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Hindenburg — Part 3
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AIR COMME
Con.merce, according to present ar-
Tangements.
All stations with vertical antennas,
both new and old, are to be provided
with simultaneous equipment .and
stand-by radio range transmitters for
emergency use in case of a break-down,
stand-by power, and positive cone of
silence markers which give the airman
a positive signal, either by turning on
a light on his instrument board or by
aural signal in his headphones, as he
passes over the station.
Field and Lighting Changes
Field and lighting improvement pro}
ects, in some cases, cali for the estab-
lishment of entirely new facilities,
while others call for improvement, re-
location, or discontinuance. These
projects will be amended from time to
time and others added to the list as the
program hrogresses. Specific items
now planned are:
New intermediate landing fields at
East Liverpool, Ghio, and Marshall,
Mo.; enlargement of fields at Advance,
Mo. Archbold, Ghio, Chesterfield,
Tenn., Pittsfeld, Mass, and Saugus,
Calif. Enlarge or relocate: Livermore,
Cauif., and Wendover, Utah; improve
or relocate: Kylertown, Pa.; improve:
Oceanside, Calif.: relocate: Columbla-
ville, N. ¥.; discontinue: Higginaville,
Mo.
Beacons between Dana and Laramie,
Wro., on the Salt Lake-Omaha airway
will be relocated to provide a straight-
line course. A new field will be estab-
lished near McFadden, Wro., and those
at Dana and Medicine Bow will be dis-
continued.
On the Goffs-Needles, Calif., section
of the Los Angales-Amarilo airwar the
intermediate landing field now at Goffs
will be discontinued and a new one es-
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tablished at Needles. One beacon on
this section will also be relocated.
Field and Nghting facilities on the
Las Vegas, Nev.-Milford, Utah, section
of the Los Angeies-Salt Lake airway
will be relocated to a straight-line
course,
The intermediate landing field at
Baker, Calif., on the same airway will
be discontinued and replaced by a new
field between Baker and Riggs.
All facilities between Pasco and
Spokane, Wash., will be discontinued
‘vith the exception of intermediate
landing fields for day use at Connell
and Sprague, Wash.
Field and lighting facilities will be
relocated to a straight-line course be-
tween Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.,
and beacons hetween McConnelisburg
and Harrisburg, Pa., will be discon-
tinued. Field and Hghts between
Washington, D. C,, and Pittsburgh,
Pa., Will also be relocated to a straight-
line course. These two projects, ac-
cording to present arrangements, will
be performed in conjunction with the
State of Pennsvivania
2 Thess rai,
Teletypewriter Circuits
Besides accomplishing the construc-
tion work enumerated above, the
Bureau will augment the service to gir-
men on the Federal System by arrang-
ing for about 7,500 miles of teletrpe-
writer clirenits for transmission of
weather information. These include
the following circuits:
Seattle-Vancouver, Fort Worth-Houston.
Segttle-Fargo, N, Atlanta-Fort Worth.
ak.
Detroit-Grand Rap-
Fort Worth-Burbank ids.
St. Louis-Tulsa, Newark-Buffato,
St. Lovis-New Or- Washington. Na s h-
leans. ville.
Great Falls. Mont.- Washington - Cincin-
Bait Lake City- nati.
Los Angeles, Attante-Jacksonville,
Report of Airship “Hindenburg” Accident Investigation
Contents
Tart I.—Introduction.
Schedule.
Ownership and operation.
Certificate of airworthiness.
Crew,
Passengers.
Goods carried,
Ground crew and facilities,
Fiight across the Atiantic.
Part I1.—The airship,
Desien and construction,
1936 record.
Dimension, capacities, other characteris.
cs.
Controls.
Outer cover.
Gas cells.
Gas valves,
Cell fullness or pressure indicator,
Part I1~—The sirahip—Continued.
Gas shafts.
Propulsion,
Propellers,
Electrical power plant and installations,
Ropes and cables,
Ballast arrangements.
Radio equipment.
Lifting gus.
Bonding.
Part III.—The landing maneuver,
Mefenrological conditions.
General.
Local.
Communications, radio,
Operation of engines.
Release of batlast.
Valving of gas.
Crew as ballast,
Tail heaviness,
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