Evening star., 1927-05-02
AIRCRAFT EXHIBIT
0PENSAT BOILING
"AlI-America" Display at Fly
ina Field Most Extensive
Ever Attempted.

With two hangers at Boiling Field
filed with exhibits from the aeronau-
| teal industries, the "All-America Air
Craft" display, under the auspices Of
| the Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce and the National Aeronautical
! Association, opened at o'clock this
afternoon and will continue through
Friday.
No ceremonies attended the in
auguration of the display, the first
and biggest concentration of aircraft
products from ths leading aeronauti-
cal firms in the country ever under
taken, owing to the fact that the ar
rival later in the afternoon Of the
pan-American flyers captured much
of the interest.
However, small groups of people
began arriving at the field at noon to
be sure Of a point Of vantage to wit.
ness the reception to the flyers, and
they spent most Of the earlier after.
noon hours in studying the various
exhibits which have been neatly and
attractively arranged in hangers Nos.
and s.
Exhibits Given Wide Range.
The exhibits range from the small
est parts Of aircraft engines to huge
bomberS and include in the range
vital elements in aircraft never be-
fore set forth here in exhibition form.
Several commercial airplanes of the
cabin type arrived yesterday and
few more are due some time today by
air. These aircraft, ranging in price
from $4,000 to 10000, embody the
latest principles Of aircraft design and
construction and enable passengers
and pilots, in many instances, to fly
with the comfort of a limousine, as
far as exposure to the wind and pro-
peller slip stream is concerned.
One of the most attractive exhibits,
contributed by the Government, whose
several agencies employing aeronau-
tics have established booths, is the
Army Curtiss racer equipped with
wheels. This plane, as it is on exhibit
tion, won the Pulitzer race in New
York in October, 1925, at speed of
nearly ESQ miles an hour, and was
piloted by Lieut.. Cyrus X. Bettis, who
was fatally injured in an airplane
crash in the Pennsylvania mountains
last year
AS a seaplane this ship, piloted by
James H. Doolittle OF the Army, won
the Schneider Trophy Race at Balti-
more few weeks later at a speed of
231 miles an hour. This plane never
before has been in Washington and
plans are afoot for placing it in the
aircraft building of the Smithsonian
Institution.
Leading Firms Represented.
Four of the nations leading air
craft engine firms, Curtiss. Pratt and
Whitney. Packard and Wright. are
represented with spotlessly clean and
shining engines of their own manu-.
facture. The Curtiss Co. has the new
V-1550 water-cooled power plant,
brought out last year with horse.
power Of over 500; the Pratt and
Whitney firm has the Wasp and Hor-
net air.cooled engines of the 9.cylin.
der radical type; the Packard Co. has
the V-shaped water cooled engine of
over 400 horsepower. and the Wright's
have the famous "whirlwind." The
Wasp, now used by the Navy, re-
Gently established three world records
in the Vought Corsairs observation
plane. 1t has a horsepower of about
400 and the Hornet is a larger de-
yelopment and approaches 500 horse.
power.
In the airplane field. the Bull.
Stinson Detroiter. Fairchild Mono.
Travel Air, Waco, and Laird. repre-
sent the very latest in commercial
aircraft now widely in use throughout
the country.
Air Mail Exhibit.
In addition TO these two major
exhibits, the Post Office Department
has an attractive booth showing by
| photographs and models the working
of the transcontinental air mail route.
| There is a booth from which spec
| tators may purchase air mail stamps,
all of which are represented in display
| form. The work of air craft in the
Department Of Agriculture is depicted
with photographs, and the Geological
| Survey likewise has an exhibit Of the
air craft photography work done for
| it by the Army and Navy.
All Of today's program for the dis
I play will be centered around the
"still' exhibits, but tomorrow hying
| demonstrations and an aerial parade
| Of commercial and military planes
! from Washington to Baltimore and
return will be staged.