Evening star., 1923-09-24
CARNIVAL STAGED
IN CLOUDS and SKY
DaredeviIs and Clowns of Ah
Set Standard at Boiling
Field Circus.

A standard for future aeronautical
entertainments in the District Of Co.
lumbia was established at Boiling
Field yesterday afternoon.
Before a large crowd the Army air
nary aerial maneuvers lasting three
hours, generated an enthusiasm over
aviation never before witnessed here.
AS far as that particular crowd of
spectators was concerned, flying was
sold"
Delight and thrills there were: spec
tacular displays there were; hazardous
and death-defying undertakings, too
each a complete show in itself.
Curtain From Sky.
There was the smoke screen. spec
\ tacle of beauty that drew applause
and created amusement. A veritable
I lace curtain of light rich yellow was
| thrown down over the field. obscuring
the sun for a time. 1t was the latest
| service. and was displayed by a Mar
tin bomber, Lieut.. J. NJ. Davies, pilot,
and Capt. Weaver operator of the
| screen.
Then Lieut.. wendau H. Brookley.
| frustrated in his attempt to write
| clouds, climbed two miles up into the
| blue and wrote in perfect, discern
\ able letters, Hello, D. c." A shift
in the wind afforded some amusement
below as the words were being spelled
\ out, one-fifth Of the first word being
obscured by cloud. Later, however,
\ Lieut.. Brookley repeated his act with
| pronounced success and after dropping
| In tail spin for several thousand feet
! traced various maneuvers with smoke
| a few feet above the ground. His
\ thrilling exploits in stunting sur
passed those OF Saturday afternoon.
Parachute Jumps Thrilling.
| There were the parachute jumps by
Sergt. StrosnideF or Langley Field,
Va, and Corp. Maust OF Boiling. They
I few to an altitude of 1900 feet over
| the field on the wings of Capt. Dun
cans Martin bomber and then jumped
| off into space, gracefully settling
J down to earth.
| The bombardment of a fortification
| at the south end of the field by three
De Haviland planes likewise had its
| effect on the crowd, which fought and
pushed for a view OF the explosion
as the bombers aloft released their
| weapons. The pilots of the three
plane flight were Lieut. p. c. wilkins,
Lieut.. H. w. Beaton and Capt w. c.
\ Ocker. while the bombers were Lieut..
T. p. Smith, chief bomber at the field;
| Sergt. L. Hukill and Sergt. ]. Gilbert.
Sport was injected into the after
| noon By three races. The first, a
| f1fteen-mile event for SE-5 pursuit
planes, was captured by Lieut.. I. NJ.
Lieut.. C. W. steinmetz and sergt.
D. G. Warner. No official timing was
1 made, but the little planes averaged
| a speed of more than 1I0 miles an
hour. They remained in the air after
the finish line and "stunted" for the
| crowd.
! One hundred and twenty m 1 | e
Voughts were shot through the space
at even a greater speed by Lieuts.
l. p. Arnold. l.. J. Maitland and st.
| Clair STREET., Lieut. Arnold capturing
! the event. Then the great, lumber
some Martin bombers, each powered
| with two twelve-cylinder liberty mo-
tors, took the air In racing competi-
| ton. Flying down the stretch a few
feet over the heads of the crowd, the
| roar of their motors drowned out
| every sound on the field. The crowd
! liked 1t. Mai. John B. Reynolds, who
! led a formation of twenty-o -one Mar
tin bombers from langley Field TO
| Bangor, Me-, and return, won the con-
! test.
! Pageant in Clouds.
The hour was approaching dinner
as event 10. a pageant OF present
types of aircraft, began. Led by the
! world-famous T-2. the ship that few
from New York to San Francisco
| smaller in size, took the air and per
formed to the limits of their ability
Lieut.. T. S. Van Veighton, pilot of the
T-2, cooked the old thing over as far
as she would CO." he stated in reply
to compliments for the excellent per-
formance given by this huge ship AT
this hour the air space over the field
was whirlpool of airplanes-the eye
could follow but one or two at a
time.
Lieut.. St Clair Street, in the Amer
lean fighting plane Tommy Morse
B-3 would shoot over the crowd at
fifty feet and then would zoom per-
fectly: Lieut.. Maitland in the Fokker
D-7, the German lighting ship, per-
formed along similar lines, while
Lieut.. Wolfe in British SE-5 was
looping, lmmelman turning, spinn ing
and barrel rolling just few feet
higher, and the new De Haviland air
ways ship with gun wide open" was
tearing along at lis miles an hour
in command of Lieut.. Walter X. Bur-
CESS. Additional noise was added by
Maj. Reynolds Martin bomber, which
was skillfully and yet dangerously
piloted over the low course.
While this melee was in progress
Lieut. Brookley was writing in the sky.
Excitement had reached the climax.
and followed by several free rides to
members of the audience in a special
ship flown by Lieut.. Thomas Carroll of
the advisory committee for aeronau-
tics, the show, the greatest and most
successful ever produced in Washing
ton came to close.
Good Sum Obtained.
The little group of officers who ar
ranged and promoted the carnival were
liable to realize a good sum for the
Army Relief Society, for whose benefit
the circus was given. Military and
social Washington enthusiastically
aided in the arrangements.
mandant of Boiling Field. received
many congratulations, as did the in
dividual officers. To Lieut.. Maitland
who was in charge of the flying end
of the program, went much of the
credit.
/, Other committee heads and members
were: Concessions and tickets, Capt.
B. j. Sherry; traffic and parking, Capt
Charles kraus: reception and program
Lieut. St. Clair Street,; decorations
Lieut.. H. z. Bogert; photographs
Lieut.. Arnold; ground exhibition, Lieut.
Wolfe; amusements ana clowns, Sergt
H. B. Lewis and Sergt Golden
publicity, Capt. Seaton, Lieut.. c. p
McDarmett, Lieut.. Courtney Whitney
and Lieut.. Street,.
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