Evening star., 1951-07-23
Japanese Mute Wins Honors
In Model Plane Competition
GoIIuudet Student
Captures Trophy
In Glider Event

A japanese deaf mute now at
tending Gallaudet College for the
Deaf. took first place in one of the
the main events at yesterdays
model plane meet.
Hideshige Omori, 27, won the
top honors in the towline glider
event, and received the Gulf Oil
Corp. Trophy. However, his plane
flew out of sight and was lost.
A Boy Scout in Tokyo nine years
ago, the youth became interested
in building and flying model air.
planes so he built many models.
although handicapped by Short
age of materials because of the
war.
He trained for towline glider
competition through more than
200 model flights inNthis classifica-
'tion. In Japan, young Omori was
an engineer for a model firm and
taught japanese youths how to
build the little ships.
A winner of several prizes in
Japan, he will enter Gallaudet' s
preparatory school this fall, and
study to become an engineer.
He is building another model
plane right in his room at college,
which he will fly by controlling a
wire from his hand to the ship.
Wars and the Washington Metro
Ipolitan Area Chrysler Dealers, as
a beneficial non-prof1t youth
project.
These groups provided the
voluntary manpoWer necessary in
making a show of this size a
success. Barry DANES, of North
west AirlineS, is president of the
show association, and William
Pennoyer was contest director
Andrews was provided through
courtesy of the 1,050th Air Base
Group, and Col. James C.
Cochran, base commander. Capt.
Charles L. Muirhead was Andrews
project officer.
Winners in the various classes in the
show were:
Free Flight Gas.
| Event No. Allan Walker. 59O5 Euclid
street. Cheverly. Md. first; Roger Barron
Ssiro{4ghan. siT{4d51 Baltimors; third; Event No. =
Gerald Walberg, Norfolk, Va. second. and
Russell Gardiner Baltimore, third; Event
No. 3-Russell Gardiner. Baltimore. first;
Event. No fl M. Burke Everett
Mass, Mass, first; T. F vsllee. California. Md
burg, Pa. first: Paul W. Mcdonnell 3149
Knox street Sc second, and Reil A
ponald @ a Inden. s Newport to News enS Va. no Tst
and Charles drogan Baltimore, third;
en Ha rst St. wiiia@ rH ParmenteT NeWpop
Lorton. Va. third.
Control Line Speed.
Event No. s-William Brown. Baltimore
sosnoke. Va. third: Event No, S@John
Baltimore. third; Event No. 10-Howard
smith Wilmington. Del. frst; Walter
Mops Fa9e peEson PeEa Aneey @S First stTeat
third.
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fhiTd; fhfDa Event s No % 1a0pon schreilo. Pits
ssend s ad cSo cSds AgD g. eaRs4e Rssas ssmofs G
! third; Event No. 13-Harold G. Henry
Fayetteyille, Pa: first; Fletcher slsde as de,
first; Frank Lashek, Sea Grit. N. j.. second
and Cosimo S. Cantore. Baltimore. third.
GAS CONTROL LINE STUNT.
Event No l5-Wayne Sutherland
South Virginia "a avenue, % Falls Church sec.
ns nd stree heee Ar1gon nS sS9
No 16-Harry Speilman. Baltimore first;
Don schreilo, Pittsburgh, second, and
Norman Lawner. Baltimore, third.
Event No. 17-Robert, Thoren, New
$3.50 aSS5e4s; Euclid IL Street. S' cheSerl2 M a Sec
HnHi iand. Mass Maas,, NGi frst; VI. s, Blane6ard
Hslmipton. ys,;:a second and Ray Deitz
Even. No PoWlINE sgRK,sS GLIDER; a%Rscbun. s,os
F ST. Sc, first; Richard Potter, Hagers.
town, Md. second, and Frank H. Carman
4709 18th st. NV, third. Event No. 90
Hideshige Omori, Gallaudet College. first
IT, F. Shepherd, Hampton, Va. second
and Austin Hofmeister, Baltimore, third
BEAUTY CONTEST.
Event No: 21-5Raymond Carlin, Phiia'
second. and Larry H. Durham, Baltimore
third.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS LOAD.
Event No. 22-Russen F. Gardiner
Baltimore. first; Vincent Croghan, Balti-
more, second, and Russell Trefethen. Ded'
tries. Event No. 24-Frank Lashak, Sea
Girt. n. ], first; William H. Parmenter
IBatick, Wadsworth. Ohio, third Event
No: 25-Edward H; zengraf, Baltimore
ond, and Alfred Trefethen, Dedham, Mass
third.
/ RADIO CONTROL FLYING.
/ Event, No. 26-James Schenck, Pitts.
burgh. first; Don Clark, 1902 Brookfielt
dr., Kensington, Md. second, and Jot
lStadelman. Pittsburgh. third,