Evening star., 1928-09-15
k|RMEN RELIEVED
AS Indy LANDS
Famous Flyer Will Appear for
Last Time Tomorrow as
Stunt Pilot at Meet.
BY FREDERICK r. NEELY.

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MINES FIELD, Los Angeles, Calf.
September 15.-The big air meet is on
it's last lap, this afternoons program
and an all-day schedule of events to-
morrow being the finals days of the
biggest crowd-getter in the history OF
aeronautics
Already plans are being made for the
one to be held in 1929 and the dope
appears to be Cleveland, although some
other air-minded city may rush in at the
last moment with bigger guarantee
and cop the prize.
Whichever city gets the award. 1t Is
to be hoped that there were representa-
tives here from that particular COM
munity who took volumineus notes OH
what to do and what not to do next
year. Viewed from one angle alone-the
crowd enticer-it is felt that Los Angeles
will hold the distinction of turning out
more people to see airplanes and Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh. as an Army Air
Corps pursuit pilot, for long time to
come.
Lindbergh Surpasses Self.
Yesterday afternoons program was
full of activity and the show continued
until dusk, only to resume again after
moments breathing spell. Col. Lind
bergh as one of the famous three mus
keteers" did even better than the day
before, he threw few more twists into
the act he and those two little second
lieutenants-I. A. Woodring and w. L..
Cornelius-carried out, and after they
had performed their part they again
sneaked out into the country for more
practice. BY tomorrow afternoon which
will mark the final appearance of Col.
Lindbergh in this new role, the three
musketeers' should be pretty hot.
When the team withdrew there was
general sigh of relief.
No one among the old-timers appears
to be particularly happy when the COL
onel is charging through the sky at
800 miles an hour with the wing tips
of Woodring and Cornelius almost with
in reaching distance of his cockpit.
The teams first appearance down the
field close to the grandstand was from
5,000foot dive, eliminating in two
successive loops at the end of that
dive. Then another pass, dive, a
loop and still another dive with two
more formation loops thrown in. Fol-
lowing this was the sandwich" forna-
ton, then left turn dive, the reverse
of climbing turn and finally the Prince
of Wales plume. This last maneuver
causes split-up in the formation as
all go in different directions. While
waiting for Woodring and Cornelius to
return to the fold, the colonel content
ed himself with a few fast barrel rolls,
at the prescribed air corps regulation
distance above the ground.
will Fly Over Funeral.
The Three Musketeers," together with
Lieut.. Aubrey Strickland, commanding
the 95th Pursuit Squadron of the Sec
ond Pursuit group at Rockwell Field,
San Diego, will fly five-plane forma-
ton Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
over Santa Ana, Calf, while funeral
services for Lieut.. j. j. Williams, youth
full original leader of the famous stunt
formation team, are being held. Lieut..
Williams was fatally injured several
days ago when his pursuit plane crash
ed as a result of cut-out engine
close to the ground as he emerged from
blow barrel roll across the. field.
The four planes, led by Col. Lind
bergh, will arrange themselves so as to
leave one file vacant in memory of
the fallen airman.' They will fly low
over the grave with throttled enginees
and crop flowers as last rites are being
held. The pallbearers will be from the
95th Squadron Lieut. Williams outfit.
The second bombardment group,
which, in flying from Langley Field,
Hampton, Va, across the continent to
this field established a record for the
longest flight of unit of military planes,
was forced to withdraw from the pro-
-ceedings yesterday morning when or
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