Evening star., 1923-09-23

| five planes landed without breaking
| their alignment, an act calling for
skill and judgment. lieut. Lieut.: Harold rStl
| foIma tion and the other pilots We're
Lieuts. LIE Roy NJ Wolfe. Lester J.
! Maitland. TaIcott y. Smith and st.
! Clair Street,
/ cd 2 high stage of development was
| to have been demonstrated to the
crowd b" Lieut.. III. K. Rame.' and
Scrgt. A. E. Matos.. reputed to be the
best enlisted photographer in the air
service. Photographs wore taken of
/ the crowd and in fortv-fiye minutes
! the nrlntS wore to have been dis
/ tributed, but here the rain scored
| again.
| Parachute Lerp Prevented. =
AS the downpour increased in in
/ pushed off a Martin bomber with
| Sergt. c. NJ. Strosnider and Corp. r.
/ f.. Maust standing on either wing. In
the air the ship was almost invisible.
| These men were to jump into space,
! count ten and then pull a cord which
would open their parachutes," but the
rain interrupted all plans. Here it
was announced that holders of tick
{ cts for the show would be admitted
for today's performance provided they
presented the stubs they previously
4 had been requested to keep.
! This afternoon. beginning at 2
| O'Clock. Lieut.. Brookley again will
| take the air for his stunt" followed
/ by the formation of FIVE planes. the
photographs expedition and the para
chute jumps. Event No. 8. beginning
at S;20, will follow. it being race
over course of fifteen miles of three
> E.-6- single-seated planes These
planes as they stand on Boiling Field
were, used by the British during the
war and at that time occupied one
4 FNlo H.,
Lieut.: ,Walfe. Lieut.. c. w. Steinmetz
and Sergts D. G. Warner will be the
pilots On completion of this race an
exhibition of acorbatics and stunts
VIII be given. .
Heavy bo'nbardment of ground forti-
ncation will comprise event No AT.
! $40 pm. A flight of three DeHavi
! lands carrying live bombs will attack
fort at the south end of the field,
| Inc teams are as follows:
Lieut.. Paul C. Wilkins. pilot Iteut
Talcott L. Smith. bomber
lieu, Lieut.. Beaton, pilot; sergt. L. Hukill,
Capt. W. c. ocker. pilot : sergt J
Gilbert. bomber
Another race over fifteen-miIe
course, this time with Voueht sneed
pianes, VIII follow. The entrants are :.
Lieut.. Leslie p. Arnold, who will fiv a
Martin bomber in the st. Louis inter-
Td'. ideio afpiahe races next week /;
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the National Aeronautic Association
with speed of PSI miles an hour and
Lieut. St. Clair Street,, who biazed a
traii In the air from New York to Nome
bombing Planes to Race.
AT 4:20 spectacular race for Mar
TIN bombing planes-huge bi-motored
| craft with lifting power of $500
pounds-will be held The planes and
pilots. whose names will be announced
! today, are from Langley Field, Hamp-
The Martin bomber that spread an
opaque screen around the battIeships
New Jersey and Virginia off the Attain
uc coast few weeks ago during the
bombing maneuvers will spread a simi-
lar smoke screen around the field for
event No. 9. This represents the latest
development tn laying smoke screens,
according TO the program -.
"A striking pageant of types of air.
planes in the Army air services wiz
constitute event No. 10 at bS0c1eck
Led by the famous transcontinentai
nonstop T-2, number of ships each
smaller than it's predecessor, will pa-
| rade down the line and hop-off into
space. Lieut.. T.. S. Van Veighten of
McSook Field will pilot the giant
fokker monoplane; Maj. J. B. Rey-
nolds, who recently led a fIaRht of
tWenty-one Martin bombers to Ban
gor, Me-, and return will head a
formation OF similar ships; a De Hav-
Hand will be flown by Lieut.. Burgess:
an 4. Il. / A, two-seated fighter. by
Lieut.. c. Glover OF Langley; a Fokker
u. German pursuit plane by Lieut.
/ Maitland; a Tommy Morse" Amer
lean fighting plane by Lieut.. Street,:
an. s. L. by Lieut. Wolfe and the
midget of the air service, Sperry
i Messenger" by Lieut.. Beaton. s.
Free rides in airplanes then are in
store for the spectators undtr GER
tain conditions and then the show
VIII adjourn. until nightfalI, when
Lieut. Clayton L. Bissen. aide to Brig
Gen. William Mitchell, assistant chief
OF the air service, will give an ex
hibition of night flying, night bonn
bardment, message dropping and com
bat an anti-aircraft attack from the
ground.
Throughout the performance clowns
and innovations in aerial comedy, will
be introduced. feature is the
Jumping balloon" brought here from
McCook Field. The Army Band will
play throughout the afternoon. Park
ing space is available for motorists.
and men will be stationed at the en-
trance of the field to direct the Wis
itors.
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