The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-05-17

Yesterday afternoon two men
s,eoned out of a balloon LOO feet
above Boiling Field. The "ino
changed, and the 10000 people watch-
ing thought the men would ran INTO
tho river. one of the Jumpers eNi-
IDENTIFY shared this besef, for he IN
fastened his parachute harness, lhreE
on his coat, and started pulling on
hls boots in preparation TOT "''
swim when he splashed,
Tho Boiling Field ambulance whose
driver always sits with his ioot on
the self.startcT button, clans'u
thtourh the crowd and raced across
the neId with lons queue "l
tors and mechanics in It's wake Two
motor boats got under way 10 p''N
up the jumpers. 4,
Automobile parties burned Hu
Vulnerable number OF galions o.
olIne in hurrying to be In al the nm
lsh. oion,
Then a kindly breeze came along
and waited the two men into IN"
rees on Analostan Island, one oI
the men landed a scaHt ten leet from
the waters edge. 49,.
II was the fnal thrlll in three uaS
Of thrills. The army air toufhaihe"'
closed "a huge success.
.Attnck~d, by Fokk~r
The men who had the narrow es,
can. ware Lieut. IL. u. Meyer ana
Corporal William Punches lhey n'u
gone nm for observation work "h'h
they were attacked by rc' "1n
Fokker airplanc, piloted by Ll'ut r'
II. HAYNES After forcing inc opS'I
ers in the balloon TO drop IN" ohNr'
vas attacked" by speedy NieupoFt,
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driven of after desperate htteeh-
minute "bsttlc." ~.
Al the same time Col ~. II, HART
new. one OF the best fliers in the serN-
ice. took OF to drive away slanl
Hsndlcy Page bombing plane when
was nonchalently destroying the
CAPITOL and the White House. "heH
last seen the big bomber was lunlptr
ing like a clumsy whale toward the
,nr,bo.s, with the little flea driven
BY Colonel Hartney blitheiy SUING
on It's tail" pumping machine-suh
bullets into its back.
Tn. Handley Page didn't stop uhti'
il got to Aberdeen Proving "rouhus
last night II was piioted pH taPt'
Torhert Carroll. one N the most ex-
merit bombing pilots in the country
and carried "A crew of twelve men.
Yesterdays program varied from
airplane races, as '"i ''''"e -
thing ever seen on race track 10
pure burlcsque.
Schroeder VIM Fast Race.
The fastest race was an lnteFnd-
tionaT' affair. A French Spad, nown
bv Lieut.. G. G. Brown: German FOX
ker, pilotcd by Major rudolph W
Schroeder. holder of the worlu alt-
tude record, and A British Sopwith
snipc flown by Colonel Hartney. were
entered The first race was won ham
div nv Major schroeder, with Lieu
tenan, Brown second. This race was
contested however. and in the sec
ond race over a shorter course Lieu
tenant Brown won, with the Fokker
second. -,
A burlessuc aerial battle was pun,
ed off by Lieuts. Patrick Logan ana
Leo Post. The flyers did everything
except what they should nave dohe.
-tead OF attacking each otner
rerociously. they playfully gamboled
about, one chasing the other ike
pup after it's tail.
These officers, two OF the hnest ny
ers in the service. also staged an I'M
tation of two aviation cadets on the'r
drst solo flights. Stalwart aVlators
waching them from the GROUND
laughed until the tears trlckleo
through the SCOT and exhaust oil on
their cheeks.
A race for enlisted mon was an IN
tercsting feature Scrgts. Roy y NELL,
IL S. Myers and F. Matthias were en-.
tered, each flying Curtiss JNeH
plane. They finished in the order
named.
The clostest OF all the races heio
during tho tournament was between
four SE planes. One or the TOUR