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EW YORK IARCH 31, 1935 Plane to Test 'Honiin Which Miss Earhart Will Use 'IT"illiam P. Lrar a11d W' aco biplane in 1cl1ich he "ill malse Iran cn11tirtrntal fli,cht to tr t derice be/ore it ia in tailed in Miu Earhart'• plane for hrr gnotl•icill flight to Jlll'xico City Flight to Te t Miss Earhart's Radio Compass Early th week William P. Lear, president o! Lear Developments, Inc., will aet out trom Roosevelt Field, L. I., In his Waco cabin biplane !or & novel transcontinental "shakedown" crul e~ which is to be a final workout tor the radio "homing" compass that Amelia Earhart will use on her forthcoming good-will flight to Mexico Ci y. The compass, a product of the Lear organliatlon, will be tramrerred in Los Angele to Miss Earhart's transPacific Wasp-motored Lockheed monoplane for tests by Miss Earhart in her nf>w role of dollar-a-year consultant to the Bureau of Air Commerce. "Naturally, we want to make sure the devtce 1s functioning perfectly before we turn It over to M Earhart for official te ts," Mr. Lear plained, "and the best way to do that is to give it a thorough tryout on the waY, to he W!!st Coast. \\ Ill ' e Broadea,t Ouldl' "I don't expect to break any speed records getting there, since I'm stopping off all along the route to demonstrate the compass, but I plan to navigate each leg of the trip entirely by commtrclal broadcasting stationa-the principle on which the 'homing' compass works." Mr. Lear's ffrst objective after leaving New York will be Washington. He will tune In with his radio compass "loop" and receiving antenna on Station WRC, listening through headphones to whatever program 1s being broadcast whjle a pointer on the Instrument board of his ship warns him whenever the plane is not headed directly for the towers of the broadcasting station. He plans to circle the radio stations before each landing on the cross-continent cru tatlon lay Help Flight From Washington Mr. Lear will fly to Clnclnna.tl, then to Chicago, Kansas City, Wichita, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Kingman and Los .Angeles, using broadcasting stations In each city as a focus. All stations will be notified In advance so th t they can make special broadcasts to the plane if they desire. In addition to giving the compa s this practical test under actual aervll: e conditions Mr. Lear will make special broadcasts during hla entire trip for the benefit o! Bhort-w v radio amateurs, with an experimental fivemeter transmitter that I.a part or his plane's equipment. He also will be In frequent communication with De-partment of Commerce airways radio ,atatlons along the route on the regular long-wave bands allocated to this work, the Waco carrying a standard transmitting 11et tor this purpose. Neither of the latter devices has anything to do with the radio compass, which consists solely ot an all-wave radio co-ordinated With antenna AIR COMMERCE BULLETIN 225 " In tructlon for Airway Meteorological Service" is also scheduled to become effective May 1, 1005. It incorporates all of the instruction regarding airway weather obserrntion , the ~hour service, airway foreca ts, upervision of service, instrumentation, and other pertinent information. The publication will undoubtedly prove to be very useful to the airplane operato1 · and pilots. The Weat11er Bureau will advi e all air-tran port compauies by letter when the publication become available. Broadcasts of Weather Forecasts on 236 Kc To Be Discontinued May 1, 1935 Broadca ts of airway weather foreca ts on 236 kc by tho e radio communica tlon tations equipped for broadcasting on this alt ruate frequene: y will be di continu cl May 1, 1935. This applies only to broaden t of foreca t and does not affect the broadcast of weather report on tation ' regular frequ ncl . Before the deci. ion to di, continu these broaden ts was r a bed, all of the stations mnking th m pr faceo each forecast brondca t for 3 days with the announcement over the ail' tliat consideration wa · being given to their discontinuance. List ner who wanted them continu d were reque ted to expre their wi h to the Bur au of Air Commerce. Three replie wer received, two from automobile clubs and one from an air line, and the latter reply appeared to ref 1· to broadca t of weather reports rather than to the foreca t . As these nnnow1cemcnt,.<; were repeated regularly by the broadcasting stations for 3 dll · during a period when weather ·oond1tion · w re such that aircraft operator who Ii tene<l tc, the broadcast would Jiavt> ui;ed them during that period, the Burenu concluded that they were not generally utiliz d and decided to eliminate them for the present. Forecn t will continue to be available at tations on the ground where they ar receinid by teletypewriter or point-to-point radio. Scheduled Air-Line Operators Invited To Confer with Bureau April on Problem of Increased Safety and Performance Rep1 entatives of the cheduled air line of the United tate were Invited by Eugene L. Vidal, director of air com-merce of the Department of Courn rce, to meet with the Bureau of Air Commerce on April in Washington where they were to discu high-altitude flying, removal" of ice from aircraft in flight, use of the radio compass for air navigation and blind landing, trafl.ic control at air terminal , development of new flying equipment, and related problems. The conference was called not to discus either regulations or the present airways system at this conference, but for consideration of a number of problem yet to be olved in the interest of increa eel afety and performance. For example, the Bureau now ha autl1ority to engage in development work uncl has undertaken a pro"ram ·eeking an improved craft for private owner,:. imilar de,·elopment, in cooperation with the air line , of t:ran port craft and engine might be permitted sllould funds be available. Among other problems on the conference program were high-altltuclc flying and further deicing exp riments upon which one or more ail' lint:>R hn ve alreacly been working. Also, the increasing difficultie pr ·ented by traffic control at air terminal were to be con. i!lered and desirnble trend in future lighted ancl radio-equipped airway adaptable to the more mod rn type of flying were to be di. cu sed. Tlw Bureau ha.· conducted detailed te. ts of the raclio compa. . for u. · In nir navigation, and ali<o for blind landing: and was to r port to the operators upon the re ult· obtained. Amelia Eru.· ar , mp oye y Bureau of Air Commerce at 1 a Year, Will Te t Radio Direction Finder as Fir t Project Amelia- Earhart has been engaged as an aeronautical expert at 1 a rear by the Bureau of Air CommerC('. The first project to be undertaken hy the woman flyer who conqu red both the Atlantic an(l Pacific nn I the ~ rv- 1 e t . ting of a radio direction finder built by a <.'ommer ial company to pecification drawn up by the Bureau of Air Commer<'e. The tel"t .flights that Mi Earhart will make with the new Lear radio cllre< ·tion finder (not t11e Kreu. i radio compa!, mentioned elsewhere in this I sue) are de lgned primarily to determine Its Po ibllities a an air navigation aid for private owners ot aircraft. The Bureau'· engineers and pilot are making technical checks--Miss Earhart will have the direction fl.oder in- 3 -I
Object Description
Purdue Identification Number | AESB013 |
Title | Amelia Earhart scrapbook 13 |
Description | Scrapbook number 13 kept by Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam, ca. 1930s |
Creators |
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 |
Date of Original | 1933-1935 |
Subjects |
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 Air pilots Awards Women's rights Motion pictures Aeronautics |
Genre (TGM) |
Scrapbooks Clippings |
Type | Physical Object |
Format | |
Extent of Original | 1 v. (unpaged) |
Language | eng |
Collection | George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers |
Collection Web Site | http://www.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart |
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Repository | Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections |
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Date Digitized | 10/31/2008 |
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EW YORK IARCH 31, 1935
Plane to Test 'Honiin Which Miss Earhart Will Use
'IT"illiam P. Lrar a11d W' aco biplane in 1cl1ich he "ill malse Iran cn11tirtrntal fli,cht to tr t derice be/ore it ia in tailed in Miu Earhart'• plane
for hrr gnotl•icill flight to Jlll'xico City
Flight to Te t
Miss Earhart's
Radio Compass
Early th week William P. Lear,
president o! Lear Developments, Inc.,
will aet out trom Roosevelt Field,
L. I., In his Waco cabin biplane !or &
novel transcontinental "shakedown"
crul e~ which is to be a final workout
tor the radio "homing" compass that
Amelia Earhart will use on her forthcoming
good-will flight to Mexico
Ci y. The compass, a product of the
Lear organliatlon, will be tramrerred
in Los Angele to Miss Earhart's transPacific
Wasp-motored Lockheed monoplane
for tests by Miss Earhart in her
nf>w role of dollar-a-year consultant
to the Bureau of Air Commerce.
"Naturally, we want to make sure
the devtce 1s functioning perfectly before
we turn It over to M Earhart
for official te ts," Mr. Lear plained,
"and the best way to do that is to
give it a thorough tryout on the waY,
to he W!!st Coast.
\\ Ill ' e Broadea,t Ouldl'
"I don't expect to break any speed
records getting there, since I'm stopping
off all along the route to demonstrate
the compass, but I plan to
navigate each leg of the trip entirely
by commtrclal broadcasting stationa-the
principle on which the 'homing'
compass works."
Mr. Lear's ffrst objective after leaving
New York will be Washington. He
will tune In with his radio compass
"loop" and receiving antenna on
Station WRC, listening through headphones
to whatever program 1s being
broadcast whjle a pointer on the Instrument
board of his ship warns him
whenever the plane is not headed directly
for the towers of the broadcasting
station. He plans to circle
the radio stations before each landing
on the cross-continent cru
tatlon lay Help Flight
From Washington Mr. Lear will fly
to Clnclnna.tl, then to Chicago, Kansas
City, Wichita, Amarillo, Albuquerque,
Kingman and Los .Angeles,
using broadcasting stations In each
city as a focus. All stations will be
notified In advance so th t they can
make special broadcasts to the plane
if they desire.
In addition to giving the compa s
this practical test under actual aervll:
e conditions Mr. Lear will make special
broadcasts during hla entire trip
for the benefit o! Bhort-w v radio
amateurs, with an experimental fivemeter
transmitter that I.a part or his
plane's equipment. He also will be
In frequent communication with De-partment
of Commerce airways radio
,atatlons along the route on the regular
long-wave bands allocated to this
work, the Waco carrying a standard
transmitting 11et tor this purpose.
Neither of the latter devices has anything
to do with the radio compass,
which consists solely ot an all-wave
radio co-ordinated With
antenna
AIR COMMERCE BULLETIN 225
" In tructlon for Airway Meteorological
Service" is also scheduled to become
effective May 1, 1005. It incorporates
all of the instruction regarding
airway weather obserrntion , the
~hour service, airway foreca ts, upervision
of service, instrumentation,
and other pertinent information. The
publication will undoubtedly prove to
be very useful to the airplane operato1
· and pilots. The Weat11er Bureau
will advi e all air-tran port compauies
by letter when the publication
become available.
Broadcasts of Weather Forecasts
on 236 Kc To Be Discontinued
May 1, 1935
Broadca ts of airway weather foreca
ts on 236 kc by tho e radio communica
tlon tations equipped for
broadcasting on this alt ruate frequene:
y will be di continu cl May 1,
1935. This applies only to broaden t
of foreca t and does not affect the
broadcast of weather report on tation
' regular frequ ncl .
Before the deci. ion to di, continu
these broaden ts was r a bed, all of
the stations mnking th m pr faceo
each forecast brondca t for 3 days
with the announcement over the ail'
tliat consideration wa · being given to
their discontinuance. List ner who
wanted them continu d were reque ted
to expre their wi h to the Bur au
of Air Commerce. Three replie wer
received, two from automobile clubs
and one from an air line, and the latter
reply appeared to ref 1· to broadca
t of weather reports rather than
to the foreca t .
As these nnnow1cemcnt,.<; were repeated
regularly by the broadcasting
stations for 3 dll · during a period
when weather ·oond1tion · w re such
that aircraft operator who Ii tene |
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