The sun., 1919-09-01
LIEUT.. MAYNARD
WINS AERO RACE
North Carolinian, Soon to En-
ter Theological School,
Has Best Time.
HIT 176 MILES AN HOUR
Army Aviators Capture First
Three Places in Toronto
Mineola Derby.
HIT 17e MILES AN HOUR

Lieut.. B. w. Maynard, formerly of
the Army Air Service, and soon to be
again a North Carolina theological
student, is the winner of the speed
contest in the New York-Toronto
aerial derby. according to the official
tabulation made public by the Ameri-
can Flying Club last night. Second
comes Lieut.. H. H. George, one Of the
Army Air Service. with Lieut. d. b.
Gish. another army fier, third.
Seventeenth on the list comes Ro-
land Rohlfs, the first civilian pilot.
with c.. s. Jones in twentieth ,place
and r. H. Depew in twenty-third.
ranking next to him for the cash
prizes totaiiing $4,000 offered by the
Hotel Commodore. The award OF ssiissSse
prizes and OF the military reliability
prizes must await the application OF
the handicap formula when all data
as to. weights and power have been
obtained. The Flying Club hopes to
make the announcement on Thursday.
Two of the prizes for straight speed
go to Lieut.. Maynard He wins the
trophy of the Canadian National Expo
sition for the fastest round trip and, the
prize of the Aero Club of Canada for
the fastest one way trip either way
made by starter from Mineola.
Major r. Schroeder wins the American
Flying Clubs trophy for the, fastest one
way trip either way made by starter
from Toronto.
Made 134 Miles an Hour.
Maynard's time for the 1.042 miles is
| 465L minutes, meaning an average of
nearly IA miles per minute or 1874 miles
I per hour for his entire flying time.
From Syracuse to Albany he averaged
] 176H miles per hour, nearly 3 miles a
| minute. for the 141 miles From Buffalo
to Syracuse he averaged better than 1855
miles per hour for 146 miles.
These startling speeds were attained
| despite the normal capacity of the De
| Haviland Four, driven by 400 horse
power Liberty motor. to make 135 miles
per hour. Not single adjustment of
| any sort was made upon Maynard's S
motor throughout the flight. 1t already
| had flown 1870 hours before the race.
When entered for tho race Maynard re-
moved the planes dihedrals which give
It stability in ordinary service but cut
slightly from the speed Otherwise he
made no special preparations.
| Maynard is one of the army's best ex-
perts on practical flying. He was In
| the Wake Forrest Theological Seminary
| in North Carolina when war was de-
clared, but despite his vocation he ad-
mits a liking for mechanics. He went
| into the service in August. 1917, and
| got his first flying at Tours under the
French and his advanced training with
| the Americans at the great school at Is
| soudun. From there he was sent to the
| American assembly centre at Romoran.
| tin, where he became a test pilot. fire.
quently trying out more than a score oi
planes in a single day. He was so valu.
able at this central station that he .wai
never permitted to get to the front. lie
holds the record for looping S1s loops
| In sixty-seven minutes without loss o.
altitude He did this in an Englisi
Sopwith Camel.
$4,000 Miles Flown.
But perhaps even more remarkat,,
than Maynard's terrific sustained speed
ir the total flying record for the race
Over $1,000 miles. nearly once and &
half round the earth. were flown. II
all this distance at racing speed undei
weather conditions that were often ter
rifying but a single pilot was hurt
That was Crehore. who ran into tire,
al the Albany field and broke his arm
and ribg Twenty-Five actual starter
are not recorded as finishing. but the,
were either disqualified, damaged sthei
planes in landing or were forced dow
by storm. a.
Lieut.. George. in second place, wa
another product OF the Issoudun school
where he was an acrobatic instructo
until seven days before the armistice
when he was sent to the front. II
those seven days, however. ne got nv
Boche airmen and wrote himself dow
an American ace. Lieut.. Gish did mos
OF his training in this country. wher
he attained reputation as a nerv,
fiier. He crashed in one OF the frs
attempts at night pursuit work on tn
American front shortly after arriyin
there. and never saw actual fghting
Lieut.. schroeder. who wins the Cana
dian ons way prize, put over a startlin
hight, for the VEL machine In whic
he fiew was on the salvage heap a