Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31
AMATEUR FLYING
DOOMED At RACES
Organization Similar to That
of Golf and Tennis
Proposed.
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F. Lawrence, Grover Looming, George
NJ. Pynchon, jr.: Elliott White Springs
and w. E. D. Stokes. jr.
One of the aims of the organization
will be to make hying possible for the
man OF limited means by beating down
airplane insurance rates, one Of the
greatest burdens on the pocketbook of
the airplane owner, running as high as
one-third the cost Of the plane for a
single year.
One of the results Of such meets as
the national air races is to breed a
recognition of excellent flying in the
mind Of the average spectator. The day
OF the "ham-handed" pilot, who threw
an airplane wildly around the sky and
labeled the result acrobatic flying, has
passed. and 1t is only the artist who
can satisfy the taste which has been
created for really good flying.
Acrobats Are Limited.
The burden Of acrobatic flying at
the larger air meets has fallen on the
shoulders of an increasingly select group
OF flyers, whose skill has built for them
International regulations. There Is all
the difference in the world between the
loop OF the barrel roll of the average
pilot and that of really skilled aero
batic pilot The handiwork of mas
tiers Is being seen today in the skies
above the magnificent Cleveland Air
port.
Some of the most sensational flying
this country has seen is being staged
daily by the finest group of irlterna-
tional pilots ever gathered. These men,
representing Ave European countries,
stand as the cream Of the worlds mas
ter pilots, and 70 them flying is an art.
In which crude work with the stick
and rudder bar is as abhorrent as the
blatting OF a saxophone tyro.
The number OF flyers who can meas
ure up to the standards OF the interna-
tional team assembled by Lieut.. Afford
j. Williams, former Navy racing and
acrobatic star, Is scarcely larger than
ones 10 fingers. Dnd a ma iority of the n
now are in Cleveland participating in
this great aeronautical spectacle.
Udet Thrills Crowds.
The flying Of Ernst Udet, one OF the
greatest Of war aces and the successor
of the great Won Richthofen, is worthy
OF the most high-powered adjectives
That of Boleslaw Orlinski. Poland mill
tary aviation star. Ii nearly as r1agnifi-
cent. 1t is taking the best efforts of
Al williams and Freddie Lund to keep
up the American end of the show in
face of such competition
The midair crash of two Marine
Corps pla,, IS yesterday afternoon re-
suited in ext oitionS Of cool headed and
rapid thinking In deadly emRsency
which adds a bright page to Marine
OF nine planes was working out OF q
coil spring" or corkscrew loop when
the plane of the squadron leader, Lieut..
l.. H. Sandy" Sanderson, hero Of the
Nicaraguan campaigns, was caught in
the slipstream of plane ahead and
crashed from behind into the plane of
Lieut. w. O.. Brice. cutting of the
whole tail Of Brices plane. Both planes
seemed literally to explode in the air.
Out OF the clutter of fragment bios
somed almost instantly the white
later, lower down. the second chute
opened and both men landed safely,
close by the airport.
Though the crash occurred at an alti-
tude of only 500 feet. both men were
able to cut the switches of their planes,
preventing fires. Brices head struck
the instrument board Of his plane,
momentarily stunning him. They were
SO close to the ground that few In the
CFOWQ Oh thousands OF spectators haQ
time to realize what had happened be-
fore 1t was all over.
Panic IL Averted.
Chances OF panic or a dangerous
rush on the part of the spectators was
averted by the GOODNESS of Lieut.. Emil
Chourre, naval aviator, who was an
nouncing the Marine flight over field
radio.
In that instant Of the crash, when
every one was stricken dumb, Lieut..
Chourre announced calmly, without
even change in the infection of his
voice: There has been a collision
Number is out safely. Number is
out. Keep your seats everybody. The
airport people are well equipped to
handle such situations. Just sit down
and everything will be all right"
Chourres words quieted the rising
tide of excitement and the situation
was restored to normal by the instant
continuation Of the flying program by
one Of the three plane sections Of the
squadron, while Sanderson and Brice
were still descending.