The Washington times., 1920-05-15
TO REPEAT AIR
C|RCUSSUNDAY
thousands Flock to Boiling
Field to See Aero
H. Daredevils.

WI The air service tournament at Boli-
Ing Field has proved SO popular that
The full program with added features.
I'm be given again tomorrow. Nal
Den. Charles T. Menoher. chief of the
srmy air service, announced today.
AT noon IL was estimated that 5000
~ more spectators were on hand and
Merry Indication was that several
thousand moro would be present by
3F46 o'clock, the hour when the pro-
8fsm for the day begins.
l.iThis afternoon the final heats In
the air race and the stunt contest will
~ run OF. A thrilling battle" be-
cen two airplanes and an attack"
nv several planes on . balloon will be
thged.
Ii Observers to Use Parschstes.
when the planes attack" the bal
lion the three observers win jump to
,tHfety In parachutes. after telephon-
If,g TO the ground crew at the motor
Truck winch TO haul the~balioon down.
Mhile dropping, the observers will be
,'attacked" by the airplanes.
sssNajor Rudolph w. Schroeder, holder
m the worlds altitude record, ar
,Heed at Boiling Field yesterday aft
lsr.noon after a flight from Dayton,
Ohio. in a new De Haviland airplane
ermed with eight machine guns.
Major Schroeder will fly this after
noon and tomorrow.
M. NotabIes See sSCircus.,
afternoons stunts fur
Nished thrills In abundance to more
Than 5000 persons at Boiling Field,
Among them Secretary Baker. Assist
ant Secretary of War Crowell, Major
General Charles T. Menoher, chief of
the army air service; Brigadier Gen
eral william Mitchell, the only gen.
eral qualified as an army fiier; Com
rnander Patrick N. L. Bellinger. OF
NC4 fame. and a score Of leading
army aces, Navy aviators and avia-
tion leaders from all parts of the
country.
& y The most remarkable feat was
when Lieutenant Patrick Logan few
a Nieuport 2s. appropriately christ
ened THE Red Devil" upside down
for a distance of a quarter mile. For
. dozen seconds Lieutenant Pat"
looked up at the crowd on the earth
above him and 10000 eyes strained up
Ut the interplay inverted flyer above
them.
I, Then, as he swept to earth with his
,rnotor spluttering and popping spas
medically, he was GREETED with wave
of cheers.
~ Race Closely Contested.
In the first heat Of the race for air
planes, Lieutenant c. Fl. Dolan swept
across the line first. with Lieutenant
Lyman Patterson second. In the sec
ond heat, Lieutenant G. z. Haynes,
with a remarkable burst of speed on
the last turn. nosed out Lieutenant
Logan by a scant fifteen yards. These
four flyers took to the air at l:4b
O'clock this afternoon for the cham
pionship of the tournament.
ID Lieutenant Haynes speed over the
25-m mile course was at rate OF nearly
zoo miles an hour.
Lieutenant Logans upside-down
feat was a finale to his portion OF the
stunt contest.
The winners In this contest were
Ljeutenants Carroll and Haynes, who
will compete in the finals today at
2:30 o'clock.
A wild aerial battle between Lieu
tenants Haynes and Logan took place
all over the territory between the
Capitol and the District line. After
Afteen minutes of maneuvering for
position, in which the planes at times
raced around like squirrels In re-
volying drum, Lieutenant Logan
brought his guns to bear on the foe
draft and drove him westward In q
helter skelter race for safety.