Evening star., 1934-10-07
Future International Record
Flights to Be Considered
BY F. A. |.
SECRET PARLEY TO DEAL
WITH RULE REVISIONS
Royal Aero Club Will Plead for
Change Before London.to-
Melbourne Race.

Future international record flights
were in the making here last night as
worldfamous aviation leaders from
20 nations gathered for the first
American meeting of the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale, world
governing body for record and sport
flying, to begin officially Tuesday.
Discussions in the secret sessions
of the F. A. I will center to a large
extent on revisions of international
air rules directed toward several world
record attempts by noted flyers.
Prince Georges Bibesco of Rumania,
the air veterans of the world, is plan
ming fight which his colleagues say
will be "front-page news around the
world OF his plans the prince will
say nothing.
Want Restrictions Lifted.
The Royal Aero Club of Great
Britain will plea for immediate lifting
of restrictions on record flights be-
tween capital cities of the world as to
the naming of definite airports for
lAlC d1lO IlC PI lllldl y
purpose is to clear the way for a
change in the point of departure for
the $4,000 MacRobertson Trophy
race from London to Melbourne, Aus
tralia, to start October 20, but England
also is understood to be looking be-
yond even the great MacRobertson
race, regarded as the greatest air COM
petition in history.
Flyers whose names have been
heard around the world were on hand
for the pre-conterence program, which
will include trip to Mount Vernon,
the Bureau of Standards, a flying
visit to the birthplace of the airplane
at Kitty Hawk, N. c., and the great
Federal aeronautical laboratories of
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics at Langley Field.
Flying Pioneers Present.
The visitors included members of
that handful of brave men who held
the first score of world air licenses
issued by the F. A I. and who were
the real world pioneers of fight.
Among them is Prince Bibesco, who
as early as 1907 was the owner of a
Voison glider, and who in 1908 owned
one of the earliest European airplanes.
He became a pupil of the great Louis
Bleriot in 1909, the year Bleriot con-
quered the English channel. Bibesco,
who holds international license No,
20, and his teacher, Bleriot, are fellow
delegates to the local conference.
Bibesco made many cross country
flights in Europe which were regarded
as exceedingly daring in their day.
During one of them he dropped his
card from the sky to M Paul Tissan-
dier, then a student pilot of Orville
Wright in Southern France. Tissan-
dier is here as secretary general Of
the F. A. I.
Tssandier in 1909 established a
world speed record with the then as
tonishing mark of 3405 miles per
hour. Lieut.. Col. Mervyn O'Gorman,
British delegate, was in charge of all
aircraft experimental construction for
his country during the World War,
the famous SE-5 fighters being among
the planes produced under his direc-
ton.
Netherlands Flyer Here.
Jonkheer van den Bercn van Heem-
stede, the Netherlands representative,
was one of the founders of the great
Royal Dutch Airline, internationally
known as KIM, and is head of the
International Air Traffic Association.
Col. Messner, from Switzerland, be-
came a member of small group OF
Swiss military balloonists in 1899 and
in 1909 was commander of the 1st
Swiss Balloon Company. He partici-
pated in many Gordon Bennett inter-
national races and in 1925 not only
won but established a new world du-
ration record of 73 hours.
Lieut.. Col. Hans Wolfgang Won Gro
nau, one of the German delegation
is the hero of three transatlantic
flights, one of them part of brilliant
flight around the world.
Yesterdays program for the visitors
included only the registration OF the
delegates at the Mayf1ower Hotel and
an executive meeting of the Commit
tee of Directors for discussion Of de-
tails of the formal program.
Will Visit Mount Vernon.
Today the visitors will visit Mount
Vernon by automobile. followed by
| luncheon at the Collingwood Inn. To-
| morrow afternoon they will visit the
| Bureau of Standards and the head
/ quarters of the National Aeronautlt
Association, at Dupont Circle.
Tomorrow 80 of the delegates are tt
| leave Washington in Army and Navy
planes for Langley Field, where the!
will be shown through the N. A. G. A
laboratories. They will be the guests
of officers of the field at luncheon II
the officers Club. They are to bt
flown back to Washington In tht
afternoon.
Tuesdays formal program will be-
gin at II am. with a ceremonla
opening session in the Chamber o.
Commerce of the United States. This
session will include welcoming ad'
dress by former Senator Hiram Blng'
ham of Connecticut, president OF the
National Aeronautic Association
American representative of the F. A
! l.. and a response by Prince Bibesco
This will be the only session open II
other than delegates. 1t will be al
invitation affair only.
The delegates will be the guests ol
the Aeronautical Chamber OF Com
merce at l pm. Tuesday in the CARL
ton Hotel. After a formal session o.
the conference Tuesday Afternoon
the delegates will be received at tht
White House by President Roosevelt
at pm.
Two Sessions Wednesday.
Morning and afternoon. sessions
will be held Wednesday. A fornla
reception in honor of the visitors vii