The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-07-24
Fifty Planes at
Pasco Sky Circus
Famous Pilots Will Give
Exhibition of Stunt
Flying

Out of the sky Wednesday morn
ing, July 80, at ten o'clock will
come to land on the Franklin coun-
ty municipal airfield at Pasco, the
largest single fleet of airplanes
ever banded together in one troupe
in the Pacific Northwest. From
forty to fifty planes will make up
the fleet and this will include a
stunning team of twelve planes,
three from the army, three from
the navy, three from the marines,
and three civilian planes. They are
to put on an hour show that is said
to be as good as can be seen any,
where in the United States.
Four Stops Eastern Washington
The occasion will be the first an
nual tour of the Pacific Northwest
States Air Tour association. It will
stop at % cities in the three north
west states, Pasco being one Of
four stops east of the mountains in
this state. The fleet will arrive
here about ten o'clock from Yak
ina and depart four hours later
for Spokane.
New motors, new airplanes, new
instruments, new designs, all show
ing the phenomenal development
of aviation in the last two years
will be brot here. Each plane rep
resented will be of a different
model and the group will offer an
opportunity for anyone to gain
definite idea of the progress that
has been made in airplane building.
They will be on display for the
time they are here and people will
be permitted to inspect them. The
planes will range from the huge
tri-motored transports to the tiny
moth. An amphibian and a tri-
motored Fokker will probably be
among the entries.
Many Famous Fliers Coming
Among the famous filters includ-
ed as pilots will be six nationally
well-known ones, headed by Miss
Dorothy Hester, 19-year-old girl
student of Tex Rankin's, who was
the first woman to do the danger
GUS outside loop and the upside
down outside spin, another diff
cult maneuver. Miss Hester holds
the record for outside loops for wo-
men and In a recent exhibition at
Kelso, she won first from seven
men pilots.
Edith Foltx, one of the seven wo-
men pilots in the United States to
hold transport licenses, and win
ner in important air races last
year, will pilot light plane and
give short exhibition of stunt
ing.
There will be Nick Manner from
Spokane, famous for his refueling
flight around the country in the
Sun God" Manner will fly giant
Ford Monoplane in the tour.
Tex Rankin, genial Texan whose
drawl is known to every pilot in
the country, famous for his three
flag flight from Canada to Mex
leo, his country derbies, his out
side loops and his work on nation
al committees for the promotion Of
aviation will fly his own ship in
the tour and will be one of the star
performers of the commercial
stunning team.
Man Who Outlooped Rankin
Gordon Mounce, California pilot
who recently set a worlds record
for outside loops with % in one
flight, has been signed to do out
side loops over the airports, along
with Tex Rankin, whose record he
bettered. Mounce is an expert
stunt pilot also. ~ ~
Walter Case, Varney Air Mail pi-
lot, whose blind flying exhibition
recently was praised by experts,
will also fly a plane with the 9TH
er commercial groups. He recently
took off from the airport at Port
land, flew thru several maneuvers
in the air and landed the plane
seeing the ground since a
hood was used to cover his cockpit.
An assistant was in the other cock
pit in case of an accident but he
never touched the controls once.
The Kennewick Commercial club
IS sponsoring an excursion to Pas
90 next Wednesday and everyone
IS invited to attend.