Evening star., 1951-07-23
DC. Area Boy
Wins Trophies;
Al Plane Show
$4,000 Spectators
See Models Compete
At Andrews AT Base
By Harry Lever

1O-y6dT-OlQ washington area
boy won The Evening Star and
National Airport Club trophies
during yesterdays big model air.
plane show, which drew an esti-
mated $4,000 spectators to An
drews Air Force Base.
Roger L. Barron, of Springfield,
Va, who has won scores of
trophies in model plane competi-
ton during the past several years
won the MAC trophy for high
points in the junior class for the
third time, and now is entitled to
keep it. He took The Evening Star
trophy for scoring the highest
number of points of any Wash
ington area youth among the
400 contestants.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
trophy for high points in the
senior class was won by Don
Schrello, 18, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Six contestants from the Wash
ington area were given cups by
the Metropolitan Washington
Area Chrysler Dealers and will be
sent, all expenses paid. to the
International Meet in Detroit,
from August % to 27.
They were Raymond and David
Weisman of 3132 Kanawha street
NV, Donald Struttmann of 1918
Halleck street, District Heights,
Md; Alan Walker. 5905 Euclid
street, Cheverly, Md; Roger Bar
ron and Lloyd Thompson, S55
South Frederick street, Arlington,
Va.
Tiny Planes Wrecked.
The attendance figure was given
by Maj. Shuford Mcdonald,
provost marshal of Headquarters
Command Of the Air Force. and
Capt. Samuel Dragone, provost
marshal of Andrews.
Several of the little planes were
smashed, mostly as a result of
high winds before noon. However,
the sight of his craft Unexpectedly
striking the ground proved no
barrier to Robert Eldin, 16. of
Harrisburg, Pa. He picked up the
undamaged fuselage and tail sec
tion, took it to his repair kit and
reftted the plane with a spare"
wing within few minutes, to con-
tinue competition.
Contestants were a bit slow
entering models in the Beauty
Contest" They were afraid the
heat would ruin them. Officials
had to convince a number of
owners that the tarpaulin over
the display would protect the |
models from the sun, and finally /
rounded up all the entries in
time for Paul Gerber, curator of
the National Air Museum, to
judge them.
First Aid Provided.
The Red Cross Emergency First |
Aid Corps treated about so per-
sons for variety of minor if
juries, such as cut fingers, insect
bites, heat exhaustion, fainting |,
and headaches.
About 10 children were re-
ported lost, but all speedily were
returned.
Following the model plane
competition, the.Air Forces Drum
and Bugle Corps. from Boiling /
Air Force, put on its first of /
several demonstrations, with its |
men parading to martial music.
Meanwhile a squadron of IL
fighters fro mthe Naval Air Re-
serve Training Unit, of Anacostia
Naval Air Station. returning from /
a fight, passed over the show
area in a salute to the meet.
An unScheduled surprise shortly /
before noon was the appearance
of a giant C-124 "Globemaster
H." the second largest airplane
in the world. It also made a |
pass on return flight from
Boiling to Long Beach, Calf, its
home base.
The crowd was thrilled by the
intricate precision drilling of the |
Air Forces 1,100th Ceremonial
Squadron. also stationed at Boil
ling.
A Coast Guard helicopter,
piloted by 1t. David Gershowitz,
OF Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn,
showed the spectators the unusual
maneuverability of such a craft
by staging a simulated rescue.
Elude Attackers"
Fort Belvoir and the Military
District OF Washington were rep
resented by two all-metal liaison
aircraft in series of short take
offs, and the demonstration of
their ability to elude an attack
ing plane while in flight. These
planes were piloted by Capt.
Elmer E. Shaner and 1t. Harvey
w. Huntzinger.
The display of a dozen air.
planes on the field drew thou
sands of spectators. They saw
the new search-and-rescue am
phibians of the Coast Guard and
the Air Rescue Service, the
various Air Force fighter and
bomber craft. and inspected the
big C-54M hospital ship of the
Military Air Transport Service,
whose commander, Lieut.. Gen.
Laurence S. Kuter, was on hand
later in the day.
The exhibit of accurately
scaled models of the Air Forces
Exhibit Group, from Wright
Patterson Air Force Base, includ-
ing an electrically controlled B-36
model, also evoked wide interest. |,
Retriever Trucks Busy.
The field was colorfully dec
Grated with 220 flags of all the
States and nations, provided
through courtesy of Brooks Hard
ing, chairman of the United
Nations Honor Flag Committee.
The 679th Air Force Band, from
Andrews, played during the after
noon against a backdrop of the