Evening star., 1932-08-24
AIR RECORDS FALL
FOR MODEL CRAFT
Of YOUNG BUILDERS
Third Day of Tournament On
at Boiling FieId-Leff-
Ter Leads Ace Class.
HAND-L PLANE
UP NEARLY rs MINUTES
Morris Krucoff Sets New Mark for
Dynamic Type-Glider-Heli-
copter Contests Today.

Youthful model aircraft builders and
| flyers today continued their assaults on
records as they went into the third
days competition in the District Mode
Aircraft Tournament at Boiling Field
Two records fell yesterday, the first day
of outdoor events.
George Letter, who has led the ace
class on both previous days Of the meet
broke the record for hand-launched sci
entific planes when his ship few "a
minutes and Al seconds before 1t was
| lost in the river. Leffler now has accu-
mulated 26 points, to lead his class.
The record in this event formerly was
held by Jack Park, who last year
achieved fight of "a minutes and 81
! seconds The second mark to fall was
| that set in 1880 by Frank Salisbury
i when his dynamic model few for Is
coff's plane in the same model class
yesterday flew Is seconds.
Weather Ideal for Tests.
Yesterdays weather was ideal for
model aircraft flying and large group
! of spectators, both youthful and adult
watched the tiny planes soar. Besides
| LETTERS record breaking plane, another
was lost in the river, but both were re-
covered by the commanding of11cer OF
the Naval Air Station and returned to
| their owners by Lieut.. T. F. Combs, U
| S. NJ, who is one of the judges at to-
d. rs outdoor events.
Todays events include contests ir
fuselage. glider and helicopter, models
| The tourney closes Friday with indoor
events at mcfarland Community Gen.
| ter, where the first days flights were
| held Monday, and will be followed BY
| the annual District Model Aircraft
League luncheon for the presentation
| of awards to the winners.
Among interested spectators at tnt
| tournament yesterday was MAJ. II. Z
! Davidson, Boiling Field commandant.
Jack Park, former record holder, anc
Jack Friedman placed second anc
| third in the hand-launched scientlht
event, in which Letter won the recore
for the aces. Morris Arkin led the
pilot class in this group and Gilbert
Southworth the Junior pilots.
LETTER Leads Ace Group.
LETTER also led the ace group II
contests for dynamic models, with
flight of 16 3-5 seconds. He was fol
| lowed by Blair Bennett and Everett
Meeks Morris Krucoff, who broke th'
pilot class record, was followed b!
| Tom Hagner and Morris Arkin. whit
placed second and third. Amont
| Junior pilots Darwin Krucoff was first
Edward Arkin, second, and DaVit
Fegan. third. :
First among the aces competing II
the seaplane group was Park with
flight of six minutes, four and three
! fifths seconds. Everett Meeks and LET
f1er were second and third. In thu
pilot group Morris Arkin placed first
and David Fegan headed the junior
pilots.
The leading competitors in eacf
class, after the first two days OF the
tourney, with their scores are:
Aces: George LETTER, 26; Everett
Meeks, IT; Jack Park. IA; Harole
Francke, 9; Jack Friedman, Z; Blail
Bennett, T. Bob Wiehle, s; and Ed,
ward Grannis, 3.
Pilots: Morris Krucoff, %; Morri!
Arkin, %; Tom Hagner. IT. Bill Kemon
IA; Norman Zipkin, 10.
Junior Pilots: David Fegan, 81; Gil
bert Southworth, 18; Karl Clarke, IA
Edward Arkin, IA; Darwin Krucoff, 7
! Harry Heimer, 7; Milton Silverman
3, and August Tolman, /.