Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-16
GLIDER LAUNCHING
FROM D|R|C|BLE TO
FEATURE AIR SHOW
Plane Also viii Be Hooked to
Los Angeles Here
May ~. ..
FAMOUS BOMB SQUADRON
WILL PROVIDE THRILLS
Review Of 1874 Airships Will Open
Aeronautical Carnival Leading
Up to Races.

Four more special events which will
help to make the Curtiss Marine Tro-
ply races, to be flown here Saturday,
May "a, one Of the greatest aeronauti-
cal events of the year and the great
est ever held in the National Capital
were announced today by naval on
GERS in charge Of the program.
The first of these will be a glider
descent from the Navy dirigible Los
Angeles, the second descent of this sort
in history. The flight will be made by
Lieut.. Ralph s. Barnaby, U. S. N, the
only Navy glider pilot and the first
American licensed soarer pilot. Lieut..
glider which he few to earth from the
Los Angeles at Lakehurst, N. j., last
Winter.
After Barnaby has cut loose from
the keel of the dirigible in his frail
motorless craft there will be a dem
onstration Of the attaching Of an air.
plane to the Los Angeles in rnidair.
The plane will be flown up and hooked
to a trapeze on the dirigible by Lieut..
Comdr. c. A. Nicholson, Navy Con-
struction Corps. This demonstration is
a part of the experimental program of
the Navy being held in connection with
greatest dirigibles, under contract for
the Navy at Akron, Ohio. These diri-
gibles each will carry five or six fight
ing planes, dispatching them or taking
them back aboard in flight.
"Red Rippers" to Show Here.
The famous Navy light bomber
squadron vB-1, the "Red Rippers,"
from the airplane carrier U. S. s. Lex
ington, will demonstrate the latest
Navy combat tactics in q spectacle
never before seen in this part Of the
The demonstration will in
clude the terrible diving attack, in
which 10 planes of the squadron will
plunge straight downward thousands OF
feet, motors wide open, attaining
speed of $50 miles per hour or more, be-
fore pulling up out of the attack.
The squadron also may perform the
"three-way" attack, in
which planes dive in rapid rotation
from three points of the compass on
q single target. This attack is be-
wildering to the spectator In its swift
airpianes. The theory behind 1t Is that
It also viii be ss bewildering to enemy
gunhers.
The RED Rippers" viii be COM
manded by Lieut.. Comdr. John II:
camp-map. The squadron is composed
of two divisions and six flights Of Navy
Boeing Fab single-seater fighters and
functions either as light lombard
ment or fighter squadron.
The Marine Corps East Coast Ex-
Force will send TO the races
from Quantico, Va, an acrobatic sec
ton Of three planes under command OF
Iiuet. Christian Frank Schilt, one OF
the most famous Marine pilots, who was
decorated by the President for extreme
gallantry In action against native forces
In Nicaragua. The other two pilots
will be Lieuts. q. D. Chappell and w.
p. Young. The section viii ny In Navy
fighters.
134 Planes I'm Review.
A review of 1874 combat planes from
the three aircraft carriers Lexington,
Saratoga and Langley, now at Hamp-
ton Roads, will be flown as the open
ing feature of the race. The squadrons
will include "a torpedo and lombard
ment planes, IS fighters, 80 light bonn
80 scouting or observation
and two utility planes.
This great aerial armada Will ny here
from Hampton Roads. rendezvous over
the city and nearby Maryland and Viz
ginia and will pass in review IN close
column In front of the reviewing stand
to be erected ct the Anacostia Naval
Air Station. After the review the
squadrons will land at the air station,
q number Of the pilots being scheduled
to participate in the races.
Approximately IS planes Of all stand
ard Navy types are to compete over
q 100-mile course for the Curtiss Tro-
ply in the greatest annual seaplane
classic Of the year. Glenn Curtiss, IA
nous aviation pioneer and designer and
pilot Of the first seaplane, will be in
the reviewing stand with leading Navy
and Government officials to witness the
contest for the trophy he donated 10
wears am