Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01

flown by Lieut.. B. B. Nichol Of Hamp-
ton Roads Naval Air Station.
The weather for the race was ideal
except for a fresh westerly wind which
whipped the surface Of the river and
made the air very rough. The racing
pilots were forced to exercise great care
in taking off and landing and in max
ing the vertically banked pylon turns
because Of the wind. The roughneSs of
the air also affected the formation fly
ing and resulted in the failure Of the
first attempts made to attach an air
plane TO the dirigible Los Angeles in
flight.
Long before the Capitals greatest
aerial show began, at 40 pm, the
crowds began to gather at the air sta
ton, Hams Point, the War College
grounds and other points of vantage
overlooking the river. The show was
appeared over the city shortly after
noon. with the glider pulled firmly up
against its keel.
The Los Angeles took off from Lake
hurst, N. J., Naval Air Station at 1915
o'clock yesterday morning and cruised
about for Is hours before participating
in yesterdays show. 1t paused in its
wanderings during the morning to es-
cort its big German sister, the Graf
Zeppelin, INTO LakenurSt.
Stunt Flying Opens Program.
A. squadron of IL Marine Corps sin
gle-seater fighters, led by Lieut. Chris
tian F. Schilt, hero of the Nicaraguan
campaign, opened the afternoons pro-
gram with demonstration Of formation
flying, though hampered in close for
nation work by the high winds. Lieut..
Schilt then led three-plane section
in a spectacular exhibition of formation
acrobatics. including squirrel cage"
and formation loops, section 1mmel-
man turns, cross-overs and close forma-
| ton work in which less than is feet
of air separated the planes.
| AS Lieut. Schilt led his section down
to the landing field. the Los Angeles
approached the station for the first
! time. Lieut.. Settle climbed down
through an opening in the bottom OF
the big silver hull and into the cock
| pit of the glider. A section of cowling
was passed down to him, which he
| fastened In place over the forward part
| OF the cockpit. leaving an opening too
small to climb through.
At his signal the glider was dropped
| from its attachment gear under the
| keel and dropped in a steep dive until
| gliding speed was attained. Settle ap-
peared to be completely at home in the
| little motorless plane as he swept down
in long graceful spirals toward the field
below. He came In for beautiful land
ing after about IL minutes in the air
The glider used was the one in which
Lieut.. Ralph S. Barnaby, Navy Bureau
of Aeronautics. made his descent from
the Los Angeles at Lakehurst last Win
ter to open a new chapter in glider
history. Barnaby was scheduled II
make yesterdays flight, but was pre-.
vented from doing so by illness, Settle
being drafted for the flight few day.
ago.
As Lieut.. Settle landed, Lieut. Comdr
Charles A. Nicholson, Navy Construc'
ton Corps, in an old type two-seatel
Vought observation plane with an at.
tacIament gear above its top wing, tool
OF and began to maneuver into position
under the Los Angeles to attach hi:
plane to metal trapeze lowered from
the airship's keel.
The dirigible's engines were turned
up to nearly maximum speed while
Comdr. Nicholson throttled dawn his
engine. Three Navy Photographic