Evening star., 1935-06-09
AVIATION EXHIBITS
AWAIT SHR|NERS
Army, Navy and Marine
Flyers Will Demonstrate
for Mobiles.

Advances Of recent years in combat
flying and military aviation equipment
will be demonstrated by Army. Navy
and Marine Corps aviators to visiting
Shriners this week In a series OF
demonstrations.
The aviation program will include
daily radio formation flying over the
city by Army planes, formation flying
over the Washington Navy Yard
Wednesday by Marine Corps squad
ron. q comprehensive ground exhibi-
ton of Army aviation equipment in
the Lincoln Memorial Grounds, open
house" at Boiling Field and the Ana
costa Naval Air Station. and Marine
Corps combat flying demonstration at
Quantico. Va, during the all-day trip
of the visiting mobiles to the Marine
base there Thursday.
The Army Air Corps exhibits, pre-
pared at Boiling Field under the
direction of Lieut.. Col. Martin F.
Scanlon, station complement COM
mander, we're installed yesterday near
Twenty-first street and Constitution
avenue and will be open to visitors
from 8 am. to midnight every day
this week.
Radio Plane on Display.
The exhibits include one OF the
latest type P-26A Boeing pursuit air
planes completely equipped. including
tWo-Way radio. From this airplane
Boiling Field officers will direct the
flying OF a formation of pursuit air
planes at intervals during the week.
The commands from the ground air
plane and the acknowledgements and
reports from the formation high over
the city will be picked up and ampli-
fled for spectators.
A new-type Air Corps camera gun"
used in the training of Air Corps COM
bat personnel will be mounted in a
cockpit so that it may be operated by
visiting mobiles. The camera gun is
mounted and sighted in the same
manner as a machine gun. the ac-
curacy OF the gunner" being re-
corded phOtOgraphically rather than
by the firing of bullets. The camera
gun will be loaded with film and the
Shriners will be permitted to shoot
each other"
There will be a continuous showing
of Air Corps motion pictures. in
cluding some Of the spectacular scenes
from West Point of the Air" filmed
with the cooperation Of the Army
flying service.
Exhibit Includes Engines.
The Air Corps exhibits also will in
clude two of the latest type military
airplane engines mounted on stands;
various types Of aeronautical cameras
used for aerial mapping and observa-
ton work: portable developing out
fit; a Photographic mosaic map OF
the District of Columbia; a display OF
photographs showing the method used
in making up a mosaic; an electri-
callv operated Sectionalized mapping
camera: parachutes, so arranged as
to display the manner of operation
aircraft parachute flares; aircraft
machine guns; a totem pole pre-
sented to the Air Corps Alaskan flight
by citizens of Alaska. and a fine
series of enlarged action photographs
Of Air Corps activities.
A demonstration of Marine Corps
formation and combat flying will be
feature Of Shrine day at the Wash
ington Navy Yard from $50 am. tc
IL noon Wednesday. Aircraft One
Marine Corps East Coast Expedi-
tionary Force, Quantico, will send 9
formation of 8 or l8 planes from
Quantico. under command of Maj
/ Field Harris, to demonstrate ovel
the Navy Yard during the morning
The same squadron will fly a review
and demonstration for the Shriner.
who visit Quantico Thursday.