mostenic ...... 14 INTRODUCING the Royles of California, where Captain Bill is manager Pot and Pan Mechanics ...... 14 of Mills Field. Madeleine's mother was so airminded that, having Scoring U p ...... 15 no sons, she was all for making a flier out of her daughter. And once having had the controls all to herself Madeleine was all for it too. TH E 9 9 E R ...... 16 Captain Royle, a war flier, has had about 6500 hours. And then, of W. N. A. A. CONTACT...... 17 course, there's three-year-old "Little Bill1 coming right along.

AIRWOMAN, the magazine of sky talk for women who fly and for those* who are still earthbound but interested, is the official organ of the 99 Club of women pilots and of the Women’s National Aeronautical Association.

AIRWOMAN is distributed on American Airlines, Boston- Maine and Central Vermont Airways, Central Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Pan American Airways, Pennsylvania Airlines and Transcontinental and Western Airlines.

In the January issue we will have a very interesting article on how airplane cabins are made sound proof by S. J. Zand of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. Further we will have an article on Flying Firsts by Beckwith Havens, one of the earlier Early Birds. The article on Aviation Rooms in Hotels has been postponed from this issue to January, and readers are again urged to send in information about any rooms set aside for aviation gatherings. Also please send in anything on Flight posters for the January issue. The closing date for January will be December 30. If you have any news or articles for AIRWOMAN please mail them in by then. The picture on this month’s cover is from a Christmas card by Katherine Crockett as adapted to the space requirements by Alfredo Studer.

AIRWOMAN (successor to The 99er), Volume 2, N um ber 1, December, 1934. Published monthly by Airwoman Associates at 551 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Editorial offices, 551 Fifth Abenue, New York, N. Y., U. S. A. Clara Studer, Editor ; Fay Gillis, Associate Editor ; Margery Brown, Roving Reporter. Subscription $1.00 per year, single copies 10 cents. "A S PLANE A S I C A N M A K E IT"

Unless a Christmas card is either Almost equally effective along the beautiful or characteristic of its sender, same line is a card reproducing a paint­ or both, it is a purely perfunctory affair ing of a biplane in a sky just beginning and has no legitimate reason for being. to light up for daytime over a midnight blue ocean. The only color other' than People in and about aviation have blue appears in the tiny red landing been pretty conscientious about stamp­ lights on the ship and reflected in the ing the bits of cardboard they have water below. The signature of Cecily mailed out in the name of the Christmas McAlery, assistant editor of the English spirit with their own individuality as magazine Aeroplane appears on this card. well as their passion for things aero­ The artist’s name is not discernible. nautical. They have striven also to do Other fine paintings reproduced in color their wish-expressing in beautiful and are one by G. E. 't urner of Croydon Air­ artistically right ways. port which appears on an Imperial Air­ On this page and others we have re­ ways card sent out by T. E. Bewshea, and produced a few of the cards which lend another by Charles C. Dickson in pastel of a racing seaplane sent out from the themselves to black and white reproduc­ Napiers company in London by F. K. tion. We were up against an embarrass­ Southee with his drawing of the year Jones. ment of riches since Major Lester D. The Napiers card contains this mes­ 1929 showing little Willie leaning out of the window and greeting a Santa Gardner, of Skyport and the Institute of sage: Aeronautical Sciences in Radio City, was With all good wishes Claus who has just landed via airplane good enough to lend us, for the purposes for a with "Shucks I thought maybe you was of this article his very fine collection of "full throttle year” and never a "miss” Lindbergh.” Christmas cards. In the collection is Among the American artists who are Germany’s Lufthansa airlines do their Christmas cards in a lighter vein, what included every manner and size of greet­ responsibile for a number of delightful with a drawing showing a transport ing in many languages besides English. drawings for aviation Christmas cards loaded with hilarious passengers with a Most of the important figures in avia­ are William Heaslip, C. R. McCombs and Eric Sloane. However, many of the special compartment set aside for good tion from Orville Wright on down are luck mascots. H olland’s K. L. M„ i. e., among the senders. In addition we Christmas cards are not only designed but executed by the senders themselves. Royal Dutch Airways, did a simple but gathered up a few cards on our own and One of the finest plane motif drawings effective one with a pathway of light feel that we are now qualified to speak was done by G. W. Cousins for a card leading from a photograph of the dykes as a research bureau on the subject of sent out by Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett of of Holland in one corner to the rice what aviators do about Christmas cards. Paris. fields of java in another. As a matter of fact we could fill up Aerial photographs are reproduced on Orville Wright is represented in Major pages of type but much prefer to let the many of the cards among the most ef­ Gardner’s book by two very beautiful cards do their own elucidating through­ fective of these being one captioned winter landscape cards.” The Glenn L. Martin Company sends out very elaborate out this issue. Some of the finest cards "The Highway of Kris Kringle” on a and effective cards annually. though are in color or shaded photo­ card sent by Grace and Walter Thwaite, Gianni Caproni uses nice etchings in graphs and have therefore been omitted. and one of an autogiro flying over a sepia. Many of the cards which Ameri­ There is, for example, the card sent by snowy earth sent by Edna and Lawrence can women pilots use have etchings in one De Pinedo showing a photograph of Le Page and so on and on. way or another. One of the loveliest clouds lined with silver and a starry sky Then there are the amateurs who do cards sent by a woman pilot is Alice reproduced in blue ink. It is a master­ their wishing humorously as for instance Hirschman’s last year’s offering of a piece of photography, printing and de­ Glenn Muffly with his "Prosperity silver plane casting a pale blue shadow sign. Air Line—One Way Ticket,” Earl on the white snow around a little red and white village. So long till next Christmas then with a cheerful little poem which appears in­ side the card on page 9.

Horses, ships, autos and aircraft galore Couldn’t possibly carry all we have in store Of wishes for happiness, health, riches and cheer Aline Rhonie For you and yours throughout this com­ Brook does the Peter ing New Year; Brookses of So we called on Old Santa, youth’s jolly New York old friend, into a To bring Christmas Greetings and good Christm as card. cheer without end. CYCLONE ENGINES

By RONALD GALL

Wright Aeronautical Corporation

h e progress which has been made American Airways System and TWA, bat weapon known to the world today. T over a period of the past ten years Inc. In the case of all of these airlines, With three of these planes and a Cy­ by American aircraft engine manufac­ route records have been broken when clone-powered Curtiss A-12, the Army turers is perhaps nowhere better reflected the Cyclone-powered equipment was set a transcontinental air mail record of than in the refinement of the Wright placed in service and in several instances 13 hours, 53 minutes, last February. The Cyclone engine to its present state of records over long distances have been route followed was longer than that taken by Captain Rickenbacker on his perfection. smashed. The success of the W right Series F record flight at that time. w a Inc., which is now operating a Cyclone and its rise to be the outstand­ Late this year, the Army took a ing high-powered, air-cooled engine of T large fleet of Cyclone-powered squadron of Cyclone-powered Martin the world is nothing short of phenom­ Douglas Airliners between the Fast and Bombers to Alaska and return. On this enal. No other aircraft engine—with the West Coasts, has established several trip, the Army established several new single exception of the Whirlwind J-5, records in addition to that made by Cap­ records for aerial photography. which powered the planes used by tain Rickenbacker last February. To The Cyclone Series had its inception Lindbergh, Byrd, Chamberlin, Kingsford- TWA are credited records for non-stop in 1924, when the U. S. Navy, enthu­ Smith, Yancey, Williams and others in flight with a transport and for the siastic over the success of air-cooled 1927 and 1928—has risen to outstand­ fastest coast-to-coast time with a full load engines of the Wright Whirlwind type, ing importance so quickly. of passengers by a plane in regular op­ decided to foster the development of Cyclones today power the planes of eration. The non-stop flight record was similarly constructed power plants of five of the six leading airlines in the established when a TWA Douglas flew higher horsepower. The first engines of United States. They are used extensively from Los Angeles to Wichita, a distance high power output were the Wright P-l by the U. S. Army, the U. S. Navy, the of 1,296 miles, at an average speed of and P-2 models rated first at 450 h. p. Coast Guard, and governments and air 199.2 miles per hour. and finally at 500 h. p. These engines lines of foreign countries. They power American Airlines, which will shortly were of a more or less experimental the majority of the high-speed trans­ inaugurate service over its nationwide character and while installed in experi­ ports introduced during the past two network of airlines with Douglas trans­ mental aircraft saw but little service in years in this country, as well as several ports, recently ordered ten of these planes operating squadrons. of the leading transports evolved by —all Cyclone-powered. American Air­ They proved, however, that air-cooled European manufacturers. lines now has a total of 92 Wright Cy­ engines of higher power output were clones in operation. This company is entirely feasible and encouraged further h e first outstanding accomplishment operating fleets of Curtiss-Wright Condor development along the lines the Navy T of the Series F Cyclone was its de­ Dayplanes and Sleeplanes, as well as a desired. pendable performance during the 30,000- number of Vultee V-lA transports—all (Continued on Page 14) mile aerial survey flight made by Colonel Cyclone-powered—over its air routes. It and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh last year. was the first airline to inaugurate aerial Throughout this long trip, the Lind­ sleepers into service. Over 3,500 pas­ berghs’ engine was entirely trouble free. sengers have been carried on the Curtiss- Upon his arrival back in this country Wright Condor Sleeplanes since they after spanning both the North and South were placed in service. Atlantic, Colonel Lindbergh said that he AN AMERICAN-GRACE AIRWAYS, which had not found it necessary to remove purchased a fleet of three Cyclone- even a spark plug. P powered Douglases, is now subjecting s the result of the performance of these planes to gruelling service tests A the Douglas Airliner in the London over its South American air routes. Dur­ to Melbourne race, K. L. M. has ordered ing these tests, the plane was flown over ten more ships of this type. All will be the Andes Mountains and back again on powered with Wright Cyclones. When one engine. At no time during this the new Douglases go into service, K. L. flight did the plane go below 13,000 M. expects to cut the time between feet—2,000 feet above the mountains. Amsterdam and Batavia in Dutch East General Airliners, operating between India to 5^2 ^aYs- This route is the San Diego and Salt Lake City, recently longest airline in the world being 9,000 replaced obsolete equipment with Cy­ miles in length. clone-powered Douglas Airliners, and The five major airlines on the North Swissair of Switzerland has taken delivery and South American Continents which on a similar plane. are operating Wright Cyclone-powered The U. S. Army selected Wright Cy­ equipment are American Airlines, Eastern clones to power its new Martin Bombers Air Lines, General Air Lines, Pan —said to be the most effective aerial com­ AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

NITED AIR LINES stewardesses literally "on-the-wing." United, U the first transport line to employ a woman as the third mem­ ber of the crew, now has 150 stewardesses on the planes on its cost-to-coast and other routes. The position of airplane stewardess or hostess is so attractive that it practically take marriage to lure the girls from the skyways. The latest to capitulate to romance is Miss Edna Eischen, who recently became the bride of James L. Hayes, a Chicago banker. It is estimated that approximately ten per cent of the girls have married after taking positions as stewardesses, which automatically means that their air career is ended as the company has a "no married women" rule.

/^APTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER as guest of Junior Birdmen Squadron No. 111 named in his honor. Lawrence Shaw, National Director of the Junior Birdmen is standing in the background. The youngster in the Captain's arms is the squadron mas­ cot. The meeting was held at the home of Ricken- backer Squadron Commander Sylvia Valentine in the Bronx, New York.

r\ESIG N ED and built by "Gerry" Vultee at Glendale, Calif., the ^ American Airline’s new Vultee I-A transport is not only a thing of beauty but one of the most efficient and comfortable ships yet developed. It is Wright Cyclone-powered, perfectly stream­ lined, and is equipped with all modern aids to aerial navigation. The Vultees, of which there are ten on American Airlines, already have a string of inter-city records to their credit. LINES IN THE SKY By PAT O'MALLEY

f t e r all these years of screaming, and had them at the Newark Airport at Express was born. Everyone connected A New York City seems to be in the six. And he had them in Miami for with it suffered from nervous break­ way of getting itself an airport. Our luncheon a little after noon. downs and hysterics for week afterwards doughty Mayor pulled a fast one on and everyone hated the brat except pos­ e flew Eastern Airlines’ Florida sibly Rogers Combs, to whom it had been TWA when he refused to get out of the Flyer, the same Douglas that estab­ ship at Newark and insisted on being H a holy dream. Well, anyhow, what I’m lished the new transcontinental transport delivered in New York, the destination getting at is it turned out to be a fine record of 12 hours, 3 minutes and 15 marked on his ticket. So they had to child and is growing, growing, growing. seconds. The Florida trip was planned fly him to Floyd Bennett. Cruel gossip The system carrying approximately 50,000 as a "D awn to D usk” flight— Captain has it that this was a pre-arranged pounds each month. Most of the ship­ Rickenbacker was supposed to have his publicity stunt, but you know how some ments are pretty prosaic, naturally, but guests back in New York for dinner at people are. They never believe anything. occasionally something unusual comes eight but the weather gummed it up and Anyhow, Mr. LaGuardia is sick and through as in the case of the roses which he got them in around midnight. I tired of having Newark the air terminal were cut in a Southern California garden don’t know whether the dinner and huge point for New York City, and he is out one afternoon and were decorating the civic celebration which was planned to to do something about it. White House the next. The General take place that night at the Hotel NEW YORK CITY LEASES NORTH BEACH Air Express system covers American Air­ New York City has leased the Glenn Pennsylvania to mark the epochal 2,400- lines, Eastern Airlines and Transconti­ H. Curtiss Airport at North Beach, Long miles flight, which was to shrink the nental and Western Air. Island, for five years at a dollar a year, Atlantic Coastline one-third its size in with the privilege of buying it at the travel time (quoting Clancy Dayhoff), h e Railway Express Agency’s Air end of that time. was kept hot for them or whether the T Express Service covers the United The plans are for the city to take over party broke up and went home sore at Airline network. And the total number the Captain for being late for his own operation of the field, one of the busiest of pounds of shipments for the month shindig. But the trip was a great suc­ in the metropolitan area, on January 1. of October 1934, according to Depart­ cess. The airport has an area of 138 acres in ment of Commerce figures, was almost FASTER CONDORS use and permission has been obtained double the amount of air express shipped from the War Department to increase this Mr. L. E. Gill, vice president in charge on both systems during October 1933. by forty acres. of traffic for Eastern Airlines announced that his company is planning a fast New It is expected that this Christmas many h e move to acquire the North Beach York-New Orleans schedule very soon, more people than ever before will avail T terminal, which can accommodate one round trip each day using the themselves of the privilege to ship their land and seaplanes is part of the Mayor’s Douglas and another schedule using a gifts late and have them get there early. program to provide all sections of the Condor. The operations department has The Department of Commerce expects city with adequate facilities. It is also begun a $50,000 improvement program to have sectional airway maps, showing another step in his fight to bring the air on 8 Condors which will increase their geographical characteristics, political mail from Newark to New York's speed and carrying capacity. When the boundaries, and features of significance Municipal Airport, Floyd Bennett Field. work is completed the Condor will be to airmen, such as beacon lights, airports He announced that Glenn Curtiss Airport second only to the Douglas as an air and radio stations, for every part of the would be used to supplement this more transport, Mr. Gill said. United States within the year. The 87 commodious terminal. The Mayor is EXPRESS FLYING will represent the first comprehensive continuing his fight to obtain the un­ I well remember the blistering hot detailed map of the United States ever occupied portion of Governor’s Island August Day in 1932 when General Air published. for an airport where planes may land passengers and mail for downtown Man­ Mr. and Mrs. William P. MacCracken, Jr.'s card for 1931-32, drawn by C. R. McComas hattan. Mr. LaGuardia is certainly working vigorously to attract air traffic to New York City. He has already made an ar­ rangement with TWA for the use of two hangars at Bennett Field and the oo- eration from there of the new Douglas ships, and as soon as the Post Office Department will designate New York City as an air-mail terminal the Mayor thinks all of the other large air trans­ port companies will come to Floyd Ben­ nett. How right he is about this, I don’t know. Going to New^-k is a nuisance, but I’ve been to Floyd Bennett, too. SHRINKING THE COASTLINE Captain Eddie Rickenbacker took a few friends on a little flight the other day. He gave them breakfast at five in the morning (that’s the kinda guy he is), FLIGHT MOVIES

By CLARA STUDER

matter of making aero-dynamic sense. If you ask people offhand what flying movies they remember seeing they im­ mediately recall the name of some World War picture or other. Witness the following summary which a New York movie critic was good enough to bat out on his typewriter: "These are going to be sadly incom­ plete, but here are a few of my memories of aviation pictures—They started with W ings which was the result of John Monk Saunders’ romantic fantasies about his own wartime career, and the scenes left over from the picture were used to make The Legion of the Condemned, which was even more romantic and which started Gary Cooper on his career as movie hero. "In the first films the heroes were definitely American and the villians were

Katherine Hepburn, "intrepid woman aviator" definitely Germans. In the big scenes While romance flourishes for Warner Baxter you could tell the German planes be­ and Conchita Montenegro in "Hell in the cause they were the ones that were being H eavens." o r years now we’ve sat palpitating shot down. The most extravagant and as we watched war aces tear each spectacular of this school was H ell’s aerial warfare against the Nicaraguan otherF down out of the sky; we've mopped Angels, which dealt chiefly with the rebels and wasn’t a very big success, in our eyes over the tribulations of the poor destruction of a Zeppelin that was at­ great part because the sight of America’s little aviator’s sweetheart back home or tacking London. For a change the Ger­ air armada dropping bombs on reasonably over the particular nurse or mademoiselle helpless members of Sandino’s army mans were made pretty heroic. more immediately adjacent to the Front "Later the pictures began to deal with didn’t seem very exciting. who was steadfastly standing by the pilot the adventures of aviators after the war. "Getting back to Mr. Saunders, he for love interest purposes. Though I’m The Lost Squadron— a picture within a later wrote a film called The Eagle and not forgetting, by the way, that a few picture—dealt with stunt fliers, ex-war- the Hawk, which dealt with a sensitive pictures like Datvn Patrol and The time aviators who worked for the movies wartime ace who hated the business of Eagle and the Hawk had the courage to in Hollywood aviation films. John Monk killing, got drunk to forget and died struggle along without the feminine Saunders, getting into this new mood of heroically after being pretty bitter over touch. disillusionment, wrote a picture for the fact that he was supposed to lecture And the war flight pictures have con­ Barthelmess, from his book N ikk i and young recruits on the glories of war. At tributed their share of the excitement Her War Birds. It was imitation Heming­ present a few war pictures are being and suspense, vicariously or no, that way stuff and told of unhappy ex-avia­ made but usually the Germans and the most of us humans like to sandwich into tors wandering sadly over Europe much Americans are co-heroes and one of them our little lives. And the producers have in the manner of The Sun Also Rises. even showed the American joining the made their war flying films exciting "A picture called Flight dealt with (Continued on Page 15) enough, often gloriously so, to please any of us. Nor have they spared expense. Hell's Angels, for example, was the most lavish production ever made. It took two years to produce and cost $4,000,000. Fliers or no, we’ve got a bona fide thrill out of many of the best of them and fussed and fumed about the worst When the villians in the of them. There’s many a pilot who re­ piece said no permit— members this or that picture indignantly no show, here's how the as "the one in which they had that ter­ dauntless chorines gave rible take-off,” or whatever else was bad Rio de Janeiro some­ about its flight technique. But with the thing to look up at. number of actors, actresses and nroducers who have got to know personally some­ thing of what flying is all about, not to forget the very intelligent lay pilots who double in the action shots—the producers have learned to err less and less in the IN OLD NEW ENGLAND By GEORGE MASON, Aviation Editor, Boston Transcript

There certainly is transport rating and is engaged by Inter- Miss Manila Davis had her aviation enough material about the City Air Lines. She is a demonstration start on the Boston Airport. She was women fliers of our six pilot and many a customer goes for a a sales-lady for Curtiss-Wright in the New England States to flight with her in a ship before he buys. early days and learned to fly. Later she fill a book or two. For The idea of having Miss Harkness on went to New York and you girls know some reason or other New his staff was Bob Love’s brilliant thought. the rest. Olivia "Keet” Mathews was England girls are all He’s the president of Inter-City. An­ the first girl in the world to make her stewed up about flying—they have been other New England transport is Mrs. first solo flight in a ship equipped with for many years. Because of their con­ Mary Sansom, attractive Hartford flyer, skiis. She piled up a lot of time around quests in various fields of flying the who holds all sorts of loop records for Boston and is married to Ralph S. New England girls have won a lot of the six states. She actively heads Inter- Maugham of American Airlines. State Airways at Brainard Field and fame for themselves. n d e r the tutelage of Mrs. Sansom To select the outstanding woman flier teaches many of the students herself. a number of Hartford girls have in New England is a job that even the U ernice blake hails from Manchester, been learning how to fly. Oh this group Federal Aviation Commission wouldn't N. H., and the Department of Com­ attempt. They are all leaders. Take B Miss Florence Yeskett has her license. Mrs. Theodore W. Kenyon as a perfect merce inspector was all smiles the day Mrs. Mary Bacon, Mrs. Mildred Chase example. Her husband taught her how he handed her a transport ticket. "She’s and Mrs. Lorraine Defren Frankland are to fly many years ago. They’ve owned earned it,” he commented. She likes familiar names in Boston aviation. Mrs. many airplanes, one of the first being a Monocoupes and pops up at all the local Dolly Bernson of Brookline, Mass., was little Arrow sport job which they put New England air meets. Speaking of the one of the first women airport man­ on floats. Currently they are flying a transports, we can’t forget Miss Maude agers in the country when she took over Waco Model A, cozy side-by-side ship Tait, who in private life is Mrs. John the operation of Muller Field in Revere. that takes the flying Kenyons where and Moriarity of Springfield. She has flown One of the newest aviation wrinkles in when they want. Gee Bees and has a deep affection for Boston that concerns women fliers is a Mrs. Kenyon’s rise to aviation fame the Granville products. One of them— newly-founded organization known as the came suddenly in 1933 when she found a Gee Bee Senior Sportster carried her Business Girls’ Flying Club. Miss Louise herself crowned the champion woman to a win in the Aerol Trophy Races at A. Wheeler, brilliant business girl of sportsman pilot of the country with a Cleveland not so many years ago. Boston, wanted to learn to fly. So did check for $5,000 in her hands. She Mrs. Edith Descomb of Hartford is an several other girls who worked in of- walked over to a hangar on Roosevelt airport-mate of Mrs. Sansom. She, too, offices. They organized the club and Field and bought a Kinner-powered likes altitude and loop records, has a presented their case before John H. Waco biplane. She endorses Camels, transport and gets a kick out of instruct­ Shobe, a Boston commercial flyer. He placed an Aeronca at the club’s disposal but likes other cigarettes too. She is a ing students. and a number of the girls have been delightful person, photographs extremely Miss Barbara Southgate of Framing­ soloed and the membership of the or­ well and is in constant demand to lend ham, Mass., won her spurs in aviation at ganization is close to twenty. During the her presence and flying ability to various the Framingham Airport. The airport past summer a large number of the girls commercial organizations in Boston— manager there, Robert C. Godman, has were so enthused about flying that they such as automobile distributors and shown her the way to success and now she rates with Mrs. Kenyon and Miss went to the airport after the five o’clock furriers. Kimball as the three most sought-after whistle blew to fly—carrying out the old idea of "rather fly than eat.” assachusetts and New England fliers in the Bay State. M have some sort of a claim on Amelia Earhart, inasmuch as she is a product of Medford, Mass., and she is now affiliated with Boston and Main Airways, operating an airline service to four of the New England states. Mar­ garet A. R. Kimball of Lexington, Mass., is another star in the sky. She has worked hard in aviation, battled her way to a transport license and is forever studying advanced flying, motors and aeronautical design. She is a serious- minded girl who flies just like a man. She is modest about her flying efforts, is active in the Aero Club of Boston and the 99 Club. She participated in last year’s Liberty Treasure Hunt and loves cross-country flying, especially if she can do it by instrument. Nancy Harkness is a Michigan girl who is now a Bostonian. She has a British Aviation Illustrated by C. A. Books and Magazines Sims draws a fine line of distinction be­ Just Among Us Girls tween military and commercial aircraft Winged Victory by V. M. Yeats. Harri­ by differentiating particularly in design, use, son Smith & Robert Haas, N. Y., 1934. and ability. Mister Swanee Taylor $2.50. "The civil aeroplane is not a reserve This is the best war novel war weapon. The military aeroplane is o n ’t get me wrong, girls, when I say that I have read. It concerns 1 know it is a sign of literary laziness a very specialized type or collection of D the experiences and ad­ to seize upon seasonal topics as a source of types. It has one particular job to do ventures of a British material. I know it is, and I’m not apologiz­ and it is designed and built with no ing. For, my sweets, by the time this spreads single-seater Scout squa­ other purpose taken into consideration.” before your big boo'ful eyes it will be about dron on the western Nations of the world are establishing the time of the year when both the male and front during the late female of the species sit apart to sort of take their air forces as a principal mode of spring and summer of 1918. stock in their individual selves. Big corpora­ protection, Sims states. tions, you know, have what they call the fiscal The pilots of the outfit flew Camels, "The information brought to hand by year, twelve months of profit and/or loss. very tricky difficult planes. Their skill While we, girls, follow the calendar or phy­ the air camera altered the whole tactical and bravery was amazing considering sical year. conduct of the war . . . it has become their lack of training and inadequate As far as I personally am con­ one of the most important branches of equipment. Stunting they taught them­ cerned, I place little faith in the old both military and civil aviation,” the selves; instructors had time for little Spanish custom of dragging out the author emphasizes in the chapter discuss­ musty bones of mistakes and heart­ more than ordinary turns and landings. ing aerial photography and its attendant aches encountered in the last twelve Pilots went oVer the lines with fewer problems. months. If we can’t and won’t learn hours than are now required for a private a lesson at the moment of applica­ Generally known flights are listed with license. Engines were always giving tion, then there is little chance of especial comment on those of Major trouble. Offensive patrols, bombing, gaining anything constructive by a Kingsford-Smith’s around - the - world ground straffing, dog fighting were all semi-macabre parade on a hang- flight in the Southern Cross . in the day’s work. There was little overish New Year’s Day. Don’t dwell Women constitute two-thirds of the on or in the past, me enfants, the variety from week to week. The very passengers who travel on the regular air­ scars themselves are ample re repetition and monotony through 450 lines. minders. Instead, take a couple of pages of the book make clearer the The book has seventy illustrations in dabs at your noses and face the almost unendurable monotony of the war. future with confidence and resolu­ photogravure. They are most excellent Everything about the planes and fly­ tion. photographs with clear details and in­ ing is real, as are, essentially, the teresting pertinent subjects. And, girls, may I heeseech every one of you thoughts and emotions of the men under to swear in your hearts that all through the the terrible strain of warfare. It is a British aeronautical supremacy is al­ coming year you will never for an instant for­ grim and moving story of flying, fight­ leged but Sims admits that America is get the personal safety angle in flying. It is so easy to get careless in an airplane—and ing, terrific drinking, frantic excitement, the biggest manufacturer of aircraft at present. so very dumb. By the first of January you ghastly fear, and that inimitable comrade­ will have flown another full year, as your ship which made in the hell of war a log books will attest. And every human in­ little oasis of heaven. clination is to be a little proud of it. I know h e international scope of the Curtiss- I am. But for the love of mud, mix a little Dawn Patrol by S. Keith Jopp. Popular gratitude with your pride; you’ll find the cake Flying (British), November, 1934. Wright Technical Institute of Avia­ tastes much sweeter. Not to forget that it is In lighter vein Lieutenant Keith Jopp tionT located at Grand Central Air Ter­ quite a mean trick to crack a ship. She’s compares early morning flying in 1918 minal in Glendale, California, was your baby, remember, and you gotta take care of her. and 1934. He describes a dawn patrol brought out when a magazine writer in a scout squadron—the 5 o’clock wak­ developed a feature story about the Don’t think, please darlings, that I’m picking on you in particular. I ing, the tea and toast, his inevitable school in which it was ascertained there most certainly am not. But. my God, nausea, whether caused by early rising or are eleven different nationalities enrolled; I am still Mister Taylor, am I not? fear, he never could discover, but he these eleven groups being able collectively And you’ll never, never know just always lost his breakfast. Would he how much I do love you. Besides, to read, write and speak twenty-one lan­ Paul Gallico, writing of Frances’ ac­ have a nice egg—said the batman—- guages. All students are proficient in cident in his Daily News Syndicated "Migosh no,” and so went up into the English. More than a dozen are compe­ column, said, “. . . Pretty girls are cold heights empty and cheerless. tent in Spanish. Almost as many have not supposed to die like birds in the Now in the summer of 1934 the fly­ field.” Nor. I quickly agree with you mastered French. German, Portugese, are men. But, that’s not the point. ing club at Brooklands has revived the Danish, and Chinese (Canton) follow in Woman’s lot in aviation, as in most dawn patrol for sport. The gay club the order named. every other phase of this earthly members take off in formation at dawn: On December 1st Helen Richey and existence, is much harder. You’ll if they can reach a neighboring airport have to strive doubly, yea trebly Helen MacCloskey acted as hostesses at hard to win your just deserts. without their numbers being taken by the Pittsburgh Aviation Ball held in the defending police pilots they get a free Motor Square Garden. About fifteen That’s why, among other reasons, I'm on your side, my honeys. (This in spite of the breakfast. Keith Jopp joins their party hundred people attended the affair. Dur­ audible sniffs of the hyper-feminists). I pray as a guest. Everything is joyful at the ing the evening there was a floor show. so earnestly that 1935 will be a grand year start, but association brings on the old Ruth Nichols and Fay Gillis flew from for every one of you a bigger and better year nausea. W ill he have a nice egg— says New York to be present and Phoebie to the glory of the AIRWOMAN. Take care of yourselves, sweeties, do. Keep the steward, "Migosh, No!” Omlie came by train from Washington. your chins up and ignore Cleveland. It’ll British Aviation Illustrated by C. A. Major Balsey was chairman of the ball take much more than promotional enterprise Sims. A. & C Black Ltd., Soko Square, which was given to raise money for a to hold you on the ground. London. Reviewed by Suzan N. special aviation room at the Municipal Merry Christmas, Girls. I hope you get lots more than runs in your stockings. God Mostenic. Airport in Pittsburgh. bless every one of you. FASHIONS IN FLIGHT By FAY GILLIS

Men! Men! Men! Hear Ye! Or why not send her a subscription to arrangement which can be stuck up any h a v e heard enough complaints about a i r w o m a n —the only aviation magazine place in the plane and saves the trouble your women folks who are afraid to for women? She may pretend she isn’t of digging down into pockets. Added flyI and raise a riot every time you men­ interested, but don’t be discouraged. Con­ to this should be a Glolite, the magic tion the subject. All this silliness is firmed bicycle riders have taken to the lighter—no flint, no flame, no wheel to purely mental, so let’s use auto-suggestion air after reading two issues of this il­ turn. Simple isn’t it? and break down her mental resistance, lustrious publication. T IM E FLIES and what a psychological moment If she has an open plane necessitating F you are going to Florida or Cali­ Christmas is when she is in the holiday the wearing of heavy flying suits, why fornia for the winter, why not give spirit surrounded by tissue and tinsel and I not give her a special aviator’s watch gay satin ribbons! Let’s conspire against her a set of airway maps covering the which is extra large and has a long strap her—she will be glad we did it, after route, showing the beacons, the radio so that it can be strapped on the wrist it's done. beams, the compass course, lines of varia­ on the outside of the flying suit where If she thinks she is definitely earth- tion, the airports en route, the seaplane it can be seen at all times. You really bound give her a bottle of Guerlain’s bases, and also some pictures of the can’t appreciate what a find that is until Night Flight perfume, and watch her planes that fly that particular airway. you have flown in an open-cockpit on She might act bored when you’re around, take-off. Irresistible, that’s what it is a winter’s day and had to practically un­ but I bet you dollars to doughnuts that and combined with a little finesse on dress to look at your watch. It also has she gets out the maps after you have your part, you both will be up in the air a hand which can be set at the time of gone to work. There is something ter­ in no time. W in her by a scent— if you take-off so the hours in the air can be rifically fascinating about a map with all may. checked off without concentrated thought. FEATHER-WEIGHT the answers on it, and the chances are Or give her Helena Rubenstein’s you will fly to your winter vacation this e r h a p s she is the type that is always year. Wish you would try it and let me Airplane Travel case—just about the apologizing because she is so busy know the reaction. P smartest beauty kit on the market. Made flying that she hasn’t time to write to you. of airplane fabric and feather-weight CHRISTMAS EXPRESS Take away her excuse—give her one of compared to other beauty cases, it im­ If she is an amateur photographer give Mark Cross’ compact writing cases which mediately labels its owner as one of the her a special lens for aerial photography. has everything in it but form letters. modern people who is always just a little If she is interested in gardening send her Of course she can write to you while she ahead of the crowd—what woman doesn't some special seeds by air express. If she is flying from beacon to beacon, if she love that position—and listen to her wom­ adores some Paris creation, have it rushed has the proper equipment. en friends rave and turn green with to her by airplane. If she loves to read, And nothing fits better under the envy and tell her how lucky she is to have the latest book of her favorite heading of Proper Equipment than a know such a clever man. Isn’t it about author flown to her door, direct from the Sperry Gyroscope. The position of all time you received your just rewards? Or publisher, so she will have the first copy three controls on the dashboard in front tune in on the Oh’s and Ah’s when she in town. Send her favorite breed of of her, visible at all times in clear displays a crushed velvet bag by Barre puppy to her for Christmas via the air. weath or in a fog. Give her a gyroscope with an ultra modern plane in one There is absolutely no hobby that she for Christmas and watch your stock go corner. He also does ethereal chiffon may be interested in that cannot be tied up in her estimation. I persume that is scarves and handkerchiefs with 1998 up with your flying hobby, in some way. what you want. planes playing hide and seek with the So if you want to fly, it is up to you. stars and the moonbeams. SEASON'S GREETINGS from The Tichenors as If she is just on the verge of making OR the girl who is airminded—isn’t designed by William Heaslip up her mind to fly or not to fly why not F it fun to find one that is already cinch the argument with an airplane converted and knows the difference be­ ticket to her favorite week-end jaunt? tween Aunt Jemima’s pancakes and the She will secretly love you for deciding ones that are found around airports?— the issue for her. you might give her a set of maps too

FLOWERS AND FRUIT ’cause her old ones have probably been Maybe she is the type that loves exotic lost or are torn or out-of-date and she flowers or rare fruits. Why not send just hasn’t gotten around to getting some them to her air express? Postal Tele­ new ones. Save her the trouble and I graph delivers Christmas morning. assure you that She won’t be bored. Will Could she ever forget you if you sent thank you most profusely instead. her her favorite fruit by air, arriving If she owns an airplane there are any just as she is sitting down to breakfast number of gadgets for her ship. Aber­ Christmas morning? Try it and see. crombie and Fitch have several of them. The gift that is different, and sent by A 10-second course and distance finder air, it is the final gesture. It makes her is one. It is extremely simole and ac­ air-conscious, which is what we have curate and does away with dividers, been trying to do all the time. Life can rulers, pencils, etc. They also have a be simple if you want it to be. combination cigarette case and match box BREAD and BUTTER f Bostonians so modest they changed wouldn’t so she went to the rival paper O their name of Stocking to Stockin which sent her to Lakehurst. and AVIATION because the former suggested limbs, my Now is Christian Science Monitor dears, Mrs. Helen Stockin Waterhouse is correspondent, Beacon Journal feature a flying reporter of note and a member writer and free-lances for The Sports­ of the National Society of Aviation man Pilot, N. E. A. Service, Open Road Editors. for Boys, and other publications in addi­ Scooped all reporters with an exclusive tion to making a home for her husband interview with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt who is superintendent of Akron schools, on her favorite subject: aviation. Flies and her son, as Judy is attending an to get all her stories. Eastern boarding school. Loves swimming, red clothes, but First flew with Alton Parker, Byrd’s hates bridge, driving and ordering co-pilot on the North Polar flight, in­ meals. After graduation took an art terviewing him. Afraid to look down course, sold a set of illustrations, then so pretended to be a nonchalant sophisti­ cate. Parker stunted to jar that non­ 'up and got married’, had two babies, chalance. When they landed Helen Judith and Bud. Being a model mother lunched on cream puffs and ice cream. she wrote articles on how to raise chil­ Has flown in every type of aircraft. dren. She moved to Akron, Ohio, and The accompanying photo was taken became art editor of a local paper. Still aboard the Graf Zeppelin in Akron when parks her car there when not taking off it docked there. for a scoop feature. Has a collection of autographed photo­ Was late with copy one day so hopped graphs of aeronautical celebrities any­ into a car (never having driven one be­ body would envy . . . all are her per­ fore) and made the deadline which is sonal friends. how she learned to drive. Gets what Petite, dark-eyed with dark wind­ she goes after. Writing for Akron Bea­ blown hair, a vivid personality, doesn’t con Journal when the Graf Zeppelin pronounce her ’r’s’ . . . a remnant of came to America and wanted the paper Stocking forefathers. to send her to cover the story. Beacon S u z a n N. M o s t e n i c . POT AND PAN MECHANICS

u p p o s e one of the "big names” in Barbecued Spare Ribs much water). Make a sauce by chopping up 1/2 cup salt 3 large onions fine and braising them in olive S the aviation industry had said right 1 cup sugar oil, add 3 tablespoons of Eagle Chili powder out loud in your presence "I love to 1 / 2 cup honey and pour the sauce into the pot with the cook.” What would your bounden duty 1 bottle Chinese mandarin sauce beans and ham and continue cooking slowly 1 / 2 teaspoon dry mustard until done, keeping the beans well moistened as a pot and pan contributor be? 1 / 2 teaspoon pepper so that you will have plenty of juice. In­ Well, and so I did whip out pencil and 2 whole sides of spare ribs for four persons cidentally, Mr. Maddux holds that beans have (with hearty appetites) a better flavor if not soaked in advance . and paper and request from J. L. (Jack) Put first 5 ingredients in a bowl and Left over beans may be transformed into a Maddux some favorite recipes. Having pour the mandarin sauce into them, stirr­ delectable dish for another meal. They should overcome a slight handicap in the matter ing all the while, until you have a batter be chopped up, a beaten egg stirred into them of number of persons to be served—I and the mixture fried nice and brown in bacon as thick as pan cakes. So that this mix­ grease. having suggested 4 as a good number and ture will be smooth and no longer gran­ Jack Maddux being more apt to turn out ulated, use either an electric mixer or (Cyclone Engines— from page 7) mess of spare ribs designed for the con­ plenty of elbow grease. Rub all of the The first engine to be known officially sumption of 50 at his Lake Arrowhead mixture into the spare ribs, and let them as the Wright Cyclone was a nine- mountain fastness in California—he pro­ soak for three or four hours in the broil­ cylinder engine of 1750 cubic inches ceeded to speak words of inspired ing pan of your oven. Having first re­ displacement, which was produced ex­ culinary wisdom, as he mentally divided moved the spare ribs, put water into the perimentally in 1926 and commercially each ingredient by 12. broiling pan which contains the drippings about 1927. This engine originally was And three facts make this reporter of the sauce from the meat, and place rated at 500 h. p., but a power output sure that the recipes given below are the spare ribs on the broiler over the of 525 h. p. was found to be practicable. quality plus. First, the fact that ye old liquid in the pan. Put into a hot oven creative artist look shone out of his eyes but reduce the flame immediately and A large number of these engines went as Mr. Maddux talked of foods. Second, cook very slowly until the meat is nice into Naval service where even today they the fact that a man was giving me the and brown. Of course if you happen are used to power Navy patrol boat recipes—and who ever heard of a man to have available a barbecue pit with a squadrons. who really liked to cook who wasn’t su­ revolving spit so much the better. In the Fall of 1930, the Wright perlatively good at it? Third, the fact Spanish Beans Aeronautical Corporation produced a that one Linton Wells, on a basis of ex­ Use real Mexican frijoles, that is the pink larger Cyclone known as the Wright perience, pronounced life incomplete for red beans, if you can get them. Kidney beans Cyclone R-1820-E. The slightly larger the person who had never tasted of will do but they are not as good. Put them on the stove together with a ham hock and cylinders of this engine gave an increase Maddux cookery. start cooking slowly in water (but not too in displacement of 70 cubic inches and the power output was increased to according to the scenario summary on the movie on The Motion Picture Almanac’s 575 h. p. This 575 h. p. Cyclone was buddies-under-the-skin note. hand-picked list "For the Family Show­ purchased in large quantities by the Perhaps they are running out of con­ ing.” It was widely popular and I am U. S. Navy to power Consolidated, Mar­ tinuity ideas tor heroic aces to star in. sorry I did not see it. However, a i r ­ tin and Douglas long-range patrol flying At any rate the plot trend in flying pic­ w o m a n ’s book editor pointed out that much of the imaginative delicacy of boats, and many of these engines are still tures seems to be away from the military touch with which the characters are in service. The outstanding Navy ac­ stuff. Of some twenty-nine or thirty dawn in A. de St. Exupery’s book of the complishments were the two successive flying pictures on the entire list of same name is lost on the screen. record non-stop flights from Norfolk, sound and sound effect pictures produced The picture Christopher Strong, based Virginia to Coco Solo in the Panama before 1933 at least half were based on warlike themes. While of the sixteen or on the Zoe Akins story, I went to because Canal Zone; and from San Francisco, more flying pictures released during the I enjoy seeing Katherine Hepburn and California to Honolulu. season 1933-1934, only a third were war found it interesting despite its pure Colonel Lindbergh used a Wright Cy­ pictures. hokum ending. I don’t know whether or clone R-1820-E engine in 1931, when For one reason or another many of not the director actually told Miss Hep­ Mrs. Lindbergh and he flew from Wash­ the flying pictures that have not looked burn, who played the "intrepid aviatrix” ington, D. C., to Japan, via the Alaskan to war for action have been pretty to look and act as much as possible like route. Similar engines were inaugurated mediocre. But things are looking up. Amelia Earhart. Or perhaps it’s just that into service over several airlines both in Flying Down to Rio, it seems, appears there is a certain slight resemblance be­ this country and abroad. Among these on the list of "Highest Box Office Pic­ tween the two. The round-the-world airlines were American Airways, Luding- tures” in The Motion Picture Almanac. flight was done exceptionally well, I ton Airlines, and Swissair in Europe. The list goes back as far in years as thought. K. L. M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) also silent pictures, March 1914, and The Besides the primarily flying movies had several Cyclone 575 h. p. engines Miracle Man of August 1919. there have been effective bits in various in operation over its European network. Flying Down to Rio was the only pictures, such as in F. Marion Crawford's While the Cyclone "E”, as this en­ flight picture I could detect on the list, White Sister, the parachute rescue work gine was known, was in production dur­ although there may be others there with of James Cagney in Here Comes the ing 1931 and the early part of 1932, which I am not familiar and whose titles Navy, and so on and on. There have Wright engineers were using the ex­ do not reveal their true flying character. been comedies galore and news reels, perience gained through eight years of However, there may be some who would even Mickey Mouse carried the mail with­ development devoted to the refinement off-hand call it a flying picture in name out fear of snow or rain or bold bad of high power aircraft engines into a only and ascribe the secret of its success air mail pilots. new model of the same displacement, to The Carioca and Vincent Youmans We are hardly qualified to do any­ but incorporating many new features. or to the footwork of Fred Astaire and thing comprehensive on Flight Movies, After exhaustive test stand, dynamometer Ginger Rogers. certainly not in one issue and without a and service tests, this engine was in­ Such persons I’d say were quibblers great deal of research. We would be troduced commercially in the summer of since the theme of this perfectly gorgeous glad to enlarge upon the subject in fu­ 1932. Its technical name is the W right musical farce-fantasy is built around a ture issues and would appreciate hearing Cyclone R-1820-F, but it is known by character picked right out of the cockpit. opinions on the subject to pass along to the more popular application today of They even appropriated his first name. a i r w o m a n readers. W right Series F Cyclone. And a forced landing is wholly respon­ The first engine of this type to be sible for its "heavy” Orchids in the placed in production was rated at 700 M oonlight scene. Likewise its big action S C O R IN G UP h. p. at 1900 r. p. m.—more than 100 shots are of a monster floor show in the inety - nine president, Margaret h. p. higher than its predecessor. It was sky, to all intents and purpose. Cooper, urges that every woman Further its "That girl doesn’t care what N the first air-cooled engine of its type to pilot who can get to Miami for the she gets thrown outta what”— awesomely be rated at this high power, and con­ Seventh Annual All-American Air Races spoken by Fred Astaire in commentary on sequently the most powerful radial, air- write for information and entry blanks the fiery Latin temperament of Dolores cooled engine in established service op­ without delay to William R. Enyart, Del Rio as he glances up and sees Raul eration. Not alone of its many features Secretary of the Contest Committee, Roulien descending in a ’chute from a was it remarkably low weight of 1.22 National Aeronautic Association, Du transport plane, is one of the classic pounds per horsepower—the lowest Pont Circle, Washington, D. C. Mrs. weight ever achieved in a production, taglines in motion picture dialogue. The trick aerial shots were so effective Cooper reports that unless entries by radial, air-cooled engine. women in these races are sufficient to As the result of further tests, it was that any number of persons marveled quite sincerely at the "courage of the prove to the satisfaction of the Com­ found practical to increase the power out­ mittee that enough women want to com­ put of the first model of the Series F chorus-on-wings. Let there be more box office flying pete in women’s events at air meets it Cyclone to 715 h. p. at sea level. Later, seems very likely that no further efforts other models were introduced which were successes then, like Flying Down to Rio. Night Flight, based on the South Ameri­ will be made to have such events in­ rated at 735 h. p. at 4000 feet and at can air service, was the only aviation cluded on national air meet programs. 710 h. p. at 7,000 feet. • 'Zflts/ftH # I / o u (Flight Movies— from page 10) Clarence Capaci l y l o a d . Germans before the U. S. entrance into Duncan the war.” Chamberlin's As it happens the news of the newest New Year's of the war pictures, Hell in the Heavens greeting (not yet shown in New York), winds up for 1934. A

h e New York-New jersey Section INTERESTING PROGRAM and head tap dancing, and Dickie Jones, T held a business meeting on Novem­ Johnny talked of the progress made in seven-year-old protege of Hoot Gibson, ber 12. A guest-dinner meeting is sched­ instruments which are absolutely neces­ who flirted in You Nasty Man and did uled for December 10, with Captain sary to successful blind flying, and a very good triple buck. "Eddie” Rickenbacker as speaker, at the quoted from an article he had written for A dinner was given for Louise Thaden Beaux-Arts Apartments. an aviation magazine in 1926 to illustrate and Elly Beinhorn at the Hotel Clark. the tremendous strides accomplished After dinner the girls retired to 99 club rooms, where Miss Beinhorn told us t a recent meeting of the Michigan since then. He gave a brief history of aviation instruments and their uses, from thrilling tales about flying in other coun­ Chapter, Mabel Britton, who was thee rude weight suspended on a string, tries. Alost to the North Central Section as gov­ which the Wright Brothers used to warn e v e r a l 99’s were guests at the din­ ernor when she became National Secretary them of slips and skids, to the modern ner given for Sir Charles Kingsford- of the Ninety Nines, was presented with movable radio trucks which aid the pilots S a gold watch case compact engraved with to make blind landings, telling how the Smith and his navigator Captain P. G. her monogram, as a token of the devotion mail pilots back in 1925 used amber Taylor. Senator McAdoo, Mayor Shaw and admiration of her many friends in railroad flares for blind take-offs. He and many other distinguished guests were the North Central Section. commented further on the value of radio there. Ninety-nines present were Gladys to aviation other than its uses in blind O’Donnell, Esther Johnson, Elliotte Ro­ DURING MITCHELL TROPHY RACE flying. Blanche Noyes gave a summary berts, Lauretta Schimmoler, Hilda Jar- The Michigan Chapter had a dance at of the activities of the New York-New muth, Mary Alexander, Edna Crumrine the Collonade Room of the Detroit Le- Jersey Section, and also told about the and our past president, Amelia Earhart. land Hotel on Friday evening, November 99 meet in Washington in October. We had a delicious dinner with cham­ 16th. Gladys and Howard Hartung, Another guest, Lela Willingham, form­ pagne and everythin’. Faye Davies Kirk and Bob, Helen and erly of Seattle, who is both a flier and A riding party was given by our new Bill Lehtio, Margaret Horton, Jeannette a parachute jumper, told of her ex­ chapter chairman, Elliotte Roberts on Lempke, Mary Von Mach, Blanche periences making exhibition jumps. Hallowe’en night. Esther Jones and Noyes, Alice Hirschman and their escorts The 99’s present were Faye Davies, Louise Thaden rode with the party while were all there to enjoy the fun at the Gladys Hartung, Mabel Britton, Mar­ Edna Crumrine and friend husband ar­ first affair of this nature given by the garet Horton, Mary von Mach, Helen rived later. More spaghetti and wine Michigan Group. The next day the Lehito, Alice Hirschman, and Mrs. Nina than could be consumed were served. The 99’s journeyed out to Selfridge Field to Lucille Baker, a new member, who just Santa Monica Woman’s Club gave a attend the Mitchell Trophy Race and the received her amateur license. Helen luncheon in honor of Clema Granger wonderful accompanying program of Lehito entertained the girls at a bridge and her fellow 99’s. There were several military flying. Saturday evening the paily at her home that evening. very interesting speakers and some pic­ girls were guests of Faye Davies Kirk at * A l i c e C. H i r s c h m a n . tures of early flying days were shown. a supper party at her home. NOTED GUESTS FROM CALIFORNIA During the past six months, the South­ h e Michigan Chapter met for h e L o s Angeles Chapter of the western Section of the 99 Club has had luncheon at Burger’s Inn, Saturday, T Southwestern Section gave a H al­ the pleasure of entertaining an unusually November 10th, which was followed by Tlowe’en party at Grand Central Air large number of noted pilots. Antonie a most interesting meeting at Gratiot Terminal on November 3. We had a Strassman, Louise Thaden, Elly Beinhorn, Airport. Blanche Noyes flew in just in nice crowd: everyone and everyone’s girl Amelia Earhart and Thea Rasche. Thea time to shake the snow flakes from her or boy friend was there. We had a nice Rasche is perhaps the best known Ger­ hair and listen to a most inspiring talk orchestra to dance to and some very man aviatrice to American pilots. She on Blind Flying by John S. Hammond, clever entertainers in Lauretta Schim- was an entry in the first Women’s Na­ aviation editor of the Detroit Times. moler’s niece Barbara, who did acrobatic tional Air Derby in 1929 and has also done a great deal of exhibition flying in this country. She is a peach and we hope it will be possible for her to visit other South- chapters of the 99 Club so some of our western newer members can have the pleasure of 99 meeting her. annual convention h e Southwestern 99’s are planning at T a Christmas party. Tree, Santa O akland Claus, presents ’n everything. Each mem­ A irport ber draws a name of another member from a grand shuffle and then plays (Continued on Page 18) ' v t T i & . a

o r the second time the W. N. A. A. She will no doubt be getting her ideas terson (now national director) as its F gives greeting to its members into motion shortly and W. N. A. A. first president. Mrs. Stephen Abbot, through the medium of the new period­ Units it is hoped will like the plans and who served as first governor for Utah ical AIRW OM AN. W e already feel be able to cooperate in their develop­ called the organization meeting. A con­ very much at home in it and hope that ment. stitution and by-laws modeled after the Christmas 1934 will be but the first of a Air Mail Week national was adopted. The new presi­ long series in which it will thrive and Two Units, Denver and Salt Lake City dent immediately appointed a committee grow, together with the air activities for are to be congratulated on the splendid to work out plans for the observance of which it stands. Headquarters wishes work done in the 1933 Air Mail Week airmail week during the latter part of to take this opportunity also to fling far Contest and as a result are the recipients April. Mrs. Ray T. Elsmore was named and wide over the country the heartiest of trophies which your President and chairman. She chose for her assistants of Christmas Geetings to all its members. Secretary selected with great pleasure and Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. Winifred P. It is a scattered band, bound together in care, as being both useful and ornamental Ralls. many instances only by the unity of a in W. N. A. A. Club Rooms. In the cause, and though most of its members spring of 1934, the Air Mail situation h i s committee created an unique de­ are unknown to each other, in this unity was so unsettled that at the suggestion of T sign for use on an airmail envelope there is the bond of cordial feeling and several units no special Air Mail Week and secured the cooperation of the sisterhood. It is hoped that in the year was fostered. An expression of opinion Chamber of Commerce in having 50,000 to come there will be added inspiration from the Units as to whether an Air copies printed for free distribution to for increasing this solidarity of feeling as Mail Week Contest for the spring of business houses, schools and the general well as growth of our Organization. 1935 would be endorsed and cooperated public. The regular red, white and blue Again, a Merry Christmas. in by the Units would be greatly ap­ envelope was made attractive by adding • preciated. Would you drop a note to an outline map of the western part of the United States. A disc design in blue, W. N. A. A. wishes to welcome a new your National Secretary on the subject? • two and one-half inches across, was set Governor, Mrs. Winifred Ralls, of Utah. Mrs. Ralls is not new to W. N. A. A., We are delighted to feature the Salt inside the outline. The Mormon Temple in white centered the disc, and slender having been a charter member of the Lake Unit in this issue, and hope in Salt Lake Unit and one of its most enthu­ each following issue to have similar arrows in white shot out in all directions to indicate the 62 national parks and siastic workers. W . N . A. A. has cause material from other units so that all may monuments nearby. The words: "Salt to feel quite proud of its group of gov­ have an opportunity of becoming ac­ Lake City, The Center of Scenic Amer­ ernors. Not one represents merely a quainted with each other, and of getting name added to the list, not one has been new ideas of different methods of con­ ica” were placed in the upper left hand corner. coaxed into the position with the lure of ducting meetings and activities. Also all honor and no work. The governor­ your secretary wants brief news items' Attractive posters in color, announc­ ship roster is not full, but we believe the always for the W. N. A. A. pages. ing the first observance of airmail week in Utah were placed in the postoffice, officiating group represents fine organi­ M a r g u e r i t e J a c o b s H e r o n , zation loyalty. This group includes be­ Secretary, W . N. A. A. leading hotels, dry goods stores, Cham­ ber of Commerce, university, grade and sides Mrs. Ralls, Mrs. Clark Stearns, Meet the Salt Lake Unit of high schools. With each poster went a Governor at Large; Mrs. Edna Christof- W. N. A. A. ferson, Alaska; Mrs. Minnie B. Jackson, generous supply of airmail envelopes The Salt Lake Unit was organized which were given free to persons promis­ Colorado; Mrs. P. B. Terry, Illinois; March 3, 1932, with Mrs. Clayton Pat­ ing to use them during airmail week. Miss Mary Dowd, Illinois; Mrs. Mark P. Beam, New Mexico; Mrs. George N. Lingham, Ohio; Mrs. A. J. Edwards, California; Mrs. Maude E. Miller, Cali­ fornia; Mrs. Marie M. Meyers, North Carolina; Mrs. W. S. Collier, Oklahoma. • W. N. A. A. Mrs. Clayton Patterson, who writes club room that she is "nicely settled with roses at around the door” in her new home in Sa lt Lake Charlotte, North Carolina, is Chairman City, of an Advertising Committee which is to Utah. arrange a plan by which the different Units can sell advertising space for AIRWOMAN with a commission going toward the Unit and National treasury. Interest in the use of the envelopes was o r e elaborate plans were made for ing and swayed before a background of further stimulated by a letter writing con­ airmail week in 1933. Mrs. Marcus red and white satin. Figures in flying test. Entrants were divided into four appointedM Mrs. Winifred P. Ralls as togs in the foreground contrasted with groups: children in grade and high chairman, with the following committee other figures in red, white, and blue schools, the university and general public. to assist: Mrs. C. P. Talbot, Mrs. Ray T. evening gowns. Prizes for airmail week The prize for each group, contributed by Elsmore, Mrs. W. S. McQuilkin, Mrs. were contributed by the Chamber of air companies, was a five hundred mile Franklin S. Nelson, Mrs. Blain C. Lar­ Commerce and one of the air companies. ride by plane. The postmaster reported sen, Mrs. Paul S. Frederickson, Mrs. The week closed with a huge broadcast, a huge increase in airmail during the Chauncey B. Whitney, Mrs. Marcus, ex­ copy for which was written by Mrs. Ray week, and the affair was generally con­ officio. A cachet was designed for T. Elsmore. Mrs. Marcus, president of sidered a real success. marking airmail letters leaving the city the Association, the postmaster, the mayor, during airmail week (April 23-29) and pilot Elsmore, and the hostess on the t the third meeting of the organiza­ stamp collectors and philatellic mag­ ship had prominent parts in the skit. A tion the president, Mrs. Patterson, azines were notified. We were soon As this is being written, word has urged the establishment of a library forswamped with requests for copies of our just come that Salt Lake City was co­ students in aviation as a memorial to special envelopes, for the signature of the winner of the trophy for airmail week Norman C. Potter, John W. Sharpnack, pilot carrying the first load, and for in 1933. Of course we’re glad! Proud! Maurice (Maury) Graham and Paul copies of our cachet. and appreciative! Andret who had lost their lives flying the The Salt Lake industrial firms co­ The president (Mrs. Marcus who was Utah mails. operated to the fullest extent. The light unanimously re-elected in 1934) with a A new airport was being planned for and power company loaned their window strong committee, is busy at this time Salt Lake City and Mrs. Patterson pro­ on Main Street, in the heart of the city, on plans for the entire unit to take up posed that a committee approach the for one week. The decorations in this ground work and text book study of mayor and city commissioners with the window were planned to foster the use aviation. We are also about to install a idea of having a club room for the wom­ of airmail, and at the same time to ad­ complete shelf on aviation in the public en’s organization and library shelves in­ vance the fight for silver then being library. But if I tell you all about these corporated in the plans. Immediately waged by the western states. A huge things now I don’t know what there following this meeting, the association rainbow anchored in two pots of silver would be for another issue. gave a bridge and silver tea at the Cham­ made a most attractive background in the W i n i f r e d P. R a l l s . ber of Commerce, raising practically the large window. Hundreds of airmail let­ entire fund in one afternoon. ters from all parts of the country were (The 99er — from paqe 16) Early in July, five months after our placed in the window as they arrived. A Santa. Presents are limited to 25c and organization was founded, our dearly huge revolving beacon light, tipped high we predict a land-office business for Mr. loved president moved with her husband so the rays would not annoy passersby, Kress and Mr. Woolworth—incidentally to Chicago. Mrs. Louis Marcus (wife called attention to the exhibit. Parts of a lot of fun for Club members. of the Mayor of Salt Lake City) was airplanes supported placards announcing During the month of November elevated to the presidency July 15 at a our contest. The window attracted Southern California was very much in special meeting of the board of directors. crowds both day and evening, and it was the aviation limelight. Two very lovely Mrs. Marcus was a very happy choice estimated that more than 200,000 people banquets were held at the Hotel Clark— as president, for she used her influence viewed the display during the week. one for Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and in getting the women’s club room incor­ the other for Senator McAdoo. The 99 porated in the plans being drawn by the h e radio companies gave us periods Club was well represented at both af­ architect and in having the room fur­ of from two to twenty minutes each fairs. nished when completed. The room is Tday during the week for talks and an­ We are glad to welcome back to the about 18 by 25 ft. The walls are finished nouncements. The department stores fold Bobby Trout and Mary Charles, in soft grey, with faint silver markings, had placards made in color with suitable girls who were formerly members and and the ceiling is in a sunshine yellow. slogans for airmail week, using our spe­ have recently renewed membership. The carpet and drapes are in soft shades cial envelopes for decoration. One store Mable Bull is the newest member in this of tan and brown, while the divans and arranged an unusual window. A plane section. Our Boulder City, Nevada, 99 chairs are the new chronium frames up­ with an eight-foot wing spread was Kay Harkness Park—recently visited in holstered in gaily colored leather. suspended by tiny wires from a blue ceil­ Los Angeles as a guest of Hilda Jarmuth. E acts every Airplane Owner ought to know

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