The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-04
BALLOON RACE IS
ON DESPITE RAIN
Continued From Page II

Mich, pilot; C. B. Andrus. Due West,
5 S. c.
Eighth-Waren Rasor, Brookville,
Ohio, pilot; H. H. Rasor, Brookville,
Ohio.
Ninth-Lieut. L. j. Roth, U. S. N,
naval air station, Lakehurst. n. J.,
pilot; Lieut.. T. B. Null. Lakehurst-
Tenth-Lieut. Commander ]. P.
Norfeet. Lakehurst. n. J.. pilot; Lieut..
J. B. Anderson, naval air station.
Lakehurst.
Eleventh = Roy F. Donaldson,
Springfield. Ill, pilot; P. a. Erlach.
Springfield
Twelfth-Capt. Lester T. Miller. U.
s. Army, Scott field. Belleyille. Ill.
pilot; Lieut.. CORTLAND NJ. Brown,
Scott field.
Thirteenth-Lieut F. B. gilbert,
U. s. N. naval air station. Hampton
Roads, Va, pilot; Lieut.. T. D. Quinn,
U. S. N, Hampton Roads.
Fourteenth-Lieut. James B. Jor.
don. U. S. Army, Scott field, Belle
vile, Ill, pilot; Lieut.. Max F. Meyer,
Akron, Ohio.
Imitation Begun
Initiation Of the mammoth bags be-
gan late Tuesday. Rain did not in
terfere. Gas continued to flow into
the balloons today. Approximately
1870, 900 cubic feet of gas will be
consumed by the balloons.
The Detroit" piloted by Ralph Up
son. has a capacity Of $4,000 cubic
feet. The smallest balloon entered will
consume $4,000 cubic feet.
Six to ten men are required to rig
a balloon and prepare it to take off.
All Tuesday afternoon pilots and their
helpers were kept busy keeping the
rain from remaining in pools on the
bags as they were laid out upon the
field.
No one viii have difficulty recog-
niz1ng the United States Navy bal
looms. They are silver gray and carry
the air service emblem.
Cob" Pilots Take to Water
While other pilots were running in
from the rain Tuesday, the navy men
remained at work.
Look at those navy boys take to
the water" exclaimed H. E. Honey
well
Honeywell said he was not confident
of winning.
''If there's anything 1 lack conf
dence in. it's a balloon" said Honey
well. you can not tell ten minutes
before time what is going to hap
pen"
Honeywell. who has beer plotting a
balloon for the last twenty years,
placed second last year in the ma
tional and international races.
1t is not the balloon that attains the
highest altitude that necessarily wins
the race. It's the best pilot who can
man his balloon so that it will carry
him the greatest distance.
Red Cards Tell Course
Although Ralph Epson reached an
altitude of only 5000 feet in the 1921
international race. he Travelled 42S
miles and won the race.
The results of the race. determined
BY how long the balloons remain in
the air, may not be known. AS soon
as the pilots land they must wire i'm
rnediately to Chamber Of Commerce
headquarters stating the location Of
their descent and the length Of time
they remained in air.
Whenever a balloon passes over a
city, the pilot will drop red card
attached to a streamer. stating the
direction in which the balloon is going
and length Of time IN air. These
messages viii be wired to the Cham
Der OF Commerce.
No Terror in Thirteen
Lieut.. F. B. gilbert. pilot of a Navy
balloon, viii be the thirteenth balloon
to leave the Speedway.
That is my lucky number" smiled
Culbert as he read his number.
w. T. Van Orman will pilot bal
loon that was used for training serv-
ice during the war.
Liekt. L. J. Roth, who drew No. 8
fc,-. sfas.tfr e r,osfffon said that 49,