Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-13

their knowledge here he lost his head
or became the least ratified. no mat.
ter how narrow his escapes might be
on thn ground he is almost urnotiCe.
able. having little 20 say and speaking
only TO the point when conFcrsins.
Typical Incident Noted.
He is described AZ being happiest in
+" air ami in support OF this opinion
his little incident is cited by his
friends.
While training FOR the 1926 schnHi-
der international seaplars trophy
ace. Lieut. SChilt. who Joined the team
cf flyers after the death Of Lieut.. Har
mon !. Norton. Hew - the Anacostia
Naval Air Station in his pursuit plane.
parked il Mt the land plane hangar
and climbed aboard pepped-up Cur
f,ss HAWK SeaplaTae 10 get his hand
IN N f'ying watercraft-
He few up and down the river a. an
altitude OF about Ia feet and then
swung onto Boiling Field. racing ZIP
;h. center Of il only a few feet higher.
In the center OF the alrdrome the en-
cine checked couple % times and
,,0!' coid." and in thu fraction of a
second in which the pilo- had 10 act
he determined that his main gasoline
tAu! was slrv: that he could not reach
down - lever 20 throw on tn. re-
serve tank. and therefore he ghd"d
over the seaNal. missing Il by inches,
ana made perf~c, landing in the
river with dead engine.
lowed hack to the station he had
nothing to say. boarded his Marine
pursuit plane. took of in a climbing
turn and ~ an altitude regarded none
toe safe looped a couple of times, PEI
formed A barrel roll or two and then
Topped over on his back. flying the
plane upside Down IN the direction ~
guaniico as long as II was possible
Ia Keep il in this abnormal condition.
Wins Second Place in Race.
Lieut.. Schiit entered tie Schneider
race with hardly any opportunity "a
(enlIjarixe himself with the little black
racer which the Army turned over -
he Navy FOR the contest. Yet Re came
in second To the HiCtor-Itaiy~-at an
average speed ~ @3lss5 miles per
hour. figure slightly under thai
mad" the previous wear ny the famed
Lieut.. Jimmy DOolitile ~ the Army
who few the same plane.
Perhaps FRANKIE, As lie = known
h> his brother pilots, would have made
4 better speed were Il ne: for tGt
TACT that az ne began the 'hTG or
seven laps his legs and fee; went 10
sleep. as a consequence OF being
stretched our az righ: angles with his
body while holding down the rudder
pedals. In this p,eCarious condition.
with no opportunity ~ withdraw Them
even for a second In an endeaNos ~
restore circulation. Re few for ESQ
kllometers. after which he maize
perfect landing Il; a speed M about
"a miles per hour on The rough
water.
The next hour or 1--WE however, he
spent on rubbing table While rsNaS
pharmacists mates endeaSuyed 10 re
store the lost circulation,
Enlists in Marine Corps.
Lieut.. Schilt. after graduating ;rom
ths public and high schools al olnsN.
H.. attended the Rose rolNte>hnic
institute AZ Terra haute FOR NO
wears. Early in 1871: he enlisted IN
the Marine Corps aS private and
Two wears later applied FOR AVIATION
ttainlug, In September ~ tina. year
he had completed has course, was
rated temporary second lieutenant
and in 1871 became a member uf the
regular establishment ~ the corps,
lie IL a graduate 81 the Naval School
If Acrology and the Army Air corps
School oe AERIAL Photography ard Is
regarded ~ AN outstaudIne authority
an the subject ~ making pictures from
aircraft.
lie has participated in MANY aerial
photo missions. having hven officially
commended by the major general
comma ndant ~ the corps far his
work for the Geologic SurNey IN
aerial mapping III Hatti and Santa
domingo, Last August he completed
u six month expedition mapping light,
house sites and Voast lines from rhtla
deinhia ~ Key West, the northern ami
southern coasts NJ t>uha, the coast
line vi the Isle at Pines AMI the sulf
coast from Key West ~ RrownsN Tile.
TN this mission he flew a total OF
- 900 miles without mtshap. seNe ral
thousand 81 the total, however he,ag
i'll MiNsisstpri flood relief work, tor
which he Was temporarily Withdrawn
from his assigned dut>.
Lieut.. SchiU, together with two
other Marine pilotS, participated ia the
Army Air turps aettal machine gun
aud bombing matches AZ Langley
Field III tast and Won third p'tve tie
Mas vatn,nendet hV the Secretary Ut
" al tur this tVTotd