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[ Aviation , _ . _ r V V w ww -w w - ? of Pioneering Following 34 Years I Chicago Clucago Display to Show ShowIlow Showhow ShowHow Ilow how Neic NerD New Planes RIm Run RIm'Lrl.e Rim'Like RimLike 'Lrl.e Lrl.e Lrle Like ' . an Aulo Auto'1 Auto1 Auto'1By uto ' ' - By JOSEPH JOSCPH W LaBINE LaBINEA A great silver slIver bird drones dronesthrough dronesthrough dronesthrough through the skies sk1es Lookmg Looking Lookmgupward Lookingupward Lookingupward can hardly be- be bel1eve believe be believe - upward , we lieve l1eve that the history of tlus this tlusgraceful thisgraceful thisgraceful graceful creature encom encom- encompasses encompasses encompasses - passes less than half a life Me- Me life- Mebme lifetime lifetime - 34 ago at atwmd atwind atwind time bme Only years wmd wind swept Kill Devil Hill HillNorth , I North Carolina Carol1na , Wilbur and andOrvIlle andOrville andOrville OrvIlle Wnght WrIght first raIsed raIsedtheIr raisedtheir raisedtheir theIr patchwork flying flymg 'flying ' 'flyingma ' ma- ma machme machine ma machine - chine chme " into mto the alrFew airFew air alr airFew Few people notice the 60 60foot 60foot 60foot foot granite gramte shaft that now nowmarks nowmarks nowmarks marks the site of this lustorlc historic lustorlcflIght historicflight historicflight the thepeople thepeople thepeople flIght , but equally equalIy few are people who remain uncon- uncon unconSCIOUS unconscious uncon-scious uncon scious - _ SCIOUS of aviation's aviations ' growing growmg growinga natIonal-aye natIonal aye national - aye , a 'e e ' m In our nternatIonal-hfe nternatIonal hfe international-life international life international - life The year year1937 important to aVl avi aVlatIon aviation aviatlon 1937 was so atIon and 1938 promises to be beso beso beso that Chicago is isfittmgly Isfittingly isfittingly so much more so In InternatlOnal International International fittmgly fittingly staging stagmg its first great ternatlOnal ternational Air exposition exposltlOn January January23 28 to February 6Into 6Into 6 6Into Into the vast Interna International tlonal amphl amphf amphltheater amphftheater amphitheater theater at the stockyards site 51te of ofthe ofthe olthe the annual International LIvestock LIvestockshow Livestockshow Livestockshow show will be packed the airplanes airplanesand airplanesand airplanesand and equipment that have made re recent recent recent cent aviation history together with withthose withthose withthose those whose epochal achievements achievementsare are still in the future The VIsitor VIsitorIth visitorwith visitorwith \\Ith Ith with ' \ an adventurous glint glmt In h1s his h1si h1seye hiseye hiseye i eye will be unable to view this 1m iris 1mI 1mposmg irisposing imposmg I posmg posing array of speed and power powerwIthout powerwithout powerwithout wIthout reflecting on America Amenca s saenal saerial saerial aenal aerial progress progressThe The Oceanic Oceamc FutureHe FutureHe Future FutureHe He will think first , , probably of ofthe ofthe ofthe the transoceanic possibilities ot of aVI aVIatIon aviation aviatlon atIon a field first brought tnto into thepublic thepubhc the thepubhc pubhc public eye by C Chairman aIrm I ! J Jseph Joseph seph P Kennedy ot of the siaies marStime itIme time ! commission In November Novemberthis Novemberthis Novemberthis this far sighted official suggested suggestedthat suggestedthat suggestedthat that American steamship compa compan ' n es add flying fiymg boats to their thclr fleets fleetsand fleetsand fleetsand and warned that not to do so might mightprove mightprove mightprove prove quite short sightedMr sightedMr sighted sightedMr ' Mr Kennedy is right , , because becauseregular becauseregular becauseregular regular scheduled a r service be between between between tween London and New York will willprobably willprobably willprobably probably start this year Wlthm Within Wlthmthree Withinthree Withinthree three years a fleet of o1 huge trans transports transports transpotts ports capable ot of carrying carrymg 100 pas passengers passengers passengers sengers from New York to Europe EuropewIll Europewill Europewill wIll be in m serviceSo serviceSo service serviceSo So much for ocean aircraft On Onland Onland Onland land commercial aviation has tak takI taken taken taken I en so many rapid strides that many many'cItIes manycities manycities 'cItIes cItIes ' are finding findmg their airport fa facil facif facil cil cif ties crowded Ch cago Washmg Washing Washmgton Washington Washington ton Los Angeles and New York Yorkare Yorkare Yorkare are a few ol of the centers forced to toexpand toexpand toexpand expand . their land ng space to ac accommodate accommodate accommodate commodate . the larger craft craftAmerica craftAmerica craftAmerica America s sar \\ar ar War \ \ \ ar BIrdsAmenca BirdsAmerica Birds BirdsAmerica America Amenca s fight ng airships are areno areno areno I no I v the best in m the world equ pped peed ppedv \ ' . ith four new tipes tapes t ) pes of war craft craftmclud craftinclud craftmclud mclud includ ng the XB 15 called the theworld theworld theworld world s biggest bomber It also has hasthe hasthe hasthe the A racuda a new fight ng sh p pbel pbel pbel bel eved eyed the only plane capable of ofdownmg ofdowning ofdowning downmg downing the super bomber smgle single smglehanded singlehanded singlehanded handed In the pursuit purswt field the thenew thenew thenew new Seversky is the fastest corn com ' e a f " "t4 t4 " * ? c il4 ! rl rlil4 v r3 r3Exterior * International air airshow airshow at the to be shown Exterior of the Douglas sleeper Airways Airwaysand Airwaysand United Aumes Airlines ] Pan ran Amencan American , Airlines show jomtly jointly by Amercan American and TWA i I ' tween the development of pnvate private pnvateairplanes privateairplanes privateairplanes airplanes and automobiles automoblIes The Theflrst Thefirst Thefirst simply horseless car carrlages carraages carnages flrst first cars were rlages raages the whole purpose being bemg a amotor amotor amotor motor that would propel a buggy buggyby buggyby buggyby by the explosions of a gasoline gasolme en engme engone engme gme gone The modem modern automobile body bodywIth bodywith bodywith wIth its improvements unprovements for tor safety safetyand safetyand safetyand and comfort came laterSunJiarly laterSimilarly later laterSimilarly Similarly SunJiarly the first airplanes were weresImply weresimply weresimply sImply aimed to defy gravItatIon gravitationand and fly Later man set about to tomake tomake tomake make flying flymg simple comfortable comfortableand comfortableand comfortableand and safe sate The Chicago show wIll wIllillustrate willillustrate willillustrate illustrate completely and fund fundamen fundamentally tundamentally amen amentally tally how well he has succeeded succeededTo To beg n with man now does his hisflYing hisflying hisflying flYing indoors mdoors Just as the open opencar opencar opencar car has almost disappeared rom from romthe fromthe ! fromthe the automobile trade so have cab cabms cabins cabins ms ins become almost universal in the theairplane theairplane theairplane airplane industry mdustry Even the lowest lowestpriced lowestpriced lowestpriced priced craft now have such refine refinements refinernents refineroenta ments rnents as upholstery and heatersSmce heatersSince heaters heatersSince Since Smce aviation enthusiasts want wantto wantto wantto to opera operate te their own ships fiymg fiymgis i flyingis ysng ysngis is being bemg simplified to the nth de degree degree degree gree And since most AmerIcans AmerIcanshow Americansknow Americansknow know how to operate an automo automobIle automobile automobile bIle the trend is to make airplanes airplanesas as much like motor cars as posslble possible possi possl ble Instead of sitting slttmg in m front of o1 ofthe o1the ofthe the pilot as m in the early planes the themodern themodem themodern modern modem passenger sits beside hIS hISdriver hisdriver hisdriver driver as In a coupeControls coupeControls coupe coupeControls Controls SImplIfiedThe SimplifiedThe Simplified SimplifiedThe The parallel continues in the con controIs controls controls troIs trols Many new planes now have havesteermg havesteering havesteering steermg steering wheels and at least one onemanufacturer onemanufacturer onemanufacturer manufacturer has placed the gas gascontrol gascontrol gascontrol control on a toot foot pedal like liJte an au automobile automobile automobile tomobile acceleratorAnother acceleratorAnother accelerator acceleratorAnother Another device not entirely new newbut newbut newbut but made standard or optIonal optIonalequipment optionalequipment optionalequipment equipment on many more planes m in in1938 1938 is the tricycle tncycle land ng gear gearThis gearThis gearThis This device with the standard two twowheels twowheels twowheels wheels supplemented by a third th1rd for forward forward forward ward wheel permits the plane to tomove tomove move forward on the ground in the thenatural thenatural thenatural natural level position of an automo automob b Ie le unt 1 it has attained attamed enough enoughspeed enoughspeed enoughspeed speed for the takeoffAnd takeoffAnd takeott takeoff takeottAnd And although the mechanism mechanismshll mechanismstill mechanismstill shll still compares with that of the auto automob automob automob mob Ie le there are some new planes planeson on which automobile tires have havebeen havebeen havebeen been replaced with web feetl feet feet ! ! Thereference Thereference The reference Is to seaplanes and am amph amph amph ph bious blOus ships rapidly growing growmg m in - " , a axLy t'n tn ' . mom : I : L Lc xLy , c/- c cs ! ? / - , ' s An I , dyes dyesy y . g $ 3 s d .wcs wcs b bOne One of the parallels between I automobile and In airplane Is Illustrated the tricycle landlDg landing gear gearhlch \\hlch hlch which \ features the 1938 GWinn Alrcar Aircar iat plane in m the world The army sother sother s sother other important advance has been beenwith beenwith beenwith with atgre sh ps capable of fighting fightmg at atgre atgre gre It > t altitudes in m the sub strato stratosphere stratosphere stratosphere stratospherelut sphere sphereI spherer I r lut ut the big future field of Amer AmerCt Amerlcn Americtn ictn ! Ct ; n aviation - the field to be best beat best st at essed at Chicago s air show-will show will show - willb showwillb showwillbe b be < . private planes for the butcher butcherb butcherbiker biker b iker > ker and banker The airplane is isu isundeniably isuademably u undeniably denJably becoming more and andnore andflore andr flore r sore like an automobile IExamining I ! IExamining Parallel"It ParallelIt Examining : the ParaUel Parallel " It is as comfortable as easy to todrive todrove drive drove streamlined stream11ned and as safe as the stream 11ned lined favorlte favorite model produced by your fa tavonte vorlte vorite automobile manufacturer manufacturerAnd And the airplane atrplane Is now used by about byabout 10 000 private owners and op erators operators having havlDg gone through all the theearly characterlzed characterized early growing growmg pains pams tha that t also char acterized the primitive pnmltive bile bileThere autotnobile automobile autotnobileThere automo There s a striking parallel be popularity among private pilots For offairly these craft almost aimost any body of fairly smooth water is suitable for landmg landing torlanding forlandmg forlanding andmore and taking takmg off of ! More and more lakes are being bemg exploredm exploredin explored exploredthIs inthis m in thIs new way by sportsmen pilots Most pilotsMost l loet oet oetA _ _ * -A- A - ASmall - < - - * - - - - manufacturers exhibltmg exhibiting Small showare exhibltmgsmall exhibitingsmall planes In the Chicago show are either theirlines adding addmg seaplanes to their lines or making makmg floats fioats optional equipment optionalequipment equipmentWho | Who are these private pnvate pilots the men themen who fly fiy to their lakeside cab cabevery ins after work each summer eve rung fling everung evefling and the enthusIasts who live in the air every week end ? Are they American milhonaires millionaires ? By no "wi wi nomeans means While - / " many rich dme flymg flying en.fhvst-.sti enfhvst.sti en.fhvst enfhvst .sti sti enthusiasts . _ - . . - J- J Jnui men - are It . Is . matmost thatmost most private - - - * - not nui . true true that I flyers are millionaires millionairesThe The cost of the airplanenow private airplane I now ranges upward from $1 1 $ 000 and ' to many energetic Americans fiyI I flyme fiyIDg J Jnsl , fiy fly IDg sng has ns-l ns l nsla - becolne become a o-- o " ' * - a - - - * " hobby that beats , golf To the fisherman with a smaIlI smaIlamphIbiOUS smallamphibious amphIbiOUS plane the remote at attractIve attractive attractive stream is but an anhour anhour anhour tractIve lake or hour or two awayBow awayHow away awayHow anI How Bow to Hunt Coyotes ' These private craft have very veryI verypractIcable verypracticable verypracticable I practIcable uses too In North Da Dakota Dakota Dakota kota a rancher found his plane m in mvaluable invaluable valuable in m ridding his property of ofcoyotes ofcoyotes ofcoyotes coyotes which thrive in that 10call localll 10callI 10callty localllty locallty to tosheep tosheep tosheep ty and are a constant menace toI ArmedwIth Armedwith Armed Armedwith sheep and young livestock ArmedI with a shotgun he killed kl11ed scores ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the marauders from the aIrAnother airAnother air airAnother Another private pilot took his sea seaplane seaplane seaplane plane on his trip to the North Capes Capeslast Capeslast Capeslast last summer and used it to explore explorethe explorethe explorethe the famous Norwegian fjords He Hehad Hehad Hehad had a view of that wonderful scen seen scenery seenery seenery ery from trom pomts points inaccessible maccesslble to any anysteamer anysteamer anysteamer anysteamerBut steamer steamerBut But the greatest number of sJups ships sJupsare shipsare shipsare are used tor for the personal pleasure pleasureof of their owners or to earn a llveli liveli llvelihood livelihood livellhood hood in transporting men and goods goodsA 4 4s } s ax axr axf " xi j -x x - r f A Ax , i . 0 a 4 4E E , S Syam yam , w3 . w wA A S Aslakson sheep rancher of ofSheyenne ofSheyenne ofSheyenne Sheyenne N z A . D carries carnes a shotgun shotgunIn In bis his plane and wages relentless relentlesswar relentlesswar relentlesswar war from the air on coyotes which whichrad whichraid whichraid rad raid , bis his flocksfor flocks flocksfor for hire m in sightseeing slghtseemg sightseemg flights fughts and andin andin andm in the important work of trammg training trammgmore trainingmore trainingmore more flyersAnother flyersAnother flyers flyersAnother Another important unportant market Is the thecorporate thecorporate thecorporate corporate field where large bus busi business business I Iness ness firms are finding findmg it both con convement convenient convement vement venient and economical to own their theirown theirown theirown own ships Thus busy executIves executivescan can arrange their own timetables timetableson on long trips Craft used m in this thisservice thisservice thisservice service range from modest two or orfour orfour orfour four passenger jobs to full size air airImers airliners airliners Imers liners with specially constructed constructedbodies constructedbodies bodies allowing conference and andwork andwork andwork work rooms tor for executives whIle whilethey whilethey they whIlethey are in m the airThese airThese air airThese These are among the more prom promment prominent promment ment inent phases of this phenomenal m in industry mdustry dustry to be explained explamed at the Chl Chi Chlcago |