Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24
TWenty-Four Naval Planes
Are in Final List of
Entries.
STUNTS AND PARACHUTE
JUMPS ARE SCHEDULED
Lieut.. Williams to Do Outside"
Loop, Taking to Air at About
$50 O'Clock.

Crack speed pilots from the naval
stations along the Atlantic Coast and
from the Atlantic Icet To-Day were
gathering in Washington to compete
tomorrow afternoon in the Curtiss Ma
rine Trophy race over the Potomac
River for the historic trophy establish
ed by Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation
pioneer.
Twenty-four flyers were in the final
list of entries and. barring last-minute
miShapS to the machines which are be-
ing given their final tune-upS, all will
go to the post in the race tomorrow.
The race will be witnessed BY the
President and Vice President, the cabi-
net. high ranking Army and Navy Off
GERS, the diplomatic corps, officials OF
the National Aeronautical Association,
the Aero Club of Washington and the
general public. Reserved seats in the
stands which have been erected on the
lawn in front of the executive offices
at the AnaCostia Naval Air Station
will be for invited guests, but the public
will be given free run Of the entire
station durin gthe race and for the
special attractions which have been
planned to precede the main event.
Outside Loop on Program.
The public for the first time will
have a chance to witness Lieut.. Afford
j. Williams, crack speed and stunt
pilot of the Navy who recently was
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross for his stunt flying. which has
given the Navy valuable aviation data,
do the outside" loop for which he
has become famous. Lieut.. Williams
has announced that he will not only
perform that difficult feat of flying.
but will make an outside turn around
the pylon in front of the air station,
which will mark the beginning and
end of the Curtiss Trophy race. This
outside turn is one of the most dlfh-
cult maneuvers in flying, and gives
the spectator the impression OF ~, a
plane flying backward. Lieut.. VIII
lians will take the air at about 2:3O
O'Clock. shortly before the race begins.
Capt o. F. Rogers. Marine Corps stunt
pilot. also will perform aerial acrobatlc
stunts.
Five enlisted men will make para
chute Jumps from the wings OF the big
Navy Ford transport plane before the
raca, landing as near the field as pos
sib,o.
The race will b2gin at 3 o'clock, when
the sloWest planes, the training shlpS'
will fly across the starting point in for
nation. At two-minute intervals there
after the four other groups, the torpedo
planes. the amphibians, observation and
fighting planes, will fly across the start
ing point in formation. Across the
starting point. the pilots will give the
gun" ia their ships and the race Will
be on.
Details to Be Broadcast.
Lieut.. c. r. Brown of the Bureau OF
Acronautics. Navy Department, Will
broadcast the details of the race 10 the
spectators. keeping them informed on
each of the five 20-mile laps rs to who
is leading. the average speed being MADE
in the various classes and other race
data.
The last two classes. the fighting and
observation planes. being considerably
faster than the other types, will pas
the training planes twice and the other
planes once. The amphlbian ana tor-
pedo planes will pass the training
planes once. This arrangement Is ex-
nected to give the spectators some in
teresting maneuvering at the nome
pylon turn. a..
Luke Christopher. chairman OF the,
contest committee of the National Aero
nautic Association, which is sponsoring
the race, will be the official referee ana
the Judges will be Porter Adams. former
president of the N. A. A; Mai. Clarence
Young of the Department OF commerce
AeronauticS Branch, and DR.. George
Lewis. director of the national ADVISORY
committee for aeronautlcS.
In addition TO the CurtiSS trophy. the
racers will compete for the Ingalls,
trophy. a cup TO be awarded the plot
of the plane which makes the pest
speed in its class; five gold wrist watches
given by the Hamilton Watch Co. to be
awarded by the National Aeronautic AS
ISOLATION. and prizes offered by airplane
manufacturers in each OF the flVe
classes of planes.
Other Prizes offered.
For the training plane class winner
prize has been offered by the Console
dated Aircraft Co., for the torpedo class
winner there is prize given by Glenn
l. Martin OF the Martin Aircraft Co., in
the amphibian class the pilots will COM
pete for the prize given by A. P. Looming
of the Looming Aircraft Co. Chance
Vought of the airplane firm bearing his
name has offered a prize for the win
ming observation plane pilot and Bur-
dette Wright of the Curt!ss Aircraft Co
a prize for the fighting ship class win
ner.
The fighting ships are generally
conceded to have the best chance of
winning the trophy, because they are
the fastest planes in active service in
the Navy. AS the trophy will be
awarded for speed alone. the five other
classes of planes are given little
chance to win. OF the fighting planes,
that to be piloted by Lieut. w. G.
Tomlinson, U. S. N, equipped with
the new engine cowling developed i'll
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics' Laboratory at Langley
Field, is favored to win the race.
This cowling is believed TO add con-
siderably to the speed of the plane.
Army pilots at Boiling Field, ad-
toining the Anacostia station, have
promised to keep out OF the air as
much as possible during the running
of the race to give the spectators a