Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-26
FROID IS HOST
TO $4,000 AT
AIR MEET SUN.
Crowd E%ntrtained by Aerial Stunts
and Double Header Baseball Game
In the Afternoon.

Froid was the cen on Sunday of
the largest gathering of the year in
Northeastern Montana, when more
than $4,000 people came there in
1000 automobiles to witness the ar
rival and departure of the National
Air Tour in which "a of the original
20 entrants appeared. Elaborate
preparations had been made for the
entertainment of the visitors, includ-
ing special dining rooms, first aid
quarters with three doctors in atten-
dance, and more than a hundred acres
of grain had been moved down to
make room for the parking of auto
mobiles and for the charging of the
field for the accommodation of the
many planes.
The splendid weather was an add
ed inducement for thousands of peo-
pie to come there to view this pag-
cant Of the air, and Froid did itself
proud in the way it took care of the
huge crowds, and it is believed all
went away satisfied.
About nine o'clock in the morning
a steady stream of cars commenced
to arrive from every direction, and
the Froid National Guard was kept
busy arranging and parking the cars
until the planes in the air tour com.
menced to arrive at 10:45, when the
Lockheed plane, No. %, with Eddie
Cooper and L. F. Shoenair as pilot
appeared on the horizon. All planes
arrived in less than 40 minutes, and
the order Of their arrival was as fol
lows:
No. %, Lockheed;No. 8, Bull; No
90, Stinson-D etroiter with Eddie
Stinson as Pilot; No. /, Bellanca
William S. Brock, Pilot; No. 25, Bel
lance, George Haldeman, Pilot; No
18, Waco (Baby RUTH with JOIN
Wood, Pilot; No. 10, Waco, (Cros.
ley), E. w. Cleveland, Pilot; No. 10
Ryan, All. Henley, Pilot; No. 6, Stear.
man, David P. Levy, Pilot; No. II
Swallow, Melvin V. Aavang, Pilot;
No. 16, Ryan, with Vance Breese, Pi
lot No. %, Stinson-D etroiter, Bruce
Braun Pilot; No. "a, Fairchild
Richard V. Pears, pilot; No. 9, Ry.
an, E. w. Cleveland, Pilot; No. 2
the 18th in order of arrival was the
Ford Tri-motor plane, with Frank M
Hawks as Pilot; No. 7, Bull, Algei
Graham, Pilot; No. s, Curtiss Rob
in, Dan R. Robertson, Pilot; No. Il
Stinson, r. c. Page, Pilot; No. 8
Travelair, with J.. N. Kelly, Pilot;
No. IL, Eaglerock, C. P. Clevenger
Pilot, followed by the u. S. Army
three-motored Fokker army trans
port, which is being used as the
flying pressroom," which is piloted
ny Tidlh ID. yiudil, tiio was loi
lowed by another Fairchild, with No.
Ia, Travelair, No. 26, a Monocoupe
and the last in order of arrival was
the tiny Monocoupe, No. 80, piloted
by Mrs. Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie.
After a two hour stay at Froid
all the planes in the air tour depart
ed in the same order as they arrived
with the exception of the Ryan Mon
oplane No. 8, which developed motor
trouble, but which was able to depart
within a few minutes of the other
planes.
The Regina Flying Club was rep
resented with four Moths, which at
tracted a great deal of attention
amongst the vast a~ssemblage on ac-
count of the fact that their wings
were folded backwards, so they took
up very little space.
Moosejaw, Sask., also sent two
planes to Froid.
The big Ford tri-motored plane