Evening star., 1940-05-26

to begin arriving at Boiling Field
today, reaching climax tomorrow.
Private planes equipped with two
way radio will be permitted to fly
direct to Boiling Field landing by
radio control from the Army control
tower.
Preliminary Landings.
Planes not so equipped will make
preliminary landings at College
Park, Congressional and Alexandria
Airports and will be cleared to Boil
ing Field from these three airports
in rotation, at a maximum rate of
80 airplanes per hour, beginning at
7 am. and continuing throughout
the day. The same procedure will
be followed Tuesday and Wednes-
day, if necessary.
The visiting private planes will be
parked in the area between the old
and new Boiling Fields and will be
staked down during their stay here.
Private pilots will attend a party
and dance in the main ballroom of
the Willard Hotel at $50 pm. to-
morrow.
Gen. George c. Marshall, chief of
staff of the Army, will be the princi.
pal speaker at the opening forum
session in the departmental audi
torium at: 9 am. tomorrow. He is
expected to deal with national air
defense problems.
Tho eaccioo will ho opaood h.,
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee. an authority on
aviation legislation. who will greet
the delegates and speak on general
American aviation progress.
Grove Webster, chief of the Pri-
vate Flying Development Section,
Civil Aeronautics Authority, who will
be in charge of the program an
nounced last week by President
Roosevelt for training $4,000 civilian
pilots during the coming year, will
discuss the c. A. AS civil pilot train
ing program.
Speakers at Session.
Other speakers at the opening ses-
sion and their topics will be Ruth
Nichols, Rye, N. Y, "Woman's Place
in Aviation; J. B. Hartranft, jr.,
executive secretary, Aircraft Owners
and Pilots Association, Flying Clubs
and Group Flights; Oliver Parks,
president of Parks Air College, East
st. Louis, ILL.,, How You Can Get
Into Aviation; Helena Mroczkow-
ska, Hofstra College, What the
Civilian Pilot Training Program Has
Meant to Me-; Mrs. Louise Thaden,
veteran woman pilot, THE Ninety
Mines and the Future of Women in
Aviation; Dr. Edward c. Elliott,
president, Purdue University, Civil
ian Flight Training in National
Service; Gordon M. Curtis, presi-
dent, Aviation Funding Corp, How
to Buy Airplanes"; Haven B. Page,
Private Flyers Association, "A New
Status for Private Pilots" and Will
liam B. Stout, president of Stout
Laboratories, Inc, and designer of
the famous Ford trimotor transport
airplane, "Flivvers of the Future"
Tomorrow afternoons forum ses-
sion, to be given over almost ex-
clusively to. problems of private fly
ing, will close with an address by
Chairman Hinckley of the c. A. A.
ON "Non-Scheduled Civil Aviation
and Government"
A series of combat aviation dem
onstrations by the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps will begin tomorrow
afternoon when squadrons of rep
resentative types of Army pursuit
airplaneS of the General Head
quarters Air Force will arrive from
Langley Field, Va. After formation
flying and tactical demonstrations,
the pursuiters will land at Boiling
Field at 3 pm. After being on pub
lie view in connection with the ex-
hibition, they will take OF later in
the afternoon to return to Langley.
Tuesday afternoon at the same
timespursuit and medium bombard-'
ment airplanes of the G. H, @. Air
(See SHOW, Page B-2.)