United Aviation Festival - a real national holiday

"The United Aviation Festival is a real national holiday. Our unified aviation - aviation regiment, guard aviation, civil aviation enthusiasts from the aeroclub and youth - gathered at Spilve aerodrome for a year to celebrate another aviation festival on Sunday. Aviation festivals have become more and more crowded year after year, attracting more and more visitors, as they can rightly be called real folk festivals. This designation is all the more appropriate now that the interest in aviation has very deep roots in our nation, when gliders are being built all over Latvia, when a miniature airplane has already become every boy's favorite toy. That is why the aviation festival held on Sunday in Spilva is called a real national holiday, not only because of the many tens of thousands of visitors, but also because it gives rich suggestions to the people, to strengthen the idea of defending our country and to realize that only by making Latvia strong. we will be able to enjoy the fruits of our work in our free Latvia in peace and happiness. "(..) On Sunday early in the afternoon, people flocked to the Spilvi from the edges. The inhabitants of Riga were taken there by boats and barges along the Daugava, buses, private cars and caravans, but those who were closer to home went on foot. The Railway Board had ordered two special trains from Riga to the aviation festival, which received many more guests at the festival in Torņkama and Zasulauka. These crowded trains went along the Riga-Bolderaja line and then turned off the railway branch to the airport in Spilve. . And so did all of Riga flow to Spilvi. And not only Riga, because in that stream of the people, which flowed into the aerodrome, there were many faces of rural people lit in the sun, which was even more clearly confirmed by the woven skirts and coats. Soldiers and police maintained order by driving pedestrians on one side of the narrow Bolderāja highway and cars on the other. The location of vehicles was overcrowded with different types of cars, and just by looking at buses and heavy cars, it was possible to judge by their inscriptions that they had come long distances along both banks of the Daugava. The riders had driven with all their provision and had gotten stuck there in between. The railways had also brought a lot of aviation festival guests from different cities to Riga. A special tourist train had brought guests from Ventspils to Riga. Thus, two large streams of people, from the Daugava and along the Riga-Bolderāja highway, flowed continuously and back to the flagged Spilvi until late in the evening. There were also thousands of "free listeners" in the mountains of the White Manor; there, too, we could see harnessed horses and in friendly groups we watch the festivities in the distance. Of course, a lot remained unseen and unheard of there, but still my satisfaction of being at least close to the aviation festival (..) “” (..) While waiting for the festival guests at the hangars of the aviation regiment, there were also flags flying at the international airport. There are 37 aircraft in an impressive lineup at the airport. There is also a new, beautiful and light aircraft built in the workshop of the Liepāja War Port, which will be baptized during the aviation festival. Zenith artillery is also on display. shortly before the start of the festival, the information is rejected by loudspeakers, as all the guests of the festival know everything they need without interrogation. When the alarm sirens sounded, the "inhabitants" moved out of there and then the bomb attack began. Zenith cannons roared in defense of the "city", planes dropped bombs, and finally the city caught fire. The impression of the battle was complete. This was the cause of the song that caused Latvia's freedom to emerge in the battles. There were many different program numbers and our columns are too small to list and describe them all. As in every big holiday, where tens of thousands of people gather (there were over 50,000 at the airport on Sunday). The feast lasted until dusk and was concluded by the Minister of War, Gen. The pigeon thanked the war pilots, guards and civil aviation for their achievements through a loudspeaker. After the end of the festival program, fireworks and dancing followed, as it should at the national festival. Donation from the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister Dr. K Ulmanis donated 100 lats to the balance of the aviation festival. The remainder of the aviation festival is expected to be very substantial (..) ”