Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-08
28 Planes Are Entered In
Races to Be Staged Here
on May "a.
FIVE SEPARATE EVENTS
FORM ANNUAL CLASSIC
Special Stunts Are Arranged to
Make Occasion Outstanding Aero
nautical Affair of Year.

Many of the most famous pilots In
the United States Navy are to be at
the controls Of the % planes which
will roar over a 10O-mile speed course
here on Saturday afternoon, May "a, In
competition for the Curtiss Marine
Trophy, an announcement of the entry
list revealed today.
The race is to be the most hotly
contested in the Is years history of
the annual seaplane classic. Five sep
arate races for the various service types
of Navy planes will be held, with prizes
for each class, the Curtiss trophy going
to the fastest plane of all types.
Keenest interest is conferred in the
fighting plane class, as one of these
speedy little ships is regarded as almost
certain to win the Curtiss trophy
Seven fighters, all CurtisSes, have been
entered and the pilots will represent the
various squadrons of the Battle Fleet
the Marine Corps, the Anacostia Naval
Air Station and the Navy Bureau of
Aeronautics.
The pilots and their stations are as
follows: Lieut.. A. p Storrs, Anacostia
Naval Air Station; Lieut.. w. M. Dillon.
Bureau Of Aeronautics; Capt. Arthur
H. Page, U. S. M. c.; Lieut.. A. p.
Flagg. Battle Fleet; Lieut.. w. G.. Tom
linson, Battle Fleet; Lieut.. q. g. w.
d. Leach, jr., Battle Fleet, and Aviation
Machlnists Mate B. w. Orrell, Battle
Fleet.
"Sea Hawk" Is Entered.
Lieut.. Storrs, known throughout the
service as Putt" Storrs, Is one of the
famous Navy Sea Hawks" Capt. Page
is one OF the most noted Marine Corps
pilots and Is one of the best blind
flyers in the country He is to leave
the National Capital within few DAYS
to fly Marine Corps tri-motored Ford
to Nicaragua, but will return In time
for the races. Lieut.. Flagg was former
chief OF the design section of the Navy
Bureau OF Aeronaut!cs. Li:ut. Tomlin-
son, formerly stationed at Anacostia,
was the winner of last years Curtiss
Marine Trophy races and will be de-
fender OF the trophy this year.
Five two-place observation planes, all
OIL the type known as the Vought Cor
Sair," are to be entered These are
usually outclassed only by the fighters
in point Of speed and it Is not impos-
sible that one of them may win the
trophy. The pilots will b, Lieut. j. B.
Lynch, Bureau of Acronautics: Lieut..
D. Keifer, battle fleet; Lieut.. j. e.
Dyers, battle fleet; Lieut. M. II. Ker-
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Champion, scouting fleet.
Lieut.. Dyer was winner of the Schif
Trophy in 1919. Lieut.. Champion, for
merly stationed here, was former holder
OF the worlds altitude record, estab-
ltshed at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta
ton. He narrowly escaped with his
life when the engine of his altitude
plane exploded six miles above the
earth in another attempt and the plane
caught fire. Sideslipplng repeatedly to
blow out the flames, he finally landed
unhurt IN a corn field.
Bombing Planes to Compete.
Five torpedo and bombing planes will
be entered, with the following pilots:
Lieut.. E. r. DeLong, battle feet; Lieut..
J. E. Beck, battle fleet; Lieut.. j. F.
Bolger, scouting fleet: Lieut.. H. w.
Taylor. ir., scouting fleet, and Lieut..
M. I. Seligman, Bureau of Aeronautics.
The amphibian plane class also has
flve planes entered, all of the Looming
OL-8 type, with the following pilots:
Ensign w. E. Burdick, battle fleet; Lieut..
c. C. Haeberle, battle fleet; Lieut.. T. D.
Quinn, Hampton Roads Naval Air Sta
ton; Lieut.. (Junior Grade) j. L. Kane,
United States Naval Academy, and
Lieut.. D. Ketcham, scouting feet.
Four training planes have been en-
tered and will be piloted by Lieut..
Condr. o. B. Harrison, Navy Bureau of
Aeronautics; Lieut.. G. e. Short, Hamp-
ton Roads; Lieut. B. B. Nichol, Hamp-
ton Roads, and First Lieut.. w. G.
Manly, United States Marine Corps,
Hampton Roads.
The race will be over five laps of 90
mile course, starting and ending at the
Anacostia Naval Air Station. In addi-
ton to the races the Navy has arranged
a number of special events which will
make the races one of the outstanding
aeronautical events of the year. These
events will include review by approx
mately $50 planes from the three Navy
aircraft carriers, the largest number of
planes ever to visit the National Capital.