Show l' l Ascension 1 c i 4 4 i pt- pt H H. H E. E HONEYWELL Veteran Balloon Pilot Will Race Honeywell to Retire Unless Un Un- less less less-He He Makes Show Show- r r ing Monday AKRON 0 O May 28 AP When AP-When the 1927 national elimination balloon balloon balloon bal bal- loon race which starts start iron fron Akron Altron Memorial day is over o Captain H Harry rry E E. Honeywell of St. St Louis ean of race bag pilots will know whether he is to fly in the next i international event nt or whether hether he will quit juit q it racing for good gOo gOo-dr l jL ip or peone be one or the e other the 55 year j 55 old ear pilot said tod today y as he looked fora forward aid to another ascensIon ascension ascension sion Monday 1 First second and ard third third- Dinners in the national contest will be eligible to compete In Jn the the international international international inter inter- national race next September S at Denver Captain Honeywell said that if he be does not place he plans to retire from racing with the close of the summer tour EIGHT RAC RACES S. S Flying in Inan an international race would be nothing new to Captain Honeywell well He has taken part in InIght eight Ight since 1910 Vh When n he soars away from the Clevel Cleveland Akron Akron nd-Akron speedway Monday he will be malt malt- maltIng making malting ing his five hundred sixty fourth ascension The fifteen army navy and civilian entries in the Memorial da day dav ra rabe e were given gh-en starting positions positions positions po po- po- po today when the pilots drew their numbers from froth a lottery The schedule calls caUs for the departure departure departure de de- de- de of the bags bags' at at- minute five-minute Continued on page 8 I V Veteran Balloon Pilot Will Race Continued from page 1 1 Intervals the first to take the air at p. p m m. Eastern Standard time All of the tha balloons balloons balloons' have arrived at Akron or at nearby air fields Th They will They will y will be taken to the speedway early Monday morning Inflation will be b begun gun about 10 a a. a a.m. m. m preceding the the heavier than air carnival to be staged by airmen airmen airmen air air- men of the First pursuit group of Selfridge field Michigan WEATHER REPORT In the absence of definite weather reports the pilots are hoping for clear skies skies skies' and a favorable wind Monday Official weather reports will be received Sunday night and before the inflation t of the bags Monday morning Following is the starting order of the balloons 1 United States army No 2 Scott field Belleville Ill pilot First Lieutenant James Powell aide Major Maurice Smith air corps reserve Kansas City Mo 1 2 United States navy No 3 Lakehurst N. N J J. pilot Lieutenant Charles E E. Bauch aide Lieutenant Lieutenan F F. F R. R or Chief L L. E E. E 3 St. St Louis Rotary club St. St Louis Mo pilot Harry E. E Honeywell Honeywell Honeywell Honey Honey- well aide Roderick S. S Tait Talt Jr 4 Detroit Flying club No 1 pilot Charles G. G Williams Jr aide Dr George M l Ml Lee Gallee 5 Goodyear Tire and Rubber company compan Akron O 0 pilot Ward T. T Van Orman aide W. W W. W Morton 6 Detroit l Flying lying club No 2 pilot Svend au aide W. W A. A 7 7 United States navy No 2 2 Lakehurst N. N J. J pilot Lieutenant G. G V. V Whittle aide Chief Rigger Franklin E. E Masters 8 United States army No 1 La Langley gley field Virginia pilot First Lieutenant Paul Everett aide Lieutenant R. R R R. Gillespie 9 9 Detroit Flying club No 3 pilot E. E J. J Hill aide A A. G. G 10 United States army No 3 Scott field Belleville Ill Ill- pilot Captain William E. E Kepner aide ide Lieutenant William O. O Eareckson 11 11 United States army No 4 Norton field Columbus 0 O pilot Lieutenant Frank M. M McKee aide Captain Moore air corps reserve Springfield Mass 12 Scripps-Howard Scripps Newspapers Newspapers Newspapers pers pilots pilot Jac Jack A. A Boettner aide J. J F. F Cooper 13 Davey Tree Expert company Kent 0 O. pilot P. P Lehr aide Charles H H- IL Roth 14 United States navy No 1 Lakehurst N N. J J. pilot Lieutenant T T. T G. G W. W Settle aide Chief Boatswains Boatswain's Boatswains Boatswain's Boatswains Boatswain's Boat Boat- swains swain's Mate George N. N Steelman 15 Beacon Journal Akron Altron 0 O. pilot Carl K Wollam aide Howard Howard Howard How How- ard Wolf A |