Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-19
Virgiiniidn First
In Model Air
Contest Here
Roger Barron Wins
Star Trophy as
D. c. Youth Is I'd

Roger FLYNN" Barron, of
Springfield, Va, yesterday cap
tured for the third time the Eve
ming Star Trophy in the ninth
annual National Capital Model
Air Show at Andrews Air Force
Base.
He also won the trophy in 1851
and 1852. Entering nine of the
80 events, he took two firsts and
two third places. In addition to
the Star cup. Barron, who is 10,
won the Veterans of Foreign
Wars trophy for amassing the
highest number Of points in the
senior division.
The Star trophy is awarded to
the flyer who totals the most
points of all Metropolitan area
entrants.
The model show is sponsored
by The Star, the District De-
partment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars in cooperation with
the Chevrolet dealers Of Metro
politan Washington and the
Washington Exchange Club.
Young Aukschun Second.
Runner-up to Barron was
Rudolph Aukschun, II, of 2102
T street Sc, who won the Ma
tional Airport Club trophy.
More than 10000 persons
watched the all-day meet with
1872 contestants under sunny
skies which produced tempera-
lures near 80 degrees.
Although the sky was clear,
20 to Is miles per hour winds
plagued modelers all day. The
Weather Bureau reported gusts
over 80 miles per hour. Many
flyers lost ships in the woods
bordering the north edge of the
runway.
One of them, 16-year-old Ed
ward Messer of Westport, N. Y,
who drove 400 miles to fly in
the meet, was out 5 minutes
after he started. He lost two
ships to the high winds. His
glum comment: I'm gonna
leave early, I think"
Planes Affected by Wind.
The planes most affected by
the wind were those entered in
the free-f1ight gas and radio
controlled events. The powerful
jets and gasoline motor jobs
controlled by wires droned
throughout the day.
The event that drew most spec
tators was combat flying. This
spectacular demonstration in
wolves two planes. both wire
controlled from the center of
circle. One of the ships chases
the other, which has crepe paper
streamers attached to it's tail.
The object of the pursuer is to
chop off this tail.
In this event two ships had
been buzzing around for some
minutes, neither getting close to
the other. Then simultaneously
both operators reversed their
controls and zoomed off in oppo-
site directions. In an instant
they met headon in crash that
caused spectators to vince. Each
pilot stood stunned for a moment
and then retired. Neither flew
again.
A 9-year-old girl demonstrated
she was as good a modeler as
boys. Karen Biddle, of Mesh
aminy, Pa, took fifth, second and
third places in Glasses A, B and
c, control line speed. AS she was
awarded her trophies, Karen ex-
claimed: Nov Daddyll have to
get that television he promised to
buy!"
Display Attracts Crowd.
During the meet, Col. Willard
w. Milliken, of 3346 Martha
Gusts drive, Alexandria, Va,
''buzzed" the field twice in an
F-86A jet fighter plane. Col.
Milliken is the former holder of
the speed record from New York
to Los Angeles.
A display of Air Force planes
attracted many spectators. Most
popular was the fusilage OF a
YF-84 Republic "Thunderjet"
mounted on a trailer. Other
planes in the exhibit were the
famous Enola Gay, the B-29
bomber that carried the atomic
bomb over Hiroshima and the
"Swoose," a battered Bit, which
survived the attack on Pearl
Harbor.