Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-04
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AERIAL RACE IS
PLANNED
100000 in Prizes Will Be Of
Tered by the Panama-Pa-
cifc Exposition.

,.rv- YORK. Feb. 4.-The Aero
ed. ,f America has ANNOUNCED that
rezf great event in aeronautics in
lbs -ountrv would be a race around
,.,,16 for motor driven aircraft.
..a official representative in the
-...s states of the international
,...r4Yfical Federation, the club has
...- 7sked by the management of the
ma Pacific Exposition to sane
.H. the race.
t.rs.dv $4,000 has been raised for
... r5.e ana those having the expo
.o i'm charge say that as much
,...-- viii be raised for prizes before
single craft takes to the air.
rra nero Club, through Alan r.
rra.ra its resident, has assured the
r40la- Pacific Exposition manage
mont that it will sanction the race
ar7 piu cooperate in any way IN It's
.sr Full plans for the race have
M. RI nailed to the club here, and are
srcttcd to arrive within a day or
r,- reee around the world in the
s.. PRESENTS some startling possibili-
-.. That it is possible 10 cross over
or from continent to continent
many men who have made a study of
aerial navigation for years agree.
Trip Carefully Planned.
Those who have laid out the course
+ar the world race have planned it
t.rrfuTlv and in the entire trip the
LONGEST across water flight is SO
miles This is not prohibitive, for
.rn recently Garros, the French avi-
st0r few 500 miles over the Medi-
lerr5nean from Cannes to Tunis.
The race will start early in May,
1915 from the exposition grounds in
sam Francisco. and the contestants
vfH he allowed 90 days in which to
make The flight of $4,000 miles.
From the Pacific Coast the aviators
Will lav 2. course due east across the
sierra. thence by way of Reno, Kan
s7s CITY. St Louis or Chicago to New
York
From New York the machines will
head northeast, following the coast
line ro Belle Island between New
taundland and Labrador. Here the
real aisht across the Atlantic will be-
a.n The first leg of the over the
water fight will be from Belle Island
fo cape Farewell at the south end of
Greenland. This is distance of $40
.r1as From Greenland the course
lies m Iceland, leg of $40 miles.
From Iceland to Stornaway in the
Eearides is $40 miles
Route Through Europe.
In order to fix definite route GER
tain cities have been selected as
points of visitation and the contest
an.s must either stop at them or pass
over them in order to comply with
faa rules and to be reported After
reaching Scotland the aviators will
traverse well-knoWn aeroplane lanes
by the way of Edinburgh, London.
Paris Berlin Warsaw, St Peters
burg, Moscow, and then across 81
neEia, following .the lines of the
Trans Siberian Railroad down
trough Manchuris to Vladivostok.
The fight will then be across the
sea to Korea, then over the Japan Sea
10 Kobe. After making the stop in
Japan, the contestants will head
north 70 Kamchatka, IN Siberia, and
then running north to East Cape,
which is only 30 miles across water
to Alaska, thence from Vancouver to
Seattle, from the latter stop flying
direct to San Francisco.
The winenr Of the race viii receive
100000. the second man $50, 900. and
the third $4,000 Other prizes,
mounting to s150,0oo more, to be di-
v'ded among the other contestants,
7oc0rding to scale not yet made
public This fund will come from
individuals and from cities along the
nc Of the fight.