Evening star., 1946-06-10


plane meet, sponsored by the Ma
tional Airport Club and The Even
ing Star. was held under a blazing
sun at Hybla Valley (Va) Airport
all day yesterday in a furry Of div
ing, buzzing one-cyhnder model air.
craft which kept an estimated $4,000
spectators ducking for cover until
the last contestant retrieved his
plane shortly before pm.
High winds sweeping the field
drove the free flight, gas-powered
models astonishing distances and
swept them to earth in squadrons.
Almost every plane was a casualty
when the motors were cut after Is
seconds and the long glide began.
Wings, propellers, engines and frag-
ments of balsa wood were spread
over the field when the competition
ended; the fragile models cannot.
take much punishment.
Dick Korda of Cleveland, former
National Model Plane Meet cham
pion, was crowned meet champion
with a total of six points. He won
a championship trophy, radio
phonograph and a model airplane
motor for his overall victory. He
was winner in the Glass B free
fight competition, for which he re-
ceived trophy and a wristwatch
and later was given several COM
mercial prizes for finishing fifth in
Glass frae fight
Fastest plane on the field was
the control line entry of Stan Sic
minski of Cleveland, which was
clocked at Ill miles per hour. Mr..
Sieminski was presented with a
Star loving cup trophy by Howard
p. Bailey. assistant to the managing
editor. He also won a trip to the
national model meet and a Bulova
watch. Runnerups in control line
Glass G were two contestants who
flew their models in a dead heat at
100 m.p.h.-Ernie Babcock OF Nor
ris, Plains, N. j., and Don Gut
schmidt of Cleveland. Both men
were awarded medals and motor and
plane kits.
Tom Burns of Cleveland entered
the fastest plane in control line
Class B, with an official speed of 90
miles per hour. He was awarded
trophy cup by the National Airport
Club and Buloya watch. Second
in Class B was John Ridella of
Cleveland, 81 m.ph.. followed by
Thomas Baker of Kings Mountain,
N c., So m.p.h.
Maryland Entry a Winner.
Stewart Culp, 72s Silver Spring
avenue, Silver Spring, Md, was win
ner in Glass B free flight models,
for whcih he was also awarded "a
Star cup by Mr.. Bailey. Tom Hand
ley, 1855 South Abingdon street.
Arlington, Va, was second, and Johr
A. Harmond of York, Pa, was third
In Glass B Mr.. Korda was followed
by Warren w. Yenney, Springfield
County, Ohio, and William H. Par
mentier, Omaha, Nebr. Glass A
free flight champion was Reed A..
Howell Of Hampton, Va, followed
by Carl Cecil of Hampton and Clay
ton B. Newton of SOC Third street
Sc, who was awarded a medal.
British, Russian, Dutch and Latin
American air, military and naval
attaches were prominent in the
crowd which gathered shortly be-
fore 10 am. to watch the competi-
ton, first in the Washington area
since before Pearl Harbor. The con-
ventional free flight and control
line entries were deserted by the
crowd when 13-year- -old w. Ruml
de Boskey, 1914 Tenth street NV,
attempted to start his novel Jet
propelled model. The tiny copy of
the faster-than-sound models now
used by the armed forces emitted
loud roars and spat flame but failed
to take off.
Shouts Save Spectators.
Many near accidents were averted
by communal shouting of spectators
whenever a free-flight model would
come to earth. One free fight
plane lost its wings before the motor
was automatically cut off and
dived to earth at full speed, mar