Evening star., 1931-05-28
400 More to Follow a. Hours
Later in Greatest Concen-
tration in Capitals History.
80 WILL GIVE COMBAT
SHOW ABOVE POTOMAC
IL Craft Equipped With Cameras
Will Act as Traffic Police to
Keep Airlanes Clear.

Two hundred Army airpIanes Of ths
observation, bombing and pursuit type,
will land at Boiling Field tomorrow
morning preparatory to taking part in
the great air armada review In which
672 planes will participate over wash
ington on Memorial day.
The first group. numbering 30 craft
under the general command Of Brig
Gen. Benjamin d. Foulois. will arrive
at the Army Air Station at 8 O'Clock
tomorrow morning. The others are
scheduled to arrive at half-hour in.
tervals, and the entire contingent Il
expected to be on the ground by noon
Their arrival viii mark the greatest
number of airplanes ever to assemble
in. the Nations Capital at one time,
breaking the high mark established last
week when II ships landed here for
fuel on their way to concentration
points to take part in the air naneu-
vers In the New York and New Eng
land areas. These naneuvers ended
in New England yesterday and the
armada today was resting at New York
points.
Plan Combat Show.
The 200 planes viii come here from
New York tomorrow and "a hours later
approximately 400 planes will leave
Mitchell Field, N. Y, to Join the forces
here for the Memorial day program
The first event on the holiday program
Is scheduled at 1890 o'clock in the
afternoon when 80 planes will stage 4
combat demonstration over the Potomac
River between Arlington Memorial
Bridge and the Highway Bridge.
Flying low and flying high. twisting
turning, diving and climbing, these pur-
suit planes will fight of an imaginary
enemy over the city. The demonstra-
ton will last for one hour
Twelve attack planes, regarded as the
deadliest weapons ever devised for use
against ground troops. will stage 3
ground strafing" demonstration alons
the banks of the river and they alsC
will be attacked by pursuit p anes drop.
ping in formation from thousands oi
feet. The demonstration will close with
pursuit formations at high and low
attitudes, pursuit plane dog fight'
and pursuit combat acrobatics.
Review 10 BE Staged.
Immediately afterward the 200 plane.
will join with 472 planes coming here
from Mitchell Field and stage a review
over the Potomac River The craft will
pass in close column up the river ane
will pass over stand holding ranking
Government officials on the center spar
OF the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
The review will climax two weeks oi
maneuvers by the 1st Air Division, Army
Air CORDS.
The 672 planes are to keep q rendez.
vous In the vicinity Of Alexandria, and
according to the program announced
today by the War Department, the
head Of the 20-mile-long column Il
expected to arrive over the reviewing
stand at 1880 O'Clock Ohicials expect
1t will require approximately one hour
for the planes to pass the bridge, after
which they will swing to the left, ir
close column, to fly over Arlington Gem
etery in tribute TO the Nations heroes
At the conclusion of the program the
planes are to leave at once for theil
respective home stations.
Field Staked OF.
Boiling Field today was being staked
of for the 200 ships due tomorrow
The first group to land will taxi to the
north end of the field and will take po-
Sition facing the river. The second
! group Is to 90 alongside of the first
until the front line extends to the Ma
val Air Station, then q second line viii
be formed. In placing the craft in this
position plenty of room will be left fol
. field runway.
Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee
Dawson, who Is in charge of Army avi-
alton, was expected TO-DAY to designats
IL observation planes now assembled al
Boiling, Field to act as q squadron ol
traffic police to keep private and com.
mercial airplanes out of the path of the
armada. The planes are to go on duty
shortly after the noon hour on Me.
mortal day and 1t will mark the flrs'
appearance of traf1ic police Of the ali
over the Capital.
Mr.. Dawson said today that owner,
OF commercial planes have in all casei
promised to keep their ships on thu
| ground, TO keep them q safe distancl
from where the maneuverS are takinf
place. Explaining how the traf1lc police
ships are to operate, Mr.. Dawson said
while these aerial trafflc officers will
| not be able to hand out tickets to thoSl
who disobey the orders Of the Depart
| ment OF Commerce, they will have {
I sure method of dealing with offender
by means of cameras which will photo
| graph the numbers appearing on thu
wings Of intruding machines.
AS Potomac Park, between the TIVE
bridges, will be the vantage point TO
+! spectators to watch the maneuvers, tn,
| task OF handling the crowd will b,
delegated to the United States parl
| police.
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