Evening star., 1933-12-16
WAR PLANES DEFY
FOG IN MANEUVERS
36 Take Off at Langley Field
to Open Two-Day Program
Here This Afternoon.
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combat operations against hostile shore
defenses, including an actual bombing
raid on q floating target.
Units Which viii Participate.
Combat units participating in today's
demonstrations include the I'd Bonn
bardment Wing, Asmy Air Corps, COM
manded by Mai. Herbert A. Dargue, and
including the 9th Pursuit Group, under
command of Mai. B. @. Jones, and the
I'd Bombardment Group, led by Capt
Robert Cronau; q Marine Corps force'
from Quantico, led by Lieut.. Col. Ross
Rowell and including a fighter squadron
commanded by Lieut.. L. A. Sandy"
Sanderson; an observation squadron
led by Lieut.. Clarence j. Chappel. and
Naval Air Station force led by Lieut..
Comdr. Carleton McGauley.
The official tribute to Orville Wright
will be paid by the Nations air leaders
at tonight's banquet in the Mayfower
Hotel. Brief addresses by leading rep
resentatives of the various phases OF
aviation activity will be broadcast over
a Nationwide radio hook-up from $3.50
to 10 o'clock tonight. Foreign air at
taches, famous pilots, Federal and civil
air leaders and all local aviation organ
at the dinner.
Trophy to Be Presented.
Following assembly at 7:sO o'clock, the
dinner will start at 8 o'clock A feature
of the program will be the presentation
of the Thompson Trophy, outstanding
American speed award, and an accom-
panying plaque, to Harry Williams,
builder, and Jimmy Weddell, pilot, OF
the plane which won the Thompson
classic last July at Los Angeles.
Speakers who will be heard during
the broadcast period are Capt. Albert c.
Read, U. s. N. commander of the NC-4
during the first flight across the Atlantic
by any aircraft; Lieut.. Eric Nelson, one
of the heroes of the first flight around
the world made by the Army Air Corps;
Mrs. Amy johnson Mollison, speaking
on behalf of British aviation; Eugene
L. Vidal, director Of aeronautics. De-
partmert Of Commerce; Comdr. Hawks;
Jimmy Weddell, Brig. Sen. Oscar West
over, Army An Corps, representing MAJ.
Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, chief of the
Air Corps, worlds first military pilot and
pupil of the Wrights, who is suffering
bad attack of laryngitis; Lieut.. Comdr.
Thomas G. w. Settle, stratosphere flyer,
who recently brought the official world
altitude record to the United States.
and Capt. William J. TAFT. United
States Coast Guard, who was host to
the Wrights at the time the first flight
was made.
Hawks to Fly Tomorrow.
Tomorrow's assault on the world
speed record for 1000 kilometers oy
Comdr Hawks will link Washington,
Kitty Hawk and the home of 0rville
Wright at Dayton, Ohio, in a spectacu-
during the past three decades
During his sustained high-speed dash
Hawks will pay tribute to the pioneers
of human flight oy dropping wreaths on
the Wright Monument at Kitty Hawk
and the Wright home at Dayton. To
establish a new record he must make
an average Of 800 miles per hour or
better for the entire distance of l.
242.739 miles. He hopes TO push his
racer. the Sky Chief, to an average of
225 miles if wind and weather condi-
tionS are at all favorable.
His time of take-of from Washing
ton is unsettled and will depend largely
upon weather conditions. He hopes to
get away in time to finish at College
Park during tomorrow afternoons civil
air meet. His maximum allowable time
schedule requires him to finish in
hours and As minutes, though he hopes
to cut the time to hours and Is min
utes or less. The flight must be nom
stop, and official observers will be sta
toned at Kitty Hawk, Dayton. Cincin-
natl and Akron, Ohio, to check him as
he flashes by
If wind conditions are not right for
take-of at College Park with the
0n net IInr -lyc
may take off from Boiling Field. IN
this event his official start must be
made from College Park by flying past
the aerial beacon there. His course Of
1000 kilometers was laid out by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey on the
basis of start and finish at College
Park.
Weddell Flight Uncertain.
Jimmy Weddell has not yet definitely
announced whether he will attempt a
nonstop speed record flight from
Washington to New Orleans Should
he undertake the flight he probably
will leave College Park early tomorrow.
Tomorrow's meet at College Park re-
calls the days when the nearby Mary-
land field was the center of world avi-
alton activity 1t not only was the
worlds first airport; it also was the
first training field used by the Wright
brothers and was the first military
flying field in the world, serving as the
first home of The Army's flying service
Plans for the meet there tomorrow
have been made by committee repre-
senting the various aviation groups of
the Capital, among them Chester H
Warrington, chairman; George c.
Brinckerhoff, j. Earl ISteinhauser, Rob-
ert S. Strange. H. L. Robertson, John
S. Wynn. William Enyart, J. C. Breck-
inridge, C. T. Kettler. Maj. Gen. Ben
jamin D. Foulois, and Rear Admiral Err
nest H. King.
Among the aviation units which will
visit College Park and take part in the
program are local Army and Marine
Corps Reserves: the Maryland National
Guard Aviation Squadron. and the Will
liam and Mary Flying Club, Williams
burg, Va. which won the 1888 Looming
Intercollegiate Flying Trophy.
Clubs to Take Part.
Flying clubs and aviation organiza-
tions which will be represented in the
ceremonies include the National Aero
nautic Association. National Women s
Aeronautical Association, District of Co
lumhia Model Aircraft League, Wash
ington Glider Club, Bureau of Stand
ards Flying Club, Gambler Club of Bal
timore. Service Seals Flying Club OF
Baltimore. Aero Club of Washington,
Aviation Committee, Washington Board
OF Trade, and Washington Air Derby
Association.
Presentation of the $3.50 first prize in
the Nationwide Stinson model aircraft
building contest will be feature of to-
morrows program at College Park The
prize will be presented to the national
winner, George B. Leffler. 1905 B street
northeast. by Chester H. Warrington.
In ceremony at the Wright brothers
exhibit in the National Museum at IL 80
pm. tomorrow, members of the National
Women's Aeronautical Association will
pay tribute - the pioneers by laying a
wreath.