Show I Fliers Find Right Wind Vind Front From Weather Veather Forecasts The way the wind blows is far more important to the pilot of an m than it is to the of n a sailing ship Boats have water as aswell aswell aswell I well as air for a n medium of operation operation oper- oper while airplanes have only I air The set of the sail not the I gale keeps the sailing vessel moving moving in ing on its course The airplane I Iho ho however er e needs a n tailwind nd for greatest speed I Aviators A today rarely take off I until they the have consulted a n Unit United d SUites States Weather Bureau forc forecast st which shows among other thins things what wind various ele- ele elevation ele elevations prevail at do As it rises from the ground round an airplane may ma run into winds win s only onh a n few thousand feet flet apart that blow in exactly op- op opposite op opposite directions over o the same area For example not long a ago o a northbound pilot flying the Pacific coast route with a mile 10 tail tail tail- tailwind wind tail wind passed feet below a southbound pilot also getting ettin a 40 10 mile 40 mile tailwind The information in weather reports enables fliers to find the tho winds that will help them mot or 01 offer least resistance to their planes thus savin saving fuel and time and keepin keeping them on their theirs s schedules News of the winds is compiled at atre re regular ular intervals by Federal me- me meteorologists me meteorologists from reports of observers ers vers at the weather stations form form- forming forming forming ing a closely connected network alon along the airways Observations on wind conditions made with pilot balloons balloon and an in- in instrument instrument in instrument strument for weathermen adapted from the surveyors surveyor's transit are relayed from station to station and even to planes in the air by telephone tele- tele telephone tele telephone phone teletype telete and radio Up-to- Up the the- minute bulletins on the move ment meat air air now takes the place of speculation as to what the wind may be bo doing at an any time at any time at any elevation ele along the airways |