Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-13
a ARMY PLANES
VISIT WASHINGTON
Ships En- Route to Dayton for
Air Maneuvers Land for
RefueIing.

Forty-one Army Air Corps planes of
all types passed through Washington
yesterday en- route to Wright Field
Dayton. Ohio, to take part in the an
nual Spring maneuvers which will con-
tinue all this week and next week. The
flights through this city we're part OF
one of the greatest peacetime concen-
trations of fighting planes the country
ever has seen.
Oficers of the Air Corps on duty In
the War Department are leaving Boiling
Field today for Dayton. where the con-
centration Of planes Is to be completed
Wednesday. More than. 200 Army air.
planes of all types now in active use
will be organized on a wartime basis
by dark Wednesday. The air forces will
be divided into two hostile" armies,
the Reds" establishing their base at
Dayton and the Blues" at Columbus,
Ohio. Tomorrow and Wednesday will
be occupied in the organization of the
forces and the preliminary scouting.
"War" Starts Thursday.
Military operations are to begin at
1901 am. Thursday, when the COM
manders of both forces will be notified
that war" has been declared.
Brig Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois. as
sistant chief Of the Army Air Corps,
who will be In command of the COM
bined air forces, left Boiling Field this
morning in an Army OIL observation
plane, piloted by Capt. Frank O'D.
Hunter. Maj. Ira Longanecker, chief
OF the Air Corps information section,
also was to leave today in an 02-H OBJ
servation plane, piloted by Lieut.. Arthur
I. Ennis. Capt. Harold McClelland of
the Office of the chief of Air Corps.
left in P-1 pursuit plane for DAYTON.
The II planes that passed through
Washington yesterday landed for fuel
at Boiling Field. In addition, two
transport planes, one of them the Cues
ton Mark, which holds the worlds en-
durance record for aircraft, passed over
tnsi city without stopping on the way
from Langley Field, Hampton, Va, to
Dayton, where they were reported to
have landed yesterday evening.
Is BOmbers in Unit.
The largest single unit was a fight
OF Is big twln-motored bombing planes,
flying in three formations of five planes
each. The flight, in command Of Mai
Hugh Knerr, was composed of eight
new LB-7 types with air-cooled engines
and seven LESS with water cooled mo-
tors. After refueling, the flight took
on for the West, spending the night at
Burgess Field. Uniontown, Pa, after
encountering heavy rain over the noun
tains.
A formation Of six attack planes from
Langley Field accompanied the bombers,
also spending the night at Burgess
Field. Eight Oil observation planes
from Langley Field stopped here on the
way to Burgess Field, one of the eight
being forced back to this city by motor
trouble. A C-lC Douglass transport
plane with five enlisted men as pas
sengers stopped here and was forced to
spend the night at Boiling Field while
repairs were made to the tail skid,
which was cracked in landing on a soft
spot in the field.
Two other transport planes, the
Question Mark and a second Douglass,
passed over the city without stopping.
A formation of seven P-1 attack
planes from the Air Corps Tactical
School, Langley Field, after refueling
here, few on through to Dayton yester-
day afternoon.