New-York tribune., 1920-11-26
Army Wins
Air Race and
Sets Record
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tered by the United States Navy. proved
to be real mystery ship" 1t was de-
signed by Grover c. Looming and built
within a block Of Broadway on Fifty
second. Street. 1t is monoplanc
with wing spread of only %
feet. 1t was in the wing that
the mystery lay, it being equipped on
the ship at negative dihedral angle
This means that both ends of the wing
have downward slope from the center
No machine has ever been flown before
with wings set in this manner
For two laps Lieutenant Bradley, of
the Marine Corps, drove this graceful
monoplane around the course at terrific
speed, vylng closely with Captain Har-
old +. Hartney, the famous ace, who
was plotting a Thomas Morse scout.
Then on the third lap, the water cen
nection broke, rendering his radiation
system useless. Despite this handicap
Lieutenant Bradley continued on at
slightly reduced speed, completing the
third lap and getting we'll started on
the last lap at over 100 miles an hour.
Plucky Filler Forced to Land
AS he sped around the last leg of his
flight, the engine cooled rapidly, and ne
came down lower to escape the frigid
atmosphere of altitude. Fighting des-
perately to the finish, he nursed his en-
gine carefully-but in vain When
within mile of the finish line he was
compelled to descend to a forced land
ing in narrow patch of clearing. His
machine caught small tree and turned
over, but was not badly damaged. He
received few slight cuts.
In the meantime Captain Hartney
was giving a splendid demonstration
in the Thomas Morse with n 3OO-horse-
power Wright motor. Flying con-
each lap in steady time and came to
a landing for second place at an aver
age speed Of 1855 miles an hour in
a machine designed for $50 miles. The
plane is stock machine taken from
the army hangers.
Captain st. Clair Street, commander
Of the recent Alaska and return flight
was fourth in an Orenco scout, also
equipped with 300 horsepower Wright
engine. His average was ISL miles an
hour. His turning around the pylons
won the admiration of the crowd. Fly
ing directly to the turning point at
full speed, he threw his machine into
a vertical bank, with the edge of the
wings pointing straight to the ground,
and went around at $50 miles an hour,
Strengthening out with surprising
rapdity.
The entire crowd watched with
halted breath when Captain Corliss
landed his Verville- Packard. The fast
battleplane came tearing across the
field at high speed, but her pilot held
the nose up until practically all the
speed was killed and then set his ma
chine down to perfect landing. The
crowd then for the first time broke the
police lines and rushed over to greet
the winner. Captain Corliss said his
600-horsepower Packard engine had
been making only 1,70c revolutions.
l. is capable Of making 1000.
General Mitchell Elatcd
Brigadier General Mitchell, chief Of
the division of operations, United
States Army Air Service, joined the
running crowd, disdalning the prof
fered aid of a side cac ii his eNuber rant
JOY over the victory. "All we wanted
was to finish the conrge,' he said as he
ran, "now We have done that we are
going after the straight speed record.
The Verville will 10 over 2No miles an
hour on straight coarse, and we ara
going to make ter do 1t very soon
now This race demon 3'ra.cs that
America has won tha suprenacy Of the
air. We have beaten the speed recoli
of the Gordon-B Bennett race in Franco,
and we will soon oeat the worlds speed
record"
Later General Mitchell said:
eve have the greater spcei ard by
far the better pilots, an from ma,eria.
ard manufacture the means to develop
military aviation, and in this field To-
day was found every type from the
sixty horsepower messenger to the
commandment machines, which carry
5000 pounds of bombs
1--WE have shown 4hat we have the
best equipment there is. We are
spending now over 100 100000 for avia-
tion, distributed among ten to ffteea
departments, and could all this devel-
opment be concentrated and control ed
by one head under tnc direction OF the
President it would BE- most potent
factor in the defense of the country.
This contest has shown remarkable
cooperation and working arrangements $
between all who cater to the esign-
! ing and manu- featuring oi aeropianes.
We had here to-day ueroplAnn, rlotur
and flying people who haze been work
ing in perfect cooperation, dle largely
to Colonel Bane."
Secretary Daniels C7um
In the improvised stan - however
| Secretary Daniels was not so onthusi-
astic. The unfortunate minor accident
to the navy entry had left him some
what glum, a mood that appeared to be
emphasized when General Pershing
leaned over and smilingly whispered
some bantering remark on the perform
ance of the army as compared TO the
navy.
The thirty-six starters were sent
away in seven flights, Captain Hartney
being the first TO get away promptly at
II o'clock, the scheduled time. 1t was
at this moment, however, that it looked d
as though a serious accident would mar
the race. Lieutenant Kelly, in an army
Orenco scout, and Lieutenant J. f
Wofer, in Il stock naval Loenig mono
plane, collded with each other while
taxing on the ground. Roth machine.
were crippled and Lieutenant Wolfel
was cut about the face.
At the very last moment the Ayini
ambulance of Mitchell Field was en-
tered in the race. This is a remodeec
OH-4 biplane with Liberty motor
with the emblematic red cross painted
on either side OF the white fuselage.
All the contestants who finished Gov
,.rad tho -or,ca fOur