Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-12
b|RD-MAN ON HAND
Grahame-White Here for the
Washington Baltimore Flight.
BRINGS HARMON AND RYAN
Will Try to Better American Cross
Country Record.
FLIGHT PROBABLY SATURDAY
Course Under Consideration-San
ton Of Aero Club of America.
Asked.
FLIGHT PROBABLY SATURDAY

Claude Grahame- White. who will make
an attempt this week to fly from Wash
ington to Baltimore and return, lettering
the American record for a cross-cOunrry
flight and trying for the prize of $4,000
offered by the Washington Post, ar
rived in Washington at 1:35 O'Clock this
afternoon
He was accompanied by Clifford Har-
mon, the American amateur aviator, and
John Barry Ryan. son of Thomas +.
Ryan, and commodore of the American
Aeronautic Reserves.
Col. Jerome H. Joyce, president of the
Aero Club of Baltimore, met the train in
Baltimore and came on to Washington.
He will see the flights as the guest of
the Washington Aero Club.
| Welcome to Aviator.
Mr.. Graharae-White was met by Maj.
George o. Squier of the Signal Corps
Mr. Harmon was registered at the Cos
mos Club. Later in the afternoon the
English aviator will meet with the COM
mittee of the Washington Aero Club and
settle the exact course that is to be fol-
lowed in the Washington-Baltim flight.
A meeting was held in the office of Gen.
Allen at the War Department yesterday
afternoon. when tentative arrangements
for the flight were made. There were
present Mai Sauier, DR.. Zahm. Mr.. Bell,
Dr. Ailerton Cushman, William +. GUIDE,
John Barrett. a. Leftwich Sinclair. DAVID
Fairchild George Oakley Totten, jr., DR..
j. W. Bovee, Logan waller rage anu
Prof. Willis L. Moore.
1t was the expressed desire to make
the Washington Baltimore flight ore of
official record For this sanction had to
be obtained from the Aero Club of Amefl-
ca which viseS records The Aero Cluo
unofficially turned over the job of check
ing the flight to the Aero Club of Wash
ington.
Official Sanction Asked.
Dr. Zahm. in behalf of the local aero
club. sen the formal application. for
sanction of the Washington-Baltimo
trial to the Aero Club of America last
night. 1t was accompanied by Zee or
SLIGO required under the rules of the club
1t is expected that, in return, official
approval of the flight will be received
today.
| Mai. Squier had The maps of the country
between Baltimore and Washington. He
said that the distance from the Washing
ton Monument here to the Washington
Monument in Baltimore was just about
forty miles. The ROUND trip would be
| eighty miles and that left twenty-eight
miles to be flown after the aviator return
ed to Washington to complete los-mlie
course.
| The present amateur record is 1O4 miles.
| Maj. Squier said he had tentatively laid
out triangular course of about equal
| legs from College Park TO the water
tower at Chevy Chase, thence to the
Washington Monument and back to Ben
| ming.
He said that. of course. there were
numberless alternatives. Among them
was discussed flying back and forth be-
| tween the Monument and Benning till
the distance was made up. or doing the
same thing over the Mall between the
Monument and the Capitol These mat
| tiers. however. were left open to be set
| tied after the meeting with Mr.. White
| today.
Special Observation Train.
! 1t has been arranged that there will
| be special train the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad TO take members of the
| checking committee to Baltimore and
back. There will also be official observ-
ers stationed along the route, so that the
| aviator Will be under observation the
| whole time
There will be about fifteen members of
| this committee, who will certify the
| record to the Aero Club of America, by
1 which il will be declared official.
| Mr.. GGahame-White wanted the time
taken at the various points also This
| is not in the stipulation for the prize,
but he wants II as matter of record.
The flight Is to be made either tomor-
row, Friday or Saturday. There will be
six hours notice given of the attempt.
The Washington public will be notified
by a fiae on the top of the wireless pole
at the Evans building.
Perhaps there will be firing of cannon
I'm three different sections of the city.
Arrangements are being made by Presi-
dent GUIDE of the Chamber OF Commerce
and A. Leftwich Sinclair, chairman of
the aviation committee of the chamber
with the District National Guard to
have the cannons fired.
Flags to Indicate Conditions.
a red flag in the forenoon will indicate
that the fight probably will be made