The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-31
AVIATION HONOR
PAID TO EDISON
AT CLEVELAND
Day Set Aside for Wizard at
Air Races; Stunts
Amaze Crowd.
BY MERTON T. AKERS
United Press staff Correspondent

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLEVF-
LAND, Aug. 31.-The man who put
! electricity to work and made the
/ lighted air roads Of the nation pos
/ sible was honored today at the ma
tional air races.
1t was Edison day. but the wiz
ard of Menlo park was unable to
be present to receive the honor con-
ferred on him by the infant indus
try for the research that contrib
uted a part in mans effort to con-
quer the air.
Two OF Edison's cronies, however,
came to take his place. They were
Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone,
two of the trio which have become
famous in press and picture.
With Ford and Firestone added to
the already long list of celebrities
here. the air races continued to be
the focusing point of the nations
air interest.
Many Celebrities There
Every other person at this mile
square airport twelve miles south
west of the city is a celebrity.
Trans Atlantic flierS rub elbows
with pilots fresh from flying schools.
Veterans who risked their neck in
f1irnsy crates" of baling wire and
banbo in the "pusher" type days
lend sympathetic ear to the
troubles of youngsters who are hav-
ing trouble with the 1929 sleek
sport model planes.
Aviation-past, present and flu
ture-is the sole topic. And the dis
cussions. sometimes going into
technicalities, are not confined to
pilots and aviation company Off
Gals. John Public and his wife,
fortified with knowledge cleaned
from original research at the ex-
position and at the field, speak
fuently of rudders, propellers,
slotted wings, types Of motors and
ability of various pilots as they land
their ships.
Machine age youngsters recognize
the make and type of an airplane
just as those of another age could
spot their favorite brand of auto
mobile a block away.
Stunts Are Amazing
Before such a crowd the racers,
elders and stunters daily demon
strate their proWesS
The air-minded spectators, their
nerves still a bit on edge from read
ing of Lady Mary Heath's accident,
became even more junpy when new
acrobatic thrills we're dished out in
liberal measure and a near accident,
in which Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh
figured. occurred in the center of
the field.
Mrs. Lindbergh was coming from
Detroit to visit her famous son and
his new wife when plane almost
cOlIided with the tri-motOred ship
in which Mrs. Lindbergh was riding.
Recklessly, Howard Mays, the pilot,
swung his light ship over and avert
ed a crash,
Just a few minutes before it had
been announced over the radio that
additional precautions would be ia
ken to guard against accidents.
Shortly afterward, Charles (Speed)
Holman took another tri-motored
plane into the air and stunted with
it as if it were a pursuit ship.
Below, w. B. Stout, owner and
designer of the three-ton metal ship,
looked on amazed at the f1eXibility
of his passenger carrier.
Owner Is Astounded
"That boy is making a pursuit
plane out of it." he remarked when
he was able to speak.
Three races concluded the pro-
gram for the day, one by army
pilots, another by the navy and a
third by commercial aviators.
Results of the 10G-mile race be-
tween fifteen navy pursuit planes
follow:
Lieutenant M. E. Arnolds won
first place with an average speed
of 1878: Ensign G. G. Ironmonger,
second, 1868; Lieutenant F. G. SUIT
ton. third, 1865; G. K. Landlord,
1868, fourth.
Landlord is the navy f1ier who
crashed at Lorain and broke his
jaw and two ribs. He sat at the
controls of his ship tightly bandaged
as he raced over the 100-mile
course to fourth place.
Clarence Chamberlin, flying a
monoplane of his own design, won
first place today in the semi-f1nals
of the race for ships 275-510 cubic
inches of piston displacement with
a naverage speed of 114.8 miles ma
hour. r. w. Brown of New York
City, flying Curtiss OX-5, won
second place with 112 average.
Chamberlin will race Verne Rob-
erts, Moline, Ill, today in the finals.
Official winners Of the army
eighty-mile race for the Mason M.
Patrick trophy:
First, Lieutenant Ivan M. Palmer,
average speed 1920.
Second, Lieutenant George F.
Kinzie. average speed 1894
Third, Lieutenant Francis M.
ziegler, average speed 1864.
Church to Elect Delegate
The council of the First Moravian
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