Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-08-18
AIRPLANES ARRIVE
FOR TODAY'S MEET
Curtiss Oriole First to Come
Governor to Be Here

Total Number of Entries Eight, Includ-
ing MOnOplane Program Starts at
Retreat Field at 10 O'clock.
Three airplanes out of eight which
have been promised for the meet here
tomorrow. had landed on the field at the
Retreat meadows at noon yesterday.
The first airplane to arrive was n
Curtiss Oriole which landed at IL
o'clock. The machine was piloted by r.
II. Hughes assisted by Mechanician b.
f. Sherman The aeronauts left Gar
den City. L. l., this morning at $40.
making a flying time of two hours and
- minutes to Brattleboro. Ten minutes
of this time was wasted" by showering
handbills over several of the cities and
towns enroute The machine flew at an
altitude of 1000 feet and made a splen-
did landing at the field here. The pilots
expressed themselves as being particu
| larly pleased with the marker on the
| field which was plainly visible and made
landing easier.
Major Edwin b. Lyon of the air head
quarters at Boston, sent word received
yesterday that he will send another
This will be plotted by Lieut.. r. c. Moi
| fatt of birmingham, Mass, and prob
ably will be a De Haviland type. This
makes the eighth plane that has been
| promised for the meet.
Captain Smith operation officer at
! Mitchell field Mineola, l.. l., also has
sent word that if possible he will send
some additional planes.
Interest in the meet is being shown
| far and wide and the Dating club is re-
ceiving scores of inquiries regarding the
details of the affair
| Tickets in the form of tags will be
|, sold today mt advantageous points
near the field by an organization of boys
| and girls. The best place to see the
events. it is pointed out, is along the
West River road where it skirts the
field
The price of the tags will be 80 cents
for adults and % cents for children.
Arrangements have been completed
with the sherff's department and the vii
lage authorities for the efficient policing
of the grounds and the handling of traf-
iic.
The regulation that persons will not
be allowed on the flying field during the
several events must and will be strictly
enforced. The flying field will be open
to the public during the noon recess and
every opportunity will be given for the
inspection of the various planes while on
the ground
Parking place for a large number of
cars will be provided on the Retreat
meadow to the east Of the flying field.
\ yellow tag for each person in the car
will be required for this parking privi-
lege.
All cars desiring to park on the
| ground Y IN enter at the. extreme north
end Of the Retreat meadow above the
fork in the roads Mt the cold spring and
just south of the pumping station.
Officers will be at the gate to sell tick
cts and direct cars to their location.
The board of governors of the Outing
club met Tuesday morning at II o'clock at
the Office of Fred ii. Harris in the Bar
Der building and final details We're ar
ranged for the ajrplane meet.
The following committees We're ap
pointed TO take charge of the various de-
tails:
Bomb" committee. d. p. Dewitt.
Hospitality committee, G. A. Harris,
Carl $. Hopkins and C.. b. Crowell:
Ticket committee. G. +. Skerry and II.
C. Rice.
Announcer. c. F. Mann.
Timers and Markers, G. e. Sherman
and ]. Il. Helyar.
: Country Club dinner committee, l.. G..
Tasker.
The tickets for the meet will be in the
form of tags which will be sold to every
one who attends the meet at the field. 1t
is hoped that the people of BratteDOin
, and surrounding towns besides the out of
town visitors will support the club by
buying these tags which will be little in
price. At the same time it is pointed out
that the planes taking part in this meet
represent cost of over $4,000 and
the price charged to see this wonderful
aerial display which incidentally will be
the largest ever staged in Vermont, is
Y exceedingly low. The Outing club is
presenting this meet with the firm pur-
pose of establishing Brattleboro az an
= aerial center and naturally the staging
: of this meet entails a heavy expense,
3 which it is hoped will be met by the sale
e , Of these tags. Every penny that the Out
b ing club receives during this meet will
n be devoted to the expenses of the meet
r and to no other purpose.
i The program and time of events as
fixed by the general committee is as fol
3 lows:
=. 10 a. m.-Raising of flags and dedca'
!. ton ceremony by Gov. James Hartness
: 1870 a. m.-Squadron hying-planes
= in battle formation.
(; 1915 q. m-CrOss country race.
\ II to | D. m.-Lunch and inspection
/ of planes.
$ / p. m.-Bomb dropping contest.
go p. m.-Landing on the mark con
test.
4 D. m.-Special stunts.
40 D. m.-Acrobatic contest-al
n planes in the air together.
d : D. m-Inspection of planes passen
ger fights.
3 p. m.-Dinner at the Country club
in honor of visiting airmen and the an
/ nual meeting of the Aero club of Yer
| mont.
:. There will be sufficient opportunity fol
!, passenger carrying and it is planned tc
= accommodate people who wish to make
< flights at > o'clock and after in the after
noon. 1t is thought that the rates for Il
. minutes will be so single person ant
= SO for the same length of time when tive
= people are carried
:, Gov James Hardness has telephoned
" he will arrive in Brattleboro early Frida,
;, morning, and he will make short adj
q dress at the dedication exercises. He IL
planning TO stay over for the meeting OF
the Aero club of Vermont, which will b.
held Ut the Country club at 8 o'clock il
the evening.
g Fred II. Harris, president of the Out
ing club. received word Wednesda!
r from c. II. Jeffrey of Boston that tn,
n latter would send Bristol monoplan'
Il here for the meet Friday. This makes
re the seventh entry for this big event, TIT