Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04
FLYERS PARADE
FOLLOWS SPEECH
Commercial Ships Held at
Boiling by Soggy Condi-
ton of Field.

air parade and review following the in
auguration of President Hoover.
The Army planned to put As planes,
including bombing, observation, pursuit
and Photographic craft. In the air. All
but IL were flying here from nearby
fields to participate In the parade and
return to their home stations without
landing here.
Reports at Boiling Field, headquar-
tiers Of the aerial events of the day,
were that two Army and two Navy
non-rigid dirigibles left Langley Field
for Washington at 10 o'clock. The air
planes made their temporary bases at
logan Field, Baltimore. and the Marine
Corps Field at Quantico. Va.
Twelve Planes From Boiling.
Boiling Field was prepared to put
four formations of three planes each
in the air. Word was received from
Langley Field that formation OF flve
oil observation planes had left for
Quantico at $50 am. to await orders
for the rendezvous prior to the parade
and that five LIB twin-motored bombers
left five minutes later for Logan Field,
Baltimore.
Three formations of three observa-
ton planes each took off from Mitchell
Field. N. Y, at o'clock for Logan
Field, All the ships at Logan Field
were to receive instructions by telephone
to take of for Washington in time TO
Join In the parade.
All the Army planes were ordered 10
rendezvous in the vicinity OF Alexandra,
Va, so minutes after President Hoover
concludes his inaugural address. There
they were to be Joined by the Navy
and Army dirigibles and ny IN column
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avenue to the vicinity of Key Bridge,
where formations we're to break up
and the ships return to their home sta
tons. ,,
The formations from Boiling Field,
composed entirely of observation planes,
was to be led by Brig. Gen. Benjamin
D, Foulois In a plane piloted by MAJ.
Carl Spatz, commander of the Question
Mark on It's world record endurance
fight. In the formation with the gen.
eral were assigned two ships piloted by
Lieut.. Guy Kirksey and Lieut.. John D.
Corkille, the latter carrying Capt. Albert
W. Stevens, craft aerial photographers,
Vho will make the official aerial pic
uzres OF the Inauguration.
filcts In the other formations were
assigned as follows:
Cant. willis Fl. Hale, Capt Thomas
". Hastey and Capt. Charles T. Phillips.
Can't. F. Cd Hunter, Capt. Ross @.
Hoyt and Lieut.. John M. Robinson.
Capt. Floyd e. Galloway, Lieut..
Charles w. Sullivan and Lieut.. Charles
p. Prime.
Radio Plane Active Early.
The tri-motored Fokker radio plane
from Wright Field flew. over the city
for about an hour and half this morn
ing to serve as o base for a running
radio account Of the pre-inaugural cere-
monies rehroadcastf over the National
Broadcasting Co. system.
The Navy was to be represented IN
the air parade by group Of nine O-2-U
observation planes. led by Lieut.. Comdr:
De Witt G. Watson, commandant OF
the Anacostia Naval Air Station.
They were in three groups, plotted
by the following officers:
Group one-Lieut. Comdr. D. G.
Watson, In charge of the group; Lieut..
e. w. Itch and Lieut.. A. Soucek.
GROUP two--Lieut. S. w. Galloway, in
charge: Lieut.. w. G. Tomlinson and
Lieut.. H. r. MacComsey.
Group three-Lieut. Comdr. g. F.
Chapline, in charge; Lieut.. j. j. Clark
and Lieut.. R. H. Harrell.
A fourth group Of planes might later
take OF, it was thought.
Planes Remain on Ground.
Because of the dangerously soft con-
dition of Boiling Field today, pilots OF
commercial planes which had gathered
to take part In two aerial parades today
decided to call of their flying and LETT
their ships on the ground. Practically
all Of the pilots left the field immedi-
ately to witness the inaugural parade
from the ground.
The commercial pilots met IN the
operations Office at the field at O'Clock
and notified Capt. Burdette S. Wright,
chairman of the committee In charge
of the commercial parade, of their In
tention not to fly. About eight of the
commercial planes, including two big
tri-motored transport ships, will remain
at Boiling Field for the public exnioi-
ton tomorrow.
Flyers From Mexico City.
Yesterday was one of the busiest days
Boiling Field has known in several
years. Hundreds of automobiles visited
the field during the day, creating q
trafic Jam which required score of
military police and traffic policemen at
points In Anacostia and on the field.
While there was not a great deal OF
flying, and that confin ID chiefly to the
arrival of commercial planes, the crowds
were treated to several thrills, the
greatest being the arrival of Joaquin
Gonzalez Pacheco and Clifford f..
McMillin from Mexico City. They
were accompanied by Maj. Howard Q.
Davidson, commandant of Boiling Field,
who flew to meet them at Crewe. Va.
40 miles south of Richmond, carrying
n new metal propeller to replace one
which they damaged in landing on the
muddy emergency landing field there
early yesterday morning.
Capt. Albert w. Stevens. crack Army
aerial photographer, went up for a
short flight in a special Photographic
plane from his home station, Wright
Field. DAYTON, Ohio, with Lieut.. John
D. Corkille as pilot, to take pre-inau-
gural photographs of the Capitol as
test of the Photographic equipment ne
used last night in making fiashlight
photographs of inaugural scenes.
A big Fokker CO radio test labatory
from Wright Field, which arrived Sat
urday. also went up for a half-hour
trial fight to test broadcasting equip
nent during the afternoon AS it TAXED
over the muddy and puddle-strewn
field. it shot columns of mud and water
10 or IS feet into the air, the blast OF
the propellers whipping the fountains
into cloud-like mist.
Planes Arrive.
By midafternoon more than hall
St>zen commercial airplanes were on the
:farking spaces reserved for them al
We north end of the field. A CONNER.
n cial plane operations Office had beer
established there in Army tents, anc
commercial Oil and gasoline trucks were
on hand to service the visiting ships.
Among the commercial planes check
ed in at the field during the last two
days were the following:
"City of Columbus" Ford tri-motoree
transport plane owned by Transcon
tinental Air Transport and used as &
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