San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
AERIAL REVIEW
WILL PRECEDE
BALLOON RACE
All Types Of Ships Will
Race Over 45-mile
Course.
DIRIGlBLE IS COMING
Parachute Jumps and 9th.
er Novelties Planned +.
at Kelly.
DIRIGlBLE is COMING

ever Htiu IN tne tnlteQ StatpS O0tk IN
number OF types of airplanes TO, be
used and in number of planes to par
ticipate in the demonstration, will
take place at Kelly Field next, We'd
ncsday afternoon Immediately preced-
ing the start of the National Balloon
race. Airplane races, acrobatic stunts,
sky writing, smoke screen, an apron
string formation and other events will
join in making the heavier than air
program one of the most thrilling that
has ever beer put on ar Kelly Field.
Types of ships that will participate
in the review will include The Sperry
Messenger, the smallest ship in the
American Air Service Spad. French
plane that is described by Kelly
Field pilot as a diving fOol"; SEQ.
an English pursuit ship that account
ed for more Huns during the war
than any other kind. and the MB-3,
an after-war pursuit plane.
The huge Martin bombers and the
DeHaviland Alb two-seater machine
will also be included as will the train
ing planes-the old reliable Jenny"
vOigt, TW-5 md TVS consolidated.
Two other types will probably be
| a.
TICS VIII BE There.
One of the features of the ground
exhibit of airplapes will be the Goa.
This identical iairplane was used by
Lieut.. Clements McMullen of Brooks
Field in winning the Liberty Engine
BuildeY Trophy race at st. Louis in
1923. -~
The TC-3, army dirigible from Scott
Field, will arrive in San Antonio Mon
day or Tuesday and will make a num-
Der OF; flights during Wednesday.
While not making flights. it will be
kept near the point at which the start
of the balloon race will be made.
Five parachute jumps are also
scheduled for different hours during
the day Sergt. X. w. Bottriell and
Corp. G, T.. Conrad of Kelly Field and
Sergt G.. l.. Davidson and Pvt. J. ii.
Loge of Brooks Field and W. u. Bot
tenfield of Taylor will make the
jumps.
Air Races in Morning.
The heavier than air program will
begin Wednesday morning at . O'Clock
and will continue until . p. m. The
| first event will be 4 race between
three Sperry messengers. Lieut.. Mat
! thew Il. Finn. Lieut.. George J.. Rice
and Staff Sergt. Il. X. Newcomb will
be the pilots. Alternate pilots are
Lieut.. II. V. II. Kimble and Staff
Sergt. X. /. Mitchell.
The second race is scheduled TO start
at 0:f5. Three Martin bOmbers will
be entered. The pilots will be Capt.
| l.. l.. Harvey. Lieut.. j. G. Williams
and Lieut.. ID. J. Garfield. Alternate
pilots are Lieut., +. i. Patrick and
Lieut.. IL. A. Snavely.
Five OH i-B planes will participate
in the third race that begins at ii 10
and ends the morning program. Lieu
tenants Lotha Smith, l.. $. Andrews,
Il. Il. Biggs. Hez Mcclellan and
Thomas Brooks will be the pilots.
Lieuts. J. |. Moore. ]. G. Taylor and
l.. J. Carr are named as alternates.
The afternoon program will start
at 40. and the first number will be
rncc between five planes of the
SE-J A type. Pilots in this race will
be Captains Paul Book, A. NJ. Guidera
and Il. V. Baucom and Lieutenants +.
| ID. Perrin aud ]. $. Griffith. Lieu
tenants j. ID. Corkill, II. III. Clark and
ii. W. Long. are alternates.
Race for 45 Miles.
Six NIB ia planes will race in
the fifth and last speed event at : 30
| u. m. Lieutenants e. i. Woolsey,
A. {. Strickland. Il. l.. Vaughan, j.
b. Haddon. +. NJ. Powers and j. 5.
Moorman will pilot the ships Lieu
tenants Clements McMullen, a. a.
Kessler and II. NJ. Wittkop arc named
as alternates.
Each of the races will be for dis
lance of II miles three times around a
1J-mile course. Three pylons have
been erected to mark the course. The
start and finish of all races will be
made on Kelly Field in full view Of
the crowd that is watching the balloon
race. preparations.
The planes that will be used in
these races are not made for racing
purposes, but some of them are cap
able of making fast speed. The NIB
"a will make close to 100 miles an
hour.
The most recent event added TO the
heavier than air demonstration is an
apron string formation. In this event
three planes will be tied together with
short strings and an effort will be
made to fly the ships IN formation
without breaking the strings. Pilots
for this event will be Lieutenant Nc
Daniels and Sergeants Newcomb and
Mitchell of Brooks Field.
Have Parachute Jumps.
The aerial review will begin at 3:15
d. m. and last for about 10 minutes.
Ii will be followed by acrobatic stunts
that will provide thrills of unusual
intensity for the spectators. Sky writ
ing will also be done and a smoke
screen will be laid by specially
equipped airplane.
The first parachute jump is sched-
uled for 9 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Others will be made at IL a. m,
u. m. and 3 p. m. The dirigible will
make trips at various times between y
a. m. and .. m.
A ground display of airplanes and
airplane equipment will be on exhibit
tion throughout the day. Ships, en-
gines. propelers and wing sections OF
all types; tools. machine guns. cam
eras. bombs. bomb racks and bomb
sights will be included.