Evening star., 1923-07-22
AVIATION ACTIVITIES In WASHINGTON

A flight of the a9th Squadron par
ticipated in the sham battle at Camp
Meade Tuesday afternoon, which was
witnessed by Gen. Pershing and the
Citizens Military Training Camp stu
dents. Three planes left the field at
1925 o'clock and returned at 6:20 pm,
during which time they bombed, fired
on trenches with machine guns,
cleaned out enemy" machine-gun
nests. corrected artillery fire. outlined
the enemy's position with a smoke
screen and sent radio messages from
the air reporting the effect of the
ground fire.
The planes were headed by the in
fantry contact ship. piloted by Capt.
C. H Reynolds. with Staff Sergt.
Harry r. Lewis az observer Follow
ing was the radio plane. piloted by
Lieut.. Arnold, with Warrant Officer
". o. Mills as observer. and the third
plane was the artillery cooperation
| plane, piloted by Lieut.. Leroy Wolfe,
and carrying Lieut.. Courtney Whit
ney as observer.
Activities over the model airway
have greatly increased since the ad
vent of warm weather. New equip
ment has been assigned the various
/ fields on the scheduled route, which
| include: Boiling. the control station;
Langley Field, Va; Mitchell Field y
| y, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio;
| SelfridGe Field. Mount Clemens, Mich.
| and Chanute Field, Rantou1 III. Many
: changes have been made in the air
way planes. such as the installation
! of bank and turn indicators" which
! is an instrument showing the degree
I nf
movement of the control lever or Joy
/ stick
! Capt. st. Clair Street, proceeded
| to Dayton last Friday by train and
| ''ferried" a repaired De Haviland 4-B
| to Cumberland, Md, with Washing
| ton as his destination. In landing
at Cumbe rland the landing gear was
! Immediately. The field was called on
! the telephone and Lieut.. Lester J.
Maitland left Immediately by plane
! for the MARYLAND city. Lieut. Matt
! obstruction and likewise damaged his
/ plane AS the facilities at Cumber-
! land were not sufficient to repair the
/ ships on the ground. both officers re-
turned to Washington by rail.
I approximately forty-five test flights
| were made during the current week
All planes are tested at regular in
'
major repairs are made to a plane, it
| is tested before being turned over to
| the organization pilots. Lieut.. Walter
| X. Burgess, test pilot for the Boiling
| Field engineering department tests
| every plane on the field before it is
/ turned over to the headquarters. 99th
| or 56th squadrons. Lieut. l.. v Beau,
| jr., who was test pilot for the head
| quarters detachment, has been re-
iieved and replaced by Lieut.. Matt
t.
[ ant to Lieut.. Maitland as test pilot
of headquarters detachment. In addi-
| tion to his other duties. Lieut.. Matt
land now is operations officer of the
field.
Naval Air Station.
Three of the nine officers selected
| by the Navy to participate in the
International airplane races at, St.
! Louis in October are men on duty
at the air station here, and they will
all fly in the premier event of the
meet-Pulitzer trophy contest. Lieut.
s. "; callaway and Lieut. L.. II: H:
planes and Ensign A. ]. Williams. L.
s. N, will fly a Curtiss racer. The
fourth officer who will fly in this race
| is Lieut.. H. ]. Brow, who is now on
duty with the Aircraft carrier Lang
| ley and who gave exhibitions of fly
ing here during Shrine week.
Others who will participate in the
| world-famous races are: Liberty
| builders race, Second Lieut.. G. B.
| Hall. L. S. NJ. c.. and Lieut.. (junior
| grade) D C. Allen, L. S. N; mer-
chants exchange race, Lieut.. (junior
| grade) NJ A. Schur, U. S. N, and
| Boatswain E. f. Reber, L. S. y.
| Lieut. Commander Mare A. Mitscher,
| now on duty here in the bureau of
| aeronautics and former commander
| of the station, will be in charge of
| the naval air detail, with Lieut.. b.
r. Holcombe, L. S. N, as assistant.
| and Lieut.. Gunior grade) J. Fellis,
| u. s. N, as supply officer.
| All the officers will be assembled
| at the station here prior to August
/, where the racing pilots will under
| go training for the races. Twenty
| three enlisted men from the different
| naval air stations will be detailed for
| duty in connection with the races
| and will report to Anacostia at the
| same time as the officers.
The entire detail will go to st.
Louis about September 10, thus CIV
| ing them time to familiarize them
| selves with the conditions of the
| races and the information necessary
| concerning the flying field.
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