Show U. U S. S Inspector Joins In Air Search for Missing Missing- Pilot Plane S 'S S St t SS m 5 f S S SS S 23 S Sk S k h S S S 5 r b N 44 W S. S 5 S S w mc W ROY KEELEY The Fade FacIe Out Didn't Dj t Work Vork T Friend Fiend of Stark Tells I of Prowess S of Flier S SAmong Among the half hundred men and half-dozen half planes joining in the search Saturday for Howard Stark commerce department aviator mIssing missing mis mIs- sing since January 16 was a n flier who has known him since 1923 and has watched him climb to the heights of the profession proCession He is Roy Keeley keen and da dapper dapper dap dap- per inspector for the bureau of air commerce who has followed the the career of his friend from the time they were flying the mails malls together in New England 13 years year ago to Starks Stark's rise to eminence as an expert expert expert ex ex- ex- ex pert in blind flying flying flying-a. a skill that had he been using on his flight light from Rock Springs Wyo to Salt Lake Latte City might have saved him the present disaster The rhe Irony of Starks Stark's plight as Mr Keeley sees it Is that the lost flyer probably was without a peer in instrument flying Building up his skill and knowl knowledge dge of ot the practice practice practice tice since those early days on ott the mall mail routes he developed a method of blind flying known as the fade fadeout fadeout fadeout out system which is aimed at averting some some of ot the uncertainties in the degree 90 method of reaching reaching reaching reach reach- ing an airport Stark wrote a book bool on instrument flying acted as an instructor for line commercial pilots was hired to teach his methods methods meth meth- to aviators in Holland and upon his hi'S return to this country added to the data contained In his book Daily Dally Searches Mr Keeley who works out of ot Washington D. D C C. was in southern n California when the news of ot Starks Stark's disappearance was received He proceeded to Salt Lake City and has since flown his plane daily in inthe inthe inthe the search Mr Keeley whose youthful appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap and energy belies the fact factor of or his service In the World war as asan asan asan an aviator grows vs a bit grim when discussing the misfortune of or his friend Those conducting the search have expressed varied aried opinions about the likelihood of or finding Stark alive some iome hoping the pilot may have found a haven in some ranch house snowbound in the Wasatch mountains My o own wn opinion S is that well we'll find the tho plane spread out on a mountainside not far off the regular regular reg reg- ular course he ventured He probably probably probably ably hit a crag when he decided to switch from contact flying to instrument flying after the snowstorm snowstorm snowstorm snow snow- storm obliterated the landmarks he was following such as the railroad and highways When Stark left Rock Springs he said he was going to make the flight light by watching the ground being unfamiliar with the Vas Wasatch range Planes Panes come into the Salt Lake valley vaHey at feet altitude so io that to attain the height necessary to clear the mountains landmarks would become Invisible during a snowstorm before enough altitude was obtained to clear the peaks Another Hazard Ice Is another hazard that probably probably probably ably beset him Mr Keeley con con- Ice in the carburetor would result in motor failure which can be overcome by making the mixture lean with the resultant motor cough dislodging the ice but we are arc not sure Starks Stark's motor was adjusted for atmospheric conditions of this area The last radio report received at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Lake City airport from Stark after alter he left the Knight Wyo station was that he was OK His radio report was er very ery faint however however however how how- ever and the station here was unable un un- un- un able able to to reestablish a contact with him Mr Keeley expressed the opinion had Stark relied on his talents in instrument flying he would have sailed into the Salt Lake valley without incident He would have risen to the altitude necessary to clear the mountains followed the radio beam and set his plane down on the municipal field like clock clock- work |