Evening star., 1928-12-06
a NATIONS Join
AVIATION MEETING
Conference Next Wednesday
to Assemble Noted Aero
nautical Experts.

The International Civil Aviation Con-
ference opening here Wednesday Will
bring to Washington delegates from
81 nations comprising the largest and
most distinguished group of aviation
experts yet assembled.
The meetings, which will be held in
the Carlton Hotel, will continue through
Friday Delegates are expected to be-
gin arriving Monday
Among the early arrivals expected
are Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Orvllle
Wright, Clarence Chamberlin aud Ar
thur Goebel. Mai. Thomas P. LAM
phier, former commander of the 1st
Pursuit Squadron, and Lady Heath,
English aviatrix, are also due to arrive
a day before the opening CT the con-
ference.
Among the delegates will be Anthony
Fokker, Charles L. Lawrence, inventor
of the Wright Whfrlwind motor; DR..
Elmer Sperry, inventor of the sperry
gyroscope and gyrocompaS; Chester w.
Cuthell chairman of the committee on
aeronauticai law of the American Bar
Association; w. Jefferson Davis, RAN
dolph Barton, jr.; John A. Elden and
Col. Benedict M. Holden. all OF the
aeronautical law committee; William
B. MAYER, designer of the Ford mono
plane; Brig. Gen. William E. Gilmore,
chief of the material division at Wright
Field; Prof. w D. Coolidge, inventor
of the Coolidge ray; DR.. irving Lang
muir and DR.. E. F. w. Alexanderson:
professor of television and inventor Oh
The type of altimeter which gives the
exact distance from the plane to the
earth and not the distance Of the plane
above sea level. which has hitherto been
the case.
English Delegates.
Great Britain will be represented offl-
cially by the Rt. Hon, Lord Thomson,
G 3. E., B. S. O.. former air minister;
Cant, r. J. Goodman Crouch, 0. B. Z.
india will send S. R. Bomanji OF the
Indian Merchants Chamber OF Com
merce of Bombay.
France will send as delegates Emil
Flandin, president of the Aero Cup OF
France, and Frank and Gabriel Volsln,
aviation experts. Germany is TO be rep
resented by Privy Counselor Fisch, DR..
otto Merkel director of the DeutSche
Iuft Hansa: DR.. A. K Rohrbach, own
er of the Rohrbach Metal Airplane Co,
and Director Huth of the Reich Union
sof German Aeronautical Industry.
Canada will have as its representa-
tives the Hon. G. j. Desbards, 9. N. G.,
deputy minister of national defense;
Wing Commander j. L. Gordon, d. r.
c.: Director of Civil Government opera
tions Col. E. w. Stedman and j.. A.
Wilson, controller of civil aviation.
Two iof the most prominent military
aviation officers OF Spain, MAJ: Joa-
quinn Perez-Secane and Capt. Juan j.
Jauregui Gil, will attend. The New
Zealand delegates to the conference in
clude r. L. Barlow and c. H. Dix.
Americas aeronautical manufactur-
ing companies will also have representa-
tives at the conference. The Pitcairn
Co., operating the mail service from
New York to Florida, will send Harold
Pitcairn, president, and G. II. Chnds
and James G. Ray, vice presidents. Ihe
Looming brothers, Grover P. and Albert
Palmer Looming, inventors OF the am
phibian plane, will attend in the name
of their company.
Delegates from other great manu-
featuring concerns include Edgar N.
Gott, president of the Keystone Air
craft Corporation; George Haynes of the
Fokker organization: Chance Vought,
maker of the famous Navy Vought
"CorSair";; C.Af. Keyes. president OF
the Curtiss Aeropiane Co., and Burdett
Wright, washington representative OF
the company; Comdr. J.. G. Hunsacker,
designer Of the dirigible Los Angeles,
and F. C., Young, of the Goodyear
Zeppelin Co.. Thomas A. Morgan OF
the Sperry Gyroscope Co.; Charles j.
Pannill, vice president of the Radio
Corporation of America; Col. Paul
Henderson, former assistant Postmaster
General and vice president of the Ma
tional Air Transport and the Trans
continental Air Transport; Lester D.
Seymour. general manager Of the Ma
tional Air Transport: E. p. Lott, field
manager for N. A. T., and r. w. Ire
land of the same organization; Col. H.
L. Brittin, vice president, and Speed"
Coleman, chief pilot of the North
western Always; A. j. Elias, president
of Elias g. Bros; Herbert Hughes, vice
president of the Buhl Aircraft Co.; F.
L. Hill, vice president of Air Associates,
Inc; Victor Roos, general manager of
the Swallow Airplane Co.; H. p.
Warner, general manager of the Knowl
Aircraft Corporation; w. w. Pollett,
secretary of the B. B. T. Cooperation,
manufacturers of lighting installations
for airports; E. E. Porterfield, jr., presi-
dent of the Eagle Aircraft Co., and j.
c. Prosser of the airport division Of the
Austin Co.
Maj John Berry, manager of the
Cleveland Airport, will represent his
field, and Maj. Reed Lands, of the