Evening star., 1928-12-16
KITTY HAWK VISIT
BEGINS TOMORROW
More Than 800 Men Promi-
nent in Aviation History
, VIII Make Pilgrimage.
BY WILLIAM E. BERCHTOLD,
Associated Press Aviation Editor.

More than 300 men prominent in
aviation history. from Wright to Lind
bergh, are to make up the official inter-
national pilgrimage to Kitty Hawk,
N. c., scene of the Wrights' first fight
tomorrow,
Leaving Washington last night the
steamer Northland carried the most
distinguished group Of aviation per-
sonalitles ever assembled Orville
Wright surviving co-inventor of the
first airplane successful in flight, and
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. whose trans
atlantic fight opened a new era in
aviation history, we're on the ships
register.
Prominent Guests Included.
Dozens Of other American flyers as
well as men prominent in official aero
nautic circles are included, in the list
of guests. The American delegation to
the International Civil Aeronautics
Conference, appointed by President Cool
idge, and more than 200 members of
foreign delegations to the Washington
conference are included in the official
pilgrimage.
Secretary of Commerce whiting As
sistant Secretary of State johnson.
Assistant Secretary of War Dawson,
Assistant Secretary Of Navy Warner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Mac
Cracken, Assistant Postmaster General
Glover; Senator Hiram Bingham.
president of the National Aeronautic
Association; DR.. Joseph E. Ames, chair
man of the National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics: Harry Guggen-
helm, president of the Guggenheim
Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics;
Lester D. Gardner, president of the
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce;
together with Col. Lindbergh and Mr.
Wright, make up the American dele
CATION.
DR.. A. K Rohrback designer of Ger
many's giant metal airplanes: Lord
Thompson, former secretary of state
for air in Great Britain; Pierre Flan-
din, vice president of the Chamber of
Deputies of France, and Gen Italo
Balbo. Italy's undefsecretary Of state
for aeronauticS, are but few OF the
scores of prominent foreign delegates
to the celebration in honor of the first
flight of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
To Stop at Laboratories.
Plans for the pilgrimage, which are
in the hands of John F. Victory. secre-
tary of the National Advisory Commit
zee for Aeronautics, include stop to-
day at the Langley memorial aeronauti-
cal laboratories at Langley Field, Va.
The official party will continue its
3Ourney by steamer tonight. arriving at
Kitty Hawk, after iaunt by bus,
shortly after noon tomorrow. the
twenty-ifth anniversary OF the Wright
brothers first flights.
The party will participate in the cere-
monies incident to laying the corner
stone of the Government memorial to
the Wright brothers. The memorial Is
to be erected on the top of Kill Devil
Hill, from which the Wrights carried
on their first experiments with gliders.
BowIder to Be Unveiled.
A huge granite bowlder bearing a
kablet erected by the National Aero
nautic Association will be unveiled on
the exact site from which the, first
flight was made. The ceremonies are
expected to be attended by hundreds
of motorists who plan to make the pill
grimage to Kitty Hark, as well as by
Rhe official party.
The international celebration in honor
Of Wilbur and Orville Wright, which
includes the aircraft exposition at Chi
cago, civic celebration at Dayton Ohio:
the International Civil AeroflauticS Con-
ference at Washington and the Kitty
Hawk pilgrimage, will be ended before
sundown tomorrow. The delegation
will sail for Washington tomorrow
night, arriving here Tuesday morning.