Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

the catastrophe of the first. On
his third trial he won second
place.
"The winners in the fuselage
contest rise-off-ground) senior
group were: First, Casimer LEILA,
16, Chicago, ILL.,, 1852 seconds;
second, Joseph Ehrhardt, II, st.
Louis, Mo-, 143 seconds; third,
Ernest Marcouiller, 18, Chicago,
Ill, 26 seconds.
I'm the free-for-all sweepstakes
contest, open to all between 7 and
rs, the following were announced
as winners: First, Harold Denni-
son, 18, Marion, Ind, $50 seconds;
second, Ernest Marcouiller, ID,
Chicago, Ill, 1928 seconds; third,
William Whitman, II, Memphis,
Tenn, 1894 seconds.
Young Ehrhardt was named
city and national champion be-
cause of the beauty of his ships
and their splendid performance.
Prizes Were Awarded.
prizes were awarded to the win
nerS, these including cups, wings,
medallionS, motors, kits and, in
the city all-round championship,
12-week ground course went to
Joseph Ehrhardt.
THE huge arena afforded
ample height and width for the
flyers, but several fine flights
ended in disaster when ships
crashed into hugh chandeliers or
the suspended prize fight ring.
Others crashed into the exhibition
manual planes displayed around
the arena.
Few ships of the freakish type
were flown. In the hand-launched
groups young Klein of Chicago
flew a tractor with a step down"
tail assembly. This ship flew
beautifully and on an even keel.
but the tail assembly was sus-
pended several inches below the
motor stick.
Several unique ships were en-
tered in the fuselage contest.
Some, however, were not new, but
harked back to the early days of
the Illinois Model Aero Club-old-
est club of them all. One plane
reSembled the German war Taube
and performed well, but was not
good for duration.
1.-THE majority of the best flying
fuselage planes were powered by
means of the nose and tail plugs
in lieu of the usual removable
motor stick.
"The exhibition models, while
generally referred to as scale
models were not worthy of that
distinction, and not one of these,
including the winner of first prize,
would have scored high in real
scale model contest. This is not
said to diSparage the beautiful
work on these ships, but to correct
the false impression that the dis
play was other than one of exhi-
bition models just as announced
by the management. In the exhi-
bition contest first prize went to
Joseph Ehrhardt of st. Louis, sec :
ond to Ernest Pinckert Of st.
Louis, third to William Potthoff Of
Brentwood, Mo. Joseph j. Lucas,
former national outdoor model
flying champion, also acted as one
of the judges, and Clarence
Chamberlain paid the contest a
brief visit Sunday morning"
Scale Model Contest.
The District Model Aircraft
League announces that models to
be entered in the true scale model
contest for workmanship must be
delivered between o'clock Thurs
day afternoon and 9 o'clock that
night. They will be received by
National Museum officials, where
the meet is to be staged Friday
and Saturday.
To avoid a mix-up of planes,
each model builder will be given a
receipt for his ship. After the
flyer certifies that his model was
produced by his own hands and
is a reproduction of real plane,
he will be given a contestants
button. The contest is open to all
who wish to enter.