TOMORROW’S PAGEANT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 945, 11 April 1930, Page 13

TOMORROW’S PAGEANT

TWENTY-ONE AIRPLANES TO TAKE PART MANY NOVEL EVENTS Parachuting is gaining in popularity, for three applications were received by the Auckland Aero Club from experienced parachutists who were willing to make a. descent from an airplane at the club’s pageant tomorrow. Captain Jonnasen, of Thames, who made a successful descent at Hawke’s Bay recently, has been chosen. He will use a parachute which he imported from America a few months ago. Twenty-ono planes, among which will be many types not previously seen in Auckland, will take part, while among some of the country’s most prominent airmen who will be present will be Air. F. C. Chichester, of "Wellington, who recently completed a flight from England to Australia. Pie intends flying to Auckland in his Aloth machine, with which he made the notable flight. VARIED PROGRAMME The programme is varied and most interesting. One novelty event bound to attract much attention will be “bombing the baby car.” * The first intention was to hold this event as a competition, but at the recent Hawke’s Day carnival it was shown that the experienced pilot provided a real thrill for spectators by chasing the baby car round the field at an extremely low altitude, thus enabling him to bomb at close range. It has been decided to choose four pilots for this event. Tho bombs will consist of bags of Hour, which will burst on hitting the ground or the car. “BallooYi strafing” should prove an interesting competition. Entrants will drive at floating balloons filled with hydrogen, to burst them with tho propellers. The aerial derby and tho landing competitions will be held in tho morning. In the height-guess-ing competition, which is open to the public, competitors will estimate the altitude of a plane at a given moment, which will be denoted bv the firing of Very lights and the launching of a parachute from the plane. P’or tho aerial picnic, which has been arranged for Sunday, 16 to 20 machines will take part, and will fly from Auckland to Russell, where a “Kapa Maori” is being provided by the Northern Alaoris. ARRIVALS AT MANGERE Yesterday afternoon four macliinevS which took part in tho Hawera aero pageant arrived at Alangere for the carnival tomorrow. Three of the machines were the ordinary D.H. Aloths, so well-known in Auckland, while the other was an Avro-Avian which is similar in design. Aliss Aroha Clifford, of Christchurch, piloted her own Avro-Avian machine, and was accompanied by a passenger. Tho other pilots and passengers were Captain G. Stedman and AJrs. Stedman, of Wellington; Air. F. R. Dix and Aliss Pauline Bennett, of Alarlborough; Captain J. Alercer, of Christchurch, and a passenger. Captain M. Buckley and WingCommander Grant Dalton, Director of Au- Services, who also attended the Hawera pageant, flew to the Hobson\illo air base .in a Aloth airplane. accompanied by Flyingi vr(-n r W ’ , Buckeridge, who piloted a DTioO machine.