The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-17
AERIAL PARADE BIDS FAREWELL TOWORLDFLERS Maneuvers Are Declared Most Brilliant In
 History CRUISERS READY
 TO HOP OFF TODAY Mayor Martin Eager To Start On Long Four
 Month Tour

CLOvERFIELD, SANTA MONICA, Cal, March 16.-(By Associated Press. )-Scores of airplanes of nine distinct types, today demonstrated what modern science has accomplished in aviation before thousands of persons gathered here to bid farewell and god speed to the four United States army aviators who tomorrow will depart on flight around the world.
 Aerial maneuvers, singly and in flight groups, including spectacular stunts of great hazard, kept these thou sands in silent awe time after time. Barrels and double barrels, immelmans, spiral glides, planes flying on their backs, falling leaves and loop-the-loops were among the thrills provided by the aerial actors.
 Cruisers Lead Field
 Army and navy officers declared to- days circus to be one of the greatest exhibitions of aviation ever held. Maj. Frederick l.. Martin, commander of the world fliers, started the days program by leading the four world flight cruis- CTS in flight over the field. The other pilots were Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith, Lieut.. Leigh Wade and Lieut.. Erik Nelson.
 The fast naval pursuit and scout planes, under command of Lieutenant Commander Wick of San Diego, then went through their evolutions in battle formations which on previous occasions have won for their pilots the reputa- tion of leaders among the crack fliers of the world.
 Martin bombers, giants of the sky, then demonstrated flying formations, followed by combat, scout pursuit, ob- servation, attack, training and passen- ge: transport. .airplanes. The new world cruisers, the big passenger cloudster plane, DeHavilands, Curtis J. N. 4 and s, T. S.-2 Voight, Fokker, s. E.-5, Spad and Lapere airplanes came next
 Not An Accident
 The fact that not single accident or mishap occurred today was declared by officers to be signal tribute to the development of aeronautical science and efficiency in personnel of the army and navy air forces.
 Conditions were ideal for flying and Major Martin said the world cruisers were in perfect condition.
 The world flight start is set for z EbOSA AH tuc lOEHlHB. 1uTee OI the world cruisers are to start, accompanied by IS army and navy ffiers, under com mand of Lieutenant Colonel Fillmore.
 To Install PontOons
 Nai0. Martin declared today that mechanically all conditions are favor able for the go, % 00s5lils afiigsrt around the world, over g countries. The first day will be the 4OO-mile flight to Sac ramento, where the cruisers and &C., companying planes will remain over night. Tuesday they will fly to Van couver barracks, Wash, an. Wednes- day to Seattle, where the cruisers will remain several days for installation of pontOons. The cruisers then will take route over British Columbia, over southwestern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, and down to Japan. Thence they will fly to Seoul, Korea, down the Chinese coast to India, over Calcutta, through Silesia td Turkey, over the Balkans to Austria and Germany, up through France to England, then over Scotland, up through Iceland and Greenland. and over Canada down to Washington, D. O., and across the coun- try back to Cloverfield here.
 This trip will take about four months. It is not a race against time, but a flight to determine the physical praeticability of an around-the-world route with heavier-than-air machines of present development.