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FOR FOR IT! lig oos y oad eca 4 Ketcham Howard By Colors— Flying hs a ad g 7 6 Age and Day This O'Malley Pat By Transports— Into Going h Srie s xeln a a e Profession New a as Excellent Is Service The A-I- ots 18 Contest CAM-AIR-A Just Among Us Girls— By By Girls— Us Among Just 8 Up Scoring Marlenn T. . C By Evidence— Altimeter lu Cu—B Bte Bro 17 14 Barton Betsey By Club— Cloud ontact C . .A .A .N 13W 99er The Britton Mabel By Reading— Air Senez de Pauline By Flight— InFashions h Pae Speaker Plane The at the H otel Gotham , 2 W e st 55th Street, New York, N. Y., Y., N. York, New Street, 55th st e W 2 , Lines, Gotham ir otel A H the at United and Airlines Express. Northwest estern ir W A System, estern and W Airline continental National Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Association. Aeronautical National en's om W photography aviation an and — decoration in page. motif nautical ilns Pn meia Aras Pnslai Arie, Trans­ Airlines, Pennsylvania Airways, erican Am Pan Airlines, of and pilots women of lub C 99 the of magazine official aero­ the the about all t", u O and Inside lines, "Stream — pages Record- Ingalls' (Laura Minutes 34 Hours 13 single copies 15 cents. Entered as second-class matter matter Inc., Airwoman, second-class by 1935 as opyright C 1879. Entered 3, arch M of .( Y t c cents. A the N. 15 St., 55th copies st e single W Inc., 2 , Airwoman, Gotham by otel H monthly Offices, Published Editorial 1935. ctober, O 9, Central Airways, Braniff Airways, Vermont Central and aine M M ay 16, 1935, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under under Y., N. year; York, per New at $1.00 Office Post Subscription Editor; the at 1935, Associate 16, Editor; Editor. r Gillis, ay nio M Ju rt A Fay Barton, Betsey Editor; Harwood, Editor; Studer, Fashion Alma Senez, lara C de Pauline . A S. U. e Yr City. C York New In Novem ber we will introduce the two new regular monthly monthly regular new two the introduce will we ber Novem In RWOMAN i dsrbtd n meia Arie, Boston- Airlines, erican Am on distributed is is N women A M for O W IR travel A air of magazine the , N A M O W IR A A IR W O M A N (successor to The 99er), Volume 2, Number Number 2, Volume 99er), The to (successor N A M O W IR A rw Up Grows Trip) Breaking ...... CONTENTS ...... 9 Mister Sae Tyo 12 Taylor Swanee 10-11 15 5 16 19 From the standpoint of visibility, FLYING COLORS aluminum is the best color for the upper exterior portion o f land planes. By HOWARD KETCHAM International orange, which is the com­ plement of sea blue, is effective on seaplanes. Three hues which contrast “ Yes, to be sure I enjoyed my first gredient, and “cool” when blue is added. most visibly with both sky and sea are trip to Europe twice as much because In order to arrive at a satisfactory red, orange and yellow. A smart color my cabin was done in blue— my favor­ appearance of balance, colors should be for a private plane is a certain Ver­ ite color.” graded in sequence, the lightest at the million because o f its maximum visi­ top and the darkest at the bottom. bility when seen against blue or gray Color reactions are, of course, to a With the correct choice of color it o f the sky area. considerable extent based on early asso­ is easily possible to secure an appear­ ciations, pleasant or unpleasant, per­ ance of the greatest possible spacious­ Distance legibility is the main factor petuated by memory. ness. This is important in overcom ing, in the choice o f color for such items W e had been discussing the influence as much as possible, the aspect o f space as ownership designation, insignia or of color on travel equipment, this limitations. lettering. The following table of color combinations ranks them in order of woman, who travels a great deal, mostly Color is important as a glare neutral­ visibility: by air, and I. She agreed that all color izing agent. Unless this feature is treatment of airplanes should be ap­ properly provided for, a color scheme .egibility Decoration Background propriate to their functional require­ may contribute unnecessarily to the eye 1 Black- Yellow 2 ments since it is hardly possible to cater strain imposed by sunlight reflected Green White 3 Red White to every passenger’s individual color from wing surfaces. 4 Blue White complexes; and certain colors, shades The effectiveness of decorative color 5 White Blue and color combinations invariably features for plane interiors can be 6 Black White arouse certain definite reactions. largely nullified by faulty lighting. 7 Yellow Black- Unless light is corrected for color, 8 White Red Color is ideal for imparting atmos­ 9 While Green greens, browns and maroons that ap­ phere. Certain hues can be used to 10 White Black pear to be of full hue strength under make an airplane interior look mellow, 11 Red Yellow ideal daylight conditions acquire a utilitarian, stimulating, hospitable, mas­ 12 Green Red marked yellowish hue. 13 Red Green culine or pleasantly restful. 14 Blue Red Yellow is a color to be used, if at A general principle to remember is all, with the utmost discretion in the In the instance of license numbers that colors are said to be “ warm” when interior of a plane. Gray is in most and ownership insignia, it is not at all red or yellow is added to the basic in- instances an ideal background color for necessary to be restricted to the use of interiors, for it is light-absorbing and black and white. A range of color sound deadening. H owever, it is not combinations could be developed to dis­ a good color for ceilings. Accents tc tinguish ownership designation just as lift it from dullness can be used the colored bands around the smoke­ judiciously. Certain grays can be very- stacks o f steamships denote the fleet deadening to the emotions. to which each belongs. Red in large areas should be avoided in aircraft interiors. In an interior of small proportions, red is irritating and Editor’s N ote :— The author o f this cramping. In properly minute accent article is the editor o f the Automobile spots red is ideal for use with a green Color Index and an internationally foil as small touches of red make green known color engineer. He recently look greener. Green is the most sooth­ completed color plans for the interiors ing o f all hues. It is chiefly recom ­ of twenty airplanes for Pan American mended because it is the medium be­ Airways. tween “cool” and “warm” colors. Because the colors of earth and By courtesy of Production Engineer­ sea are dark the upper exterior portions ing we have the use of some of the color of planes should be in light bright plates from an article by Mr. Ketcham. colors. The reverse is true of the The ranking for legibility of the red under portion. The sky is itself the and black and white combinations on light, bright area. The under side of our back cover can be determined from a plane should therefore be treated in the table, by way of checking your own “Flying Solo' dark colors. reactions to them. 13 H O U R S 34 MINUTES

O n Friday, September 13th, Laura Ingalls made a non-stop coast-to-coast record for women of 13 hours, 34 min­ utes, in her Lockheed Orion A uto-da-fc . . . meaning “East of the Sun and W est o f the M oon.” She lowered the previous woman’s record for the flight, which was set by Amelia Earhart in 1933, by more than 5 hours. When asked to give highlights on the trip, Laura said: “ Nothing happened. The' only ‘high light’ was a big full moon which rose right after I left St. Louis. “ I flew 4 hours in darkness, and little Elmer (Sperry Gyropilot) deserves a lot of credit for the success of the flight. Records could not be broken if it were not for the advance­ ment in design and equipment; high octane rating of fuel, which makes it possible to run an engine full throttle without burning itself up, and stream­ lining.” Her flight was uneventful with the exception of the stretch from Colum­ bus, Ohio, when she followed the wrong radio beam and added about 20 minutes to her time. Discovering her error she ])icked up the right beam and continued to New York and Floyd Bennett Field. ipitg Laura Ingalls was the first woman to make a record coast-to-coast flight when in 1930 she flew from Los An­ geles in 25 hours, ■ 35 minutes. In 1930 she also set a record of 714 con­ tinuous barrel-rolls and another for 980 consecutive loops. Last year she was awarded the Harmon trophy for an American woman on her solo flight around South America.

The pictures on this page are by courtesy of HearsI Metrotone News. 6 GOING INTO TRANSPORTS

By PAT O ’M A L L E Y plored. Regular air service to the and he expects to have all divisions of Orient is actually only a short step Eastern Air Lines equipped with away. u monoplane transports by October 1st. The Clipper’s Captaih, R. O. D. The first o f a fleet o f ten Electras is H E old gag that “ I knew it was now in the hands of the line's pilots T an airport when I saw the high Sullivan, reports Jhat in all o f the thousands of miles of flying over the and the rest are expected within the tension wires” has become a bit too next thirty days. They will replace grim in recent days and now is the Pacific, the last twelve hundred and fifty mile stretch just completed has the Condor biplanes now in service time for the entire industry to get be­ between New York and New Orleans hind William Randolph Hearst’s cam­ been the most interesting — and the fastest. and New Orleans and Chicago and paign to remove these menaces to safe Miami. flying by placing them underground. On the first flight from Midway to W ake Island, he writes that the crew That old statistic hound Harold It’s an expensive undertaking, nat­ got a graphic impression of the true Crary reports that United Airlines has urally, but no sum is too large when vastness of the Pacific. All their pre­ completed 85,000,000 miles of flying; the preservation o f human life is in vious crossings between the mainland 35.000.000 miles of this being at night. the balance. and Hawaii had been flown at night, Subtract 35 from 85 and you get To quote Major Nelson Kelly: “Leg­ flying well above the clouds, usually, 55.000.000 miles of daylight flying. islation directed toward preservation for training in celestial and radio com­ of human life is constantly being en­ pass navigation, and they seldom acted in other forms of transportation. glimpsed the sea below. ON THE 5:15 PLANE Why not in aviation? Highway travel After taking off at dawn from the is being made safe by the elimination shelter of the Midway Base and flying of grade crossings. High tension beyond Kure Island which is scarcely wires are the grade crossings of the forty miles from Midway, they saw air. They must be removed from nothing but water. No land, no rocks, their present dangerous position by be­ no ships. Only an occasional school ing placed under ground.” of porpoises or dolphins interrupted the unbroken expanse o f glittering sea Sleeping High that stretched, endless, to the circular horizon. Hour after hour that hori­ Can you imagine Katherine Hep- zon remained unchanged, and Captain hurn ever looking anything but beau­ Sullivan says they all experienced a tiful? I can’t. A nd yet in explaining distinct sensation, as well they might. why she always tried to elude the One hour’s flying carried them press on her transcontinental comings across the international date line and and goings by air she said it was be­ into tomorrow. They alternated watches cause she never looked particularly every hour according to the flight well after sitting up in a plane for routine. The radio hearings arrived fifteen hours. every thirty minutes from both ends Doesn’t M iss Hepburn know she of the route and*the hourly “fixes” doesn’t have to do that any m ore? determined by celestial navigation Long ago American Airlines foresaw proved otherwise, but those aboard the the need of adding to the comfort of Clipper had the distinct sensation of overnight flights and developed the being in suspended animation in the sleeper planes which have been in center of that oce(m vastness for six “ L ife is so much smoother now that service for nearly two years on the hours! I can finish up my day’s work in one Southern Transcontinental route. There city and be home in time for dinner they are, right in Los Angeles, at her Then the clouds broke the spell and and the theater in another,” says service complete with six upper and the Clipper flashed through and then Louise Faber (Mrs. Maurice Hahn) six lower berths, reading lights, venti­ they picked up a tiny dark streak in who lives in New York, but spends lators, clothes nets, hangers and lug­ the water far ahead— W ake Island. half of her time working in Washing­ gage rack. No more excuses from Two circles of the base in salute to ton, D. C. Miss Hephurn, please. those hardy pioneers who had isolated Miss Faber catches an Eastern Air­ themselves thousands of miles from lines plane out of Newark Airport of Into Tomorrow civlization to prepare for their coming, a Monday morning, after a week-end and the Clipper settled into the marked in New Y ork, and is on the job at There is no more fascinating read­ channel— eight hours, three minutes the Frank R. Jelleff Company at 9 ing than the account o f the Pan A m er­ from Midway to the first landing in A.M. ican Clipper which is building an Wake Island’s history. As a buyer of dresses for them part “ aerial bridge” across the Pacific. T o of her working time must of course he date 5,200 miles of the route have been Electra Transports spent in New York. So about Thurs­ flown, studied and chartered. Ahead, days she takes a 5:15 plane hack and for future engineering flights, only Captain Rickenbacker is at it again. rounds out the evening and the work­ three thousand miles remain to he ex­ Now he’s out flying with the Electra ing week in New York. S o v f °* ° ploded, “Wait a minute now. Do you ALTIMETER mean to tell me a plane can really tell off on itself like that?” EVIDENCE By C . T. M A R L E N N After that Jim and Rachel and I went into a huddle. It was a ninety- nine to one chance. Suppose the mur­ ’VE never had any liking for women instructor, decided to take a sleek low- derer had arrived by air and suppose I with claws in their eyes, no matter wing job apart for me so 1 could see he had reset his altimeter upon leav­ how beautiful they are. And the pro­ what made it run. He had me sitting ing, what reason was there for hoping fessional sleuths on the case had no behind the control wheel while he ex­ a disinterested party had taken a look faith in her either. Yet there seemed plained the gadgets and dials on the at the arrows before the altimeter was to be nothing we could do about it. instrument board. set for another take-off. Coming in at two one evening from “ H ere’s what shows how fast the Still the weather on the East Coast a party, she and her husband’s young ship is climbing or descending,’’ he ex­ had been pretty soupy that month and cousin had found John Morehouse plained, pointing Jo a small business that was one side bet which meant less strangled on a couch in the living labeled Rate of Climb. “ It’s very use­ checking up for us. And it was as room. There was no muss, no finger­ ful in blind flying . . . that, the bank easy as that. prints. and turn and the altimeter. Starting with the ports around New By her own testimony and that of “ Speaking of the altimeter, notice York we finally found an airport several witnesses Marie Morehouse this little knob underneath. . . . When whose books showed two private ships and her husband had hated each other a ship is equipped with radio, as this down in the fog on the night o f the cordially for years and maintained one is, you listen in on the weather murder. One had taken off the next their home together only because of a broadcast and make the necessary cor­ morning. The other was still laid up no-divorce joker in his father’s will. rection according to the barometric in a hangar, having wiped off its So much she admitted when they pressure. Thus it shows accurately undercarriage in a forced landing. pinned a charge on her. But they the number o f feet above sea level at Ralph Sampson, Philadelphia eccen­ couldn’t make it stick. So there the all times. So you see here on the tric, who owned a large estate with a thing was. People kept turning up hot ground we are now at an altitude o f 64 private airport where he spent most of tips, and my city editor was sending feet, the barometric pressure being 29.8. his time trying to build a rocket gun me off on a crazy chase every day or “ Ships not equipped with radio sel­ and studying Sanskrit, was the owner so. If Morehouse had not been such dom use this type altimeter. Come of the plane. He was now touring a bigtime playboy the thing would have over here to this trainer— I’ll show you Central America and his servants were been forgotten long since. a simpler instrument.” as eccentric as he, we discovered. Then some smart detective dug up We climbed out and I was guided No, the open ship had not taken off the new evidence that a chambermaid to a biplane close by. Leaning over on the night of the crime and their had heard a motor overhead just be­ the cockpit he pointed to a dial quite master had no women friends. It was fore she had dropped off to sleep on like the one I had just learned about. Rachel who got the mechanic to admit the night o f the murder. Planes it “ This has a knob to turn too, you see. casually that Sampson was very meti­ seemed had landed more than once on Only this turns the hand directly. culous about adjusting his altimeter the level meadow some distance back When a student practices landings he before every take-off. And I wrung of the house. Several of Morehouse’s sets the hand at zero while on the the admission out of the second gard- flying friends testified to its suitability ground. But when a pilot goes cross­ ner that Sampson appeared to be for landings, but they all had airtight country he sometitnes sets his altim­ strapped for money. alibis and not one of them had more eter allowing for the difference be­ The Morehouse family, who also than a nodding acquaintance with his tween the place of takeoff and land­ sensed that Marie Morehouse had had wife. ing,” Jim explained patiently. a hand somewhere in the crime, quite A checkup on late traffic at Airports Some pilots, he said, kept the zero Continued on pa&e 14 within flying range for small ships re­ setting always at that of their home vealed nothing. So the theory that the port, but others readjusted their al­ murderer had come by air was crossed timeters for every hop of more than off. ten miles or so. Just about then I lost interest in “ Zero on this one, you see, is still everything except a girl named Rachel, set for Anacostia, meaning it prob­ holder of a private pilot’s license. She ably hasn’t been upstairs since it last promptly proceeded to get me all mixed took off from there.” up in r.p.m.’s— revolutions per minute Well, you know how sometimes an to you. idea will sort of jam your brakes? We spent a lot of time at the air­ Jim had shoved on to the air speed port and one afternoon Jim Clark, her indicator when I came too and ex­ SCORING UP

OU who were at Cleveland and you Ywho weren’t already know all about what happened at the 1935 National Air Races, so we won’t spend much time here on who-won-what. In spite of some bad weather, everybody had a good time at the races and the parties.

Co-educationally, the most important event was the Sportsman Pilots Derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland. Spon­ sored by Ruth Chatterton, popular film star, it had both men and women en­ trants who did a nice job of flying and had a lot of fun on the way. Grace Prescott of San Diego won the race and first prize of $450. Two other California girls— Cecile Hamil­ ton of Beverly Hills in an Aeronca Ruth Chatterton, and Ethel Ann Sheehy of Fontana in sponsor of Sportsman a Great Lakes plane came in fourth Pilot Derby, and her Stinson cabin plane. and fifth, winning $100 and $50. re­ spectively. Second and third prizes were won by W. S. Woodson in a Fleet and Leland Hayward in a Waco.

The report from the National Aero­ nautic Association Contest Committee on the Women’s Race reads: Edith Bernson, first prize, in a Bird; Melba Beard second prize, also in a Bird; Edna Gardner, third, in a Porterfield; Genevieve Savage, fourth, in a Great Lakes; and Peggy Remey, fifth, in a Travel Air.

MONG the more notable social the “Bunny Hutch Grill” at the Rex mitted the name Teleplane in a state­ A events during the four days of home during the races. wide contest, christened the ship. the races were the lantern lawn party for Thompson Trophy pilots and Before a crowd of thirty thousand friends of aviation at the home of Mr. people, Peggy Remey of New York and Mrs. Frederick C. Crawford, and outraced Suzanne Humphreys of New We had hoped to have a first-hand the annual get-to-gether at the home of Jersey by two-fifths of a second at Har­ account o f Elly Beinhorn’s latest risburg (Pa.) Aerial Circus. Despite Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rex, without achievement—a flight from Tempel- a scant entry list, the race according which no National Air Races would hof, Berlin, to Istanboul and back— to spectators was most exciting. Frank be complete. for this issue. But she writes that she Hawks awarded the Clark Gable is up to her ears in work at the Many years ago Ralph Rex had trophy to the winner. moment. Flying a Messerschmidt some coins made up as little souvenirs of happy times and nearly 700 of Thirty thousand persons were pres­ plane she made the first round trip them have been given out, mostly to ent for the meet which was staged in flight from Germany to Asia and back flyers, in the recreation rooms at their honor of the christening of the Harris­ the same day. Thirteen hours was her home. And nobody who is anybody burg Morning Telegraph’s new Stin­ total time for the distance of some ever fails to stop in at the party o f son. Mrs. Esther C. Yost, who sub­ 2500 miles. THE SERVICE IS EXCELLEN1

Hazel Maulsby, of United, adjusts a passenger's pillow with that perfect professional touch.

(Above)— United Air Lines stewardesses on the wing of a Boeing Transport. > the stewardess profession grows up

OMES word just at press-time which indicates C how far the air stewardess profession has trav- -~„eled as it approaches its sixth birthday. M ary Lewis (above), one of America’s foremost designers of women’s dresses, is doing the uniforms for TW A ■? hostesses.

United Air Lines pioneered the stewardess idea in 1930 with 7 girls; today they have 150 stew- ardessses, while American Airlines has 60, and if Transcontinental & Western Air has just announced I f that they are selecting 60 hostesses for duty on their airline system. Western Air Express has ten stewardesses, making the grand total at the present time 180.

One wonders how they found so many girls with registered nurses’ degrees, weighing not a fraction more than 120 pounds, nor more than 5 feet 4 inches tall. And youth they must have also; intelligence, tact and a good education. American Airlines recently raised the ante. Their stewardesses must know at

Top) least one foreign language well. A bedtime story is told to David Holt, Trimly tailored, well-poised, the airline stew­ lilly Lee, Betty Holt, ind Baby LeRoy, of ardesses look as efficient as they are. Nearly three ’aramount Pictures, hundred girls in uniform, whose nurses’ training >n board an Ameri- :an Airlines sleeper discipline stands them in good stead during the ex­ )lane, by Leah Cav- acting work of stewardessing aboard the liners of inaugh, stewardess. the air.

[Left) Vera Christian, tewardess, on Am er­ Because Edith M cM anus knows her ican Airliners. Indian and Grand Canyon country so well, she has been appointed C hief Hostess for Grand Canyon Airlines. She greets TW A stopover sightseers at Winslow. Ariz. 12

Transport flying has hit a new JUST AMONG US GIRLS high peak o f attainment. It is sim­ ply astounding, come to think o f it, By Mister SWANEE TAYLOR what the air lines in this country have accomplished in their short seven % ■ years of existence. Cruising speeds IT H the touch o f Autumn in the And many, I’m sure, drove away in have almost trebled while increased air, and the annual Cleveland silli­ the drizzle feeling that such pointless W safety has matched the pace. Fog fly­ ness out of the way, the time arrives and arbitrary unconcern for human ing is practically licked — about an­ for us to take inventory of the sundry comfort, on the part of the manage­ other six months will do it— and the goods on our shelves. It is the close ment, is characteristic o f the Industry only thing air line operators have to of Aviation’s fiscal year; the time to as a whole. T oo, too bad. worry about is how are they going to separate the goats from the sheep. 1 accommodate the swiftly growing de­ And, praise be, the goats are fast be­ Another thing, the ships lined up mand for seats. The old lady from ing driven from the aeronautical fold for the Thom pson Trophy Race, their Dubuque, today, thinks nothing of — that much to Aviation’s credit. motors idling, for fully twenty min­ hopping east to Boston to visit daugh­ utes before the start. W ith the result Perhaps the strongest of remaining ter Emily, or of bopping down to that the winning ship, “ Mister M ul­ Atlanta to have Thanksgiving dinner aromas rises from Cleveland, the ligan” was barely able to stagger off with her grandchildren. Great, self-styled laboratory of the the ground, due to smoked-up plugs, air. The National A ir Races this year and it never di^. get up to normal ND what pleases me most, dear, were, if anything, dumber than usual. cruising speed. (Again the italics are A dear children, is that whatever we Acrobatics — watch the daring death- mine). But rest at peace, Charley in American Aviation have accomplished defying fools, folks— was the motif of Thompson, there are too many people we've done it under our own muscle- the three days. There were little ships, in Aviation who subscribe to your power. No juicy government grants medium-sized ships and big ships wal­ thoughtful ideals to allow such prac­ smoothed out the road ahead. For lowing around the sky all afternoon tices to go on forever. that matter, except for the Post Office long. A nd by the time A1 Williams Department no governmental bureau put on his exhibition the audience was cared a hoot about the little flying waif. too sick of angel cake to look up or Aviation was born in this country and, get excited. Thus some hundred-odd believe you me, it met with all the dis­ thousand minds were “educated.’’ trustful opposition of the home-town- W hat an unflattering estimate the boy>niakes-good brand. Some day a management has of the American book will,be written of how the young mentality! American birdling was stomped, starved and strangled at home and As for the races — Well, they’re abroad. A nd when it is you’ll bust mostly out of sight anyway, so it right out crying. Why, do you know- doesn't matter much. The gals lament­ that during the war some o f our allies, ably put up a sorry show. Not the mind you the nations we saved, actu­ ones who had gumption enough to ally conspired to keep America from enter. Nosiree, those sweeties got taking the lead in aeronautics . . as right in there and pitched splendid they have in the automobile industry” ? ball. But where were the rest o f you a pretty th in g s???????? A ll I can say is Of course, there have been some that if you babes are not going to fly The rest of the aeronautical picture, of the sort called misfits who have you’ve got to keep your mouths shut. the 99.44/100 per cent o f it, looks come up in the Industry. But only for pretty rosy to this onlooker. Most a short flights of fame. In no other business, I dare-say, do the inepts, the NE thought struck me forcefully wholesome o f all is the growth o f self-seekers and the greedy fall so O as I sat there in the rain waiting private flying in this country. The main swiftly or so completely. There may for the Thompson Trophy Race to drawback being the present-day diffi­ be a few still hanging o n ; I ’m afraid start; how Charley Thompson must be culty in getting delivery on ships. Six there’ll always be one or two. But, writhing in his tomb at the public-be- factories, to my definite knowledge, m’dears, they will only serve to keep are working with might and main to damned attitude of the management. us the more alertly on guard against Thousands came many miles to watch catch up on back orders. Which our own mental lapses. I f we all will this out-of-sight memorial to a man augurs well for the winter and spring but hew to the line, in our separate who truly loved aviation, only to be employment situation as well as for a departments, nothing can permanently made to wait in the face o f Promised lot more rugged individualism in the hamper the steady progress of our be­ (The italics are mine), bad weather. skies next year. loved Industry. 13

— is their highly resilient and flexible qualities which make them stand the abuse of travel and resist any severe usage. Flexible as a young baby— they stand the knocks, and always come back on their feet. Furthermore, they are waterproof, and dustproof inside. With as many compartments, drawers and shoe boxes as your heart desires. I ’m in such a state about this luggage that I spend my time planning a trip wherein I can take every single frock, hat, shoes, that I want, without having any­ one ask me, secretly, “if I think I’m going to robe an entire city.” Or some other such cutting remark. Perhaps your husband will forget for a minute, after he sees this luggage, that you’re Continued on pa&e 14

(Left)— Amelia Earhart, designer, and one of her bags.

Black velvet and white ermine wrap, designed by Jaeckel.

FASHIONS IN FLIGHT

By PAULINE de SENEZ

“ She Flies through the Air with the at Macy’s by the way — or L. Bam­ Greatest of Ease”. berger in Newark, if you're in that Only She covers more ground than neighborhood. did our “daring young man on the When I first had a private view of flying trapeze.” Besides, he was con­ this complete line of hand luggage and fined to such slightly strange raiment as wardrobe trunks, I was, in my quaint pale pink tights, while she flies arrayed manner, amazed by the beauty com­ in the smartest o f Parisian models, bined with the practicability of the en­ garnished with the furhelows of the tire set. Built on an all three-ply wood Renaissance and carrying with her as aircraft veneer box, these pieces are excess baggage— four or five gadgets, as light as the proverbial feather. Each known as luggage. They are almost piece is one-third lighter in weight “lighter-than-air” particularly if they’re than the usual travel equipment. (R e ­ the proper ones designed with Amelia member all the times that you’ve had Earhart’s fine Italian touch. to pay 80 cents a pound for excess Ease? A mild word for the luxury, baggage.) There are three different comfort and convenience and fashion­ ensembles— each to your own taste— ableness, with which you fly from one, covered with light, woven canvas coast to coast. And if you’re a lady in a pale version of battleship gray of unusual discrimination and intelli­ striped with white and lined with dark gence, you’ll make life and travel so blue— another, tan canvas lined with much more pleasant for yourself and brown taffeta. Fine top grain heavy your friends by making immediate leather bindings are used in each in­ plans for obtaining some of Miss stance. M ore important than its smart­ Earhart’s lighter luggage— to be found ness— not to you but to your husband 14

in her record; her meetings with AIR Eskimos, Russians, Chinese— the little Fashions in Flight incidents of radio sending are as ab­ Continued from pa&e 13 sorbing as a forced landing .in fog. READING Mrs. Lindbergh could write about any­ not really bringing along with you the thing, since it is the impact of people, entire contents of a Fifth Avenue shop. places, ideas upon a sensitive mind A far cry from airplane luggage is By MABEL BRITTON which gives her narrative such charm. an evening wrap. But not really so The chapters are headed by beauti­ far if you’re going travelling. For ful little maps furnished by Colonel you'll want to bring along a velvet Lindbergh. She says little of her hus­ wrap trimmed with ermine, that is to North to the Orient band, but that little gives an interest­ be found at Jaekel’s. As romantic a ing picture of the difference in their wrap as any Venetian doge’s cape. b y A n n M o r r o w L in d b e r g h temperaments. Very long and very flowing, covering every inch of your gown. Long Harcourt Brace & Co., $2.50 Anne Lindbergh combines the charming fairy-tale expectancy of a sleeves, inspired by some medieval lovely child with that acceptance of monk’s help to give it a look of mys­ fact and understanding of life possible- tery. The white ermine collar cut in only to a wise maturity. She says her a squarish shape adds to its splendor. This is a perfectly delightful book. book is “an attempt to capture some Then you top it all off with an ermine Every page is a joy, the kind of book o f the magic o f flight” ,— but she has muff, as completely incongruous to the one keeps to re-read and savor over done much more, in expressing the Dante flavor o f the wrap as your flat again. , beauty and magic of life as mirrored heeled sandals. Y ou might also finish Airs. Lindbergh calls it a collection by a sensitive spirit. the picture, with a little topknot o f of Chapters. She does not pretend to Victorian looking camelias tied highly write a detailed account of the flight in your curls. It may be that you’re in the Sirius but gives us what is so mixing your periods, but this season much better, the sense of romance and you can go completely bescrk. And adventure, and observations of people become encbantingly modern in lovely and places which are sensitive and clothes with a romantic air. acute. Altimeter Evidence A wrap like this may board any She tells in the beginning o f her Continued from pa&e 8 transcontinental plane— it may be that difficulties in learning to operate the you’re just going to the theatre in an­ naturally resented the fact that she radio, her struggles to understand the other city— but the cloak will ride the would inherit the major part of her vacuum tube apparatus on which she air pockets with as much ease as did husband’s fortune. They had a private- must pass an examination to receive the fat bulky flying suits o f five years detective, I knew, so I got in touch her license. W hen she was lost in the ago. Like the kind that I stalked about with him. maze of the instructor’s diagrams she in among the mud o f flying fields. He thought our theory was worth pretended to understand,, thinking, as But w e’ll just skip that story. following up before Sampson’s serv­ she used to in college, “ I ’ll get it all ants had a chance to put Mrs. More­ explained to me after class”. And SUBSCRIBE house on her guard, and together we afterward she had the delightful sat­ visited her at the New York apart­ For One Year to the isfaction of impressing her family with ment she had retired to. Just a pair BETTER, BRIGHTER her intimacy with the Power Amplifier of copy-hungry reporters and a sob and Master Oscillator! sister. Straightforwardly she expresses her Somebody switched the conversation annoyance and depression at being around from whether Morehouse was asked silly questions by reporters, the fond of dogs to a new blind flying conventionally feminine questions device and thence to aircraft instru­ about clothes and food. She gives the ments in general. Rachel remarked women reporters credit for more feel­ that it could make quite a difference, ing than they show when she says, “ I a little thing like a pilot’s re-setting feel as they must feel when they are his altimeter for sea level or not. given those questions to ask. I feel Mrs. Morehouse, listening politely, slightly insulted” . was quite uninterested in our chatter. There are vivid pictures of the deso­ M y feeling at that ]>oint was that we Airwoman, Inc. lation and wastes of the north land, were wasting our breath, that nothing H otel Gotham , 2 West 55th St. the lonely settlement of Point Barrow, would ever make her talk. I was New York City the dramatic flight from Point Barrow wrong. Dear Editor: to Nome, — landing through fog and The detective’s next speech did the Enclosed find One Dollar. fast falling darkness off the Seward trick, or maybe it w-as the intent way Please let me enjoy Airwoman for Peninsula. “Dark” she calls this he looked at her all the time he w-as on e year. Chapter, and in this and a later episode saying: of the forced landing through fog in “ Yes, an orderly pilot always sets Nam e...... the open ocean off Ketoi she has ex­ his altimeter for sea level every time pressed wonderfully those twin emo­ he takes off. Sometimes it’s a bad A ddress...... tions experienced by all flyers— sharp idea though. That's what gave Ralph City...... fear, intense relief. But she does not Sampson away, you know. Zero on depend upon the hazards and excite­ his altimeter is still set for 800 feet or State...... ments of the trip for dramatic interest the altitude at H artford.” 15

Our New President

the race will be held over until the Annual Meeting morning of November 10. Between New York and Amarillo, each con­ There were 42 members present at testant must make one refueling stop the meeting, with 6 sections repre­ and present satisfactory evidence of sented, including 5 sectional governors. such a stop to the Contest Committee. Leaving Amarillo on the morning of Officers elected for the coming year the 10th, contestants will complete the are: president, Mabel Britton of race to Long Beach. Ypsilanti, Michigan; vice president, The shortest elapsed flying time will Mabel Britton, transport pilot and former Clema Granger of Long Beach, Cali­ National 99 Secretary, with her Waco. determine the winners. Every entrant fornia; secretary, Alice Hirschman of will be required to have a minimum Detroit; and treasurer, Marjorie Lud- of 200 hours’ solo flying of which 50 wigsen of New York (re-elected). hours must be cross-country. Too to the left of us and planes to the right and hack, not to overlook the A t the banquet the same evening for much emphasis cannot be placed on the value of radio and also instrument propeller above. We're right on 99's and their guests 85 persons were flying for this race. top with perfect visibility in the 99 present. Short informal talks with lots Club — AIR WOMAN headquarters of fun afterwards featured the eve­ The Women’s National Air Races, at the Hotel Col ham. o f which the transcontinental is the ning. Margaret Cooper, the outgoing main event, will be held November 10 The New York skyline, as seen president, presided at the banquet and and 11 at Long Beach. California. An from the air, is darkly outlined on a most delightful time was had by all. announcement from the managing di­ the north wall against the contrast­ Among the speakers were Beckwith rector of the races, Gladys O ’Donnell, ing light background of water. To Havens, Howard Rough, Dr. Clara states that three closed course races the left we are faced with a large are scheduled: one for planes with a amphibian, and as we are viewing Regina Gross, Gladys O Donnell and manufacturer’s advertised top speed it from another plane, the wing of Dr. Harry Britton. not to exceed 120 miles per hour our ship is seen just above. The At time of going to press a report (prize money, $400)—one for planes Army is right here in a twenty- of elections is in from only the most not to exceed 150 miles (prize money, three ship formation flying over adjacent section, that is, the New $600)—and one free-for-all (prize snow-capped mountains on the south wall. We're still up, but York-New Jersey. The new governor money, $1,000). glancing over to the right we're is Peggy Reniey and Betty Duncan back down to earth for here we was elected secretary, with Am y have a transport plane — three in Andrews re-elected treasurer in that fact— all lined up for the take-off. section. Leise Rose, who is widely known Since 99 sectional news is scarce we for her interesting treatment of are going to devote a part of this page photo-murals in interiors, has sup­ to telling you about the newly deco­ plied some of the finest photo­ rated 99 headquarters and A IR ­ graphs of the Fairchild Aerial WOMAN office. Camera-men, of Margaret Itourke- White and of the Army to the AIRWOMAN walls. Speed Race It's a new room, and a blue room, except for the gold colored And here is the Big News o f the 99er Grace Prescott who won the wing fabric curtains, hung from a Day. Los Angeles to Cleveland Derby. wooden prop. . . . A plaque where A Transcontinental Speed Race for we'll all sign our names for pos­ Women Pilots! terity will be put up on one of the Pending sanction, which has been Our New doors, thanks to Freddy ttenham. applied for, the race will begin in New It is quite the nicest aviation room York on November 8 or 9 (exact day Headquarters in the world and every woman depending on weather). Each con­ who's ever gone up in the air in a testant will he permitted to map her We're up in the clouds! With ship or plans to soon should come own course to Amarillo, Texas, where skylines to the front of us, clouds and see it. 16

cation for aviatiop and the Utah Units A beautiful ceremony took place are entitled to three cheers and a rajah. when Mrs. Ruth Law Oliver of Bever­ W. N. A. A. Mrs. James Brazell, our new Na­ ly Hills, first woman flyer to estab­ tional Treasurer, tells us that Miss lish an American record for long dis­ Una Goodwin, also of the Oklahoma tance flight, placed her “wings” on CONTACT Unit, is becoming very popular as an the Famous Flyer’s Wall in the atrio acrobatic flyer at their shows. o f St. Francis chapel at the Inn. Among distinguished speakers were • HERE are few loyal friends of Princess Der Ling of China, now Mrs. Thaddeus C. White of Culver City, aviation who have contributed as Here’s to the Pacific coast Units. T Mrs. Ullysses Grant McQueen, also a much to knowledge and who have The Seattle group co-operated with director of W.N.A.A. dared to do as honestly and as grandly the Business and Professional Wom­ as did W iley Post. If there is a great en’s Clubs for the National Convention Thea Rasche, a German womar hall o f aviators in the Bog Beyond— in Seattle from July 14 to 20th—and flyer now in the United States, recently then Wiley Post and Will Rogers have planned a flying convention. Two presented the W .l.A.A. with a bronze pinned their wings to the stars. thousand letters were sent to members trophy to be awarded to the aviator of the coming convention, urging them who accomplishes most for aviation Because Wiley Post was an inter­ to fly to Seattle. This Unit has also during the coming year. nationally known flyer who had done arranged to have the Mayor of Seattle much both in the abstract and the con­ present a placque every September to crete to further aviation’s best prin­ the Unit member who has done most ciples, National Headquarters sent for her group during that year. The New York chapter of W I.A.A. flowers in tribute to his memory. Only • dedicated a beautiful bronze plaque to a month before this loss to aviation, W iley Post on September 14th. It is Wiley Post’s sister became a member Don’t forget — the Second Annual set in the exact spot at Floyd Bennett of the W.N.A.A. Women’s National Air Races will be Field where his wheels touched when Lieutenant Colonel Carlos L. Reavis held in Los Angeles Novem ber 10th he returned from his solo round-the- world flight. of the 45th Division Aviation, was one and 11th. of the officers who paid honor in fly­ • ing formation during the Post services. I promised you a word about the Junior Units — please send your Women’s International Association of editor some pictures as well as news Aeronautics. Some day we’ll go into Now for more local interests. Al­ of your doings. We want to have an a real discussion of some of their aims though hot weather has caused a cer­ issue or two devoted solely to the — just now there is only a little news. tain amount o f inactivity there is still younger generation! news from our loyal members. At a luncheon meeting at Mission Inn, Riverside, California, the Peace • In Utah, through Boy Scout con­ Section urged greater understanding tacts, the W .N .A .A . has established o f the slogan— “ Aviation is a valuable Don’t forget changes of address— model airplane clubs in all the large defense against invasion and a protec­ and don’t forget new subscriptions to centers in the state. Girl Scout study tion for peace.’’ They are particularly help out your Chapter funds. groups will be formed this coming interested in a greater advancement of September. This is a big step in edu­ aviation in South American countries. THORA WISEMAN

The Chicago Unit of the Women's National Aeronautical Associa­ tion turns out en masse for a sightseeing jaunt via air transport planes.

Metropolitan News Photos 17 CLOUD CLUB By BETSEY BARTON

Sectional Leaders: The reply to our Way to Wealth: We are offering Glider Meeting G erm any: During the letter was most enthusiastic. E very­ everyone twenty-five cents for every first eight days of the soaring meet at one still seems to be a bit puzzled as new subscription sold. Have your Wasserkuppe, 325 flights were listed. to how one goes about forming a club customer put your name with hers on of their own and so we are repeating, a blank, stating that you were the briefly, tbe instructions that were given salesman, and we will send you the in the March issue. money. The distance flights were truly amaz­ To form a Cloud Club of your ozvn: Ruth Parmele suggests that: “You ing: make it your business to collect a large 1. Ask two or more of your good 140 flights over 35 miles in length and growing fund of aeronautical friends over to the house for the 113 flights over 60 miles in length afternoon or whatever you like. Tell knowledge and information. Start in them of your interest in aviation and the pages of the AIRWOMAN. We 41 flights over 120 miles in length intention of starting a club. Show have a books column guide for refer­ 16 flights over 180 miles in length them the A IR W O M A N and make it ences, and the articles themselves are 9 flights over 240 miles in length clear that if they subscribe for a year full of information. Start building 4 flights over 300 miles in length ($1.00) they will automatically be­ some models and begin with the glider come members of the Cloud Club. as it is the most simple. A good way A total distance of about 22,000 to begin is to build a glider and then 2. Set a meeting time for tbe next miles was flown. The four which made take a snapshot o f it. Give a prize to week and ask each girl to bring one or over 300 miles flew in formation from the most artistic photo in your group. two friends of hers. the Wasserkuppe to Brunn in Czecho- Have each girl make a list o f all the slavakia, 313 miles away. The records 3. The leader should decide on the women in aeronautics they have ever made are staggering compared to ours activities of the club and its size. There heard or read about. Learn all there are innumerable subjects to choose is to know about them. The example but the answer is, of course, that there from. Probably the new members will of their skill and commonsense will were more planes taking part as the have ideas as to what they want to do help you keep your interest centered German Government lends its hearty themselves. (See below) on your goal.” support to this activity. 4. If you already have a flying club at your school it should be all the easier to get members as they are al­ ready interested.

5. Clubs or squadrons that belong to the Junior Birdmen of the Junior Aviators should proceed with those and include us.

6. When the club gets going, brief reports should be sent in to us at least once every two months. In these re­ ports you should state the number of members, your list of proposed proj­ ects, ask any questions you may have and send in any suggestions for im­ proving the general welfare of the Cloud Club. The first reports should be in on November 1st, the second in on December 1st and so on throughout the year.

All girls have a desire to fly. But they need arousing. Make your pros­ pective member see that by joining an active air organization and working

for its improvement she is coming Elsa Bluemclce, one of Germ an's junior flyers, builds a life-sized glider, which nearer to the realization of her dream. she hopes to enter in the annual meet at DIE WASSERKUPPE. 18 CAM*AIR*A CONTEST

Amateur photographers train Who knows? Perhaps you are All the prizes will be announced your lenses on subjects with an America's best aviation photog­ in the November issue. aeronautical motif or point them rapher. The question will be de­ down from an airplane, for the cided in this contest, and it's up to first big aviation photography con­ you to give your photographic ef­ Special Leica Prizes forts a chance to speak for them­ test. selves. Three merchandise prizes are offered by the Eeits Company for The closing date for the contest The judges who will select the the best Cam-air-a Contest pictures has been extended to January 15tli two winning pictures — one by a made with the Leica Camera. Prize man and one by a woman — are from November 15th, because al­ winners will be asked to submit the Sherman M. Fairchild, Margaret though the entries already received original negatives, ^ h e amount of llourke-White and Doris Day. are most excellent, we feel that a the prizes are as follows: much larger number of pictures Each picture must he marked 1st Prize...... $75.00 should be entered. And now that “Entered in AIRWOMAN'S CAM- A1R-A Contest" and your name and 2nd Prize...... 50.00 November is just around the cor­ address must also appear on the 3rd Prize...... 25.00 ner, we doubt there will be enough back . . . Address your pictures to entries in by the 15th to make a AIRWOMAN, 2 W'est 55th Street, These prizes are offered to all really representative showing. New York City. readers of this magazine.

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VIATION is a great defense against invasion and A an excellent weapon for the preservation of peace but it can also be an unequaled weapon for offensive. Worry over German submarines, is logical in view of the W orld W ar Blockade. Yet an air-war seems much more dangerous. Our own country is awakening at last to the value o f air defense. Six army flying hases, to cost more than 120 million dollars, will be established as soon as funds can be allocated. Since Alaska and the Aleutian Islands are our weakest point the first base to be established will be in that part o f the country. The others will be similarly placed for defense strategy.

• The National Aeronautic Association P E A K IN G o f maps— some one has suggested that is conducting u militant program of information and education to create a wider and better un­ S all air-liners be equipped with a speaker which derstanding of the importance of aviation, in would inform passengers as they flew over territory all of its branches, in the advancement of they could not see. Another bright idea includes a American life. Many members of the 99 club lighted roller map with a pencil tracer which would of women pilots and of Women’s National Aeronautical Association are N. A. A. members. point out items of interest on the ground below. No doubt time will bring a period when the planes Special Offer To Airwomen Readers will stride across America in a few hours— keeping at such altitude that passengers will know nothing of the Through arrangement with Airwoman, a special subscription offer with the National ground passage. Yet it is hard to believe that American Aeronautic Magazine is now available. One curiosity will ever become so dead that no one will year of Airwoman ($1 regularly) and one year ask the stewardess— “ When will we pass over Detroit ?’’ of the National Aeronautic Magazine ($2 regu­ larly) may be obtained for a limited time for THORA WISEMAN the combination price of $2.25. If you are already a subscriber to Airwoman, you may obtain the National Aeronautic Magazine for $1.50 if your subscription is received through Airwoman’s offices. Regulur membership in the National Aero­ nautic Association is $5 a year. Patriotic memberships are $50, and sustaining member­ ships, $250. The price of the National Aero­ nautic Magazine is included in the member­ ship dues.

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FLYING COLORS

Can you pass our little color intelli­ gence'’ test?

Which combination of colors gives the greatest legibility to the letters and figures?

See the article on page four for the an su e r s.

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