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100 miles per hour, 125 miles pei
hour and 140 miles per hour. There
will be a free-for all race, a women's
handicap race, an acrobatic competi-
ton, SLOW race" a race for air
planes powered with OX-5 engines
a precision landing contest, boom
and-go-back race" dropping
contest and relay race.
Program Of Events.
Aside from the preliminary heats
from 10:30 to noon, the program fol-
lows:
Oflcial opening, IL o'clock noon
with the starting gun for the first
race Immediately following the brie1
opening ceremonies.
Event A-SportSman pilot race, 2s
miles, open to all NC or Group II oper
or closed ships having top speed moi
exceeding 100 miles per hour.
Event B-Sportsman pilot race. 2s
miles, open to all NC or Group II oper
or closed ships having top speed moi
exceeding l25 miles per hour.
Event C-Sportsman pilot race. %
miles, open to all NC or Group II oper
or closed ships having top speed moi
exceeding 140 miles per hour.
Event D-Sportsman pilot trophy
race, Is miles, free for all. NC Of
Group II open or closed ships, men
and women pilots. handicap.
Event E-Acrobatic contest, open tt
any type NC or Group II ship. The
contestants must follow compulsory
routine calling for the following ma
neuvers, in the order named: Loop
Immelman turn. left; Immelman turn
right; half slow roll, left: half SLOW
roll, right: full roll, left: full roll
right: wingover and landing.
Event F-Slow race. 10 miles to g
Group II ship Of IS horsepower OF
less, winner to be determined by the
maximum elapsed time. The planes
must not exceed a maximum altitude
of 1000 feet and must maintain 9
straight course except in turning
pylons.
Event G-OX-5 race, 25 miles, open
to any NC or Group II open or closed
ship. The OX-5 engine was the
smaller sized quantity production mo-
tor produced for the United State:
Army during the World War.
Landing Competition.
Event H-Precision landing contest
open TO any NC or Group II type oi
ship. Contestants must cut of the
motor at an altitude of not less than
800 feet and glide to a landing, max
ing not less than 180-degree turn.
Event K-"Boom- m-and-go-back" race,
open to all NC or Group II aircraft
Each contestant will be given a true
course to follow from the starting
line. with a subsequent change OF
course on the firing of signal bomb
bringing him back across the finish
line.
Event L-Women's race, Is miles
women pilots only. open to any NC or
Group II type of ship, flying under
handicaps absorbed at the start. SC
that the first plane across the finish
line Is winner.
Event M-Bomb-d dropping contest
open to any NC or Group II type OF
ship. Minimum altitude 400 feet
The mark Is on the airport landing
area beyond the circular field marker
from the grandstand.
Event N-Relay race, IS miles, open
to any NC or Group II aircraft. The
race is to be flown by not less than
two teams composed Of three airplanes
each.
The referee for the meet is George
Haldeman, ocean flyer and famous air
meet contestant. Maj. E. w. Upton
will act as starter, with Jesse Lank-
ford, Department of Commerce Aero
nautics Branch, and Ray Cooper, gen.
eral manager of the National Aero
nautic Association, as his assistants.
Fechet to Be q Judge.
The official National Aeronautical
Association electrical timing equip
ment will be used in clocking the
races, under control Of William En-
yart. timer, and J. B. Peterson, F..
Cordero and Charles Helms, assistant
timers.
The judges are Maj. Gen. James E.
Fechet, retired Chief OF the Army Air
Corps; Eugene L. Vidal, director. and
Maj. J. Carroll Cone. assistant di-
rector, Aeronautics Branch, Depart
ment of Commerce; G. o. Vass, Maj.
Roy S. Geiger. commandant of Marine
Corps aviation; A. c. Case and Comdr
P. v. H. Weems, U. S. N, retired.
George c. Brinkerhof is field
marshal.
The Contest Committee is composed
Of c. H. Warrington, chairman; M. p
Pop" Hanscom, local Department of
Commerce aeronautical inspector; j.
Earl Steinhauer, C. S. Fleidner, Will
liam Hunley and Dr.. H. c. Dickinson
Chairman of other committees in
charge of the meet and last nights
ball and reception are c. T. Kettler
Traffic; former Senator Hiram Bing-
ham. Reception; J. Earl Steinhauer
Airport; c. H. Warrington, Trophy
A. K. Barta, Banquet. and Joe Kauf-
man, Publicity and Broadcast.
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