Evening star., 1935-10-13
YOUTH WINS PLANE|
TITLE THIRD T|ME|
Robert WiehIe, 19, Victor in
Finals of D. c. Model
Aircraft League.

Nineteen -year-old Robert Wiehle,
1915 Wisconsin avenue, twice cham
pion of Washingtons model plane fly
ers, proved himself of real champion
ship caliber yesterday when he came
from behind to win the title for the
third consecutive year in the finals of
the District of Columbia Model Air
craft Leagues eighth annual contest.
Entering the indoor finals in Con-
stitution Hall two points behind Ever
EFT Meeks, 20, of 1908 Myrtle avenue
northeast, young Wiehle made a clean
sweep of every contest for lace" flyers
to emerge victorious by a margin of
only one point over Meeks. Wiehle
scored total of q points.
Wins Gasoline Motor Prize.
In addition to winning the title and
the District of Columbia Model Air
craft Trophy, Wiehle won the gaso-
line motor prize by scoring the high
est indoor and outdoor combined flight
record. His time for both contests
totaled II minutes 13 seconds.
Charles Kaman. l6. of 573l Third
street, won first place in the senior
pilot class of flyers, scoring 25 points.
Mark Sheriff. was second with Is
points and William Hanson third
with IA.
Carl Wiehle. 14-year-old brother Of
Robert, scored the highest total in
the junior pilot class with point
score of %. Zell Steever and Jack
Perine tied for second place in this
class with points each, but second
place was awarded to Steever because
of his stick model flight of II min
utes, best flight Of the meet, which
was made during the first leg Of the
contest held at Boiling Field a week
ago.
Hill Wins Novice Prize.
Dudley Hill scored a total Of a
points to win the trophy for the novice
class Second and third place. re-
spectively, went to Edward Barker, IL
points, and Julian Columbus, 10
points.
Franklin Kral won the title for fly
ers in the "over-2l years" class. He
scored IA points, while Ray Donohue
was second with 10.
The older Wiehle boy and Meeks
entered the finals with IL and IA
points, respectively, and they made a
real fight of it before the matter Of
who would be 1.-The champ" was de-
cided While the ultimate winner was
busy scoring first place in the three
contests-hand-lau stick models.
riSe-off ground fuselage models and
gliders-Meeks was winning second
honors in each contest. Meeks lost
the glider test by only few seconds.
Presentation of trophies and awards.
which are being sponsored by the
Aero Club of Washington, will be
made at a banquet to be held by the
club at the Racquet Club in the near
future. Prominent aviators will pre-
sent the prizes.
Summaries of Contests.
Hand-launched stick models-Ace
class, r. Wiehle, minutes 253s sec
onds; E. Meeks. 6 minutes 35l5 Sec
onds; Edward Arkin, minutes 1925
seconds. Senior pilot class-C. Kaman,
minutes 1915 seconds; Don Roylance.
minutes 35 seconds: William Han
son, ! minute AIS seconds. Junior
pilot class-C. Wiehle, 2 minutes Z
seconds; Teddy Grimm. ! minute 373s
seconds. Novice class-Richard Krum-
bach, minutes 523s seconds; B. Hill,
4 minutes 20t5 seconds; E. Barker, 3
minutes rs seconds.
Rise off ground fuselage: Ace class
R. Wiehle, minutes 1926 seconds;
E Meeks. 3 minutes 3135 seconds: E.
Arkin. minutes 1926 seconds. Senior
pilot class-M. Sheriff.. 3625 seconds;
C. Kaman, 3245 seconds; w. Hanson,
II seconds. Novice-Mathew Smith.
3525 seconds; second flight, 80 sec
onds; Lee Brownfield. 352s seconds;
second flight. 25 seconds; John VAN
dergrift. 26 seconds; Harry Stovall,
1885, seconds.
GliderS: Ace claSs-R. Wiehle, 1915
seconds: E. Meeks, 1895 seconds; Ed
ward Arkin. 1015 seconds. Senior
pilot-Don Roylance, 1745 seconds;
c. Kaman, 1926 seconds: w. Hanson,
9 seconds. Junior pilot-C. Wiehle,
1145 seconds. Novice-J. Columbus,
172s seconds; E. Barker, 1145 seconds;
D. Hill. 13 seconds; H. Stovall, 8 Sc
onds.