The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28


 pcrta will compete here for inter national glider and soaring cOntcFt opens August Z. closing August IG. National records were broken at the first annual meet here last year and pilots achieving these honora are determined to surpass present international records this year.
 The national contest is held ua- der the auspices of the National Glider association. with hchdquhr- tcrs in Detroit, Mich, and is sane toned by the National AcronautichI association and conducted under the rules of the Federation Aero nautiauc InternatiOnalc, world $ official aviation body. The ElmIrh Association of Commerce is spon- soring the meet
 IL will be Interesting for visiting glider pilots to look down upon Quarry Farm, where Mark Twain spent his summers and where Ijucklcbcrry Finn and Tom Sawyer were "born," as well as upon inc house in which Twain wed his El- mira bride, the hotel named In hha honor by special authority of the JWHIn IsStutc anu tHo bi"Np '' WOodlawn cemetery where the be loved author rcposcs with his wire and children. Last years contest visitors found unlimited pleasure m visiting these places Of hlstofic lh- tcrcst.
 During the contest gl.dcrs weighing from 200 pounds |" 9oo bounds will be prccipitatcd from L. q nn outskirts of the city. through the use of rubber shock cords and then float up and down the Chcmung Valley for hours, landing at des!S- mated spots at will. These motor less planes, seating one man, re maincd In air for nearly r'2ht hours at last years meet ana dh"E to darkness flights are expected to be the rule this year.
 Thirty glidcrs and possibly ho pilots will be entered in thls year contest for caah prizes to be award ed winners of duration, hititud'. distance and other flights. a@ wei as spot landings. The Wright Aero nautical Corporation has pfoViuc" one cash prize of $1.OO0. which has been split into first, second ana third awards. Surrounding com m,in,,Ics are offering from $2OO to $500 for glider pilots who Iahd within their boundaries.
 Dr Wolfgang Klemp"rrr, re search engineer for the Goodyear Zeppelin company, declares the FL mira terrain better suited Tor motorIcsa aviation than any other known place in the United states Wolf IIlrth, internationally known glider pilot who participated in all of Iast years events, calls Elmira inc "Nasscrkuppe of Amcricn,' de- clorInp it has no equal aside from the German Wasscrkuppc. He pre- dIctcd 200 mile flights this year after making one of nearly 100 miles last year
 Albert $. IIhptings of Los An gelca, Cal. posse ssOr of the VI .5oo sllvcr trophy given by Edward B.. Evans of Detroit. founder ana honorary president of the National Glider association, will seek 10 re- tain possession of the cup that is emblcmatic of the national cham : plonship title. Last year WoIt uirth of Germany wns eligible Tor the trophy by reason Of ms sun- taincd flight but inasfnuch as U. mtIgt be held by an American u was awarded to MT Hastings. who ranked sccOnd with n few minutes less than eight hours in continu- ous flight. -..
 .seycraI university glider teams are entered in this years contest while individual pilots will include Captain Frank M. Hawks, who was granted his glider license at las' ycar's meet; William Hawlcy BOW luz. now head of n glider school h Rochester, N. r.. and the man Who instructed Colonel C. A. LindDcrsii in glider flying; Lieutenant hhipi $. Bnrnaby. U. $. N, who is the first man 10 drop from il dirlslDie in glider; August Haller or Pltth- burg. Pa, who studied gliding al the Wasscrkuppe and will this year fly Il ship of hts own design; wal lace Bnckua of New York city, Warren F. Eaton. World War aVi- ntor of Norwich. N. r., and others Among the contest awards are the following:
 1 ]. Duration--F First prize, $500; second, $200, third, 500. Z. Distance in straight line First prize, f500; second, s2Oo' third. $lO0.
 2. Altitude above Inc starting point First prize. $500: second | $2O0: third. $l00.
 Events Four and Five arc Tor pilots earning their "C" ccrtlnchtef between dawn August and dusk August 1G. They are:
 Greatest aggregate time In aif between dawn and dusk during the entire contest. First prize, $lOOi second, $G0; third. $40; fourth $25.
 Spot landing to flag at Elmira Airport from btarting point or South Mountain. First prize. s100 Iaecond, $60; third, $f0; fourth. $25