Smyrna times., 1922-04-05
FORMER SMYRNA BOY WINS
HONORS At AVIATION MEETS
LIEUT.. WILLIAM C. GOLDSBOR-
OUCH THRILLS CROWD.
10000 People at Sacramento, Cal, See
Him Do Stunts In the Air With
400 HIP. DeHaviland Plane.

40O H.-P. DeHaVlland Plane.
Lieut. William C. Goldsborough, son
of the late Jerry R. Goldsborough, of |
this town, is winning his spurs in the
aviation field and is regarded as one of
the safest and yet one of the most !
/ daring pilots in the service. Recent !
ly "Flying Circus" was given at |
Mather Field at Sacramento, Cal, be- |
fore crowd of 10000 people. Among
these were Baynard Fowler, another
| Smyrna boy, who sent the following
clipping of the big air event. "a
great throng of people, estimated to
exceed 10000, was thrilled and delight
ed Sunday, March 10 by the airstunts
which marked the flying circus held at
Mather Field. With weather condi-
tions perfect, the program under the
direction of Ivan R. Gates, went thru
without an accident of any kind. There
were balloon turning, nose drops, spir
ais and other sensational maneuvers
galore, while some of the special ev-
ents were of such a character as to
keep the big crowd in state of sus-
pense, fearing at all times a fatality,
"This was particularly true when
Wesley May did his acrobatic stunts
on the wings of a plane piloted by
Captain Lowell Yerex, English ace.
Time and again May balanced on one
leg or stood on his head on the edge
of a wing while the plane swooped
through the air at speed of 100
,.oooloI
the height of his daring when he leap
ed from the top of the plane driven
by YereX and successfully grasped the
rung of a rope ladder swinging from
the bottom of another machine piloted
by Clyde C. Pangborne. The latter
was also one of the star performers,
with his flying upside down and his
other difficult air stunts.
Lieut.. GOldsbOrOugh Thrills Crowd
Shortly after noon the detail from
the Ninety-frst squadron of Crisy
Field, Preside, San Francisco, arriv-
ed, bringing Major H. H.Arnold, all
officer of the Ninth Area Corps, anC
several other officers. One of thes;
Lieutenant w. C. Uucky) Goldsbor
ough, was one of the stars among tn,
army performers, taking fourth il
the race of 400 horse power DeHavi
land planes, and also plotting one o
the pursuit planes in a spectacular eX
emplification of aereal warfare.
was during this number that Colds
borough's manipulation of the pursu
plane kept the crowd gasping.
Sergeant G. H. Eckerson, Eight
Squadron, Mather Field won the Is
mile DeHaviland race covering the di!
tance in 1912 minutes. Corporal ia
Larson, of the Ninth Squadron, ais
of Mather Field was second, and Sc
re geant T. ]. Fowler, Twenty-eight
third. In the contest between the a
my planes and the army truck, tt
plane was easily a victor, pulling Il
truck right after it. In the altituC
race covering ten minutes, Cadet Do
=, aid A. Templeton, of the Twent
= eighth Squadron, took the prize
rising to a heighth of $500 feet, q
feet higher than Cadet Max M. Ster
berg, also. of the Twenty-eight
Squadron, his nearest competitor.
Glides 500 Feet BY San Francisco Bi
"In the dead stick landing exhih
ton, Lieutenant E. S. Norby made
beautiful descent after stopping h
engine at a heighth of 500 feet. o.
of the feature events was the par
chute leap from plane at the heigh
=, of $500 feet by Charles Broadwic
who just missed becoming entangl'
with the telephone wires of the can
in his successful descent. An arm
ambulance was rushed to the spc
- but he was unhurt"