Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
elders EXHIBIT
TO FEATURE SHOW
Special Tests in Program of
Air Races at Cleveland
Exposition.

CLEVELAND, Ohio July 6-Assur-
ance of national gliders' exhibition as
a special feature at the Cleveland air
races. the receipt of a dozen new
contracts for space at the aeronautical
exposition and the naming of the model
who will pose as the Symbol of Flight"
in the new aerial trophy, are among the
principal developments reported this
week by officials of the 1929 national
air races and aeronautical exposition to
be held in Cleveland from August "a to
September 2.
Announcement that the second
national glider conference and race
program will be held during the Cleve-
land meet was made by Donald F..
Walker of Detroit, manager of the
National Glider Association, following a
conference with Cliff w. Henderson,
managing director of the 1929 national
air races and aeronautical exposition.
The program mapped out by these
officials calls for eight different glider
events on the race schedule and adj
dresses during the conference by men
and women celebrated for their gliding
achievements. At the same time E. S.
Evans, Detroit, N. G. A. president, made
known that the association has out
lined a three years program with the
objective of organizing glider clubs IN
cities throughout the country and bring
the membership of the national
association up to the one million mark.
NotabIes Listed as Participants.
Notables who will participate in the
conference and race program include
Mr.. Evans, Anthony H. G.. Fokke:,
builder of the first two-place glider: DR..
Wolfgang Klemperer, Germany's pioneer
glider and holder of elders license No.
l in Germany; Amelia Earhart. first
American woman to fly a glider; M.
S. Stoughton of the University of
Michigan, who is N. G. A. pilot to No. ! i,
and Franz Gross, who built the Darn
stadt soarer which made world record
of AZ miles in the Rhine Valley. Gross.
now living at Akron, Ohio, is building
a duplicate of the Darmstadt, which is to
figure in future gliding contests in
this country
Interest in gliders is spreading rapidly
throughout the Nation. according to Mr..
Evans, who holds that this arm of
aviation affords the most feasible
method Of training prospective flyers up
to point where they will buy powered
airplane equipment.
New contractors who obtained their
reservations last week for displays at
total number of contracts up to 140,
and included makers of planes, aero
nautical instruments. accessories. air
mail operators, and flying schools. The
space already taken represents con-
Siderably more than three-quarters of
the 100000 square feet reserved for the
show in Cleveland's S10,000,000 Public
Auditorium and annex.
"SymboI of Flight" Chosen.
The model chosen to represent the
Symbol of Flight" in the main figure
of the new aerial trophy is Miss Lorita
M. Bollinger. Cleveland society girl and
aviation enthusiast. Miss Bollinger is
taking flying instruction and as soon as
she has qualified for pilots license she
intends to own and fly her own plane.
The trophy for which she will pose was
donated by the Cleveland Pneumatic
the womens Glover Field-to- Cleveland
Classic" officially known as the Santa
Monica-Cleveland derby.
Cleveland's 100000 municipal air.
port program, designed to give the city
a 1,000-acre landing field, unsurpassed
anywhere in the country, is already
substantially under way, according to
Mr.. Henderson.
Approximately one-third of this APP
preparation has already been expended on
1eveling, grading, surfacing and drain
age of the landing field. The air race
contraction program also is in full
swing. It will mean an additional out
lay of $4,000. or total of $450.000 to
be spent on the airport project as a
whole.
Plan for 10000 Spectators.
The grandstand to accommodate go
900 spectators is now being built and
will cover more than a quarter of a mile
from end to end. Facilities for expansion
at both ends of the structure will be
provided to meet the emergency of I'M
precedented crowds at the races. The
air race construction program also calls
for central race administration build
ing, contest technical station, head
quarters buildings for Army, Navy and
National Guard units and Red Cross
stations.