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W. Hawley Bowlus in Test Flights Last Friday Found Conditions Favorable Gliders soaring off Montauk Point may become a familiar sight if the Plan to make Montauk a school for soaring flight is carried to completion by the Cassell Flying Service, which opened New York's first gliding school at Flushing recently. Two brief flights were recently made at Montauk by W. Hawley Bowlus, holder of the American glider record for contin uous flight, and also for altitude, and on the same day two officials of the Cassell Flying Service were at Montauk looking over the terrain with a view toward establishing a school for soar ing flight. Bowlus, who is looked upon as the greatest authority on gliders in this country, is the man who taught Col. and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh glider fly ing on the Pacific Coast. On Saturday he brought his glider 588-V, which he brought east with him from California, and from the top of Fisher's Hill, just east of Lake Montauk, he made two highly successful flights. Both flights were of about a minute's duration. Bowlus was pleased with both flights but stated that he found the wind on Saturday a little too light for exten sive soaring. Colonel Lindbergh was expected to arrive with Bowlus at Montauk but in stead he was called to Washington, where he was in conference with Col. Clarence M. Young, assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics. Col. Lind bergh is technical advisor to the De partment of Commerce on aviation. It is interesting to note that the Wash ington conference dealt with the prep aration of regulations relating to the construction of gliders, their licensing and the licensing of glider pilots. The first glider flights at Montauk followed the efforts of the Aero Club of Long Island to interest Bowlus in the possibilities of Montauk as a glider training field. Bowlus expects to return to Montauk in September and it was said at Montauk lastek that Col. Lindbergh was also experted there in the very near future. ' Bowlus was accompanied to Montauk by Edwin W. Teagle, editor of Popular Science Monthly, and A. C. Jordanoff, of the Curtiss Wright Export Corpor ation, who made one flight in Bowlus’ glider. The Aero Club of Long Island, which has had a glider under con struction at Montauk is planning a series of flights with this first Mon tauk-built glider. The club glider will be a training type glider. It is held by the club that the terrain around Mon tauk is ideal for gliding with an al most constant breeze blowing in from the ocean. The Aero Club of Long Is land has been holding meetings in Brooklyn at Polytechnic Institute twice a month, its members at the present time being largely technical graduates, but it is not limited in this respect. Lou Krummel of Montauk, who is a member of the club, arranged the meeting with Bowlus at Montauk last week. His brother, F. C. Krummel, is president of the club. Careful buying is the secret of fi nancial success. Take advantage of the Dollar Day bargains offered by East Hampton merchants every Saturday and Monday. Read the ads in this paper for Dollar Day and watch the merchants’ windows. Save money on Dollar Day—Saturday and Monday.
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East Hampton Star
East Hampton, New York, US
Fri, May 30, 1930
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