Show 22 BIG PURSUIT PLANES TO 10 HALT HAU AT AI Y Field Meld Attaches Ready t to Rush S Servicing of Army Anny Squadron I Pictures on en page 5 section 1 1 I 5 O OTh Th The tl two twenty tl O army pursuit planes from Selfridge e ll field ld Mich lIch en cn route to Sacr Sacramento mento Cal for fo th arm army air corps' corps annual field fleM exercises exer cI s are expected to land Jand at time tha municipal airport about 11 o'clock Sunday morning according to Gil UIL Rich m laer of or tho the field They are scheduled to lo hop off front from Cheyenne Chey Chey- enne enno about aboul 5 30 a. a m. m and under ordinary flying conditions should m make ke the tho trip to Salt Lake Lale in about five and one halt hours houis The Th-e telegram received b by Rich fr from m Major l Ralph Royce nOce commander command command- er of or the time fleet shows hO that the tho planes plane will bp bo in Suit Salt Lake for only a a. short t time and the field a attaches have hav been instructed to have everything In readiness for fo speedy servicing of ot the ships On the r return turn trip from Sacramento Sacra menlo mento time the ships ship's will give a performance perform perform- ance anc in the air here rivaling that o oC of any m maneuvers maneu of or the kind yet jet et seen In Salt Lake The Th probable date dato o of return has lias not nol yet et been learned REACH REACH NORTH PLATTE The planes flying in perfect formation for 01 mation landed at North Platte nt at st 1213 18 p. p 01 m. m Saturday The pilots had made the flight lIht from Omaha which they left eft at 1022 a. a m. m in slightly more than two hours wind delaying them a little The fleet 1 North orth Platte air air port at p p. p m. m for rot where it was was planned lo to spend thi th night WASHINGTON SIn Match March 29 AP AP- AP The Thia war birds o of the nation mobilIzed mobil on a 3 Pacific front will star Tuesday to test lest their and un un-i fold a a. picture of or what an fray would bring For or or three weeks the largest antl most modern modem host hORt of sky ever O assembled in tho tIme w t st t will win carry carryon on the fortunes of mimic com corn bat in the 1330 all air corps field exer cl cs It will bo bG the proving provinS' ground COt foi latest equipment and new nc scheme C Continued on page 9 L Lp p 22 BIG PURSUIT PLANES TO HALT AT S. S L. L SUNDAY Continued from page pas 1 of or combat evolved ol by Uncle Undo Sams Sam's engineers ers and strategists to keep air all defense In step with the tho advances ances b by aeronautics RADIO CHIEF AID Radio will lla play a major role 1010 in In knitting tho the defenders scattered In tho skies on their separate missions into a a. compact fighting force orce Pursuit ships ship mlle a uto ute fighters will wI test a 1101 now radio receiver with sufficient sensitivity ltv to operate on foot fooL antenna with witha a fi daylight range ranse o of 00 miles Ind capable capably of or being remotely controlled Lumbering I. bombers the tho winged fortresses I and ground combing at attack attack lt- lt tack tark ships will vili bo be linked by radio ladio with observation and pur pursuit ull planes while in tho the air In tho the m most extensive exten dye sive plano to and to plane ground tests ever lr tried Centralized In Sacramento but roving ro over o the whole domain of or California more than planes are being mustered from all p parts of oC tho the country countr for tho tIlo event Commanded 11 b by Brigadier General William 13 E. as ns almost his final Una I official act before his coming retirement from the tho service tho tim host will bo be schooled the tho first week to Insure smooth and safe saCo operation of or such Buch a 0 lar largo large o force orce Tho second econ week will be spent in testing latest equipment communication and amI photography photography- b strategists strate and new tactics mapped by In th tim tho war wa department to 10 utilize util util- I ize izo e th tho developments Hostilities between a phantom foe Coe labeled the tho red lcd forc force and tho the air nh corps fighters combined as the blue defenders defender will viii climax the I maneuver I Vets Vet's I In ii imaginary battles over O San Fan Francisco Los Angeles and southern California |