Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01

With the second annual District OF
Columbia model aircraft tournament
taking place this week on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday and the third
national playground miniature aircraft
tournament scheduled for october ID
and 10. in Louisville, KY, the 200 or
more model plane enthusiasts in and
around the Capital are standing on tip
toe, reaGy for the contests that may
perhaps find several national cham
pions among their number.
The national tournament is conducted
by the Playground and Recreation ASso-
citation of America, and officially sane
toned by the National Aeronautic As
ISOLATION of the United States. On the
national committee sponsoring this
tournament are worldwide heroes in
aviation, headed by Orville Wright,
Col Charles A. Lindbergh. Comdr. Rich
ard E. Byrd, U. S. NJ. Amelia Earhart,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt and other dis
tinguished men.
Events Are Listed.
For this national tournament there
will be seven events, three indoors and
four outdoors, for each class. There
will be only two classes, junior and
senior, in the national tournament, jun
iorS being those who have not yet at
tanned the sixteenth birthday on Sep
TENDER 80, 1929, and seniors being those
who are past the sixteenth birthday
and who have not yet attained the
twenty-f1rst birthday September 80. In
door events in the national tournament
include hand-launched planes, fuSelage
models rising off ground, and planes
rising off water. outdoor events include
hand-launched models. fuselage models
rising off ground, planes rising OIL
water and any motive power other than
rubber.
Following the completion here this
week of the local tournament, names OF
winners will be sent at once to the ma
tional committee with their local rec
ordS, and announcement OF those de-
clared eligible to compete in the ma
tional finals in Louisville will be made
by the national committee before Sep
TENDER 18. The national committee
will select from the Nationwide records
sent in, the five best records in each
class CulIior and Senior) and compe-
tition Indoor and outdoor. All those
who qualify to fly at Louisville Will re-
ceive contestant medals" and winners
of the first, second and third places,
respectively, in each event will receive
gold, silver and bronze medals.
Cups to Be Awarded.
In the national competition for all
round championship" a handsome cup
will be awarded to each of the three
juniors and three seniors scoring the
highest number of points in all events,
both indoor and outdoor.
Every model plane builder, whether he
expects to compete in the national
tournament or not, is urged to carefully
note the following requirements for the
District of Columbia tournament. In
planes for indoor events the distance
from the inner face of the propeller to
the opposite hook connection to be IS
to 20 inches, and the greatest overall
dimension to be no greater than 80
inches. In planes entered in outdoor
events, except in those with power other
than rubber, the distance from the in
ner face of the propeller to the opposite
hook connection to be not under 20
nor over SO inches, and the greatest
overall dimension to be no greater than
AZ inches.
The local tournament will include 16
events in all, 10 indoor and outdoor,
for every class. Indoor events will take
place Tuesday, September 3, and Friday,
September 6, at $50 am, at Macfar-
land Community Center. Outdoor
events will take place Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 4, at $50 am, at Boiling Field.
Splendid records have been made by
Washington's model aircraft builders
to date and these records will undoubt-
edly be surpassed at the tournament.