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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
2
A fragmented page shows radio schedules and network notes for Indianapolis stations WFEM WHAS WEBH WIZ and others. It lists programs, times, talk segments, concerts, sports, and orchestra performances across multiple cities with many unreadable fragments.
Captain Frank Courtney, English flier, begins a one stop Atlantic crossing from Lisbon to Horta Azores with backer E B Hosmer Canadian, mechanic Price and Radio Operator Gilmore. After a false start Wednesday two hours out due to engine issues and head winds, he hopes to reach Halifax by sunset Friday.
A silver celestial globe prize dubbed the L. B. Thompson Speed Trophy will reward pilots who break world speed records. Donated by 30 Yale unit Naval Reserve aviators, the award honors L S Thompson of Red Bank New Jersey. The trophy remains with a aeronautical club while five replicas go to winning contestants.
Captain F D Creamer announced a 1929 naval appropriation funded program at Great Lakes Naval Training Station training thirty seven men aged 19 to 27. Applicants must be college graduates or students nearing graduation, pass physical and character tests, and be willing to serve as active duty instructors for one year after commissioning. Additional details available at the Marine Corps Recruiting Station 402 Federal Building, London.
Bloomington will acquire the Frank Chase farm to create an airport. The Graham Motor Sales Company will spend about 25,000 dollars to level the field and construct hangars and an oil and gasoline station, with work starting immediately.
The city council appropriates 18000 dollars to take over the St. Joseph Valley Aviation Club field for a municipal airport. The deal secures an air mail route for South Bend and the city will spend 6000 dollars on lighting equipment while the club’s headquarters stay at the field.
At Terre Haute Indiana on June 28 a Stinson- Detroiter plane from San Antonio Texas to Detroit touched down after a trip averaging 125 miles an hour. Eddie Merritt chief pilot for the Stinson Aircraft Corporation and O H Porter mechanic accompanied the flight. The Haliburton Oil Company plane from Tulsa Oklahoma had an overnight stay en route to Detroit Michigan.
Private Harold W. Stearns of the United States Army Air Corps is selected for a key year long role in advancing flying safety. A Chanute Field graduate, Stearns is a qualified parachute rigger and will contribute to producing parachutes mandated as standard safety equipment for all Army aviators.
J. Davis pilots an Army PT-1 biplane from Wright Field Dayton Ohio toward St Louis but lands at Indianapolis airport on Wednesday to refuel.
South wind 12 mph with 29.90 in pressure and 66 degree temperature. Visibility five miles, ceiling unlimited. Compiled for The Times by government observers J H Armington and Donald McConnell at nine thirty A M.
Dr John Mac Lachlan of Cleveland flew to Hartford to rescue 7 month old Virginia Scofield from influenza and suspected strepococcic poisoning. He arrived Brainard Field at 3 40 p m Wednesday and the child showed improvement overnight. The flight was piloted by Lester Bishop.
Will Barton son of James M. Barton of Anderson will fly in a Stinson- Detroiter plane among thirty machines set to depart Detroit on the thirty day Ford reliability tour. Cesare Sabelli begins a twenty four hour test flight in the Bellanca Roma from Roosevelt Field New York with co pilot Roger Williams and navigator Capt. Pierre Bonelli. The Roma carries 800 gallons of gasoline and Sabelli is unsure of the test flight route.
Thirteen Yellow taxi drivers enjoyed a traffic free flight at Hoosier airport on Kessler Boulevard and Lafayette Pike. Pilots Bob Shank and Capt E W Sweeney flew the flights in two Travelair biplanes.
William Emery of Bradford Pennsylvania and Robert Aldrich of New York City left Hoosier airport with a Travel Air biplane heading from Wichita Kansas to Bradford. Emery is the Travel Air distributor for Pennsylvania and western New York and Aldrich handles eastern New York distribution. Lieutenant Arthur Gavin in a Navy PN-12 seaplane reportedly set a new altitude record of about 20 000 feet with a useful load of 15900 kilograms, surpassing the prior Swiss record of just over 19 000 feet. The Navy’s records await official confirmation by the National Aeronautical Association.
Kokomo aviator Clyde Shockley and Mrs Shockley returned to Kokomo from the Indianapolis airport Wednesday evening piloting a Waco ten. Shockley planned to stay for the national reliability air tour fliers visit on Saturday noon.
Indianapolis radio listing notes a 3:00 PM game between the Indians and Toledo at Washington Park. Other segments include grain market updates, stock quotations, recipe exchanges, and a Brunswick Panatrope feature. Weather and shippers forecast accompany livestock and grain market notes for the day.
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