The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-23
TWELVE EVENTS
IN AIR RACES
At DAYTON
Special Attention Given to
Civilian FIiers-Army's En-
trants Announced

Twelve events. ranging from q
duration contest for miniature
model planes to a high-speed dash
for the Pulitzer trophy. were an.
nounced by the Air Service today a.
the program for the, international
Air Races. to be held at Dayton.
Ohio, the FIRST week in October.
It is significant that six Of the
twelve events are for civilian con-
testants only, and that civilian
pilots will be allowed to enter two
other races. Only three Of the
races to be flown will be exclusively
for military or air.mail pilots.
The attention paid to civilian
aviation In connection with these
races was pointed to in official
circles az indicating q keen desire
on the part of the authorities to aid
In the development Of commercial
aviation.
Entries by the Army.
Coincident with the announcement
Of the program the Air Service also
made public the tentative selections
of army aviators who will compete.
Army pilots will be entered In four
events.
On October 2, ten army planes
will be entered in the race for the
Liberty Engine Builders trophy, for
observation type airplanes. The.
pilots will be Lieutenants r. J.
Brown, jr., l.. v. Beau, jr., G. w.
Steinmetz, e. B. Bobxien, j. B.
Haddon, r. d. Knapp, C. A. Cover,
A. e. Simonin and ID. G. Duke,
with Major c. L. Tinker as the
tenth competitor.
The feature race viii be flown on
October 4. This will be for the
Pulitzer Trophy, emblematic Of the
speed supremacy of the air, and to
qualify each plane must make a
speed OF ITS miles per hour.
New Type Of Racer.
Two Curtiss racers, piloted by
Captain Burt e. Skeel and Lieuten-
ant Wendell H. Brookley will COM
pete for the army in this event
while the third army entry will be
Lieutenant H. HI. Mills, plotting a
Verville Sperry racer.
This craft is an all.metal mono.
plane, carrying radiators Of the wing
type which greatly reduces head re.
sistance.
Retractable landing gear. a device
by which the wheels and chassis
are drawn up into the fuselAge after
the plane has left the ground, is
another feature adding to the speed
Of this machine.
Six Martin bombers and one
Curtiss NBS-4 plane win participate
on October in the race for the
Dayton Chamber Of Commerce
trophy for machines capable Of
carrying a load Of 1000 pounds or
more.
Lieutenants H. D. Smith, c. C.
Kenney. J. d. Barker, G. r. Wool
sey. Hez Mcclellan and u. NJ.
Myers. and Staff Sergeant L. p.
Hudson will pilot these machines.
In the race for the John l..
Mitchell trophy for pursuit type
of planes. Lieutenants G. p. Tour
tellot, T. K. Matthews, E. C. White.
head, r. C. Moffat, T. w. Black.
burn, L. c. Hurd, j. T. johnson.
Cyrus Belts, J. D.. Summers, H. X.
Yeager, and D. F. STAGE will pilot
the army entries. This race will
be flown October 4.
No Foreign Entries.
Events which will feature civilian
pilots include numerous races Gr
different types Of planes designed
for commercial uses. The races are
planned to give thorough tests as
to speed, power, and reliability and
the results are expected to demon.
strate what types of planes are best
fitted to the needs Of >coinmereia!
aviation.
Although the events are open tn
foreign competitors, there have been
no entries as yet from outside the
United States.
1t is hoped, however, that IN.
tries may yet be received from
foreign contestants, particularly in
the high speed events.