Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-20
1874 COMBAT CRAFT
TO STAGE REVIEW
Curtiss Trophy Race to Fur.
nish D. c. Greatest
Aerial Thrills.

The National Capitals greatest aero
nautical event is to begin at 1880 pm.
Saturday at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station, when 1874 combat airplanes
from the three Navy aircraft carriers
arrive over the station for an aerial re-
view preliminary to the Curtiss Marine
Trophy races, which this year are to
be the most closely contested in the Is
years history of this annual seaplane
classic.
The planes are to rendezvous over the
city and nearby Maryland and Virginia,
passing in review before Navy Depart
ment chiefs occupying reviewing stand
at the local station. Following the re-
view the squadrons will break forma-
ton and at o'clock will begin 20 land
by sections, parking by squadrons along
the Naval Air Station side Of Boiling
Field Forty minutes Is allowed on the
program for the landing and parking.
"Red Rippers" to Stage Combat"
From 1:40 to 2 pm there will be a
demonstration of combat flying by VB-1
Light Bombardment Squadron, known
as the Red Rippers." from the u. s. s.
Lexington. This famous squadron,
equipped with Fab Boeing single
scatter fighters, is to give demonstra-
ton of a type never before seen In this
city, including diving bombardment and
"three-way" diving attacks by the entire
squadron.
A section Of three Marine Corps sin
gle-seater fighters, led by Lieut.. Chris
tian Frank Schilt, hero of the Nicara-
guam campaign, will put on demon
Stration of section acrobaticS from to
2:20 pm.
As the Marine program is completed
the Navy dirigible, Los Angeles, Is to
put in her appearance, arriving over
the station at 2:30 pm. From the keel
of the airship will be suspended the
Navy glider in which Lieut. Ralph s.
Barnaby, Navy Construction Corps, last
Winter made the first glider descent In
history from an airship. AS the air.
ship arrives over the local station
Lieut.. Barnaby is to cut loose the
glider and spiral down in the little
motorless craft to q landing at the air
station After Lieut.. Barnaby's descent
Lieut.. Comdr. C. A. Nicholson, also OF
the Construction Corps, will attempt in
a Navy plane to fly up to the Los An
geles and attach his plane to the diri-
gible by means of q hook on the top
wing Of the plane and q trapeze on
the dirigible.
The Los Angeles Is to clear away
from the station at 2:45 pm. after
Comdr. Nicholson again has cut loose
his plane.
Is Planes to Race.
Preparations then will be made for
the main event of the afternoon, the
Curtiss Marine Trophy races, in which
five types of Navy combat planes will
participate for the Curtiss trophy and
prizes for the winner in each class.
Approximately Is planes are to cross
the starting line, with many of the most
famous Navy and Marine Corps pilots
at the controls. The race will be over
five laps of a 20-mile course, the turn
ing pylons located between Hams Point
and the War College, at the Alexandria
waterfront, 10 miles down the Potomac
from the Hams Point pylon, and on
the Maryland shore opposite Alex
andria The starting and finishing
line will be In front Of the Naval Air
Station.
After the race. which probably will
last approximately hour and Is
minutes from the time the first plane
crosses the starting line until the last
special events. The first will be para
chute jumping form Navy Ford trans
port plane.
The final event of the day will be in
| dividual acrobatics by Lieut.. M. B
Gardner. operations officer at the An
acostia Naval Air Station, who Is re-
garded as one of the best individual
acrobatic pilots in the naval service
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