Evening star., 1934-10-05
RUMAN|AN PRINCE
T0FLYHERE TODAY
Delegates From Other For.
eign Nations to F. A. |.
Sessions Also Due.

Headed by Prince Georges Bibesco
of Rumania, who is expected to fiy
here from New York this afternoon,
delegates from score of nations will
arrive in Washington today and to-
morrow for the first American meeting
of the Federation Aeronautique Inter-
rationale, world record and sport gov
erning body for aeronautics. q
The Federal Government will CO.
operate with the National Aeronautic
Association, American representative
of the F. A. l., in making the session
one of the most brilliant international
aviation gatherings held in the United
States. The meeting will not open
formally until Tuesday. but a number
of informal sessions, visits to Federal
aeronautical activities and social
events will fill in the week end.
Other Sessions Planned.
The F. A. I. session is to be followed
next Thursday and Friday by the an
nual meeting here of the N. A. A.,
bringing delegates from virtually all the
States and several of the territories.
Saturday, October l3, the 99ers, ma
tional group of women aviators, will
assemble here for their first local
meeting, which will close Sunday, Oc-
tober IA, with the first Eastern all
women's air meet, to be held at Col
lege Park Airport under auspices Of
the Washington Women Pilots Asso-
ciation.
The Rumanian prince, international
president Of the F. A. l., is to fly here
from. New York in a Bureau Of Air
Commerce official plane, arriving at
Washington Airport between $50 and
6 pm today He will be accompanied
by Princess Bibesco, M. and Nine.
Paul Tissandier of France, Maj. C. J.
w. Darwin, Great Britain, and Com
mandant G. Banciulesco of Rumania.
Virtually all the other European
delegates, including many world
known aviators, will arrive in body
by train from New York at 2 pm. to-
morrow.
Prince Bibesco and his party will be
met at Washington Airport by re-
ception committee headed by former
Senator Hiram Bingham. president Of
the National Aeronautic Association.
ton.
An informal meeting of the F. A. I.
Governing Board is to be held tomor-
row afternoon at the Mayfiower Hotel.
On Sunday the foreign visitors will
be taken to Mount Vernon by auto
mobile. Luncheon will be served at the
CollingWood Inn, followed in the aft
ernoon by a visit to the Bureau OF
Standards. Late in the afternoon tea
will be served at the headquarters OF
the National Aeronautic Association at
Dupont Circle
Early Monday morning the visitors
will be taken to Boiling Field, where
they will board Army and Navy trans
port planes to be flown to the Lang
ley Memorial Laboratories Of the Ma
tional Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics, at Langley Field, Va. On the
way they will be flown over the Wright
Memorial at Kitty Hawk, N. C.
At Langley Field they will be taken
the Federal aeronautical
and will be the guests Of
officers of Langley Field at luncheon.
They will be flown back to Washing
ton Monday afternoon.
Program Opens Tuesday.
The official program is to open Tues
day with a reception by President
Roosevelt and the formal opening ses-
sion of the conference in the build
ing of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United Stat ties. This opening ses-
sion is the only one of the confer
ence which will be open to any one
other than q qualified delegate. An
informal reception will follow the
formal session. Admission will be
by invitation and arrangements are
being made for about 800 guests, in
Guiding most Of the Federal aviation
leaders.
After luncheon by the Aeronauti-
cal Chamber of Commerce at the
Carlton Hotel, the delegates will re-
turn to the United States Chamber of
Commerce Building for the first exec
utive session. Tuesday evening num-
ber of dinners and other functions will
be held at the various foreign en-
bassies and legations.
The National Aeronautic ASSocia-
ton, which will act as host to the
F. A. I. delegates, will give an inter-
national banquet in their honor at the
Mayfiower Hotel, at 8 pm. next Thurs
day, as the opening event Of the
N. A. A. Convention, which will con.
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