Evening star., 1937-12-17
MASS AIR DRILLS
MARKF|RSTFL|CHT
OF WR|GHTS IN 'O3
All Available Military Craft
Ordered Into Air at An.
niversary Hour.
AERO CLUB DINNER
TOPS RITES HERE
Representatives of Aviation Bod.
les Meet in New York to Draft
Suggested U. S. Program.

In the air at 1890 o'clock this morn
ing than at any time In history. as a
part of the observance of the 34th
anniversary of the first heavier
than-air flight, made by Orville and
Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk, N. C..
in 1908.
Military airdromes, wherever To-
Gated, were directed to place all avail
able airplanes in the air at the ami
versary hour and in many parts of
the country civil flights also were
planned. Hundreds of airline pas
sengers and crews. in flight at the
tlme, also commemorated the event.
Because of fog, Boiling Field can
celed its proposed anniversary flight
at the last minute, after Is Army air
planes OF various types had been
warmed up and put on the line. 1t
was explained that although the flight
could have been made with reason
able safety it would have been point
less in view of the fact the formation
could not have been seen from the
city.
Orville Wright, who piloted the first
airplane on its first flight, will OBJ
serve the anniversary by attending a
dinner in New York tonight as the
guest of the Institute of the Aero
nautical Sciences.
Mr.. Wright was in Washington YES
terday for meeting of the National
ADVISORY Committee for Aeronautics.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, a fellow
member of the committee, also was
present. The committee discussed de-
tails of the research programs into
all fields of Aeronautical science now
IN progress at the N. A. c. A. labo-
ratories at Langley Field Va.
Aero Club to Hold Dinner.
The local civic observance of the
anniversary will reach it's climax at
dinner under the auspices of the
Aero Club of Washington, chapter of
the National Aeronautic Association,
in the Shoreham Hotel at 7:3o pm.
Capt. William J. Tate, U. S. c. G.,
retired, with whom the Wrights lived
at Kitty Hawk during the period of
their experiments and who was an
eyewitness of the first fight, will be
the speaker.
The dinner program will include
the showing of motion picture rec
| ord of incidents in connection with
the flight of Col. Lindbergh from New
York to Paris in May, 1927.
A large group of Washington rep
resentatives of aviation organizations
was to attend an organization meet
ing today in New York to draft rec
concentrations for a co-ordinated
aviation program for the United
States.
The recommendations of this Or
ganizing committee will be submitted
to the First National Aeronautic Plan
ming Conference, to be held at Cleve-
land January 9-l2 Nearly all avia-
ton societies in the Nation. as we'll
as national and State agencies and
private organizations directly or in
directly interested in improving avia-
tion will be represented at the Cleve-
land conference, to be held under the
auspices of the N. A. A.
Washington representatives at to-
days meeting were announced as
follows: Comdr. Ralph Dawson, Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics; Maj. Ira c.
Eaker, Office of the Chief of Army Air
Corps: Charles E. Parker, Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce: DR.. Bernard
L. Jarman, president of the Aero Med
ical Association; Edward G. Hamilton,
| vice president National Air Line Pilots
Association; Earl D. Mallery, Ameri-
can Municipal Association; Richard
c. Galley, Bureau of Air Commerce;
David Williams, National Youth Ad-
ministration; DR.. j. C. Wright, In
terror Department: D. M. Little,
Weather Bureau; Col F. c. Harring-
ton, chief engineer Works Progress
Administration. and Charles F. Hor-
ner, president; William r. Enyart.
secretary, and Fred L. Smith of the
N. A. A.
Establishing Of standing congress
sional committees on civil aeronautics
is to be one of the subjects for dis
cussion.
Today's national observance Of the
day is being held under sponsorship
Of group of Federal, national and
local aviation groups which recently
issued a joint call to local organiza-
tions throughout the country to ar
range luncheons or dinners today, at
which outstanding aeronautics or civic
leaders are to speak on the significance
of mans first flight and the progress
during the past third Of century.
Commemorative Flights.
The Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in
structed the commander of Carrier
Division 2, including the aircraft car
riers Yorktown, Enterprise and Wasp,
to make commemorative flights to-day.
Aircraft from the Yorktown and En-
terprise squadrons, now fitting out at
Norfolk, Va, we're to fly from Norfolk
to Kitty Hawk to pass over the scene
of the first flight at the anniversary
hour.
All naval air stations and command.
ants of all naval districts were in
structed to participate in local observ-
ances Of the day.
The Bureau OF Air Commerce,
Weather Bureau and Works Progress
Administration, all engaged in various
phases OF the Federal civil air pro-
gram, called on field representatives,
stations and airports to assist by hold
ing open houses, arranging aircraft
disnlavs aerial reyiaws and svhih{.
tions, luncheons, dinners and radio
broadcasts.
The National Aeronautic Associ-
alton and the Ninety Miners, national
organization Of licensed women pilots,
arranged celebrations through local
chapters. Other organizations CO.
operating in observances throughout
the country are the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce Of America, tbs
United States Chamber Of Commerce
and the Junior Chamber Of Commerce.