Show od AVIATION BUG AIR BLITZ SI while the army and navy forces are going all out to prell pre for stratospheric warfare an abnot J 11 government department is worl int this winter tor for a full scale ae offensive next summer against against foe over which the united nat nab has no control the bureau of entomology plant quarantine ahne of the depart rr of agriculture is mobilizing its t air force for the greatest attach its history on such crop and to fo destroying insects as the japar beetle gypsy moth white trl beetle pink bollworm spruce a g work and the lowly but greedy it d ue ile bug damage to crops and from the insects Is estimated by ri culture specialists at between A tf and five billion dollars annually planes operated in the ba bl blitz bear scant resemblance q the sleek modern machines ij aerial warfare some are as at oil as 15 years and their worth v 1 measured in terms of their abl ab ity to fly by clovi flonly ly and at low ali alir I 1 tudes audes 41 the department will put into air its own air force of a I 1 at beasi le planes augmented by any aurill of planes chartered locally pr PO every private airport of tl size in the country Is egi ping at least one airplane with si sp apparatus department experts contend t experiences last year proved tj one plane can spray 1000 acres one day while to cover that sa area with ground equipment wo require 70 men with seven macht five weeks FOLDING WINGS kii feature of the L 12 america first all metal liaison airplay are its folding wings wines shown the above photograph an aerl aarli jack of all trades the consolidator Consoli consolidate 1 dato i vallee plane is suitable for mal mai uses 0 0 0 inexpensive LIGHTING small airports can be lighted night flying at a cost of about civil aeronautics administration ports parts on the basis of an exper imi tal installation at lafayette in now undergoing tests results aretz airport show that the bigl identity identify the airport tor for a pi flying at 1000 feet from a distan of 15 to 18 miles and in a an n elc t dional case the lights have been se from 30 mlle mile operating c for or current averages about 15 an hour |