Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26
NAVY DAY CROWDS
TOSEE AIR STUNTS
Varied Flying Exhibition Is
Planned for Tomorrow at
Anacostia Station.

The new acrobatic section at the
AnacoStia Naval Air Station, which
since its creation last Spring has risen
to the rank of the Nations foremost
acrobatic formation, will make its pub
lie debut In the National Capital at the
air station tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock, in connection with the official
observance Of Navy day.
The section, composed Of Lieut.. Mat
thias B. Gardner, operations officer at
the local station and leader of the sec
ton; Lieut.. Aaron p. StorrS Sd, and
Lieut.. Frederick M. Trapnell, uses three
Navy Curtiss Hawk single-seater fight
ers equipped for inverted flying.
Among the new maneuNers to be per-
formed by the section in its first public
appearance here tomorrow will be the
section roll" recently perfected and
flown publicly for the first time a few
days ago at Trenton, N. j., during the
Eastern air races there. In this ma
neuver the section Of three planes per-
forms o half roll of the entire section,
finishing with all three planes upside
down with the positions Of the two wing
planes reversed The maneuver is COM
pleted by a half loop bringing the sec
ton back into normal flying position.
The metal-clad dirigible ZMC-2,
which paid it's only previous visit to the
NdGlOIlal StpIGSll ldSG julio, Will AAy ONSA
the city between noon and 1880 pm,
tomorrow, according to word received
by the District Commissioners from the
Naval Air Station, LakenurSt, N. j..
The ZMC-2 is the only ship of its kind
ever to fly and Is regarded as an i'm
portant experiment in the field Of
lighter-than-air development.
Leaving Lakehprst at o'clock tomor-
row morning, the zMC-2 win visit
number of cities IN New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Delaware and Maryland, ar
according 10 the schedule sent here.
She win continue to Alexandra, Va, at
1880.
Planes 10 "Bomb" Crowds.
The Anacostia station will be open to
the public all day tomorrow, with
Comdr. A. H. Douglas, commandant of
the station, acting as host. The flying
program will begin at 2:3o pm, with
the bombing" Of the crowds at the
Washington Navy Yard with paper balls
containing Navy day greetings. Para
chute jumping will open the program
at the station.
A six-plane division of Marine Corps
fighters from Quantico, Va, will demon
strate combat and formation flying as
developed by the flying leathernecks. !"
The squirrel cage loop" is expected TO
be q part of the Marines program.
At 8 pm. there will be q demonStra-
ton Of the launching of Navy combat
and observation planes by the catapult
system at the Washington Navy Yard.
At the same time the Anacostia aero
batic section will take the air for half
hour Of formation acrobatics.
The flying program at the station
viii be concluded at $3.50 pm. by the
laying Of smoke screen across the sta
ton by Navy planes.
Crowds to Inspect Hangers.
All the hangers will be open to the
public and a number Of the various
types Of Navy planes will be on view,
with officers and men on hand to eX-
plain their construction, performance,
characteristics and uses to those who
care to inquire.
Fidelia, the young Haitian burro, re-
Gently flown back to the National Cap
ital by members of the Haitian hurri-
cane relief expedition, will be on duty
at the station in her oficial role of
mascot and probably viii wear her fun
flying equipment.
Lieut.. Gardner, leader of the aero
batic section, Is native of the District
of Columbia and is rated as one of the
best acrobatic pilots in the naval serv-
ice. He was the second American pilot
TO master the inverted falling leaf ma
neuver, which he demonstrated here
during the Curtiss Marine Trophy Race
last Spring. Lieut.. Storrs formerly was
q member of the famous Navy Sea
hawks" an acrobatlc section organized
on the West Coast. Lieut.. Trapnell is
q member Of the flight test section at
AnacoStia.