Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
'NEWRECORD IS SET
/. IN MODEL CONTEST
Herbert Dorsey Wins Trip to
Detroit in District Aircraft
Tournament.

A new record for Indoor pusher"
model airplanes in the District of CO.
iumbia was established last night when
Herbert Dorsey 3708 Thirty-third street.
flew his wood and paper craft for two
minutes and two-f1fths seconds In a
phase of the District Model Aircraft
tournament, staged In the mcfarland
Junior High School auditorium, under
the auspices of the Community Center
Department of the public schools.
The meet was the second phase OF the
tournament to be held yesterday, the
first stage having been conducted at
Boiling Field with larger out-of-doors
models.
Through his record breaking flight
last night. young Dorsey won a trip to
the Detroit model meet next week.
Lloyd Fish. 2425 Third street, winner
Of the first place in the Boiling Field
meet. in which he kept his hand
launched twin pusher" in the air for
. minutes and IS seconds, also will jour
ney to Detroit for the meet.
Contest Winners.
Other winners In the contest last
night, according to class, follow.
Rise off floor type, Junior class:
Everett Meeks, 224 thirteenth street
southwest, first; Ernest Stout, 1926
Thirteenth street, second; Everett Ru-
Dert. 342l Morrison street, third: E.
CLAYTON Fish, jr., 2425 Third street.
fourth. ana LuCner Schmidt, SOB Blu
chanan street fifth.
Rise off floor type, senior class: Her
bert Dorsey, first, Lloyd Fish, second
RAYMOND Harding. 906 Virginia avenue
southeast, third, and Rooerlc DAVIS
ITO Cedar avenue, Takoma Park, Nd,
fourth
Hand-launched pushers, junior class:
Ridplev Parsons, 635 Allison street
first.
Hand-launched pushers, senior class:
7oderic Davis, first; Raymond Harding,
second; Allen Ham. 1912 Ashmead
place, third, and Harold Greenfield,
ia Maple place, Takoma Park, Nd,
fourth.
Hand-launched tractors, junior class:
Prank Salisbury. $500 Sixteenth street,
first: Edgar Whiteside. 2735 Woodley
place. second: Robert Towles, 3349 Ten
nyson street. third; George Bell, 27le
Thirty-second street, fourth, and Thomas
Robins, 1880 Twenty-seventh street,
fifth.
Hand-launched tractors. senior class:
Herbert Dorsey. first, Lloyd Fish, sec
ond; Conant Emmons. 1922 Thlrty-
eighth street. third Harold Greennelo,
fourth. and Gordon Griffin, 2l38 Call
fornia street, nth.
The results Of yesterdays out-oI-ooors
meet at Boiling Field, follow
Rise of ground, twin puSherS, junior
class: Thomas NJ. Robins, nrst, ana
Everett Meeks, second.
Rise off ground twin pusners, senior
class: Lloyd Fish, first; RAYMOND
Harding, second, and Herbert Dorsey,
Hand-launched twin pushers, Junior
c,ass--I angfitt Wildly, 1881 Belmont
street first. L. Clayton Fish, ir,, second;
Thomas M. Robins, third; Douglas
Bruce. $3.50 Thirty-ninth street, fourth,
and Ernest Stout, fifth.
Twin Pushers Type.
Hand-I launched twin pushers, senior
elass--Lioyd Fish. first; william
French. $500 Newark street. second;
John Evans. 234i Ashmead place, third;
Herbert Dorsey. fourth, and Allan
Mculton, 434i Chesapeake street. nfth.
A model hydroplane flying contest.
staged as the first phase OF yesterdays
out -of doors meet, failed when the
three bows who entered their machines
could not act them to lift of the sur
face of the water after taxing sue
cessfulIy. A further attempt to get
the hydroplanes into the air will be
made July 4. at the meet TO be staged
on the Lincoln Memorial rejecting
pool.
The Judges of the out-of-doors con-
test Yesterday were Walter Hinton, pilot
OF the famous NC-4, which crossed
the Atlantic ocean; Lieut.. Arthur !.
Ennis. U. S. A., and Paul Edward
CARRIER of the National Museum stan.
Last nights judges were Assistant
Secretary Of Navy Warner, Lieut.. Col.
G. DeForreSt Chandler, u. S. A., re-
tired, and Carl F. Schory, secretary
Of the contest committee of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association.