Show Stiff S f Requirements fl 10 in m in S Quest Quest for for t Foolproof S Fo j t bf Pla Plane Plan I Foundation to Show Public the Safety of f Flying S 5 5 S S L TL I 2 v 7 A T I t 3 S S S S V E S j 5 15 1 5 S i 5 1 t. t 5 Ti A 1 c 2 1 4 5 1 4 fA fAa A a 5 s' s Th for foe fora r. r a Jo proof j- j r o i plane lane which c can b be e flown with safety by t the e average ni irian n. n Left to fight in the group above standing are C Captain Bender Edward Warner Harry F. F Guggenheim G gg h president of f the aviation foundation n Colonel Charlei CharIe Lindbergh Captain Land Lana Thomas Thoma Carroll and Professor Alexander Alexinder tech technical ad advisor isor In the the first first row row are Test Pilots Pilot Sta Stanley nley Rounds E and Lower left it is the Cierva autogiro in flight at the right is a of the Handley Page slotted wing NEW EW YORK YORI NEA EA Ocean flights lights speed d trials Ial altitude attitude hops hops' and endurance i attempts may m y have lave been considered tes tests s for tor airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes but not now and If It you doubt it ft ask any of ot the pilots In inthe he the safe aircraft competition that's being eing held at Roosevelt field on Long Island The spectacular lar stunts that have made made- ado m manya ny plane world famous aro are a as wi simple a as as flying a 1 kite kito in a summer Bummer breeze compared breeze compared to tho the thor r requirements for a p perfect score In n this contest sponsored d by the I Daniel Guggenheim GuSs fund for the i promotion of or aeronautics Most remarkable rem perhaps Is Js the I complete lack of ot anything spectacular spectacular ular about the thc t. t tests There are aro no loops oops spins o wing wing-overs rs or an any other oilier stunts concerned In Tact fact the idea dea pf of the whole thing is to dis- dis what most ost clearly I 5 I mates a airplane one airplane one wh which ch may be safely used by the average man for tor or much the same purpose that the average average- m man n now uses his automobile WOULD PROVE SAFETY Said Harry F. F Guggenheim president presIdent president pres pres- ident of ot tho the fund The success of or commercial aviation will be bo as assured assured assured as- as on the day that tho the public can be convinced that tho statistics statis statistics tics but by actual demonstration that airplanes are aro Inherently no nomore more nore dangerous than Utan u steamships steamships' or railways as Neither Guggenheim Col Lindbergh Lind lAnd bergh nor lor any of or the thc other aeronautical aero acre nautical experts connected with the competition have an any preconceived Ideas of j Juit st what the ultimate foolproof plane is going to be The Guggenheim foundation is not Interested interested in- in In Inthe the commercial exploitation tion of ot the winners but will spend more than han them An Anybody bod a anywhere with any ny kind of 8 a than air than air machine that will fly I is welcome to enter ter the competition but mighty few tew of the craft if Ir an any wilt will be ablo able to tomake make a high score against the the nine nine most c exacting requirements ever sot set down for tor flying machines MUST BE SLOW FLIER The nine tests tests' provide high hur hur- dIes The Tho prize m st be ablo io to maintain Its its' altitude at thirty thirty- five fIc miles an n hour it Ilm must st come to a c complete stop within feet teet of ot tho the spot where It first touches the ground In landing The Thc craft must take off oci after not more than a foot start along the ground and must th then n clear a 35 foot toot high obstruction feet from rom tho the starting point J To test Its ability to approach an uncertain landing place In event ent of ot In ir rl It It must all ti not er shut hut off orr glide ai 4 ai ayt att angle of or n more lur than 8 degrees the horizon At a a. peed o of 45 46 S to miles miles-an san hourS hour 0 1 th the pilot must tak both hands off the controls leaving Ui th them men en entirely free freo for at Je let least t. t five to tp p the ability o ot his craft lo to itself After disturbances disturbances bances bances from wind gusts LAND LAND IN SMALL SPACE PAC It must show V that lt the engine suddenly sails fails on a steep climb no abnormal attitude such as as 38 a a. stall followed by a J. J nose noso dive will result and that tho the craft wilt will df descend on ona a 3 steady ady easy glide without ut any aid from the pilot It must show its ability to take takeoff takeoff off oft and to land on on a II plot COO OO f feet et square square surrounded d by n a a foot 25 t. t ob- ob ob Meeting all ail these and a no few more r technical al requirements m 1 ls Is' Is n no small So job o But even if It all the e entries fall it ii is that the competition Will WUl b be a healthy one because beca It will focus attention U m on on tho the possibility of a a. sate saCe plane that the aver aver- ago man man or r woman woman can fly We feel teel confident said Guggenheim Gug Gug- genheim lm that hat this demonstration of ot the fundamentally safe airplane Will viII point the tho way to the production production production tion of ot ships that Will finally convince con con- vince vinc the public that air transport can be bo at ab least as as' 3 safe sato as aa mot t- t travel i l lA According A c to officials scores scorer of ot ships will take adv advantage of ot th ln Big BIS' planes little planes domestic and foreign alre already dy nrc entered Models 1 submitted d by by- byun unknown Un un un- known know 1 individual designers promise th the greatest variety arl t A large mall man manI order r er house announced it would I I send one of ot the flivver variety that costs only to assem assemble le Two autogiros have been entered for tor for the tho prize a a Cierva from England Engla nd and a R. Pitcairn from the United st States State t A Handley Page plane now now being belm tested in England for tor the competition will iro feature the sl slotted wing attachment which al allows at- at lows a 8 high angle takeoff and slow slows s sustained stained flight A number of ot standard standrd stand stand- ard rd American models have been entered cn- cn n- n as well aa as jive five British and one ne Italian |