San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-22
|A|R CLASSIC
/ WILL BE LED
| HONEYWELL
Pilots Ready for Greatest
Of All American
Aerial Races.
SET AT $3.50
Balloons Will Be Filled at
Kelly, Starting at
O'Clock.
TIME SET AT $3.50

Seven monster gas bags will silent
y swing upward into the air at Kelly
Field starting at ) 80 "Wednesday af.
sernoon and the greatest American
hir classic, the National Balloon Race
will be on.
From then on until the last pilot
sets foot on earth, the attention of
he nation will be focused on the most
SPECTACULAR race OF the tine. The bal
looms will leave at five minute inter
,als with Capt. III. L. Honeywell.
worlds best known balloonists, lead
ms off.
The national race is starting elf
from San Antonio under the most aus
,icious circumstances in its history.
Pilots expect to break the American
record, and, perhaps, the international
,ecord. The winners in this race viii
represent the United States in the in
ernational race in Europe this suui-
ner.
How They Will Leave.
Work of filling the balloons with
hydrogen and natural gas will start
+ Kelly Field No. 1 at O'clock
"wednesday, morning. !. BY 3 80 they
will be- all in readiness for. the start.
A sponsor for each balloon will b ..
he pilot Godspeed; the crews will
move back and the big bag will lift
Iowly into the air, carrying its pilot
"a. saitle. into Ee clouds where
hey will be alone with The elements.
At the Aeronauticnl Association
luncheon Tuesday noon at the 81. AM
hcnv. the pilots drew Cor places with
he .lineups as follows.
The Co-Operative Club OF Kansas
-ity pilot. Capt. III. Il. Honeywell
Clayton, Mo-. representing the 70
operative Club of Kansas City. Mo.
Aide. Capt. T. Z. Boudinot OF Kelly
Nield.
San Antonio. pilot. b. II. Fournier,
san Antonio aide E. f. Wills.
Air Service, pilot. Maj. Norman W.
Peek, Akron, Ohio; United States
Army; aide. Lieut.. William A. Gray.
Air Service, pilot. Lieut.. Ashley Z.
Mckinley, Scott Field ) United States
rmy, aide. Lieut.. Lawrence a. Law
Air Service, pilot, Capt. Edmund w.
Hill Scott Field; United States
rmy; aide, Lieut.. James 4; Powell:
Goodyear. I'LL. pilot. W. L. Van
brman, Akron, Ohio; Goodyear Rub
Ter and Tire company; aide, {. n.
Vallam.
Detroit. pilot. Herbert V. Thadcn.
Detroit; Detroit Aviation Society;
hide. s. A. u. Rasmussen.
res On Way Here.
The TC-3, .dirigible aifship from
cott Field. started for San Antoa,o
q 80 a. N. Tuesday, according to
announcement made by-Major Horace
Hickman at luncheon held 10y
10 San Antonio Aeronautic Associa-
lon at noon. Although it is COM
Filled to fly against strong south
lind. II Is expected to lie on hand Tor
he balloon race start Wednesday.
Mai. A. b. Lambert, IN brief talk
tfore the association, stated that
ever before have su.h Perfect ar
y gements for a start been made "a
hive been made at Kelly Field. San
ntonio has set such race, he stated
at he knows of no place where tc-
re races can be held except in this
Sty.
A promise of favorable weather or
start was made by ]. II. JarDsr.
nited States weather an. An afs1
low pressure over the northern part
the country indicates hat soutner-
winds will prevail Wednesday.
IA Pilots of the balloons AID their aids
ere guests of the association AMI
ere welcomed to San Antonio by
ayor John W. Tobin and Wiliiai.i
xrhse.
Watch Highs and Lows.
"A Upon the movement of high and
xx-h,ah rod
ke weather map Tuesday, the sue
ss of the race greatly depends.
forth of Montana across the Cana
an line, low pressure area Is 10,
Hted with center reading OF 29.44
tches at Prince Albert. A moderate
n ch pressure area was located over
Kansas City with barometric read
Sg of so inches.
y Pilots who scanned the map at the
flee of J. II. Jarboe. metcorologist.
IIesday morning, said that the way
which the low moves will govern
a great extent the distance they
IN make in the race.
j3Wbat they are hoping for is that
III low will drop down to the south
Ito the United States aud then re-
4rvc and move out by way of the
IN Lawrence valley. and that in the
teautime the small high over Kansas
fluid move to the east and get out of
|reir way. Winds blow into low and
"a Of high.
~ Air Currents Over Country.
r.The pilots want to get on the east
Ne Of the low, and 10 do this the low
Itll have to remain in the west until
Wednesday morning. If il should drop
a. h.. ne nss