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Daily Program of Events Events of necessity may not be run off in the order listed. Listen for Announcements. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 LABOR DAY 8:00 A.M. Qualifying Speed Dashes. 12:00 Noon The Texaco Fire Chief Band, sponsored by Texas Company. 12:30 P.M. Parachute Jumping Contest. 1:00 P.M. Pageant of Aeronautical Progress. 1:25 P.M. Beechcraft Trickster. 1:30 P.M. Opening Ceremonial. 1:35 P.M. Mammoth Daylight Fireworks Display. 1:40 P.M. Michel Detroyat, International Acrobatic Ace, sponsored by Gilmore Oil Company. 1:50 P.M. Fleet Marine Corps, U. S. Marines, from Naval Air Station, San Diego, under command of Capt. T. J. Cushman, in Wartime Maneuvers. 2:15 P.M. Milo Burcham, World Champion Inverted Flight Pilot, sponsored by Chevrolet Motor Company. 2:25 P.M. Event No. 9. SHELL CUP RACE. Free-for-all for ships with 550 cu. in. motors. Distance 50 miles - 10 laps over 5-mile course. Total purse, $3,000.00. Winner................... 2nd Place................ 3rd Place................ 2:50 P.M. Don Stevens and Frank Wolcott, Hollywood Stunt Men, changing from a Motorcycle to a Glider. 3:00 P.M. United States Naval Air Force from Naval Air Station, San Diego, under the command of Lt.-Comdr. C. D. Glover, in Combat Maneuvers. 3:25 P.M. Captain Alexandro Papanan from Roumania, International Acrobatic Ace, sponsored by Gilmore Oil Company. 3:35 P.M. U. S. Army Air Corps Sextette from Barksdale Field, Louisiana, under command of Captain C. O. Pearcy. 3:50 P.M. Tri-Motor Ford in Acrobatics, flown by Harold Johnson. 4:00 P.M. Event No. 10. CHARLES E. THOMPSON TROPHY RACE, International Land Plane Speed Classic. Distance 150 miles - 15 laps over 10-mile course. Total purse, $20,000.00 Winner................. 2nd Place.............. 3rd Place.............. 4:45 P.M. Gerd Achgelis, International Acrobatic Ace, sponsored by Gilmore Oil Company. 4:55 P.M. 17th Attack Group, U. S. Army Corps from March Field, under command of Lt.-Col. Carlyle Wash, in Tactical Maneuvers. 5:20 P.M. 10,000-Foot Delayed Parachute Jump by Fay Lucille Cox, World's Champion Woman Delayed Parachute Jumper. 5:30 P.M. Transport Aviation on Parade. First National Air Race demonstration of the safety of air transport flying. See and hear how field managers and pilots handle the operation of large transport planes. Sponsored jointly by leading transport companies and the Standard Oil Company of California. 5:40 P.M. The Gulf Hawk, flown by Major Al Williams in Aerobatics, sponsored by Gulf Oil Corporation. 5:50 P.M. Hollywood Stunt Flyers - Acrobatic Trio with Smoke - Paul Mantz, Frank Clarke, Easton Noble. 6:05 P.M. Novelty Flying by Capt. Dick Granere, Canadian World War Ace. Skywriting by Joe Jacobson. Sponsored by Gilmore Oil Company. 6:15 P.M. EVERYMAN Mass Parachute Jumping Contest dedicated to the civic production, "Everyman." Finale - Music by the Texaco Fire Chief Band. Q.B. Party - Hollywood Athletic Club 1936 NATIONAL AIR RACES PAGE 37
