DESIGNER SEES
AIR CONQUEST
OF THE ARCTIC
BUILDER OF MCMILLANS PLANES
BELIEVES DIFFICULTIES
BE OVERCOME.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. —Grover C.
Loening, designer and builder of the
three amphibian planes which Com
mander Donald B. MacMillan took to
the Arctic on the airplane carrier
Peary, said the difficulties encoun
tered north of Etah by the Navy
flyers would be overcome in the
course of the next few years. The
flights, he said, suggested many
changes in construction.
“Par from being a failure,” said
Mr. Loening, “the flights' gave us
more knowledge of actual flying con
ditions in the Far North than any
other nation now has. The flights
were not as spectacular as some oth
ers, but they accomplished much.
IF
The feat of flying nearly 6,000 miles
in a few days under such unfamiliar
conditions seems to me a tremendous
achievement.”
Mr. Loening said he believed Mac
Millan acted wisely in calling off the
flights when it became apparent that
the lives of the men were being en
dangered. However, he does not
agree with the explorer’s conclu
sion that the plane always will be
useless in the Arctic. He pointed
out that the trouble was not with the
Loening amphibians but with the
weather.
No Flight to Pole Expected.
“No one ever thought seriously
that the planes on the MacMillan ex
pedition would fly to the Pole,” said
Mr. Loening. “We simply wanted to
find out what flying conditions were.
From the reports of Commander Mac
Millan and Lieut. Comdr. Richard
Byrd, this particular machine has
many advantages for Arctic flying,
despite the statement of Colonel
Mitchell that they were unfit because
they were accepted first by the Army
for flying in Panama.
“I think Commander MacMillan ex
ercised praiseworthy judgment, with
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the result that his trip was more use
ful than any crasy jaunt, ending In
disaster, possibly could have been. He
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We know a great deal more than
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“One o/f the problems uncovered lies
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Millan and Amundsen found this to
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three hundred pounds of added weight
in landing gear and springs.
“I think,” said Mr. Loening, “that
for Arctic flying the planes should
be larger and more powerful, with a
longer cruising radius. This can be
done, I predict further study along
sensible, unenthusiastic 'lines which
will enable the defects in design to
be overcome. It won’t happen tomor
row, but it will happen soon. We
always have overcome such difficul
ties and we shall continue to do so.
“I am especially anxious to go over
the three planes by. the MacMil
lan party. When we uncover them
we can learn a lot. This develop
ment is going ahead, despite the cries
of failure. Why, in three or four
years from now, planes will be land
ing vertically.”
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