Evening star., 1923-06-04
FLYERS WIPE OUT
ENEMY VILLAGE
One SaNo of Bombs Wrecks
, Five Buildings at Exhibi-
tion for Shriners.

While a siren shrieked out warn
ing that sent a chill through the
spectators, three De Haviland bomb
ing airplanes blew up village ouiit
at the south end of Boiling Fleid
this morning, climaxing a two-hour
program of thrilling exploits in the
air-all for the visiting Shriners.
Five houses had been built at the
field, forming a village whlch was
supposed to house enemy troops. AS
the bombing planes were slSnteu,
wall emanated from one of the hang-
ars and the occupants Of the village
ran for their lives. AS the alrplanes
came closer and closer the shr1eklng
became more intense. Suddenly sal
yo of bombs dropped from under the
ships. followed by a tremenao5usS 81
ploSion, a volume OF smoke anu lras
ments of wood flying In the air.
When the smoke cleared one lone
wall was left standing, which alone
prevented the village from pelns
Wined out. The bombers were Lieut..
y p smith, Lieut.. Bogert, Lieut..
Beaton, Lieut.. Whitney, Lieut.. VIII
kins and Sergt. Hukiu-
Gen. Patrick Flies.
Earlier in the morning the air was
cburned into a feverish temperature
nv planes of various types. Mai.
Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick opened the
circus when he took off at the "stlck
of a Curtis in. biplane.
He was followed shortly by an eX-
hibition of message dropping. "A
white panel was located 500 feet in
front of the grandstnd and three
planes carrying Capt. G. II. Reynolds.
Cant. William c. Ockcr and Lieut.
Paul C. wilkins, dashed across the
line at a height of Few rect, throw
ha on
A recitation of every term IN the
dictionary OF aerial acrobatics was
then given by Capt. st. Clair Streett
in 2. Thomas Morse pursuit plane;
Lieut.. l.. ". Beau. jr,. In an s. E-S'
Fokker Capt. Street encountered
difficulty with his ship, the radiator
boiled over and it became so not 1or
him in the air that he had TO come
down after executing several stunts.
Ensign A. ]. williams, flying Navy
Vaught, entered this exhibition. and
he and Lieut. Maitland few for many
minutes, each trying to outny me
other. No decision was given, put
Ensign Williams was the nrst TO
land.
Talking to the ground from an altl-
tude of nearly 5000 feet while in
flight. featured the radio event. Lieut.
II. w. Beaton, pilot of the leaolns
plane in the formation, explained the
through an amplifier, while an opera
tor of the ground instrument talked
with him and the other pilots in the
three planes They were Lieut.. HOW
ard T. Bogert Lieut.. wilkins and
Warrant officer W. Q. Mills.
Big Race Postponed.
During an apparent lull in the pro-
gram. De Haviland observation
nlane was seen flying high over the
field. Capt. Street,, knowing 1T to be
an enemy infantry liaison plane
gathering information about the
Shriners on the ground, hoped in a
little S E-5 and gave chase. In the
observation plane was Lieut. w. IA
Burgess. e..
They maneuvered and fought" for
many minutes. Lieut.. Burgess having
the advantage of speed. Whle capt.
STREET. was superior IN maneuVerI-
bilitv. Finally Lieut.. Burgess saw
no chance of getting back to his
lines, so an object was seen to 1ali
ont of the plane followed by the open
ing of a parachute. The object In
this case was a dummy. and foated
sracefully in a southeastern direc-
lion, Capt Street. all the while cir
cling il on it's downward flight.
The final event on the program,
race around the city with Leuls;
a.,
Kelly. all world famous pilots, was
nostuoned until Wednesday morning;
Today's program will be repeated
tomorrow.
Aerial Equipment on View.
A complete layout of equipment and
apparatus used in aeronautics oy lne
ARMY was on view to the spectators.
This included the following types OF
airplanes: De Haviland Alb, the Ola
faithful of the Army air service; Sc
8 British scout and combat plane:
Sperry Messenger of the type that
landed on the Capitol plaza; Fokker,
one of the German war scouts turned
over to the United states unoer tne
armistice terms; completely equip,
ped photograph plane; fully equipped
radio plane; l.. w. F. "Owl," the big
gest bomber in the air service; Mar
tin bomber; Thomas Morse pursuit
plane; Curtiss JN training plane ana
the Avro British training plane.
Motors Are Displayed.
In the engineering department the
Shriners saw Liberty, Hispano-Suiza
and, rotary motors intact and knock
ed down, wing structures, fusilages,
how propellers are made and the
assembling of planes and covering OF
wings.
tions equipment was spread out for
inspection. 1t included aerial cam
eras, camera guns and exclusive Pho
tographs of Washington and vicinity
taken from the air.
The model airway was explained in
detail and the air service meteoro-
logical service showed the Shriners
how 1T keeps track of the winds and
selects the best weather for flying.
This ground exhibition will continue
from $3.50 o'clock am. to S pm. each
day until Friday.