Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-15

"Shimmying" in the air to the tune
Of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"
was one of today's events at the first
annual Army air tournament. the feat
being performed with the aid of five
airplanes. a wireless telephone out
fie and +magnovox" near the re-
viewing stand that enabled the crowd
there to hear the voice Of Lieut..
James A. Adams singing half a mile
away, while the four planes up with
feet time.
Tho four planes that took part in
this newest air feat were flown by
I.ieuts: L. F. Post. Lotha Smith. Har-
old McGinnis and Lyman Patterson.
directions given by wireless have
been one OF the features of the meet.
To Repeat Program Tomorrow.
So successful has this first tourna-
ment been that 1t is to be continued
tomorrow. and not concluded this aft
ernoon. as originally planned. Maj.
Gen. Menoher announced today that
q most comprehensive air program
would begin tomorrow at 10 am. and
would include several new features
in addition to the events that proved
OF so much interest yesterday and
today.
An event of much interest this aft
ernoon will be a race between two en-
listed flyers. Sergt. H. s. Meyers and
Sergt. F. Matthias. each in a De Havi
land Alb machine equipped with a
Liberty motor. These two, with
Sergt. O'Neil as an added starter. will
race again tomorrow afternoon. and
officers and enlisted men alike are
taking keen interest in the event.
hattie Attack to he staged.
Another event scheduled on the
afternoon program today is simu-
lated attack on the observation bal
loon which Is being shown at the
field. Two airplanes will dive ON II
from q great height. firing their ma
chine guns. and Lieut.. H. b. Meyer
will leap from the basket with
parachute. the aviators firing on him
as he descends, as was frequently
done during the war.
Two dirtgible airshfps left Langley
Held shortly after noon today headed
for the scene of the big tournament.
phone shortly after starting. One OF
them was the big Zodiac" which
may be seen at Boiling field today
and tomorrow. Trick flying by Lieut..
Leo F. Post in an s. E. S, and by Lieut..
Patrick Logan in a Newport. thrilled
H,
This afternoon the Anal heat OF the
air race will be flown over the twenty
five-mile course included in the tri-
angle from the steel mill to the Capt.
toll and the Monument. The contest
ants. who finished first and second i'm
the two heats yesterday, are to be
Lieuts. Dolan. Haynes, Patterson and
Logan.
Racing Event Scheduled.
Great interest centers about the race
tomorrow afternoon in which the con-
Schroeder. holder of the world alti-
tude record. who will fly an MD-3.
rated by some as the fastest machine
ever built in America: Lieut.. F.
will fly Loenig monoplane. and
Lieut.. c. c. Brown. whose machine
will be French Spad. These three
machines are the swiftest of those at
Boiling Field. and all three officers
most accomplished flyers.
Lieut.. Rounds machine has de-
ve1oped a speed Of 210 miles per hour
and is expected to attain the same
rate tomorrow. The race is scheduled
to start at 2:30 o'clock.
Another special race tomorrow will
be contested by Lieuts. Post and
Roggs and Lieut.. Coils Hartney and
each flying an SEES. The
program tomorrow also will smack
some of vaudeville. for Lieuts. Logan
and Post will give a burlesque com
bat. and will give an imitation OF a
cadet making his first ''solo," or flight
without an instructor.
Huge Bomber On Exhibition,
An exhibit which occasioned much
comment today was the great Martin
with a wing spread OF lO3
feet and a length rover all Of 20 feet.
while sheltered under wing was a
tiny S. A. monoplane. with a wing
spread of but 20 feet. These are the
largest and smallest machines, re-
at the field. and the mono
plane was almost hidden by its big
The bomber is equipped
with two 400 horsepower liberty mo-
tors, while the monoplane has only n
3-cylinder radio motor.
Lieut. Harold McGinnes this after
noon read an address on commercial
aviation from his afrplane over
Field. his voice being convey
ed to the crowd below by the mag
novox. He described a trip by air.
plane to Cairo. Egypt. which he said
would soon be regarded as a matter
Of little moment.
A small observation balloon, COM
plete in every detail and made to q
scale of one-fifth regulation size, Is
being exhibited At tho he.., having
been constructed entirely by the en-
listed personnel in the balloon vocA-
tional school at Lee Hall, Va.
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