Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-07
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Made Least
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Although two monster JL-6
monoplanes made faster time in the
Larsen trophy race Of 240 miles,
at the closing program of the Inter-
national Aero congress meet, at
Omaha field Saturday afternoon,
computation OF results under the cf-
ficiency formula governing the con.
test showed f. +. White OF
New York, pilot of the S. V. A.
Ansaldo plane, owned by c. b.
Wrightsman of Tulsa, Okl., to be
the winner of the event. Whites
plane scored 4,750 in efficiency, ac-
cording to technical figures. HIS
time for the distance was 2 hours
81 minutes and SO seconds, and his
average speed was 95.l7 miles an
hour. He wins $1,000 and possession
OF the Larsen trophy until competed
for again.
Max Goodnough, plotting a JL-o
Iarsen) monoplanc, was second,
with an efficiency score Of 4,430. His
time for the 240 miles was 2 hours
81 minutes and AZ seconds. and his
average speed was o7.2l miles an
hour. He wins $1,000.
Third place was won by Eddie
Stinson. plotting another JL-6,
who scored APO in efficiency, ac-
cording to compilations made by
A. H. Fetters of the aviation meet
technical committee. Stinson's time
for the 240 miles was the fastest
of the field, his scoring showing ?
hours 80 minutes and 50 seconds,
with an average speed of 97.66 miles
an hour. The third prize was $1,000.
Stinson's Load Light.
When the event was finished it
was believed at first Stinson had
won, as he had carried a heavy load
in his monoplane. When the eff
cheney compilation was made, how
ever, it developed Stinson had car
ried about 1900 pounds, as against
about 1,400 carried by Goodnough,
so the slower of the two JL-6
planes scored the better,
The light weight of Whites ma
chine-l 900 pounds-and the pro-
portionately heavy load of about
1,l00 pounds which he carried,
coupled with smaller gasoline con-
sumption, gave him the advantage by
a wide margin.
The pilot of the winning S.V.A.
furnished surprise for the pilots
OF the heavier planes when he was
shown te have carried about 1,100
pounds OF load in his plane. It was
not apparent, for he carried only one
passenger SO far as could be seen.
Then the willy flyer unloaded 600
pounds of ballast in the form OF
small bags.of shot--small but heavy.
Winner Chosen by Formula.
The outcome Of the race was based
on speed maintained by a plane
carrying the greatest load i'll pro-
portion to its weight and consuming
the least amount of fuel. The two
JL-6s and the S.V.A. were the only
planes to complete the eight laps, as
another JL-6, piloted by B. H.
Pearson, was forced by engine
trouble to land on the north leg OF
the triangular course in the sixth
lap.
"Slim" Lewis in his S. V. A. took
the lead in the first lap by making
the 30-mile circuit in Ill, at speed
of l08.3l miles an hour. But had to
drop out OF the race at the end Of
the second lap because of lost
spark plug. At the end of the first
lap he was nearly two minutes ahead
of the JL-6, piloted by Eddie Stin-
son, which made the first lap in
1850 at an. average OF o7.87 miles all
hour The first lap was completed
by the JIG, pilotcd by Good
nough, in 1901; and by the JL-6,
piloted by Pearson, in 1905.
The race of $50 miles-fve laps of
the course-for the special prize of
$2,625 awarded to light planes, de-
veloped more competition as seven
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