San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

ant Richter carried out nonstop
refueling airplane flight for a dura
ton of over Sc hours. In connec-
ton with these tests he later carried
out a nonstop flight from the Cana
dian to the Mexican border, his plane
being twice refueled in the air during
the flight.
Lieutenant Smith has q total, fly
ing time of approximately 100 hours,
of which over 1000 hours are cross
country. He has flown approximate
ly 100000 miles.
ERIC Fl. NELSON.-Lieutenant
Nelson, Air Service. was born at
was by profession an aeronautical mo-
tor expert, and prior to his entry into
the military service had seven years
abroad on internal combustion en-
gines. He served with the Curtiss
Aeroplane Company as aeronautical
service during the war and complet-
ing his flying training, he was com
missioned a second lieutenant in
April, 1918. He was commissioned a
first lieutenant in the regular army
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Lieutenant Nelson has many not
able flying achievements to his. credit
and has, perhaps, greater amount of
cross-country experience, flying over
different types of terrain, than any
other officer in the Army Air Ser
vice. Among the notable flights IN
which he participated and was in a
great measure responsible for the sue
css Of, were:
Gulf to Pacific in 1919.
Alaska flying expedition from New
York to Nome, Alaska, in 1920, on
of engineer officer.
San Antonio. to Porto Rico flight
in 1923, in which he again acted in
the capacity of engineer officer.
In 1922 he won The Detroit News
Aerial Trophy Race in a, Martin
Bomber, averaging ITO miles per
hour.
Lieutenant Nelson has also approx
mately 1000 flying hours, of which
500 have been cross-country.
At the time Lieutenant Nelson was
chosen to participate in the round
the-world flight he was acting in the
capacity Of maintenance laison officer
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United States.
LIEUT.. LEIGH wADE-Lieutep
ant Wade was born at Cassopolis,
Mich. Feb. .. 1896. He served as a
private in the Michigan National
Guard from June. 1916, until the en-
try of the United States into the
World War, at which time he was
transferred to the aviation section,
Signal Corps. and in December. 1917,
he was commissioned first lieutenant.
He received his flying training with
the Royal Air Force at Toronto. Can
ada. Upon qualifying as a pilot be
Immediately became flying instruc-
tor with the Royal Air Force and
later in the United States Army Air
Service. He, served in the A. L. +.
in France from August. 1913, until
July. 1919, during which time he
acted as test pilot instructor. and
then as commanding officer of the
10th Aero Squadron at one of the
large American training centers in
France. After the armistice he was
on duty in the technical information
section of the Air Service in Paris
Upon his return to the United States
he was assigned to duty at McCook
Field. Dayton, Ohio, where he carried
out the work of test pilot, flying
all types Of American airplane equip
ment.
Lieutenant Wade is considered one
Of the best pilots in the American Air
Service. He has had considerable
Photographic work and participated
in many Photographic expeditions of
note. chief among which being the
mission carried out in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire and
Vermont in 1921.
He participated in the bombing ma
neuvers which resulted in the sinking
of three German ships off the Vir-
ginia coast. He now holds the alti-
rude record for the Martin bomber.
Until recently he has been the engi-
neer officer at Boiling Field. ID. c.
LIEUT.. LESLIE p. ARNOLD
Lieutenant Arnold. alternate. was
born at New Haven, Conn.,, Aug. 20,