Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
many FEATURES
FOR AIR RACES
Event .HeraIded as Greatest
Aeronautical Exhibition in
History of Capital.

Plans for the Curtiss Marine Trophy
Race, to be flown next Saturday after
noon at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta
ton, call for what is expected to be the
! greatest aeronautical event the National
Capital ever has witnessed and one of
the greatest of the year in this country.
! Aside from the race itself, which will
be the most keenly contested III the Is
years history of the annual Seaplane
classic, there will be added events which
will include review of 10 squadrons of
Navy combat planes; a glider descent
from the dirigible Los Angeles, the at
/ tachment of an airplane to the dirigi-
BILE in flight, combat flying by one of
| the most famous Navy squadrons, aero
battles by a picked section of Marine
Corps pilots. individual acrobatics by
Lieut.. Matthias 3. Gardner, operations
officer at the local air station and one
of the best acrobatic pilots in the serv-
| ice; parachute jumps and other fea-
lures.
Glider Flight Scheduled.
The glider flight will be made by
Lieut.. Ralph S. Barnaby, Navy Con-
| struction Corps who is the Nays only
glider pilot and the first American
the glider in which he spiraled to earth
{ from the Los Angeles last Winter at
Lakehurt, N. j. It is the glider in
which he won his soarer license at
Cape Cod last Summer and in which he
few for miles along the dunes in a
flight which has become one Of this
country's glider classics.
The attachment of the airplane to
the Los Angeles is part of the train
ing program preliminary to the com
pletion of two giant Navy dtrigibleS
. almost twice the size Of the Graf Yep
pelin, each Of which will carry five or
six single-seater fighters as part OF its
regular equipment.
The plane will be piloted by Lieut..
Comdr. Charles A. Nicholson, Navy
Construction Corps, who was selected
to demonstrate the landing" of a
plane on a dirigible before President
Hoover at Hampton Roads. The at
tachmert is made by means Of a hook
engages a trapeze arrangement Sus-
pended below the dirigible.
"Red RipperS" TO Perform.
The combat demonstration viii be
given by the VB-1 Navy light bomber
squadron, known wherever pilots fly as
the Red Rippers." This squadron,
from the U. S. S. Lexington, consists
of Is Navy Boeing Fab fighters under
command of Lieut.. Comdr. John H.
camp-map, and may function either in
its light commandment capacity or in
emergency as a fighter squadron.
The demonstration to be given by the
"Red Rippers" viii be Of q type never
before seen here and Is expected to In
clude the terrific diving bon1bardment
attack, In which bombs are released at
the end of q Shrieking vertical dive,
motors wide open, for thousands Of
rAIa SA "
reach speeds of ESQ miles per hour or
more. The famous "three-way" attack
also may be demonstrated, In which
planes dive in bewildering succession
from three points of the compass on q
single target so rapidly that the sky
seems to rain airplanes.
Marine Sending Planes.
The Marine Corps East Coast Expo-
dictionary Force Is sending from GUAM
| tico O three plane aerobatic section
| headed by Lieut. Christian r. Schflt
one Of tho most famous Marine pilots.
who received the distinguished flying
cross for gallantry In action In Mica
ragua. Echilt's section will be COM
posed of LieutS. @. D. Chappen and
w. P. Young, all three flying single
scatter fighters.
Reports from Hampton Roads indi-
cate that 1874 Navy combat planes will
take part in the review. The squadrons
will be composed Of "a torpedo planes,
IS fighters, 80 light bombardment, 80
scouting and 2 utility planes. This
great air force win fly here from Hamp-
ton Roads and will pass in review
before landing ct the Anacostaa sta
ton.
A number Of pilots and planes frcm
the combat squadronS have been en-
tered In the race, which - to be one
Of the most keenly contested In the
is years Of competition for the Curtiss
trophy, the country's outstanding sea
plane prize. Glenn H. Curtiss, donor
of the trophy, who designed and new
the first seaplane and who produced
many of the planes to be entered IN me
race. will be a guest of honor in the
| reviewing stand next Saturday.