Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
AVIATION
MIGHTY spectacle Of q
Y country gone into the air
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

A MIGHTY spectacle Of q
" country gone into the air
~ in a big way. to the accom-
4 a paniment Of the gay color
that attends a great gathering,
the excitement automatically pro-
duced, even in this new flying age,
be scores Of planes, big and small,
droning overhead, gay bunting
strewn about-these and other
things akin will , be Cleveland
during the 10 days of the National
Air Races at the Midwest metrop-
oils August "a to September 2.
For Cleveland Is preparing a
spectacular reception, and for spec
tacular amusement of the throngS
of hundreds Of thousands eX-
pected to attend the races. The
city will dress up, the carnival
spirit will reign, and there will
be gayety as the foremost ex-
ponentS Of the art OF flying gather
to vie with each other and to
prove the respective merits Of men
and flying machines.
$4,000 for Decorations.
Race headquarters has placed
into the hands of a committee
the special task of spending in
the neighborhood of $4,000 for
the profuse hanging of air race
and air exposition bunting about
the downtown section Of the city.
These decorators already are
working along scheduled lines to
produce a unity of effect which is
expected to leave a lasting i'm
preston upon the visitor Of the
1929 air races at Cleveland. With
characteristic Midwest energy the
city has gone into this air race
host business heavily, and the
visitor will find much besides n.y.
ing and flying machines to absorb
his attention.
Railroads all over the country
are anticipating heavy now OF
traffic to the air race city.
Pre-race preparations call for
heavy details Of police and Ma
tional Guardsmen to handle the
automobile traff1c which is ex-
pected to tax to the limit the city's
facilities. Cleveland officials be-
1ieve they can eliminate most of
the problems of traff1c by getting
to work on them early and IRON
ing them out. Roads leading to
the airport are being widened to
expedite the transit Of visitors and
extra traffic men will handle the
flow between the exposition and
the race sides Of the landing field.
Water Supply Is Arranged.
No detail is being overlooked.
The water supply needs have been
attended to by the installation OF
an extra 5000 feet of three-inch
piping in the vicinity Of the air
port. More than a mile OF light
and power lines have been laid
underground in the airport area
and 81 pair Of telephone cables
already are in place, underground.
The work on the 20 extra build
ingS housing the various race &C
tivities is progressing rapidly and
the grandStand is going up at
record speed. More than 200 Ma
tional GuardSmen will be en-
camped on the landing field dur
ing the races.
No stone is being left unturned
to care for what Is believed will
be a record attendance at an
aviation event.
The old figures. often quoted
back in pre-war and war times
that for every plane in the air
there were anywhere from 20 to
40 men on the ground to take
care of it are not the rule the
present day, but the old rule still
holds good, probably more so
nowadays, that a great amount of
money and time must be spent on
the ground to get a ship into the
air.
With the better machines that