New Britain herald., 1922-11-10
'AIRPLANE SQUADRON
 SWEEPS OVER CITY
Machines for Hartford Meet Make
 Trial Spin Over New Britain
BIG DIRIGIBLE ARRIVES
Army D-s, Largest Lighter Than Air Craft in Country, Taking Part in Big Aviation Meet, Which VIII Continue Through Sunday.

Hartford, Nov 10.-The U. S. Army dirigible D-3, largest lighter-than- air airship in the country, arrived over this city shortly after 11:30 a. m. to- day. She came here from Mineola, l.. l., leaving there at s:3o. After making a leisurely circuit over the city the craft landed at Brainard Aviation Field, where the largest aviation meet that the East has seen is in progress.
 Came From Baltimore. The descent of the giant craft upon Erainard Field marked the formal opening of Hartford's second annual aviation meet, which will continue through Sunday.
 The dirigible came here from Bal timore and stopped en route at Mitchell Field, Mneola, N. Y. Some of the aviators here to participate in the many events of the meet were in the air when the huge craft was sighted through the haze in the southwest and they formed an aerial reception committee for Captain Key ner and his crew of six, who directed the big air craft on it's long flight.
 Students Give Aid.
 Scores of Trinity college students, directed by President Remsen Ogilby. assisted in making the ship fast. The arrangements at the field were re- garded by the officers in charge as ex- cellent and in spite of the fact that thousands of citizens were scattered over 1t the landing of the D-3 and the planes was not attended by the least accident.
 At noon there were about 50 planes of all types on the field. Many of these arrived last night but more than q score dropped in this morning com ing from almost all points of the com pass some from Massachusetts and others from New York and New Jersey.
 The full complement of planes will probably not be here until to- morrow.
 Fly Over Nearby Places. ,. The, first event on the program was the Formation flight of planes ut no9n, the course. being wide sweep which lcarried them over Middletown, Meri- den, Bristol and New Britain and back to Hartford. The weather con- ditions aoft were pronounced good by the flight officers.
 The next event was to be a flight for altitude and then was to follow race for seaplanes to Springfield and return.
 Much Activity.
 
 ard Field early this morning in preparation for the arrival of the aviators. A call was made on Prin- cipal Hyde of the Hartford High school for the services of 12 seniors to act as checkers of automobiles.
 In the morning Ralph c Barrows of Glastonbury in his J. l.. Standard, and H. r. Banks of Birmingham, Mass, made trial flights, the former for altitude Four of the planes booked to meet were at the field over night, fifth arrived early this morn ing. and at 1o:45 Nos, and put in an appearance.
 Lieut.. F. s. Moon, who was at the field Thursday night arranging for the arrival of the D-3 arrived from Nit chel Field. Mineola, in one of the army planes at .9:45 and reported the departure of the blimp from Mineola at 9:30 When the big blimp arrived over the field after it had circled the city there were moving picture opera tors nhand to film it.
 Thousands of spectators were on the field at noon and the number grew as the day advanced,