Evening star., 1928-03-11
PLANS MINIATURE
AIRCRAFT TOURNEY
Community Center Proposes
Competition in Outdoor Meet
for School Pupils Saturday.

The District of Columbia miniature
aircraft tournament will hold its first
outdoor meet next Saturday afternoon.
March II. at , pm. on the Monument
Grounds. when the competition will in
clude the construction and flying Of
Kites. and Of hand-launched and sling
launched glidcrs. Kites must fly 10
minutes. and awards will be given for
Workmanship. the most beautiful kite
and the funniest kite. Awards for the
sEdcrs will be given for distance. dura-
tioa and acrohatics.
There also will be demonstration of
outdoor scientific models by members
Of the Capitol Model Aero Club. which
is cooperating closely with the COM
naunitv center department and the uu-
niclpal Fairgrounds in the 1928 District
Of Columbia aircraft tournament. II is
announced by the community center
department tina. boys and girls may OBJ
tain materials for making planes. kitcS
and giideTS from the Capitol Model
Aero Club az 1923 street at its regu-
lar Saturday evening meeting at 8
O'clock.
Program for Summer.
st Central Community Center. and res
uiar meets twice month will be COIL
tlnued during the coming months. one
meeting a month being devoted to in
coor flying, Any resident OF the Dis
trict under q years is eligible to COM
pete III the tournament, for which full
details may be obtained at the Offices OF
the community center department Of
The public schools. in the Franklin
administration building, Thirteenth
ard *.
Commissioner Sidney F. Tal!aferro is
honorary chairman of the local tour
ncrlent committee, with Mai. Gen. Ma
son NJ. Patrick. as executive chairman;
Dr.. George W. Lewis of the national ad-
v.s0ry committee for aeronautics. as vice
chairman: Paul Edward CARRIER. curator
Of aerCnautics. Smithsonian Institution,
as technical advisor. and Miss Sibyl
Baker. director Community Center de-
paTtn1ent, as secretary.
A letter just received by Miss Baker
from Dr. Lewis, VINO Is director Of aero
nautic research for the national ad-
Sisory committee on aeronautics is Of
interest TO the many boys in the city
wi1o are entering the city-wide contest.
Dr.. Lewis writes: The subject of
hvIng model airplanes and making
model airp,anes is one Of great eduea-
t!oaal Importance.
Future of Aviation.
THE future of aviation in this coun-
try will be In the hands of the boys
who are now flying model airp,anes:
and too much importance cannot be at
tached TO the efforts of your commit
tees On awards and On judges for the
National Capital"
One OF the most hoped-for results OF
the tournament is the development by
District OF Columbia boys OF great IN
genu!ty III the construction of planes.
Miss Baker said yesterday. Miss Baker
Elso announced the complete commit
tees on awards and on judges for the
tournament 10 be as follows: On
awarcs-Dorter Adams. National Aero
nautic Association. chairman: c. r
SC.1cry. H. K. Bush-Brown. Maj. ".
z. r. CoVell. Brig. Gen. Benjamin D.
FouIois and Star TruScott. On
tudges-C. F. Schory. chairman: Paul
Edward CARRIER. chief judge; Lieut..
Col c. de r. Chandler, Waiter Hinton
and Comdr. II. c. Richardson. the last
three being world flyers.
The District OF Columbia miniature
aircraft tournament is following the
procedure laid down by the Playground
and Recreation Association of America
Tor the national miniature aircraft
tournament, which viii be conducted
in Atlantic City October and g. for
which the committee is headed BY
CTvilie Wright. chairman. and Col.
Charles L.n1be:gh. associate chairman