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Show AIR CONDITIONS FAVOR NIGHT FLYING Mail Planes Will Make Tests Between Chicago and Omaha Monday CHICAGO. Aug. IS-IBy A. P.) The meteorological conditions of the country at night and the elaborate elab-orate precaullone taken by the government gov-ernment to guard against the has-arda has-arda of night airplane flying all will favor the auccess of night air mail eervlce when the government inaugurates this service betweh Chicago and Omtha Monday ntht. according to government air aer-lce aer-lce officials In statements to the Associated press. Tha distance la 14a mlle. Air coadltlons st night. It Is pointed out, are more favorable -a f,'lng than during Ihs day. The night atmoephere doee away with the "bumpa' la the air which ara the cauee of lamentatlona of day avlatora These "bumpe" reeult from the aon'a rare coming In contact con-tact with the molbteaed stmospnere rlelng from wooded lands, lakes, rivers and green vegetatioa, which forces upward a strong air cur-lent. cur-lent. Aa theee currente meet the airplane, the plane has a teadency 10 rlee and when the aviator fliea out of taa curreat the machlna im-o-edlately dropa Airplane motors, as a rule, run better at night thaa by day because of the Increase ol oxygen and mol.-ture mol.-ture In the air, according to aviation avia-tion officials. They expre.eea the belief thai thla would add ta the eucceea and efficiency of the ov-evnment'a ov-evnment'a night mall service. Furthermore, large beacoa lights rave been Installed every twelve and a h.lf oillr between Chicago and Omaha. Theee will be kept going eonll.veusly throughout the night and will throw a swirling flood of light Into the air to guide the aviator over hie route. la addition, ad-dition, llghla will flood the landing field, and Indicate to the aviator the direction the wind le blowing To cere for the haaarda of forced landings, the alrplenee In light ear-vice ear-vice will be equipped with wing tip llahta controlled from the pilot eeat. Parackute landing flarea. alao controlled automatically, will be carried ay the avletor. Aa he glides his plane In a circle In landing, the ttrlA. wherever the forced laallns mav happen to be. will be flooded with light. Tha ln HP Ughta will not blind the aviators view, but clearly Indicate .aay obalructtojl underaeath.htm. . Altfteagn .difficulty waa anticipated antici-pated In ae ttne aviators to fly the night ehflt. approximately 7 per cent of them have epreaaed a desire de-sire for this rervlca. This . Is thonght to be due ta tha gevern-ment'a gevern-ment'a elaborate plan of precaution in preparing the night firing program pro-gram The government laveetiaa-tloa laveetiaa-tloa of olght flyina had extended over a yeer aal a half, aad If the present plane prove practical the rruie aaay be exteaded further west. - |