| Show J v. v iq Honors I r ro n b f 1 rJ rS c the f I Y r y r CS y is i- i r FN Af s fi f ti at 7 Captain Frank M. M Speedy Hawks Who JO b o Y rl Lw y r i Dashes oft Off a New Time Time- Ti ey e- e L y r a n 9 bY h V Nonchalantly r R VY Y 4 r 7 S Y A y li r L fv J A f w. Y S y r Killing Record in Aviation Nearly Nearly Every r. Y 1 Week Hopes Soon to o Span the North NorthY I V Ii f r 14 g American Continent From New York Iia 3 r r fb I R t j n. n t y r r a r e y 1 av i Ly x i r a I to o California in Ten Hours s t 3 eY r 1 n r w L 7 1 v i M y G. G ix a 1 a P t Ar x t s JA h p r p H t Y JJ ix aw Y rAar yv S r C ties j 1 A t pr t t f rr j aA rf J i rw t A j f AA-A. AA A S. S ven qa w y L Y I 6 A r w s 4 m k w t 4 1 A fY r By Carol Bird Bird 17 SPEED Q PEED Is the objective of C Captain Fra Frank M. M Hawks 4 O famous transcontinental glider gUder and speed pilot lot who recently set a Los New Angeles-New York record of ot 12 hours 25 minutes 3 seconds who flew fiew from Philadelphia Phila delphia to New York In 20 minutes and nd from Boston to New hew ew York In 53 minutes This blond eyed blue built young man who ho has been setting records never before approached approached ap- ap preached has been crowding Lindbergh off oft the front pages by his recent speed feats This perennially smiling holder of b both th the West West- to-East to and the West East t airplane speed peed records wants Rants to demonstrate the feasibility ty of speedy air travel and prove that It Is safe cheap and altogether desirable We will easily eaily be traveling miles an hour in mall small aircraft within the next ten years he predicts and nd mlles miles an hour within the same sarno period of time In large planes carrying a number of passengers for lor express and mail mall Right Bight now I can demonstrate planes at a cruising l speed peed eed miles mUes an hour That's really Ily Just lust normal travel and it does not In the least strain the airplane or motor His comments on the future of transoceanic travel prove that he hasn't any Illusions about this phase of the flying game I do not predict that we e will be crossing the ocean in airplanes in regular passenger service for fora a long time to come he said It tilt Just isn't feasible that's all aU There Is always a certain factor to con con- elder and that Is the one of landing Fliers simply must have places to land and It Isn't safe to do so In the middle of the ocean What Is making the present flying increasingly gly safe tafe in this country for example is the fact that so many airports are developing You can canby fly by In any direction around the U United States statu and virtually In a radius of every fifty or miles mUes find a recognized airport for landing Y r Arctic flying has greater possibilities J than transoceanic service As they begin I j i. i opening up the Arctic territory airports can be established In what are now con- con l' l l. l waste lands But I do not see a aan M Man an Immediate future futuro for trans Atlantic travel tra in regular airplanes airplanes in In flying flying I boats perhaps but even this mode of r 1 travel Is not particularly safe w t 1 ITY INTEREST in ta the future of flying fly- fly lY ing lug is based on greater speed but high speed with safety I would not favor nor predict the high speeds I do unless they could be accomplished with complete safety lafety Landing a flying boat safely on the tho high seas is s questionable We Wc have enough serious s steamship disasters now without being too hopeful about airplane airplane airplane air air- plane oceanic tra travel vel I 1 do not in to any way wish to belittle by what I have said the achievements of those able fliers filers who have made successful successful suc suc- trans-Atlantic trans flights I admire them for it Their work has given Impetus Impetus impetus im Im- petus to aviation and they have ha personally per per- distinguished themselves by their notable work in to this respect What I wish to convey is that it will wUl take a a. long long time before a regular service can be established for passenger travel across the ocean that will include all the elements of safety Captain Hawks has been call called the of the air But playboy any anyone one who knows him and talks to him will understand understand under under- stand that Is not a part of his make The man who vho Is 15 putting the phrase speed mindedness into the lexicon of American speech is practical l level headed businesslike Perhaps Itis it itis itis is his boyish smile his perpetual seeming seeming seeming seem seem- ing lIght heartedness his buoyancy of spirit coupled with the fact that he is daily dally clocking off oI speed records that cause some people to visualize him as IlS simply a a. young oung adventurer of ot the skies He is that and more He adventures ad for reasons that are linked with the certain future of aviation Hawks is 13 always smiling you rou will 5 5 hear every ery one who has met him say But his smiles arc ore not those of an air the outward cut cutup They are signs signa of ot an equable temperament good nature a gracious attitude toward others Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Hawks Is about 33 years of ot age mart mar mar- t j hb tf Y rn Speed With Safety FIVE F IVE HUNDRED m miles Iles an hour 1 in n 4 rY Jk r T small flying craft will b be commonplace commonplace common common- place within the next ten years according to Captain Frank M. M Hawks who beat record for a nonstop flight sr from Los Angeles to New a York Large planes carrying passengers 4 express and mail will wit l ave average Z miles an hour our within the a next next decade Arctic flying holds greater P possibilities 0 i Vr c r ties than transoceanic air air travel Establishment of airports all over ove r the United States Stat s is is is' contributing greatly x to the a advance o of aviation in in America y 1 A At t present cruising around a at C L. L miles an n hour is is an altogether moderate 7 pace ace for or air travel It is an economical and sensible flying speed for o r present-day present 4 planes lanes Speed with safety is is the prime ob objective ve of aviation promoters today MW 3 r yr t tF o. o S v 4 4 A o C i Sf 1 S- S Iz p. p ik V t s 's 1 Captain Frank M. M r ii Ha Hawks ks whose plane is shown at left as he arrived ed edA A c at Long Island on the completion of w his record west- west to east to-east east crossing crossing of rw the United States t 4 A a 1 SM j w w r rE E Jaw A k A v w A L' L Y F A i y r.- r. Tied a blond well set up attractive man When interviewed wed he was seated be behind behind behind be- be hind a big mahogany desk of the Texas Company of which he Is 15 aviation super super- He wore a a. light gray suit and anda a light blue tie and the colors accentuated accentuated accentuated his fair hair his clear skin and deepened the color of oC his eyes He looked a bit incongruous seated behind the massive e desk des a little restive e as though he would rather take to his wings and be off oU and away from the solid furniture furniture furniture furni furni- ture of a great business corporation even though its office happens to be high up In to one of New Yorks York's tallest skyscrapers This young oung speed pilot reflects the airplane airplane airplane air air- plane technician when he talks flying He speaks in to technical terms and unless one Is familiar with mechanics he Is rather difficult to follow through the mazes mares of ot line in and radial motors streamlining and other ship flying ship terms tt I THINK that in the future we are going to see more development inthe inthe in to the line In motor he begins There is nothing against the present type of ot motor except Its Us frontal area the area the res resistance that It offers In order to get greater speed we must resort to either cither the line in-line type of motor or the device of hiding the Q r O P type present-type radial motor somewhere inthe Inthe in to the tho a airplane in to order to do away with its resistance All aircraft should be cleaned up In to other words aircraft can all ali be Improved upon with regards to the streamlining As for flying at high speed this has many advantages for the future development development development develop develop- ment of flying for the greater the speed the greater will be the safety of air travel tra When we e Increase our speed sufficiently suf suf- suf- suf a night and a a. day going from coast to coast at the present rate can be accomplished entirely by daylight There is a great safety factor in to flying flyIng fly fly- Ing during the day Besides the fast airplane airplane airplane air air- plane can circle storm areas so much more r rapidly than the other kind get geta getaway getaway a away way from them entirely or go through them This eliminates many hazards Then oThen there is the matter of economy to be considered in to connection with speed The greater the speed the more the saving saving saving sav sav- ing of money because with a a. given revolution revolution revolution revo revo- lution per D minute nute the speed high airplane will cover er greater mileage At present I find cruising around at miles an hour an nn altogether moderate way of air un travel unet et It is an economical and sensible method of flying fling Any faster mode today with our present type of motor would shorten the life Ute of a plane 1 When you asked me about the future of ot trans Atlantic flying and I said I could not see an immediate future for a a. regular service of this kind I did not mean to give the Impression that I was entirely hopeless about it I simply mean that it Is going to take a long time to develop such a mode of travel so as to Insure perfect safety When it does go Into effe effect t it will probably take the form torm format format at first of some special service and not nota a regularly scheduled nonstop flight service Such a n service would be used primarily by those who found it imperative to get getto getto getto to the other side In to quick time and who had plenty of money to pay for such transports transportation No I cannot foresee regular airplane oceanic travel tra for tor the immediate future Primarily I am interested in to speed and I 1 am convinced that speed high aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft is coming Into being and use much faster than we wc realize and that it will prove altogether workable from every angle including safety and economical flying PEOPLE EOPLE are conjecturing about this blond transcontinental glider pilot several times holder of cross cross coun un- un try speed air-speed records the young man nun who ho hoI I r rf p ry i f r rI I if j V f it k N I- I f HI V i v 1 I j 3 1 WJ x t Hawks now In his thirteenth year of flying cruises in ins in-a a plane pIane No 13 23 which carries the tho United States Department of Commerce license e What a hand a-hand four hand four of a kind kindl says the smiling time time annihilating aviator A its aviation division In December of 1921 and nd was vms one of the prizewinners to th the 1928 1923 Ford Reliability Tour A year ear later he and Oscar ft s mechanic established their transcontinental record 18 16 hours 21 minutes 65 55 13 seconds and less than five months after that Hawks alone crossed the country and back in 36 hours 48 8 minutes He flew from New York to Los Angeles In 19 hours 10 minutes and returned In to 17 IT t k hours 38 minutes Last April he was WM r M r towed In to a glider gIlder from Los Angeles to v 4 N New ew Y York rk Then undaunted by the fact tact that the bettered his transcontinental transcontinental i mark by several hours he re recently recently re- re H Gently took his new Tra mystery piano and smashed all aU existing records record Y in both directions reeling off the 2500 V air m miles lies es from Los Angeles to New York to In 12 hours 25 minutes 3 seconds HE E IS now In his thirteenth nt year ear of flying fly fly- Ing toe and flies a plane piano numbered IS 13 almost daily breaks speed and distance records Who Is he From where does he hail hall What is the flying background of ot this new shining meteor of or aviation this aviation this holder of every transcontinental record possible to make with an airplane Well VeU then to b begin gin with the glamorous glamorous glamorous glam glam- orous but headed hard-headed flier who ho possesses possesses possesses pos pos- so much common sense and technical technical technical tech tech- flying knowledge and combines a passion for tor speed with a thorough allaround allaround allaround all- all around knowledge of the hazards In Involved Involved involved in- in was born in Marshalltown Ia la three thirty years ago He lived for tor a awhile awhile awhile while in to Minneapolis and then moved with his parents to Berkeley Calif He attended the tho University of California California Callo Cali Call fornia o and was a quarterback on both the freshman and varsity teams When war was declared he appeared on a flying t field eld in to Dallas Tex Love Field as a student of or aerial science He learned his aerial gunnery at Field Fort Worth and received ed advanced schooling at Brooks Field San Antonio After his training he was retained as an Instructor tor and also served seI as a flight adjutant and assistant officer in to charge of flying He came out of the army with the rank of or captain From 1919 to 1921 he barnstormed barnstormed barnstormed barn barn- stormed through the United States State and finally went to Mexico on a a. contract with the Mexican Government Oo for an aerial circus during the Centennial Exposition in to Mexico City He barnstormed in to Mexico and then followed several years yean of or flying payrolls through the oil oU fiel fields of Mexico He returned to the United States In to 1926 where he continued payroll A year car later in the sister ship to Colonel Colone Charles A. A Lindbergh's Spirit of St St. Louis he was among the prizewinners to in the theFord theFord theFord Ford Reliability Tour and later won a newspaper prize in to the air transportation race for tor efficiency and speed at the National National National Na Na- Air Races In Spokane He Joined the Texas Company as superintendent of ot which carries the Department of Commerce COmmerce Commerce Com COm- merce license but Hawks commenting commenting com com- on the unlucky number says ays What a hand hand tour four of ot a kind kindi Captain Hawks has flown more than hours and although he has hu had many thrilling experiences has never used his parachute In Mexico In 1922 1927 the elevator wires of his plane were broken and the ship fell feet and wa was Wal wrecked but H Hawks was hed Recently it has been almost a dally daily matter of clocking off records hopping off orr to establish new times for flight be between between between be- be tween his takeoff and landing points On the first day of October the speed flier filer tore through miles between Detroit Detroit De De- De- De troit and New York in 2 hours 41 1 minutes minutes minutes min min- utes traveling at an average of approximately miles an hour or nearly four miles mUes a minute to establish a worlds world record for tor time and distance Last month Captain Hawks established a new record from New York City to Havana ana Cuba making the trip In 9 hours hour 21 minutes On his return ho he bettered this mark covering the 1600 mU miles to In 8 d hours 42 minutes When the speed pilot last reeled off the 2500 air miles mUes separating Los Las Angeles from New York he predicted that later he could probably do It in to ten tm hours bours That coast to flight required fewer days than twenty years ago and the pilot who reduced it ft says the limit for tor forthe forthe the route has not yet been reached and foresees the possibility of doing do g It in to ten hours On On the next try I expect to make real fast Cast time says saS Captain Hawks thinking perhaps in to terms of ten |
