Evening star., 1939-05-07
15.Event Aerial
l. ST
Program Today at
College Park Port
Langley Moneuvers List
Seven Races, Jumps
And Acrobotic Stunts

A 15-event aerial program, 1nclud-
Ing seven races. parachute Jumps
: and acrobatics. is expected to draw
several thousand District aviation
enthusiasts to College Park CMd3
Airport this afternoon to witness
the seventh annual Langley Day
maneuvers, sponsored by the Wash
ington Air Derby Association, in CO.
operation with the Washington
Board of Trade.
Today's events, climax of the asso-
ciation's annual two-day celebration,
will start at noon with formal OPEN
ing exercises at which Francis G..
Addison, jr., past president of the
Board of Trade, and President H. c.
Byrd of the University of Maryland
will speak. The public is invited
and there will be no admission
charge to the field or for automobile
parking space on airport property.
A field of 48 contestants will vie
for prizes, donated by local concerns
and individuals for race winners,
and demonstrations of various types
OF new aircraft will be held between
races. The airport will be open
throughout the day for public in
spection of competing, visiting and
demonstration planes, 10 of the lat
ter being present.
Woman Pilot Expected.
Among the outstanding perform
ers scheduled to appear on the pro-
gram, officials said, are Vincent
"Squeek" Burnett, international
acrobatic champion, and Miss Helen
Ritchey, former co-pilot with Cen
tral Airlines and the only woman
to be employed as a pilot on a
transport line. Miss Ritchey was
expected to arrive from Pittsburgh
shortly before noon. She is an en-
trant in the women's events. Miss
Helen Frigo, local Federal employe
and a contesting pilot, will make a
parachute Jump, in addition to her
activities at the controls.
The first event will be a Smile
closed course. light-plane race for
woman pilots only. Competing air
planes will be limited to 40 horse
power maximum. This and all other
races will be around course
marked by four pylons adjoining the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad right of
way north and south of the airport
and east of these two points on Ed
monston road.
The other races, for man pilots,
will be S and 10 mile events for air.
planes of various types. including
e-for-all for light planes, free
for-all for aircraft not exceeding
5000 pounds gross weight and
free-for-all for aircraft not exceed
ing 1000 pounds.
The program will end with
"cluster jump" by members of the
Eagle Parachute Club of Lancas-
ter, Pa.
Groups of private planes from
clubs In number of Eastern cities,
including one formation of IS from
Atlantic City and another of 18
from Baltimore, were expected to
arrive this morning. Pilots from
Long Island, Pittsburgh and Rich
mond have accepted invitations to
be present.
Many at Aviation Ball.
The vanguard of planes arrived
at College Park yesterday, many
visitors attending a cocktail party
from 4 to 6 pm. in the associations
clubrooms at the airport. A lunch
con at Lord Calvert Inn opened the
social program, whinch was climaxed
last night with an aviation ball, also
at the inn.
Among early arrivals yesterday
was Gen. John w. Harris, 90, of
Oklahoma City, Okla, commander
of the United Confederate Veterans.
Gen. Harris, the guest of M. C.
Lautt, assistant sales manager of
the Texas Corp, flew down from
Long Island with his host and re-
ported a fine trip all the way"
Henry B. du Pont, vice president
OF the E. I. du Pont, de Nemours &
Co., Inc. of Wilmington, Del, was
expected to attend the afternoon
program, officials said. Another Will
mington official, Chester A. Charles,
manager of the Du Pont Airport and
former supervising inspector of the
old Bureau of Air Commerce, will
take part in the events.
Officials for Meet.
Contest officials for the meet are
Col. S. F. Mashbir, j. Earl Stein
hauer, William r. Enyart, Chester
H. Warrington and Herbert H.
Gookins. Starters are Jesse w.
Lankford. Civil Aeronautics Author
ity; Capt. Brintnall H. Merchant,
Army Air Corps Reserve, and Con-
rad Faick.
Judges will be Richard E. Pell,
DR.. George w. Lewis, research di-
rector of the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics; Harrl-
son Somerville and John F. Victory,
secretary of the N. A. c. A. Clar-
ence S. Bruce and j. B. Peterson,
both of the Bureau of Standards,
will be timers.
Field marshals are George c..
Brinckerhoff and Vincent Burnett,
and the field crew will be composed
of Duke Bontz. P. c. Heath, Frank
Taylor, David HallowaX James
Jones, Richard Teny, George Kalec,
E. H. McDuffy and j. H. Prinz.
Arthur w. Hepburn, superintend-
ent of Prince Georges police, will be
In charge of police arrangements,
and j. H. Headley, chief of the Col
lege Park Fire Department, OF fire
equipment.