Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-07
SPEED AND STUNTS
SHARE RACE HONORS.
Aviation History Made at
Meet Which Draws
to Close.
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON,
Aviation Editor OF The Star.

CLEVELAND AIRPORT. September
7.-Aviation's greatest flying show, now
drawing to a close, has provided brill
liant setting for the making OF avia-
tons history Though much of the
races have been purely circus stuff,
designed for the edification of holiday
crowds, which relish color. noise and
dash, there has been enough real flying
to entitle the 1881 classic to rank as
one of the greatest meets, from the
standpoint of the contestants. ever held
Though speed has been the strongest
feature of the races this year. the rec
ords have not by any means been con-
fined to racing. AS this is written there
has just blosSomed miles high against
deep blue sky tiny white bubble
which is a parachute carrying down
a jumper attempt ng to set new rec
ord for altitude jumping.
Invisible under this dot is the figure
of a man swathed in fur. wool and
leather, carrying oxygen equipment and
paragraphs. Many, many minutes must
elapse before he reaches the ground.
Out in the center of the field plane
has suffered a minor cIack-up. 1t is
one of the tiny races slated for entry
in the Tompson classic. There are
no reports as to damage. but whatever
it was seems to be slight. The pilot
was landing after winning a race when
he got into trouble.
Diesel Plane Lands.
There has just landed out front the
DeiSel-powered plane which Walter Lees
and Ea!l Brossy set the present world
endurance record for airplanes without
nj EJaUyS Ia riad
Just a few minutes ago in his famous
Mystery S, WI ich. after setting scores
of records. now has been superseded as
the countrys fastest plane by the
Waspish racers built for this years race.
One of these planes, about an hour
age, with Robert Hall at the controls,
won a 50-mile race at a speed of more
than 220 miles per hour, nearly 20 miles
faster than time of the winner of the
Thompson race last year.
Announcement was Just made that
two racers, to be piloted by Lowell
Bayless and Jimmy Doolittle, are pre-
pairing, just in advance of the Thomp-
son race this afternoon to seek an
official new American speed record. No
word has come vet from the altitude
jumper, whose parachute was seen going
down six miles away.
Undet Thrills Crowd.
Maj. Ernest Undet. who next to Won
Richthoffen was Germany'S greatest
war ace, has just taken off and in
moment has the crowd gasping with
display of flying. He concludes by
cutting hit motor not too high above
the field and, with dead stick, per-
forming three loops without power and
then, slipping in dizzily to a beautiful
landing.
Word has just come that the high
altitude jumper bailed out at an alti-
tude of $1,000 feet, slightly above the
previous record. He lost his Paragraph
ON the way down, it vas reported, ana
may lose official recognition unless the
Paragraph, if recovered, shows the altl-
tude at which the jump was made.
Bert White OF Trenton, N. j., was the
jumper.
Dead stick landings, parachute Jumps,
several races for airplanes falling III
various categories, acrobatics by famous
stunt pilots. among them Miss Dorothy
Hester, 20-year -old girl who has been
thrilling the crowds daily, completed
the formal afternoon program.