Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
MODEL A|RPLANE
FL|ESFROM SIGHT
Craft Disappears in Clouds,
Half Mile High and Mile
From Starter.

With the crack Army and Navy pilots
az witnesses and the greater crafts
of the military services circling above,
nearly 100 of Americas future airmen
Wed for honors in the outdoor phase
of the second annual aircraft tourna-
ment being held at Boiling Field today
under the auspices of the District MODEL
Aircraft League.
The outstanding feature of the morn
ing contest was the lengthy flight OF
the entry of Everett Meek, l5-year-oitt
son of Capt. George Z. Meek. OF the
District Fire Department. EveretIs
trim craft sailed for nearly mile owe;
the Naval Air Station hangers nnaliy
disappearing into the clouds approx
mateiy one half mile high In the air
Aviation officials say that II no
change occurs in wind condition, the
model may stay up for hours.
Everett and several other modei plane
enthusiasts followed the plane 10 the
banks of the Potomac River on tne
Naval Air Station side and watched
1t until 1t disappeared over the nofth-
east section of the city.
The model craft was timed until the
official recorder no longer could see II
through powerful field glasses. Everett
was given 8 minutes and 20 seconds
duration, beating the former record OF
8 minutes and SO seconds.
His plane was entered IN the rise
off ground fusilage contest, the only
contest completed at noon today.
Herbert Dorsey was second in this
contest with time of 4 minutes and 40
seconds, while third place was given to
Ohio Williams.
Other Results.
Results in the remaining classes OF
this contest are:
Glass A-First place, Lloyd C. Fish
! minute ~ seconds; second place
Ernest Stout, / minute AZ seconds; third
place. william Street. 20 3-5 seconds.
Glass B-First place, William Won
Bernewitz, ! minute 50 l-S sec,
onds; second place. Clayton Fish, !
! minute 80 seconds; third place, Thomas
Robins, / minute.
Glass C-First place, Bernard Won
Bernitz, 16 seconds. In this class Ber-
nard was the only flyer to make sue
cessful flight. The others were caught
by the wind and either torn to pieces
or thrown to the ground to crash.
Six Contests Remain.
Glass D--First place, Fremont Davis
81 is seconds; second place, Lane
Willett. IL seconds; third place, Will
liam Pizzini, IL l-5 seconds.
Glass E-Only one flyer was able &c
launch his plane into the air for any
length of time. He was Richard Wash
ington, with the time of 8 3-5 seconds.
Glass Flames Law flew his plane ior
Z seconds in this class, while all other
MI fell n FnakR gllRrRGSfIl1
fights.
Six contests remain in this phase OF
the tournament. They are for sea
plane models, hand launched scientific
models for duration. hand launched toi
; speed over a 264-foot course, contests
for power other than rubber models
and a contest for heliocopter flights.
New Records Established.
Shortly after the helicopter model OF
Clayton Fish, 15-year- outstanding
model craft pilot known as the Little
! Flying Fish, settled to the ground yes
terday, establishing a new record for
that type Of plane, with Sc 3-5 sec
onds' duration, two other tiny ships
circled the miniature airdrome at Mac
faIland Junior High to set new records
The baby rise-off- ground model OF
Frank Salisbury sailed about the very
large electric globes. for 2 minutes and
80 Us seconds overlapping the former
record. held by Robert Towles, OF
minute and 80 seconds.
In the next contest for flying true
scale types Lloyd Fish few his plane
for / minute 10 3-5 seconds. besting
! Frank Salisbury's former record OF
minute and 9 seconds.
Results of Contests.
The complete results in all contests
yesterday follow:
Heliocopters: Aces-Otho Williams
Luther Schmidt, Robert Towles; class A
Joe Galliher, Frank Salisbury, Ernest
Stout; class b, Clayton Fish, Billie vor
Bernovitz. Tommy Robins; class G.
Bernard Won BernewitZ, Harry McGin.
mis-, Sam Walker: class D, James Muir
ray Roland Pinger, Blair Bennett: class
e. Charles Kicker. Richard Washington
Bayard Underwood: class F, Walter
Podrog. Forester Wilkinson, William
Fletcher.
Hand-launched scientific: Aces
Everett MeekS Herbert Dorsey. Luther
Schmidt: class A. Joe Galliher. Frank
Salisbury, Robert Swope; class B, Clay
ton Fish. Tommy Robins. Oliver Lari.
son; class c. Harry McGinnis, Bernard
Won Bernewitz. Pelham Walton; class D
w IllldIu lAAlAll OOA"NAA' ct'AA'Ne
Murray; class e. Bayard Underwood
Robert Coale, Douglas Saunders; class
F, Walter Podrog, Lee Brown. Billy
Fletcher.
Baby r. o F.: Aces-John Sullivan
Ohio williams, Robert Towles: class A
Frank Salisbury. Lloyd Fish. Joe CALI
her; class B. Tommy Robins, Clayton
| Fish, Billie Won Bernewitz; class G, Ber-
nard Won Bernewitz. Sam Walker, Cur
den Whitaker; class D. James Murray
Foster Wilkinson. Fremont Davis; class
E, Robert Coalc, Douglas Saunders
! Richard Washington: class F, Lee
Brown, Walter Podrog. William Kennon
Flying true scale: Aces-Herbert
Dorsey. John Sullivan, Douglas Bruce;
class A, Lloyd Fish. Frank Salisbury
Robert Swope; class B, Tommy Robins
oliver Larson; class C, Sam Walker,
| Burden Whitaker, Harry McGlnnS
class D, Monroe Brandenburg, William
Pizzini, Foster Wilkinson; class F, wal
ter Podrog.