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FRIDAY, JULY 2

Army Invites Pioneer Fliers To Celebration

'Early Birds' to Help Mark 30th Birthday Of Military Aviation

A reunion of pioneer American airmen will be held at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, August 2 in connection with the thirtieth birthday of military aviation, the War Department announced yesterday.
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of Air Corps, who wears the fifth set of wings issued by the Army, issued a blanket invitation to all who learned to fly before 1913 to be guests of the Air Corps at Wright Field next Wednesday. Celebration of the anniversary of the purchase of the first military airplane will center at the Ohio field--the Army's chief research station.
The first two Army officers taught to fly by the Wright brothers, in 1908-9, will be on hand. They are Col. Frank P. Lahm, now air officer of the Second Corps Area, Governors Island, N. Y., and Brig. Gen. Frederic E. Humphreys, New York National Guard. Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, retired chief of the Air Corps; Brig. Gen. Walter Kilner, now assistant Air Corps chief, and Col. Thomas DeWitt Milling, retired, have accepted invitations.
Approximately 1,000 aviation leaders--Government officials, manufacturers and famous fliers--are expected at the birthday celebration. There they will see Air Corps laboratories and demonstration flights. The celebration will be Nation-wide, with mass flights over leading cities, and "open house" at all Air Corps stations. Bolling Field will be open to the public all day, and planes from Langley Field, Va., will soar over the city.