Evening star., 1936-09-27

4 Q test of navigating skill over
in the vicinity Of College Park, Nd.
located.
The flying will start at College
take-off. each competing pilot will be-
given a flight log, which will include
true courses to be fiown and an al
lowed flight time for each Of four
legs, based upon the cruising speed OF
the airplane.
The contest will be a test Of the
ability of the pilot to navigate his air.
craft and maintain a given ground
speed.
Taking of, each pilot will be re-
quired to attain an altitude OF 500
feet and then to pass over the center
of the airport, on the course allocated
to him. He will be required to main
tain this course at the indicated
cruising speed for the time in minutes
and seconds shown on his flight log.
At the end Of this time the pilot will
be required to mark his exact location
on his chart and then change course
to the second leg assigned in his log
repeating for each leg assigned TO
him.
Following the completion Of the
courses. the distance and true courses
flown will be checked on q standard
Department of Commerce map and
the winners will be determined upon
the accuracy of the pilots flying as
determined by his position on the map
at the end Of each leg and the total or
gross flying time for the four legs.
Aircraft of all sizes and cruising
speeds are eligible and have equal
chances, it was pointed out. The
courses have been so arranged that
the slowest airplanes owned by men,
bers of the association should be able
to complete the event within an hour.
All pilots and solo students are in
vited to participate.
Last night members Of the derby
association attended the first annual
test flight and tacky party" of the
association in the club house at Col
lege Park.
DECLARING that American gliding
and soaring pilots have advanced
sufficiently In experience and skill to
enable them to compete on a fair
basis with those of other countries,
particularly Germany, the Soaring So
ciety of America has announced that
an international soaring contest has
been scheduled for next Summer in
place of the eighth annual national
soaring contest.
The international meet is to be held
at the great national glider base at
Elmira, N. Y, June 26 to July 10,
With the aid of Public Works Admin
istration labor, Elmira has con-
structed an administration building,
barracks and hangar on Harris Hill,
main glider launching area at Elmira,
and by next year the society expects
to have proper facilities for staging
q large-scale international contest.
The presence of soaring pilots from
other countries will permit American
pilots to observe the methods fol-
lowed in every phase Of the sport
and to benefit by the exchange Of
ideas, it was explained by the So
ciety in announcing the world meet.
AT the same time" it was said,
at was felt that, because of the char
acteristics of American terrain, for
eign pilots will be in a position to
gain from our experience and, because
of the fact our soaring terrain is in
general better than that in Central
Europe, exceptional performances may
be achieved by foreign pilots.
1T is felt that the international
competition offers rare opportunity
for the expansion of the good will
and good fellowship which is such a
striking characteristic of the sport
of soaring"
Soaring pilots from Japan and Rus
sia are being invited, as well as those
from the countries which are members
of the Istus, international soaring
society. These countries are Ger
many, England, France. Hungary
Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Holland
Belgium and Poland.
Preliminary work in interesting for
eign pilots is being undertaken by
DR.. Karl o. Lange, vice president
and Richard c. Du Pont, treasurer
of the Soaring Society of America
and by Mrs. Warren E. Eaton. widow
of the former president of the So
ciety, all three of whom are visiting
various European countries. Prepa-
rations in this country already are
we'll under way.
The seventh annual national meet
at Elmira this Summer proved to be
the most impressive in the history OF
American gliding. Soaring flights
we're possible on IA of the l6 days
of the meet and 337 flights were
made. Total soaring time was 1853
hours, 49 minutes, or an average OF
more than one hour per flight. Soar
ing plane engaged in cross-country
fights. of five miles or more, flew
a total Of 1888 miles during the meet.
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