Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
f FAMOUS AWATORS
TO PERFORM HERE
Army Flyers viii Take Part
in Carnival This
Week.

Many If the most famous flyers In
the Army Air Corps, including se&-
cral Wcrld war combat pilots. will give
spectacular demons lrations of their skill
in simulated battle flying at the. mill
tary exposition and carnival at Che
washington Barracks Thursday, Fri
Jay and Saturday.
Diving through thu fire of anti-air-
craft guns, these pilots will stage fights
between pursuit and bombing planes
will lay smoke screens as in actual bat
tie. and as a climax, will stage battles
between pursuit planes. military sem
sation. which during the World War
IVES sufficient on more than one occa-
Zen to sop the progress of battles on
The ground while the doughboys Cheereo
their men in the aerial dog fights
To Stage Night Flying.
Night flying exhibitions will be staged
including maneuvers with planes out
lined in incandescent lights. bombcrs
in formation executing maneuvers In
he illumination Of ground searchlight
batteries. and an illuminated fight oy
he TC-5. the Army diri3ib'n.
Ar,cnr thu noted pilots who will fly
during the three days are Capt. Chs
CIPHER Fold. Lieut.. Elwood r. Quessda,
Lieut.. Clayton Bisssll, Capt. Frank CD.
Hunter end Lieuts. Albert F. Hegor-
;oerTcr ani Lester J. Maitland, who
r1~6c th1 first non-ston flight from the
United Sta:,:s to Hawaii.
Capt. Ford while on duty with the
A. E. F. accounted for three enemy
r'2nes. He was awarded the Distin-
7uished Service Gross for repeated acts
If extraordinary heroism in action near
Rheims, France. and near Armentieres.
He also received from France the CroiX
lie Guerre with pslm
Capt Frank CD. Hunter, one of the
"aces" of the Army Air Corps. had
thrilling experiences both in France
and during the peace days that fol-
lowed. He is officially credited with
eight enemy planes. and has been
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross with four oak leaves and the
French CroiX DE Guerre. Capt. Hunter
won his citations against odds In al
most every instance. In the region
of Champeny. France. with one COM
panion. he encountered an enemy pa
troll of six planes and attacked. De-
spite the superiority of enemy num-
bers, he destroyed one plane and with
his companion. forced the other i've
to retire. In the region near Ypres.
belgium, Capt. Hunter met two enemy
biplanes, shot one down and forced
the othsr to retire He was wounded,
but managed to bring in his Cwn dis
abled plane.
Lieut.. Clayton Bissell has been pilot,
fight commando. squadron command
er and group commander. He was as.
sistant to Brig. Gen. william Mitchell.
former assistant chief of the Army Air
Corps; advance officer Of the round
the-world flight end made the first
night fight from Washington to New
York. He was pursuit pilot at thu
front for four and half months dur
ing the war.
Bomb rdment GrOups Included.
Lieut. Elwood r. Quesada is pur-
suit pilot attached to Boiling Field.
With Gen. Fechet head of the Air
Corps. he flew to Greenley Island last
wear in an attempt to salvage the
Bremen. the German ship which ma DE
the westward flight oyer the Atlantic.
He has servnd rs pilot on numerou7
fights made by Assistant Secretary OF
Wor robl,ins and By Gen. Fecfet.
Lieut.. Albert r Hegsnberger, with
nonstop flight from California to
hawaii. NlJfCIIu5 tNdh Gs1OO
over the Pacific Ocean in a flying time
of slightly over % hours
Part of the original First Day Bonn
bardment Group, which made such
splendid record during the war. will
take part in the exhibition. 1t will be
under command of Capt. C. G. Sellers.
who commanded one of the organiza-
tons during the war. and the grouu
will bring its famous mascot. Scotch
terrier which loves to fly and immedi-
ately uuon hearing the propeller turn
over. climbs to his place on his own
particular plane.
In addition to the acrobatics and
super stunts promised by the Air Corps,
there will be an exhibit of all the vari-
Gus kinds of planes used bv the Army
Amphibians. bombers. pursuit and other
types of planes will be shown.
Another feature will be the exhibition
of methods used for testing prospective
pilots. including the famous Baroney
chair. and any person who so desires
can undergo test to see If he qualities
to become pilot.