The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
PLANES SOAR
OVER INDIANA
BEAUTY SPOTS
80 Ships Wing Northward
After Overnight Halt
at Evansville.
TERRE HAUTE TONIGHT
Third Air Tour Will Circle
Northern Part of State
Before Returning.
BY CARLOS LANE
Times staff Correspondent

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 16.-
Settling into a small intermediate
airport here this morning, three
planes Of the One hundred-thir-
teeth observation squadron, Indi-
ana national guard, completed. the
official encourage Of the third all
Indiana air tour, now on its second
day.
After lunch and inspection Of the
thirty-odd ships by several thou
sand persons who lined the boun-
diaries of the field before the feet
arrived, the cavalcade was slated
to swoop away to Terre Haute for
an overnight stop.
The military fight from Stout
field, Indianapolis, was delayed a
day when Major Richard F. Taylor
commanding officer, took five planes
from the squadron to escort Presi-
dent Hoover'S train into the CAPT.
tai city.
Guard Planes Stunt
However, with Major Taylor and
Lieutenants Matt G.. Carpenter and
Howard H. Maxwell at the controls
the fight joined the tour today tc
show Indiana a sample of flying
that won for the squadron first
place in formation take-off, and
second citation for fight formation
flying in the recent aerial war
rlaneuverS at Dayton, 0.
Originally the fight, carrying
The Times correspondent, and two
national guard officers, was slated
to precede the larger body of ships
but now the national guard planes
will be the last to leave each of the
ten fields remaining on the 1881
program.
The reason is that Howdy Max
we'll has been named tourmaster
whose duty it is to flag the ships
from the field with the military pre-
cision and care that must be OBJ
served to preserve safety with sc
many planes in the air and on the
field.
Maxwell Hard to Bruise
Tour officials asked for either
Lieutenant Maxwell or Lieutenant
Carpenter for the position, but Ma
jor Taylor recommended the former
Matt shouldn't be overtaxed after
that crackup In the east, but HoWdy
is pretty big and I don't think he'll
bruise easily" said the major.
Flying blind in a fog on the re-
turn from the big naneuvers, Matt
crashed his plane into a Pennsyl-
vania mountainside, but escaped Sc.
rious injury. Monday he was back
in the operations Office at Stout
field with as much energy as ever ii
the duties that range from plotting
plane to a broom over the floor tt
keep the quarters shipshape.
Soar Over Winding Ohio
Flying south from indianapolis tx
Madison, thence to Evansville fol
the night, and today to Blooming
ton, the tourists saw the most beau
tiful of Indiana's terrain, from
Clifty Falls state park at Madison
to the Clark county forests and the
winding Ohio river at the foot o.
the state.
Wednesday the trip will breal
away from the wooded hills Of
southern Indiana to the fiat plains
of the northern part of the state
after whatever form Of rest thu
Terre Haute hosts have provided
Lafayette, Wolcott and Gary art
on Wednesdays bill, with Valpa
raise, Michigan City and FIT. Wayne
the next day, and Connersville anc
Muncie awaiting the fleet Friday
The tour will end at municipal air
port Saturday noon.