The Tupelo journal., 1916-07-28
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tries win be received up to Y
noon, August /, 1916. The entrance
fee Of 5000 Is payable either Ia one
sum or as follows: 500 by IL moo on
August /, 500 by II noon on August
10. Late entries viii be received up
to II noon, August %, 1915, in which
case the entry fee will be $500. The
entry form, which must be accompa-
MED by the entry fee, must be sent in
to the secretary, Aero Club of Amer
lea, No. 297 Madison avenue, New
York city.
''The START will be made from
Sheepshead bay, Belmont park or Gar
den City ON Saturday, September 2,
1916, at i O'clock p. N. The order OF
starting will be by lot and announced
FIVE days prior to the start of the COM
petition.
Controls open at 6 O'Clock a. n.
The competitor who makes the fast
est elapsed time between controls shall
start first, the others following at In
tervals determined by the difference
between the time Of their respective
fights and the time of the fastest
flight.
Each competitor before starting
will be supplied with q time card, on
which will be entered his time Of ar
rival and departure from each 0 n
troll. The competitor Is alone respon-
sible for the safe custody of his card
and for its being produced and entered
up at each control, and for the pro-
duction of same when duly called
upon.
Stoppages En- Route.
"Stoppages en route between the
controls are not prohibited, and fire.
quent official landing places will be
established between controls, about
fifty to q hundred miles apart. Com
petitors will only be timed from the
departure from any n control to the
arrival at the next control.
Individual requirements and re-
pairs to the %aeroplane and motor may
be made, but the competitors making
the repairs will be duly penalized ac-
cording to the conditions to be de-
cided by the contest committee. Chang
ing of unbroken propellers and undam-
aged wings will not be penalized.
Carrying a passenger weighing not
less than 145 pounds is compulsory.
Equipping an aeroplane with dual con-
troll to enable passenger to participate
in plotting is allowed.
Every %aeroplane is required to
have as part of it's equipment COM
pass. chart holder and fire extin-
guisher.
One Of Two Routes.
There are two routes now under
consideration, the first being that fol-
lowing the Lincoln highway, with a
deviation to st. Louis and Kansas
City, and a second, or southern. route.
Whichever is chosen shall thereafter
become the official aerial highway of
the country and, following the great
derby of the air, steps will immedi-
ately be taken to establish controls or
landing places along the chosen route
at every fifty miles of distance from
the Atlantic 70 the Pacific.
Following are tables of the two
routes as drawn up by the experts of
the Aero club:
Lincoln highway route, New
York; 2, Washington or Baltimore;
3, Pittsburgh. Pa, OF Dayton, O., es-
pecially as being the home of the
Wrights, or Columbus, O.; 4, If Pitts
burgh is selected, either Fort Wayne,
Columbus, Sandusky or Toledo may
be selected as the next control. If
Columbus or Dayton is selected, there
may be arranged a control at either
Fort Wayne or Indianapolis; 5, Chi
cage; 6, East st. Louis; Z, Kansas
City or Topeka or Lincoln, Neb., or
Omaha; s, Gothenburg- or North
Platte, Neb.; 8, Cheyenne or Laramie,
w 4; 10, Green River or Rock
lgs, Wyo-; II, Salt Lake City
or Ogden, Utah; -. Eureka or Ely,
INev.; 13, Carson City or Reno, New;
ii, SansFrancisco. This route may be
extended to Los Angeles and San
Diego.
Southern> route, New York; 2,
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Washington or Baltimore; 3, Pitts
burgh, Pa, or Dayton, O., or Column
bus, O.; 4, If Pittsburgh is selected,
either Fort Wayne, Columbus, Sandus-
ky or Toledo may be selected as the
next control. II Columbus or Dayton
is selected, there may be arranged a
control at either Fort Wayne or In
dianapolis; 5, Chicago; 6, st. Louis !;
Z, Kansas City or Topeka or Lincoln,
Neb., or Omaha (from this point Ell
Their of these routes may be followed) !;
8, Muskogee, Okla, or Wichita, Kan;
g., Dallas, Tex, or Liberal, Kan; 10,
Waco, Tex, or Dalhart, Tex. IL, San
Antonio, Tex, OF Terrence, N. NJ; IL,
Del Rio, Tex, or l Paso, Tex; 10.
Marathon, Tex, or Hachita or Bisbee,
Ariz.; IA, Ell Paso (Fort Bliss), Tex,
or Maricopa, Ariz.; Is, Tucson, Ariz.,
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