Evening star., 1932-01-24
FAMED j. S.FLYERS
TO Be FEIED HERE
All 1881 Record Holders Are
Asked to Banquet of
Aero Club.

All American flyers who have es-
| tablished records or received official
recognition for national or interna-
! tional aviation marks during the last
| year have been invited to the second an
| nual reception and ball Of the Aero Club
of Washington, chapter of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association, at
o'clock Saturday night in the Willard
Hotel
The new record holders will receive
! from Senator Bingham Of Connecticut,
| president of the National Aeronautic
| Association, their official notices OF
award. Acceptances have been re-
ceived from a number of the record
holders, including one of the trans
atlantic teams.
The official holders of 1881 American
air records who are expected to attend
and the achievements for which they
will be honored are:
Russell N. Boardman and John. Po-
lando, world airline distance record
of SOILS miles, New York to Istanbul
Turkey, July 28, 90 and 80.
Hold Duration Mark.
Walter E. Lees and Frederic A.
Brossy, international duration record
for airplanes, class C.. "a hours 81
minutes, Jacksonville, Fla, May 25-28
This record and that of Boardman and
Polando are two of the major world
aviation records, the other two being
| for maximum speed and maximum
! altitude.
Kenneth w. Scholter, American al
| titude record for light planes Of the
fourth category, l7,467 feet, Detroit
April u. This record fell short OF
the official requirement for new inter-
national record though actually in cx-
cess of the official record
H. L. Child, American altitude rec
ord for light planes of the second
category, lo,SsS feet, East st. Louis,
May "a. .i
Miss Edna Rudolph, American al
titude record for light planes Of the
second category, 1924 feet, East st.
Louis May 81.
Miss Evelyn Bobby Trout and Miss
Edna May Cooper, international femi-
nine duration with refueling in flight
record, 1913 hours, Los Angeles, Janu-
| airy 40
Miss Ruth Nichols, to be honored for
three records-internation feminine
maximum speed record, 2l0636 miles
per hour, Detroit, April 13; interna-
tional feminine airline distance record
1915 miles, Oakland, Calf, to Louis
vile, KY, October 24-25, and interna-
tional feminine altitude record, 28,743
feet, Jersey City, March 6.
Mrs. Putnam Recognized.
Mrs. May Haizlip, international femi-
nine altitude record for light planes OF
the third category, 1907 feet, st. Clair
Mich, June 13.
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, recog-
| T1izad hnrino the fnr tun nff3riol
records attained in 1930-internati tional
| feminine speed record for 100 kilo-
meters, 174897 miles per hour, Detroit
June 25, $780, and international femi-
| nine speed record for 100 kilometers
with pay load of 500 Kilograms I'll 43s
miles per hour, Detroit, June 25, 1890
| In addition to these holders of off.
cial world records, the following flyers
! will be honored at the anniversary Gel.
ebration for miscellaneous records Off.
cially checked by the National Aero.
nautic Association:
| Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, round.
! world speed record, 8 days Is hour.
/ SO minutes and so seconds, June %.
July /.
Frank Kurtz, junior maximum speed
| record, l24.852 miles per hour, Orangt
| County, Calf, course, June II.
James H. Doolittle, transcontinenta
speed record, II hours minutes II
seconds, Burbank, Calf, to New York
September 4.
Amelia Earhart Putnam, altitude rec.
ord for autogiros, l8,4l5 feet, Willow
| Grove, Pa, April 7.
James H. Stickler, American duration
record for gliders, class D, hours q
minutes 5 seconds, Elmira, N. Y.
August IL.