Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03
AIRCRAFT PARADE
PLANS INDEFINITE
Weather flinders Arrange.
ments for Aerial Show
During Inaugural.


expected changes in weather during the
past few days and the uncertainty as
to what the next day or two will bring
Army officers were unable last night to
say definitely how many aircraft NAV
be expected to take part in tomorrow's
aerial parades or to say with any GER
talnty that the parades would be held
at ALL
Instead of the scores of commercial
and military planes which had been ex-
pected at Boiling Field only four ar
rlved-three on Friday afternoon and
one late yesterday. Yesterdays flying
CIRQUE. which was to have been held
from to 8 o'clock. was called off be-
cause OF persistent rain and snow. A
few minutes after the hour set for the
demonstration the clouds rolled away
and the sun came out, accompanied by
strong winds.
Owing to the dangerously soft con-
dltlon OF Boiling Field, marshy as a re-
suit OF two weeks of intermittent rain
and snow, with only a few hours of
drying weather between. all planes were
kept on the ground during the re-
mainder Of the day. The soggy state
OF the field is expected to make flying
| tomorrow unpleasant and even danger
Gus. but, unless it actually Is raining or
foggy at parade time tomorrow. as many
planes as are available will take the air
to pass in review before the new Presi-
dent, 1t was indicated last night.
Navy TO Send Dirigibles.
Ten Army planes from Mitchell Field,
N. Y: and 19 from Langley Field, Va,
have been ordered here to take part in
the maneuvers. Owing to the condition
OF Boiling Field. they have been in
structed not to land in this city. The
New York formations will base at Logan
Field. Baltimore, and the Virginia
oombers and observation planes at
Quantico. Va. They will assemble over
Boiling Field at time to be determined
by the progress Of events tomorrow
morning
The Navy is expected to send the huge
| dirigibie Los Angeles and two smaller
dirigibles here and the Army will have
two dirigibles from Langley Field flying
over the city tomorrow unless weather
conditions are prohibitive. The lighter
than-air craft will be used for photo
graphic purposes and as radio broad
casting stations.
Capt Albert w. Stevens. crack Army
Air Corps photographer, who few here
Friday afternoon from Dayton, Ohio,
in a special Photographic plane. piloted
by Lieut.. John w. Corkille, Is to make
an official Photographic record of the
inaugural ceremonies from the air.
Night Pictures to Be Made.
These officers are to fly over the city
from Boiling Field at 6:45 o'clock to-
night to make a series of flaShlight
photographs. Newly developed para
chute f1ashlight bombs will be used.
each carrying a charge of 25 pounds of
powder and developing flash totaling
many millions of candlepower. Pictures
will be taken of the Capitol, Pennsyl-
vania avenue and the White House
These pictures will be dropped by para
chute to officers waiting at the Ellpse
and will be sent BY telephoto to cities
in various parts of the country for
publication in tomorrow mornings
newspapers
Capt. Stevens and Lieut.. Corkille also
are to fly several times tomorrow on
Photographic missions. Their films will
be developed in the air and dropped
by parachute in the vicinity of the
Munitions Building. where prints will
be made for immediate newspaper dis
tribution.
Motion picture and novietone records
OF tonorrow's events are to be made
| from the air by cameramen aboard one
Of the Army dirigibles and a tri-mo-
tored Army transport plane. A radio
announcer Is to be aboard the other
Army dirigible to broadcast a running
account Of his impressions on the scenes
below. His description will be rehroad.
cast over the National Broadcastins
Co.'S system Of stations.
Pilots to Meet at Boiling Field.
Pilots of whatever commercial plane.
are on hand Monday morning are Il
meet at $50 am. tomorrow in the Boil
ling Field gymnasium to receive instruc.
tons regarding their positions in pa.
rades of commercial planes to be helc
at GAS am. and 2:30 pm. tomorrow
A military aerial parade is to be helt
between IL and pm. All three pa
rades are to start from 1000 feet owe
the Capitol and to move over Pennsyl
vania avenue to Lafayette Square ant
then back to Boiling Field.
No flying except the arrival of plane.
from out of the city will be permitted
over the District today, regardless o.
weather conditions.
Tuesday there will be an exhibition
Of whatever commercial planes are or
hand and various types of military
planes at Boiling Field. which will bt
open to the public all day. From IL tc
1880 pm. the pilots of commercial
planes will be permitted to take pas.
sengers by personal invitation on flights
over the city. but no charge may be
made for such flights An Army ano
Navy flying demonstration is to be hello
from to 3 pm, bringing the aerial
events to an official close.