Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 108

Parachute and flare leaving the blimp TC-5 at Aberdeen. The circle is the parachute, with the flare in the center. The device is expected to aid aircraft in making landings at night. Wide Warld Photos Night tests with the blimp TC-5 at the Aberdeen, Md., proving grounds. The flares are held by men of the Aviation Corps. The first experiments with parachute flares were made at Aberdeen recently. At left: Officers of Battery A of the 8th Field Artillery, located at Sho- field Barracks, Ha- waii. The battery, in 1925, won the prized Knox trophy for general effi- ciency. Left to right: First Lieut. Ernest A. Bixby, in command; First Lieut. John B. Murphy, jr., First Lieut. Freeman G. Cross and Second Lieut. Alfred L. Price. Wide Warld Photos The Knox trophy, this year awarded to Battery A of the 8th Field Artillery, stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. SUNDAY .STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—MARCH 21, 1926. The parachute with flare attached, which was dropped from the blimp TC-5 at Aberdeen. The silk of the parachute was folded into the cylinder. When it was released by a trigger arrangement, the parachute shot toward the ground, the flare lighting and showing ground conditions. The United States line: America burning at the dock at New- port News, Va. The loss to the ship is esti- mated at $2,000,000. It was being recondition- ed for Summer cruises. Copyright, P, & A, Photos Billy B. Goat, jail- ed in Broklyn re- cently for blocking traffic and resist- ing an officer. The animal was held in a celluntil his own- erarrived and sign- ed a peace bond. Copyrizht. P & A. Photos, Sweet peas are blooming in California. Here we have Dolores Castelar of the “Golden State” with an attractive Winter bouquet. Copyright, Underwomd & Uidesw o Battery A, motorized, of the 8th Field Artillery, which won the Knox trophy for general efficiency. The 8th Field Artillerv is under the command of Col. Henry L. Newbold and is stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.