The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-11-11
SPECTACULAR
AIR SHOW SET
AT FLETCHER
Two Performances Will Be
Given, 2:30 P. M. To-
day and Sunday

Offering the most complete ana
spectacular air show ever held in
this section, the American Air
Aces will perform at the Hender-
sonville-Asheville airport at
Fletcher this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock and again tomorrow at
the same hour.
Thirteen acknowledgements pi-
lots and parachute jumpers will
perform in the show which will in
clude II events. A company of "a
lpersons have been at Asheville for
several days making field arrange
ments and getting the airplanes
in shape for the daring stunts.
With clear and warmer weather
prevailing today, the atmosphere
will be comfortable enough this
afternoon for the pilots to per-
form their stunts and for the spec
tators to enjoy watching them.
The air show, which begins
promptly at 2:30 o'clock, will in
clude the following: Music, open
ing ceremony, daylight fireworks,
5,00O-foot spiral dive, balloon
busting and ribbon cutting, dead
engine aerobatics, speed race,
Ford tri-motor aerobatics, invert-
ed flying, war combat aerial "dog
fight" a comedy act-"He Learns
to Fly" music, formation flying
inverted precision aerobatics.
speed dashes at 800 miles per
hour. and mile-and-a-half delayed
parachute jump.
Pilots and parachute jumpers
who will take part in the full fly
ing program are: George Burrell,
Jr., of Chicago, flying tri-mo-
tored Ford; Captain Dick Granere
of Chicago, q Curtis pusher; Len
Povey, of Springfield. Mass,
Waco; Captain Art Davis, of Lam
sing, Mich, a Waco; Captain Ben
nett Griffin, noted transatlantic
pilot. of Oklahoma City. Okla,
flying Travelaire; Johnnie Liv-
ingston, of Aurora, ILL.,, flying a
Waco; Harold Neumann, Of Mo-
line, ILL.,. Benny Howard Special;
Clarence Macarthur, of Tampa,
Fla, Heath special; Glenn Sohn,
of Detroit, Mich. parachute jump
err; Shirley Raunner, of Cincinna-
ii, parachute jumper; Captain
Jack Wright. of Utica, N. Y, fly
ing a monocoupe; Roy Hunt. of
Oklahoma City, a Fairchild "34";
and Lee Haynes, of Dallas, Tex,
who cracked up his plane recently
in Greensboro.
Flying the Benny Howard spe-
cial ships at their cruising speed
of about $50 miles per hour, Pilot
Harold Neumann will add many
thrills to the show. He was rum
ner-up to Johnny Livingston in
the American air races at Chicago
this year. He holds the record for
single balloon bursting.
Grandstand and box seats have
been constructed around the field
at Fletcher to afford spectators
good view of the different events.
The American Air Aces have their
own superintendent of traffic who
will personally supervise the park
ing of automobiles at the show.
Unlike most lesser known air
show companies, the American
( Air Aces do not carry passengers
commercially. They are in Ashe-
vile solely for the purpose of
staging a spectacular air show.
Robert E. Lee Turner, we'll
known Asheville pilot, is local di-
rector of the performances at
Fletcher. :,
An extra event will be included
in the Sunday afternoon program
of air aces-the Baby Ruth tro-
ply race, valued at $4,000. The
silver trophy is Al inches high
and weighs 375 pounds. Johnny
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