Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-29

and acrobatic star, in bringing over for
the races four Of the most famous Euro
pean flyers, it is said, there exists q
better feeling among the flyers of this
country and Europe than ever before,
it was pointed out
I'VE are exceedingly glad to have had
this opportunity to see American avia-
ton at first hand" Flight Lieut.. Rich
ard L. r. Atcherly, member of the Brit
iSh Schneider racing team and one OF
the foremost British acrobatic flyers,
said. 1T has corrected false impressions
we have had and has opened our eyes
to developments we did not know about.
THE popular impression of the En-
glishman in this country is a red-faced
fellow who eats great beefsteaks, wears
breeches and boots and carries riding
crop. The Frenchman is chap who
eats frogs legs and waves his arms ana
shoulders when he talks. The European
idea of the American is a person who
says "waaalI naow" and PUSHES about
all the time feverishly.
All Have Same Problems.
"All that, of course, is silly. We real
ize that there are good fellows in every
country and this trip is emphasizing
il as never before. We are finding that
your aviation people are having the
same problems we are and the Ger
mans and Italians and Frenchmen are.
II we can get together oftener as we
are now 1t is going to be a splendid
thing for aviation the world over"
The international racing team is max
ing a splendid impression on the vast
tnrongs at Chicago. The flyers are re-
ceiving a great reception from the aero
nautical organizations and private citl-
gems and every hour has been taken
since they came here.
Atcherly and Marshal Pietro Colombo
are especially we'll liked. Fritz Loose,
the unlucky young German who had
the misfortune to crack up his plane
when the motor conked on take-on,
has won the whole hearted admiration
Of the crowds with his attempts to up
| hold his end in borrowed planes with
which he is wholly unfamiliar.
Perfected Inverted Maneuver.
Atcherly has put on some Of the most
mastery flying seen at the meet. He
has perfected the inverted falling leaf
maneuver which AL Williams conquered
for the first time in history at AnacoStia
Naval Air Station last Spring and which
only four flyers in the world have flown,
one of them being Lieut.. Matthias b.
Gardner, native of the District of CO.
lumbia and present operations officer at
| Anacostia. Atcherly has demonstrated
the inverted falling leaf. most difhcult
and dangerous of all acrobatic maneu-
vers. during each day of the meet.
Colombo, handicapped by the fact that
he must fly a low-powered Italian
| training plane, which puts him at a
decided disadvantage, is gamely making
| the best of the situation. He cares for
his little red ship with all the devotion
Of bird pup for its favorite bone and
does his best to put on good show.
All the English he knows is 20. K, :"
and he uses it frequently.
| Marcel Doret, the French flyer, has
| the best ship brought here by the for
eign team, giving him an advantage
which he uses to the full.
williams Has Bad Luck.
AL williams, whose home is in the
National Capital since he left the Navy
| last Spring, has brought special Cur
tiss plane here to fly as the United
States representative on the interna-
| tional team, but has had bad luck with
the inverted feed carburetion system
on the new ship and has been unable
10 fly so far, except for one short prac-
lice hop away from the field, which
resulted in more changes to the plane.
He hopes to be ready to go this after
noon, however.
The Lindbergh tradition still holds.
There Is no drawing card in all avia-
lion to equal either Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh or Mrs. Anne Lindbergh.
This was amply demonstrated here yes
terday afternoon when the two Lind
i,ergh pilots landed in their Lockheed
Sirius. All the world-famous pilots
present here en- masse have not at
| tracted the public interest and enthu-
siasm accorded the Lindberghs when a
flying wedge of policemen brought them
through the crowds to the honor box
The reception accorded even so famous
an aerial traveller as Rear Admiral
Richard =. Byrd was weak in COM
parison.