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THRONGS SEEAERIAL ARMYLAND IN S. L.Sixly-Three Fighting Ships Arrive in City Kn KuulcIto Maneuvers in OhioFLIERS CIRCLE FIELDWar Birds Deinolistralc Attack Formation Before Landing at S. L. AirportCrowds estimated at between 25,-000 and 30.000 persons thronged Municipal airporL Sunday to greetthe army's Twentieth Pursuit group,.consisting of 53 fighting planes and i 10 transports.The fleet of. planes, traveling in squadrons from Mather field, Cali-fornia, began arriving at 12:30 p. m..I- and by shortly after 3 o’clock the i entire group, with the exception ofthree transports, had settled down on the field. Each squadron, be-tore landing, circled the city and gave a brief demonstration of the !lying formations used in combat.For two or three hours before the arrival of the first planes, the 77th pursuit squadron, the highway lead-i:ig to the airport was jammed with* one continuous procession of automobiles. By noon nil parking space at the field was filled and the highway was Jined with cars on both sides for a couple of miles.During the wait for the army• ! planes, locat aviators entertained Hhe crowd with stunt flying.f Planes Fly 1 In Formation: The 77th pursuit squadron, a C Mather field unit, under command1 of First Lieutenant W. E. Richards. J maile the hop from Reno in four ‘hours and came into view at the Salt Lake airport a few minutes after noon. The planes were flying T m close formation, but as they [ |neared the* landing field they fell L |into attack formation and circled around for about 20 minutes. In this 11 formation, the squadron of 18 planes w was divided into six sections of three J planes each. The - first • section. . which included the commanding of-)ficer of the squadron, flew at the lowest altitude, and each succeeding section flew behind and above the section in front.In battle, as the swift planes sweep down oil their target, the first section goes into combat and the 1*.others follow K needed.The ether two squadrons in the group, the 55th and the 95th, appeared over the airport in the same formation. The 55th. under command of First Lieutenant c. E. Cnimrine, landed at 1:55 p. m., and-1:the 95th, under command of ;Cap-jtain F. O’D. Hunter, at 2:40 p. m, — - - - - m(Coutlruird on Puce Tvoj /Column Oncl
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Mon, May 11, 1931
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