Evening star., 1934-05-19
MODEL AIRCRAFT
AWARDSARE MADE
Richard Hooper Is Selected
as AII.Ar0und Cham
pion Builder.

Selection of Richard Hooper. 1928
North Capitol street, as the all-round
champion, and of more than q score
of class and group winners at the
National Museum yesterday culmi-
mated the annual model aircraft con-
test for Washington boys, held under
auspices of the Community Center,
District Model Aircraft League and
Smithsonian Institution.
The champion model Of the cen-
test. regardless of group or class.
which brought two prizes to its build
er. was young Hooper's model OF the
experimental Navy fighter. XF-l1-C3.
This model. in addition to capturing
the grand prize for all models entered.
also took first place In the group C,
senior class.
$50 Hours in Making.
Hooper's model. which required
more than $50 hours of expert crafts
manship, has fully operative controls.
including retractable landing gear,
operated by tiny crank in the cock
pit; a sectionalized and operating
cylinder in the engine, full model
radio equipment, operating parachute
flares. and reproduction of the entire
fighting equipment. even to tiny live
bombs which will explode.
The models, which represent many
months of work by the local contest
ants, will remain on exhibition until
next Wednesday in the foyer OF the
New National Museum Building, Con-
stitution avenue entrance. Several Of
the models have been selected by Paul
Edward CARRIER in charge Of aero
nautics in the National Museum. for
permanent inclusion in the famous
Smithsonian aircraft collection. Mr..
CARRIER arranged and conducted the
exhibit and contest.
Since the models represented Army
and Navy combat ships and civil air
craft of all types, the board of three
Judges represented the aviation
branches of the War, Navy and Com
merce Departments.
List of Winners.
Contest winners in the various
classes and groups were:
Group A, senior-First, Northrop
Alpha" model made by J. Edward
Reeves; second, a Potez monoplane
made by Morris Arkin; (no third en-
try. Group A, Junior-First. a Stin-
son Reliant" made by Billy EN-
shwiller; second. a primary glider,
made by David Fegan; third. Ply
ing Dutchman." from Norman Zipkin.
Group B. senior: First. Bob Weihle's
"Vought O-3U4"; second, a similar
type by Richard Hooper: third, Ar
kin's "Curtiss psi" Group B. jun
ior: First. William Haber's Peg;
second, "Curtiss A-8" from Harold
Marks: third, Page Racer" by Nor
man Zipkin.
Group c, senior: First. a beautiful
model Of "Curtiss KILL CO" by
Hooper; second, a "CurtiSs He'll
Diver" by Reeves: third, a "Boeing
F-4 B-4," made by Richard Stokes
Group C, junior: First. a "Vought
Corsair" made by Fegan; second,
Emshwiller's Fill C-2"; third,
Waco Cabinplane," made by George
Weaver.
In group D, the largest models. first
place senior was won by Arkin's
PSF; second, "Boeing Trans
port" by Hooper; third. Reeves model
of the "P-W-8" airplane in which
Russell Vaughan made the first
dawn-to- dusk transcontinental flight
in 1923. Junior: First, Emshwillers
Akron Fighter: second, a Waco
Taperwing" made by James Star
gel: (no third entry).
There were no senior entries in the
kit models; in the junior class the
winner of first place was Melvin Bur-
roughs' Falcon Seaplane"; second,
Harold Marks 'P-6-E''; third, Bob
Sauter's "Fairchild "a"