Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-03
'A|RSH|PS ON VIEW
AeronauticaI Apparatus Shown
-. at Union Station.
COMING AMATEUR MEET
Growing Interest in Next Weeks
Flights.
WORKING ON GRANDsTANDs
Aero Club Of America Puts tho Ban
on Berger's Proposed Exhibition
at Pimtico Track.

The exhibition Of aer6planes and en-.
gines to be used IN aeroplanes, under the
Fauspices OF the Washington Aero Scienti.
ffc Club. opened today at the Terminal
Y. NJ. c. A. quarters at the Union sta
[tion. This exhibition Of flying apparatus
is q. forerunner of the coming amateur
aviation meet which Will be held at Col
lege Park, Md, October 10 to 90.
The exhibits at the Union station in
clude q ftlI-sixed' man-carrying biplane,
exhibited by Rex Smith. This Is Mr..
Smiths first machine, in which he made
a number OF experiments. His latest ma
chine is now at College Park. in readiness
for the opening OF the amateur meet.
A model monoplane, which has flown
several hundred feet, is exhibited by
Willis Rockwell and Ernest Reichendach.
This monoplane will be entered in the con-
test for models which will be an event
during the amateur meet. An electrically
operated monoplane model, nine feet long.
Is exhibited by Everard H. Boeckh. Two
toy monoplanes from the Lincoln Novelty
Works of New York are also on exhibit
ton.
Propellers to be used on aeroplanes. full
sized, are in place at the exhibition. one
eight-foot propeller from RoQua-Gibson
Propeller Company of New York. . three
bladed propeller and a two-bladed pro-
peller from the American Propeller Com
pany Of this city. A glider and several
engines will be put on exhibition today.
A large number OF persons interested In
aeronautics saw the exhibit this morn
ing.
Many Visitors to College Park.
The interest in the coming amateur
meet is growing rapidly. Four hundred
persons visited College Park yesterday to
look at Rex Smiths machine and to look
over the field in which the aviators will
fly. Preparations are being made to re-
reive Capt Baldwins aeroplane. The an
nouncenent that; the veteran birdman will
give daily exhibits during the meet and
that possibly another professional will be
here has increased the interest In the al
fair.
Word has been received here that an
other amateur will come from Norfolk,
Va, with his machine to compete for the
prizes which will be offered.
Work on putting the grandstands lin
place at College Park was begun today.
Ban on Berger's Exhibition.
. The Aero Club Of America has taken
hand in the dispute between Col. Je-
rome H. Joyce, president Of the Balti-
more Aero Club, and J. $. Berger. New
DIX QTOIuOtoT VI dtldtiOil> IucoSS, WIN
proposes to hold q three-day aviation ex-
hibition at the Pimlico race track Oc-
tober 8. 8 and 10. despite the fact that
Col. Joyce has obtained sanction from
the National Council Of the Aero Club
+ OF Amerca to hold Baltimore aviation
meet November 2 to g.. J. C. Mccoy.
chairman of the contest committee of the
Aero Club Of America, has caused a
statement to be issued to the effect that
no sanction Will be given to Berger which
will TN any way conflict With the Balti-
more Aero Clubs arrangements.
Berger also proposes to hold a three
day exhibition at Benning race track
October Is, IA and Is, and whether the
Aero Club Of America will sanction this
affair still remains IN doubt.
It is Berser's claim that he merely
plans an exhibition and not q meet. and
that II is not necessary for him TO get a
sanction from the Aero Club Of America
either for the Baltimore or the Wash
ineton flights He says that he has Ora
hame-White, the English aviator. with
him. and also Clifford Harmon. the well
known amateur.