Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
CLEVELAND OPENS
AIR RACES TODAY
Planes and Flyers Galore in
wade City on Eve Of
Aviation Classic.
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tween were more peculiar forms of We
hicle than one would believe possible
i Lady Godiva, in a white bathing suit,
peered around apprehensively for peep
| ing Toms and found thousands of them,
perched on the curbs, window lodges,
cornices and roofs. Heap big InjunS
stalked paleface cowboys and q couple
! Of divisions back the cavalry could be
seen coming to the rescue-buckety,
buckety.
There may not have beer much dis
| tinguishable pattern to the parade, but
| 1t was big, noisy and colorful and quite
good fun to the thousands upon thou
sands of natives and visitors who stood
| for several hours in q hot sun or show
cred the paraders with torn telephone
directories from ONCE buildings in the
| approved New York style.
Plane Exposition Is Feature.
The parade broke up at the big Mu-
nicipal Auditorium, where $4,000, 900
aeronautical exposition-flgures by the
same corps of estimaters-is being held.
Tonight there were fireworks and n
by illuminated airplanes.
A musical pageant based upon aero
nautical themes was given on the
esplanade adjoining the city hall
Tomorrow afternoon the air races
proper will begin at the airport. Fol-
lowing the opening ceremonies a fleet
of commercial planes will leave for
Lima, Ohio, on the first lap of another
Ohio derby. There will be race over
a 40-mile course for planes powered
with wartime OX5 motors. Formation
flying and combat maneuvers will be
demonstrated by squadron Of six
Marine Corps pursuit planes, a Navy
pursuit squadron, squadron OF nine
Army bombardment planes and .
squadron of 10 Army attack planes.
National Guard planes from various
parts Of the country will meet in TO-
mile race and there will be acrobatics
by civilian and military pilots, including
demonstrations Of balloon busting"
A race is scheduled Tor multi motored
planes of the transport class.
For the first time in the history OF
the races there will be events for
gliders, or motorless airplanes. Gliders
will be launched by towing behind auto
Pilots Of motor driven planes then will
emulate the glider people by shutting
of their motors at 1000 feet and land
ing to O mark on the field.
Bllmps to Fly in Formation.
Another event unique to the races will
be formation flying by the dirigibles
which circled over the parade route to-
day. There is to be a civilian para
chute jumping contest, the object being
to land in a circle in the center Of the
field. In addition TO these scheduled
events 1t is possible that one or more
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Los Angeles to Cleveland may arrive.
Woman pilots now flying IN the pow
der puff" derby from Santa Monica,
Calf. are to arrive here Monday.
Visitors to Cleveland are to see the
new Navy all-metal dirigible. completed
last week at Detroit, and dubbed the
flying tomato can" This pioneer in
the metal blimp field may arrive here
tomorrow. The giant Navy dirigible
Los Angeles also is coming and it is ex-
pected that the Navy will attempt to
attachment Of plane from the ai-shlp
in flight.
Cleveland has been working nearly
year getting ready for this outburst Of
aeronautical patriotism. The great
municipal auditorium, which bulged
with glory and nominating Republicans
last Fall, today is diStended with more
different sizes and shapes of airplanes
than you could picture In a nightmare
resulting from the over-consumption of
eagle eggs and partridge wings.
Little sport planes, big transport
planes, little airplane motors which purr
like contented Tables and big airplane
motors which roar like the justly famed
bull of Bashan, aviation cadets Of every
description. hoarse-throated announcers,
who describe the virtues of their aero
nautical wares, and legions Of specta-
tors who know their airplanes and try
to trip up the announcers with trick
questions, occupy every inch of space.
After wedging through the crowds until
bear the imprint Of coat buttons up
and down my back. think could tell
any sardine something about the way
it had ought to climb into q can.
Meetings Galore Are Held.
The streets wear gala day aspect.
Bunting flutters everywhere and there
shiny vanished, collapsible chairs. This
is not to be merely a flying circus.
There are to be paradeS. fireworks, gar
den parties and other kinds of parties
and aeronautical conventions galore
Almost every hotel and meeting hall
boasts some sort of aviation convention,
conference or plain gab-fest. The
National Aeronautic Association Is hold
ing its annual meeting, with IL dele
gates and eight alternates representing
the aeronautical elite Of the National
Capital present. The National Aero
nautical Chamber Of Commerce Is pro.
noting q number Of meetings under
the auspices Of its various sections, and
the aeronautical section Of the Society
of Automotive Engineers is to hold
forth with speech and anecdote.
A glance anywhere in Cleveland Is
suficient to convince the visitor that
people out here do more than just talk
about flying. All sorts Of trick auto.
mobiles, designed to exhibit an
aeronautical flavor, participate in splen-
did trafiic jams here and there. One
car. operated by firm specializing In
the repairing Of airplane tires, resembled
an airplane fuselage on a four-point
landing gear, instead of three. Over
the drivers head was the center section
OF the upper wing, lowering his visible
1ty and rendering him susceptible to
nudging by trucks and other rude
vehicles.
The local newspapers devote pages to
the races. There are columns Of adver.
tiSementS Of rooms for visitors in private
homes and the front pages are adorned
with boxes appealing to the citizens to
open their homes to 5000 more visitors.
Automobiles bearing license plates from
nearly every State in the Union are
seen around town.
Merely. getting into Cleveland is a
feat in itself. Our train limped de-
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