Evening star., 1926-05-22
NAVY FLYER GIVEN
BIG RACE TROPHY
Lieut.. Jeter and Three Others
Also Presented With
Watches by The Star.

With the entire personnel of the
naval air station at Anacostia stand
ing at attention and forming a pic
turesque background. the large and
handsome Curtiss marine trophy was
presented to Lieut.. Thomas P. Jeter
by Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Robinson at brief exercises held at the
aviation base this morning. The
trophy, Weighing several hundred
pounds and standing several feet high,
reposed on a small plot of green in
front Of the official quarters of the
station. The scene in its entirety was
colorfui and impressive.
Prior TO the presentation Of the
trophy itself, Fleming Newbold, bust
ness manager of The Evening Star,
presented four gold wrist watches to
the winning pilots of the groups in the
trophy race, held May II here. On
command of Lieut.. Comdr. Homer c.
Wick, commanding officer. the pilots
stepped forward from the ranks sew
eral PAGES and received the watches
from Mr.. Newbold. In brief address.
Mr.. Newbold declared the awards were
made as evidence of The Stars inter
est in aviation and for the furtherance
Of such competitive events.
Men Who Won Watches.
The four pilots We're: Lieut.. Jeter,
who, in addition to winning the
trophy. captured first place in the
pursuit class by flying at an average
speed of 1904 miles per hour; Lieut..
L. W. Curtin, winning pilot in the
F.5-L boat seaplane type; Lieut.. F.
II. Conant, observation class, and
Chief Boatswain Walter c. Fitzpat.
rick, who few in the scouting plane
group. All except Chief Boatswain
Fitzpatrick, who is attached to the
station, are on duty in the Bureau of
Aeronautics in the Navy Department.
In the audience were Rear Ad-
niral William A. Moffett, chief of the
Bureau of Aeronautics; Godfrey l..
Cabot. president of the National
Aeronautical Association, under
whose auspices the race was held;
Mrs. Robinson, Carl F. Schory, secre
tary Of the contest committee of the
association, and Mr.. Newbold. Fol
lowing the ceremony the guests were
taken on an inspection of the sta
tion by Comdr. Wick.
Trophy Cost $1,000.
The Curtiss trophy is emblematic
of the triumph of wings over the
dominating elements-the sea and
the air. 1t is executed entirely in
sterling silver at a cost of $4,000,
stands feet 10 inches high, is 2
feet inches in diameter. and rests
on a base of onyx.
A flying boat Of the transatlantic
type is shown in flight over the
globe. supported on a base repre-
senting the sea. Rising from the sea
on one side is Neptune, who reaches
up for the huge machine. On the
other side is Boreus, who blows on
the flying boat in a futile effort to
upset it.
Neptune is surrounded in the
water. by the fighting boats of
centuries ago. Columbus ship, the
Santa Maria. also is shown. En-
meshed in Neptune's net are repre-
sentative craft of today-a yacht cup
winner, an ocean liner. dread
naught and a submarine. AS the
flying boat rises above the reach of
Neptune and Boreus they stand
amazed, frustrated in their efforts to
disturb the new craft
Robinson Makes Address.
Assistant Secretary Robinson. in his
presentation speech, declared the
trophy stands for the development of
types in the Navy and of planes for
the Navy.
I'VE saw last Friday" he continued,
planes that were developed from
the wartime types. such as the F-5-L,
to the newest types flown by Lieut..
Jeter and Lieut.. James d. Barner.
The Navy's planes have to be different
types, and such competition as held
here encourages their development.
The country In general takes aviation
for granted, and the people here in
Washington get used to 1t. They
don't realize the amount of study and
work that has to be done from time
to time. Races bring out the public
and increase the interest. The sight
OF planes racing quickens the blood
of the average lethargic American
Mr.. Robinson declared the Navy
wants enthusiasts for it's aviation,
but we want sane enthusiasts, and
desire full cooperation from all
branches of the service He added
that he had the opportunity of seeing
aviation with the fleet and the fleet
with aviation at the Panama n1aneu-
vers and stated that I'VE can't de.
velop either unless we realize that
both must work together 100 per cent.
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