The Washington times., 1927-06-10
81 j. s. Planes
FOR L|NDY

The greatest combined military
and civil airplane armada ever as.
sembled in the United States is
being gathered in Washington in
preparation for the welcome to Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh tomorrow.
Army and civilian aircraft from
Cleveland, Dayton. Detroit. New
York, and Wheeling, w. Va. are
expected today at Boiling Field.
A squadron of Fl Army pursuit
planes from Selfridge Field, Mich.
are being groomed at Boiling Field
for tomorrow's air demonstration
They flew here late yesterday after
a nonstop flight from the Michigan
field, under command of Major
Thomas @. Lanphier, United States
Army.
The squadron left Selfridge Field
at $50 p. M, yesterday and arrived
here at $50 p. m. They are Curtiss
Dill models and have a cruising
speed of 100 miles an hour.
81 To Take Air az Once
Tomorrow. 81 Army, Navy,
Marine, postal, and Department OF
Commerce planes will form the
aerial escort for Colonel Lindbergh
1t is planned to have all Of them
In the air over the Memphis as II
steams from Alexandria to the
Navy Yard.
The Army Air Corps will have SO
planes, "a from the first pursuit
group, Selfridge Field; nine from
the second bombardment group
Langley Field. Va, and six observa,
ton planes from Boiling Field.
The Navy will have % pursuit
planes In the escort, 16 torpedo
planes and three observation planes
| and the huge rigid airship Los
Angeles. The Commerce Depart.
ment will have two commercial
planes and the Postoffice two mail
planes.
While the cruiser steams up from
Alexandria this great air force will
fly overhead in the greatest aerial
pageant ever seen here.
On Either Side Of River
The Army planes will fly up the
Maryland side OF the river and the
Navy planes up the Virginia side.
The Commerce and postal planes
will fly with the Army group
When the Memphis turns into
lHG NAVY C1ldHllClt EI19 AIIUYs
planes will turn fouthward and the
Navy planes northward. Army
planes landing Immediately and the
Navy planes after the Army group
has cleared the field.
! After the docking of the Mem
phis. the skies will be kept clear
of all aircraft until shutdown Sun.
day.
Orders Bring Big Staff
Prominent filters from all parts of
the country are on their way here,
many by air. Among those coming
here by Army order are Lieut.. Erik
H. Nelson. Santa Monica, Calf, and
Lieut.. John Harding, Florida, of
the round-the.world flight; Lieut..
Russell l.. Vaughan, Salt Lake City,
Utah, dawn-to-dusk transcontinental
flier; Lieut.. Oakley G. Kelly Port
land. Greg, who, with Lieut.. John
A. Macready, flew nonstop across
the American continent; Capt. st
Clair STREET.. Selfridge Field, Mich;
Lieut.. C. e. Crumrine, McCook
Field. Ohio. members of the Alaskan
flight of 1921: Major T. G. Lanphier,
Selfridge Field, Mich, who led the
Porto Rican flight of 1923; Capt
Hawthorne c. Gray Scott Field,
H., who recently made the world
altitude record.
Major John N. Reynolds, Fort
Sam Houston, Tex; Capts. H w.
Cook, Indianapolis, Ind; Christopher
w. Ford, Richard H. Ballard, Fort
sill. Okla; Lieuts. James H. Doo-
little. McCook Field. Ohio; z. T.
Seller, Detroit, Mich; F. o. Carroll
McCook Field, Ohio; Ivan G. Moor.
man, New York: Walter H. Reid,
Houston, Tex, and c. w. Cosuland,
Fort Sill. Okla.
Prominent naval filters who win
attend are Comdr. r. e. Byrd,
North Pole flier, and Capt. H. C.
Richardson, Lieut.. Con1dr. r. A.
Lavender and Comdr. A. C. Read
transatlantic filters.