Evening star., 1924-10-26

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Quantico; Douglas torpedo planes
from VT Squadron ]. scouting fleet;
HS-2L's from Hampton Roads. Va,
and F-5-L scouting planes from VS.
Squadron ]. scouting fleet They
were part Of the rs land and sea-
planes bearing Navy insignia present.
Pilots in this pageant, which laid
bare the entire naval aviation force
liams, TEX" Rogers, Marine Corps;
D. c. Allen, Navy; l. w. Sanderson,
Marine Corps; c. r. Schildt, and H. J.
Norton, Marine Corps, all of Wash
ington and Quantico.
Hardly had the last ship passed out
Of sight than Williams. Rogers and
Allen in Voughts came back over the
spectators and gave them the ever
desired thrill, stunting, but they
manifolded the ordinary stunts three
times. By careful and patient prac-
ticing plus much aeronautical skill,
the three pilots executed loops, rolls,
spins, 1mme Gilman turns and wing
overs simultaneously. presenting an
appearance of one plane doing this
stunt act as viewed through a teIe-
scopio instrument which reproduced
three planes to the eye. Followed
closely event No. 3, in which VIII
liams and Allen and Sanderson and
Norton fought a battle in the clouds.
For many minutes the pilots sought
the primo advantage-on the other
fellows tail and just q little above.
Finally williams got the desired posi-
tion and theoretically pumped Aliens
ship full of bullets. Allen turned
over on his back, fell into a spin and
a few hundred feet from the ground
caught fire." vividly portrayed by
the release of sack of flour SAN
derson finally got his man high IN
the sky, who likewise dropped down
out OF control, only to ftatten out
and beat it for the landing field.
Lays Smoke screen.
Event No. produced more coughs
and sneezings than any other form
Of public amusement. Lieut. Schildt.
who laid the smoke curtain at Boil
ing Field. Washington, for the Army
relief show several days ago, flew
along the water front with his aged
Martin bomber and deposited a smoke
cloud" which gradually moved to
the limo of spectators. obscured them
and well-nigh suffocated few tender
lungs. But 1t was a pretty screen
and strong enough to wipe out the
sun.
Gasps followed the coughs when
three figures fell from the wings Of
two Martin bombers a few moments
later and dropped earthward in para
chutes. One parachute jumper was
unable to make the land and was
destined for the water. He struck
it all right, but, fortunately, it was
shallow and he was able to stand up
and shake himself, to the gratifica-
tion of the crowd.
And then "battleship" represented
by submarine chaser, anchored 1000
feet from the pier, was attacked by
six torpedo planes, three approach
ing from the west and three from the
east They were innocent looking
birds sauntering along, suddenly a
dive and then three torpedoes from
each group struck the water, and
with it the pilots pulled the big
ships into the air and safety. The
torpedoes were only dummies, and
they showed what could have hap
pened had they been real. Just be-
fore lunch time the scout cruiser
Concord, sistership of the now IA
nous Richmond, which escorted the
world flyers home from England. ap-
peared in the offing and without
warning deposited a seaplane in the
air by means of the catapault. The
Shenandoah was scheduled to occupy
the next event, but her skipper
couldn't make the grade, being con-
cerned about reaching Lakehurst to-
night, much to the disappointment OF
the crowd and the officials in charge
of the air meet.
A mighty battle in the clouds, par
ticipated in by six fighting planes,
three bombers and four torpedo
planes-a spectacle of intense inter-
est-opened the afternoons program.
Three big Martins from Quantico
sailed over the bay enjoying the clear
sky the cool breeze and the sunlight,
when, without warning, six little
voughts dropped down upon them.
scattered them and then returned to
their job Of protecting the battle
ship (the same subchaser which
should have been sunk by the half
dozen torpedoes) below. The big
Martins were plucky and one of them
sneaked back. Flying parallel with
shore, he shot out a smoke curtain
one of those lacy, cream-colored
curtains, again shutting off the rays
of the sun. From nowhere, it seemed.
four big torpedo planes crashed
through this curtain and, theoretical
ly, dropped their deadly bombs and
torpedoes on the much abused bat
| tleship." The whirl of their por-
pellers through the curtain left four
large whirlpools, a beautiful and
| unique spectacle. The Martin fooled
the sly little fighters and the torpedo
| palnes did the work they get paid for.
Strive for u 900 Prize.
After this event, which aroused
much enthusiasm among the tax
payers over the possibilities of attack
| and defense with aircraft, came the
| two little racing ''jobs," and on the
conclusion of their act five good and
| not-sogood-looking commercial n.y.
ing boats took off to win the $1,000
| in prizes offered by the Baltimore Sun
| and Evening Sun; t. e., they took off
| in order of their speed, a Looming
air yacht being kept on the water 50
| minutes after the first "crate" got
into the air, because he had a 100
mile an hour or more speed as
against less than one-half of this by
| other entrants. The air yacht, al
| though flown by Harry Rogers of
Miami with much skill, didn't get the
| first prize, but one of his employees,
Edward Neimeyer, plotting a some
what modern flying boat, took the
offering with speed of 1917 miles
per hour.
Before they had finished, however,
four DT-2s (torpedo planes from the
scouting fieet) had to get into the air
for their race over a course of about
25 miles in order to beat darkness
The ship flown by Lieut.. p. L. Haynes
was forced down because flames from
the exhaust ignited a portion of the
| fabric around the engine. Lieut.. Nc
Kay, who was listed as an alternate