The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-08
GREAT AIR RACE.
OVER CONTINENT.
More Than 60 Machines
Lined Up at Mineola
for Start
TWO SCORE LEAVE
SAN FRANCISCO
Contest is Test of Endur-
ance AS Well AS Enlist
ment Scheme

Mineola, L. l., Oct. s.-More than 60
machines were lined up on Roosevelt field
to-day awaiting the signal of Major Cen
eral Thomas H. Barry, U. S. A., which
would send them speeding on their way
to San Francisco in the greatest avia-
tion contest in history. At the same
time nearly two score machines were in
San Francisco ready to start on the
eastbound trip The contest, which is
limited to military aviators is for the
purpose of testing the reliability of the
planes and stimulating interest in re-
cruiting for the air service. return
flight also will be made.
Ten different types of machines were
represented in the entries and some of
them had seen active service on the
battle front. Three of the planes en-.
tered are German Fokker machines cap
tured almost intact on the western front.
French, British and Italian machines are
also entered Most of the American en-
tries are equipped with the famous Lib
erty motor developed by America during
the war and the race will afford O good
opportunity to test its qualities against
the best types of foreign makes
The foreign entries include Air Com
modore L. +. o. Charlton, air attache of
the British embassy, who will fly Bris.
toll fighting plane that he has been using
in taxi" service at Washington and
Captain De Lavergne, air attaehe OF the
French embassy, who is to fly as pas
senger in an American plane.
Although prizes totaling $4,000 had
been offered by the American Flying club
and private individuals for the winners
of the contest, Major General Charles T.
Menoher, chief of the army air service,
has ruled that they could not be ac.
cepted He announced, however, that
there would be ratings for three com
petitions each way. These include a
time competition for the pilot crossing
the continent in the shortest time ir.
respective of stops and actual flying
time; speed contest for the pilot max
ing the trip in the shortest flying time
and a handicap competition based on
actual flying time but with each class Of
type of machine TO be given a handicap
percentage based upon its reputed speed
as computed by the technical section in
its official tests.
Under the rules of the contest there is
to be no flying between sunset and sun
rise, on Sundays or in bad weather
Each contestant will be required to stop
at least 30 minutes at each of the 20 in
termediary stops Aviators remaining
over as hours at one station, unless held
there by the weather, are to be disquali-
fed. No time will be taken out for
forced landings.
The route is approximately 200 miles
in length, one way. The official stops
and the distance to the next control in
miles follow; Binghamton, N. Y, l42;
Rochester, N. Y, l25; Buffalo, n. Y, IS
Cleveland, O., 1870; Bryan, O., l47; Chi
cago, H., 1850; Rock Island, ILL.,. l55;
Dies Moines, Ia, 1853; Omaha, Neb., us;
st. Paul, Neb. (correetl, 1872; North
Platte, Neb., lis; Sidney, Neb., ll2;
Cheyenne, Wyo., 90; Wolcott, Wyo., ll3;
Green River, Wyo., 1877 Salt Lake City
Utah, 1877; Salduro, Utah, 100; Battle
Mountain, New, 1862; Reno, New, l69;
Sacramento, Cal, 10; San Francisco, rs