The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-12
AVIATION MEET.
Continued from Faye ID

dent of the Aero club of this state. an
acceptance of the invitation of Fred H.
Harris president of the Outing club. to
ne the iatter's guest during the meet.
Governor Hardness is an enthusiast in
aerial matters and WAS one OF the first
pilots in America to receive license to
fly.
The Aero club of Vermont will hold
meeting at the Brattleboro Country
club on the evening of the 18th as part
of the festivities connected with the meet.
At this time also the aviatOrs and me-
chanics will be entertained at dinner at
the Country club
10 O'Clock in the morning and will last
until o clock at night The events are:
/. Cross country race, probably to
Bellows Falls and return.
3 Bomb dropping contest.
3. Landing on the mark contest.
f. Acrobatic feats.
In addition there will be plenty of
| opportunity for passenger carrying. The
| army plane will not compete in any of
the events as Maj. Edwin Il. Lyon of the
| First Corps air area, Boston, has stated
| that, due to an order from the secretary
of war, it will be impossible for this
! plane to compete in any of the events.
| The plane is expected TO be equipped
with a camera in order to take pictures
of the field.
| Prizes aggregating 5000 will be offered
| to the winners and in addition there
will be free gas. oil and entertainment to
the visiting ayiators.
The contests can be seen only to the
| best advantage from the field where the
various events will be staged. The bomb
| dropping contest will be done from an
! altitude of about 1000 feet and each
aviator will try to hit certain mark on
the field. Three bombs will be dropped
by each aviator This contest requires
great skill as the aviator has to figure
his altitude, speed the strength and di-
rection of the wind and the dropping
angle
The landing on the mark contest is
considered the most difficult feat of all.
Each plane will attempt to come to rest
at a certain designed spot on the field.
| Distances viii be measured from the
| center of the spot TO the center of the
| plane propeller. The plane which is the
| shortest distance away from the center
of the spot will be the winner. In order
to land with any degree of accuracy, the
aviator must take into consideration the
| gliding angle, the direction of the wind
and the distance the plane is likely to
roll after it has struck the ground This
! distance varies with different planes ac-
cording to the weight and wing surface.
| The De Haviland planes are SO heavy
that they roll very long distance.
! In the acrobatic contest, each pilot
will do his own special stunt. Among
them will be the loop-the-loop, wing-oyer-
/ wing, tail spins. falling leaves. etc.
There also viii be special stunts on the
! field which can be seen only from the
| field itself
The Brattleboro meet has been made
| possible by the determination of the
| Outing club to make Brattleboro an
aviation center, backed by the splendid
| cooperation of the business men of the
| town who practically have underwritten
the amount of money necessary to take
care of the expenses incident to the real
| ization of this big event
Community Service, Inc, at the invita-
/ ton of f. X. Brown, viii take charge Of
many of the details