Evening star., 1935-04-14
MANY WILL ENTER
LANGLEY AIR MEET
First Glider Spot Landing
Contest in U. S. to Be
One of Features.

Approximately 125 airplanes are ex-
pected to be concentrated at College
Park Airport, College Park, Md, for
the third annual Langley day air
meet, Sunday, May S, under auspices
of the washington Air Derby Asso-
citation, according to advance in
formation received by Harrison Som
erville, president. This Is nearly
double the number of planes present
last year for the Langley day meet,
outstanding local air event.
The first glider spot landing con-
test held in America will be one OF
the features of the meet, which Will
include IL competitive flying events,
Somerville announced.
The Langley day meet, it was ex-
planned, has for its purpose "the pro-
motion of air consciousness on the
part of the largest number OF people
in and about Washington" and 1.-The
encouragement Of sportsman pilots IN
competition"
Several Prizes Posted.
All qualified pilots in washington
and nearby States are invited to
participate in the meet. There are
to be a number of prizes posted by
the association and by Washington
business associations and firms. A
Taylor cub airplane Is to be given
away.
All competing airplanes in the speed
events must be flown over the College
Park course by their owners or by
pilots named by the owners between
noon and sundown Saturday, May 4,
so that handicaps may be de-
termined.
The program will include sports
man pilot race for airplanes with a
gross weight of 1850 pounds maxi
mum, over l0-mile course; SINH
lar race for airplanes with a gross
weight of 1885 pounds to $500
pounds, over a 25-mile course; an ex-
hibition delayed parachute jump from
an altitude of 10000 feet; sports
man-pilot race for airplanes with a
gross weight Of over $500 pounds,
over a 25-mile course; a free for all
race for sportsman pilots, over 25-
mile course; an acrobatic contest;
women's free for all race over 25-
mile course; bomb-dropping contest;
a 15-mile relay race; model aircraft
contest, and a women'S spot-landing
parachute jump.
Cone to Be Referee.
Col. j. Carroll Cone, assistant di-
rector of Air Commerce, will serve
as referee; Jesse Lankford, Bureau
of Air Commerce, as starter; Robert
Refining and Ed Young, as assistant
starters, and William Enyart. Ma
tional Aeronautic Association Contest
Committee, as timer.
The Contest Committee for the
meet is composed of Harrison Somer-
vile. chairman; William Hunley. ].
Earl Steinhauer, M. P. Hanscom,
Capt. B. H. Merchant, DR.. H. C.
Dickinson and DR.. B. L. Jarman,
with Chester H. Warrington as
adviser.
Race judges will be Col. Roy S.
Geiger, U. S. M. c.; Lieut.. William
A. r. Robertson, Army Air Corps;
Joseph Schumate, former Senator
Hiram Bingham, Stanley w. Crosth-
waite and Mrs. Phoebe F. Omlie.
Airplanes already have been en-
tered for the meet from New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
the District, it was announced.
The first Washington air derby COM
petitive flying event of the season, an
aerial treasure hunt" will be held
this afternoon, starting and finish
ing at College Park Airport. The
public is invited to witness the start
and finish. Free parking space will
be provided.